I Hate Dust

About

I Hate Dust refers to a memorable quote used by General Darwin in the Mockbuster movie The Amazing Bulk. The line has since been remixed and parodied numerous times, and was notably a part of an I Hate Everything "Search for the Worst" episode.

Origin

On April 17th, 2012, Laybl Productions released The Amazing Bulk in an attempt to cash in on the success of The Amazing Hulk franchise. The film quickly grew in popularity from people buying it thinking that they're buying The Amazing Hulk, and instead getting a rip off. The movie has a 1.7 star ranking on IMDb.^[1] A trailer with over 525,000 views is shown below.^[2]

In the movie, there is a scene where the character General Darwin is cleaning a bookshelf while complaining about dust.

Scene Transcript
General Darwin: I hate dust! I don't want it building up in my home.
General Hannah: Hi dad!
General Darwin: Ya let dust build up, and before you know it, you've got an army of dust bunnies plotting to take over.

On March 17th, 2016, I Hate Everything uploaded a "Search for the Worst" episode on the film. The video has over 2,200,000 views as of June 24, 2017 (shown below, left).^[3] On March 19, 2016, I Hate Everything uploaded a "Trying to Watch" episode on the movie. It has over 970,000 views (shown below, right).^[4] Both videos have a small section where General Darwin says "I Hate Dust."

Spread

On March 17th, 2016, YouTuber Meetch uploaded a video with just General Darwin saying "I hate dust!" As of June 24, 2017, it has over 10,000 views (shown below, upper left).^[5] On March 19th, 2016, John Bellows uploaded an edit of the scene. The video almost has 80,000 views (shown below, upper right).^[6] On March 25th, 2016, JarBear uploaded a remix to the line. It has over 89,000 views (shown below, lower left).^[7] On July 9th, 2016, I Hate Everything uploaded a video about hating dust. Much of the video is about the scene on The Amazing Bulk (shown below, lower right).^[8]

Various Examples

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