All Your Base Are Belong to Us is one of the earliest viral internet memes, originating from a poorly translated opening cinematic of the 1989 Sega Mega Drive port of the Japanese arcade game Zero Wing. The phrase is a broken English (Engrish) translation of the original Japanese text meaning 'All of your bases are under our control.' The meme became a cultural phenomenon in the early 2000s after a Flash animation featuring the 'Invasion of the Gabber Robots' song spread across platforms like Newgrounds and Something Awful. It is widely considered a foundational piece of internet history, representing the charm of early video game localization errors and the power of early remix culture.