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Line 1: {{trope}} A relatively new [[Stock Phrase]], usually delivered as a message of defiance or disrespect to an enemy or oppressor. In contexts where profanity is not an issue it is often followed by "motherfucker" in tribute to the [[Trope Maker]]; elsewhere, family- or kid-friendly alternatives are used, or the followup is dispensed with entirely.▼ ~~{{trope workshop}}~~ ~~{{tropestub}}~~ ▲A [[Stock Phrase]], usually delivered as a message of defiance or disrespect to an enemy or oppressor. In contexts where profanity is not an issue it is often followed by "motherfucker" in tribute to the [[Trope Maker]]; elsewhere, family- or kid-friendly alternatives are used, or the followup is dispensed with entirely. The phrase originated as a cheer or cry allegedly shouted by [[Cowboy]]s in the [[The Wild West\|Old West]]; like many things from [[The Western\|Westerns]], it's probably completely fictional. The version seen in the trope name comes from "yippie yi yo kayah", part of the refrain from athe ~~1930s~~1936 [[Bing Crosby]] song, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo-pApe1Kd0 "I'm An Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)"]. This eventually mutated in ~~the meme~~common ~~pool~~usage tointo "yippee ki-yay ki-yoh", and from there lost the last two syllables. It still retained its [[Cowboy]] connotations throughout this -- which is why it became [[Trope Maker\|the comeback]] delivered by [[Bruce Willis]]'s very American John McClane when called [[Americans Are Cowboys\|a "cowboy"]] by [[Alan Rickman]]'s German Hans Gruber in ''[[Die Hard]]''. And from there, it re-entered the meme pool with a new meaning and its original cowboy connotations mostly forgotten. ~~Then [[Bruce Willis]] (or rather, the screenwriters for ''[[Die Hard]]'') got their hands on it, and nothing was the same again.~~ Not to be confused with ''[[Yippee Ki-Yay MF]]'', a 2007 TV show. {{examples}} ~~== [[Advertising]] ==~~ ~~== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==~~ ~~== [[Comic Books]] ==~~ == [[Fan Works]] == * In the ''[[Undocumented Features]]'' "Golden Age" story ''REDNECK: Die Hardly'', which is [[Die Hard on an X\|''Die Hard'' on Salusia]], Redneck gets to say "Yippie-ki-yay, mother fucker!" at an appropriate moment. == [[Film]] == * ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]'', Alvin is chased by a guard. When he finds a spotlight to use, Alvin shouts 'Yippee ki-Ya, Mamacita". * The [[Trope Maker]] ''and'' [[Trope Namer]] is the ''[[Die Hard]]'' series, where the entire phrase, including "motherfucker", isbecomes the [[Catch Phrase]] of John McClane, played by [[Bruce Willis]]. ~~== [[Literature]] ==~~ == [[Live-Action TV]] == * Network broadcasts of the ''[[Die Hard]]'' films routinely censor John McClane's [[Catch Phrase]] to the inexplicable and incomprehensible "Yippee ki-yay, Mister Falcon!" * ''[[Yippee Ki-Yay MF]]'', the 2007 TV show mentioned in the main text, clearly draws on the defiant use of the phrase from ''[[Die Hard]]''. * ''[[Leverage]]'': In one episode, Eliot, after beating up three mooks, gets most of it out as a [[Curse Cut Short]]: ~~== [[Music]] ==~~ {{quote\|Yippee-ki-yay, motherf- ''[[Hard Cut\|Found it!]]''}} * Played with in this exchange from ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'': ~~== [[New Media]] ==~~ {{quote\|'''Alan''': Now, I have been to a lot of these things with Mom, and I know you think it's gonna be bad, but believe me, it's gonna be worse than you can even imagine. '''Charlie''': You're really enjoying this, aren't you? You just love seeing me unhappy. ~~== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==~~ '''Alan''': Yeah. I mean, did you feel sorry for me when I had to wear that cowboy outfit to her celebrity [[w:AIDS\|AIDS]] hoedown? '''Charlie''': That was different. ~~== [[Oral Tradition]], Myths and Legends ==~~ '''Alan''': How? '''Charlie''': It was you. ~~== [[Pinball]] ==~~ '''Alan''': Yeah, well, now it's you. Yippee-ki-yay, mother-accompanier.}} ~~== [[Podcast]]s ==~~ ~~== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==~~ ~~== [[Puppet Shows]] ==~~ ~~== [[Radio]] ==~~ ~~== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==~~ ~~== [[Tabletop Games]] ==~~ ~~== [[Theatre]] ==~~ ~~== [[Video Games]] ==~~ ~~== [[Visual Novel]]s ==~~ ~~== [[Web Animation]] ==~~ ~~== [[Web Comics]] ==~~ ~~== [[Web Original]] ==~~ == [[Western Animation]] == * In ''[[The Loud House]]'' episode, "Cereal Offender", Lynn screams the line to market shoppers while Lincoln was doing the grocery. * In ''[[Big Mouth]]'', Monster Horrensess once tells of group of kids this, right down to "motherfucker", as she and her human partner exits the school. ~~== Other Media ==~~ ~~== [[Real Life]] ==~~ {{reflist}} ~~<!-- If you are not comfortable defining categories for pages, leave everything after this line as it is. 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