Editing Real Ultimate Power (section)

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{{Infobox website
| name           = The Official Ninja Webpage: Real Ultimate Power
| logo           =
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| caption        = Real Ultimate Power main page
| url            = www.realultimatepower.net
| commercial     =
| type           = Satire
| language       =
| registration   =
| owner          =
| author         = Robert Hamburger (pseudonym)
| launch_date    = 2002
| current_status =
| revenue        = 
}}

'''The Official Ninja Webpage: Real Ultimate Power''' is a [[satire]] [[website]] created in 2002 by the [[pseudonym]]ous Robert Hamburger. Written using the persona of a 13-year-old boy, the site is a parody of adolescent fascination with [[Ninja]]s. Warren St. John, columnist for ''The New York Times'' described it as "a satirical ode to the masculine prowess of ninjas".<ref>Warren St. John, [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/fashion/sundaystyles/16CADS.html?_r=1 "Dude, Here's My Book "], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 16, 2006, pt1</ref>

In 2004, it was chosen by [[Kensington Books]] for their inaugural book release in the new [[fratire]] genre—non-fiction literature marketed to young men in a [[political correctness|politically incorrect]] and overtly [[masculinity|masculine]] fashion. Due to the website's fan base, the ''Real Ultimate Power, The Official Ninja Book'' became a cult hit, selling 35,000 copies in two years.<ref name="NYT2">Warren St. John, [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/fashion/sundaystyles/16CADS.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1 "Dude, Here's My Book "], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 16, 2006, pt2</ref> The success of the book prompted Kensington's release of other fratire books by [[Tucker Max]] and [[Maddox (writer)|Maddox]].<ref name="NYT2"/><ref>
Maddox, ''The Alphabet of Manliness'', Citadel Press, 2006, pg I, Maddox wrote: ''Thanks to Robert Hamburger for paving the way for authors such as myself. Without the success of Real Ultimate Power, many authors like me wouldn't have been given a chance.''
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The Real Ultimate Power concept developed an [[internet meme]] with the creation of dozens of imitation parody websites.<ref name="Carp"/><ref>Citynet Magazine, [http://www.citynetmagazine.com/realultimatepower.html The Official Real Ultimate Power Parody Directory], Citynet Magazine, June 16, 2002 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917111946/http://www.citynetmagazine.com/realultimatepower.html |date=September 17, 2013 }}</ref>