What is All Your Base? How One Bad Gaming Translation Spawned the Meme Generation

In today’s rapidly moving internet age, memes explode into existence and then die almost as quickly. However, there is a meme that emerged before platforms like Reddit, Imgur and Twitter existed. And like a prehistoric megalodon it has waited in the depths, even as a other memes developed. But it’s still out there. It’s not dead. And every now and then, it takes the opportunity to make its presence known...


Produced, Written & Hosted by: Josh Bury (@ThrownGauntlet)
Produced, Shot & Edited by: Miles Hackett (@miles_hackett)
Additional Voicework by: Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen)
Illustrated animation by: Christian Pearson

Footage Courtesies:

Walmart Yodeling Kid
   • Видео  
Courtesy: Optigisa (YouTube)

Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That - Original Interview
   • Ain't Nobody Got Time For That - Orig...  
Courtesy: Tribune Broadcasting via TLB Xtract

DO U KNOW THE WAY | Ugandan Knuckles
   • Видео  
Courtesy: Gappey (YouTube)

Guy Yells Dicks Out For Harambe During Live News Report
   • Видео  
Courtesy: Hearst Television via G4ViralVideos (YouTube)

Sea of Thieves - Best Megalodon Moments Ever!
   • Sea of Thieves - The Best Megalodon M...  
Courtesy: Zylbrad (YouTube)

Blade Runner “Enhance” clip
   • Blade Runner Enhance Scene  
Courtesy: The Ladd Company / Shaw Brothers

All Your Base Are Belong to Us news report
   • All your base are belong to us news r...  
Courtesy: Fox Broadcasting Company

Jeff Goldblum Does Video Game Impressions
   • Jeff Goldblum Does Video Game Impress...  
Courtesy: UNILAD Gaming (YouTube)

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez And Stephen Eat Ben and Jerry’s
   • Rep. Ocasio-Cortez And Stephen Eat Be...  
Courtesy: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Arcade Longplay [282] Zero Wing
   • Arcade Longplay [282] Zero Wing  
Courtesy: World of Longplays (YouTube)

Scrooged “Shmuck” clip
   • Scrooged 1988 720p "Im alive"  
Courtesy: Mirage Productions

Shut the f*** up. No one cares.
   • Shut the fuck up. no one cares.  
Courtesy: TVFilthyFrank (YouTube)

Zero Wing Intro Cut Scene
   • All Your Base Are Belong to Us (Zero ...  
Courtesy: Toaplan via irulandotnet (YouTube)

Rush Hour “What the hell did you just say” clip
   • ...what the HELL did you just say?  
Courtesy: Richard Birnbaum Productions

NES Pro Wrestling: A Winner Is You
   • NES Pro Wrestling  
Courtesy: Nintendo via Oscar Luna (YouTube)

Ghostbusters NES
   • Видео  
Courtesy: Activision via Game Gods TV

Xmen Arcade 1992 - Magneto “Master of Magnet”
   • X-Men Arcade - Magneto Master of Magnet  
Courtesy: via ooberallen (YouTube)

Weird Rave footage
   • Strange rave from the 90s  
Courtesy: Groucho (YouTube)

AOL Commercial 2003
   • AOL Commercial (2003)  
Courtesy: Time Warner

Office Space “Bad Case of the Mondays”
   • Office Space (2/5) Movie CLIP - Bad C...  
Courtesy: Judgemental Films

Office Space “every day is the worst day”
   • Office space clip - every day the wor...  
Courtesy: Judgemental Films

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Live at Reading 1992
   • Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Li...  
Courtesy: nirvana (YouTube)


George Takei “All Your Base” C&C: Generals clip
   • Red Alert 3 Remix  
Courtesy: EA Games

“What are those!?
   • What are those Original  
Courtesy: Top Vines (YouTube)

New York City Pizza Rat
   • New York City rat taking pizza home o...  
Courtesy: Matt Little (YouTube)

Hotline Bling Parody with Tennis Racket and Balls
   • The BEST Drake "Hotline Bling" Video ...  
Courtesy: SOCIAL MANIA (YouTube)

Unexpected John Cena Meme
   • Unexpected John Cena Compilation  
Courtesy: XL & WWE via Haroon TV (YouTube)

Why You Always Lyin’ (Full song)
   • Why you always lying (full song)  
Courtesy: Promo Tv (YouTube)

AOC Dancing
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Courtesy: @AOC (Twitter)

Elon Musk Smokes Weed
   • Elon Musk smokes weed for the first t...  
Courtesy: The Joe Rogan Experience (YouTube)

AOC college dance video clip
   • Видео  
Courtesy: GuyCre8tive.com (YouTube)


Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).

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