--- title: The Princess Bride 30th Anniversary: Internet Reactions description: It's officially been 30 years since The Princess Bride opened in theaters and the Internet is celebrating appropriately. canonical: https://time.com/4955759/princess-bride-30th-anniversary-internet-reactions/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-25T16:57:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:30.193Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: It's Inconceivable to the Internet That The Princess Bride Came Out 30 Years Ago og:description: Anybody want a peanut? og:url: https://time.com/4955759/princess-bride-30th-anniversary-internet-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: It's Inconceivable to the Internet That The Princess Bride Came Out 30 Years Ago twitter:description: Anybody want a peanut? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # It's Inconceivable to the Internet That _The Princess Bride_ Came Out 30 Years Ago  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 25, 2017 4:57 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 25, 2017 4:57 PM CUT It’s officially been 30 years since [_The Princess Bride_](http://time.com/3833736/the-princess-bride-movie-review/ "undefined") opened in theaters and the Internet is celebrating appropriately — by riffing on the movie’s most quotable lines, of course. The timeless love story of [Westley and Buttercup](http://time.com/3503598/the-princess-bride-cast-photos/ "undefined") became a [cult classic](http://time.com/4630636/the-princess-bride-honest-trailer/ "undefined") following its September 1987 release and remains enormously popular to this day. Some fans even incorporate elements of the film into their personal lives. “People have _Princess Bride_ weddings,” director Rob Reiner explained at a [live-commentary screening](http://ew.com/article/2013/08/16/princess-bride-live-commentary-reiner-reitman-academy/ "undefined") Sunday. “They have, ‘As you wish,” written inside their rings. They do all kinds of things like that.” _Bride_ enthusiasts took to Twitter Monday to express their love for the fairy-tale satire as well as their disbelief over the fact that it came out three whole decades ago. “Has anyone made an ‘inconceivable’ joke about the fact that _The Princess Bride_ came out 30 years ago today?” one user wrote. “I’m guessing I’m the first one.” > [](https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/912303508669509633) See some of the best 30th anniversary reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/CalebHowe/status/912270546917888000) > [](https://twitter.com/CorinneENelson/status/912267299557662720) > [](https://twitter.com/laurgardner8/status/912274580751908864) > [](https://twitter.com/f%5Ffrancavilla/status/912308519713550336) > [](https://twitter.com/MaureenMcCulley/status/912326807579500544) > [](https://twitter.com/BoomBoomBetty/status/910123421270401030) > [](https://twitter.com/ChiefFletcher/status/912320277794537474) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4955759/princess-bride-30th-anniversary-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4955759/princess-bride-30th-anniversary-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"It's Inconceivable to the Internet That The Princess Bride Came Out 30 Years Ago","datePublished":"2017-09-25T16:57:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:30.193Z","description":"Anybody want a peanut?","url":"https://time.com/4955759/princess-bride-30th-anniversary-internet-reactions/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","viral","twitter"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4955759/princess-bride-30th-anniversary-internet-reactions/","name":"It's Inconceivable to the Internet That The Princess Bride Came Out 30 Years Ago"}}]}] ```