History Music / JonathanYoung

[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC40gs0opj389ohjLnJIAJzA Jonathan Young]] is a Website/YouTube-based PopPunk and PowerMetal musician best known for his weekly covers of music from Disney films, although he's also done covers of music from anime, Broadway, pop music, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7hPtc1WIIg this.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAc9k4iro38 His Cover]] of "[[Music/NSync It's Gonna Be Me]]" basically became a {{Mondegreen}} ProductPlacement for the month of May.

* AdaptationalSympathy: His version of "[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Hellfire]]" has [[SinisterMinister Frollo]] put up a much stronger fight before giving in to his lust; even to the end of the song, though he still plans to burn Paris down, he does so while begging for sanctuary and [[ManlyTears openly crying]] from his confusion.

* AscendedFanboy: Jonathan was hired by Creator/{{Funimation}} to sing the official English version of "Hello Hello Hello", the first ending theme of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''.

* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Stated word for word in "Army of Tigers." After all, what else does one need to defeat the sun except faith, courage, and perseverance?[[note]]And an Army of Tigers, of course.[[/note]]

'''Cause all men must die!''

* {{Mondegreen}}:
** From his cover of [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} "I'll Make A Man Out Of You"]]: "Be ComicBook/{{Batman}}".
** "[[Music/NSync It's gonna be]] [[JustForPun May]]"

* DenserAndWackier: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEP1U5yFwyE Starship Velociraptor]]'' is an album of original music that's generally more wacky and humorous than Young's other works. Among other tracks, there's an IAmGreatSong about "The Best Band in the Universe" featuring Ninja Brian of Music/NinjaSexParty, a song about racing with jetpacks, and a song about assembling an army of tigers with which to fight the sun.

* NiceHat: Jonathan's trademark beanie shows up a lot less since he moved to Southern California but still pops up from time to time. It's still featured prominently on most album art, due to its status as his IconicOutfit.

* {{Irony}}: ''The Best Band In The Universe'' declares that you'll know their name - but never tell it. Unless it's a case of ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

** Played with for laughs in his cover of "Sk8ter Boi", where he stumbles over the line "I'm just a girl" and starts wondering just why he decided to do this cover in the first place.

* BigLippedAligatorMoment: During his cover of "Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town", midway through the second verse, the camera cuts to Jonathan dancing in front of a green screen, with the song itself suddenly fading into the background. Jonathan then says "I forgot the lyrics, but we're gonna keep going!" before {{Smash Cut}}ting right back into the song.

* ContentWarnings: One on the music video for ''[[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas This Is Halloween]]'' for having blood, flashing lights, and disturbing images.

* RealLifeRelative: His cover of "[[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie On The Open Road]]" is a duet between him and his dad Paul.
** Paul also has TheCameo in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} "Zero to Hero"]] video, as Darth Vader.

* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: The video for [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} "A Whole New World"]] turns the song into one about introducing someone to the wonders of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood pizza]], all without even changing the lyrics.

* IconicOutfit: Although Young rarely wears his former-trademark beanie anymore, it still shows up on album covers simply because he wore it in his early videos that helped him garner the popularity he has now.

* TakeThat: while trying to reach the 4:20 mark for his "All Star" video, Jonathan goes on a rant about how sensationalist internet culture makes it impossible to make money creating good content, [[BrokenAesop so don't]]. In the background, there's a Logan Paul video playing with "logan paul" visible in the search bar.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pizza shows up in several of his videos, such as [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} "A Whole New World"]], [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast "Be Our Guest"]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 "Kiss The Girl"]].

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The "metal" video for [[Disney/{{Pocahontas}} "Mine, Mine, Mine"]] reimagines Ratcliffe as a hard-rocking modern CEO who's still associated with the Virginia Company. (In fact, it also includes, unannounced, part of "Virginia Company" before closing with a straight quotation from Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address.)

** Played straight in his cover of [[Disney/{{Frozen}} "Let It Go".]] Hilariously subverted in his cover of [[Disney/{{Hercules}} "Zero To Hero"]].
** Averted in [[Disney/{{Moana}} "How Far I'll Go."]] It's still Jonathan singing it but the song is now in third person, still talking about Moana.

* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: The video for [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} "A Whole New World"]] turns the song into one about introducing someone to the wonders of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood pizza]], all without even changing the lyrics.

** [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid "Kiss The Girl"]]'s music video makes "Eric" a lot more awkward around "Ariel", who can presumably talk and is a ''lot'' more forward about what she wants. Also, it's a pair of friends watching a movie, eating pizza, etc instead of a couple in a boat. There's also a chorus added to the end that points out the flaws of the original movie.

** The album art for "Young Does Disney", Vols. 1 and 2, feature Jonathan in a Disney-esque style: Vol 1 as himself, and Vol 2 as a "hipster" [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beast]]. Vol 3 features a similar drawing, but he has green fire in his eyes and is pictured on a black background with a design reminiscent of [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Dr. Facilier]]. It should be noted that, on average, the album does not contain more villain songs than either of the others, and in fact, has a smaller percentage than Vol 1.
* DistractedByTheSexy[=/=]EvenTheGuysWantHim: Jonathan is not immune to Disney/{{Hercules}}'s charms in the "Zero To Hero" cover. He's likewise distracted by "Ariel" in "Kiss the Girl", although this is intentional on her part.

** From his cover of [[Disney/{{Mulan}} "I'll Make A Man Out Of You"]]: "Be ComicBook/{{Batman}}".

** Paul also has TheCameo in the [[Disney/{{Hercules}} "Zero to Hero"]] video, as Darth Vader.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pizza shows up in several of his videos, such as [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} "A Whole New World"]], [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast "Be Our Guest"]], and [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid "Kiss The Girl"]].

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The "metal" video for [[Disney/{{Pocahontas}} "Mine, Mine, Mine"]] reimagines Ratcliffe as a hard-rocking modern CEO who's still associated with the Virginia Company. (In fact, it also includes, unannounced, part of "Virginia Company" before closing with a straight quotation from Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address.)

* {{Mondegreen}}: From his cover of [[Disney/{{Mulan}} "I'll Make A Man Out Of You"]]: "Be ComicBook/{{Batman}}".

* {{Mondegreen}}: From his cover of [[Disney/{{Mulan}} "I'll Make A Man Out Of You"]]: "Be ComicBook/{{Batman}}"

* CoveredUp: his FIRST version of "[[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]]" garnered about ~500,000 views. His second version of the [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 2017 version]] got almost 3 times that many.

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Caleb Hyles, to the point where they released an EP titled "[[Music/MyChemicalRomance My Chemical]] {{Bromance}}''

** Plays this straight with his cover of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giKRecwNJxM The Phantom of the Opera]]", where Young provides the Gravel to guest Soprano singer Malinda Kathleen Reese

* SelfDepreciation: The description for his Metal Cover of Music/Eiffel65's "Blue":