The Meme Museum

Born from a famously bad English translation of the 1989 Japanese arcade game Zero Wing. The phrase 'All your base are belong to us' became one of the earliest and most widespread internet memes, spawning thousands of image macros and flash videos in 2001.

Created in 1996 by animator Michael Girard using 3D character animation software. The file spread across the early internet via email chains and was featured on the TV show Ally McBeal, introducing millions to the concept of a 'viral' piece of content before that word existed.