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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

I've only ever known it from Buffy, but apparently it comes from Five on the Blackhand Side (1973) but popularized by the film They Live (1988).

https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/111729/what-was-the-origin-of-the-famous-movie-quote-all-out-of-bubble-gum