Comments on: Phrase Origin: Do Not Want

By: Retro Dieting – The Bad Old Days | ShrinkGeek

Retro Dieting – The Bad Old Days | ShrinkGeek — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:53:22 +0000

[...] large number of people even the thought of eating liver is enough to bring on a serious case of the DO NOT WANTS. That being said, there was a time when it was a regular staple in our household. You see, back [...]

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By: Free Radical go back to their roots at That VideoGame Blog

Free Radical go back to their roots at That VideoGame Blog — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:10:01 +0000

[...] 1999 (Remember those? See below) and features a monkey in a suit of armour re-enacting the classic “Do not want” scene from Episode [...]

By: Kabal

Kabal — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:45:25 +0000

I believe “* GET!” came from Super Mario Sunshine on the Gamecube. When you got a shine, the game would say “SHINE GET!” in giant text on the screen.

But it seems reasonably common in other places. Ie, the Japanese copy of Wipeout Pure I got had a sticker on the front saying “WIRELESS GET!”..

By: Dallas

Dallas — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:44:00 +0000

Great info, the phrase ‘Do not want’ is used with some regularity on woot.com during a woot-off(in comments blog), when a less than desirable product makes it’s way to the stage. Glad to know the origin. Thanks.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:18:45 +0000

“_______ Get” is almost certainly a direct rendition of a bit of Engrish found in some Japanese game, possibly Pokemon or something similar.

By: Will

Will — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:20:11 +0000

Thanks for clearing up the origin of “Do Not Want.” I’ve been wondering about it for a while.

Now, if only I could find the origin of the phrase “_______ Get.” For example:
http://blog.wired.com/games/2006/11/virtual_console.html
http://kotaku.com/gaming/tag/wii-get–a-side-story-218892.php
http://kotaku.com/gaming/mii/storm-trooper-wii-get-218943.php
http://kotaku.com/tag/shine-get/

I assume it also originates from a bad translation, likely from a Japanese source, given the videogame connection.

By: Wandering Pig Effer

Wandering Pig Effer — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:50:18 +0000

I recently came across the source of the phrase “All your base are belong to us”.

An old Sega Genesis game called ‘Zero Wing’ was poorly translated. Germans translated Japanese to English. One of the lines was “All Your Base Are Belong to Us” and was later turned into a vastly popular flash music video. I think you can still find it on newgrounds.com.

I love these mis-translations!