History ToddInTheShadows / NToP

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: He was accused of homophobia when he said that "Born This Way" felt like pandering and racism when he asked "How am I supposed to tell [three members of Young Money] apart?" in reference to their respective styles.

** WriterRevolt: In the ''Trainwreckords'' episodes on Music/LizPhair's ''Funstyle'' and Music/{{Metallica}}'s ''St. Anger'', Todd mentions that he loathes anti-music-industry rants from successful artists, considering it the bottom of the barrel in terms of creativity.

** A-Ha: Their second-biggest hit, "The Sun Always Shines On TV", charted at #20 in the US and actually placed ''higher'' than "Take On Me" in several countries, including the UK.
** Men Without Hats: Also reached #20 with "Pop Goes the World", which Todd even comments is fairly well-remembered as far as "second singles by one-hit wonders" go. (It actually did better in their native Canada than "Safety Dance" did).
** Music/BillyRayCyrus: Notes that, as a country artist, being a "one-hit wonder" on ''those'' charts is basically impossible - and, indeed, Cyrus charted many times throughout TheNineties. His duet with daughter Miley, "Ready, Set, Don't Go", is mentioned in passing as his first Top 10 (Country) hit in a decade, but Todd neglects to inform the viewers that it actually reached the Top 40 ''on the Pop charts'' - technically making Billy Ray Cyrus a one-hit wonder no longer. (Nor was he, or anyone else, expecting Cyrus to have a #1 hit in 2019 with his guest verse on "[[Music/LilNasX Old Town Road]]".)
** Creator/EddieMurphy: Claims that Murphy scored a "near-hit" with the lead single off his second album, "Put Your Mouth On Me", which reached #27 on the charts (and therefore actually ''is'' a hit - though a minor one).
** The Weather Girls: "It's Raining Men", the so-called "hit", actually ''does not qualify'' as such, because it only reached #46 on the Pop charts (though it went to #1 on the Dance charts).
** Music/AFlockOfSeagulls had not one, but ''[[ExaggeratedTrope two]]'' Top 40 hits outside of "I Ran (So Far Away)"; they were "Space Age Love Song" (peaked at #30) and "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" (peaked at #26).
** Mr. Big, like A Flock of Seagulls, also had two additional Top 40 hits: "Just Take My Heart", and a cover of Cat Stevens' "Wild World".
** Discussed when reviewing Blue Swede, as while they had a second Top 10 hit with a cover of the Association's "Never My Love", they are ''still'' a one-hit wonder to him because the song had no lasting appeal and is remembered by almost no one. He compares it to Music/{{PSY}}'s "Gentleman" in that regard. Meanwhile, he maintains that this does not apply to less famous yet still remembered songs like Rick Astley's "Together Forever" and such.
** Music/SirMixALot's first album, which was released four years before "Baby Got Back," went platinum.
** Falco's "Vienna Calling" reached #18 on the Hot 100.

** DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Particularly if it's Music/{{Beyonce}}-on-male.
** ClarkKenting: People's inability to recognize the obviousness that Series/HannahMontana is Miley in a wig drives Todd up the wall. Todd even references Clark Kent and [[Film/{{Superman}} Christopher Reeve's performance of the character]].
** DomesticAbuse: He struggled to avoid making this the focal point of his review of "I Can Transform Ya."
** Songs that take place InDaClub.
** ChildPopstar:

** LyricsVideoMismatch

** RhymingWithItself: Annoys him quite a bit.

** TheFourChordsOfPop

** A fairly enraged one in the beginning of the "Deuces" review, especially jarring because up to that point there had barely been any strong language in his videos at all.

** During his Music/SClub7 episode of "One Hit Wonderland", while discussing their TV show, he delivers one to the band themselves after they diss Music/{{Hanson}}.

* NonIndicativeName: One of the recurring themes of "One-Hit Wonderland" are that many so-called one-hit wonders technically aren't[[note]]using the standard definition of just one entry on the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[[/note]], which he will point out in discussing their later career:

** In some cases, it's the opposite, with the hit not even charting in the top 40. Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio" peaked at #58 in the U.S., but is still well-remembered as a one-hit wonder.

** "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" only got to #87 on the Hot 100... in 1997, long after its initial release.

* NotSoDifferent: He states in the review of the "Cruise" remix that, in the last ten years, mainstream CountryMusic has essentially become the "white" version of GlamRap in its lyrical themes, and has taken on a growing number of stylistic cues from hip-hop. He goes so far as to claim that the video for "Cruise" is essentially a rap video with white chicks.

** Also deconstructed hen reviewing "Marvin Gaye" by Music/CharliePuth and Music/MeghanTrainor:

* PersonAsVerb: In his review of "Feel This Moment" by Music/{{Pitbull}} featuring Music/ChristinaAguilera, He mentions how it's the same usual song as always, with Pitbull being Pitbull, and Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera-ing like she always does.
** Also deconstructed hen reviewing "Marvin Gaye" by Music/CharliePuth and Music/MeghanTrainor:
--->'''Todd:''' If this was any other song, the fact that they decided to use Music/MarvinGaye's name as a verb would be the stupidest thing about it. "Let's Music/PinkFloyd and [[Music/TheWall put another brick in the wall]]."

** Also deconstructed when reviewing "Marvin Gaye" by Music/CharliePuth and Music/MeghanTrainor:

** Every worst-of list of a year uses a song clip from that year for the countdown that is not on his list, yet has a suitably derogatory title. Examples to date include [[Music/PussycatDolls "I Hate This Part"]], [[Music/MichaelJackson "Bad"]], [[Music/CeeLoGreen "Fuck You"]], [[Music/{{Wings}} "Silly Love Songs"]], [[Music/{{Kesha}} "Blow"]], [[Series/AmericanIdol "Sorry 2004"]], [[Music/{{Pink}} "Blow Me"]], [[Music/TaylorSwift "I Knew You Were Trouble"]] and [[Music/ArianaGrande "Break Free"]] (more for the lyric - "this is, the part where I say I don't wanna..."). Best-of lists use DJ Earworm's "United States of Pop" mash-up for that year, or a suitable substitute. He was forced to change this for the 2013 lists due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers copyright rules]], though; he had to hastily reedit the worst-of list to swap in a generic tune for "I Knew You Were Trouble", while the best-of list used a one-second sample of [[Music/BrunoMars "Treasure"]] that was deemed acceptable.

* PanderingToTheBase:[[invoked]]He questions about this in "Alejandro".

* PopCultureIsolation:[[invoked]] An apparent in-work example in his list of the 10 worst songs of 1976. He chooses "Convoy" by C. W. [=McCall=] in part because he doesn't understand how trucking was so popular as to inspire a hit song, and "Convoy" does nothing towards its case.
* PeripheryDemographic:[[invoked]] He admits to liking the Music/OneDirection song "Best Song Ever" even if it has some bad moments.

** PlayedWith in the ''Mac And Devin Go To High School'' review. Rap Critic, who has previously announced that he's never smoked weed, seems to be incredibly knowledgeable about how it effects about what it does.

** In another OHW, this time for "Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo" by Rick Derringer, Todd emphasizes this when he says that Rick Derringer produced Music/WeirdAlYankovic's albums in the 1980s, and to further prove that he isn't lying, he includes a clip of Al himself talking about Rick Derringer.

* PokemonSpeak: Once Todd figures out that along with "7 Years" showing Lukas Graham is [[SmallNameBigEgo a huge egomaniac]] and both his releases are {{Self Titled Album}}s, he says he's surprised the lyrics aren't "Lukas, Lukas Graham, Lukas Graham..."

* PokemonSpeak: He doesn't like when singers say their own name in their songs. But he is particularly hard on Jason Derulo for this.

** This ended up affecting the best list at least once: In the "Best of 2014" list, he mentions using [[Music/BigSean "I Don't Fuck With You"]] as a bumper song in the worst of that year...and it grew on him enough to put it at #7 on the best list.

** His reaction to [[Music/MaroonFive Adam Levine]] trying to be "[[EvilIsSexy sexy]] [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]]" in the video for "Animals".

** Billy Ray Cyrus: Notes that, as a country artist, being a "one-hit wonder" on ''those'' charts is basically impossible - and, indeed, Cyrus charted many times throughout TheNineties. His duet with daughter Miley, "Ready, Set, Don't Go", is mentioned in passing as his first Top 10 (Country) hit in a decade, but Todd neglects to inform the viewers that it actually reached the Top 40 ''on the Pop charts'' - technically making Billy Ray Cyrus a one-hit wonder no longer.
** Eddie Murphy: Claims that Murphy scored a "near-hit" with the lead single off his second album, "Put Your Mouth On Me", which reached #27 on the charts (and therefore actually ''is'' a hit - though a minor one).

* {{Narm}}:[[invoked]] His reaction re-listening to Music/LinkinPark's "Crawling": "Just as hilarious as back then".
** Also his reaction to [[Music/MaroonFive Adam Levine]] trying to be "[[EvilIsSexy sexy]] [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]]" in the video for "Animals".

** PainfulRhyme[[invoked]]: Forms the basis of his RunningGag: "Finish the Rhyme!"

* [[OriginsEpisode Origin Song]]: "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry literally describes exactly how the band came into popularity in the first place. Some audience member really did shout "Play that funky music, white boy" during one of their gigs.