THE BABY

About

THEBABY is a catchphrase referering to the Metroid larva that appears on various instaments of the video game series Metroid, mostly on Super Metroid and Metroid: Other M. Online, the catchphrase has been used by the Metroid: Other M detractors to poke fun at its repeated use on the game by Samus Aran and the overal weak personality of her, normally in spam and shitpost form.

Origin

Metroid: Other M was officialy released on August 31st, 2010 on North America, and three days after on Japan and Australia. In the game, setted after Super Metroid, the bounty hunter Samus Aran investigates a derelict space station along with a Galactic Federation platoon, which includes her former commanding officer, Adam Malkovich. Though the game had positive reviews from critics and mixed reactions from the fans, the game script and dialogue was one of the most criticised aspects from it, especially Samus personality, which was seen as submissive and weak in contrast to the personality from other series instaments. A memorable part of the game regarding this aspect is the opening cutscene, where she mentions “the baby” (the metroid larva) various times.

Spread

On May 14th, 2011, a post on a 4chan’s mecha board /m/ discussing a battle between Birdy and Samus mentioned “the baby the baby the baby” at the begining of its post, saying that it wasn’t her mobile on Other M.^[2] On July 19th, 2012, a GameFAQs thread asking how many times was “the baby” line mentioned in the game was submitted.^[3] On August 6th, 2012 youtuber Michael McGlade uploaded a video titled “Metroid Other M : THEBABIES”, featuring a supercut of all the moments Samus mentions “the baby” on the opening cutscene. The video obtained over 18,000 in less than 3 years. The catchphrase also has been used as a spam practise on Metroid threads on 4chan’s videogame board /v/ and videogames general /vg/, mostly on the ones that mention Other M.^[1]

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