All your base are belong to us

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The phrase is a piece of subtitled dialogue from the introduction to Zero Wing.
The phrase is a piece of subtitled dialogue from the introduction to Zero Wing.

"All your base are belong to us" (often shortened to "All Your Base", "AYBABTU", or simply "AYB") is a broken English phrase that sparked an internet phenomenon in 2001 and 2002, with the spread of a Flash animation that depicted the slogan. The text is taken from the opening cutscene of the European Sega Mega Drive version of Zero Wing,[1] a Japanese video game by Toaplan. It was popularized by the Something Awful message forums.[2]

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[edit] Transcript and translations

[edit] Game transcript

A summarized GIF animation of the scene.
A summarized GIF animation of the scene.
Narrator: In A.D. 2101, war was beginning.
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.

* This line and those following it are not in some animated GIF/Flash versions seen on the Internet. They may also be included within the song lyrics of the animated Flash movie.

[edit] Original Japanese text

It appears from the original text that CATS may be the name of an organization, not just of the particular cyborg villain appearing on the screen.[1]

西暦2101年
戦いは始まった。
艦長：一体どうしたと言んだ[sic]！
機関士：何者かによって、爆発物が仕掛けられたようです。
通信士：艦長！通信が入りました！
艦長：なにっ！
通信士：メインスクリーンにビジョンが来ます。
艦長：おっお前は！
CATS：おいそがしそうだね、諸君。
CATS：連邦政府軍のご協力により、君達の基地は、全てCATSがいただいた。
CATS：君達の艦も、そ