# Source of quotes . . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-of-quotes/59564>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 26, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-of-quotes/59564 "2001-03-26T18:00:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@Pip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pip)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-of-quotes/59564/1 "2001-03-26T18:00:14Z")

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Okay - I’ve been seeing and hearing these everywhere, usually together. Where the heck are they from?:

“Set us up the bomb” and “All your base are belong to us.”

Huh?

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**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-of-quotes/59564/2 "2001-03-26T18:47:55Z")

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Search is your friend.

[All your base are belong to us?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=64390)

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**Author:** ![kristina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@kristina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kristina)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-of-quotes/59564/3 "2001-03-26T19:04:14Z")

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hey! well those quotes come from a video game that was released overseas. when it was translated to english the translations were horrible like: “all your base are belong to us” and “someone set us up the bomb” i guess people thought it was pretty funny and started spreading the word. if you want to check it out some more there is a website, i think it’s something to the tune of [http://www.allyourbase.net](http://www.allyourbase.net) or something similar. there is also a link on this site to the following page [http://www.planetstarseige.com/allyourbase/AYB2.swf](http://www.planetstarseige.com/allyourbase/AYB2.swf) which will give you a much better idea of where it stems from. i’m sorry i don’t know how to create a link but if you take the time to type this in, it’s a good site. hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-of-quotes/59564/4 "2001-03-26T21:14:25Z")

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