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Inception BWONG

The trailer noise that took over every trailer

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The booming brass note from the Inception trailers, nicknamed BWONG or BRAAAM, became a meme in the summer of 2010: added to cat videos, mocked in parodies and copied by every film trailer for years afterwards. "We need to go deeper" and the spinning top joined it.

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Type
meme
Origin
Inception trailers, 2010
Peak
July-September 2010
Example
BWONG.

Related

  • MediaSupported

    Inception

    The blockbuster of 2010, and the BWONG that launched a thousand trailers

    Christopher Nolan's Inception, released in July 2010, was the year's most discussed film online: forums argued about the spinning top, the trailer's booming brass note became the Inception BWONG...

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Sources
  1. 1.
    Inception (memes, including BWONG) · Know Your MemePublication
  2. 2.
    Inception · WikipediaWikipedia
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