All Your Base Are Belong To Us Meme Generator

What is the All Your Base Are Belong To Us Meme?

A badly translated line from the 1989 game Zero Wing that became one of the first internet memes in 2001. "All your base are belong to us" is used to humorously claim total ownership or dominance over something, with the deliberately broken grammar preserved as a badge of early internet heritage.

Also Known As

• All Your Base Meme
• AYB Meme
• Zero Wing Meme
• CATS Meme
• All Your Base
• Belong To Us Meme

About the All Your Base Are Belong To Us Meme

A 16-bit pixel art villain from the Sega Genesis game Zero Wing: teal hair, a mechanical eye implant glowing red, draped in a purple cape against a vivid orange background. This is CATS, the character who delivered the most famous bad translation in gaming history. "All your base are belong to us." The sentence makes no grammatical sense and that is entirely the point. The image became the visual anchor for one of the internet's earliest viral phenomena, Photoshopped onto real-world signs and landmarks across the web in 2001.

"All your base are belong to us" comes from the poorly translated English intro of the 1989 Japanese arcade game Zero Wing, ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1992. The villain CATS delivers the line after taking over the protagonist's ship. The broken English went unnoticed for years until a 2001 Flash animation set it to music and spread it across the early web, making it arguably the first true internet meme. It predates even O RLY Owl (2003 skepticism) and Troll Face (2008 chaos). The phrase was Photoshopped onto road signs, buildings, and landmarks, declaring total ownership of everything in sight. It remains a foundational artifact of internet culture.

How to Make a All Your Base Are Belong To Us Meme

1. All Your Base is loaded with that iconic pixel-art villain staring you down from a 16-bit cutscene
2. Top text claims ownership: "ALL YOUR [thing]." Bottom text finishes the declaration: "ARE BELONG TO US." Swap in whatever you're claiming dominion over. The broken grammar is the point
3. The 16-bit pixel art aesthetic pairs naturally with bold, oversized Impact text. The retro feel is part of the charm, so don't fight it with modern fonts
4. White text with heavy black outlines over the orange background creates strong contrast. Lean into the absurdity of claiming ownership of mundane things
5. Territory claimed. Download the PNG and stake your flag, or Share it to declare dominion over someone's lunch, parking spot, or remote control

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