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The profanely-worded combo video quickly became popular in the ''Smash'' community due to both the absurdity of the commentary and the combo itself. However, the video would later go on to become popular in other communities on the Internet, [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wombo-combo causing it to become an internet meme]. This occurred because of the video's humorous reactions that can be partially applied to a wide variety of other games, coining such phrases as "Where you at?!", "Happy feet!", "That ain't Falco", and "Get yo' ass whooped!". The commentary has since been applied to other videos to make them more humorous, such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeitijKtPSA scenes from the ''Pokémon'' anime] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAs1glAu83g multiple] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq_ko9evS4o videos] related to baseball. In addition, several {{s|wikipedia|multiplayer online battle arena}} games, including ''{{s|wikipedia|League of Legends}}'' and ''{{s|wikipedia|Dota 2}}'', have [http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/11/14/the-summoners-guidebook-avoiding-lols-wombo-combos/ incorporated the term] "wombo combo" to refer to several teammates using extremely powerful attacks to damage an opponent with no chance of escape. It is widely considered as an | The profanely-worded combo video quickly became popular in the ''Smash'' community due to both the absurdity of the commentary and the combo itself. However, the video would later go on to become popular in other communities on the Internet, [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wombo-combo causing it to become an internet meme]. This occurred because of the video's humorous reactions that can be partially applied to a wide variety of other games, coining such phrases as "Where you at?!", "Happy feet!", "That ain't Falco", and "Get yo' ass whooped!". The commentary has since been applied to other videos to make them more humorous, such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeitijKtPSA scenes from the ''Pokémon'' anime] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAs1glAu83g multiple] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq_ko9evS4o videos] related to baseball. In addition, several {{s|wikipedia|multiplayer online battle arena}} games, including ''{{s|wikipedia|League of Legends}}'' and ''{{s|wikipedia|Dota 2}}'', have [http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/11/14/the-summoners-guidebook-avoiding-lols-wombo-combos/ incorporated the term] "wombo combo" to refer to several teammates using extremely powerful attacks to damage an opponent with no chance of escape. It is widely considered as an [[MLG]]-type meme on the internet. | ||
The original Wombo Combo video, uploaded by Lumpycpu on December 8th, 2008, has attained over ten million views on [[YouTube]], a testament to the enduring popularity of the video. | The original Wombo Combo video, uploaded by Lumpycpu on December 8th, 2008, has attained over ten million views on [[YouTube]], a testament to the enduring popularity of the video. | ||