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I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum and I’m all out of bubblegum is a statement which implies impending violence. In some instances the quote has been changed to – “I’m here to X and Y and i’m all out of Z”
X is usually is Kick ass or chew bubblegum. Y usually has something to do with the picture/meme and Z is the noun of X or Y.
Origin
While many believe the quote originated from the video game Duke Nukem 3D, it actually comes from the 1988 movie They Live. In the movie, a man named Nada, played by Roddy Piper, finds a pair of sunglasses which lets him see that aliens are disguised as humans, and discovers hidden subliminal messages everywhere. Nada then steals a police shotgun and whist evading the police stumbles into a bank proclaiming “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and I’m all out of bubblegum.”
Derivatives
Yugioh Abridged References
- Episode 11 “I’m here to kick ass and play card games and I’m all out of cards”
- Episode 23“I’m here to kick ass and drink cups of tea and I’m all out of tea”
- IT Crowd – I’ve come here to kick ass and drink milk and i’ve just finished my milk.