# Mars, bitches! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 2, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-bitches/262808 "2004-09-02T18:09:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aegypt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@aegypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aegypt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-bitches/262808/1 "2004-09-02T18:09:47Z")
I’ve seen the term “Mars, bitches!” pop up here and there on the Internet lately, especially in blogs. Where does that come from? What, exactly, is it supposed to mean? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-bitches/262808/2 "2004-09-02T18:28:12Z")
Apparently there’s a humorous TV show on Comedy Central, done by a man named Chapelle. In a review of the most recent season, I found this reference: > [@](#): > > “I’m Rick James, bitch!” was replaced a few weeks later by “I’m Wayne Brady, bitch!”, thanks to an inspired Training Day spoof that gave White America’s Favorite Colored Entertainer a whole new image in the span of five minutes. Then a week later, THAT was replaced by “Mars, bitches.” when Dave asked the simple question, what would the ramp-up to and subsumed fallout from the Iraq war be like if Dubya was a black man? I, myself, prefer string. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-bitches/262808/3 "2004-09-02T18:37:47Z")
If one ignores the comma, one might think it a reference to Dejah Thoris, Thuvia, Podkayne, _et al._ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aegypt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@aegypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aegypt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-bitches/262808/4 "2004-09-02T18:39:09Z")
Or it might be short for “Male dogs are from Mars, bitches from Venus!” ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-bitches/262808/5 "2004-09-02T18:42:19Z")
“Write this down: M-A-R-S. Mars, bitches.” Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-bitches/262808/6 "2004-09-02T19:53:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Then a week later, THAT was replaced by “Mars, bitches.” when Dave asked the simple question, what would the ramp-up to and subsumed fallout from the Iraq war be like if Dubya was a black man? To elaborate on that, the skit was called “Black Bush.” Chapelle is standing in front of a presidential podium, and reporters ask him about his approval rating since the Iraq war, and he replies “Mars, bitches!” Do a Google search of “Black Bush” and you’re bound to find a link. The skit closed with the campaign slogan: “Vote Black Bush in 2004 Mars, bitches! And no gays settlin’ down neither!” ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-bitches/262808/7 "2004-09-02T19:57:14Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > If one ignores the comma, one might think it a reference to Dejah Thoris, Thuvia, Podkayne, _et al._ 😉 Wow, that brings back memories. I haven’t read the Martian series in years. I should pick it up again.