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This meme started in an episode of Dragon Ball Z, a popular anime at the time. During an episode the main character’s enemy said his power level is “over 9000!” Later a youtube user uploaded a video which had Vegeta (a character) saying “over 9000!” repeatedly. This video became very popular and the masses of the internet started replacing quantifiers such as “many” or “lots” with “over 9000!” The phrase grew in popularity on the internet, particularly on 4chan. It was also used on an Oprah message board which was read on air by Oprah, this lead to an even more increased popularity of the phrase.