Soc 167: All Your Base (Li-An Chen)

When did this begin to become popular/famous on the Internet and why? Provide a context and offer an analysis of why you think this became so popular (if no obvious reason presents itself).

All you base are belong to us, often shortened to “All Your Base”, AYBABTU or simply AYBABTU, or simply “AYB”. It first comes from in year 1989, English version of Zero Wing is released in Europe, featuring a variety of Japanese translation errors. It is a broken English phrase that comes out to be a popular meme that influence across the internet at the dawn as early as in 1998.

An awkward Engrish translation of “all of your bases are under our control,” It is a opening dialogue from a nostalgic side-scrolling shoot ém up game released in 1989, Zero Wing.

Due to large amount of Engrish poor grammar, “All Your Base” dialogue scene soon become a popular discussion forums in 2000. The slogan has quickly spread to thousands of image macros and flash animations. “All Your Base” has soon be known on the website and in real life.

Because it is remarked for poor Japanese Engrish and so it soon becomes famous and quickly spread on the internet.

The details/description of the "meme," person, event, etc.

The use of game phrase and footage in meme started from a side scrolling arcade shooter, Zero Wing which has released in 1989. The quote is from the opening dialogue when the player’s enemy, the leader of CATS has appears.

Below is the opening dialogue in Zero Wing:

Captain: What happen ?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Operator: We get signal.
Captain: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on.
Captain: It’s you !!
CATS: How are you gentlemen !!
CATS: All your base are belong to us.
CATS: You are on the way to destruction.
Captain: What you say !!
CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.
CATS: Ha ha ha ha …
Operator: Captain !!
Captain: Take off every ‘ZIG’!!
Captain: You know what you doing.
Captain: Move ‘ZIG’.
Captain: For great justice.

The above poor grammar translation is an example of Engrish. It is because the original conversation was written in an Asian language but translated poorly into English.

How popular did it become and over what time span? (include "Google Insights" interest).

Its first present is hard to designate since the site has been removed; however, it was widely spread from 1998 to 1999 on the Rage Game forum, which later converted to Classic Gaming powered by IGN. It was also well-known on the Zany Video Game Quotes, which put up Zero Wang’s image on its main page.

In June 2000, Overclock.org uploaded their Zero Wing Dub Project, and also provided different version of the introduction, which was voiced by Wayne Newton. This would likely be the very first instance of a response video.
Around February 15th, 2001, Bad CRC of Tribal War released the notable music video, and it was posted on Newgrounds a day later.

http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=0&q=all%20your%20base%2Care%20belong%20to%20us%2Cthe%20cake%20is%20a%20lie%2C%2C&geo=&gprop=&cmpt=q

Include other memes that may have emerged from this or have been influenced by this.

Half-Life 1/Scientist Slaughterhouse remix September 19, 2012, 321,596 views

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l5X_TdczLVg

All Your Snakes Are Belong To Us (Snakes on a Plane mashup), September 19, 2012,

2,026,758 views

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ihAoSwQqo44#!