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This is a group of film-related fads.

"It's a trap!"

Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi: Admiral Ackbar's popular line. Originated on Something Awful in 2002 or 2003 and migrated to Fark.com and other web communities, such as 4chan. It's a trap can be found here: http://www.itsatrap.net

"Indiana Jones can't stop the rock"

Raiders of the Lost Ark: Indiana Jones running from a boulder as well as other images of people running with boulders. Usually accompanied by the song "Stop the Rock" by Apollo 440. Sometimes, images of WWE wrestler The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) will be used. 1

In 2005, the creator of the original site Fooliano decided to test out something with the sound. He changed the song from "Stop the Rock" to "Hulkamaniacs in Heaven" by Hulk Hogan and company. Around this time though, max was making some changes to the site, one which would allow sites with the same music so that any sites that used the same sound would use the same file to conserve space. Max turned off uploading just after Fooliano finished uploading his song...resulting in 50 sites that had used the original "Stop the Rock" loop having their song replaced with the Hulkamaniac song. Once max turned uploading back on again, Fooliano decided to change it back to the Stop The Rock track, but none of the sites affected by the glitch had their song changed back. Contrary to rumors, the incident was not the work of hackers.

"Uber Hax!!1"

Dramatic depictions or scenes paired chronologically with semi-related leet|leetspeak, usually as if the scenes occurred on a multiplayer game server. These YTMNDs have dramatic music, most commonly from "Pompeii" by E.S. Posthumus.

"You lose! Good day sir!"

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: Gene Wilder. This is sometimes combined with the failing horns from The Price Is Right.

Gandalf

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: "You shall not pass!" often accompanied by a picture of a Monopoly board, students taking a final exam, a crossing guard, etc.

"MINE! MINE! MINE!"

Finding Nemo: Seagull call. Usually used when someone wants complete ownership of something. Commonly used to poke fun at websites that did not update their copyright year from 2005 to 2006 immediately after the new year began, especially high-power franchises like Google.

Chunk is indestructible

Various permutations of the Chunk character from The Goonies, usually showing off his supposed invincibility (his truffle shuffle dance). It should be noted that the original site featured Picard shooting a gun at Chunk and that portion of the clip has also been used in fads. Chunk uses his truffle shuffle to deflect the bullets Usually accompanied by the song "Feuer Frei!" by Rammstein. Sometimes "Du Hast" also by Rammstein may be used.

Spongebob Squarepants

There are 2 fads from the movie based off the TV show

• • When Spongebob Meets - A scene from the Spongebob Squarepants movie where Spongebob and Patrick meet David Hasselhoff. This was one of the old fads from 2004.
  • Best Day Ever - This fad features a brief excerpt from Spongebob's "Best Day Ever" song, featuring images of scenes that could arguably be some of the worst days ever (9/11 attacks, getting run over, etc.). Very rarely, the fad may glorify an event, for example, Doc Brown arriving at a bike shop.

"The Curb-Stomp scene"

The infamous death scene from the movie American History X, showing a man stomping another person on his head, often parodized with other persons (for example, The Burger King stomping on the Hamburglar).

...sees so much beauty

A scene from the movie American Beauty where a plastic bag flies across a street corner. The fad involves various people, normally feeling sad and depressed watching the bag fly. Sites are set to the main theme of American Beauty. The original site featured Jack Bauer from 24. Some sites may show Jack Bauer crying at various other things (including an episode of Futurama or a ytmnd loading screen).

"McFly stole..."

An altered scene using 2 movies: "Back to the Future Part 2" and "Time Bandits", depicting the Back to the Future character Marty McFly on his Hoverboard attempting to escape from a giant floating head after stealing something. The original one featured McFly carrying a Butterfinger while running from Future Conan.

Hobo-Cruise

A scene from the movie Minority Report where Cruise's character is pursuing a pair of eyeballs through a corridor.

Snakes on a Plane

Various parodies involving the upcoming movie as well as a quote from Samuel Jackson. This was based on an on-going internet phenomenon.

It's behind!

A scene from the movie Signs where a television shows a news clip of an alien walking by near a residential area. That person has been photoshopped to show various other people or reactions from others.

The Line Must be drawn here

A quote from Star Trek: First Contact by Picard, used in "defining rules" and "teaching classes", for example, the original showed Picard instructing an art student on where to draw the line. Another example focused on recent immigration laws in the U.S.

Agent Smith

A clip of Agent Smith running from/to various things from The Matrix: Revolutions. He is either pursuing things like an ice cream truck or running from things.

_______ will Kill Bill

A fad that usually uses images of people who appear to have murderous intent. Using the song "Ironside" by Quincy Jones (the song was used in the movie Kill Bill whenever The Bride is having a flashback and is prepared to murder somebody.)

The Ultimate Bedside Surprise

A clip from the movie "Prince of Darkness" depicting a man tossing and turning in bed when suddenly seeing a random person sleeping next to him. The fad started with the Burger King.

Lex Luthor > ______

Lex Luthor from Superman Returns interupting various people by saying "WROOOOOOOOOONG", usually causing massive damage.

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