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Today we have a look at “Mission failed, we’ll get em next time.”
Mission failed well get em next time, is a quote that I have been familiar with for years,
but I never knew it was being used online until I started to receive an increase in
requests for a video on the topic from many of my viewers.
With a handful of the comments even receiving a crazy amount of thumbs up.
So I knew that it was something many of you wanted to see and that I had to make a video
on the topic.
As always thank you all so very much I appreciate each and every single one of your comments,
keep em coming.
You wanted it, now you have it, here we go!
Mission failed we’ll get em next time, is the perfect combination of humor and relatability
Let me explain…
The phrases origin comes from the extremely popular video game series Call Of Duty, more
specifically Call of duty modern warfare 2 and 3, Theres also conflicting reports saying
its from various other installments of the franchise but most fingers point to the modern
warfare 2 and 3 version of the game.
To be honest I wish I still owned all my call of duty games so I could go play them and
find out for sure, but I sold em back to gamestop for like a penny or something.
Thanks for ripping me off gamestop!
Shady gamestop practices aside I think the most often used sound clip comes from modern
warfare 2 and 3 which was released on multiple consoles in November of 2009 and 2011 both
to critical acclaim . The call of duty series has sold over 175 million games and modern
warfare 3 itself sold over 6 and a half million copies within 24 hours of it’s release.
At the time it was the biggest entertainment launch of all time, only being surpassed the
following year by the next call of duty installment.
So needless to say, in the video game world call of duty games are a pretty big deal.When
I was younger and my bones didn’t crack …it sucks getting old you guys, I myself
spent hours playing call of duty.
Modern warfare 3 was actually the last installment I was really able to devoted a lot of time
to, so the phrase “Mission Failed We’ll get em next time” became engrained in my
mind, as it did millions of other gamers.
The sound clip occurs in the game when you play a multiplayer match and end up losing.
“Mission failed, we’ll get em’ next time.”
Now unless you were a Rambo like badass while playing and won every match, you more
than likely heard this audio more than you would like to admit.So It quickly became one
of those sounds that just gets burned into your brain due to the amount of exposure to
it.
Because so many were familiar with the phrase it made the transition from video game to
internet meme in early 2016 when the sound effect and #missionfailed began to be used
on vine.
Now I couldn’t find any substantial information to the true origin of the first use online
but some of the sources pointed to this example by vine user Sock Jesus as being one of the
first uses, which is kinda….uhhhh.
Lets just let it speak for itself.
“its great to meet you” “Mom you’re dating N***ERS?!”
“Mission Failed we’ll get em next time”
This meme has been used in a very similar fashion to its use in the video game.
Usually some type of event takes place or somebody tries to do something and eventually
fails at the task and is then greeted with the shameful audio.
The use of this meme can be pretty funny, it’s also very versatile because it can
be used in almost any situation . Mix that in with a little bit of nostalgia and people
failing at life and you have yourself the perfect relatable and humorous meme for millions
to enjoy!
So there you have it!
Mission failed we’ll get em next time has gone from embarrassing sound clip to a funny
reminder things in life aren’t always a cake walk.
But hey!
That’s the internet for you and on the internet memes are keeeeeng!
“Mission failed we’ll get em’ next time!”
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