I have a few friends who watch Dragon Ball Z and play the game all the time. So when I saw this meme, I thought it would be cool to post it, as it reminds me of them saying it.
Dragon Ball is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. After Dragon Ball, Toei Animation released a second anime television series, Dragon Ball Z . Picking up where the first left off, Dragon Ball Z is adapted from the final twenty-six volumes of the manga series. It premiered in Japan in 1989 and ran until January 31, 1996.
In the original Japanese dub of the series, and in both the Japanese and English language mangas, Vegeta states that Goku’s level is actually “over 8000.” On October 17th, 2006, 4Channer and Youtube user Kajetokun uploaded the video “9000!! NINE THOUSAAAAANDD!” The video had over five million views.
The phrase is now used to talk about large amounts of something, and is in place of the word "tons" or "like a million". It was a huge hit with Dragon Ball Z fans and spread very quickly and also inspired many remixes.
Over 9000 was a big hit with 4Chan early on, but in September of 2008, one anonymous troll left a message on Oprah Winfrey’s message board, claiming to represent an organized network of pedophiles. Oprah took the bait, and read the post to her audience, and ended up showing the video.
Considering the power and influence that Oprah has, this was viewed by many Anon’s as an “Epic Win.” Oprah had fallen for it, and was very disturbed. Many “Oprah 9000” remix videos followed.
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