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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.▼
▲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
And from there, it re-entered the meme pool with a new meaning and its original cowboy connotations mostly forgotten.
Not to be confused with ''[[Yippee Ki-Yay MF]]'', a 2007 TV show.
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== [[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",
== [[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]]:
{{quote|Yippee-ki-yay, motherf- ''[[Hard Cut|Found it!]]''}}
* Played with in this exchange from ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'':
{{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.
'''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.
'''Alan''': How?
'''Charlie''': It was you.
'''Alan''': Yeah, well, now it's you. Yippee-ki-yay, mother-accompanier.}}
== [[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.
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