About
YUUUP! is a very well known catchphrase from one of the characters from the reality show Storage Wars called Dave Hester. Its known for being the most famous quote from the show, and it got various fanbase and even an official website from it.
History
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Storage Wars is an American reality television series on the A&E Network that premiered in December 2010. The show features the auctioneering couple of Dan Dotson and Laura Dotson, as well as buyers Barry Weiss, the usually together but occasionally separated team of Darrell and Brandon Sheets, the team of Jarrod Schulz and Brandi Passante, and Dave Hester. When rent is not paid on a storage locker for three months in California, the contents can be sold by an auctioneer as a single lot of items. The show follows professional buyers who purchase the contents based only on a five-minute inspection of what they can see from the door when it is open. The goal is to turn a profit on the merchandise.
At the start of the series, Hester owned Newport Consignment Gallery in Costa Mesa, California and the Rags to Riches thrift store, but closed them in June 2011. He now operates his own auction house, Dave Hester Auctions. Hester has had confrontations with the other main buyers, especially Darrell and Brandon Sheets, and is known to raise bids whenever somebody wants to buy the unit. Hester’s son Dave Jr. occasionally appeared on the show with him. Hester’s signature catchword is a loud “YUUUP!” when making a bid. He has this word imprinted on his trucks, t-shirts, and hats. In December 2012, Hester was fired from the show, and sued the show’s producers for wrongful termination; part of his lawsuit was tossed out in March 2013.
Spread
The meme and Hester himself are very popular in some media, having some Facebook and Twitter pages, even loved or hated. The phrase even has an official website called yuuup.com where you can buy clothing and other things related to it.
It also has various YouTube videos using this catchphrase and videos of him saying it many times in the episodes, one of them is about Hester with the very famous Chuck Testa meme, as shown below:
There are also lots of image macros and Advice Dogs from him like this ones:
Notable Examples
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Search Interest
External References
External References
YUUUP! Official Website – As Seen On Storage Wars Posted on 2013