A Wild X Appears! / Wild X Appeared! Bad Dudes. About “Are You a Bad Enough Dude?”
Is a catchphrase originating from Bad Dudes, an NES port of the Japanese arcade game DragonNinja released in 1988. At the beginning of the game, a secret service agent resembling Duke Nukem appears on screen with the following message: This moment was something of an obscure, retro-flavored in-joke, evoking nostalgia from people who remembered playing the game. Origin Bad Dudes Vs. Brock Obama. About Brock Obama is a fictional hybrid character which combines the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama and Brock, one of the main trainer characters from the anime series Pokémon.
The character is usually manifested in the form of photoshopped images with Brock’s head or face superimposed onto portrait images of Obama or President Obama’s face placed onto pictures of Brock. On some occasions, character images of rock-type Pokémons like Geodude or Onix may be added into background for humorous effect. Origin Though its exact point or date of origin remains unknown, the mash-up was most likely inspired by the similarity between the two names, Barack and Brock. Spread. But Our Princess is in Another Castle! About “Thank You Mario, But Our Princess is in Another Castle” (also known as “Sorry, But Our Princess…”) is a popular quote originally found in the classic Nintendo video game Super Mario Bros.
Its phrasal template “Sorry X, but your Y is in another Z” is typically used in replying to another user who is searching for a particular person or object in the wrong place. Because of its potential usage as a sarcastic remark, the quote is appropriately used as a mockng response and enjoyable resource for image macros and parodies, as well as some high-rated YouTube comments. Diglett Underground. About Diglett is a ground-type Pokemon character best known for its underground habitats.
Although its signature moves include scratching and growling, its entire body in full-length profile has never been revealed to the fan base, leading to much debate as to what makes up the lower half portion of Diglett’s body underground. Do A Barrel Roll. About “Do A Barrel Roll” is a catchphrase used to call on someone to perform a 360 degree horizontal spin.
The phrase is sometimes used to caption image macros where the subject appears to be in mid-rotation, or in animated GIFs where the subject is performing a full rotation. Origin The barrel roll has been used as an airplane aerial combat technique since dogfighting emerged in 1913 during World War I. The barrel roll maneuver was later included as a move in the Super Nintendo console game Star Fox that was released in the US the spring of 1993. Spread The first Urban Dictionary definition was created on January 30th, 2004. Google Easter Egg On November 3rd, 2011, the Google search engine enabled an easter egg for the search query “do a barrel roll” that would rotate the entire screen 360 degrees.
Notable Examples Search Interest External References. Fake Pokémon Battles. About Fake Pokémon Battles are a series of video and GIF animations parodying the cutscene sequence of a Pokémon battle in the Nintendo video game franchise.
The parodies typically involve substituting Pokémon characters with custom sprites of non-Pokémon characters, such as celebrities or politicians, and altering the in-game messages to fit the battle into context. FINISH HIM! / Fatality. Note: Work in progress, researching.
Feel free to request editorship About “FINISH HIM!” Is an ending message that appears in arcade fighting game series Mortal Kombat to notify the player to perform a final blow on their opponent so they could win the match. It's Dangerous to Go Alone! Take This. About “It’s Dangerous to go Alone!
It's Super Effective! About “It’s super effective!”
Konami code. Leeroy Jenkins. About Leeroy Jenkins is the name of a World of Warcraft character that is known for screaming out his name before ignorantly charging headlong into battle, killing everyone in his party.
Though the video may have been staged, Leeroy Jenkins was embraced by Blizzard Inc., making several appearances in World of Warcraft products. Origin The video was first uploaded to World of Warcraft fansite Warcraft Movies on May 11th, 2005. My Pokemans, Let Me Show You Them. Pokepuns. About Pokepuns are an image macro series illustrating various puns and wordplay based on the character names of the Nintendo anime and video game franchise Pokémon. Origin The image macros labeled “Pokepun” did not appear until January 2009 with a picture of Raichu and a caption that read “I’m going to Raichu a love song” (I’m going to write you a love song"). An image macro version was posted by DeviantArt user ~its-Will-yo on January 17th and a photoshopped version was posted via Digg on January 29th. Some fans also assert that the official names of Pokemon monsters in Japanese were inspired by puns involving their physical traits and characteristics.
Precursors The idea of using Pokémon names as puns has been explored as early as on June 30th, 2007 in a thread posted via 4chan’s /b/ (random) board. Meanwhile, the concept of a word puzzle using pictures in place of words originates from Rebus, an allusional device that uses pictures to represent words or syllables. Spread Notable Examples. Thinking With Portals. About “Thinking with Portals” or “Now You’re Thinking With Portals” is a catchphrase often used with photoshopped images depicting how the concept of the portals from Valve’s Portal series can be applied to real life.
It also serves as a synonym for the English idiom thinking outside the box, or finding an unconventional but ultimately successful solution to a difficult problem. Sometimes, the photoshopped images simply depict the possibilities for amusement portals would offer. Alternatively, unedited photographs of optical illusions can be used to illustrate the theory of portals. Origin. Video Game Logic. About Video Game Logic is an expression used to highlight absurd plot lines, mechanics and glitches that are found in video games. Zerg Rush. About Zerg Rush is an online gaming term used to describe an overwhelming scale of attack carried out by one player against another in real time strategy (RTS) games.