History HarsherInHindsight / ToddInTheShadows

* In his "Last Night" review, Todd notes one of the primary defenders of Music/MorganWallen's N-word controversy was that of fellow {{country|Music}} singer Music/JimmieAllen, who noted that he wasn't offended or upset about it. Not even two months later and Allen would be the center of an ''even worse'' controversy, where he was accused of rape and sexual and verbal abuse by a former manager. Not long after a fan of Todd's pointed this out on Twitter, Todd [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1656791891260903425 replied]] how the news had ruined his day.

** Similarly, in his ''Film/{{Evita}}'' video, he mentioned that going by the movie, Eva Peron just seemed famous for being famous, "like Kim Kardashian, except she somehow became a country's First Lady", dismissing the idea as ridiculous before showing a "[[Music/KanyeWest Kanye]] for President 2020" article. Looking back, even if this never happens, the fact that Melania Trump actually did become a country's First Lady makes the thought a little less ridiculous. The Kanye article itself gets this, as in July 2020, Kanye officially launched a campaign for the presidency. However, unlike with Donald Trump being President in 2016, Kanye West wasn't even close to following that 2020 presidential claim, in part because he registered so late into that election cycle that he could only be accepted as a write-in option that year. He would later try again in 2024, though that would be without Kim Kardashian being by her side that time. Even then, it's highly unlikely he would become President anyway due to his extreme shenanigans he said in 2022, to the point of praising Adolf Hitler of all people.

* In his "Last Night" review, Todd notes one of the primary defenders of Music/MorganWallen's N-word controversy was that of fellow {{country|Music}} singer Music/JimmieAllen, who noted that he wasn't offended or upset about it. Not even two months later and Allen would be the center of an ''even worse'' controversy, where he was alleged of sexual and verbal abuse by a former manager. Not long after a fan of Todd's pointed this out on Twitter, Todd [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1656791891260903425 replied]] how the news had ruined his day.

* In his "Last Night" review, Todd notes one of the primary defenders of Music/MorganWallen's N-word controversy was that of fellow {{country|Music}} singer Music/JimmieAllen, who noted that he wasn't offended or upset about it. Not even two months later and Allen would be the center of an ''even worse'' controversy, where he was alleged of sexual and verbal abuse by a former manager.

** This also extends to his extended rant defending them in the Music/SClub7 episode(after one of the S Club sitcoms makes a TakeThat joke at their expense)

* In his "Deuces" review, Todd theorizes that Tyga might be too nice of a guy to be involved in harder rap, based on his verses on both it and the previously-reviewed "[=BedRock=]". A few years later, Tyga would be involved in plenty of controversy due to his relationship with [[Main/{{Ephebophile}} then-underage]] Kylie Jenner.

* In his Worst Hit Songs of 2015 list, he said of "Fight Song" (the #2 entry) "If this is your fight song, ''you're going to lose''." Fast-forward to election day 2016 when UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton, who had used "Fight Song" in her campaign, lost the presidency to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump. (Todd wasn't a big fan of Clinton, but favored her over Trump by miles, and was shocked and distraught when Trump won. Obviously, this joke is [[HilariousInHindsight a lot funnier]] to people who actually were happy Trump won, and and a joke about Clinton losing probably would have been funny to Todd himself if not for the part about Trump winning.)
** Speaking of: one of the lines he dismisses as "stupid" from Jadakiss' "Why" asks how Arnold Schwarzenegger could be elected governor of California when he had no prior political experience. Because lord knows that couldn't happen on a larger scale, and with a celebrity far more crude and brash than Arnold is... (Once again, this can also qualify as HilariousInHindsight depending on your views of Trump, though for Todd himself it probably falls here.)

* Also in his Worst Songs of 2015 list: he constantly rags on Silentó for being a comically dull, squeaky-clean kid, predicting he'll never be heard from again. Nowadays, Silentó has a newfound reputation -- as one of the most dangerous, mentally unstable rappers in Atlanta. Starting in 2020, he got booked on a domestic disturbance; was arrested again the very next day for stalking his girlfriend ''with a hatchet'' and breaking into a random home to terrorize the family; drove over 140 MPH down the Interstate, swerving through traffic, because he thought he was being "followed"; and, finally, got indicted by a grand jury for shooting his own cousin to death.

* In his One-Hit Wonderland "TabletopGame/TicTacToe", Todd brings up Hurricane Chris as a One Hit Wonder nobody remembers. Later in 2020, Hurricane Chris would be convicted of second-degree murder.

* In his One-Hit Wonderland "Tic Tac Toe", Todd brings up Hurricane Chris as a One Hit Wonder nobody remembers. Later in 2020, Hurricane Chris would be convicted of second-degree murder.

* At the start of the Trainwreckords episode on ''Two the Hard Way'', Todd mentions Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde as an example of a happy, drama-free celebrity couple. Come 2022, that couple had a ''very'' public and ugly falling-out as a result of Wilde leaving Sudeikis for Harry Styles.
* He joked that the ''[[Franchise/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family]]'' movies inherently [[CreatorKiller end the careers]] of the rappers who write and perform the tie-in singles, citing Music/MCHammer on [[Film/TheAddamsFamily the first movie]] and Tag Team on ''Addams Family Values'', and predicted that Music/{{Migos}} would suffer the same fate after they did a song for the soundtrack to [[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily2019 the 2019 animated film]]. Three years later, his prediction came true in tragic fashion when one of the trio's members, Takeoff, was shot dead at a party.

* Todd taking offence to the SexTourism parts of "Talk Dirty", especially when Jason Derulo mentions going to Haiti, and hopes Derulo meant he was going to volunteer for a charity. Then [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfam#Staff_sexual_misconduct_in_Haiti_and_Chad news broke in 2018]] that Oxfam volunteers/employees had sexually exploited (whether through [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43112200 prostitution]] or [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56611397 rape]]) women in Haiti, Chad and the Congo. It also ironically backs up Todd's review of Lil Dicky's "Earth" where he semi-retracted his preferring-an-"insincere display of charity" comments in his "We Are the World" review after showing a news report of Wyclef Jean's charity being called a scam, and frequently pointing out Dicky's distracting jokes.

* At the start of the Trainwreckords episode on ''Two the Hard Way'', Todd mention Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde as an example of a happy, drama-free celebrity couple. Come 2022, that couple had a ''very'' public and ugly falling-out as a result of Wilde leaving Sudeikis for Harry Styles.

** Similarly, in his ''Film/{{Evita}}'' video, he mentioned that going by the movie, Eva Peron just seemed famous for being famous, "like Kim Kardashian, except she somehow became a country's First Lady", dismissing the idea as ridiculous before showing a "[[Music/KanyeWest Kanye]] for President 2020" article. Looking back, even if this never happens, the fact that Melania Trump actually did become a country's First Lady makes the thought a little less ridiculous. The Kanye article itself gets this, as in July 2020, Kanye officially launched a campaign for the presidency. However, unlike with Donald Trump being President in 2016, Kanye West wasn't even close to following that 2020 presidential claim, in part because he registered so late into that election cycle that he could only be accepted as a write-in option that year. He would later try again in 2024, though that would be without Kim Kardasian being by her side that time. Even then, it's highly unlikely he would become President anyway due to his extreme shenanigans he said in 2022.

** Similarly, in his ''Film/{{Evita}}'' video, he mentioned that going by the movie, Eva Peron just seemed famous for being famous, "like Kim Kardashian, except she somehow became a country's First Lady", dismissing the idea as ridiculous before showing a "[[Music/KanyeWest Kanye]] for President 2020" article. Looking back, even if this never happens, the fact that Melania Trump actually did become a country's First Lady makes the thought a little less ridiculous. The Kanye article itself gets this, as in July 2020, Kanye officially launched a campaign for the presidency. However, unlike with Donald Trump being President in 2016, Kanye West wasn't even close to following that 2020 presidential claim, in part because he registered so late into that election cycle that he could only be accepted as a write-in option that year.

* In his "Worst Songs of 2018" video, Todd describes Juice WRLD as a mainstream version of the late Music/XXXTentacion. One year later, Juice WRLD gained another trait to share with X in terms of dying young.

** Similarly, in his ''Film/{{Evita}}'' video, he mentioned that going by the movie, Eva Peron just seemed famous for being famous, "like Kim Kardashian, except she somehow became a country's First Lady", dismissing the idea as ridiculous before showing a "[[Music/KanyeWest Kanye]] for President 2020" article. Looking back, even if this never happens, the fact that Melania Trump actually did become a country's First Lady makes the thought a little less ridiculous. The Kanye article itself gets this, as in July 2020, Kanye officially launched a campaign for the presidency.

* In his "Worst Songs of 2018" video, Todd describes Juice WRLD as a mainstream version of the late Music/XXXTentacion. One year later, Juice WRLD gained another trait to share with Tentacion in terms of dying young.
** In that same segment, Todd discusses the MisogynySong trend in HipHop and how it doesn't bother him when older rappers do it, noting that a primary reason why is that most of them are happily married men, with one of the clips shown to prove his point being "Gold Digger" by Music/KanyeWest. A few years later, Ye would go through a messy divorce with Creator/KimKardashian, along with an ensuing CreatorBreakdown, which included him publicly begging Kim to come back, threatening Creator/PeteDavidson, and leaking private text messages on his Instagram.

* He invoked this trope in his One-Hit Wonderland review of "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Music/BobbyMcFerrin, in reference to the persistent (and false) rumor throughout the '90s that [=McFerrin=] had killed himself. While said rumor was already pretty tasteless in and of itself, it became particularly abhorrent after Robin Williams--who was prominently featured in the music video for the song--really did commit suicide in 2014.

* He invoked this trope in his One-Hit Wonderland review of "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby [=McFerrin=], in reference to the persistent (and false) rumor throughout the '90s that [=McFerrin=] had killed himself. While said rumor was already pretty tasteless in and of itself, it became particularly abhorrent after Robin Williams--who was prominently featured in the music video for the song--really did commit suicide in 2014.

* In his "Deuces" review, Todd theorizes that Tyga might be too nice of a guy to be involved in harder rap, based on his contributions to both that song and his verse on the previously-reviewed "[=BedRock=]". A few years later, Tyga would be involved in plenty of controversy due to his relationship with then-underage Kylie Jenner.

* One of the context-free Macarena clips Todd included at the end of the One-Hit Wonderland on the song includes legendary [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Los Angeles Dodgers]] broadcaster Vin Scully doing the dance. He died hours after the video came out.

While sometimes this show's "Toddstradamus" predictions go awry [[HilariousInHindsight/ToddInTheShadows in a humorous way]], sometimes they are [[HarsherInHindsight much harder to swallow]] in a various heartbreaking ways.