The most viewed video clip uploaded on YouTube which references the phrase has received over 15 million views to date various parodies and spoofs of the clip receive a large number of views on YouTube and Vine as well. The meme's notoriety reached its initial peak in 2007, when 4chan moderators implemented a word filter that would turn any mentions of the number 7 into "over 9000".
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The popularity of the meme quickly spread, inspiring a series of remix videos on YouTube, various image macros and demotivational posters on 4chan, as well as parody sites dedicated to the phrase. The video was later linked to the front page of the VG Cats website, where it attracted a further 200,000 views. He was surprised when he discovered that the video had attracted 20,000 views the following day. Spread Īn edited video clip of the scene from the episode was originally uploaded by YouTuber Kajetokun on October 17, 2006, as an inside joke for his friends, making fun of how Drummond phrased the English line to fit Vegeta's on-screen mouth movements, which were animated to fit the original Japanese line. When Dragon Ball Z was re-dubbed by Funimation with Christopher Sabat as the voice of Vegeta, the "It's Over 9000" line was retained, and has featured in most English re-dubs and video games ever since. He noted that the Daizenshuu 7 book quoted the dubbing team as saying that speaking "9000" in English was a better fit for Vegeta's animated mouth movements on the other hand, Elvy made the assertion that Dragon Ball Z's Ocean dub "was notorious for making translation errors (such as Goku believing Vegeta killed Grandpa Gohan) which can't be explained away so easily". Craig Elvy from Screenrant claimed that this phrase is actually a mistranslation from the original Japanese anime. This has occurred several other times where power levels are given more as estimates than accurate figures. In most versions of the scene dubbed in languages other than English, Vegeta actually says "It's over 8000!". In response to Nappa's query about Goku's power level, Vegeta yells: "It's over nine thousand!", crushing his scouter in his fist.
As Goku powers up in rage after learning they had killed his allies Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chaozu, and Piccolo right before his arrival, Vegeta senses an explosive increase in his power level through his scouter device. In the episode, Goku returns to the Earth after intense training in the Other World to confront Vegeta and his aide Nappa.
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In the Dragon Ball franchise, a Power Level or Battle Power ( 戦闘力, Sentō-ryoku) is a recurring concept which denotes the combat strength of a warrior, the value can fluctuate when the warrior employs a technique to make the full extent of their strength more or less visible.