With Chow's dialog popular on BBSes, it became common to see people respond to difficult-to-read or annoying posts with comments telling the poster to "go back to Mars," beginning the growth in popularity of the term.
經過 BBS 站將周星馳式無厘頭搞笑對白發揚光大後，網友舉凡看到難以判讀或令人群情激憤的文章，就會叫對方「滾回火星去！」「火星文」一詞就此走紅。