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blaydcor on 16 April 2008

I remember noticing this the first time I heard 'Never Gonna Give You Up' (aka Rick Rolled), and I assume most other gamers know about it too, but I thought I'd start a thread to discuss the utter ridiculousness of it.

Remember Robo's theme in Chrono Trigger? If you don't, here's a refresher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOWf_T0jdgQ&feature=related

Yup, that's right. Chrono Trigger has been Rick Rolling us since the mid 90's. Does this make Rick Astley more awesome? Chrono Trigger less awesome? Discuss.



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Words Of Wisdom on 16 April 2008
blaydcor said:

I remember noticing this the first time I heard 'Never Gonna give you up', and I assume most other gamers know about it to, but I thought I'd start a thread to discuss the utter ridiculousness of it.

Remember Robo's theme in Chrono Trigger? If you don't, here's a refresher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOWf_T0jdgQ&feature=related

Yup, that's right. Chrono Trigger has been Rick Rolling us since the mid 90's. Does this make Rick Astley more awesome? Chrono Trigger less awesome? Discuss.


Yeah they're similar.  The first time I got rick-rolled I actually listened to the song half a dozen times trying to remember where I'd heard the melody before realizing it was similar to that theme.



BenKenobi88 on 16 April 2008

Hahaha wow, that is pretty close, definitely a similar melody.



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mrjuju on 16 April 2008

Huh...well I'll be dipped; that really is pretty close, isn't it? Never noticed that before.



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Aj_habfan on 16 April 2008

Haha, I gotta agree with the comment, "It truly is the joke that took us 13 years to get. ".



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brawl4life on 16 April 2008

hmmm this could be why I don't mind getting rick rolled sooo many times and still keep clicking on links ......



TheSwordUser on 16 April 2008

When I heard that Rick Roll theme, I just KNEW I heard it before but couldn't remember where from....now I know.



blaydcor on 16 April 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
blaydcor said:

I remember noticing this the first time I heard 'Never Gonna give you up', and I assume most other gamers know about it to, but I thought I'd start a thread to discuss the utter ridiculousness of it.

Remember Robo's theme in Chrono Trigger? If you don't, here's a refresher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOWf_T0jdgQ&feature=related

Yup, that's right. Chrono Trigger has been Rick Rolling us since the mid 90's. Does this make Rick Astley more awesome? Chrono Trigger less awesome? Discuss.


Yeah they're similar. The first time I got rick-rolled I actually listened to the song half a dozen times trying to remember where I'd heard the melody before realizing it was similar to that theme.

I did the exact same thing. I knew it was from a SNES era RPG, but it took me a while to place it. 

 



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Parokki on 16 April 2008

Oh wow. It's the "clouds in SMB are actually recoloured bushes" revelation all over again. o_O



LordTheNightKnight on 16 April 2008
blaydcor said:

I remember noticing this the first time I heard 'Never Gonna Give You Up' (aka Rick Rolled), and I assume most other gamers know about it too, but I thought I'd start a thread to discuss the utter ridiculousness of it.

Remember Robo's theme in Chrono Trigger? If you don't, here's a refresher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOWf_T0jdgQ&feature=related

Yup, that's right. Chrono Trigger has been Rick Rolling us since the mid 90's. Does this make Rick Astley more awesome? Chrono Trigger less awesome? Discuss.


Okay, you should enter a 12-step program. 



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