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*In the [[Game Boy Advance]] game ''[[Mega Man Battle Network 6]]'', if the player tries the Humor program at Cyber Academy, [[Lan Hikari|Lan]] responds to a certain joke with "O Rly?" and [[MegaMan.EXE]] replies with "Ya Rly!". Also, if the player tries it at the Expo Site, there is a "No Wai!" joke.<ref>{{cite video game | title = [[Mega Man Battle Network 6]] | developer = [[Capcom Production Studio 2]] | publisher = [[Capcom]]}}</ref>
*In the [[Game Boy Advance]] game ''[[Mega Man Battle Network 6]]'', if the player tries the Humor program at Cyber Academy, [[Lan Hikari|Lan]] responds to a certain joke with "O Rly?" and [[MegaMan.EXE]] replies with "Ya Rly!". Also, if the player tries it at the Expo Site, there is a "No Wai!" joke.<ref>{{cite video game | title = [[Mega Man Battle Network 6]] | developer = [[Capcom Production Studio 2]] | publisher = [[Capcom]]}}</ref>
*In the [[Xbox 360]] version of the football game ''[[Blitz: The League]]'', one of the hidden gamer achievements is called "O RLY?" It is earned by losing a Campaign Mode game by more than 24 points. The image of this achievement is, appropriately enough, of a snowy owl.<ref>{{cite web | title=Blitz: The League Achievement List | url=http://xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=159 | accessdate=2007-06-10}}</ref>
*In the [[Xbox 360]] version of the football game ''[[Blitz: The League]]'', one of the hidden gamer achievements is called "O RLY?" It is earned by losing a Campaign Mode game by more than 24 points. The image of this achievement is, appropriately enough, of a snowy owl.<ref>{{cite web | title=Blitz: The League Achievement List | url=http://xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=159 | accessdate=2007-06-10}}</ref>
*In the [[Nintendo DS]] game [[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]], one of the characters is named Olga Orly, a clear reference to this phenomenon.{{Fact|date=June 2009}} People say "Oh, Really" often while she is around.
*In the [[Nintendo DS]] game [[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]], one of the characters is named Olga Orly, a clear reference to this phenomenon.{{Fact|date=June 2009}}
*The promotional video announcing the American license of ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', "Adventures of the ASOS Brigade Episode 00: Made by Fans for Fans," features a short segment using pictures with the caption "O RLY?" in both English and Japanese. The segment starts with Yuki Nagato making a statement in Japanese, with an "O RLY?" image displayed, and with her replying, in Japanese, "Really." The segment ends with another picture saying "NO WAI!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asosbrigade.com/|title=ASOS Brigade - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya|accessdate=2007-01-20}}</ref>
*The promotional video announcing the American license of ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', "Adventures of the ASOS Brigade Episode 00: Made by Fans for Fans," features a short segment using pictures with the caption "O RLY?" in both English and Japanese. The segment starts with Yuki Nagato making a statement in Japanese, with an "O RLY?" image displayed, and with her replying, in Japanese, "Really." The segment ends with another picture saying "NO WAI!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asosbrigade.com/|title=ASOS Brigade - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya|accessdate=2007-01-20}}</ref>
*In the [[MMORPG]] ''[[EverQuest 2]]'', Orly and Yarly are two Hooluk (owl-like race) NPCs that stand above the portal on Whisperwind Isle in The Barren Sky.<ref>[http://eq2.allakhazam.com/db/mob.html?eq2mob=17150 Allakhazam listing for Orly]</ref><ref>[http://eq2.allakhazam.com/db/mob.html?eq2mob=17151 Allakhazam listing for Yarly]</ref>
*In the [[MMORPG]] ''[[EverQuest 2]]'', Orly and Yarly are two Hooluk (owl-like race) NPCs that stand above the portal on Whisperwind Isle in The Barren Sky.<ref>[http://eq2.allakhazam.com/db/mob.html?eq2mob=17150 Allakhazam listing for Orly]</ref><ref>[http://eq2.allakhazam.com/db/mob.html?eq2mob=17151 Allakhazam listing for Yarly]</ref>

Revision as of 18:39, 29 June 2009

"ORLY" redirects here. For other uses, see Orly (disambiguation).

O RLY? is an Internet phenomenon, typically presented as an image macro featuring a Snowy Owl. The phrase "O RLY?" is typically used in a sarcastic or sardonic manner, often in response to a statement that the speaker feels is obvious, or blatantly false and/or self-contradictory.[1] Some internet forum trolls may also reply "O RLY?" in response to a lengthy or overly detailed post. This term is also used in a friendly conversation, the response to "O RLY" being "YA RLY" and so forth, repeating this.

History

The phrase "O RLY?" was used on the Something Awful Forums at least as early as August 2003.[2] The original "O RLY?" Snowy Owl image macro is based on a photo taken by nature photographer John White, which he posted to the newsgroup alt.binaries.pictures.animals in 2001.[3] The snowy owl image was photoshopped on 4chan after the word filtering of the word "repost" to "owl".[4] An owl is also on the cover of the O'Reilly book "Learning the Unix Operating System", creating an additional play on words for those familiar with O'Reilly covers.

Use in commercial works

  • In the online community Gaia, the items O RLY? and YA RLY? are both owls, the ORLY one being a snowy, the YARLY being a Screech.
  • In the Game Boy Advance game Mega Man Battle Network 6, if the player tries the Humor program at Cyber Academy, Lan responds to a certain joke with "O Rly?" and MegaMan.EXE replies with "Ya Rly!". Also, if the player tries it at the Expo Site, there is a "No Wai!" joke.[5]
  • In the Xbox 360 version of the football game Blitz: The League, one of the hidden gamer achievements is called "O RLY?" It is earned by losing a Campaign Mode game by more than 24 points. The image of this achievement is, appropriately enough, of a snowy owl.[6]
  • In the Nintendo DS game Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, one of the characters is named Olga Orly, a clear reference to this phenomenon.[citation needed]
  • The promotional video announcing the American license of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, "Adventures of the ASOS Brigade Episode 00: Made by Fans for Fans," features a short segment using pictures with the caption "O RLY?" in both English and Japanese. The segment starts with Yuki Nagato making a statement in Japanese, with an "O RLY?" image displayed, and with her replying, in Japanese, "Really." The segment ends with another picture saying "NO WAI!"[7]
  • In the MMORPG EverQuest 2, Orly and Yarly are two Hooluk (owl-like race) NPCs that stand above the portal on Whisperwind Isle in The Barren Sky.[8][9]

Computer worm

On May 10, 2006, anti-virus company Sophos discovered a computer worm known as "W32/Hoots-A", which sends a graphical image of the snowy owl to a print queue when it infects a Windows-based computer.[10][11]

See also

Look up o rly? in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

  1. ^ Jerry Langton (2007-09-22). "Funny how `stupid' site is addictive". Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  2. ^ Fantastipotamus (2003-08-30). "What was the weirdest/funniest answer you ever put on a test?". Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  3. ^ John White (2001-02-17). "Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)003 - Silly lookingface". Retrieved 2007-01-20.
  4. ^ "4chan word filter thread". Retrieved 2006-11-07.
  5. ^ Capcom Production Studio 2. Mega Man Battle Network 6. Capcom.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Blitz: The League Achievement List". Retrieved 2007-06-10.
  7. ^ "ASOS Brigade - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya". Retrieved 2007-01-20.
  8. ^ Allakhazam listing for Orly
  9. ^ Allakhazam listing for Yarly
  10. ^ Staff Writers (2006-05-12). "Sophos discovers hooting virus". crn.com.au. Retrieved 2006-07-16.
  11. ^ "Crazy owl preys on network printers, Sophos reports on Hoots worm". Sophos. 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2006-07-16.
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