History Main / BlackSheepHit

* Vinny of WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} does a wide variety of gaming-related streams, including traditional playthroughs of well-known games, peaks at obscure and often bizarre free games from the Internet, and reactions to new game trailers. His most famous videos, however, are his game corruption videos. This is despite him admitting that the sheer unpredictability of corruptions, while the source of their appeal, also makes it extremely hard to sift anything interesting out of them. Hence the dearth of such streams despite heavy viewer demand. Nowadays corruptions are submitted by viewers and usually done around once a month.

* Vinny of WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} does a wide variety of gaming-related streams, including traditional playthroughs of well-known games, peaks at obscure and often bizarre free games from the Internet, and reactions to new game trailers. His most famous videos, however, are his game corruption videos. This is despite him admitting that the sheer unpredictability of corruptions, while the source of their appeal, also makes it extremely hard to sift anything interesting out of them. Hence the dearth of such streams despite heavy viewer demand.

* Despite self-admittedly hating drama, WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6_LW1PkmnY I Fact-Checked The Worst Video Essayist On YouTube]]", which catalogues James Somerton's frequent factual errors, done almost completely absent from his usual comedic tone of reviewing pop music throughout the years, has quickly become his most popular video of all time. He's ruefully admitted that, despite disliking drama, it turns out he's good at it.

* Despite self-admittedly hating drama, WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6_LW1PkmnY I Fact-Checked The Worst Video Essayist On YouTube]]", which catalogues James Somerton's frequent factual errors, done almost completely absent his usual style, has quickly become his most popular video of all time. He's ruefully admitted that, despite disliking drama, it turns out he's good at it.

-->-- '''James Hetfield''', lead singer of Music/{{Metallica}}, about "Nothing Else Matters".

Sometimes, a musician has a huge hit with a song that is at right angles to their usual style. For some reason, this happens very often with hard rock/metal bands who hit it big with a [[SurprisinglyGentleSong slow ballad]]. Or alternatively a hardcore rapper/rap group with a crossover party anthem. For bands with a very niche appeal, the Black Sheep Hit is usually one of the songs "mainstream" enough to [[RadioFriendliness receive play on the radio stations]].

A Black Sheep Hit will be a result of GenreAdultery for many musicians. Often related to ChartDisplacement.

* Creator/RayBradbury's most famous and widely read work is ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'', a fairly grim and serious {{dystopia}}n science-fiction novel about the dangers of censorship. Notably, it's one of his few full-length novels; he was predominantly a short story writer, with many of his longer works (e.g. ''Literature/TheMartianChronicles'', ''Literature/DandelionWine'', ''From the Dust Returned'', etc.) being "[[PatchworkStory fix-ups]]" composed of previously published stories strung together. More glaringly, its dark tone, urban setting, and strong political themes differ pretty strongly from the majority of his other works; during his lifetime, he was known for the whimsical and Romantic tone of his fiction (even his {{horror}} stories have a rather playful element), and he tended to explore personal and emotional themes far more often than social and political ones. Most of his works are also set in small towns in the American Midwest, [[WriteWhatYouKnow inspired by his childhood in Waukegan]].

* Creator/AlanMoore considers ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' to be this. It's one of his most famous and influential comics, but he has stated repeatedly that he considers it one of the worst works he did for Creator/DCComics, [[MagnumOpusDissonance let alone overall]]. Nevertheless, ''The Killing Joke'' would end up becoming a prominent element within the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' franchise and mythos, most notably establishing one of the more popular and adhered to backstories for ComicBook/TheJoker. He was even consulted by Creator/TimBurton for ''Film/Batman1989'' thanks to the comic's influence on that film. However, Moore is more fond of ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''; his most sincere and non-deconstructive works -- ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'', ''ComicBook/TheJungleLine'', ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'' -- are Superman stories, and paradoxically, while these comics are still beloved by fans of that character, they're ultimately treated as stand-alone tales and have comparatively little influence on the latter character's story and setting. Moore's view on ''Batman'', meanwhile, has been summarized by him as "for Christ’s sake, it’s a guy dressed as a bat."

* Creator/AlanMoore considers ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' to be this. It's one of his most famous and influential comics, but he has stated repeatedly that he doesn't rank it among the best work he's done for Creator/DCComics, [[MagnumOpusDissonance let alone one of his best works overall]]. Nevertheless, ''The Killing Joke'' would end up becoming a prominent element within the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' franchise and mythos, most notably establishing one of the more popular and adhered to backstories for ComicBook/TheJoker. He was even consulted by Creator/TimBurton for ''Film/Batman1989'' thanks to the comic's influence on that film. However, Moore is more fond of ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''; his most sincere and non-deconstructive works -- ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'', ''ComicBook/TheJungleLine'', ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'' -- are Superman stories, and paradoxically, while these comics are still beloved by fans of that character, they're ultimately treated as stand-alone tales and have comparatively little influence on the latter character's story and setting. Moore's view on ''Batman'', meanwhile, has been summarized by him as "for Christ’s sake, it’s a guy dressed as a bat."

* Creator/AlanMoore considers ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' to be this. It's one of his most famous and influential comics, but he has stated repeatedly that he doesn't rank it among the best work he's done for Creator/DCComics, [[MagnumOpusDissonance let alone one of his best works overall]]. Nevertheless, ''The Killing Joke'' would end up becoming a prominent element within the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' franchise and mythos, most notably establishing one of the more popular and adhered to backstories for ComicBook/TheJoker. He was even consulted by Creator/TimBurton for ''Film/Batman1989'' thanks to the comic's influence on that film. However, Moore is more fond of ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''; his most sincere and non-deconstructive works -- ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'', ''ComicBook/TheJungleLine'', ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'' -- are Superman stories, and paradoxically, while these comics are still beloved by fans of that character, they're ultimately treated as stand-alone tales and have comparatively little influence on the latter character's story and setting.