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"nonsensical" movie artwork and promotion.

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

Parody artwork and merchandise about "Snakes on a Plane" a real movie in production, starring Samuel L. Jackson.

It became popular one year before its planned released and before any promotional material was released due to its ridiculous title and Josh Friedman's blog entry, that anyone could submit promotional posters scripts and artwork for the movie in production.

Artwork

The title inspired bloggers to create songs, apparel, poster art, pages of fan fiction, and even a mock movie trailer.

Merchandise

Several independent T-shirt manufacturers have made T-shirts with graphics illustrating various humorous representations of "Snakes on a plane".

• One depicts a frontal exterior view of a plane cockpit. The pilot and copilot, viewed through the windows, are depicted to be snakes.
• Another uses vintage road signs to formulate "Snakes + Plane = Snakes on a Plane".
• A third, with a cartoon representation of Samuel L. Jackson's character from the Star Wars series Mace Windu cutting down snakes with a lightsaber, was pulled, presumably for copyright reasons.

Fan Contest

The makers of the Snakes on a Plane movie started making a "Fan contest" where people voted for their favorite fan of the movie. Max, owner of YTMND, registered as a fan, and since then has recieved over 60,000 votes, well exceeding any other registered fan. (2nd place is 6,655 when last checked) As a result, he has recieved a poster, hat, T-shirt, and soundtrack of the film. Unless another fan makes a miraculous comeback, Max will also recieve a private screening of the movie with 100 friends. Max has said to YTMND in a recent news post, "I seem to be kicking ass. For those of you in the nyc area hit me up as there will likely be spots open at the screening."

Snakes

With creative uses of capital letters and bold or italic text, the title has been manipulated to reflect surprise, horror, or absurdity, among other things.

The meme is often interspersed with images of Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role as Mace Windu and quoting lines from both the Star Wars series and Pulp Fiction (both starring or prominently featuring Jackson). The slang form "SoaP" is used in place of "shit happens" or "oh well, what'cha gonna do?".

Phrase

The phrase "Snakes On a Plane" has been used on Internet forums as to indicate that a given topic is nonsensical.

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