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The battle cry of Dio Brando, the vampire nemesis of Joseph Joestar, star of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, made popular by a flash featuring a stick figure (assumed to be Dio Brando) dropping a steamroller on his victim. While the character and the noise originate in the Japanese manga, the stance of the stick figure, the use of vehicles as weapons, and the sound file itself were taken specifically from a Capcom fighting game based on the manga.
'''WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY''' is the battle cry of '''Dio Brando''', the vampire nemesis of Joseph Joestar, star of ''Jojo's Bizarre Adventure'', made popular by a flash featuring a stick figure (assumed to be Dio Brando) dropping a steamroller on his victim. While the character and the noise originate in the Japanese manga, the stance of the stick figure, the use of vehicles as weapons, and the sound file itself were taken specifically from a Capcom fighting game based on the manga.


Pronounced "REEEEEEEE", NOT "Rye", as is the common misconception.
It is pronounced "REEEEEEEE", NOT "Rye", as is the common misconception.


It's also been seen as "WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII", a reference to Nintendo's new console, but with Dio Brando replaced with Dark Samus from Metroid Prime  2 [[&]] 3, and the steamroller replaced with the Wii console.
The [[meme]] inspired a series of parody/tribute movies called '''WRYYYYYYOWNED''', where Dio uses his special moves to put the hurt on various overly-reposted [[Flash]] movies and characters on [[4chan]].


Inspired a series of parody/tribute movies called "WRYYYYYYOWNED", where Dio uses his special moves to put the hurt on various overly-reposted Flash movies and characters on [[4chan]].
Dio actually does throw a steamroller on Jojo at the end of part 3 of the manga.


Dio actually does throw a steamroller on Jojo at the end of Part 3 of the manga.
=== WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ===
'''WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY''' has been seen as '''WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII''', a reference to Nintendo's console, but with Dio Brando replaced with Dark Samus from Metroid Prime  2 & 3, and the steamroller replaced with the Wii console.


 
[[Category: Memes and Terms]]
[[Category: Memes & Terms]]

Revision as of 15:50, 11 November 2011

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY is the battle cry of Dio Brando, the vampire nemesis of Joseph Joestar, star of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, made popular by a flash featuring a stick figure (assumed to be Dio Brando) dropping a steamroller on his victim. While the character and the noise originate in the Japanese manga, the stance of the stick figure, the use of vehicles as weapons, and the sound file itself were taken specifically from a Capcom fighting game based on the manga.

It is pronounced "REEEEEEEE", NOT "Rye", as is the common misconception.

The meme inspired a series of parody/tribute movies called WRYYYYYYOWNED, where Dio uses his special moves to put the hurt on various overly-reposted Flash movies and characters on 4chan.

Dio actually does throw a steamroller on Jojo at the end of part 3 of the manga.

WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY has been seen as WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII, a reference to Nintendo's console, but with Dio Brando replaced with Dark Samus from Metroid Prime 2 & 3, and the steamroller replaced with the Wii console.

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