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* WolverinePublicity: Todd has pointed out that Lil Wayne and Ludacris are notorious for this. He claimed that Lil Wayne is on quest to collaborate with everyone in the industry. And that if you record a song in your basement Ludacris would be on it by the time you uploaded it to your Website/MySpace page.
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** Todd has pointed out thatLil Wayne Music/LilWayne and Ludacris Music/{{Ludacris}} are notorious for this. He claimed that Lil Wayne is on quest to collaborate with everyone in the industry. And industry, and that if you record a song in your basement Ludacris would be on it by the time you uploaded it to your Website/MySpace page.page.
** He believes that this, more than anything, was why so many music nerds hated Music/{{Nickelback}}. There were ''far'' worse PostGrunge bands than them in the 2000s, but while Nickelback's songs never got as bad as those of their contemporaries, they made up for it with their sheer number of hit singles.
--->'''Todd:''' The backlash to Nickelback was always more about quantity than quality. There are tons of bands who sucked worse, but there were none who sucked ''more''. If you were a radio listener in the 2000s, which most people were, you could hate Nickelback and still know ''dozens'' of their songs.
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** He believes that this, more than anything, was why so many music nerds hated Music/{{Nickelback}}. There were ''far'' worse PostGrunge bands than them in the 2000s, but while Nickelback's songs never got as bad as those of their contemporaries, they made up for it with their sheer number of hit singles.
--->'''Todd:''' The backlash to Nickelback was always more about quantity than quality. There are tons of bands who sucked worse, but there were none who sucked ''more''. If you were a radio listener in the 2000s, which most people were, you could hate Nickelback and still know ''dozens'' of their songs.
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* WidgetSeries: Discussed on "Gangnam Style", while also showing the US isn't far behind. It eventually gets the better of him, with the song making the honorable mentions of his 10 Best of 2012.
-->'''Todd:''' Ok, it grew on me. Shut up.
-->'''Todd:''' Ok, it grew on me. Shut up.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Todd credits Geraldo Mejia's "Eternally shirtless torso" as one of the reasons why latin pop music has become what it is today with his 1991 One Hit Wonder "Rico Suave"
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Todd credits Geraldo Mejia's "Eternally "eternally shirtless torso" as one of the reasons why latin Latin pop music has become what it is today with his 1991 One Hit Wonder "Rico Suave"Suave".
* WatchedItForTheRepresentation: [[invoked]] He believes that "Try That in a Small Town" and "Rich Men North of Richmond" owed their success to a "red state" version of this trope, with American conservatives rallying around those songs ''en masse'' as a way of promoting their values.
* WatchedItForTheRepresentation: [[invoked]] He believes that "Try That in a Small Town" and "Rich Men North of Richmond" owed their success to a "red state" version of this trope, with American conservatives rallying around those songs ''en masse'' as a way of promoting their values.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Invoked. Both him and the Rap Critic accuse ''Mac and Devin Go To High School'' of seeming like it was created while everyone was stoned out of their minds...which actually hurt the movie, explaining that Creator/CheechAndChong didn't smoke any weed when they made their movies for exactly that reason.
* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: InUniverse.
** In ''Shanghai Surprise'', Music/{{Madonna}} is cast as a missionary and a lead in an action adventure, while Creator/SeanPenn plays a LoveableRogue. Todd states that this is one of the problems with the movie.
** He doesn't get why the song, "Bang Bang", casts Music/ArianaGrande as the [[ReallyGetsAround "bad girl"]] and Music/JessieJ as the [[GirlNextDoor "good girl"]]. He finds Ariana both too young-looking in her [[OlderThanSheLooks looks]] and her [[TheCutie persona]] to the point she comes across as more cute than sexy, while Jessie J never really came across as a good girl.
** Todd is baffled by the assemblage of singers in "Don't Call Me Angel", a promotional theme song for the 2019 ''Charlie's Angels'': Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus, two huge names in pop with forceful voices, and... Lana Del Rey, a gloomy downbeat indie singer whose established persona and performance on the song make her look like Wednesday Addams hanging with the popular girls.
* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: InUniverse.
** In ''Shanghai Surprise'', Music/{{Madonna}} is cast as a missionary and a lead in an action adventure, while Creator/SeanPenn plays a LoveableRogue. Todd states that this is one of the problems with the movie.
** He doesn't get why the song, "Bang Bang", casts Music/ArianaGrande as the [[ReallyGetsAround "bad girl"]] and Music/JessieJ as the [[GirlNextDoor "good girl"]]. He finds Ariana both too young-looking in her [[OlderThanSheLooks looks]] and her [[TheCutie persona]] to the point she comes across as more cute than sexy, while Jessie J never really came across as a good girl.
** Todd is baffled by the assemblage of singers in "Don't Call Me Angel", a promotional theme song for the 2019 ''Charlie's Angels'': Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus, two huge names in pop with forceful voices, and... Lana Del Rey, a gloomy downbeat indie singer whose established persona and performance on the song make her look like Wednesday Addams hanging with the popular girls.
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** He criticises "Astronaut in the Ocean" for it's {{Metaphorgotten}} lyrics.
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** He criticises "Astronaut in the Ocean" for it's {{Metaphorgotten}} lyrics.
---> '''Todd:''' "You can't play on the double meaning when you don't have a first meaning."
---> '''Todd:''' "You can't play on the double meaning when you don't have a first meaning."
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** When introducing Music/JustinTimberlake in his review of "Suit and Tie"/"Thrift Shop", Todd asks, "You ready, JT?", just as Timbaland does in "Suit and Tie".
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** When introducing Music/JustinTimberlake in his review of "Suit and Tie"/"Thrift Shop", Todd asks, "You ready, JT?", just as Timbaland Music/{{Timbaland}} does in "Suit and Tie".
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* XylophoneGag: Referenced in the ''One Hit Wonderland'' episode on Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On, Eileen" (a song that begins with a violin playing "Those Endearing Young Charms"):
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'''Kanye:''' ''Pockets on {{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}, / Rockets on deck!''\\
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'''Kanye:''' ''Pockets on {{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}, Franchise/{{Shrek}}, / Rockets on deck!''\\
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* WaxingLyrical: In "OMG" and "The Top 10 Best Songs of 2010", he hits on Lupa with terrible song lyrics ("OMG" itself and "Sexy Bitch" in the former, "Carryout" in the latter).
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* WaxingLyrical: Pretty much a given in ''One Hit Wonderland'' and ''Trainwreckords'' episodes.
** In "OMG" and "The Top 10 Best Songs of 2010", he hits on Lupa with terrible song lyrics ("OMG" itself and "Sexy Bitch" in the former, "Carryout" in the latter).
** In "OMG" and "The Top 10 Best Songs of 2010", he hits on Lupa with terrible song lyrics ("OMG" itself and "Sexy Bitch" in the former, "Carryout" in the latter).
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--->'''Mike Posner:''' ''[[TitleDrop I took a pill in Ibiza]] / To [[spoiler:show Music/{{Avicii}} I was cool]].''
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** In "Shanghai Surprise", Music/{{Madonna}} is cast as a missionary and a lead in an action adventure, while Creator/SeanPenn plays a LoveableRogue. Todd states that this is one of the problems with the movie.
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** In "Shanghai Surprise", ''Shanghai Surprise'', Music/{{Madonna}} is cast as a missionary and a lead in an action adventure, while Creator/SeanPenn plays a LoveableRogue. Todd states that this is one of the problems with the movie.
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* WhosOnFirst: In his ''One Hit Wonderland'' on [[Music/TheCardigans "Lovefool"]], Todd describes The Cardigans' single "My Favourite Game" as sounding "like garbage". Cue [[Music/{{Garbage}} "Only Happy When It Rains"]]. He does the same in his ''Trainwreckords'' of [[Music/AmericanLife American]] [[Music/{{Madonna}} Life]], comparing "I'm So Stupid" to the Garbage song "Stupid Girl".
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* WhosOnFirst: In his ''One Hit Wonderland'' on [[Music/TheCardigans "Lovefool"]], "Lovefool", Todd describes The Cardigans' Music/TheCardigans' single "My Favourite Game" as sounding "like garbage". Cue [[Music/{{Garbage}} "Only Happy When It Rains"]]. He does the same in his ''Trainwreckords'' of [[Music/AmericanLife American]] [[Music/{{Madonna}} Life]], comparing "I'm So Stupid" to the Garbage song "Stupid Girl".
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-->'''Jadakiss:''' Why ♪''Why they ain't give us a cure for AIDS?\\AIDS?''\\
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* WordSaladLyrics: Young Money's "[=Bedrock=]".
-->'''Lil' Wayne:''' (subtitled on-screen) And I keep her runnin' back and forth. Soccer team!\\
-->'''Lil' Wayne:''' (subtitled on-screen) And I keep her runnin' back and forth. Soccer team!\\
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**Young Money's "[=Bedrock=]".
-->'''Lil' --->'''Lil' Wayne:''' (subtitled on-screen) ''[subtitled on-screen] And I keep her runnin' back and forth. Soccer team!\\team!''\\
**Young Money's "[=Bedrock=]".
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--->'''Kanye:''' I'm trying to bathe my ape (ape)[=/=]in your Milky Way!\\
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'''Kanye:''' Pockets on {{WesternAnimation/Shrek}},[=/=]Rockets on deck!\\
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** In his "Best Songs of 2016" list, he finally admits that Music/{{Beyonce}} has finally won him over. While he still has issues with the over-the-top worshipping of her and thinks some of her previous songs lack effort, "Sorry" and ''Music/Lemonade2016'' won him over because of the fact that she's so fanatic over her privacy, the fact that the album is about [[Music/JayZ her husband]] cheating on her lends so much more weight to her MemeticBadass-ness.
* XPacHeat: Todd's guess for the reason why Music/ArrestedDevelopment's album ''Zingalamaduni'' threw them out of the limelight. The music itself wasn't actually all that worse received from before; but they hyped it and themselves up as a revolutionary voice...during a time in which the group were getting mainstream favor beyond anyone else. Not helping matters was they explicitly called out GangstaRap along the way as ignorant and shallow, despite their latest music being much worse in that regard.
* XPacHeat: Todd's guess for the reason why Music/ArrestedDevelopment's album ''Zingalamaduni'' threw them out of the limelight. The music itself wasn't actually all that worse received from before; but they hyped it and themselves up as a revolutionary voice...during a time in which the group were getting mainstream favor beyond anyone else. Not helping matters was they explicitly called out GangstaRap along the way as ignorant and shallow, despite their latest music being much worse in that regard.
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** In his "Best Songs of 2016" list, he finally admits that Music/{{Beyonce}} has finally won him over. While he still has issues with the over-the-top worshipping of her and thinks some of her previous songs lack effort, "Sorry" and ''Music/Lemonade2016'' ''Music/{{Lemonade|2016}}'' won him over because of the fact that she's so fanatic over her privacy, the fact that the album is about [[Music/JayZ her husband]] cheating on her lends so much more weight to her MemeticBadass-ness.
* XPacHeat: Todd's guess for the reason whyMusic/ArrestedDevelopment's Arrested Development's album ''Zingalamaduni'' threw them out of the limelight. The music itself wasn't actually all that worse received from before; but they hyped it and themselves up as a revolutionary voice...during a time in which the group were getting mainstream favor beyond anyone else. Not helping matters was they explicitly called out GangstaRap along the way as ignorant and shallow, despite their latest music being much worse in that regard.
* XPacHeat: Todd's guess for the reason why
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-->'''Todd, who quite audibly chuckles as the music video plays''': I'm sorry, it's just that I can't hear that tune without picturing WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck blowing up.
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-->''I mean, yeah yeah, I like Music/EricChurch and Music/ChrisStapleton and Music/MirandaLambert just like everybody, but at this point, that's like saying you only listen to Music/JohnnyCash. It's corny, and you may as well say nothing.''
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** The One Hit Wonderland episode on Rick Derringer takes a drastic turn at the end:
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** In the One Hit Wonderland episode on Hanson: "Um... I'm a huge Hanson fan, and I have been for years now."
** The One Hit Wonderland on Evan and Jaron's "Crazy for This Girl" reveals that both brothers eventually became talent agents. The Wham Line comes when Todd reveals Evan's sole client: Creator/KevinSpacey, who he still represents and defends to this day.
** The One Hit Wonderland on Evan and Jaron's "Crazy for This Girl" reveals that both brothers eventually became talent agents. The Wham Line comes when Todd reveals Evan's sole client: Creator/KevinSpacey, who he still represents and defends to this day.
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** In the One ''One Hit Wonderland Wonderland'' episode on Hanson: "Um... I'm a huge Hanson fan, and I have been for years now."
** TheOne ''One Hit Wonderland Wonderland'' on Evan and Jaron's "Crazy for This Girl" reveals that both brothers eventually became talent agents. The Wham Line comes when Todd reveals Evan's sole client: Creator/KevinSpacey, who he still represents and defends to this day.
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* WhosOnFirst: In his One Hit Wonderland on [[Music/TheCardigans "Lovefool"]], Todd describes The Cardigans' single "My Favourite Game" as sounding "like garbage". Cue [[Music/{{Garbage}} "Only Happy When It Rains"]]. He does the same in his Trainwreckords of [[Music/AmericanLife American]] [[Music/{{Madonna}} Life]], comparing "I'm So Stupid" to the Garbage song "Stupid Girl".
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* WhosOnFirst: In his One ''One Hit Wonderland Wonderland'' on [[Music/TheCardigans "Lovefool"]], Todd describes The Cardigans' single "My Favourite Game" as sounding "like garbage". Cue [[Music/{{Garbage}} "Only Happy When It Rains"]]. He does the same in his Trainwreckords ''Trainwreckords'' of [[Music/AmericanLife American]] [[Music/{{Madonna}} Life]], comparing "I'm So Stupid" to the Garbage song "Stupid Girl".
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* XylophoneGag: Referenced in the "One Hit Wonderland" episode on Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On, Eileen" (a song that begins with a violin playing "Those Endearing Young Charms"):
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** Discussed in the "One Hit Wonderland" episode on Music/BillyRayCyrus. He considers Cyrus's singing voice overbearing because of this (and even compares it to "[[Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice America, Fuck Yeah]]"), but points out that he stopped doing it on later albums.
** The "Trainwreckords" episode on Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish features him repeatedly mocking Music/DariusRucker's singing voice.
** The "Trainwreckords" episode on Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish features him repeatedly mocking Music/DariusRucker's singing voice.
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** Discussed in the "One ''One Hit Wonderland" Wonderland'' episode on Music/BillyRayCyrus. He considers Cyrus's singing voice overbearing because of this (and even compares it to "[[Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice America, Fuck Yeah]]"), but points out that he stopped doing it on later albums.
** The"Trainwreckords" ''Trainwreckords'' episode on Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish features him repeatedly mocking Music/DariusRucker's singing voice.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Todd credits Geraldo Mejia's "Eternally shirtless torso" as one of the reasons why latin pop music has become what it is today with his 1991 One Hit Wonder "Rico Suave"
* WaxingLyrical: In "OMG" and "The Top 10 Best Songs of 2010", he hits on Lupa with terrible song lyrics ("OMG" itself and "Sexy Bitch" in the former, "Carryout" in the latter).
** To push the [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong "Born This Way"/"Express Yourself"]] joke further, he advises Lady Gaga by saying that a wise person once said "Don't go for second best baby, put your love to the test".
** He closes the Music/{{U2}} ''Music/RattleAndHum'' essay with "I'm Todd in the Shadows, and [[Music/TheJoshuaTree I still haven't found what I'm looking for]]".
** "I mean, you'd think people [[Music/{{Wings}} would have had enough of silly love songs.]]"
** "Levine, [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand get off of his cloud!]]"
** From his review of "We Are Young" and "Somebody That I Used to Know": "Let me try and figure out what the hell I'm doing. Give me a second. I... I need to get my story straight."
** A partial example when he's describing "Some Nights" by fun. -- he asks "What is this song about? What ''is'' this song about?" in a manner deliberately imitating the song's "What do I stand for? What do I stand for?" and immediately cuts to the next line, "Most nights, I don't know."
** Referring to Gotye's failure to get any further publicity after "Somebody That I Used to Know" became a #1 hit, he admonishes the public: "You didn't have to cut him off!"
** When introducing Music/JustinTimberlake in his review of "Suit and Tie"/"Thrift Shop", Todd asks, "You ready, JT?", just as Timbaland does in "Suit and Tie".
** In the "Worst Hit Songs of 2013" video, he says that the "bros" who have overtaken country music in 2013 are "[[Music/GeorgeStrait not here for a long time, just a good time.]]"
** In his "Talk Dirty" review, when he realizes Jason Derulo has still been having hits, he states that it's [[{{Music/LLCoolJ}} "not a come back, he's been here for years"]].
** When introducing "Show Me" in his Worst Hit Songs of 2014 video, he comments that the song reminds him of something, but he doesn't know what it is.
** Also in the Worst of 2014 video, when discussing Jason Derulo's "Trumpets," particularly that the subject's eyes remind him of a Music/{{Coldplay}} song, Todd responds with, "...they were all yellow?"
** In his "Best Hit Songs of 2015" video, before introducing "Wildest Dreams," he comments that Taylor Swift romanticizing a sustained relationship is hard to believe because "she goes on too many dates" but "can't make them stay." At least, that's what people say. Also, while discussing "[=FourFiveSeconds=]," he says that the song carries the sentiment of "[[Music/RKelly It's the freakin' weekend, baby, I'm about to have me some fun!]]"
** Todd sums up "Scars to Your Beautiful"'s underlying message as "[[Music/ChristinaAguilera you are beautiful no matter what they say, words can't bring you down.]]"
* WeWantOurJerkBack: Thinks this about Music/{{Eminem}}'s recent work.
* WhamLine:
** In the "Best Song Ever" review, near the end, he thinks the only reason the guys consider it the "best song ever" because they were dancing with a hot girl when they did, but then...
-->'''Todd:''' [[spoiler:Guys, I think I like this song.]]
** For Todd, this is when "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" got... upsetting:
--->'''Mike Posner:''' ''[[TitleDrop I took a pill in Ibiza]] / To [[spoiler:show Music/{{Avicii}} I was cool]].''
** During "Ridin'", Todd notes that Chamillionaire has also become a web entrepreneur, and has invested in a small startup company called Maker Stu-
--->'''Todd:''' ''[[BigWhat What? WHAT?!]]'' Wait a minute, hold on, I work for [Maker Studios]- ... ...''well, I hope I made you a lot of goddamn money, Chamillionaire!''
** Near the end of the Cinemadonna video on "Truth or Dare", Music/{{Madonna}} is asked "Who has been the love of your life your whole life?". Her response?
--->'''Madonna:''' My whole life? ... [[Creator/SeanPenn Sean. ...Sean.]]\\
'''Todd:''' ''(stunned)'' Holy ''damn''. [[DomesticAbuse That poor woman.]]
** The One Hit Wonderland episode on Rick Derringer takes a drastic turn at the end:
--->'''Todd:''' And he's continuing to tour and tour and play, even up to age 70! And he also in recent years found Jesus, became an evangelical, got super active and into far-right nationalist politics, and debuted a new version of "Real American" on the Alex Jones program. ''(beat)'' [[LampshadeHanging Well, that's a downer.]]
** In the One Hit Wonderland episode on Hanson: "Um... I'm a huge Hanson fan, and I have been for years now."
** The One Hit Wonderland on Evan and Jaron's "Crazy for This Girl" reveals that both brothers eventually became talent agents. The Wham Line comes when Todd reveals Evan's sole client: Creator/KevinSpacey, who he still represents and defends to this day.
* WhatAreRecords: A problem raised with [[Music/Maroon5 "Payphone"]].
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: He figures the reason why he woke up with a hangover at the start of "Your Love Is My Drug" is because he drank himself under after having reviewed all three of Music/{{Kesha}}'s singles so far, which is two and a half more than he's ever needed to hear... Then we find out the real reason why - he's going to review "Alejandro" by Music/LadyGaga in the next episode, so [[DrowningMySorrows he continues drinking]] and [[HeroicRROD falls]] [[HeroicBSOD over.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: He calls Bruno Mars out on this over "The Lazy Song."[[invoked]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Invoked. Both him and the Rap Critic accuse ''Mac and Devin Go To High School'' of seeming like it was created while everyone was stoned out of their minds...which actually hurt the movie, explaining that Creator/CheechAndChong didn't smoke any weed when they made their movies for exactly that reason.
* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: InUniverse.
** In "Shanghai Surprise", Music/{{Madonna}} is cast as a missionary and a lead in an action adventure, while Creator/SeanPenn plays a LoveableRogue. Todd states that this is one of the problems with the movie.
** He doesn't get why the song, "Bang Bang", casts Music/ArianaGrande as the [[ReallyGetsAround "bad girl"]] and Music/JessieJ as the [[GirlNextDoor "good girl"]]. He finds Ariana both too young-looking in her [[OlderThanSheLooks looks]] and her [[TheCutie persona]] to the point she comes across as more cute than sexy, while Jessie J never really came across as a good girl.
** Todd is baffled by the assemblage of singers in "Don't Call Me Angel", a promotional theme song for the 2019 ''Charlie's Angels'': Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus, two huge names in pop with forceful voices, and... Lana Del Rey, a gloomy downbeat indie singer whose established persona and performance on the song make her look like Wednesday Addams hanging with the popular girls.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Calls this on Music/NeYo singing with an UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent ("Let's do it to-noight") - he even speculates it's "Let's do it to annoy!".
** In another video, he wonders what accent Music/SelenaGomez has in "Come & Get It" before deducing that she is trying to rip off Rihanna's Bajan accent. (which gets even worse\funnier when you learn that [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_%26_Get_It_(Selena_Gomez_song)#Background Rihanna was offered the song before Gomez]])
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: At the end of his One Hit Wonderland review of "Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett.
--> '''Todd:''' This is Todd in the Shadows wishing you a wild and spooky Halloween. WOO! LETS PARTY!\\
''Todd spent his Halloween alone, as usual, watching Netflix movies in his room. He had requested "[[Film/FinalDestination Final Destination 5]]", but Netflix sent him "Film/MyBestFriendsWedding" by accident. He thought it was okay.''
* WhosOnFirst: In his One Hit Wonderland on [[Music/TheCardigans "Lovefool"]], Todd describes The Cardigans' single "My Favourite Game" as sounding "like garbage". Cue [[Music/{{Garbage}} "Only Happy When It Rains"]]. He does the same in his Trainwreckords of [[Music/AmericanLife American]] [[Music/{{Madonna}} Life]], comparing "I'm So Stupid" to the Garbage song "Stupid Girl".
* WidgetSeries: Discussed on "Gangnam Style", while also showing the US isn't far behind. It eventually gets the better of him, with the song making the honorable mentions of his 10 Best of 2012.
-->"Ok, it grew on me. Shut up."
* WithLyrics: From the Top 10 Worst songs of 1987 video: "Kenny G, he's a stupid looking guy... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN2RnjFHmNY and he plays his goddamn saxophone, it makes me want to die...]]"
* WithholdingTheCure: Parodied in "Worst Hit Songs of 2004" with Jadakiss' "Why".
-->'''Jadakiss:''' Why they ain't give us a cure for AIDS?\\
'''Todd:''' Because they just don't like you, Jadakiss. There are scientists out there specifically withholding the cure for AIDS from you.
* WolverinePublicity: Todd has pointed out that Lil Wayne and Ludacris are notorious for this. He claimed that Lil Wayne is on quest to collaborate with everyone in the industry. And that if you record a song in your basement Ludacris would be on it by the time you uploaded it to your Website/MySpace page.
* TheWoobie:
** In-universe example. He thinks Miley became one after removing the popstar facade and pouring out her feelings for a crowd of hundreds, only to have them all reject it and tell her to become Hannah again.
** Todd also invokes this trope during his review of Taylor Swift's "Fifteen", in which he tells a long story about his girlfriend in junior year of high school who was acting distant, and how they eventually broke up at a dance because she was interested in someone else... which he then admits was actually taken from an episode of ''Series/SavedByTheBell'', and was telling it to make a point about a flaw in the song's writing. (Though in the Blip commentary, he points out it sounds so honest because [[LifeImitatesArt most of it also happened to him in his first break-up]])
** He considers Mike Posner to be this in his "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" review. He says that even his current occupation as an in-demand songwriter behind the scenes is humiliating because he's shoved out of the spotlight by [[SarcasmMode more charismatic]] performers like Adam Levine and Justin Bieber.
* WordSaladLyrics: Young Money's "[=Bedrock=]".
-->'''Lil' Wayne:''' (subtitled on-screen) And I keep her runnin' back and forth. Soccer team!\\
'''Todd:''' FORGET A COUPLE WORDS!?" (The words "Like a" appear next to the words "soccer team") "The words and ideas don't flow into each other, they just pile up into this free-association trainwreck!
** Also, the second line into Music/KanyeWest's first verse in [[Music/KatyPerry E.T.]], after which Todd deems the verse unsalvageable.
--->'''Kanye:''' I'm trying to bathe my ape (ape)[=/=]in your Milky Way!\\
'''Todd:''' You can't just take a vaguely sexual sentence and [[WordSalad throw random words into it]].\\
'''Kanye:''' Pockets on {{WesternAnimation/Shrek}},[=/=]Rockets on deck!\\
'''Todd:''' Pockets on Shrek? Pockets on Shrek. He said, "Pockets on Shrek." He's given up tryin' to rap ideas. He's just throwing up gibberish at this point.
** He mentions Music/{{REM}}'s vocation for this in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance."
** He thinks that Pat Monahan became insane as Train was off the radar, given how inane "Hey Soul Sister" and "Drive By" are.
** From "Back in Time": "And fought blind against the world, Ray Charles!" Todd explains that this style is variously called "punchline rap" or "[[{{Website/Twitter}} hashtag]] rap." He then gives his own example: "Finding out I had herpes was quite a shock. #[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pikachu]]!"
** Flo Rida's songs, particularly "Whistle".
** "Uma Thurman", and Music/FallOutBoy lyrics in general.
* WorldsSmallestViolin: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in the "Deuces" video. He doesn't actually pull out a mini violin; he instead sets his keyboard on violin and plays a song to "[[SarcasmMode show his sympathy]]" for Chris Brown. For bonus points, the song he plays sounds suspiciously like "O.M.G."
** Invoked in the Top 10 Worst Songs of 2013 video in the "Holy Grail" segment.
--->"Everybody, just sit there and play the violins for the vastly rich and famous music legend with a beautiful wife and family."
* WorstWhateverEver:
** ''Glitter'' features what he calls the "Worst Shopping Montage Ever".
** "Best Song Ever" gets the [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Worst Episode Ever"]] treatment.
* WorthyOpponent:
** Music/LadyGaga. He doesn't like her, but he does acknowledge that "Music/BadRomance" was the best song he reviewed in 2010, and "Just Dance" was his favorite song of 2009. Additionally, the ''Fame Monster'' album cut "Monster" was included in the list that he flashed on the screen of tracks that might have made his Best of 2010 list if he hadn't been limited to hit singles. Along with this is an EnemyMine situation at the end of the review for "Alejandro," where Todd references criticisms of Music/LadyGaga from artists such as M.I.A. and Music/JoannaNewsom. Todd then suggests that we all listen to those two, and plays clips of their songs... only to find that he thinks they suck even harder than Gaga.
*** Also obvious in his "Bad Romance" review itself, where he [[GoMadFromtheRevelation breaks down crying when he realizes he actually likes the song.]] Hinted at earlier when he says that even though he ''hates'' "Poker Face", he finds that he LOVES "Poker Face" and instantly begins playing the song on his keyboard while happily singing along.
*** As of 2013, it's fair to say this relationship with Gaga has ended. He doesn't seem to find her particularly interesting any more, but that said he does have nothing but genuine praise for her when she releases good and comparatively un-pretentious pop songs like "Do What U Want". Other than that, her songs and videos don't elicit much of any kind of reaction from him anymore, and he actually expresses a retrospective fondness for her prior albums in comparison to 'Artpop'.
** While he assures us that he hates Katy Perry and considers her to be a horrible singer, he puts two of her songs on the Best of 2010 on the list. Though it's less respectful a relationship than with Lady Gaga.
*** As he puts "Last Friday Night" on his Top 10 of 2011, he goes "I give up. I love you, Katy Perry." But the following year Todd can't find a Katy Perry song worthy of the Top 10, and in 2013 says that his "hatecrush" is over as "Roar" is the #1 worst song. (Gaga in contrast is acknowledged to still be alright in his book in the review of "Applause", considered musically interesting while [[ItsAllAboutMe indulgent]]\stupid) As he reviews her again in "Dark Horse", Todd adds that as soon as he decided to embrace Katy Perry she released a plethora of songs he couldn't like.
** In his "Best Songs of 2016" list, he finally admits that Music/{{Beyonce}} has finally won him over. While he still has issues with the over-the-top worshipping of her and thinks some of her previous songs lack effort, "Sorry" and ''Music/Lemonade2016'' won him over because of the fact that she's so fanatic over her privacy, the fact that the album is about [[Music/JayZ her husband]] cheating on her lends so much more weight to her MemeticBadass-ness.
* XPacHeat: Todd's guess for the reason why Music/ArrestedDevelopment's album ''Zingalamaduni'' threw them out of the limelight. The music itself wasn't actually all that worse received from before; but they hyped it and themselves up as a revolutionary voice...during a time in which the group were getting mainstream favor beyond anyone else. Not helping matters was they explicitly called out GangstaRap along the way as ignorant and shallow, despite their latest music being much worse in that regard.
* XylophoneGag: Referenced in the "One Hit Wonderland" episode on Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On, Eileen" (a song that begins with a violin playing "Those Endearing Young Charms"):
-->'''Todd, who quite audibly chuckles as the music video plays''': I'm sorry, it's just that I can't hear that tune without picturing WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck blowing up.
* {{Yarling}}:
** Discussed in the "One Hit Wonderland" episode on Music/BillyRayCyrus. He considers Cyrus's singing voice overbearing because of this (and even compares it to "[[Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice America, Fuck Yeah]]"), but points out that he stopped doing it on later albums.
** The "Trainwreckords" episode on Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish features him repeatedly mocking Music/DariusRucker's singing voice.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Discussed the musical variation, that of people who don't normally like a genre but otherwise like certain music legends who are seen as "transcending" it, in his review of "Fancy Like" when discussing the sorry state of CountryMusic in 2021. As somebody who normally likes country and even named a country song his #1 hit song of the previous year, he said that the pickings were so bad that year that he felt like the kind of person who normally hates country but makes an exception for Music/JohnnyCash.
-->''I mean, yeah yeah, I like Music/EricChurch and Music/ChrisStapleton and Music/MirandaLambert just like everybody, but at this point, that's like saying you only listen to Music/JohnnyCash. It's corny, and you may as well say nothing.''
* YoungEntrepreneur: Todd was genuinely shocked to find that Chamillionaire was actually an entrepreneur before his big hit "Ridin'" back in 2006. What shocked him is that he invested in a video company called "Maker Studios" - ''the company that pays Todd his salary for being a web-based reviewer.''
* YouPutTheXInXY: "Flo Rida, taking the 'star' out of 'pop star' since 2007"
** And in a YouPutTheXInXY example: "We put the 'hip' in [[DateRape 'Rohypnol']]!"
* YouNeedToGetLaid: [[spoiler: What Jesus thinks of Todd]] at the end of "Just a Kiss"
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash's]] stickfigure learns this firsthand.
* YourMom: In his "Lazy Song" review. "PreviouslyOn Todd In The Shadows...YourMom!"
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Todd credits Geraldo Mejia's "Eternally shirtless torso" as one of the reasons why latin pop music has become what it is today with his 1991 One Hit Wonder "Rico Suave"
* WaxingLyrical: In "OMG" and "The Top 10 Best Songs of 2010", he hits on Lupa with terrible song lyrics ("OMG" itself and "Sexy Bitch" in the former, "Carryout" in the latter).
** To push the [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong "Born This Way"/"Express Yourself"]] joke further, he advises Lady Gaga by saying that a wise person once said "Don't go for second best baby, put your love to the test".
** He closes the Music/{{U2}} ''Music/RattleAndHum'' essay with "I'm Todd in the Shadows, and [[Music/TheJoshuaTree I still haven't found what I'm looking for]]".
** "I mean, you'd think people [[Music/{{Wings}} would have had enough of silly love songs.]]"
** "Levine, [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand get off of his cloud!]]"
** From his review of "We Are Young" and "Somebody That I Used to Know": "Let me try and figure out what the hell I'm doing. Give me a second. I... I need to get my story straight."
** A partial example when he's describing "Some Nights" by fun. -- he asks "What is this song about? What ''is'' this song about?" in a manner deliberately imitating the song's "What do I stand for? What do I stand for?" and immediately cuts to the next line, "Most nights, I don't know."
** Referring to Gotye's failure to get any further publicity after "Somebody That I Used to Know" became a #1 hit, he admonishes the public: "You didn't have to cut him off!"
** When introducing Music/JustinTimberlake in his review of "Suit and Tie"/"Thrift Shop", Todd asks, "You ready, JT?", just as Timbaland does in "Suit and Tie".
** In the "Worst Hit Songs of 2013" video, he says that the "bros" who have overtaken country music in 2013 are "[[Music/GeorgeStrait not here for a long time, just a good time.]]"
** In his "Talk Dirty" review, when he realizes Jason Derulo has still been having hits, he states that it's [[{{Music/LLCoolJ}} "not a come back, he's been here for years"]].
** When introducing "Show Me" in his Worst Hit Songs of 2014 video, he comments that the song reminds him of something, but he doesn't know what it is.
** Also in the Worst of 2014 video, when discussing Jason Derulo's "Trumpets," particularly that the subject's eyes remind him of a Music/{{Coldplay}} song, Todd responds with, "...they were all yellow?"
** In his "Best Hit Songs of 2015" video, before introducing "Wildest Dreams," he comments that Taylor Swift romanticizing a sustained relationship is hard to believe because "she goes on too many dates" but "can't make them stay." At least, that's what people say. Also, while discussing "[=FourFiveSeconds=]," he says that the song carries the sentiment of "[[Music/RKelly It's the freakin' weekend, baby, I'm about to have me some fun!]]"
** Todd sums up "Scars to Your Beautiful"'s underlying message as "[[Music/ChristinaAguilera you are beautiful no matter what they say, words can't bring you down.]]"
* WeWantOurJerkBack: Thinks this about Music/{{Eminem}}'s recent work.
* WhamLine:
** In the "Best Song Ever" review, near the end, he thinks the only reason the guys consider it the "best song ever" because they were dancing with a hot girl when they did, but then...
-->'''Todd:''' [[spoiler:Guys, I think I like this song.]]
** For Todd, this is when "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" got... upsetting:
--->'''Mike Posner:''' ''[[TitleDrop I took a pill in Ibiza]] / To [[spoiler:show Music/{{Avicii}} I was cool]].''
** During "Ridin'", Todd notes that Chamillionaire has also become a web entrepreneur, and has invested in a small startup company called Maker Stu-
--->'''Todd:''' ''[[BigWhat What? WHAT?!]]'' Wait a minute, hold on, I work for [Maker Studios]- ... ...''well, I hope I made you a lot of goddamn money, Chamillionaire!''
** Near the end of the Cinemadonna video on "Truth or Dare", Music/{{Madonna}} is asked "Who has been the love of your life your whole life?". Her response?
--->'''Madonna:''' My whole life? ... [[Creator/SeanPenn Sean. ...Sean.]]\\
'''Todd:''' ''(stunned)'' Holy ''damn''. [[DomesticAbuse That poor woman.]]
** The One Hit Wonderland episode on Rick Derringer takes a drastic turn at the end:
--->'''Todd:''' And he's continuing to tour and tour and play, even up to age 70! And he also in recent years found Jesus, became an evangelical, got super active and into far-right nationalist politics, and debuted a new version of "Real American" on the Alex Jones program. ''(beat)'' [[LampshadeHanging Well, that's a downer.]]
** In the One Hit Wonderland episode on Hanson: "Um... I'm a huge Hanson fan, and I have been for years now."
** The One Hit Wonderland on Evan and Jaron's "Crazy for This Girl" reveals that both brothers eventually became talent agents. The Wham Line comes when Todd reveals Evan's sole client: Creator/KevinSpacey, who he still represents and defends to this day.
* WhatAreRecords: A problem raised with [[Music/Maroon5 "Payphone"]].
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: He figures the reason why he woke up with a hangover at the start of "Your Love Is My Drug" is because he drank himself under after having reviewed all three of Music/{{Kesha}}'s singles so far, which is two and a half more than he's ever needed to hear... Then we find out the real reason why - he's going to review "Alejandro" by Music/LadyGaga in the next episode, so [[DrowningMySorrows he continues drinking]] and [[HeroicRROD falls]] [[HeroicBSOD over.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: He calls Bruno Mars out on this over "The Lazy Song."[[invoked]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Invoked. Both him and the Rap Critic accuse ''Mac and Devin Go To High School'' of seeming like it was created while everyone was stoned out of their minds...which actually hurt the movie, explaining that Creator/CheechAndChong didn't smoke any weed when they made their movies for exactly that reason.
* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: InUniverse.
** In "Shanghai Surprise", Music/{{Madonna}} is cast as a missionary and a lead in an action adventure, while Creator/SeanPenn plays a LoveableRogue. Todd states that this is one of the problems with the movie.
** He doesn't get why the song, "Bang Bang", casts Music/ArianaGrande as the [[ReallyGetsAround "bad girl"]] and Music/JessieJ as the [[GirlNextDoor "good girl"]]. He finds Ariana both too young-looking in her [[OlderThanSheLooks looks]] and her [[TheCutie persona]] to the point she comes across as more cute than sexy, while Jessie J never really came across as a good girl.
** Todd is baffled by the assemblage of singers in "Don't Call Me Angel", a promotional theme song for the 2019 ''Charlie's Angels'': Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus, two huge names in pop with forceful voices, and... Lana Del Rey, a gloomy downbeat indie singer whose established persona and performance on the song make her look like Wednesday Addams hanging with the popular girls.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Calls this on Music/NeYo singing with an UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent ("Let's do it to-noight") - he even speculates it's "Let's do it to annoy!".
** In another video, he wonders what accent Music/SelenaGomez has in "Come & Get It" before deducing that she is trying to rip off Rihanna's Bajan accent. (which gets even worse\funnier when you learn that [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_%26_Get_It_(Selena_Gomez_song)#Background Rihanna was offered the song before Gomez]])
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: At the end of his One Hit Wonderland review of "Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett.
--> '''Todd:''' This is Todd in the Shadows wishing you a wild and spooky Halloween. WOO! LETS PARTY!\\
''Todd spent his Halloween alone, as usual, watching Netflix movies in his room. He had requested "[[Film/FinalDestination Final Destination 5]]", but Netflix sent him "Film/MyBestFriendsWedding" by accident. He thought it was okay.''
* WhosOnFirst: In his One Hit Wonderland on [[Music/TheCardigans "Lovefool"]], Todd describes The Cardigans' single "My Favourite Game" as sounding "like garbage". Cue [[Music/{{Garbage}} "Only Happy When It Rains"]]. He does the same in his Trainwreckords of [[Music/AmericanLife American]] [[Music/{{Madonna}} Life]], comparing "I'm So Stupid" to the Garbage song "Stupid Girl".
* WidgetSeries: Discussed on "Gangnam Style", while also showing the US isn't far behind. It eventually gets the better of him, with the song making the honorable mentions of his 10 Best of 2012.
-->"Ok, it grew on me. Shut up."
* WithLyrics: From the Top 10 Worst songs of 1987 video: "Kenny G, he's a stupid looking guy... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN2RnjFHmNY and he plays his goddamn saxophone, it makes me want to die...]]"
* WithholdingTheCure: Parodied in "Worst Hit Songs of 2004" with Jadakiss' "Why".
-->'''Jadakiss:''' Why they ain't give us a cure for AIDS?\\
'''Todd:''' Because they just don't like you, Jadakiss. There are scientists out there specifically withholding the cure for AIDS from you.
* WolverinePublicity: Todd has pointed out that Lil Wayne and Ludacris are notorious for this. He claimed that Lil Wayne is on quest to collaborate with everyone in the industry. And that if you record a song in your basement Ludacris would be on it by the time you uploaded it to your Website/MySpace page.
* TheWoobie:
** In-universe example. He thinks Miley became one after removing the popstar facade and pouring out her feelings for a crowd of hundreds, only to have them all reject it and tell her to become Hannah again.
** Todd also invokes this trope during his review of Taylor Swift's "Fifteen", in which he tells a long story about his girlfriend in junior year of high school who was acting distant, and how they eventually broke up at a dance because she was interested in someone else... which he then admits was actually taken from an episode of ''Series/SavedByTheBell'', and was telling it to make a point about a flaw in the song's writing. (Though in the Blip commentary, he points out it sounds so honest because [[LifeImitatesArt most of it also happened to him in his first break-up]])
** He considers Mike Posner to be this in his "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" review. He says that even his current occupation as an in-demand songwriter behind the scenes is humiliating because he's shoved out of the spotlight by [[SarcasmMode more charismatic]] performers like Adam Levine and Justin Bieber.
* WordSaladLyrics: Young Money's "[=Bedrock=]".
-->'''Lil' Wayne:''' (subtitled on-screen) And I keep her runnin' back and forth. Soccer team!\\
'''Todd:''' FORGET A COUPLE WORDS!?" (The words "Like a" appear next to the words "soccer team") "The words and ideas don't flow into each other, they just pile up into this free-association trainwreck!
** Also, the second line into Music/KanyeWest's first verse in [[Music/KatyPerry E.T.]], after which Todd deems the verse unsalvageable.
--->'''Kanye:''' I'm trying to bathe my ape (ape)[=/=]in your Milky Way!\\
'''Todd:''' You can't just take a vaguely sexual sentence and [[WordSalad throw random words into it]].\\
'''Kanye:''' Pockets on {{WesternAnimation/Shrek}},[=/=]Rockets on deck!\\
'''Todd:''' Pockets on Shrek? Pockets on Shrek. He said, "Pockets on Shrek." He's given up tryin' to rap ideas. He's just throwing up gibberish at this point.
** He mentions Music/{{REM}}'s vocation for this in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance."
** He thinks that Pat Monahan became insane as Train was off the radar, given how inane "Hey Soul Sister" and "Drive By" are.
** From "Back in Time": "And fought blind against the world, Ray Charles!" Todd explains that this style is variously called "punchline rap" or "[[{{Website/Twitter}} hashtag]] rap." He then gives his own example: "Finding out I had herpes was quite a shock. #[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pikachu]]!"
** Flo Rida's songs, particularly "Whistle".
** "Uma Thurman", and Music/FallOutBoy lyrics in general.
* WorldsSmallestViolin: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in the "Deuces" video. He doesn't actually pull out a mini violin; he instead sets his keyboard on violin and plays a song to "[[SarcasmMode show his sympathy]]" for Chris Brown. For bonus points, the song he plays sounds suspiciously like "O.M.G."
** Invoked in the Top 10 Worst Songs of 2013 video in the "Holy Grail" segment.
--->"Everybody, just sit there and play the violins for the vastly rich and famous music legend with a beautiful wife and family."
* WorstWhateverEver:
** ''Glitter'' features what he calls the "Worst Shopping Montage Ever".
** "Best Song Ever" gets the [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Worst Episode Ever"]] treatment.
* WorthyOpponent:
** Music/LadyGaga. He doesn't like her, but he does acknowledge that "Music/BadRomance" was the best song he reviewed in 2010, and "Just Dance" was his favorite song of 2009. Additionally, the ''Fame Monster'' album cut "Monster" was included in the list that he flashed on the screen of tracks that might have made his Best of 2010 list if he hadn't been limited to hit singles. Along with this is an EnemyMine situation at the end of the review for "Alejandro," where Todd references criticisms of Music/LadyGaga from artists such as M.I.A. and Music/JoannaNewsom. Todd then suggests that we all listen to those two, and plays clips of their songs... only to find that he thinks they suck even harder than Gaga.
*** Also obvious in his "Bad Romance" review itself, where he [[GoMadFromtheRevelation breaks down crying when he realizes he actually likes the song.]] Hinted at earlier when he says that even though he ''hates'' "Poker Face", he finds that he LOVES "Poker Face" and instantly begins playing the song on his keyboard while happily singing along.
*** As of 2013, it's fair to say this relationship with Gaga has ended. He doesn't seem to find her particularly interesting any more, but that said he does have nothing but genuine praise for her when she releases good and comparatively un-pretentious pop songs like "Do What U Want". Other than that, her songs and videos don't elicit much of any kind of reaction from him anymore, and he actually expresses a retrospective fondness for her prior albums in comparison to 'Artpop'.
** While he assures us that he hates Katy Perry and considers her to be a horrible singer, he puts two of her songs on the Best of 2010 on the list. Though it's less respectful a relationship than with Lady Gaga.
*** As he puts "Last Friday Night" on his Top 10 of 2011, he goes "I give up. I love you, Katy Perry." But the following year Todd can't find a Katy Perry song worthy of the Top 10, and in 2013 says that his "hatecrush" is over as "Roar" is the #1 worst song. (Gaga in contrast is acknowledged to still be alright in his book in the review of "Applause", considered musically interesting while [[ItsAllAboutMe indulgent]]\stupid) As he reviews her again in "Dark Horse", Todd adds that as soon as he decided to embrace Katy Perry she released a plethora of songs he couldn't like.
** In his "Best Songs of 2016" list, he finally admits that Music/{{Beyonce}} has finally won him over. While he still has issues with the over-the-top worshipping of her and thinks some of her previous songs lack effort, "Sorry" and ''Music/Lemonade2016'' won him over because of the fact that she's so fanatic over her privacy, the fact that the album is about [[Music/JayZ her husband]] cheating on her lends so much more weight to her MemeticBadass-ness.
* XPacHeat: Todd's guess for the reason why Music/ArrestedDevelopment's album ''Zingalamaduni'' threw them out of the limelight. The music itself wasn't actually all that worse received from before; but they hyped it and themselves up as a revolutionary voice...during a time in which the group were getting mainstream favor beyond anyone else. Not helping matters was they explicitly called out GangstaRap along the way as ignorant and shallow, despite their latest music being much worse in that regard.
* XylophoneGag: Referenced in the "One Hit Wonderland" episode on Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On, Eileen" (a song that begins with a violin playing "Those Endearing Young Charms"):
-->'''Todd, who quite audibly chuckles as the music video plays''': I'm sorry, it's just that I can't hear that tune without picturing WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck blowing up.
* {{Yarling}}:
** Discussed in the "One Hit Wonderland" episode on Music/BillyRayCyrus. He considers Cyrus's singing voice overbearing because of this (and even compares it to "[[Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice America, Fuck Yeah]]"), but points out that he stopped doing it on later albums.
** The "Trainwreckords" episode on Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish features him repeatedly mocking Music/DariusRucker's singing voice.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Discussed the musical variation, that of people who don't normally like a genre but otherwise like certain music legends who are seen as "transcending" it, in his review of "Fancy Like" when discussing the sorry state of CountryMusic in 2021. As somebody who normally likes country and even named a country song his #1 hit song of the previous year, he said that the pickings were so bad that year that he felt like the kind of person who normally hates country but makes an exception for Music/JohnnyCash.
-->''I mean, yeah yeah, I like Music/EricChurch and Music/ChrisStapleton and Music/MirandaLambert just like everybody, but at this point, that's like saying you only listen to Music/JohnnyCash. It's corny, and you may as well say nothing.''
* YoungEntrepreneur: Todd was genuinely shocked to find that Chamillionaire was actually an entrepreneur before his big hit "Ridin'" back in 2006. What shocked him is that he invested in a video company called "Maker Studios" - ''the company that pays Todd his salary for being a web-based reviewer.''
* YouPutTheXInXY: "Flo Rida, taking the 'star' out of 'pop star' since 2007"
** And in a YouPutTheXInXY example: "We put the 'hip' in [[DateRape 'Rohypnol']]!"
* YouNeedToGetLaid: [[spoiler: What Jesus thinks of Todd]] at the end of "Just a Kiss"
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash's]] stickfigure learns this firsthand.
* YourMom: In his "Lazy Song" review. "PreviouslyOn Todd In The Shadows...YourMom!"
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