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The phrase as it appears in the introduction to *Zero Wing*

"All your base are belong to us" is an Internet meme based on a poorly translated phrase from the opening cutscene of the Japanese video game Zero Wing. The phrase first appeared on the European release of the 1991 Sega Mega Drive / Genesis port of the 1989 Japanese arcade game.

By the early 2000s, a GIF animation depicting the opening text became widespread on web forums.^[1] A music video accompanied by a techno remix of the clip, originally posted on the comedy forum Something Awful, gained popularity and became a derivative Internet meme in its own right. The original meme has been referenced many times in media outside of the forums.

Zero Wing transcript

Below are some other examples of text as it appeared in the poorly translated English release, alongside a more accurate translation from the original Japanese.

Original script^[2]	Basic translation from Japanese^[3]	English version of the game^[4]^[a]
機関士：何者（なにもの）かによって、爆発物（ばくはつぶつ）が仕掛（しか）けられたようです。	Engineer: It appears someone has planted explosives.	Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
通信士：メインスクリーンにビジョンが来（き）ます。	Communications Operator: Incoming visual on the main screen.	Operator: Main screen turn on.
CATS：連邦政府（れんぽうせいふ）軍（ぐん）のご協力（きょうりょく）により、君達（きみたち）の基地（きち）は、全（すべ）てCATSがいただいた。	CATS: With the help of Federation government forces, CATS has taken all of your bases.	CATS: All your base are belong to us.
CATS：せいぜい残（のこ）り少（すく）ない命（いのち）を、大切（たいせつ）にしたまえ・・・・。	CATS: Treasure what little time you have left to live...	CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.
艦長：たのむぞ。ZIG！！	Captain: We're counting on you, ZIG!!	Captain: Move 'ZIG'.
艦長：我（われ）々（われ）の未来（みらい）に希望（きぼう）を・・・	Captain: May there be hope for our future...	Captain: For great justice.

History

Zero Wing was released in Japanese arcades by developer Toaplan on 1 July 1989,^[5] and in North America in April 1990.^[6] The European release of the game on the Sega Mega Drive, also known as the Sega Genesis, which contained the script of the meme's origin, occurred in July 1991.^[7]

Zero Wing is one of the most widely known examples of poor linguistic translation in video games.^[8]^{: 249–250} Translations were handled internally by the design team, not with a professional translator.^[8]^: 250 According to game designer Tatsuya Uemara, the English skills of the team member who prepared the translations were "really terrible".^[8]^: 250

The first references of the meme could be seen in 1999 and the early 2000s when an animated GIF of the scene appeared on forums and sites like Zany Video Game Quotes,^[9] OverClocked,^[10] and TribalWar forums.^[11] In November 2000, Kansas City computer programmer and part-time disc jockey Jeffrey Ray Roberts (1977–2011), of the gabber band The Laziest Men on Mars, made a techno dance track, "Invasion of the Gabber Robots," which remixed some of the Zero Wing video game music with a voice-over of the phrase, "All your base are belong to us".^[12] (The original music for Zero Wing was written by Tatsuya Uemura and arranged by Noriyuki Iwadare.) On 16 February 2001, user Bad_CRC posted an animated music video accompanying the song onto the Flash game and animation sharing site Newgrounds.^[13] The video was shared rapidly, soon becoming an Internet meme and receiving widespread media attention.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18] The meme's popularity was seen throughout the early 2000s when it was broadcast unauthorized onto the ticker of a Raleigh, North Carolina, TV channel,^[19] used as a placeholder message by YouTube while under maintenance,^[20] and reproduced onto T-shirts.^[18]^[12]

The meme was addressed by Toaplan representatives Tatsuya Uemura (programmer and music composer of Zero Wing and Toaplan founding member) and Masahiro Yuge (fellow Toaplan composer and founder) in interviews during the 2010s. Uemura stated that the poor English translation in the Mega Drive version was handled by a member of Toaplan in charge of export and overseas business.^[21]^[22]

The 15th and 20th anniversaries of the posting of the remix on Newgrounds were recognized by numerous culture sites.^[23]^[14]^[24] The meme has been highlighted for its uniqueness in that, unlike other memes of the time, it lacked sexual innuendos or vulgarity.^[13]^[25]

Mentions in media

The phrase or some variation of lines from the game has appeared numerous times in films, commercials, news broadcasts, other games, and social media posts.

On 1 April 2003, in Sturgis, Michigan, seven people placed signs through the town that read: "All your base are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time." They claimed to be playing an April Fools' joke, but most people who saw the signs were unfamiliar with the phrase. Many residents were upset that the signs appeared while the US was at war with Iraq, and police chief Eugene Alli said the signs could be "a borderline terrorist threat, depending on what someone interprets it to mean".^[26]

In February 2004, North Carolina State University students and members of TheWolfWeb in Raleigh, North Carolina, exploited a web-based service used by local schools and businesses to report weather-related closures to display the phrase within a news ticker on a live news broadcast on News 14 Carolina.^[19]

On 1 June 2006, the phrase "All Your Video Are Belong to Us" appeared in all-caps below the YouTube logo as a placeholder while YouTube was under maintenance. Some users believed the site had been hacked, leading YouTube to add the message "No, we haven't be [sic] hacked. Get a sense of humor."^[27]

On 19 January 2019, American Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tweeted "All your base (are) belong to us" in response to a poll by "Hill-HarrisX" indicating that 45% of the Republicans who were polled approved of Ocasio-Cortez's suggested implementation of a 70% marginal tax rate for individual income over $10 million per year.^[28]^[29]^[30]

Footnotes

^ Original broken English translation as it appeared in the released video game.

References

^ Dibbell, Julian (18 January 2008). "Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World". Wired. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
^ Toaplan (31 May 1991). Zero Wing (Sega Mega Drive) (in Japanese). Taito. Scene: Intro sequence.
^ Mandelin, Clyde (13 January 2014). "How Zero Wing's 'All Your Base' Translation Compares with the Japanese Script". Legends of Localization. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^ Toaplan (1992). Zero Wing (Sega Mega Drive). Taito. Scene: Intro scene.
^ "Zero Wing (Registration Number PA000045123)". United States Copyright Office. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). "東亜プラン (Toa Plan); ナムコ（中村製作所）Namco; ゼ; Williams Electronics; Z". アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編 (1971-2005) (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. pp. 50, 52, 84, 140, 172. ISBN 978-4990251215.
^ Rand, Paul; Boone, Tim (15 July 1991). "Review: Zero Wing - Megadrive by Toaplan". Computer and Video Games. No. 117 (August 1991). United Kingdom: EMAP. pp. 60–62. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Eyman, Douglas; Eyman, Douglas; Sun, Hongmei (2024). "Translation and Chinese Culture in Video Games". In Guo, Li; Eyman, Douglas; Sun, Hongmei (eds.). Games & Play in Chinese & Sinophone Cultures. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295752402.
^ TVsIan (1 January 2001). "Aybabtu: The History". Hubert. Archived from the original on 2 June 2001.
^ "OverClocked - #116 - The ZeroWing Dub Project". OverClocked. 5 June 2000. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ Bad_CRC (16 December 2000). "OT: All your base are belong to us". TribalWar Forums. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Taylor, Chris (25 February 2001). "All Your Base Are Belong To Us". Time. Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2007.
^ ^a ^b Machkovech, Sam (16 February 2021). "An anniversary for great justice: Remembering 'All Your Base' 20 years later". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Walker, Ian (16 February 2021). "The 'All Your Base Are Belong To Us' Video Is Now 20 Years Old". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^ Benner, Jeffrey (23 February 2001). "When Gamer Humor Attacks". WIRED. Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ Kornblum, Janet (8 February 2002). "Odd phrase touches all the Web bases". USA Today. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ Carroll, Jon (20 February 2001). "All Your Base Are Belong to Us". SFGATE. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Johnston, Rich (27 February 2001). "All your base ..." The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Poulsen, Kevin (5 March 2004). "Wags hijack TV channel's on-screen ticker". The Register. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ Sandoval, Greg (2 June 2006). "YouTube: Our humor, not our hack". CNET. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ Kiyoshi, Tane; hally (VORC); Yūsaku, Yamamoto (3 February 2012). "東亜プラン特集 - 元・東亜プラン開発者インタビュー: 弓削雅稔". Shooting Gameside (in Japanese). Vol. 4. Micro Magazine. pp. 41–48. ISBN 978-4896373844. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ Mosley, Brian; Brunner, James (March 2017). "Out Zone with guest Tatsuya Uemura – PA76". Pixelated Audio (Podcast). Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
^ Stephen, Bijan (17 February 2021). "All Your Base Are Belong To Us has turned 20". The Verge. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ Hathaway, Jay (16 February 2016). "We Get Signal: 'All Your Base Are Belong to Us' Is 15 Years Old". Intelligencer. New York. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ Parish, Jeremy (1 March 2016). "For Great Justice: A Partial Origin Story of Gaming's Original Internet Meme". VG247. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ Doyle, Holly (4 April 2003). "Men arrested for 'All Your Base' prank". WWMT Newschannel 3. Archived from the original on 29 August 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
^ Sandoval, Greg (2 June 2006). "YouTube: Our humor, not our hack". CNET. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014.
^ Cole, Brendan (19 January 2019). "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tax Rate Plans Find Favor Among Republicans, She Responds with Retro Meme". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [@AOC] (18 January 2019). "All your base (are) belong to us 👾" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 February 2023 – via Twitter.
^ Rosenberg, Adam (19 January 2019). "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made perfect use of this 20-year-old video game meme". Mashable. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

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[5] Original broken English translation as it appeared in the released video game.

[1] Dibbell, Julian (18 January 2008). "Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World". Wired. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.

[2] Toaplan (31 May 1991). Zero Wing (Sega Mega Drive) (in Japanese). Taito. Scene: Intro sequence.

[3] Mandelin, Clyde (13 January 2014). "How Zero Wing's 'All Your Base' Translation Compares with the Japanese Script". Legends of Localization. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

[4] Toaplan (1992). Zero Wing (Sega Mega Drive). Taito. Scene: Intro scene.

[6] "Zero Wing (Registration Number PA000045123)". United States Copyright Office. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[7] Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). "東亜プラン (Toa Plan); ナムコ（中村製作所）Namco; ゼ; Williams Electronics; Z". アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編 (1971-2005) (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. pp. 50, 52, 84, 140, 172. ISBN 978-4990251215.

[8] Rand, Paul; Boone, Tim (15 July 1991). "Review: Zero Wing - Megadrive by Toaplan". Computer and Video Games. No. 117 (August 1991). United Kingdom: EMAP. pp. 60–62. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[Eyman2-9] Eyman, Douglas; Eyman, Douglas; Sun, Hongmei (2024). "Translation and Chinese Culture in Video Games". In Guo, Li; Eyman, Douglas; Sun, Hongmei (eds.). Games & Play in Chinese & Sinophone Cultures. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295752402.

[10] TVsIan (1 January 2001). "Aybabtu: The History". Hubert. Archived from the original on 2 June 2001.

[11] "OverClocked - #116 - The ZeroWing Dub Project". OverClocked. 5 June 2000. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[12] Bad_CRC (16 December 2000). "OT: All your base are belong to us". TribalWar Forums. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[time-13] Taylor, Chris (25 February 2001). "All Your Base Are Belong To Us". Time. Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2007.

[:4-14] Machkovech, Sam (16 February 2021). "An anniversary for great justice: Remembering 'All Your Base' 20 years later". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[:3-15] Walker, Ian (16 February 2021). "The 'All Your Base Are Belong To Us' Video Is Now 20 Years Old". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

[:2-16] Benner, Jeffrey (23 February 2001). "When Gamer Humor Attacks". WIRED. Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[17] Kornblum, Janet (8 February 2002). "Odd phrase touches all the Web bases". USA Today. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[18] Carroll, Jon (20 February 2001). "All Your Base Are Belong to Us". SFGATE. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[:9-19] Johnston, Rich (27 February 2001). "All your base ..." The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[:7-20] Poulsen, Kevin (5 March 2004). "Wags hijack TV channel's on-screen ticker". The Register. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[:8-21] Sandoval, Greg (2 June 2006). "YouTube: Our humor, not our hack". CNET. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[STGv4b-22] Kiyoshi, Tane; hally (VORC); Yūsaku, Yamamoto (3 February 2012). "東亜プラン特集 - 元・東亜プラン開発者インタビュー: 弓削雅稔". Shooting Gameside (in Japanese). Vol. 4. Micro Magazine. pp. 41–48. ISBN 978-4896373844. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[OZwgTU-23] Mosley, Brian; Brunner, James (March 2017). "Out Zone with guest Tatsuya Uemura – PA76". Pixelated Audio (Podcast). Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.

[:5-24] Stephen, Bijan (17 February 2021). "All Your Base Are Belong To Us has turned 20". The Verge. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[25] Hathaway, Jay (16 February 2016). "We Get Signal: 'All Your Base Are Belong to Us' Is 15 Years Old". Intelligencer. New York. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[:6-26] Parish, Jeremy (1 March 2016). "For Great Justice: A Partial Origin Story of Gaming's Original Internet Meme". VG247. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[27] Doyle, Holly (4 April 2003). "Men arrested for 'All Your Base' prank". WWMT Newschannel 3. Archived from the original on 29 August 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2009.

[:0-28] Sandoval, Greg (2 June 2006). "YouTube: Our humor, not our hack". CNET. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014.

[:1-29] Cole, Brendan (19 January 2019). "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tax Rate Plans Find Favor Among Republicans, She Responds with Retro Meme". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

[30] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [@AOC] (18 January 2019). "All your base (are) belong to us 👾" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 February 2023 – via Twitter.

[31] Rosenberg, Adam (19 January 2019). "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made perfect use of this 20-year-old video game meme". Mashable. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

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-| Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
-| Engineer: It appears someone has planted explosives.
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+| Engineer: It appears someone has planted explosives.
+| Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
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-| Operator: Main screen turn on.
-| Communications Operator: Incoming visual on the main screen.
 | {{lang|ja|通信士：メインスクリーンにビジョンが{{ruby-ja|来|き}}ます。}}
+| Communications Operator: Incoming visual on the main screen.
+| Operator: Main screen turn on.
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-| CATS: '''All your base are belong to us.'''
-| CATS: With the help of Federation government forces, '''CATS has taken all of your bases.'''
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+| CATS: With the help of Federation government forces, '''CATS has taken all of your bases.'''
+| CATS: '''All your base are belong to us.'''
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-| CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.
-| CATS: Treasure what little time you have left to live...
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+| CATS: Treasure what little time you have left to live...
+| CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.
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-| Captain: Move 'ZIG'.
-| Captain: We’re counting on you, ZIG!!
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+| Captain: We're counting on you, ZIG!!
+| Captain: Move 'ZIG'.
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-| Captain: For great justice.
-| Captain: May there be hope for our future…
 | {{lang|ja|艦長：{{ruby-ja|我|われ}}{{ruby-ja|々|われ}}の{{ruby-ja|未来|みらい}}に{{ruby-ja|希望|きぼう}}を・・・}}
+| Captain: May there be hope for our future...
+| Captain: For great justice.
 |}
+==History==
-==Translation history==
+{{External media|float=right|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icVy7Ve6y6A YouTube video of the opening sequence, featuring the line]|video2=[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/11940 Newgrounds post where the music video was posted]|title=External videos}}
-The meme was addressed by [[Toaplan]]'s [[Tatsuya Uemura]] (the game's programmer and composer) and Masahiro Yuge (composer) in interviews during the 2010s. They stated the poor English translation in the Mega Drive version was handled by a member of [[Toaplan]] in charge of export and overseas business, whose English was poor.<ref name="STGv4b">{{cite magazine|last1=Kiyoshi|first1=Tane|author2=hally (VORC)|last3=Yūsaku|first3=Yamamoto|title=東亜プラン特集 - 元・東亜プラン 開発者インタビュー: 弓削雅稔|magazine=Shooting Gameside|volume=4|publisher=Micro Magazine|date=3 February 2012|pages=41–48|lang=ja|isbn=978-4896373844}} ([http://shmuplations.com/toaplan-yuge1/ Translation] by Shmuplations. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906023744/http://shmuplations.com/toaplan-yuge1/|date=2019-09-06}}).</ref><ref name="OZwgTU">{{cite podcast|host1=Brian Mosley|host2=James Brunner|url=https://pixelatedaudio.com/out-zone/|title=Out Zone with guest Tatsuya Uemura – PA76|publisher=Pixelated Audio|date=March 2017|access-date=2019-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023230947/https://pixelatedaudio.com/out-zone/|archive-date=2020-05-19|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
+''[[Zero Wing]]'' was released in Japanese arcades by developer [[Toaplan]] on 1 July 1989,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zero Wing (Registration Number PA000045123) |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209011156/https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First |archive-date=2023-02-09 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=United States Copyright Office}}</ref> and in North America in April 1990.<ref>{{cite web|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|url=https://archive.org/stream/ArcadeGameList1971-2005#page/n51/mode/1up|title=東亜プラン (Toa Plan); ナムコ（中村製作所）Namco; ゼ; Williams Electronics; Z|work=アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)|edition=1st|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement News Agency]]|date=13 October 2006|pages=50, 52, 84, 140, 172|isbn=978-4990251215|language=ja}}</ref> The European release of the game on the [[Sega Genesis|Sega Mega Drive]], also known as the Sega Genesis, which contained the script of the meme's origin, occurred in July 1991.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Rand |first1=Paul |last2=Boone |first2=Tim |date=1991-07-15 |title=Review: Zero Wing - Megadrive by Toaplan |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-117/page/n59/mode/2up |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |location=United Kingdom |publisher=[[EMAP]] |issue=117 (August 1991) |pages=60–62 |access-date=2023-02-10}}</ref>
+''Zero Wing'' is one of the most widely known examples of poor linguistic translation in video games.<ref name="Eyman2">{{Cite book |last=Eyman |first=Douglas |title=Games & Play in Chinese & Sinophone Cultures |last2=Eyman |first2=Douglas |last3=Sun |first3=Hongmei |date=2024 |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |isbn=9780295752402 |editor-last=Guo |editor-first=Li |location=Seattle, WA |chapter=Translation and Chinese Culture in Video Games |editor-last2=Eyman |editor-first2=Douglas |editor-last3=Sun |editor-first3=Hongmei}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=249-250}} Translations were handled internally by the design team, not with a professional translator.<ref name="Eyman2" />{{Rp|page=250}} According to game designer [[Tatsuya Uemura|Tatsuya Uemara]], the English skills of the team member who prepared the translations were "really terrible".<ref name="Eyman2" />{{Rp|page=250}}
-==Mentions in media==
-<!-- ATTENTION: PLEASE ONLY ADD ITEMS DESCRIBED BY RELIABLE SOURCES TO THIS SECTION. Per the consensus reached on this article's talk page, references of appearances (such as an occurrence in a video game or a TV episode) that didn't receive some sort of media coverage should not be included here. -->
-The phrase or some variation of lines from the game has appeared in numerous articles, books, comics, clothing, movies, radio shows, songs, television shows, video games, webcomics, and websites.
+The first references of the meme could be seen in 1999 and the early 2000s when an animated GIF of the scene appeared on [[Internet forum|forums]] and sites like Zany Video Game Quotes,<ref>{{Cite web |last=TVsIan |date=2001-01-01 |title=Aybabtu: The History |url=http://hubert.retrogames.com/article.php?sid=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010602111141/http://hubert.retrogames.com/article.php?sid=1 |archive-date=2001-06-02 |website=Hubert}}</ref> OverClocked,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-06-05 |title=OverClocked - #116 - The ZeroWing Dub Project |url=http://www.overclocked.org/OCzerowing.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816001019/http://www.overclocked.org/OCzerowing.htm |archive-date=2000-08-16 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=OverClocked}}</ref> and TribalWar forums.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bad_CRC |date=2000-12-16 |title=OT: All your base are belong to us |url=https://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=24539 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412130932/https://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=24539 |archive-date=2022-04-12 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=TribalWar Forums}}</ref> In November 2000, [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] computer programmer and part-time [[disc jockey]] Jeffrey Ray Roberts (1977–2011), of the [[gabber]] band The Laziest Men on Mars, made a techno dance track, "Invasion of the Gabber Robots," which remixed some of the ''Zero Wing'' video game music with a voice-over of the phrase, "All your base are belong to us".<ref name="time">{{cite magazine |last=Taylor|first=Chris |date=25 February 2001 |title=All Your Base Are Belong To Us |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,100525,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621020832/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C100525%2C00.html |archive-date=21 June 2007 |access-date=29 June 2007}}</ref> (The original music for ''Zero Wing'' was written by [[Tatsuya Uemura]] and arranged by [[Noriyuki Iwadare]].) On 16 February 2001, user Bad_CRC posted an animated [[music video]] accompanying the song onto the [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] game and animation sharing site [[Newgrounds]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Machkovech |first=Sam |date=2021-02-16 |title=An anniversary for great justice: Remembering 'All Your Base' 20 years later |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/02/get-ready-to-feel-old-the-all-your-base-music-video-turns-20-today/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218184648/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/02/get-ready-to-feel-old-the-all-your-base-music-video-turns-20-today/ |archive-date=2022-12-18 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=[[Ars Technica]] |language=en-us}}</ref> The video was shared rapidly, soon becoming an [[Internet meme]] and receiving widespread media attention.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Ian |date=16 February 2021 |title=The 'All Your Base Are Belong To Us' Video Is Now 20 Years Old |url=https://kotaku.com/the-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-video-is-now-20-ye-1846281979 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224093634/https://kotaku.com/the-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-video-is-now-20-ye-1846281979 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |access-date=25 February 2021 |website=[[Kotaku]] |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Benner |first=Jeffrey |date=23 February 2001 |title=When Gamer Humor Attacks |url=https://www.wired.com/2001/02/when-gamer-humor-attacks/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|WIRED]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219232934/https://www.wired.com/2001/02/when-gamer-humor-attacks/ |archive-date=2022-12-19 |access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kornblum |first=Janet |date=2002-02-08 |title=Odd phrase touches all the Web bases |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-03-07-ebrief.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201230030/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-03-07-ebrief.htm |archive-date=2023-02-01 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carroll |first=Jon |date=2001-02-20 |title=All Your Base Are Belong to Us |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/carroll/article/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-3327364.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202202752/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/carroll/article/All-Your-Base-Are-Belong-to-Us-3327364.php |archive-date=2023-02-02 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=[[SFGATE]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite news |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=2001-02-27 |title=All your base ... |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/feb/28/internetnews.g2 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208085128/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/feb/28/internetnews.g2 |archive-date=2023-02-08 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The meme's popularity was seen throughout the early 2000s when it was broadcast unauthorized onto the [[News ticker|ticker]] of a [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], TV channel,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Poulsen |first=Kevin |date=2004-03-05 |title=Wags hijack TV channel's on-screen ticker |url=https://www.theregister.com/2004/03/05/wags_hijack_tv_channels_onscreen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228232951/https://www.theregister.com/2004/03/05/wags_hijack_tv_channels_onscreen/ |archive-date=2022-12-28 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=[[The Register]] |language=en}}</ref> used as a placeholder message by [[YouTube]] while under maintenance,<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Sandoval |first=Greg |date=2006-06-02 |title=YouTube: Our humor, not our hack |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/youtube-our-humor-not-our-hack/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811020228/https://www.cnet.com/culture/youtube-our-humor-not-our-hack/ |archive-date=2022-08-11 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=[[CNET]] |language=en}}</ref> and reproduced onto T-shirts.<ref name=":9" /><ref name="time"/>
-In November 2000, [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] computer [[programmer]], Something Awful forum member, and part-time [[disc jockey]] Jeffrey Ray Roberts (1977–2011) of the [[Gabber]] band [[the Laziest Men on Mars]], made a techno dance track, "Invasion of the Gabber Robots", which remixed some of the ''Zero Wing'' video game music by [[Tatsuya Uemura]] and [[Noriyuki Iwadare]] with a voice-over phrase "All your base are belong to us".<ref>{{cite news|author=Taylor, Chris |date=2001-02-25 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,100525,00.html |title=All Your Base Are Belong To Us |access-date=2007-06-29 |work=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621020832/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C100525%2C00.html |archive-date=21 June 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tribal War forums member Bad_CRC in February 2001 created a [[Flash animation]]<ref>{{Citation|last=The Laziest Men on Mars|first=Bad_CRC|title=All your base are belong to us|date=Feb 2001|url=http://archive.org/details/flash_allyourbase|access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> combining Roberts' song and the various images created in a Something Awful AYB Photoshop thread, which proceeded to [[going viral|go viral]].
+The meme was addressed by Toaplan representatives Tatsuya Uemura (programmer and music composer of ''Zero Wing'' and Toaplan founding member) and Masahiro Yuge (fellow Toaplan composer and founder) in interviews during the 2010s. Uemura stated that the poor English translation in the Mega Drive version was handled by a member of Toaplan in charge of export and overseas business.<ref name="STGv4b">{{cite magazine |last1=Kiyoshi |first1=Tane |author2=hally (VORC) |last3=Yūsaku |first3=Yamamoto |date=3 February 2012 |title=東亜プラン特集 - 元・東亜プラン 開発者インタビュー: 弓削雅稔 |url=https://archive.org/details/Shooting_Gameside_Vol.4/page/n41/mode/2up |magazine=Shooting Gameside |language=Japanese |publisher=Micro Magazine |volume=4 |pages=41–48 |isbn=978-4896373844 |access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref><ref name="OZwgTU">{{cite podcast |url=https://pixelatedaudio.com/out-zone/ |title=Out Zone with guest Tatsuya Uemura – PA76 |date=March 2017 |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023230947/https://pixelatedaudio.com/out-zone/ |archive-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=live |website=Pixelated Audio |last=Mosley |first=Brian |last2=Brunner |first2=James}}</ref>
-On February 23, 2001, [[Wired (magazine)|''Wired'']] provided a report on the phenomenon, covering it from the Flash animation to its spread through [[email]] and internet forums to [[T-shirts]] bearing the phrase.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web | first=Jeffrey | last=Benner | date=2001-02-23 | title=When Gamer Humor Attacks | url=http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/02/42009 | work=Wired | access-date=2014-06-30 | archive-date=2014-06-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630210517/http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/02/42009 | url-status=live }}</ref>
+The 15th and 20th anniversaries of the posting of the remix on Newgrounds were recognized by numerous culture sites.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Stephen |first=Bijan |date=17 February 2021 |title=All Your Base Are Belong To Us has turned 20 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/17/22287208/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-20th-anniversary-internet-culture |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410231946/https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/17/22287208/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-20th-anniversary-internet-culture |archive-date=10 April 2021 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hathaway |first=Jay |date=2016-02-16 |title=We Get Signal: 'All Your Base Are Belong to Us' Is 15 Years Old |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/02/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-turns-15.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220002852/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/02/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-turns-15.html |archive-date=2022-12-20 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Intelligencer |publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |language=en-us}}</ref> The meme has been highlighted for its uniqueness in that, unlike other memes of the time, it lacked sexual innuendos or vulgarity.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Parish |first=Jeremy |date=2016-03-01 |title=For Great Justice: A Partial Origin Story of Gaming's Original Internet Meme |url=https://www.vg247.com/for-great-justice-a-partial-origin-story-of-gamings-original-internet-meme |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226054449/https://www.vg247.com/for-great-justice-a-partial-origin-story-of-gamings-original-internet-meme |archive-date=2022-12-26 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=[[VG247]] |language=en}}</ref>
+==Mentions in media==
+<!-- ATTENTION: PLEASE ONLY ADD ITEMS DESCRIBED BY RELIABLE SOURCES TO THIS SECTION. Per the consensus reached on this article's talk page, references of appearances (such as an occurrence in a video game or a TV episode) that didn't receive some sort of media coverage should not be included here. -->[[File:All your base are belong to us at US-50.jpg|thumb|"All Your Base Are Belong to Us" [[graffiti]]ed on the side of [[U.S. Route 50 in Nevada|U.S. Route 50]] in [[Nevada]]]]
+The phrase or some variation of lines from the game has appeared numerous times in films, commercials, news broadcasts, other games, and [[social media]] posts.
-On April 1, 2003, in [[Sturgis, Michigan]], seven people placed signs through the town that read: "All your base are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time." They claimed to be playing an [[April Fools' Day|April Fool's]] joke, but most people who saw the signs were unfamiliar with the phrase. Many residents were upset that the signs appeared while the U.S. was at [[2003 invasion of Iraq|war with Iraq]], and police chief Eugene Alli said the signs could be "a borderline terrorist threat, depending on what someone interprets it to mean".<ref>{{cite web|title=Men arrested for "All Your Base" prank|author=Doyle, Holly|url=http://www.wwmt.com/news/sturgis-468-security-thought.html|date=2003-04-04|access-date=2009-07-10|publisher=WWMT NEWSCHANNEL 3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100829220138/http://www.wwmt.com/news/sturgis-468-security-thought.html |archive-date=29 August 2010}}</ref>
+On 1 April 2003, in [[Sturgis, Michigan]], seven people placed signs through the town that read: "All your base are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time." They claimed to be playing an [[April Fools' Day|April Fools']] joke, but most people who saw the signs were unfamiliar with the phrase. Many residents were upset that the signs appeared while the US was at [[2003 invasion of Iraq|war with Iraq]], and police chief Eugene Alli said the signs could be "a borderline [[Domestic terrorism|terrorist threat]], depending on what someone interprets it to mean".<ref>{{cite web |last=Doyle |first=Holly |date=4 April 2003 |title=Men arrested for 'All Your Base' prank |url=http://www.wwmt.com/news/sturgis-468-security-thought.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100829220138/http://www.wwmt.com/news/sturgis-468-security-thought.html |archive-date=29 August 2010 |access-date=10 July 2009 |publisher=WWMT Newschannel 3}}</ref>
-In February 2004, [[North Carolina State University]] students and members of [[TheWolfWeb]] in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]] exploited a web-based service used by local schools and businesses to report weather-related closures to display the phrase within a [[news ticker]] on a live news broadcast on [[Spectrum News North Carolina|News 14 Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web | author=Poulsen, Kevin|date=2004-03-05 | work=The Register | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/03/05/wags_hijack_tv_channels_onscreen/ | title=Wags hijack TV channel's on-screen ticker | access-date=2006-05-15| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060525074052/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/03/05/wags_hijack_tv_channels_onscreen/| archive-date= 25 May 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
+In February 2004, [[North Carolina State University]] students and members of [[TheWolfWeb]] in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], exploited a web-based service used by local schools and businesses to report weather-related closures to display the phrase within a [[news ticker]] on a live news broadcast on [[Spectrum News North Carolina|News 14 Carolina]].<ref name=":7" />
-On June 1, 2006, [[YouTube]] was taken down for maintenance. The phrase "ALL YOUR VIDEO ARE BELONG TO US" appeared below the YouTube logo as a placeholder while the site was down. Some users believed the site had been hacked, leading YouTube to add the message "No, we haven't be{{Sic|}} hacked. Get a sense of humor."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|first=Greg |last=Sandoval |date=2006-06-02 |title=YouTube: Our humor, not our hack |url=http://news.cnet.com/YouTube-Humor,-not-hack/2100-1026_3-6079314.html |work=CNET News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506201205/http://news.cnet.com/YouTube-Humor%2C-not-hack/2100-1026_3-6079314.html |archive-date=2014-05-06 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+On 1 June 2006, the phrase "All Your Video Are Belong to Us" appeared in all-caps below the YouTube logo as a placeholder while [[YouTube]] was under maintenance. Some users believed the site had been hacked, leading YouTube to add the message "No, we haven't be{{Sic|}} hacked. Get a sense of humor."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Sandoval |first=Greg |date=2 June 2006 |title=YouTube: Our humor, not our hack |work=[[CNET]] |url=http://news.cnet.com/YouTube-Humor,-not-hack/2100-1026_3-6079314.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506201205/http://news.cnet.com/YouTube-Humor%2C-not-hack/2100-1026_3-6079314.html |archive-date=6 May 2014}}</ref>
-On January 19, 2019, [[United States House of Representatives|American Congresswoman]] [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] from [[New York (state)|New York]]) tweeted "All your base (are) belong to us" in response to a poll by Hill–Harris indicating that 45% of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] who were polled approved of Ocasio-Cortez's suggested implementation of a 70% [[marginal tax rate]] for individuals making more than $10 million per year.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Cole |first1=Brendan |title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tax Rate Plans Find Favor Among Republicans, She Responds with Retro Meme |url=https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-tax-rate-plans-find-favor-among-republicans-she-1298164 |website=Newsweek |date=19 January 2019 |publisher=Newsweek |access-date=21 January 2019 |archive-date=21 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121134329/https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-tax-rate-plans-find-favor-among-republicans-she-1298164 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+On 19 January 2019, [[United States House of Representatives|American Congresswoman]] [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[New York (state)|NY]]) tweeted "All your base (are) belong to us" in response to a poll by "Hill-HarrisX" indicating that 45% of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] who were polled approved of Ocasio-Cortez's suggested implementation of a 70% [[marginal tax rate]] for individual income over $10 million per year.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Cole |first1=Brendan |title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tax Rate Plans Find Favor Among Republicans, She Responds with Retro Meme |url=https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-tax-rate-plans-find-favor-among-republicans-she-1298164 |website=Newsweek |date=19 January 2019 |access-date=21 January 2019 |archive-date=21 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121134329/https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-tax-rate-plans-find-favor-among-republicans-she-1298164 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1086483485668319233|user=AOC|title=All your base (are) belong to us 👾|author=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|author-link=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|date=2019-01-18|access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Adam |date=2019-01-19 |title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made perfect use of this 20-year-old video game meme |url=https://mashable.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-all-your-base-tweet-meme |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=[[Mashable]] |language=en |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211012303/https://mashable.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-all-your-base-tweet-meme |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==See also==
 {{Portal|Internet|Video Games}}
+* {{annotated link|The cake is a lie}}
-*''[[English As She Is Spoke]]''
+* {{annotated link|English as She Is Spoke|''English as She Is Spoke''}}
-* [[List of Internet phenomena]]
+* {{annotated link|List of Internet phenomena}}
-*[[Lolspeak]]
+* {{annotated link|Lolcat}}
-* [[The cake is a lie]]
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 * [https://archive.org/details/flash_allyourbase All your base are belong to us] at the [[Internet Archive]]
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+* {{Know Your Meme | all-your-base-are-belong-to-us | All Your Base Are Belong to Us }}
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-[[Category:1989 in video gaming]]
+[[Category:1991 in video gaming]]
 [[Category:In-jokes]]
-[[Category:Internet memes introduced in the 1990s]]
+[[Category:Internet memes introduced in 1999]]
 [[Category:Quotations from video games]]
 [[Category:Video game memes]]
-[[Category:1991 neologisms]]
+[[Category:1991 quotations]]
+[[Category:Humour in translation]]
+[[Category:Translations into English]]

v t e Newgrounds
Games that debuted on Newgrounds	Pico's School (1999) Alien Hominid (2002) Kaboom: The Suicide Bombing Game (2002) Super Smash Flash (2006) Fancy Pants (2006; 2008) Flash Element TD (2007) V-Tech Rampage (2007) Super Meat Boy (2008) Raid Gaza! (2009) Aether (2009) Faith Fighter (2009) Spewer (2009) Loved (2010) The Room Tribute (2010) Super Mario Bros. Crossover (2010) The Scale of the Universe (2010; 2012) Abobo's Big Adventure (2012) Dys4ia (2012) Friday Night Funkin' (TBA)
Films/series that debuted on Newgrounds	"All your base are belong to us" (2001) Xiao Xiao (2001–2002) Broken Saints (2001–2003) Neurotically Yours (2002–present) "Badgers" (2003) Eddsworld (2003–present) "Numa Numa" (2004) Salad Fingers (2004–present) "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny" (2005) Charlie the Unicorn (2005) Minushi (2007) Saturday Morning Watchmen (2009) Ollie & Scoops (2019–present)
Associated people	Alan Becker Brad Borne Kira Buckland Neil Cicierega John Cooney Michael Cusack David Firth Tom Fulp Max Gilardi Tyler Glaiel Edd Gould Zach Hadel Arin Hanson Jazza Edmund McMillen Chris Niosi Ross O'Donovan Chris O'Neill Dan Paladin Adam Phillips Jonti Picking TomSka
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