Saturday 09 November 2013
Hitler Downfall parodies: 25 worth watching - telegraph.co.uk
Subtitled parodies of Adolf Hitler's last days in the Berlin bunker, as depicted in the 2004 Second World War film Downfall, have become one of the web's most enduring memes.
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The Nazi dictator's spittle-flecked rants have proved their remarkable versatility in hundreds of spoof clips, from sporting rages to economic polemics to video game reviews.
The parodies are so ubiquitous on YouTube that they have even spawned self-referential meta-parodies - jokes about Hitler learning about his internet fame.
In celebration of the success of the parodies - and with half a hope that their popularity may at last be fading - we have selected what we believe are the 25 funniest versions. If you disagree, let us know in the box at the bottom.
Anyone unfamiliar with the clips should be warned that many of the "translations" contain strong language.
Meta-parodies
1) Hitler finds out about the Downfall meme
Best line: "I slaughtered millions, cut a bloody path of destruction across Europe, and for what? So I could be the latest juvenile web fad, no better than YouTube Fred or that stupid f-----g hamster?"
Best line: "I slaughtered millions, cut a bloody path of destruction across Europe, and for what? So I could be the latest juvenile web fad, no better than YouTube Fred or that stupid f-----g hamster?"
2) Hitler rants about being stuck in slow motion
Best line: "Why me? I have done nothing to justify this. I'm the least amusing person around, dammit."
Best line: "Why me? I have done nothing to justify this. I'm the least amusing person around, dammit."
3) Hitler finds out that 'Hitler' has become a throwaway term of abuse
Best line: "I have been wearing this ridiculous thing for years so that it might be the very symbol of evil. Not some convenient talisman for unthinking Americans."
Best line: "I have been wearing this ridiculous thing for years so that it might be the very symbol of evil. Not some convenient talisman for unthinking Americans."
4) Hitler phones 'fake' Hitler
Best line: "Go to Wikipedia, it clearly says that he died on the 30th April 1945."
Best line: "Go to Wikipedia, it clearly says that he died on the 30th April 1945."
5) Hitler orders removal of Downfall parodies for breach of copyright
Best line: "Fair use! Don't give me fair use! This is OUR movie!"
Best line: "Fair use! Don't give me fair use! This is OUR movie!"
Technology and gaming
6) Hitler finds out there will be no camera in the iPod Touch
Best line: "El Jobso goes away for how many months? Comes back and f---s everything up!"
Best line: "El Jobso goes away for how many months? Comes back and f---s everything up!"
7) Hitler laments the decline of Second Life
Best line: "I tried to go there last night, to reassure myself. I still like it, I rode the segway... BUT I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OFF IT! THEN I GOT STUCK IN THE GROUND!"
Best line: "I tried to go there last night, to reassure myself. I still like it, I rode the segway... BUT I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OFF IT! THEN I GOT STUCK IN THE GROUND!"
8) Hitler finds out he has been banned from Xbox Live
Best line: "I'm left only with my s----y N64. I am truly f----d now. God dammit! I mean how much fun can you have with Super f-----g Mario!!!"
Best line: "I'm left only with my s----y N64. I am truly f----d now. God dammit! I mean how much fun can you have with Super f-----g Mario!!!"
9) Hitler finds out he has been banned from RuneScape
Best line: "The Russians are a bunch of noobs."
Best line: "The Russians are a bunch of noobs."
10) Hitler finds out Twitter has gone down again
Best line: "Don't they care about their users? Don't they care about us Tweeple?"
Best line: "Don't they care about their users? Don't they care about us Tweeple?"
Sport
11) Hitler finds out Frank Lampard is signing for Inter
Best line: "If you supported the signings of Boulahrouz, Anelka and especially Crespo, leave."
Best line: "If you supported the signings of Boulahrouz, Anelka and especially Crespo, leave."
12) Hitler finds out Sheffield United have been relegated
Best line: "And to make matters worse, it's Unsworth who scores. IT'S UNSWORTH WHO SCORES."
Best line: "And to make matters worse, it's Unsworth who scores. IT'S UNSWORTH WHO SCORES."
13) Hitler finds out Newcastle United have been relegated
Best line: "How about this, we have a different manager for each game next season? We couldn't do any f-----g worse. Maybe get the deluded fans in? We'll hold a lottery, draw a f-----g ticket each week for the deluded fools. Offer a platinum seat if they manage a win."
Best line: "How about this, we have a different manager for each game next season? We couldn't do any f-----g worse. Maybe get the deluded fans in? We'll hold a lottery, draw a f-----g ticket each week for the deluded fools. Offer a platinum seat if they manage a win."
Politics
14) Hitler reacts to the sub-prime mortgage crisis
Best line: "I had a 'liar's loan', bogus appraisal, and was on the path to riches!"
Best line: "I had a 'liar's loan', bogus appraisal, and was on the path to riches!"
15) Hitler finds out about Sarah Palin's resignation
Best line: "Every time she winked, I thought it was just for me."
Best line: "Every time she winked, I thought it was just for me."
16) Hitler plans to heckle Barack Obama
Best line: "You should disguise yourself as John McCain. We still have that John McCain Hallowe'en mask"
Best line: "You should disguise yourself as John McCain. We still have that John McCain Hallowe'en mask"
Internet culture
17) Hitler denies that the cake is a lie
Best line: "The cake is not a lie, I have eaten it. Yep that's right. It was very nice. Nom nom."
Best line: "The cake is not a lie, I have eaten it. Yep that's right. It was very nice. Nom nom."
18) Hitler phones the talking cat
Best line: "I don't know why I bothered calling that cat. He was so drunk he could not speak properly."
Best line: "I don't know why I bothered calling that cat. He was so drunk he could not speak properly."
19) Hitler finds out about the 'NHS food bingo' blog
Best line: "I didn't run up the biggest budget deficit in the history of this country so that some provincial hack could take the piss out of good, wholesome NHS food, food which the ungrateful b-----d is getting for free."
Best line: "I didn't run up the biggest budget deficit in the history of this country so that some provincial hack could take the piss out of good, wholesome NHS food, food which the ungrateful b-----d is getting for free."
20) Hitler plans to start trolling forums
Best line: "I'm going to post any crap to any other users. I will be disrupting normal on-topic discussion."
Best line: "I'm going to post any crap to any other users. I will be disrupting normal on-topic discussion."
Miscellaneous
21) Hitler attacks grammar 'Nazis'
Best line: "You guys are like some kind of grammar authorities or some, some kind of grammar... strict police... dammit! What's the word I'm looking for? I'm thinking of an authoritarian regime or something with the streets filled with like uniformed soldiers that arrest people for the slightest offence. It was on the tip of my tongue, god damn it. Well, you know what I mean."
Best line: "You guys are like some kind of grammar authorities or some, some kind of grammar... strict police... dammit! What's the word I'm looking for? I'm thinking of an authoritarian regime or something with the streets filled with like uniformed soldiers that arrest people for the slightest offence. It was on the tip of my tongue, god damn it. Well, you know what I mean."
22) Hitler can't find Wally
Best line: "Everyone tells me to keep looking. But that's what I try to f-----g do and yet I still f-----g fail to find that sodding Wally. F-----g morons. F--- I want to find Wally."
Best line: "Everyone tells me to keep looking. But that's what I try to f-----g do and yet I still f-----g fail to find that sodding Wally. F-----g morons. F--- I want to find Wally."
23) Hitler finds out his friends aren't going to Burning Man festival
Best line: "And what about Bill? He claims he likes camping. So what's the problem, no bistros on the playa?"
Best line: "And what about Bill? He claims he likes camping. So what's the problem, no bistros on the playa?"
24) Hitler finds out about changes to Oktoberfest
Best line: "That beer redefined the Bavarian purity law!"
Best line: "That beer redefined the Bavarian purity law!"
25) Hitler finds out Oasis have split up
Best line: "This is a f----g joke. Their last album was brilliant! A real return to form after two admittedly under-par recordings. And my tickets were for the mosh-pit too."
Best line: "This is a f----g joke. Their last album was brilliant! A real return to form after two admittedly under-par recordings. And my tickets were for the mosh-pit too."
