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...What does this have to do with where he lives? As an aside, I wouldn\'t necessarily rely on Wikipedia for that sort of info, but There Is No Such Thing As Notability here, so whatever.
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** A recent wikipedia entry lists his initials as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Channel_Awesome_shows KM]]
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**Pretty much the "DL Incident". Todd's dropped a few details but it remains (mostly) shrouded in mystery.
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** In an unstated example, when discussing LMFAO, he tries to draw an analogy between them, the Black Eyed Peas, and various hair metal bands before settling on LMFAO as Nelson. Nelson was also arguably a case of nepotism, being the twin sons of Ricky Nelson and by extension grandsons of Ozzie and Harriet.
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** In regard to the former, it's interesting to see the difference between his review of ''Deuces'' where he did bring up Chris Brown's crimes, but to illustrate why the particular song (about how his girlfriend is a whiny bitch) is really TooSoon to be sung by Chris Brown. By the ''Turn up the music'' review, the Todd admitted to bringing the Steamroller up to full speed.
-->'''Todd:''' Let's listen to his new song, '''Turn up the music'''. [Three seconds of the clip] Actually, let's not, cause I don't give a crap.
-->'''Todd:''' Let's listen to his new song, '''Turn up the music'''. [Three seconds of the clip] Actually, let's not, cause I don't give a crap.
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** In regard to the former, it's interesting to see the difference between his review of ''Deuces'' where he did bring up Chris Brown's crimes, but to illustrate why the particular song (about how his girlfriend is a whiny bitch) is really TooSoon to be sung by Chris Brown. By the time of the ''Turn up the music'' review, the Todd admitted to bringing the Steamroller up to full speed.
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-->'''Todd:''' Let's listen to his new song,'''Turn ''Turn up the music'''. music''. [Three seconds of the clip] [[LampshadeHanging Actually, let's not, cause I don't give a crap.]]
-->'''Todd:''' Let's listen to his new song,
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** In regard to the former, it's interesting to see the difference between his review of ''Deuces'' where he did bring up Chris Brown's crimes, but to illustrate why the particular song (about how his girlfriend is a whiny bitch) is really TooSoon to be sung by Chris Brown. By the ''Turn up the music'' review, the Todd admitted to bringing the Steamroller up to full speed.
-->'''Todd:''' Let's listen to his new song, '''Turn up the music'''. [Three seconds of the clip] Actually, let's not, cause I don't give a crap.
-->'''Todd:''' Let's listen to his new song, '''Turn up the music'''. [Three seconds of the clip] Actually, let's not, cause I don't give a crap.
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** In the other hand, Todd ignores when WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick tries to get his attention. [[spoiler:(on RealLife, [[ShipTease is a whole different matter]])]]
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** In the other hand, Todd ignores when WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick tries to get his attention. [[spoiler:(on [[spoiler:(in RealLife, [[ShipTease is a whole different matter]])]]
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-->'''Kaya:''' Why are we friends with her again?
-->'''Todd:''' That's a good question!
-->'''Todd:''' That's a good question!
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: In his and TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''FromJustinToKelly,'' he wonders why girls always have a "token evil friend."
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** In his review of "Fifteen" by Taylor Swift, he tells a very sad story about how when he was fifteen, his girlfriend started acting strangely, before breaking up with him at the school dance. Then he reveals that [[spoiler: it didn't happen to him, it happened to Zach from ''SavedByTheBell'']].
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** In his review of "Fifteen" by Taylor Swift, he tells a very sad story about how when he was fifteen, his girlfriend started acting strangely, before breaking up with him at the school dance. Then he reveals that [[spoiler: it [[spoiler:it didn't happen to him, it happened to Zach from ''SavedByTheBell'']].''SavedByTheBell'']]. Subverted later on, as he mentions in the Blip intro to the review that [[spoiler:most of what he described ''did'' happen to him]].
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** In "Drive By", he can't believe anyone could be turned on by [[Music/{{Train}} Pat Monahan]] comparing his love to garbage. Cut to a clip from ''[[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Trash Humpers]]''.
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* FoeYay: His hatred of ChrisBrown starts to resemble this. He just puts so much energy into hating him!
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** "White guy with an acoustic guitar" songs. Basically, insincere love songs or just flat out bland songs by "douchey" (usually white) guys with acoustic guitars. He has singled out "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz, "Hey Soul Sister" by Train, "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars, and anything by Jack Johnson and John Mayer as examples, and fleshed out his reasons in his review of "The Lazy Song". He didn't anticipate the possibility that JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" was one of these. At that point, it was just adding insult to injury.
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** "White guy with an acoustic guitar" songs. Basically, insincere love songs or just flat out bland songs by "douchey" (usually white) guys with acoustic guitars. He has singled out "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz, "Hey Soul Sister" by Train, "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars, BrunoMars, and anything by Jack Johnson and John Mayer as examples, and fleshed out his reasons in his review of "The Lazy Song". He didn't anticipate the possibility that JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" was one of these. At that point, it was just adding insult to injury.
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** He complains that "Stronger" is KellyClarkson doing the same BreakupSong for at least the fifth time.
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* ShoutOut: Enough to have [[ShoutOut/ToddInTheShadows his own page.]]
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* ShoutOut: Enough to have [[ShoutOut/ToddInTheShadows his own page.]]]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's likable to the audience but obnoxious to most of his co-workers ([[BadBoss and his title card artist]]), not to mention a hypocritical StalkerWithACrush. ([[AlterEgoActing in-universe, of course]])
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* IsItSomethingYouEat: One of Todd's [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=17721&start=40#p202632 reasons why he "won't" appear in crossovers any time soon]]:
-->''* Let's see, there was this little conversation with one of the anime people''\\
'''Them:''' i'm editing a video. Manga related\\
'''Me:''' [Todd] ahhhh\\
'''Me:''' i've heard of manga\\
'''Me:''' it's some kind of japanese thing\\
'''Them:''' yep!\\
'''Me:''' is it a food of some kind?\\
'''Them:''' ... close enough.
-->''* Let's see, there was this little conversation with one of the anime people''\\
'''Them:''' i'm editing a video. Manga related\\
'''Me:''' [Todd] ahhhh\\
'''Me:''' i've heard of manga\\
'''Me:''' it's some kind of japanese thing\\
'''Them:''' yep!\\
'''Me:''' is it a food of some kind?\\
'''Them:''' ... close enough.
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Already in trivia, and considering she\'s raped him, stalked him, kidnapped him and tried to kill Lupa, he\'s nicer to her than most people would be.
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* LoveTriangle: [[TriangRelations Type 5 triangle]], as he wants ObscurusLupa [[StalkerWithACrush to an unhealthy level]], while WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick is equally fixated on him and [[DoggedNiceGuy is ignored.]] Taken to a natural conclusion on a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/ol/specials/31893-honor-and-glory Chick/Lupa crossover]], where Todd crashes the Chick's apartment, Lupa rejects him, and an angered Chick starts a CatFight.
* LoveTriangle: [[TriangRelations Type 5 triangle]], as he wants ObscurusLupa [[StalkerWithACrush to an unhealthy level]], while WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick is equally fixated on him and [[DoggedNiceGuy is ignored.]] Taken to a natural conclusion on a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/ol/specials/31893-honor-and-glory Chick/Lupa crossover]], where Todd crashes the Chick's apartment, Lupa rejects him, and an angered Chick starts a CatFight.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: He doesn't really come off as mean when he's just reviewing songs, but definitely plays jerky in collaborations with other contributors. Most notably, TheRapCritic, whom he respects greatly in real life, and TheNostalgiaChick, who's his girlfriend in real life.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: He doesn't really come off as mean when he's just reviewing songs, but definitely plays jerky in collaborations with other contributors. Most notably, TheRapCritic, whom he respects greatly in real life, and TheNostalgiaChick, who's his girlfriend in real life.
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* WeWantOurJerkBack: Thinks this about {{Eminem}}'s recent work.
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* BileFascination: Invoked, out of character, with music and other media (in ''Film/GreenLantern'' [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick Lindsay]] and Todd said they went there to see why it's being reviewed so badly; in ''SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', he says the two, plus Lupa and Lindsay's friends went there "because they need to see everything!").
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* BileFascination: Invoked, out of character, with music and other media (in ''Film/GreenLantern'' [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Lindsay]] and Todd said they went there to see why it's being reviewed so badly; in ''SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', he says the two, plus Lupa and Lindsay's friends went there "because they need to see everything!").
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** The artist who does the cards appears in one of [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s videos (Mr T #2) claiming that it's actually what he looks like. (She also obscures her face[[hottip:*:as she does in most of her web appearances]])
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** The artist who does the cards appears in one of [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s videos (Mr T #2) claiming that it's actually what he looks like. (She also obscures her face[[hottip:*:as she does in most of her web appearances]])
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** In a vlog with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick where they gave their opinions on Transformers 3, he describes himself as "a possible Asian person", mentioning that he was deeply offended by the character of Jerry "Deep" Wang, as played by Ken Jeong.
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** In a vlog with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick where they gave their opinions on Transformers 3, he describes himself as "a possible Asian person", mentioning that he was deeply offended by the character of Jerry "Deep" Wang, as played by Ken Jeong.
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** Appeared in the rendition of ''One Day More'' at the end of WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''LesMiserables''. And later, in her review of TheLittleMermaid ignoring the Chick's pleas of going out with him, and in ''{{Grease}} 2'' getting a makeover from The Makeover Fairy.
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** Appeared in the rendition of ''One Day More'' at the end of WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''LesMiserables''. And later, in her review of TheLittleMermaid ignoring the Chick's pleas of going out with him, and in ''{{Grease}} 2'' getting a makeover from The Makeover Fairy.
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* DistressedDude: When he tries to escape from the prospect of chick flicks, WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick tapes him to a chair to a) hit on him and b) make him watch it with her. Later, she's apparently abducted him several times to try and make him love her.
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* DistressedDude: When he tries to escape from the prospect of chick flicks, WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick tapes him to a chair to a) hit on him and b) make him watch it with her. Later, she's apparently abducted him several times to try and make him love her.
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** In the other hand, Todd ignores when WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick tries to get his attention. [[spoiler:(on RealLife, [[ShipTease is a whole different matter]])]]
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: To avoid doing a crossover with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick for ''Crossroads'', he says,"I need to go wash my dog... fish...".
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* LoveTriangle: [[TriangRelations Type 5 triangle]], as he wants ObscurusLupa [[StalkerWithACrush to an unhealthy level]], while WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick is equally fixated on him and [[DoggedNiceGuy is ignored.]] Taken to a natural conclusion on a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/ol/specials/31893-honor-and-glory Chick/Lupa crossover]], where Todd crashes the Chick's apartment, Lupa rejects him, and an angered Chick starts a CatFight.
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* LoveTriangle: [[TriangRelations Type 5 triangle]], as he wants ObscurusLupa [[StalkerWithACrush to an unhealthy level]], while WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick is equally fixated on him and [[DoggedNiceGuy is ignored.]] Taken to a natural conclusion on a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/ol/specials/31893-honor-and-glory Chick/Lupa crossover]], where Todd crashes the Chick's apartment, Lupa rejects him, and an angered Chick starts a CatFight.
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* TheOneThatGotAway: In WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''SleeplessInSeattle'' Todd angrily rants at the screen at Bill Pullman's character for not fighting for Meg Ryan, "You idiot! Fight for her! What is wrong with you!? Why don't you say something!?" before breaking down in sobs, "Why didn't I say something?" Later in the review Todd is still clearly distraught "Why didn't I do something? Why did I just let her leave?" and the Nostalgia Chick asks if he is upset over Lupa, Todd replies, "Who?" It's not her.
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* TheOneThatGotAway: In WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''SleeplessInSeattle'' Todd angrily rants at the screen at Bill Pullman's character for not fighting for Meg Ryan, "You idiot! Fight for her! What is wrong with you!? Why don't you say something!?" before breaking down in sobs, "Why didn't I say something?" Later in the review Todd is still clearly distraught "Why didn't I do something? Why did I just let her leave?" and the Nostalgia Chick asks if he is upset over Lupa, Todd replies, "Who?" It's not her.
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** In the review of ''Grease 2'': as [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick The Makeover Fairy]] poofs him over to Lindsay's house, she takes his mask off, but is terrified of what she sees and quickly puts it back on him. Of course, it was shot from behind him.
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** In the review of ''Grease 2'': as [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick The Makeover Fairy]] poofs him over to Lindsay's house, she takes his mask off, but is terrified of what she sees and quickly puts it back on him. Of course, it was shot from behind him.
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--> Let's see, I've been [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick abducted several times]], I fought for the [[SuburbanKnights fate of the world]], I've been punched in the face [[ObscurusLupa with great frequency]], I drank way too much and weirdest of all, I started facing to the left.
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--> Let's see, I've been [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick abducted several times]], I fought for the [[SuburbanKnights fate of the world]], I've been punched in the face [[ObscurusLupa with great frequency]], I drank way too much and weirdest of all, I started facing to the left.
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** Both the higher-ups screwed him over in their cameos: WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic threatened him with "[[HannahMontana Hoedown Throwdown]]" if he didn't continue reviewing music, and Rob Walker unveils that he edited out large chunks of Todd's script for "S&M" and is implied to think that Todd is dumber than [[AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]].
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** Both the higher-ups screwed him over in their cameos: WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic threatened him with "[[HannahMontana Hoedown Throwdown]]" if he didn't continue reviewing music, and Rob Walker unveils that he edited out large chunks of Todd's script for "S&M" and is implied to think that Todd is dumber than [[AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]].
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Mimicking WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic at the start of his review of "Eenie Meenie". Makes a return at the end of the "Black and Yellow" review.
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** When WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick comes to his house to ask his help on a ''[[BritneySpears Crossroads]]'' review, she remembers how Todd unsuccessfully tried to review said movie during the ''SuburbanKnights'' shoot.
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** Four reviewers appear to complain about Todd liking KatyPerry (and Lupa to complain about stalking). Only one made a first cameo - WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick, who is then [[DoggedNiceGuy rejected by]] Todd.
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** Four reviewers appear to complain about Todd liking KatyPerry (and Lupa to complain about stalking). Only one made a first cameo - WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, who is then [[DoggedNiceGuy rejected by]] Todd.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: There is no such thing as [[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob a pornographic E.T. adaptation.]] [[invoked]]
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** Also, Film/{{ET The Extraterrestrial}}. He mentions that "There's no way someone can be turned on by ET. If there was, only if with [[ParallelPornTitles a porno version of ET]]. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And if it existed, I would have heard of it by now.]]" ([[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob one of his co-workers]] reviewed "E.T. the Porno"; after the {{beat}}, he even mentions his comments section will be flooded if such a work exists).
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** Also, Film/{{ET The Extraterrestrial}}. He mentions that "There's no way someone can be turned on by ET. If there was, only if with [[ParallelPornTitles a porno version of ET]]. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And if it existed, I would have heard of it by now.]]" ([[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob ([[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob one of his co-workers]] reviewed "E.T. the Porno"; after the {{beat}}, he even mentions his comments section will be flooded if such a work exists).
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** In a DescriptionCut in WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''TheLittleMermaid'', when she asks him to spend some time with her, he tells her to stop calling him and hangs up. "Geez, some people can't take a goddamn hint."
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* LoudOfWar: In the intro to "Club Can't Handle Me", [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic]] threatens Todd with the dreaded "Hoedown Throwdown" if he didn't get back to reviewing music.
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* LoudOfWar: In the intro to "Club Can't Handle Me", [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic]] threatens Todd with the dreaded "Hoedown Throwdown" if he didn't get back to reviewing music.
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** In the WebOriginal/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_634960&v=OzOaLvwrbvc#t=32s cover]] of "Music/{{Friday}}", Todd seems to be the only person who's even trying to sing well.
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** In the WebOriginal/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_634960&v=OzOaLvwrbvc#t=32s cover]] of "Music/{{Friday}}", Todd seems to be the only person who's even trying to sing well.
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* HopeSpot: He suggests that pop songs set in clubs is on the way out, evidenced by the success of songs like "Rolling In the Deep" by {{Adele}} and "Fuck You" by Cee Lo Green... before spending the next 3 reviews looking at more of them..
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* FridgeHorror: [[{{In-Universe}} Strikes him right in the face]] when he finally deciphers the lyrics to "3". [[invoke]]
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* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: If what he said on WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou is true, yes, and it's yet another reason he always wears a mask.
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** Threatened [[WebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash's]] stick figure over ObscurusLupa.
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** Also, in the ''Grease 2'' [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick Nostalgia Chick]] review, his wallet is full of Lupa photos (including title cards!).
** An episode of WebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou has Lupa interrupting Nash when he talked about [[http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x670927302/Police-arrest-Dalton-man-accused-of-handcuffing-himself-to-co-worker-in-Ringgold this]] to prevent him from giving Todd ideas.
** An episode of WebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou has Lupa interrupting Nash when he talked about [[http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x670927302/Police-arrest-Dalton-man-accused-of-handcuffing-himself-to-co-worker-in-Ringgold this]] to prevent him from giving Todd ideas.
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** Also, in the ''Grease 2'' [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Nostalgia Chick]] review, his wallet is full of Lupa photos (including title cards!).
** An episode ofWebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou has Lupa interrupting Nash when he talked about [[http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x670927302/Police-arrest-Dalton-man-accused-of-handcuffing-himself-to-co-worker-in-Ringgold this]] to prevent him from giving Todd ideas.
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* ClicheStorm: His opinion of [[KellyClarkson Stronger"]].
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** And yet another one, [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/hidden-track-2-5209805 a cover of "Somebody's Baby"]] by Jackson Browne.
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** And yet another one, [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/hidden-track-2-5209805 a cover of "Somebody's Baby"]] by Jackson Browne.JacksonBrowne.
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** KellyClarkson deliberately enters bad relationships to write {{Breakup Song}}s.
** He considers that KellyClarkson singing "what doesn't kill you make you stronger" if the relationship didn't hurt her is irrelevant.
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* EscapistCharacter: Discusses this trope in his review of ''HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''.
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* StupidSexyFlanders: He admits that {{Rihanna}} dressed as [[GunsNRoses Slash]] is "really hot in a really confusing way."
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** {{Lampshaded}} in his crossover review with [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]], which he does with the lower part of his face uncovered and in full lighting.
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** {{Lampshaded}} in his crossover review with [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]], which he does with the lower part of his face uncovered and in full lighting.
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** Another big one occured on {{Twitter}} when [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47668878175772673 he found out what Chris]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669148309917696 Brown's new album ''F.A.M.E.'' stands]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669221852848128 for... ''Forgiving All My Enemies''.]] Afterwards, [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] jumped in with a LampshadeHanging:
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* OffScreenTeleportation: He displays this in the WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown review of ''[[TheAsylum Sunday School Musical]]''. (see also StealthHiBye)
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** At the end of his crossover review with The Rap Critic, they agree to do another review together and Rap Critic suggests the new Music/LadyGaga song. Todd promptly [[OffscreenTeleportation vanishes]]. He later pulls the same trick on [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]].
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** At the end of his crossover review with The Rap Critic, they agree to do another review together and Rap Critic suggests the new Music/LadyGaga song. Todd promptly [[OffscreenTeleportation vanishes]]. He later pulls the same trick on [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]].
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* StealthHiBye: In two crossovers - first when TheRapCritic suggests a Gaga review, and when [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] suggests another Asylum movie.
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* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: If what he said on WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou is true, yes, and it's yet another reason he always wears a mask.
* NightmareFuelStation: He proved on WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou that he can scar Nash with the best of 'em.
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* SoBadItsGood: Averted In-Universe. Todd categorizes the songs he listens to as either "Bad" or "Good", so songs that are So Bad It's Good for him (such as "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark) are categorized as "Good".
** Though he mentions Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" is horrible, but somewhat fascinating in its awfulness - unlike "Sexy and I Know It".
** Subverted when reviewing Rihanna's S&M. He's aware the song is bad, but he still likes it... and notices this is basically sadomasochistic in itself!
---> "It's so bad it hurts. More, please! Can I have another? It's so bad! That's why I don't show my face."
** Though he mentions Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" is horrible, but somewhat fascinating in its awfulness - unlike "Sexy and I Know It".
** Subverted when reviewing Rihanna's S&M. He's aware the song is bad, but he still likes it... and notices this is basically sadomasochistic in itself!
---> "It's so bad it hurts. More, please! Can I have another? It's so bad! That's why I don't show my face."
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** Though he mentions Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" is horrible, but somewhat fascinating in its awfulness - unlike "Sexy and I Know It".
** Subverted when reviewing Rihanna's S&M. He's aware the song is bad, but he still likes it... and notices this is basically sadomasochistic in itself!
---> "It's so bad it hurts. More, please! Can I have another? It's so bad! That's why I don't show my face."
** Though he mentions Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" is horrible, but somewhat fascinating in its awfulness - unlike "Sexy and I Know It".
** Subverted when reviewing Rihanna's S&M. He's aware the song is bad, but he still likes it... and notices this is basically sadomasochistic in itself!
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[[caption-width-right:344:Don't you recognize him?]]
->''"I don't make these videos because I hate pop music, I do it because I [[CompassionateCritic LOVE pop music]]."''
Todd Nathanson is a former Website/YouTube-based reviewer, now featured on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, who focuses his snarking on pop music. Combines legitimate complaints with humorous observations and [[ShoutOut/ToddInTheShadows Shout Outs.]] Also, [[TheFaceless he always obscures his face in his videos.]]
A frequent "SpecialGuest" on PushingUpRoses' "LetsPlay Shorties". Todd normally appears on Roses' Let's Plays of {{Edutainment}} PC games from the early 90s. He also has frequent cameo roles in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's videos, which he often also helps write. Apart from his normal Pop Song Review show, he also does a show called 'One Hit Wonderland', where he looks at OneHitWonder artists' careers, their one hit song and analyzes whether or not they had more musical talent than their one hit would imply.
His old videos can be found on his [=YouTube=] account [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ToddInTheShadows here,]] while his That Guy With Thedatabase Glasses output can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/tpsr here.]] ([[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/from-the-vaults All his YouTube videos have been uploaded to that, as well]].) Both have [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.wikia.com/wiki/Template:TITSscripts transcripts!]] His {{Website/Twitter}} can be found [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd here]].
There is also a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=30688 FAQ]], detailing Todd's opinions on artists, songs and other stuff and a [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Todd-In-The-Shadows/207572262596885?ref=ts&sk=wall Facebook page]]
For a list of songs (and other videos) Todd has done, see ToddInTheShadowsList. All tropes regarding Todd himself go to the [[Characters/ToddInTheShadows character sheet]].
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!!Tropes invoked by Todd in the Shadows in his reviews:
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* AccentuateTheNegative: Subverted occasionally, since even Todd can [[ActuallyPrettyFunny admit when a song he's reviewing does something right]], or something close to right.
-->'''Todd:''' I don't make these reviews because I hate pop music. I make these reviews because I ''love'' pop music.
** The double review of "We Are Young" by Music/{{Fun}} (yes, it's not capitalized and the period is part of their name) and "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Music/{{Gotye}}, Todd brings into question just ''how'' these indie songs became so popular. At the end of the review, he's still a little baffled, but he admits he really can't find anything wrong with either artists, and enjoys both of their previous works.
** Starting with his "Ni**as in Paris" review, Todd has been reviewing a lot more songs that he considers good or at least songs he doesn't really hate.
** Inverted (Accenting the positive) with both Music/JustinTimberlake's "Suit and Tie" and Music/{{Macklemore}}'s "Thrift Shop"[[note]] and "Can't Hold Us" - he admits that's a good song too[[/note]]. They're the only two ''good'' songs on the radio at the time of the review. ''EVERYTHING ELSE'' was boring crap.
** Todd tries to do this with Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever", but all his arguments against the song die as soon as he vocalises them. He admits at the end of the video, somewhat embarrassed, that he really likes it.
** Done so with "Blurred Lines" in which he states a few things he likes about it and even says he doesn't find it that bad. But after that, Todd has a lot of negative criticism for the song.
* AcceptableTargets: [[invoked]]
** Chris Brown, even before [[DomesticAbuse the incident]]. Todd initially saw him as akin to Music/JustinBieber. Taken even further after Brown won a Grammy, as Todd started following him on Twitter just for trolling!
** Beyonce. Back in 2009, he was so sick of her that he put 3 of her songs on his Worst Hit Songs list that year, although he hasn't criticized her since his Telephone review.
** Willow Smith, despite her tender age.
--->'''Todd:''' Yes, I ''will'' make fun of the looks of a nine-year-old, try and stop me..
** Music/FloRida and his complete lack of personality and inability to write memorable lyrics. However, [[HeelFaceTurn "I Cry" was listed in his Best Hit Songs of 2012 list]].
--->'''Todd:''' We've got another report that this is the guy who did "Right Round", so, um... lethal force is authorized.
** Music/{{Pitbull}}. "He makes the good songs go bad and the bad songs much worse." Although "International Love" did earn an honourable mention in a Top 10 Best video, only let down by the presence of...Chris Brown!
** SouljaBoy, whom Todd often uses as a measuring stick by which to judge other inept rappers.
** Jason Derulo, because of his talent or [[DreadfulMusician lack thereof]]. And his constant [[SayMyName self-glossing in his songs]].
** The band Music/{{Chicago}}, specifically lead singer and former frontman Peter Cetera.
** The band Music/{{Train}}, specifically lead singer and songwriter Pat Monahan.
** "White guy with an acoustic guitar" (WGWAG) songs. Basically, insincere love songs or just flat out bland songs by "douchey" (usually white) guys with acoustic guitars. He has singled out "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz, "Hey Soul Sister" by Train, "The Lazy Song" by BrunoMars, "Let Her Go" by Passenger, and anything by Jack Johnson and John Mayer as examples, and fleshed out his reasons in his review of "The Lazy Song". He didn't anticipate the possibility that Music/JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" was one of these. At that point, it was just adding insult to injury. However, he has occasionally subverted this by singling out examples that he tolerates:
*** On Twitter, he's cited ZacBrownBand and JimmyBuffett's "Knee Deep" as one of the only "white guy with acoustic guitar" songs that he likes.
*** He also gives examples a pass if he finds them sufficiently sincere: he doesn't hate the Plain White T's, and Jason Mraz's "I Won't Give Up" was spared from the same fate as "I'm Yours".
*** Yet another one that got a pass was Ed Sheeran's "The A-Team"; he said that he didn't particularly care for it, but it at least seemed to have more effort, sincerity, and ambition put into it than your average WGWAG song.
*** In "One Hit Wonderland", he praises Mr. Big's "To Be with You" as an enjoyable WGWAG. Todd also notes that the band had the musical proficiency that most [=WGWAGs=] lack.
** The DistaffCounterpart, "white chick on piano". While not everything qualifies (he gives Music/{{Adele}} a pass for "Someone Like You"), he cites Music/{{Evanescence}} (or at least "My Immortal"), Vanessa Carlton and Christina Perri as examples.
** TheBlackEyedPeas. Even NicolasCage agrees with him, apparently:
--->'''Nicolas Cage:''' [[Film/TheWickerMan NOT THE PEAS! NOT THE PEAS!!]]
*** He has stated, though, that he doesn't completely hate them, and put two of their songs on his Best Hit Songs of 2009 list. Nowadays, however, will.i.am's songs have gotten so bad that [[RuinedForever he can't even enjoy their songs he used to like.]]
** Dance songs set in clubs about dancing to dance songs (set in clubs).
** Songs used in commercials that sound like they were written for them. Aside from "Tonight, Tonight", he singles out Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl".
** The novelty hits of the early 1960s. Even if it wasn't the darkest era of pop music, it was one of the stupidest.
** Music/OneDirection, as well as {{boy band}}s in general.
*** Although Todd admits that he doesn't hate the members of Music/OneDirection personally or even as musicians; rather, he hates the people who write their music to exploit their teenage girl fanbase.
** NuMetal (a.k.a. angry white boy music). Todd complains that every entry in the genre sounds the same.
** As of 2012 onward, any song which uses "[[TheFourChordsOfPop Pop Song Chords]]". Todd admits that not ''every'' Pop Song Chord song is bad; however, he considers their (mis)use as a sign of laziness, especially when the songwriter(s) fail to do anything creative with said chords.
** Electronic dance music (EDM). As early as the "Sexy Bitch" review, Todd states that he "would rather nail [his] feet to the side of a moving car than listen to it". He singles out Music/DavidGuetta and Music/CalvinHarris as the worst of the genre.
*** In 2013, however, Todd admits that he doesn't outright hate EDM, but the genre largely turns him off due to its repetitiveness and lack of emotion.
** Bro-country. Basically, "bling and bitches" songs tailored for [[DeepSouth white Southern people]], since their subject matter is about 4x4 trucks, drinking beer, and scantily clad girls. Todd singles out Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine and Music/LukeBryan as the worst of the genre.
--->'''Todd:''' What hath Big & Rich wrought?
* AccidentalTruth: When discussing the Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" on One-Hit Wonderland, he gets stuck on the word "haver" and wonders what it even means. "Babbling nonsense words?" Cut to the dictionary definition, and it's ''exactly'' what the word means.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: One small scene in "Sexy and I Know It". But that's the ''only'' thing he'll concede.
** He actually enjoys (or at least doesn't hate) JustinBieber's chorus of "#Thatpower", but declares Will.I.am so bad that it is still the second worst song of the year.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Semisonic's follow up album after their OneHitWonder "Closing Time" was mostly about sex. The context of one song in particular, "Get a Grip", was fairly obvious. It's an upbeat song talking about how healthy it is to explore masturbation.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Music/{{Chicago}} were not the only band to suddenly sell out in seventy-six."
** TaylorSwift is the "pink pony princess" of country.
* AdvertisedExtra: Criticizes Janelle Monae as being this in "We Are Young", since her part is so inobtrusive that he wasn't even aware she was in the song. He then parodies it by promoting the video as a crossover with JewWario, who appears on screen for a second to say "hi".
** Chris Brown's "Turn Up the Music" in the video of the same name. Todd talks about it for a few seconds, but the video is mainly about how much he hates Chris Brown and his fans.
* AgeAppropriateAngst: In "If I Die Young", he flips out when he figures out that Kimberly Perry is 28 and actually older than he is, pointing out that it would be much easier to stomach if she were 16, since many people go through a morbid phase at that age but grow out of it. [[invoked]]
* AlbumFiller: Theory raised by Todd concerning the lyrics of Train's "Hey, Soul Sister".
** And also regarding the beat and production in "E.T.".
* [[AllThereInTheManual All There On Twitter]]: The details behind the [[NoodleIncident "DL Incident"]] referenced in the "Like a G6" review were, as promised, [[http://twitter.com/#!/ShadowTodd/status/5363881098616832 later]] [[http://twitter.com/#!/ShadowTodd/status/5364185718329344 revealed]] [[http://twitter.com/#!/ShadowTodd/status/5364500509237248 on Twitter.]]
-->'''Todd:''' "So... much... blood..."
** This is [[CallBack called back]] in the "Grenade" review.
** A darker version of this happened around Christmas 2010 when his Twitter became a sort-of ApocalypticLog for when he contracted ''MRSA''. Obviously, he got better.
*** [[CallBack Brought up]] in his "Top Six Worst Songs of 2010 (That I Didn't Already Cover)" video and after participating in a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/yrt/specials/30277-the-last-airbender four-way review]] of TheLastAirbender.
-->'''Todd:''' "That was worse than when I had ''MRSA''."
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[{{In-universe}} He's fond of doing this]] with popstars:
** Music/LadyGaga is an EldritchAbomination, (or, alternatively, a [[CthulhuMythos cultist]]) wants to [[ImAHumanitarian kill and eat us all]], dislikes ''words'', and [[{{Scatting}} avoids using them whenever possible.]]
** Music/LilWayne is on a quest to record with every musician in existence. He is also a human lizard.
** Music/FloRida is trying his damn hardest to be a successful rapper by only making songs with good choruses but awful verses and without having any identifiable personality traits whatsoever... other than a taste for clubbing. Furthermore, his image is so tied to his clubbing that he goes out partying even when he doesn't want to in order to keep up his rep, to the point that he often zones out in exhaustion.
*** Also, the events of "Whistle" are all in his head.
** Patrick Monahan went insane during the hiatus of his band, explaining why the lyrics to Train's songs are becoming increasingly bizarre.
*** Monahan has also recently undergone an arbitrary larynx transplant surgery, which is why his voice is suddenly so high-pitched and whiny.
*** After "Hey, Soul Sister" and "Drive By" became hits, Monahan began to hate his fans for letting him get away with writing such bad lyrics, so he wrote "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" to take revenge on them by bombarding them with the most insane song he could make. It became a hit.
*** The [[StealthPun lyrics]] in the video for "Hey, Soul Sister" are squirming along the walls because they're attempting to escape.
** Music/CherLloyd's song "Want U Back" is told from the perspective of a sociopathic high school AlphaBitch.
** [=Ke$ha=] really is a perpetually drunken, shallow party girl, who prefers to go out with men who look like [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]] (Tik Tok) and have beards (Your Love Is My Drug). [[note]]General consensus perceives her as a StealthParody; While Todd acknowledged this in "The Top 6 Worst Hit Songs of 2010 (That I Didn't Already Cover)," he considered that it didn't justify "Take It Off," where she's laughing at the listener (See TakeThatAudience) instead of with them.[[/note]]
** Tyga is actually a [[NiceGuy sweet]] [[OneOfUs gamer]] underneath a [[JerkassFacade "gangsta" persona]].
** The members of 3OH!3 pretended to be douchey frat boys for the video of their song "Don't Trust Me" but [[BecomingTheMask they've gotten so into character that now they can't stop]].
** The crew behind "The Time" were conspiring against the BlackEyedPeas -- a recording technician was attempting to unplug Fergie's mic near the end, and the video's director was taking potshots at the song.
** Ludacris is omnipresent.
** BarryManilow wrote every single song ever written. (''Except'' "I Write The Songs")
** "Grenade" was Bruno Mars' SanitySlippageSong.
*** Bruno himself is "possibly not a guy".
*** Bruno also shouts out "Gorilla" whenever he has an orgasm
** Wyclef Jean is on prescription drugs, but forgot them while recording "We Are The World"
** Enrique Iglesias is a serial rapist who was [[RaisedByWolves raised in the wild]].
** Putt Putt is a drug addict.
** Music/KanyeWest a) isn't rapping about alien sex on "E.T.", but kidnapping, b) has an inexplicable grudge against epileptics, and c) is a [[MadArtist pretentiously genius mentally unhinged artiste]].
** Beyonce has a deep-rooted hatred for men.
** Ne-Yo is aware of some sort of apocalypse, which may or may not (probably not) be caused by {{LMFAO}}.
** Drake is painfully aware of the fleeting nature of fame, and very afraid that he'll wake up one morning and find himself working at Burger King.
** Eminem is AmbiguouslyGay, and his DorkAge can be chalked up to the aliens from ''SpaceJam'' stealing his talent.
** Music/ChrisBrown is a Wrestling/{{WWE}} {{Heel}}.
*** And that Kevin [=McCall=] snuck a reference to Ike Turner into "Deuces", feigning innocence, just so he could humiliate Chris Brown by association.
** Music/KellyClarkson deliberately enters or imagines up bad relationships to write {{Breakup Song}}s.
** Music/{{Pitbull}} isn't capable of rapping about anything other than how much money he makes, even if he tries to fit it in with another theme, such as ''Film/MenInBlack''.
** Music/DavidGuetta's music is so mechanical he might actually be a robot. More than that, he's a LifeDrinker: Able to sustain his own boring career by feeding off any interest that his guest singers might have had before working with him, and leaving ''them'' just as boring as he is afterward. Music/FloRida is the only exception because [[TakeThat he had no personality to begin with.]]
** His "Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2012" has several of these. In addition to expanding on {{Train}} mentioned above, Pitbull has been replaced by an alien/replecant trying to copy our "hu-man musical art forms" and the end result is just "adorable," Music/HunterHayes' "Wanted" is just a con to try and get the singer laid, [[Music/TheBlackEyedPeas Will.I.Am]] is some kind of idiot savant, and Chris Brown's managers may be slipping in lyrical references to his domestic abuse as a prank.
** The protagonist of Music/AliciaKeys' "Girl on Fire" is [[PlayingWithFire a vengeful fire goddess literally setting things on fire]].
** Will.i.am finds inspiration for his music in the sounds made by car alarms, jackhammers, vaccum cleaners, dripping faucets and your neighbours [[RightThroughTheWall having loud sex]].
** Peter Cetera is a real life Bond villain who caused the stock market to crash, committed war crimes, and killed Todd's dog.
** {{Music/Miley Cyrus}}'s "We Can't Stop" is about a girl with an out-of-control drug problem. She literally can't stop.
** Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever" is about the girl from Orbit gum commercials and the song in question is "Locked Out of Heaven" by BrunoMars.
** Music/LadyGaga's "Applause" is an attack on WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic.
** Music/ImagineDragons and Music/OneRepublic have fallen under a FreakyFridayFlip style spell, but instead of switching the band members' bodies, the spell switched their musical talent.
*** Furthermore Imagine Dragons wrote Demons after their big hits and then traveled back in time to put it on their album.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_%28musician%29 Rockwell]] sang about being stalked in every one of his songs because he really ''was'' followed by a shadowy presence everywhere. His total disappearance from the media after his string of lukewarm releases is the result of that follower having finally gotten him.
** The Far East Movement are seeking to debunk every Asian stereotype, including the good ones like intelligence and also worship the devil.
** The slow outro at the end of "Sweater Weather" by The Neighborhood represents the songs' two lover characters succumbing to hypothermia and dying.
** KatyPerry's recent #1s are due to a deal that she has with Billboard.
** JasonDerulo's "Talk Dirty" is sang by a douchey American tourist who can only hook up with foreign women because they don't understand how cheesy and offensive his pick-up lines are.
* AllMenArePerverts: When taking a moment to explain that abstinence is perfectly alright if your partner isn't ready, he defies this trope, albeit reluctantly. "And you know, that goes for the girls too. Sometimes the guy isn't ready and you shouldn't push it... it happens."
* AnachronismStew: The payphone itself in Maroon 5's "Payphone". It's 2012, and he's still using an antiquated piece of communications that can't be ported around with you or access the internet... and you have to PAY TO USE IT!???
* AnalogyBackfire: Todd really likes doing this.
** Pointed out by name in his review of the Music/BlackEyedPeas' "Imma Be", when [=will.i.am=] compares himself to a sperm bank...as men ''put sperm into'' a sperm bank.
** A quick one from Enrique Iglesias's "Tonight..."
-->'''Enrique:''' If I had a type, then it would be you.
-->'''Todd:''' Or in other words, you're not my type.
** He also points that a firework is something so ephemerous Katy Perry should have talked about firewood instead.
** LMFAO's "Yo, I'm runnin' through these ho's like Drano". Unless it was saying their music is corrosive and harmful.
** When the video for "If I Die Young" invokes Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott", he points out that said lady went completely unknown or cared about by her people, even after death. All she left behind was a pretty corpse.
** And then there's Train's "Drive By". The title's imagery aside, he focuses mainly upon the implications of Patrick comparing his love to a two-ply Hefty bag (in other words, garbage), and how his love "went viral".
** He points out that Music/KellyClarkson singing "[[BreakupSong What doesn't kill you make you stronger]]" is irrelevant because the narrator doesn't seem to have had any emotional investment in the relationship in the first place.
*** Also, the line "Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone" loses its credibility once the narrator mentions moving on to another man.
** When the opening of "Mac & Devin Go To High School" suggests that the viewer smoke up before watching the movie, he points out that "[[WatchItStoned you need to be high to enjoy this movie]]" is typically not a compliment.
** When "Holy Grail" uses the song's title and a reference to a cup as "runneth over" to describe the prices of fame, he notes that the only time the Holy Grail has ever been harmful was [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade when it was a fake]], and "cup runneth over" is a Biblical reference about what is genuinely an overabundance of blessing from heaven. Indeed, he finds the same lack of negative consequences to be a theme in the song's verses and the artists' careers.
** BrunoMars' "Gorilla" earns plenty of this. Gorillas [[TeenyWeenie aren't well-hung]], [[FetishRetardant their mating is more funny than sexy]], and of course they're a turnoff (except for [[{{Music/Gorillaz}} Noodle]]).
** In a song about an girl wanting to get back with her ex, Music/MileyCyrus said she "came in like a wrecking ball" in the titular song, who wanted to "break the walls" of her ex, only to be "broken" by the ex instead ("all you ever did was break me"). Todd then shows the faultiness of this analogy by showing a cartoon of a character taking cover from being hit by a wrecking ball in a little closet, edited to show the wrecking ball breaking and disappearing, with the closet completely unharmed.
** When commenting on Juicy J's verse in "Dark Horse", Todd points out that a KnightInShiningArmor wakes up the Literature/SleepingBeauty, as opposed to knocking her unconscious.
-->'''Todd:''' What, did you punch her?
* AnarchyIsChaos: Completely subverted. His One Hit Wonderland review of "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba starts off with him trying to explain just what Anarchy actually is. ''Trying'' being the key word, since the best he could describe it was "Socialism or Communism, but without any government", since he openly acknowledged that he didn't really understand it himself. The trope page itself is much more clear. The band was formed in the '80s by actual far-left-sided political anarchists who joined in on the Punk Rock scene of the '80s.
* AnatomicallyImpossibleSex: Discussed in his review of Music/{{Kesha}}'s "Blah Blah Blah".
--> '''[=Ke$ha=]:''' ♪Turn around, boy, lemme hit that!♪\\
[{{beat}}]\\
'''Todd:''' "''Turn around, boy''... ''lemme hit that?''" I don't think I understand the mechanics here.\\
'''[=Ke$ha=]:''' ♪Don't be a little bitch with your chit chat, just show me where your dick's at!♪\\
'''Todd:''' Uh... it's between his legs. You know, the crotch area, that's where it is on most guys, you should know that. I mean, not that I'm making any assumptions about your character here, but I'm pretty sure you're already well-acquainted with the location of a penis.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Parodied in his "Party Rock Anthem" review, in which he states "And then John was a douchebag" during the dance zombie apocalypse scene.
* {{Angrish}}:
** His first two LadyGaga reviews reduced Todd to this. In one, he actually just screams in pure frustrated anger.
--->'''''DAAAAAAAAH!'''''
** {{Defied}} -- He didn't review [=Ke$ha's=] "Take It Off" because he would spend the whole review screaming like the RainMan.
** Defied again -- On [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/342736501093842945 Twitter]], he states he might not ever do a One Hit Wonderland review of "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes or a Worst of 1993 retrospect because his hate of the song is too primal.
** His fury and confusion that Kenny G had a Top 10 hit on the Pop charts in 1987 devolved into this.
** His review of "Break Up" gave us "GHRRRRLRRRUUUUUUGHHHH".
* AntiLoveSong: Many of the songs listed in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
* ArchEnemy: Peter Cetera and Chris Brown. He plays up Cetera more because it's funnier, while Brown has actually done awful things.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
** Todd's worst villains of TheEighties are Ayatollah Khomeini, Pablo Escobar, the guy who shot Pope John Paul II (Mehmet Ali AÄŸca)... and Peter Cetera, former frontman of Music/{{Chicago}}.
*** And his list of Cetera's crimes: "Peter Cetera is a war criminal. Peter Cetera caused the stock market crash. Peter Cetera [[KickTheDog killed my dog]]."
*** In the same video, he lists the plagues that attacked the namesake [[TheWindyCity Windy City]]: the Chicago Fire, Al Capone, and the "[[TakeThat lingering, still infestating [sic] plague of Cubs fans]]".
** In his review for Bruno Mars's "Grenade", Todd makes a list of the qualities of the woman whom Bruno is singing about: "Abusive", "Demonic", "Insane", "Evil", "Deceitful", and "Bad at auto repair."
** When he's detailing the strange things that have happened to him over the year:
--> Let's see, I've been [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick abducted several times]], I fought for the [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights fate of the world]], I've been punched in the face [[WebVideo/ObscurusLupa with great frequency]], I drank way too much and weirdest of all, I started facing to the left.
* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: He pointed out in his review of the ''HannahMontana'' movie that the villain is trying to build a mall despite the fact that the entire town doesn't seem to want it, which is really not a good idea.
* AteHisGun: He tries to do this during his review of "Imma Be" by the Black Eyed Peas.
--> '''Todd:''' If I have to hear "Imma Be" one more time, [[TemptingFate I'm gonna shoot myself!]] *Starts freaking out, reaches for a nearby pistol, puts it to his head, his chin, in his mouth, and starts pulling the trigger* [{{beat}}] *disappointed* [[DeadpanSnarker This isn't a real gun]].
** He jokes about it again in the ''Sunday School Musical'' review.
---> "Oh...I suddenly have an itch at the back of my throat...that I must scratch...with my gun!"
* AttentionWhore: Subverted. He goes into "Applause" by pointing out that Music/LadyGaga is one, but then realizes that the song isn't about her ''nearly as much'' as it is about her attacking her critics.
* AutoTune: Discussed (and used) reviewing [[{{T-Pain}} "5 O'clock"]]. He says that he doesn't mind it, and that it should be considered just another facet of modern production, like stereo sound or [[SelfBackingVocalist multi-tracked vocals]]. He then parodies it by suggesting that he should Auto-Tune the whole review, but promptly backs out.
* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Todd theorizes that the reason BrunoMars peppers "The Lazy Song" with random references to sex and masturbating is because, otherwise, it could easily be mistaken for a ''Series/SesameStreet'' song.
* AwardBaitSong: He thinks "Never Too Far" was this for ''[[MariahCarey Glitter]]'. To prove his point home, he even plays [[TheBodyguard "I Will Always Love You"]] over it.
* AwesomeMusic: [[invoked]] His views on 'Fuck You!'
--> Todd: It's rare to see consensus get built about a pop song. Music is one of the things that everyone has a different taste in. Very, very rarely is a song so good that everyone has to agree on it. But when I heard my #1 song, I spread it to everyone I knew and everyone loved it, and I've never seen that happen. I told myself if there was any justice in this world, it would be a song that spread everywhere and that everyone would love it and...it did... And by the end of 2011, it was widely recognized as one of the greatest songs ever written.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Apparently, his opinion on Taio Cruz, who had no choice but to be a pop star with that name.
* BadBadActing: In the crossover review of Kanye West's ''Runaway,'' Rap Critic and Todd [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] the cliche crossover setup by passing a script back and forth and reading the lines completely deadpan.
* BaitAndSwitch: In the beginning of his review of Train's "Drive By", he compliments Train as an interesting and intriguing band and rhetorically asks what made him change his mind. While the listener might be expecting a glowing compliment of a song or album, instead he says "Well, I think the lead singer might've gone insane."
** The "Float On" One-Hit Wonderland episode [[spoiler:starts out talking about the 2004 indie hit by Modest Mouse, then--RecordNeedleScratch, Todd yells "[[AprilFoolsDay April Fools]], [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitches!]]" and the focus switches to the homonymous 70's hit by The Floaters]].
* UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}}: During his review of Music/{{Rihanna}}'s [[ObligatoryBondageSong "S&M"]], a song that he hates so much yet finds to be a {{Guilty Pleasure|s}} anyway, he ultimately concludes that his enjoyment of the song is a mental/emotional act of the song's subject matter, with Rihanna as a dominatrix and him, the listener, as the sub who gets off on such an awful song.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In the "Imma Be" review, after the song switches into a completely different style, Todd says that he'd be glad to hear something than other than droning repetitions of "Imma be, imma be, imma be". Then it turns out that section of the song also repeats that particular phrase...
* BecomingTheMask: After hearing 3OH!3's verse on Music/{{Kesha}}'s '[=BlahBlahBlah=]' Todd wonders to himself whether they were genuinely dumb fratboys all along, or if they'd 'gone so far into character that they can't get out.'
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]--he later determines, after hearing them say the line "who I is", that they are just trying too hard.
* BerserkButton:
** Music/JustinBieber. Just his mere image sends Todd into a growling rage. Hell, he got so mad at the chorus in "Eenie Meenie" it gave him a close-up.
--->'''''BIEBER!'''''
** KennyG.
** The musical genre known as adult alternative, referred to as "white-guy-with-an-acoustic-guitar songs". He crystallizes this in his review of Train's "Hey Soul Sister".
** {{Conspiracy Theorist}}s, apparently. In The Top 10 Worst Songs of 2004, when covering Jadakiss's "Why", he at first regards the song as dumb and definitely not something Jadakiss is meant for, but after hearing the lines "Why did Bush knock down the towers?" and "Why did Kobe have to hit that raw, why'd he kiss that whore?" (the "whore" being Kobe Bryant's alleged rape victim), Todd angrily tells Jadakiss to "go eat a dick."
** Chris Brown's beating the stuffing out of {{Rihanna}}, to the point where he has to struggle to keep from making his review of "I Can Transform Ya" all about it. Chris himself becomes this over the course of "Deuces", primarily because he acted like DomesticAbuse was no big deal.
** Todd hates the group Chicago vehemently. Has it ever occurred to you that he hates Chicago?
*** More specifically, he hates Peter Cetera, frontman of Chicago, who he considers to be one of the greatest villains of the 1980s, and says his voice 'resonates at the exact frequency to piss me off'. However, he has no problem with older Chicago songs - roughly their recorded output from before the release of ''Chicago X''.
** Who was the writer of "I Write the Songs?" Not Barry Manilow, but '''''BRUCE JOHNSTON OF THE [[TheBeachBoys BEACH BOYS]]!?!!?'''''
** Music/{{Nickelback}}.
** will.i.am. In his "Worst of 2013" retrospect, Todd states that he ranked "Scream and Shout" way too low in 2012 and that he wasn't going to make the same mistake ever again. He ranked "#thatPOWER" as the second worst song of 2013, and even then, Todd said that was ''[[InsultToRocks still]]'' [[InsultToRocks too generous]].
* BetterByADifferentName[=/=]SerialNumbersFiledOff: [[{{in-universe}} How he views]] certain songs.
** When introducing LadyGaga's "Alejandro", he plays the chorus of AceOfBase's "The Sign" instead.
*** He also mentions the {{Madonna}} ripoffs in the video (such as the dress from "Vogue")
** He can't listen to more than a few bars of Music/FloRida's "Club Can't Handle Me" without it turning into "Use Somebody" by KingsOfLeon.
--->'''Todd:''' Though, I have to admit that I don't like this song as much as the first time I heard it, back when it was called [[BlackEyedPeas "I Gotta Feeling"]].
** He imagines that "Eenie Meenie" would have been better if it left out Justin Bieber and got rid of the ridiculous lyrics... and realizes that that perfectly describes Sean Kingston's earlier song "Fire Burning".
** In an inversion, he describes Jay Sean's "Down" as an even better version of Chris Brown's "Forever", thus ensuring that [[TakeThat the world can safely ignore Chris Brown]].
--->'''Todd:''' New and improved Chris Brown! Now with 31% less DomesticAbuse!
** He mentions Travie [=McCoy's=] "Billionaire" in his end-of-2010 recap solely to point out its similarity to {{Sublime}}'s "Santeria".
** A double-whammy in the case of "The Time" - he preferred the song they based the chorus on (in fact, like in "Alejandro" he opens the review playing "Time of Your Life", a song he doesn't like either), and believes the beats to be a rip-off of Benny Benassi's "Satisfaction".
** While more IdenticalStranger, as he doesn't like the song, Todd is shocked to see Daddy Yankee isn't Pitbull.
*** Likewise, he finds "5 O'Clock" to be a retread of "Whatcha Say", being a song about a bad boyfriend with a misused sample of a British singer - but while Todd hates [=DeRulo's=] song, {{T-Pain}}'s one only baffles him.
** "Sexy and I Know It" goes the same way "I'm Too Sexy" did in the '90s, only with worse results.
** Music/JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" is a retread of Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours"... too bad he already loathes the other one!
** Most of [=fun.'s=] non-"We Are Young" output is an attempt to emulate Music/{{Queen}}. Unfortunately, their lead singer isn't Freddie Mercury. Later, he acknowledges that "Some Nights" is their Bohemian Rhapsody, and he also still thinks they're a very good band.
** He finds "Payphone"'s music too similar to Bruno Mars.
** Gerardo's next four singles after "Rico Suave" are ripoffs of himself, Marky Mark, Tone Loc and PM Dawn.
** "Flo Rida, you are no LaurenBacall."
** In the "Achy Breaky Heart" episode of One Hit Wonderland, he points this out twice: first by saying that Tracy Lawrence's "Can't Break It to My Heart" is a better version of said song that plays its hook straight; then by saying that TimMcGraw did Billy Ray Cyrus' shtick better with "Indian Outlaw" (which, like "Achy Breaky Heart", was a goofy novelty line-dance song).
** Comes up often in ''Film/{{Burlesque}}'', where he identifies sequences practically stolen from ''Film/MoulinRouge'', ''Film/{{Chicago}}'' and ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}''. More damning still, he sums up the movie in the end as trying to be ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and failing at it.
** Regarding RobinThicke being "a poor man's JustinTimberlake", given that now his greatest hit has T.I., and the one Todd was reviewing had Pharrell, the next step is "start hosting SNL and not talking to other *Music/{{NSYNC}} members."
** Played with when discussing Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever". It took the intro and bassline from Music/TheWho's [[Music/WhosNext "Baba O'Riley"]] and based the premise on Music/TenaciousD's "Tribute", and ripping off such great songs resulted in... a good song that still changed enough to keep it from being redundant.
** Todd is completely okay with Bruno Mars trying to sound like Sting on "Locked Out of Heaven", since Sting himself is still on a Baroque lute music kick, and we've got to have ''somebody'' who sounds like Sting.
*** However, he finds that him doing a {{Prince}}-esque IntercourseWithYou song backfires as Prince is sorta MemeticSexGod, while Bruno, despite the similarities (short, ethnical) is far from it. [[invoked]]
*** He is favorable toward Bruno's take on turn-of-the-80's Kool & The Gang as well.
** He can't mention Ariana Grande without pointing out her similarity to Ashanti, but he doesn't seem to find that a problem at all.
** He considers "Roar" and "Dark Horse" to be weaker versions of "Firework" and "E.T.", repectively
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He describes Music/TaylorSwift as a "verbal assassin" on par with Music/{{Beyonce}} or Music/{{Adele}} in his review of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", citing her songs "Mean", "Dear John", and "Innocent" as Exhibits A, B, and C.
-->"''Do not piss off Taylor Swift.''"
* BeYourself: Inverted with Bruno Mars, who Todd feels makes much better music when imitating other singers.
* BiasSteamroller: He goes into the "Best Song Ever" review expecting to drive one right over One Direction — he believes the song will have all the characteristics he hates of their previous work, only to find that it has few to none of said characteristics and is actually pretty good, in his opinion.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Invoked in AliciaKeys' "Girl On Fire" review, when the song just randomly starts off with NickiMinaj rapping about things that have ''NOTHING'' to do with the song. Even the Rap Critic, who also appeared randomly out of nowhere (much to Todd's frustration- He calls him out on it), notes that neither the start of the song or Nicki's second part later on just come out of nowhere, the lyrics have nothing to do with anything else in the song, and were clearly thrown in at the last moment in production because Nicki is only standing in front of a very cheap green-screen effect in the background. And ''THEN'' Todd notes how poor the transition between Nicki's opening and Alicia's lyrics are. He's had random songs on his MP3 player transition better than that.
** Discussed in his 2014 Grammys vlog, where he opines that the awards ceremony hasn't been truly interesting since Mike Portnoy's[[note]]the multimedia artist, not the [[NamesTheSame former drummer]] of Music/DreamTheater[[/note]] "SOY BOMB" incident.
* BigLippedAlligatorMovie: His opinion on Music/TheMonkees' ''Film/{{Head}}''.
* BigNo: Todd lets out a big no when he thinks that the car in "Black and Yellow" might just be [[{{Transformers}} Bumblebee]].
** And again when he hears AC/DC's "You shook me all night long" ruined by the Black Eyed Peas.
** And again when KanyeWest was let into his zone.
** Done when acting out the cartoonishly evil boyfriend in the "[[Music/KellyClarkson Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)]]" review.
* BitingTheHandHumor:
** From "Telephone".
--->This video has more obtrusive advertisements than thatguywiththeglasses.com!
** In "Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2010".
--->...but as I slowly got used to [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com]], I began to notice that my new compatriots and colleagues were reviewers of [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall comic books]], [[WebVideo/JesuOtaku anime]], [[WebVideo/YRulerOfTime manga]], [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow video games]], [[WebVideo/ObscurusLupa cheesy]] [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob B-movies]], cartoons, toys, [[WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy sci-fi television]], and [[WebVideo/BennettTheSage Internet fan-fiction]]. And that's when I realized...'''YOU ALL ARE A BUNCH OF NERDS!''' '''''[[Film/RevengeOfTheNerds NERDS! NERDS! NERDS!]]'''''
** Both the higher-ups screwed him over in their cameos: WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic threatened him with "[[HannahMontana Hoedown Throwdown]]" if he didn't continue reviewing music, and Rob Walker unveils that he edited out large chunks of Todd's script for "S&M" and is implied to think that Todd is dumber than [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]].
** Variation: LadyGaga singing "I've overheard your theory: nostalgia's for geeks" leads to Todd saying "Yeah! Screw these critics of nostalgia and everyone associated with them!"
* BleepDammit: At one point, the subtitles refer to the Jay-Z/Kanye West single as "Niggas in P***s". "What the hell do I pay you people for?"
* BookEnds: He opens and closes the ''From Justin to Kelly'' review failing to write a script about Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know".
-->Gotye is some guy.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Mimicking WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic at the start of his review of "Eenie Meenie". Makes a return at the end of the "Black and Yellow" review.
-->'''Todd:''' HELLO, I'M TODD IN THE SHADOWS! I LISTEN TO IT '''CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO!'''
* [[GirlfriendInCanada Boyfriend In Canada]]: Todd accuses Kelly Clarkson of this in his review of "Stronger", since she says she's fine sleeping alone and then later claims to have already found another man in the same song.
** And then in "Want U Back", he apparently got [[WebVideo/{{Phelous}} the same story]] from Lupa.
* BrainBleach: Employed {{in-universe}}, and often combined with a ShowerOfAngst: [[invoked]]
** In "Deuces", when Todd hears the line "I'm a dick so I shouldn't be that hard to swallow", we immediately cut to a shot of his bathroom with the shower running.
--->'''Todd:''' '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis CAN'T... GET.... CLEAAAAAN!]]'''
** In the review to BritneySpears' "3"
--->'''Todd:''' Run from this terrible song. Run before she taints your moral purity. That's what I'm gonna do. And taking a freaking shower.
** When he points out the chorus for Music/FloRida's "Whistle" is a not-that-hidden reference to oral sex. Cue Todd walking away from the keyboard, up the stairs, and into the shower.
--->'''Todd:''' [=*Sobbing*=] Get it off me. get it o-o-offff!!
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs:
** "We already got a bunch of Jays, and we already got a bunch of Seans. We certainly don't need a Jay Sean!"
** Todd starts "Like a G6" saying it's a Ke$ha ripoff. Then he compares it to "Boom Boom Pow", and concludes it's "The Ke$ha/Black Eyed Peas collaboration the world was asking for."
** While reviewing "Tonight, Tonight", he states that party songs should consist of more than just repeating the word "tonight". Or "everybody". Or "fun". Or even "Everybody Have Fun Tonight". Though he admits that song is okay.
** When trying to determine the subject matter of Ellie Goulding's "Lights", he narrows it down to being called home by ghosts, aliens, or possibly alien ghosts.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Multiple times (in several layers) on the list of three-syllable phrases more suitable that "sexy bitch" for use in Akon's "Sexy Bitch."
** At the start of his review of Katy Perry's "E.T.", several other reviewers appear and knock his taste in music; the last is Obscurus Lupa with a [[StalkerWithACrush different issue]]:
--> '''Lupa:''' Stop stealing pieces of my hair!
-->'''Todd:''' [quickly] Yeah, Katy Perry sure does suck!
** When listing various nonsense syllables sung by Music/LadyGaga, he points out that Gaga "regularly lets her mouth let out things like 'ma-ma-ma-ma', 'rah-rah-ah-ah-ah', 'cherry cherry boom boom', and 'I'm worried about people stealing my creativity through my vagina'."
* BrickJoke:
** In "The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2010", Todd says he could write a dissertation on how Rihanna has reacted publically and artistically to the Chris Brown incident. Next time he reviews a Rihanna song, guess what he has? [[note]]An unexpected interruption by Paw and Roses, but the time ''after'' that...[[/note]]
** In "Want U Back", he asks for all hate mail directed towards him to be sent to lewislovhaug@channelawesome.com. In [[Music/{{PSY}} "Gangnam Style"]], Linkara asks Todd about "all those e-mails he's been receiving".
** During his review of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", he offhandedly makes mention about writing a song about being out of salsa. After the credits, he sings that song about being out of salsa... and that he has an [[{{Music/Telephone}} itchy leg]].
* BriefAccentImitation: During his "Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2012" review, Todd does this to mock Music/CherLloyd and TheStinger at the end of "Want U Back" (which, as he pointed out in a previous review, was basically ripped off from Music/{{Kesha}}).
-->'''Todd:''' ''(British accent)'' It's the sound of trying too hard! [[BlowingARaspberry Pbbbt]]!
* BrokenRecord: He decided to count how many times "Imma Be" is {{Title Drop}}ped [-('''106''')-] and called this on "Whip My Hair":
-->'''Todd:''' "Whip My Hair" is about three and a half minutes long, and it uses a fairly typical verse-chorus-verse structure. This is surprising to me, because the first few times I heard it, I would have sworn to you that it was just three straight hours of ''just this one line''.[[note]]In case you don't know: I WHIP MY HAIR BACK AND FORTH![[/note]] I mean it just seems to go ON, and ''ON.''
* BrokenStreak: Katy Perry, after appearing on his Top 10 Best Songs of 2009, 2010, and 2011 videos, was finally omitted from his 2012 video - something that Todd celebrates with much fanfare. Though Todd is saddened to see that Perry's place has been taken by Ke$ha.
** Drake and Rihanna, the last remaining holdouts, were both quietly omitted from the 2013 list after making four consecutive appearances in the years before.
* BrownNote: He believes that the only way a song could be worse than Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight..." is if it manifested outside of the listener's speakers and humped their leg.
** "What two words send shivers up a music lover's spine more than 'Disco Duck'?"
** He describes "Afternoon Delight" as a song that's guaranteed to drive everyone out of the room.
** Todd says the voice of Peter Cetera (frontman of ''Chicago'') resonates at the exact frequency to piss him right the hell off.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: For any other band, "[[Music/{{Nickelback}} Someday]]" would be their worst song. For Nickelback? Just another bad song of theirs.
* ButNotTooBlack: From the "Feel This Moment", he points out that Christina Aguilera "has a Hispanic last name, and pretty much no other connection to her Latino side at all."
* CallBack:
** During his review of "OMG" Todd tries to pick up Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses contributor ObscurusLupa on webcam with lyrics from the song "OMG". At the end, he quotes "Sexy Chick", another song he reviewed.
*** Also, he says the synth fuzz at the beginning sounds like the player fell asleep on their keyboard, "which, believe me, is not as comfortable as it sounds". This happened to Todd himself in the "Replay" review.
** When he Googles the term "G6" in the review of "Like a G6", you briefly see that his desktop wallpaper is a collage of Lupa photos.
** In his review of "Whip My Hair", he tries the titular method of dealing with "haters" on several of his fellow TGWTG contributors, none of whom are impressed. The last one is Lupa, who wonders why she hasn't blocked him yet.
** When Todd finally hears a song with awesome, so-good-no-woman-could resist pickup lyrics, he rushes to try them on Lupa...only to go blank and start quoting the lyrics from "Carry Out" instead.
** In "Black and Yellow"
--->'''Song''': Stay fly like...\\
'''Todd''': A G6?
** In "Grenade", he describes the [[NoodleIncident DL incident]] from "Like a G6".
** After making NinjaPirateZombieRobot-esque claims about his heritage in "Like a G6" he mentions that a line in "Born This Way" intended to appeal to all races touches him personally... because he is all those races. At once.
** In "S&M", his desktop refers to a game he played with PushingUpRoses (see FunnyBackgroundEvent, below).
** In "S&M" he mentions the dirty Madonna movie ''Body of Evidence''. Later he tries get Lupa to watch it with him.
** In the ''Glitter'' review, he breaks out the old Mario statue from the "Break Up" review, saying he'll use it to review instead of actually doing it himself. Then ''that'' is called back on when the very next review starts with this idea failing.
** Two in "Give Me Everything". First he thinks the "not having a tomorrow" might be related to the LMFAO dance zombies. Then he reacts to "Grab somebody sexy and say 'Hey, give me everything tonight!'" with... guess who.
** He ends "Tonight, Tonight"'s review with [[Music/{{Genesis}} "Tonight Tonight Tonight"]], which he listed among the worst hits of 1987.
** When WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick comes to his house to ask his help on a ''[[Film/{{Crossroads2002}} Crossroads]]'' review, she remembers how Todd unsuccessfully tried to review said movie during the ''SuburbanKnights'' shoot.
** "LupeFiasco, not to be confused with the Lupa Fiasco..." (cue Todd and Lupa on Skype...)
** During "Payphone", Todd states he'll stick with another phone-themed song with a crime video he reviewed ("Telephone").
** In his Best Pop Songs of 2011 video, when Katy Perry appears on the list for the third straight year, he remarks, "You win, Katy Perry - ''marry me''." in the Best Pop Songs of 2012 list, which for the first time ever does ''not'' include Katy Perry, he says to [[Film/TotalRecall1990 consider it a divorce]].
** Probably unintentional, but he ends his Best Pop Songs of 2011 video by using the name of the Number 1 Song as a sign off - "Fuck You." He does this again in 2012, signing off the Best Songs video with "Take Care."
** The "Titanium" review [[TheCameo features]] WebVideo/PawDugan discussing Sia. In the following review, "Whistle", Todd mentions Sia's name, prompting Paw to appear again.
** In "Blurred Lines", the line "You're the hottest bitch in this place" does little more than remind him of "[[Music/FlightOfTheConchords The Most Beautiful Girl In The Room]]".
** In "Holy Grail", he calls all the way back to his "Bedrock" episode when he replaces Justin Timberlake saying "Holy Grail" with the "Grocery Bag" clip.
** During the opening of his top 10 list for 2013, Elisa interrupts her supportive words for Todd when she notices him drinking their liquor. The later review "All Of Me" repeatedly cuts to him playing piano at a party for her, Paw and Oancitizen. At the end of the review, when he notices they've all left, he grabs their liquor on the way out.
* TheCameo: Ironically Todd admitted in the commentary for "Eenie Meenie" / "O.M.G" that he really hates adding cameos into his reviews because he likes having complete control over what goes into the video. Even so...
** Fellow TGWTG contributor and [[PromotedFanboy promoted fan]] from Website/YouTube ObscurusLupa appears throughout his "OMG" review, [[RunningGag and several other reviews afterwards.]]
** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic shows up in the beginning of the review for "Club Can't Handle Me" in his BadBoss persona.
** And again for the "Whip My Hair" review with several cameos by various other That Guy With The Glasses contributors.
** In "Black and Yellow", Pennsylvanian RolloT goes on a rant about Pittsburgh.
** PushingUpRoses appears in "Grenade", with Todd attempting to get a "thanks" out of her for "promoting" one of her Vinyl Destination videos as "worst video ever". She also shows up in voiceover at the end of "The Lazy Song" to ask why Todd's playing ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' instead of working on the review.
** WebVideo/JesuOtaku appears in "Firework/Born This Way" to demonstrate how offending a girl's figure is bad, and in "Stronger" to show how saying you overcame a problem you've never had is irrelevant.
** Rob Walker ([[Creator/DougWalker Doug's]] brother, whom Todd refers as "his producer") and [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]] appear in "S&M".
** Four reviewers appear to complain about Todd liking Katy Perry (and Lupa to complain about stalking). Only one made a first cameo - WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, who is then [[DoggedNiceGuy rejected by]] Todd.
*** Lindsay does an uncredited return as [[TheMuppets Beaker]] in "[[http://www.twitvid.com/9QMTB Party Rock Anthem]]". And to be rejected again in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
** TheRapCritic appears in "Lighters" to unsuccessfully get a second CrossOver, and explain to the LiteralMinded Todd what "show his ass" means. He does it again in his "Best Songs of 2012" video to chew Todd out for putting a Flo Rida song on his list, and in "Girl on Fire" to be just as intrusive as NickiMinaj's verse.
** [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]] appears to make Todd not give up on reviewing "Sexy and I Know It".
** To complain about how fun. gives a "featuring Janelle Monáe" credit to such a short performance, he goes "this is a CrossOver! With JewWario!" Cue three-second appearance by him.
** [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Kung Tai Ted]] appears to demonstrate the finer points of "Dance The Kung Fu".
** WebVideo/PawDugan shows up to discuss Sia's indie history, only to suffer a BrokenPedestal moment when Todd brings up her recent work. This apparently is based on Paw's true reaction!
** [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Douchey McNitpick]] appears in "Applause" as Todd is analyzing the lyric "I've overheard your theory: 'nostalgia's for geeks'". Title card artist Krin later appears as a LoonyFan of Todd.
-->'''Krin:''' Oh my god thank you so much for letting me talk to you!-- I'm still getting paid, right?
-->'''Todd:''' Yeah, yeah, the check's in the mail.
** [[WebVideo/VampireReviews Elisa]] appears briefly during "Wrecking Ball" to extend an invitation to watch ''Series/TrueBlood'' with her and Paw, [[ComicalOverreacting only to be dismissed by an overly defensive Todd.]]
** WebVideo/ThatDudeInTheSuede appears in "How Bizarre" to help explain OMC's significance (or lack of same) in New Zealand to a thoroughly disinterested Todd.
* CannotSpitItOut: This happens to Todd when he finds inspiration to use the lyrics of "Nothing On You" by B.o.B and Bruno Mars on ObscurusLupa, but he eventually screws it up again by singing the lines to JustinTimberlake's "Carry Out" on her instead.
* CaptainObvious: Todd calls LilWayne "MC Obvious" after hearing the line "I can transform ya[=/=]Like a {{Transformer|s}}".
* CaptionHumor: [[PainfulRhyme NOT A RHYME.]] (and a lot more, such as *apology twirl* in "Whatcha Say")
** Many in [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/toddspecials/33017-todds-black-eyed-peas-experience Todd's Black Eyed Peas Experience]] (best being "This video would be awesome blackmail material if I were not in it")
* CaramelldansenVid: [[spoiler: Todd humors the audience by doing the "stupid dance" associated with {{PSY}}'s "Gangnan Style at the end of his review by half-heartedly doing the Caramelldansen dance. He's not sure if he's doing it right though.]]
* CarryABigStick: Todd pulls one out during "Club Can't Handle Me" by Music/FloRida.
-->'''Todd:''' Now, maybe it's just me, but if the club can't handle him right now, my only conclusion that they're using the wrong club. Now, this is '''MY''' club. It is an authentic replica of a war club used in battle by ancient Greek soldiers, and trust me: '''It CAN handle you rightnow. now.'''
** His title card artist has drawn Todd carrying that again for "Deuces" and "Tonight".
* CassandraTruth: PlayedForLaughs in his "BadRomance" review.
-->'''Todd:''' She's a demon from Hell! She's gonna kill us all! How are you not seeing this? You've got to believe me!
* CelebrityIsOverrated: He mocked Music/JayZ's use of this trope in "Holy Grail", claiming that, as a multimillionare record mogul and pop culture icon with [[Music/{{Beyonce}} a gorgeous wife]] who's had a steady career for over a decade and a half, he was in no position to be afraid of falling apart like Mike Tyson or Music/KurtCobain.
* CensoredForComedy: The incorrectly-placed censor asterisks in the title of "Niggas in Paris" turn it into "Niggas in P***s", making it look like it says "Niggas in Penis".
* CheapHeat: Todd points out how Lady Gaga's "You and I" song changes the state mention in the song from Nebraska to Virginia where he lives, and that it seems to be the same all around for the rest of the country.
* ChewingTheScenery: He calls LilJon out on this during "Do You Remember".
* ChristianRock: He once described it as a "musical wasteland," complete with ScareChord.
* ChristmasSongs: Discussed (Todd dislikes most songs for overplay), reviewed ([[JustinBieber "Mistletoe"]], [[AntiChristmasSong "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"]]) and parodied (once he sees the Weather Girls' "Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas)" is just "It's Raining Man" with a holiday theme, he imagines other OneHitWonder songs turned Xmas ones).
* ClicheStorm: In-universe, his opinion of [[KellyClarkson "Stronger"]].
** Also of Hoobastank's "The Reason", where he lists every single "done to death" piece of lyric.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His view of Pat Monahan, lead singer of Train.
* ClusterBleepBomb: Todd's review for "Turn Up the Music" ends with a long rant against Chris Brown, most of which the viewer can't hear.
* ClusterFBomb:
** Right after Todd considers not letting Chris Brown's crimes taint his perception of his future hits anymore, the first few lines of "Deuces" play.
---> '''Todd:''' Go fuck yourself, Chris Brown! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Go. Fuck. Yourself.]] Go fuck yourself, you stupid, useless waste of a human being!
** Pretty much the entire "Tonight" review, both on Todd's part and Enrique's.
** Another big one occured on {{Website/Twitter}} when [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47668878175772673 he found out what Chris]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669148309917696 Brown's new album ''F.A.M.E.'' stands]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669221852848128 for... ''Forgiving All My Enemies''.]] Afterwards, [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] jumped in with a LampshadeHanging:
---> '''[=@FB_BMB=]:''' [=@ShadowTodd=] appears to have been [[HairTriggerTemper replaced by]] JoePesci. His Twitter will resume normal service shortly.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** Despite figuring out the line "Sippin' sizzurp in my ride/Like Three Six" to be about the ThreeSixMafia he decides to run with the over the top joke about 666 describing [[NumberOfTheBeast Satan]], culminating in a diatribe about bad pop music being a tool of the devil.
** He complains about "Telephone" becoming a GenreThrowback to Creator/QuentinTarantino, saying Tarantino doesn't stand copying other directors. A {{beat}} follows as Todd notices what he just said.
** In "E.T.", regarding an [[Film/ETTheExtraterrestrial E.T.]] [[ParallelPornTitles porno]] (see FetishRetardant below).
** Subverted with "Telephone". Word of Demon from Hell says that the phone is in her head, keeping her from having fun. Todd points out in "Alejandro" how it was brought to his attention that he missed the true meaning behind "Telephone"... and proceeds to point out there is ''nothing'' in the lyrics that indicate any possibility of that being the case.
** He fails to realize that JustinTimberlake is talking about a joint in "Suit and Tie" and thinks a fatty is a woman's bottom.
* TheConspiracy / ConspiracyTheorist: He has little patience for Jadakiss's approach to political rapping in "Why", but it reaches a head when he claims that Bush destroyed the World Trade Center and blames the victim for the alleged Kobe Bryant sexual assault.
-->'''Jadakiss:''' Why they ain't give us a cure for AIDS?
-->'''Todd:''' Because they ''just dont like you'' Jadakiss. There are scientists out there specifically withholding the cure for AIDS from ''you''.
* CouchGag: Each episode begins with Todd playing today's song on the piano. (except on Top Tens, where it's a song from the year covered) Todd challenged himself to do this with "Whip My Hair". He had to ask for a few clips from the song just to get it down first, but cheered when he finally did it.
-->'''Todd:''' [{{beat}}]... WHAT THE CRAP WAS THAT?!
** Subverted in "Sexy and I Know It", where he even argues with the caption on his refusal to play the song.
** Likewise, he played "Time of My Life" before "The Time (Dirty Bit)" (which the song's chorus samples... well, covers) and "The Sign" by AceOfBase before "Alejandro" because he thinks the song is basically a rip-off of it.
** Every episode also ends with a very short disclaimer about who owns the copyright on the song, with a clip of another song playing in the background. What song this is [[SuspiciouslyAproposMusic generally has some connection to the subject of the video.]]
*** For the One Hit Wonderland episodes, the ending song is a cover of said one hit (except for "Rico Suave", which ended with [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic "Taco Grande"]], and "Ghetto Supastar", which uses Al's polkafied version.
* ContinuityNod: His ''Glitter'' review ends with him putting his hoodie on a Mario statue (previously seen in "Break Up") and setting up a CD player so it can replace him. The next episode ("Party Rock Anthem") starts with this backfiring as the player stops working.
* {{Corpsing}}: In the crossover review of ''From Justin to Kelly'' with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, she epically fails to hold in a laugh when Todd bellows "NOW KISS!!" to the romantic leads.
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Complains about JasonDeRulo and T-Pain's equivocated sampling of ImogenHeap and LilyAllen, respectively.
* CrazyPrepared: Linkara's Review of "The Punisher and Eminem #1". During his crossover with TheRapCritic Todd apparently gave The Rap Critic a message for Linkara just in case Linkara called on him.
-->'''''NERD!'''''
* CreatorBacklash: A fairly tame example -- Creator/EddieMurphy publicly [[InvokedTrope admitted]] that he didn't care too much for his album featuring his OneHitWonder "Party All The Time". Originally he planned on lining up songs with other superstars such as Music/{{Prince}}, Music/StevieWonder, among others, but the best he got was a token appearance by Rick James and a song given to him by Stevie. He also said he was rather embarrassed that most of the other songs on his album were sappy love ballads that even he shouldn't have been involved with. He really had aspiring hopes for it too.
* CreatorKiller:[[invoked]] He predicts that "The Time (Dirty Bit)" will be the Black Eyed Peas'.
* CreatorsPet: The crowd chanting Mike Posner's name in the beginning of "Cooler Than Me". [[invoked]]
* {{Crossover}}[=/=]{{MST}}:
** Did a review of Music/TheMonkees' movie ''Film/{{Head}}'' with PushingUpRoses and PawDugan. (Roses also calls Todd for some of her LetsPlay Shortys)
** He collaborated with WebVideo/JesuOtaku, RolloT, and WebVideo/YRulerOfTime in [[http://blip.tv/file/4911765 a review]] of ''TheLastAirbender''.
** A joint review of Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me" with TheRapCritic.
*** One year later, the duo reviewed Music/KanyeWest's short film ''[[http://t.co/8jXPikqN Runaway]]''.
*** A year after that, they covered the Music/SnoopDogg[=/=]Wiz Khalifa film ''Mac & Devin Go To High School''.
** He fails to convince BennettTheSage, WebVideo/{{Phelous}} or WebVideo/ObscurusLupa to do a crossover, and instead does ''[[TheAsylum Sunday School Musical]]'' with [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]]. A year later, they take on ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks: The Squeakquel''.
** Reviewed ''[[BritneySpears Crossroads]]'' and ''From Justin to Kelly'' with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick.
** Did ''TheWiz'' with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic.
* CultureClash: Points out how "Alejandro" is full of gay Russian soldiers marching to a Mexican themed song based off a Swedish pop group. He couldn't do that no matter how hard he tried. [[GilliganCut He then plays "That's Amore", followed by an Oriental riff on the piano with "Vive la France" appearing on screen]].
* CurseCutShort: In a scrolling list variant, he explains the various terms which flow better in song than "Sexy Chick" or "Bitch" ending with:
-->You are a worthless sex object and I'm going to stick my--
* CutYourHeartOutWithASpoon: In his review of "You Spin Me Around (Like A Record)" by ''Dead or Alive'', he says that anyone who confuses the title of the song to "Right 'Round" by Music/FloRida is going to get punched.
* CuteButCacophonic
** Music/MileyCyrus, at least before ''Bangerz''. Even after Miley's transformation, Todd states she still has ear-splitting vocals.
** Creator/AdamLevine. In the "Payphone" review, Todd mentions that Levine's voice sounds like "a frog choking on a harmonica".
* CutenessProximity: Todd believes that this is why the entire internet and society in general enjoys "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen so much. His suspicions are confirmed at the end of the video when a comparison to ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is made.
-->"...It all makes sense, now."
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* DamnedByFaintPraise: In his 'Turn Up The Music' review, he says that "As a singer, Chris Brown is a really good dancer."
** He gives TaylorSwift's "We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together" his prestigious Not That Bad Award. "I'm sure she's honored."
** The nicest thing that Todd can say about Gregory Abbott is that he has "a singing voice so good that he might be able to place ninth on a bad season of ''Series/AmericanIdol''."
** While PhilCollins, BryanAdams, and RichardMarx are acceptable, the only thing MichaelBolton has in his defense is that "I probably would stand up for Michael Bolton [[BerserkButton before I stuck up]] for [[Music/{{Chicago}} Peter Cetera.]]"
* DanceSensation: One of the reasons why "Monster Mash" became so popular in 1962 was because it was riding on the heels of a massive dance sensation that swept across pop music at the time. Todd comments that this was generally described as a "dark time" in pop music because many songs were just outright silly. Music/TheBeatles came along and helped end it.
* DarkerAndEdgier: He feels that this trope and Music/KatyPerry do not mix well at all, feeling that she's at her best when singing upbeat songs like "Hot 'n' Cold" and "Teenage Dream". Her divorce from RussellBrand led Todd to dread listening to the songs that came out of it.
* DeadHorseGenre: Invoked. One of his biggest problems with the remake of "We Are The World" is that the "MegaCrossover for charity" genre has passed the point of parody. He also points out that many of the contributors had already spoofed the genre, with emphasis on JoshGroban.
** He also considers club anthems to be heading in this direction. When LMFAO used a ZombieApocalypse theme in one of their videos, he claimed a zombie was a perfect analogy for the genre; technically dead, but still moving.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's pretty dry, but he gets animated at times.
* {{Demonization}}: "Peter Cetera is a war criminal. Peter Cetera caused the stock market crash. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Peter Cetera killed my dog]]."
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
** "Because that's not even a joke even!"
** "... the biggest pop songs of the year were all pretty much the same thing - club dance songs about dancing in clubs to club dance songs."
** "The original title was "[[{{Kesha}} Your Drugs Are My Drug]]", I'm guessing."
** "''Pedicure on our toes, toes''".
--->"Now that I think about it, it's probably a good thing that she cleared up where she got the pedicures. Because I'm starting to get the feeling that she's the type of girl that if someone doesn't clarify that for her, she'll try to get pedicures on her eyeballs or something."
** Calling the Pittsburgh Steelers "Losing losers of losingness"
* DescriptionCut: Three in the "Firework/Born this Way" review.
** He says due to his life he has no need to listen to inspirational music. Cut to a flashback where Todd drinks and puts a gun to his head.
** Todd calls WebVideo/JesuOtaku fat, and proceeds to discuss on how she got affected and is taking it hard... while she just stares at him.
** At the end, Todd expects to see how Katy Perry and Lady Gaga do in their new, down-to-Earth way. Cut to their next singles, "E.T." and "Judas", which are about said artists "boinking monsters".
** And in the most awful moments of ''Rattle and Hum'', he claims {{U2}} never embarrassed themselves after said movie... before cutting to them dressed as the VillagePeople in "Discothéque".
** In "Give Me Everything", he sees a rock band in the top 10 of the Hot 100, and asks to hear the song as it might be a break from the constant party songs. Too bad that song was 'Tonight, Tonight' by Hot Chelle Rae, yet another dance song.
** In "Lighters", he asks for the song to begin expecting an angry song like {{Eminem}} used to do... only for the opening to be Bruno Mars in his piano.
** In "5 O'Clock", Todd says he knows how to party all night long. Cut to him playing video games.
** In "Drive By", he can't believe anyone could be turned on by [[Music/{{Train}} Pat Monahan]] comparing his love to garbage. Cut to a clip from ''[[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Trash Humpers]]''.
** He claims the success of Gotye and fun. (#1 and #2 at the Billboard 200) shows the general public wants songs with feeling. Then we see #3 to #5 is "Payphone" (Maroon 5 Featuring Wiz Khalifa), "Call Me Maybe" (Carly Rae Jepsen) and "Wild Ones" (Flo Rida) - two of which where reviewed by him later, and one was brought up reviewing "Titanium"...
* DesignatedHero:[[invoked]] He and the Rap Critic call out Mac of ''Mac & Devin Go To High School'' as one of these. He is repeatedly held back in school, only avoids expulsion by sleeping with the principal, and essentially ruins Devin's future in a manner that begs comparisons to ''TrainingDay''. The only thing he does that is portrayed positively is supplying pot... and the value of that is a debate of its own.
* DesignatedVillain: He calls attention to the ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'''s villain being this. [[invoked]]
* DespairEventHorizon:
** Nearly crossed in his review of "Blah Blah Blah".
** Arguably ''was'' crossed in his LadyGaga reviews.
--->'''Todd:''' '''''She is a demon from hell!'''''
** Yet again during his review for "3" when BritneySpears caused him to imagine PeterPaulAndMary having a threesome.
** Miley Cyrus' "Hoedown Throwdown" sent Todd into a horrible depression to the point where he threatened to end it all but was stopped when the song ended.
** The 2011 {{MTV}} [=VMAs=] prompted Todd to do an 18-minute, unscripted video in which he bemoans the bloated and [[NetworkDecay decayed]] FranchiseZombie [=MTV=] has become.
* DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: [[InUniverse He couldn't]] take ''[[{{U2}} Rattle And Hum]]'' anymore after they [[spoiler:showed Bono performing in front of Martin Luther King footage.]]
* {{Dissimile}}: He points out that "Head to Toe" by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (no. 6 on his list of worst hit songs of 1987), which is said to resemble Creator/{{Motown}}, isn't ''anything'' like Motown! He compares "Head to Toe" to an actual Motown song (more specifically, The Isley Brothers' "This Old Heart of Mine") and claims that "Head To Toe" is ''exactly'' like Motown... except without the tight musicianship, the soulful singing, or the longevity.
** Lesser example: he discusses that "The Lazy Song" is a "white guy with an acoustic guitar" song despite Bruno Mars not being white... and possibly not a guy.
** "Music/{{Eminem}} with his rabid legion of angry white guys! I was one of them... except I was not angry... and I'm not white" ([[RunningGag As far as you know]])
* DistaffCounterpart: He identifies "white chick with piano" as the distaff counterpart to "white guy with acoustic guitar."
* DodgyToupee: The HannahMontana wig he wears in "Whip My Hair" and the crossover with TheRapCritic (in the commentary for the former, Todd mentions it barely fit his head, and if he headbanged a little harder it'd fall).
* DontExplainTheJoke: "Only Sixteen", a hit by Sam Cooke that was later covered by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, is about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a guy who fell in love with a 16-year-old]]. That's far too young for him, because he's '''''SEVENTEEN'''''! ''A-hyuck, a-hyuck, a-hyuck!''
** When Todd comments that he knows next to nothing about Flo Rida's backstory, he says:
--->If I had to guess, I'd say he's probably from Miami... Partly because his name is Flo Rida. You know, [=Florida=], Flo Rida, [=Florida=]... You get it? [[SarcasmMode It's clever.]]
* DoubleEntendre: {{Defied}} by Todd in "Carry Out," in which he calls out a line, which doesn't even fit under a ''Single'' Entendre, but rather under a '''.3 Entendre'''.
* DoubleStandard / TheUnfairSex: His primary objection to Beyonce and her music. He ''really'' tears into her when he talks about "If I Were A Boy", calling out women for being just as guilty of everything she accuses men of being.
* DoubleTake: Many lyrics have Todd listening to them twice before giving a reaction.
* DownerEnding: The thinks the HannahMontana movie has one of these.
* DramaticIrony: Starting with the intro to the BlackEyedPeas cover of "Time Of Your Life", he decided he was being too negative and could still enjoy the song "unaware" of the approaching "dirty bit" change.
* DrivenToSuicide: Frequently.
** He asphyxiated himself with a grocery bag at the end of "[=BedRock=]".
** He strangled himself with his microphone cord during his cameo in Y Ruler of Time's review of SouljaBoy's "Anime".
** He beat himself to death with a book at the end of "Whatcha Say". (and stated that it ''hurt'' as he shot 8 takes, and [[JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell the book]] was one hell of a DoorStopper)
** He commits seppuku with a machete not three minutes into "Like a G6".
** He puts a gun to his head at the end of "Hannah Montana Pop Tour Guitar Game."
** He attempts to blow his brains out both on "Imma Be" and "Firework/Born This Way," only to fail, as the gun was a plastic toy.
** Subverted with "Hoedown Throwdown" from the ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', which was driving him into a depression making him question why he's even doing this. Fortunately, the song ended.
--->'''Todd:''' Oh wait, it's over. *Snaps out of it* This song sends me to some weird places.
* DrowningMySorrows: He had [[LadyGaga a damn good reason]] to get drunk a the end of "Your Love Is My Drug".
* DubStep:
** Just when Todd thought Pitbull's "Back In Time" song couldn't have anything less to do with Film/MenInBlack, he points out how [[SarcasmMode well adding Dubstep into a 1950's rock song blends so well together.]]
** Todd speculates that with the direction Music/TaylorSwift's music has already changed, her future musical stylings will be nothing but Dubstep and Autotune.
** He also discusses how Alex Clare's "Too Close" helped him understand the possible merit of dubstep in a pop context, and then doing a MoodWhiplash to proclaim the song in question to be "garbage".
* DudeNotFunny: Invoked when Todd wakes up from a hangover in "Your Love Is My Drug", he asks for something to brush his teeth with. He's handed [[MemeticMutation a bottle of Jack Daniel's]] and responds with this.
** Todd views radio [=DJs=] as this, when discussing Rick Dees.
*** Also invoked when he receives the ''HannahMontana'' game for his birthday.
** His take on "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" and its followup. It's not an aversion to BlackHumor, either; he directly compares both to "[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Christmas At Ground Zero]]", which deals with both themes.
* DullSurprise: Criticizes SelenaGomez for sounding "without giving off even the slightest hint of desire, excitement, eagerness or any emotion whatsoever" in "Come and Get It" (which he attributes to her only romantic experience having involved Justin Bieber).
* DVDCommentary: Two so far (both encompassing two episodes), "Eenie Meenie"/"OMG" and "Like a G6"/"Whip My Hair". He also took part in the one for the Lupa\Nostalgia Chick crossover.
* EarWorm: InUniverse.
** Referenced by name in "Deuces". [[DefiedTrope However, he calls the song an "Ear Snail"]] because it's slow, boring, and completely forgettable.
** He says in "E.T." that he likes his pop songs catchy. And said song doesn't fit, with a beat so minimalistic he compares it to [[{{Queen}} "We Will Rock You"]].
** Flo Rida's "Whistle" fits the standard definition, to the point that he has to beat it out of his own head with a bat.
** He ''INVOKES'' this upon [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] by dialing him up, asking him what day it is, then gently singing Music/RebeccaBlack's "Friday" before hanging up.
-->'''Linkara:''' [=*Goes back to reading his comic, and starts humming "Friday" before finally realizing what just happened.*=] ... OH GODDAMMIT, TODD!
** Discussed again in "Scream and Shout", with Todd stating that [[Music/TheBlackEyedPeas will.i.am]] gets the inspiration for his musical compositions from "awful, clattering, obnoxious sound[s]" such as "car alarms, jackhammers, vacuum cleaners, your neighbors having sex, [and] the dripping faucet that keeps you awake at night".
** "Little Things" by ''Music/OneDirection'' is so generic and forgettable that Todd admits he finds it impossible to keep the song in his head as soon as it stops playing. In fact, he keeps getting other songs stuck in his head ''while'' he's listening to it.
** Discusses this with the well-known beat to "Funky Town", stating one could get it stuck in their head for weeks.
-->'''Todd:''' And by the way, you're welcome!
* EarlyBirdCameo: Sometimes a song will be referenced in one video before getting a spot in a top-ten countdown or even a full review.
** "Scream and Shout" by Will.I.Am and BritneySpears actually made it into a top-ten countdown and then got a full review.
** "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)" by Eamon was the end-credits song for the Want U Back review, then got its own spot in the Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2004.
** He discussed Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me" briefly when talking about LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem", mostly about the nepotism involved in their success. He then fleshed out the details and dispelled a few misconceptions for the former in a One-Hit Wonderland episode two years later.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: His reaction to the video for "Sexy and I Know It".
* EleventyZillion: He has "seventy three bajillion dollars" in student loans to pay off yet.
* TheEndIsNigh: "Repent now or perish in the fourth circle of Hell... where "Like A G6" plays for eternity."
* EpicFail:
** His description of "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train after he learns that it is apparently their idea of a tribute to INXS.
--->'''Todd:''' You were trying to sound like this [clip from "New Sensation"] and instead you sound like this [clip from "Hey Soul Sister"]. My god... That's like if you try to make scrambled eggs... and instead you ''caught syphilis''!
*** And in his "Drive By" review, Todd theorizes that Train tried to make a boring song and somehow failed (not that the song was good, though).
** He says that "Cooler Than Me" by Mike Posner fails utterly because it's meant to be bitching about a girl, but it never actually explains why this girl is bad or anything she has done wrong, besides rejecting the narrator, instead only mentioning her attire (one point of which he mimics himself in the video!). He also points out that while Posner spends the entire song whining about how she rejected him and how much she sucks, the song ''itself'' is a last-ditch effort at picking her up.
** He complains that "Get Up and Boogie" by the Silver Convention fails to make you want to dance because it's a request rather than a command, contrasting it with C & C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat", and it lacks energy. It also doesn't help that the lyrics consist of six words (get, up, and, boogie, that's, right), the same amount of words as their other hit "Fly Robin Fly" (fly, robin, up, to, the, sky). He also notes that he rarely comments on the video footage he finds for songs, but he had to mention how absolutely ''bored'' the audience members looked in the TV performance clip he found for "Get Up and Boogie".
** He also says KanyeWest ruins any guest spot he's offered.
** Cher Lloyd somehow proved herself to be ''even WORSE'' than Ke$ha by ripping ''her'' off at the end of "Want U Back."
-->'''Cher:''' Just sound like a helicopta! BRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBR!
-->'''Todd:''' You mean "Here's the sound of you ripping off Ke$ha?" (I like your beard!) '''''YOU SUCK!!!'''''
* EroticEating: Todd points out the ridiculous food comparisons in "Carry Out" might be some poorly done version of this.
-->'''Todd:''' Ba-da-ba-ba-ba! I'm humpin' it!
** [[GilliganCut Guess what happens next...]]
--->'''Todd:''' (''at the end of his review'') [[UnusualEuphemism Mayonnaise]] everywhere.
* EscapistCharacter: Discusses this trope in his review of ''HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''. [[invoked]]
* EurekaMoment: At the end of his review of [[Music/CarlyRaeJepsen "Call Me Maybe"]], he wondered exactly how and where internet culture became so entranced with girliness and [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} Japanese-style cuteness]]... followed by a clip of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
-->"It all makes sense now."
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Considers waking up with Advertising/TheBurgerKing to be hot.
** "Ah, Usher. The women want him, and the men [[FreudianSlip want him.]] To ''be'' him! [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday The men want to be him!]]
* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped:
** The opening to LadyGaga's "Bad Romance".
** The line "Peter, Paul and Mary" from Britney Spears's "3" is interpreted as "Peedapayuwrmnr???eee".
** Becomes the set-up to a funny ShoutOut on "Whatcha say."
** He can't decipher the GratuitousItalian in "Born This Way".
** He stops to ponder what Kanye is actually saying in "E.T." (and is baffled at [[WordSaladLyrics the actual words]]).
** When Todd points out that Michael Stipe from REM is [[SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein frequently]] [[PerishingAltRockVoice quite difficult]] [[WordSaladLyrics to understand]], we get:
--->'''Michael's Subtitles:''' Used to know mountain good party frog/ Limes are down the wise men boo...
** "Come On, Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners:
--->"Poor old Johnnie Ray. Shada na na do do do na na na something something."\\
'''Todd:''' Ok, the lyrics were ''not'' what this song was known for...
* EveryoneHasStandards: In his "Club Can't Handle Me" review, Todd points out that even Ke$ha thinks Flo Rida is deadly dull, since she asked not to be credited for her part in "Right Round" because she thought being associated with Flo Rida would hurt her career.
** Todd himself has a few examples:
*** He lists soft rockers that unlike [[Music/{{Chicago}} Peter Cetera]] don't disturb him... but stops short before MichaelBolton (though with a DamnedByFaintPraise sentence).
*** When reviewing "Scream and Shout", he bumps it up a few positions in his Worst of 2012 list, but doesn't find it bad enough to surpass "Drive By".
*** In the [[MileyCyrus "Wrecking Ball"]] review, he complains on how the radio is filled with boring songs and asks for the return of his "old enemies" LilWayne and {{Kesha}}... but ''not'' ChrisBrown.
*** Subverted in his "Ghetto Supastar" OHW when he calls Pras the worst actor he has ever seen, and then starts to bring up Tommy Wiseau... and then reasserts his earlier statement.
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: '''DEEP LYRICAL ANALYSIS'''. [[invoked]]
** Now extended to BeetleBailey strips on Twitter as well.
* EveryoneIsSatanInHell: When Todd discovers the NumberOfTheBeast in "Like A G6", he becomes convinced that "This song isn't just stupid, it's actively brainwashing the masses in service of The Dark Lord!" [[invoked]]
** He considers but ultimately refuses to make the same claims about "Party Rock Anthem" based on its music video.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Todd's guess as to why part of "Bad Romance" is in French.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Averted greatly in the "Gorilla" video. He even questions why Music/BrunoMars seems to believe this, as he also used people in monkey masks in the "Lazy Song" video.
* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe.
** PlayedForLaughs at the end of "S&M". And kinda appears in "Club Can't Handle Me".
** Wild Cherry had two options to take in order to follow up "Play That Funky Music". They could either define themselves with their own original sound and try to find their own audience and the potential success it may bring, or they could do what the execs wanted them to do, and ride the sound of their number 1 single for as much as they could. The result was "Baby Don't You Know", which was pretty much the exact same song. Band founder and lead singer Rob Parissi acknowledged that this was a bad decision to make, but to his defense, he was highly pressured into doing it.
* FaceFramedInShadow: He even calls himself a "professional silhouette".
* FaceOfTheBand \ LesserStar: [[invoked]]
** He has a moment of FridgeLogic regarding this trope while reviewing the ''HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''. After all, if you're playing guitar on a Hannah Montana song, you're one of those guys standing on the side that everyone ignores while watching Hannah.
** Occasionally when reviewing BlackEyedPeas songs, he will snidely comment on the two less famous members. Examples include forgetting their StageNames when reviewing "Imma Be", showing an apl.de.ap clip from "Boom Boom Pow" while asking who he is, and wondering during his review of "The Time (Dirty Bit)" if Taboo was kicked out of the group and not told about it.
** He also makes similar comments about [[{{Eminem}} Bad Meets Evil]] in his "Lighters" review.
--->'''Todd:''' Now here's Royce, or as he is better known, "The Other Guy".
** He thinks this about MaroonFive, especially in "One More Night", to the point that he scribbles out the four members that are not AdamLevine, after which he writes his name in big, capital letters.
--->'''Todd:''' The rest of Maroon 5 should be ashamed for every note they played on this, by which I mean they shouldn't be ashamed at all, because I seriously doubt they played a single note on this soulless piece of dreck.
** His One-Hit Wonderland of "Ghetto Supastar" spends much of its length discussing Pras and his relevance (or lack of same) in the Fugees.
* FacePalm: While reviewing "Break Up" by Mario, Sean Garrett and Gucci Mane:
-->'''Song:''' Do anything for you, why would you wanna break up?[=/=]See I be driving through your hood[=/=]Why would you wanna break up?
-->'''Todd:''' Oh, you charmer, you. I ''was'' gonna leave, but then I found out that you were driving through my hood. Oh baby, I just can't let you go. *facepalms*
** His reaction on Music/KanyeWest's lyrics in [[Music/KatyPerry "E.T."]].
** Hey Todd, ''what's'' the name of LMFAO's album, again?
-->"See, it starts out with them going into comas from too much... *facepalms* ....party rockin'."
** And reacting to "But I'm an American Idol, gettin' money like Seacrest" in "Give Me Everything". Complete with elbowing the keyboard!
** LMFAO again, [[FanDisservice reacting to "Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle!"]]
* FailOSuckyname:
** In his review of "Cooler Than Me", Todd points out that "Mike Posner" is just a terrible name for a pop artist because it's not catchy or memorable or vaguely cool at all.
--->'''Todd:''' Taio Cruz is the name of a pop star. Mike Posner fixes your car.
*** He also refers to the song as "I Have No Star Qualities" by Nobody [=McLoser=].
* DarthWiki/FallenCreator: [[{{In-universe}} Todd has a few]] personal examples.
** Todd believes this happened to {{Usher}} after the successful ''Confessions'' album, as seen in his review of Usher's "OMG".
** He hopes for Chris Brown to subvert this... then he hears "Deuces".
** He starts losing faith in Bruno Mars after hearing "Grenade," but "The Lazy Song" causes Todd to utterly hate him. ("Lighters" didn't help his reputation either)
** His opinion of TheBeachBoys by the year 1976. Given their lackluster cover of "Rock And Roll Music", inspiring Henry Gross's "Shannon", giving credibility to the Captain & Tennille, writing "I Write The Songs"...
** His opinion on {{Eminem}}, even if ''Recovery'' was somehow a return to form.
** What he thinks happened to the BlackEyedPeas.
** Maroon 5 is an interesting case. While Todd makes it apparent that they definitely sold out and lost a lot of artistic integrity, he also didn't like a lot of their older, more angry-sounding songs, and actually considered "Moves Like Jagger" to be an improvement over most of their older stuff. Played much straighter in his "Payphone" review, where he admits that they did have some good older songs, and that their new single "Payphone" contained every aspect of selling out that he didn't like (such as a guest verse from Wiz Khalifa, cliche lyrics, and stereotypical production). Made even worse in his Worst of 2012 list, as he absolutely despised "One More Night".
*** WinBackTheCrowd: [[invoked]] Usher has since made several appearances on Todd's "Best Of" lists, and Mars made a recovery with "Young, Wild, and Free" and "Locked Out Of Heaven" both of which have made his Best of 2012 list. Not to mention "Treasure", which made it as high as #2 on his Best of 2013 list (though he did slip slightly with "Gorilla").
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop:[[invoked]] Todd gets really upset at the aesop to the ''Series/HannahMontana'' movie, which basically boils down to "Don't try to BeYourself, because nobody actually cares about the real you."
* FanDisservice: LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" video, which even makes [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]] call Todd out for refusing to continue the review because it features ugly men in speedos ("I sat through [[TrashHumpers a whole film where people had sex with garbage!]]").
-->The overriding theme of "Sexy and I Know It" is not physical attractiveness of the male body, but the diametric opposite.
** Also referenced in his review of "Blurred Lines", specifically the alternate version of the video where the women are topless. He says that while the original with the clothed women [[TheissTitillationTheory suggested that something might happen]] the topless version just makes the women look like bored strippers who know they aren't getting paid and loses any appeal instantly.
* FanonDiscontinuity: There is no such thing as [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob a pornographic E.T. adaptation.]] [[invoked]]
* FantasticRacism: After [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] begs Todd not to knife him, he accuses Film Brain of being a Hoodist.
* {{Fetish}}: [[{{In-universe}} "The stuff I am into is a lot weirder than [S&M].]] [[NoodleImplements A trombone is involved."]] [[spoiler:The review closes with him playing one and saying "Oh, yeaaahh" suggestively.]]
* FetishRetardant: LadyGaga does this for [[{{In-universe}} him]].
--> [...] Gaga will spend this video, oh let's see, being thrown into women's prison, being stripped naked, making out with another woman; and boy oh boy oh boy, I can't tell you how ''not'' turned on I am by any of this. Truly, Lady Gaga has mastered the art of being sexual without being even remotely sexy.
** Also, Film/{{ET The Extraterrestrial}}. He mentions that "There's no way someone can be turned on by ET. If there was, only if with [[ParallelPornTitles a porno version of ET]]. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And if it existed, I would have heard of it by now.]]" ([[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob one of his co-workers]] reviewed "E.T. the Porno"; after the {{beat}}, he even mentions his comments section will be flooded if such a work exists).
** In the video for RobinThicke's "Blurred Lines", the women having "[[DullSurprise the dead-eyed faces]] of strippers mad they won't get tipped".
** He says that MileyCyrus' attempts at HotterAndSexier end up as this, given she looks like "someone Photoshopped boobs on Justin Bieber".
* {{Filth}}: He calls out BritneySpears and {{Rihanna}} on this.
* FlatWhat: Commonly.
* FloweryElizabethanEnglish: "How dare thy stain mine good lady's name! Her, the most sexiest of all beotches!"
* FollowTheLeader:
** On "Replay", he mentions Iyaz is just one in a line of Akon knockoffs.
** On "Deuces", he discusses on Chris Brown's absence leading to similar artists appearing... and eventually bringing this on Brown himself: "But why settle for a bunch of second-string, washout Usher-wannabes, when you can have the original Usher-wannabe?"
** On "Moves Like Jagger", he says the song incorporates two things popular at the moment, whistling and gratuitous usage of [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger's]] name (especially considering how Jagger actually dances...).
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of his "Your Love is My Drug" review, it is revealed that [[spoiler: LadyGaga's "Alejandro" is what drove him to drink]].
** In BennettTheSage's "Top 5 Best/Worst Cover Songs", Todd asks him to make a song countdown while he escaped from LMFAO. Guess what was [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/party-rock-anthem-a-pop-song-review-by-todd-in-the-shadows-5456101 his following review?]]
** Also, during the ''From Justin to Kelly'' crossover he has trouble doing a review on Gotye and fun. His next review [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/we-are-young-and-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-6151038 covered both]].
** His Twitter always drops clues on his next video.
** When putting "Young, Wild & Free" on the list of the Best Songs of 2012, he notes that the video revolves around a movie he's not sure even exists, ''Mac & Devin Go To High School''. "Doesn't really sound like a great movie to be honest. But this song makes such a good case for it, I kinda wanna see it anyway. Hope I don't regret saying that." One week later...
* ForScience: At one point on "Hey Soul Sister" he raises a theory concerning Pat Monahan's sudden pitch range.
-->Gentlemen, the operation was a complete success! We have taken this man's vocal cords and successfully replaced them with a squeaking rubber ducky!\\
...Why did we do that?
* TheFourChordsOfPop: Todd makes a RunningGag of pointing these out. Each time he does so, [[SanitySlippage he gets a little more annoyed]]:
** Its use in Music/TaylorSwift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" signals her final step in moving from a Country/Pop singer to full on Pop.
-->'''Todd:''' Pop song chords: They own music. They own the world. They own you. '''DEAL WITH IT.'''
** He lists this as a reason for hating the original "Cruise" by Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine (later featuring Nelly):
-->'''Todd:''' Pop song chords: OH GOD MAKE IT STOP!
** In the "[[Music/MileyCyrus Wrecking Ball]]" review:
-->'''Todd:''' Pop song chords: [[ResistanceIsFutile No. No. YES!]]
** It finally comes to a head when talking about "[[Music/ImagineDragons Demons]]", including a short rant about them as evidence that the artist has stopped trying.
-->'''Todd:''' Pop song cho--[[ScreamerPrank AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH]]!
** When tearing into Passenger's "Let Her Go" in his Worst of 2013 video, Todd doesn't say anything at all. Instead he splices in the still image & [[Music/{{Journey}} music]] into the song.
** When they show up again in "All Of Me", he brings in Kali to play the chords for him.
* FreakyFridayFlip: Invoked in his dual review of [=OneRepublic=]'s "Counting Stars" and Imagine Dragons's "Demons", where he is convinced that they somehow switched with each other. Each song sounded exactly the way he thought the other song would sound like.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: In his and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''Film/FromJustinToKelly,'' he wonders why girls always have a "token evil friend."
-->'''Kaya:''' Why are we friends with her again?
-->'''Todd:''' That's a good question!
* FridgeBrilliance: [[invoked]]
** In his review of the ''HannahMontana'' video game, he wonders how, with all of the songs being centered around Hannah/Miley's double life, none of her in-show fans have figured out that Hannah and Miley are the same person... and then he says that he came up with the following idea: none of her fans imagine that Hannah would have/need a double life, so they don't suspect her of having one.
** "I just realized. [[WillSmith Will]] and Jada named their kids Willow and Jaden."
* FridgeHorror: [[{{In-Universe}} Strikes him right in the face]] when he finally deciphers the lyrics to "3".
** In "We Can't Stop" he concludes from the drug references that what Miley Cyrus can't stop doing isn't partying, but taking drugs. It's called chemical dependency.
* FridgeLogic: [[invoked]]
** One of his many issues with ''Series/HannahMontana: The Movie''.
** His response to Willow Smith's suggestion to whip your hair even if you don't have long hair.
** At a certain point of "Grenade", he points out that "On our first kiss, had your eyes wide open, why were they open?" is paradoxical.
** He asks on Rihanna singing about how "she likes to be tied up and beaten", when... [[Music/ChrisBrown you]] [[DomesticAbuse know]]. (it gets even more uncomfortable when she goes "make my body say ah ah ah.")
* FromBadToWorse: Todd hoped that Justin Bieber's Christmas song might actually be listenable, but prepares himself that it might be as bad as his other songs. He was not prepared for a [[BerserkButton White Guy With Acoustic Guitar Song]].
* FunnyBackgroundEvent / FreezeFrameBonus: Todd has made a point that whenever you see him on the computer there's always something embarrassing or silly on screen.
** In "Hey Soul Sister", his monitor flashes PushingUpRoses' website.
** In the "Like a G6" review, as a CallBack, his desktop picture consists entirely of pictures of ObscurusLupa.
** In "S&M", his desktop is Fatty Bear (from a game he played with Roses) in a "No" sign.
** In "Scream and Shout", as unlike Todd expected the song is still on the charts, he scratches it from a list of predictions including "Film/{{Battleship}} sweeps Oscars, Grammys, Nobels" and "Mayan Apocalypse happens 2 months late".
* FunWithAcronyms:
** '''T'''odd '''I'''n '''T'''he '''S'''hadows. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Heh.]] Surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] on the acronym-happy and sometimes gaffe-prone Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses main site, where he is known as "TODD", "[=ShadowTodd=]" or TIS instead.
** When a poster pointed this out to him on his subforum, he jokingly said he would change his name to '''N'''ick '''U'''nder '''T'''he '''S'''hadows to save face.
** [[{{Usher}} Overwhelming Marital Grief]].
* FunWithSubtitles: The "hidden meanings" in "Sexy Chick".
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* TheGenericGuy: He considers Music/FloRida to be this.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Todd wonders how on Earth the video for "Sexy Bitch" got past the censors because it is essentially softcore porn.
* GilliganCut: In "OMG." Naturally, doubles as HypocriticalHumour.
-->'''Todd:''' How does this even happen? To sing those lines, to write those lines, to conceive those lines, to help record those lines, to have anything at all to do with those lines, you would have to be one of the ''stupidest'' people ever to walk the face of the Earth!! [Beat] ... Hmm.\\
[GilliganCut]\\
'''Todd (to ObscurusLupa over Skype):''' Shawty, you got a booty like POW POW POW! And, and, and and and you got some boobies like WOW OH WOW!
** He argues that the beat for "Blah Blah Blah" sounds like someone chucking objects at a keyboard. Guess what occurs next?
** And also the one listed under CultureClash.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: [[{{in-universe}} In the "Black and Yellow" review,]] Todd is all kinds of confused about why the rapper's girlfriend would be okay with him cheating with her best friend. When what's actually going on finally hits him, he calls him a "lucky son of a bitch."
** Averted in the "Telephone" review; see the quote above at Fetish Retardant.
* {{Glurge}}: [[{{in-universe}} In "The Lazy Song" review]], Todd says the "white guy with an acoustic guitar" genre is seemingly gentle and happy songs which are just smug attempts for the singer to rub in your face how they don't have any problems, especially the reviewed song.
* GodwinsLaw: Todd suggests Hitler among the people with more credibility than Ryan Seacrest.
* GoneMadFromTheRevelation: In "Like a G6", he comes to the conclusion that all bad pop music is the work of Satan!
--> '''Todd:''' I knew it! I knew it all along!! Bad pop music! All this bad pop music! I knew it! IT'S THE WORK OF THE DEVIL!! Corrupting our minds! Destroying the world! He's coming! [[LargeHam COMING FOR YOU AND YOUR SOULS!!]] Repent! Swear on the good book [[spoiler:(cut to the autobiography of JohnnyCash)]] and you may yet be saved! Repent now or perish in the 4th circle of hell... [[FateWorseThanDeath Where "Like a G6" plays for eternity...]]
** PawDugan has this when Todd shows Sia collaborating with Flo Rida and DavidGuetta.
** In "Imma Be," Todd's game of Finish the Rhyme goes horribly wrong.
--> '''Will.i.am:''' ''Imma be a brother, but my name ain't Lehman''
--> '''Will.i.am:''' ''Imma be ya bank, I be loaning out-''
--> '''Todd:''' Um... I don't know. [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]]? [[VideoGame/HalfLife G-Man]]? C- oh. No. No. [[NoJustNoReaction NononoNONONONONO-]]
--> '''Willi.am:''' ''Imma be ya bank/ I be loaning out [[spoiler: semen.]]''
--> '''Todd:''' (grips his hoody, screaming) WHY DID THAT JUST HAPPEN?!
* GoshDangItToHeck: The "G" in Usher's "OMG" actually stands for Gosh. Todd reacts to this [[{{Facepalm}} in the way you'd expect him to]].
** He also reacts badly to Bruno Mars' use of "frickin'" in "The Lazy Song".
** He's angered by the existence and popularity of "Forget You" and its ''{{Glee}}'' arrangement, and considered putting it on his Worst of 2011 list.
* GrammarNazi: In "Eenie Meenie", Todd casually goes into detail to point out how the line "Shawty is '''a''' eenie meenie miney mo lover" should really be "Shawty is '''an''' eenie meenie miney mo lover." He then proceeds to '''[[BerserkButton RAGE]]''' in anger over just how stupid the lyrics really are.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: The DL incident.
* GroinAttack: He's compared most of Bruno Mars' output to that of a nut-shot victim.
** And writer's block led to a TopTenList [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/top-ten-groin-shots-in-movies-6230234 of them]].
* GrowingTheBeard: As Todd reuploads his Website/YouTube videos, he says his reviews only got real good by the third episode, "Party in the USA".[[invoked]]
* GuiltyPleasures: [[{{in-universe}} Todd has several]]. During his review of "Dark Horse", he made it clear that, to him, a guilty pleasure is something he likes but can't point to a good thing about -- like the first example on this list...
** He used to feel this way regarding Music/KatyPerry. Of all the songs he put on his "Best of 2009" list, "Hot 'n' Cold" was the one he came closest to feeling guilty for, and when he put two of her songs on his "Best of 2010" list, he said he was past calling it a guilty pleasure and at the point of calling it shame. (While reviewing "E.T.", Todd was happy Perry again had a song he didn't like the least bit!) This ended when Katy released her album ''Prism'', though, as he felt that all of the songs on it were worthless, to the point of coloring her past songs for him.
** "S&M". He admits that the song's quality is questionable, but he still sings along with it.
** Repeatedly brought up in his Best of 2012 list. While he celebrates being free of liking a Katy Perry song that year, he now has to deal with putting [=Ke$ha=] ("Die Young") and Flo Rida ("I Cry") on the list, including defending the latter choice from the Rap Critic. He even admits to nearly putting Pitbull ("International Love") on the list.
** During his review of [[Music/MileyCyrus "We Can't Stop"]] and [[Music/SelenaGomez "Come and Get It"]], he nearly admits to being a fan of ''Series/{{Victorious}}'', saying that its stars have tons more charisma than the Creator/DisneyChannel's {{teen idol}}s and can sing circles around them... only to [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial hastily claim]] that he doesn't watch the show.
** Speaking of Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} {{kid com}}s, the review for "Sexy Chick" ended with Todd saying that he's gonna go off to read some classic literature, with the caption claiming he was really going off to watch pirated ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' episodes.
-->"Hey, ''SHUT UP!''"
** He was embarrassed at the fact that he actually liked Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever", having gone into the review preparing to rip it to shreds.
* {{Handguns}}: He has a fake gun, used in four reviews (in three, [[DrivenToSuicide Todd puts it on himself]]) and one crossover (in ''SuburbanKnights'', JewWario gets the gun on his chin after he tries to unmask Todd).
* HappyEndingOverride: He criticizes {{A-ha}}'s "The Sun Always Shines On TV" for [[ShaggyDogStory completely]] [[DiabolusExMachina undoing]] the heartwarming ending of "Take On Me" in the first minute.
* HarsherInHindsight:[[invoked]] He actually ''invokes'' this, although subtly. In his best songs of 2011 review, he flashes back to 2009 when Adele won the grammy for Best New Artist. He rants at the TV, saying "we already have an Amy Winehouse and she's much more interesting!" Sadly we wouldn't have an Amy Winehouse for that much longer.
* HateFic: Started [[http://trollingchrisbrown.tumblr.com a Tumblr blog]] dedicated to hating Chris Brown. Something he '''PROMISED HIMSELF''' he would ''NEVER'' do.
* [[HeadDesk Head Keyboard]]: In his review of "Paparazzi".
** Also in his Top 10 of 2011, [[spoiler:because he's putting Katy Perry among the best songs of the year ''again''!]]
* HeadTiltinglyKinky: He has a fetish. It's kinkier than sadomasochism. It involves a trombone.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Bruno Mars, in a sense. He was on the Best of 2010 list (with an honourable mention on the Worst of 2010 List), the Worst of 2011, the Best of 2012 (twice!), and the Best of 2013. Todd ''loathes'' "the Lazy Song" but likes its cousin "Young Wild and Free", despairs at "Lighters," seems somewhat uncomfortable with both "Grenade" and "Gorilla", thinks "Locked out of Heaven" is awesome musically but over-dramatic lyrically, likes "Nothin' on You" because it seems like genuine love, and ''adores'' "Treasure" (stating that he played it almost every day for a year) despite the fact that it's not nearly as genuine. Phew!
* HehHehYouSaidX:
** His only comment on Taio Cruz's song "Dynamite" is snickering at the line "I'm in the club so I'm gonna do, do, do, do."
-->'''Todd:''' He's gonna do do do do. He's gonna doo-doo. *snort*
** "Hate you break it to you, Wiz... *snort* Wiz."
* HeroicBSOD: Todd ''INVOKES'' this in PawDugan, whose view of Indie artist Sia being nothing short of a musical goddess who can do no wrong is sent crashing down to earth when Todd tells him that ''his'' exposure to her is from a Flo Rida song followed up by a collaboration with DavidGuetta.
* HeroicSacrifice: Todd makes one saving ObscurusLupa from THE BIRDS!!! at the end of her ''Birdemic: Shock and Terror'' review. [[spoiler: Too bad it was all a fake documentary...]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: Invoked. Todd makes a realization that the same actor who played "Cowpie Clyde" from the Hanna Montana movie also appeared in one of Music/TaylorSwift's videos.
** Also invoked in his Worst Pop Songs of 2004 video when he finds out that Lloyd sung the hook on "Bedrock", which he considers to be one of the worst songs he's ever reviewed.
-->'''Todd:''' Oh, what else has he done?\\
''[[DescriptionCut The video for Bedrock plays]]''.
-->'''Todd''' Oh, it's '''that''' guy! The Bedrock douche! He sung the hook on one of the worst songs I ever covered!\\
* HiddenTrack:
** In a web original example, Todd uploaded a video to his Blip account that was not linked on his TGWTG page. It was [[http://toddspopsongreviews.blip.tv/file/3837070/ a cover version]] of the Carole King song "It's Too Late".
** He did it again in the same manner not much later -- [[http://toddspopsongreviews.blip.tv/file/4106940/ a short mashup]] of MarcyPlayground's "Sex and Candy" and Akon's "I Wanna Love You".
** And yet another one, [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/hidden-track-2-5209805 a cover of "Somebody's Baby"]] by JacksonBrowne.
* HilariousInHindsight: Invoked.
** Todd drops the trope name when talking about Lionel Richie's father-daughter song "Ballerina Girl", and how the song takes on a new meaning when you remember his daughter is Nicole Richie.
** Eminem going from "homophobic who warrants protests from gays" to "rapper who [[InvokedTrope does]] HoYay songs with Dr. Dre and Royce Da 5'9".
** Todd mentions that ''Rockwell'''s "Somebody's Watching Me" fits appropriately into context with the National Security Agency debacle.
* HoYay: Todd points out that "Sexy Bitch" sounds like something girls get called by their [[PetHomosexual gay best friends]]. Cut to a scene from the music video of Akon {{glomp}}ing David Guetta. [[invoked]]
* HopeSpot: He suggests that pop songs set in clubs are on the way out, evidenced by the success of songs like "Rolling In the Deep" by {{Adele}} and "Fuck You" by Cee Lo Green... before spending the next 3 reviews looking at more of them..
* HotterAndSexier: He discusses on how Rihanna's post-[[DarkerAndEdgier "Russian Roulette"]] singles are raunchier and raunchier.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: ''Music/JayZ'' and ''Music/JustinTimberlake'' worry that this will be waiting for them if they screw up and fall from the limelight of fame and publicity in "Holy Grail". Todd has to point out all the success that Jay Z has had over his entire career, including every album going platinum, being married to ''Music/{{Beyonce}}'', fathering a healthy baby girl, owning his own record company and part of major sport teams, and his net worth being over half a billion dollars. Unlike their comparisons to Mike Tyson and ''Music/MCHammer'', Todd seriously doubts that either one of them will fall on hard times if they happen to hit a low point in their careers.
* HumanoidAbomination: LadyGaga, according to his theory.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** On Lady Gaga's appearance in the piano version of "Poker Face":
--->'''Todd:''' What kind of person makes some creepy, weird video of themselves where you can't see their eyes?!? That's just '''crazy''', right?
** On Justin Bieber's dressing habits:
--->'''Todd:''' Stupid gray hoodie pulled up over his head. You look like a loser dressed like that, Bieber. A LOSER!
** He criticizes the Internet fad of dubbing ImogenHeap's "Hide And Seek" over melodramatic death scenes as a prelude to reviewing Jason Derulo's "Whatcha Say". Eventually the song's continued decrease in quality [[DrivenToSuicide drives him to beat himself to death]]. A {{beat}}. Cue Imogen Heap.
** He expresses bewilderment over how anyone could enjoy BDSM, despite the fact that his enjoyment of terrible songs is basically a form of masochism.
** In a DescriptionCut in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', when she asks him to spend some time with her, he tells her to stop calling him and hangs up. "Geez, some people can't take a goddamn hint."
*** Then in Todd's review of "E.T.", shortly after Lupa calls him out, he is rude to the Chick and sends her away.
*** And in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance":
-->'''Chick''': Maybe it's about not wasting your time with some tramp that's not available and be happy with awesome, clever, funny girl who's right in front of you!\\
'''Todd''': Yeah, I know! Isn't that horrible?
** His "Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2010" opens with him ranting about how his fellow reviewers are a bunch of nerds. Less than thirty seconds later he references ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact''.
** When he discusses that JustinTimberlake left music to make funny videos on the internet: "Pff, what an idiot."
** '...I'm guessing a lot of you haven't heard of (LilyAllen), unless you're one of those Pitchfork-reading snobs who constantly namedrops Europop singers (because) they're sooo much better than our American crap. [[MotorMouth By the way, that last album by Swedish pop star Robyn was actually really good and she's way better than that Ke$ha crap, you should totally listen to it]].'
** In "Drive-By", he points out that the lyrics involve a girl who the singer won't score with again, and asks him to move on... before talking to his Lupa pictures.
** After berating Todd for his alleged promotion of promiscuity all through his review of "Just a Kiss", [[spoiler:Jesus]] ends it by saying that [[YouNeedToGetLaid Todd Needs to Get Laid]].
** After getting angry at Rednex for dressing up as stereotypical Southerners and calling themselves Rednex without knowing a thing about the South (probably), and saying that 'rednecks' is for Southerners and actual rednecks only, there's a quick subtitle that just says 'Todd was born in San Diego'.
* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** Invoked courtesy of "Alejandro", and decidedly exaggerated.
** 2013's awful music broke him so badly that, at the start of his Best of 2013 list, he needed bourbon to gain the will to go on with the show.
** Subverted with "Swimming Pools (Drank)", apart of his Best of 2013 list. He has no idea whether the song is supporting or condoning drinking.
* IceCreamKoan: Pointed out in his "Tonight..." review:
-->'''Enrique:''' If I never lied/ Then baby, you'd be the truth.\\
'''Todd:''' Is that some kind of zen thing? What the fuck did ''that'' mean?
* IconicSongRequest: In the episode for "Closing Time", he mentions it is one for piano players, along with [[Music/{{Journey}} "Don't Stop Believing"]], [[JohnLennon "Imagine"]]...
** NeverHeardThatOneBefore: ...and [[BillyJoel "Piano Man"]], which as he mentioned [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=17721&start=40#p202632 here]], is kind of a BerserkButton of his.
* IdiotSavant: Todd acknowledges that Will.I.Am has always been the brains behind Music/TheBlackEyedPeas, and admits a "grudging respect" for him for being this. "Scream & Shout" is basically all the worst aspects of his (and Britney Spears') talents.
-->'''Todd:''' An artist with a distinct style and a claim to an Auteur status while being a complete moron. The "Creator/MichaelBay" of music, if you will.
* IfIWantedXIWouldY: Said of the video for "Payphone" that if he wanted to watch a video of a crime spree for a song about payphones, he would watch "Telephone" by LadyGaga again.
* IgnoringBySinging: Todd interprets the lyrics of "Titanium" as this.
* ImAManICantHelpIt: His reasoning for placing Rihanna's "Rude Boy" on his list of top 10 hits of 2010.
* ImportFilter: His assessment of British pop music. He feels that when it's good (like Music/TheBeatles, Music/EllieGoulding, or Music/{{Adele}}), it lives up to its reputation and is arguably better than anything that America has to offer. However, he also feels that, as bad as Americans think they have it with their own awful pop music, at least they never had to suffer through the Cheeky Girls, Crazy Frog, Jedward, or the slew of ''[[Series/TheXFactor X-Factor]]'' runners-up, and praises Americans for at least having the good taste to prevent talent shows from dominating their pop music world. He's also grateful that America's first experience with Music/CherLloyd was the merely bad "Want U Back" rather than the unbearable "Swagger Jagger", and greets the possibility that Music/OneDirection's success may mean another [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]] with a degree of trepidation.
** However, he does give props to the UK pop music scene for one thing:
-->"At least you're not the rest of Europe." ''<shows the logo of the EurovisionSongContest>''
* IncrediblyLamePun: Both {{Lampshaded}} by Todd in his work and pointed out in the awful lyrics of "Carry Out", which are mostly food {{Double Entendre}}s linked together in lyrical form.
-->'''Todd:''' I'd like to dip ''my'' [=McNuggets=] in your special sauce!
** "Fittingly enough, a song called 'Whistle' totally blows!"
*** Which is still more tasteful than the DoubleEntendre that the song itself is based on.
* IneffectualDeathThreat:
** He dishes one to the lead singer of Train for writing such horrible lyrics in "Hey Soul Sister".
--->'''Patrick:''' So gangsta, I'm so thug.\\
'''Todd:''' ... '''[[PrepareToDie I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU!]]'''
** He threatens to plug Will.i.am during "The Time.":
-->'''[=Will.i.am=]''': I don't wanna take no pictures, I just wanna take some shots!\\
'''Todd''': [cocks gun] That can be arranged.
** He closes "Grenade" by [[spoiler:throwing the eponymous item at Bruno.]]
* InNameOnly: Music/JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" is described as "Christmas carol in name only".
* InsultBackfire:
** He attempts to burn Gucci Mane by comparing him to SouljaBoy only to learn the two of them have done a collaboration.
** Todd describes the titular taunt of Mike Posner's hit "Cooler Than Me" as too easy to respond to with a resounding "Yes, I do!"
--->'''Todd:''' I think 12 year olds who write [[SlashFic gay]] ''SonicTheHedgehog'' [[RuleThirtyFour porn]] FanFiction are cooler than you!
*** He also notices Posner crosses this with HypocriticalHumor, as the song goes "you got designer shades, just to hide your face and you wear them around like you're cooler than me"... and he wears shades through most of the music video.
* InsultToRocks: As much as he dislikes Mike Posner, Todd finds Allmusic's comparing him to Asher Roth to be much harsher than anything he could come up with.
-->'''Todd:''' Damn Allmusic, what did Mike Posner ever do to you?
** He can't call adult alternative "lifeless" because he actually likes "[[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies RE: Your Brains.]]"
** Basically the entire point of the review of OneDirection's "Best Song Ever", where he claims it's terrible because it's a ripoff of Baba O'Reily that only makes sense if it's about how being with the right girl can make music sound better...and then admits that Baba O'Reily is a great song that they paid a decent homage to, and on top of that he really likes the premise of the lyrics. Oops.
** Probably unintentional, but "Roar" is his pick for Worst Song of 2013, which means he leaves it playing under his commentary about how terrible the song is and how terrible 2013 was in general for music. This makes the song seem like inspiring background music for Todd's rant. Somewhat lampshaded when he ends the review with "You're gonna hear ''me'' roar - SCREW 2013!"
* IntercourseWithYou: Todd can no longer listen to Peter, Paul and Mary without interpreting the lyrics as obscene thanks to "3." Later in the review, he (sarcastically) calls himself out on such.
** He complains about this on {{T-Pain}}'s "5 O'clock", and proceeds to see how he do this with samples of various songs.
* [[IRememberItLikeItWasYesterday I Remember It Like It Was Last Week]]: Parodied in his first Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses episode. After hearing the ear-piercing "Blah Blah Blah", Todd recalls the fond memories of the years of support on That Guy With The Glasses, recalling that it seemed like a week ago that he started right before [[TenMinuteRetirement "departing"]], and "exits" by quoting Creator/ConanOBrien's farewell speech from his last episode of ''TheTonightShow''.
* IronicEchoCut:
-->'''Todd''': Does this guy know how to do anything but celebrate?\\
'''Flo Rida''': ♪CELEBRATE, THAT'S ALL I KNOW!♪\\
'''Todd''': [[DeadpanSnarker Not surprised.]]
** In "Party Rock Anthem", asking if the song will ask "PUT YOUR HANDS UP!"... and later if it will play this line on loop.
** In "Titanium", Todd feels as if the lyrics are variants on "Sticks and stones can't break my bones". Then Sia sings that exact line...
* IsItSomethingYouEat: One of Todd's [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=17721&start=40#p202632 reasons why he "won't" appear in crossovers any time soon]]:
-->'' Let's see, there was this little conversation with one of the anime people''\\
'''Them:''' i'm editing a video. Manga related\\
'''Me:''' [Todd] ahhhh\\
'''Me:''' i've heard of manga\\
'''Me:''' it's some kind of japanese thing\\
'''Them:''' yep!\\
'''Me:''' is it a food of some kind?\\
'''Them:''' ... close enough.
* ItMakesSenseInContext: Retroactively invoked; he admits the opening speech of "The Lazy Song" that said speech was necessary to help understand what he meant by "white guy with an acoustic guitar" music.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Apparently what he thought about {{Adele}} when she won the Grammy for Best New Artist.
-->''*while playing "Someone Like You" on his keyboard* Yeah, this is why my friends call me Nostradamus.''
** He also said this about the Neon Trees in his Top 10 Best Pop songs of 2010, saying they will never have a hit again. Their latest hit "Everybody Talks" peaked 7 places higher than their 2010 hit "Animal" ever did. Nostradamus indeed.
** And his prediction that "Scream and Shout" will go away before he's done with his year-end top 10 lists was nothing short of hilariously wrong, as it has gone on to be one of the biggest hits of 2013 thus far. This eventually forced him to cave in and due a full review, half of which is him mocking himself on this failed prediction, and realizing that the song was far worse than he originally thought. He even bumps it up from a 5th to a 3rd place on his Worst Hit-Songs of 2012 list, and it makes the honorable mentions for his Worst Hit Songs of 2013 List.
* ItsTheSameSoItSucks:[[invoked]] Several times.
** On the "Worst of 2012" list, he criticizes Train for this on "50 Ways to Say Goodbye", which he calls "the same damn song" as "Drive By"… made worse by the fact that he didn't like "Drive By" either.
** On the Rednex episode of "One Hit Wonderland", he criticizes "Pop in an Oak" as being a blatant rehash of their big hit "Cotton Eye Joe", only without the authenticity lent to the latter by sampling a bluegrass standard.
** When reviewing Dead or Alive also for "One Hit Wonderland", he points out that pretty much all their songs sound just like "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", and that even ''that'' song is too much energy for him to take in all at once, much less spread out over their entire discography.
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* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Japan Loves Mr. Big]]: Invoked. Todd calls this trope out by name, saying that the Germans don't love David Hasslehoff nearly as much as Japan loved Mr. Big. They were a One Hit Wonder band in America, but they hit mega-time success in Japan. They're [[JustForPun Big In Japan.]]
* JawDrop: Happens twice in "Deuces"
** The oral sex reference, preceding his ShowerOfAngst
** The line about Ike Turner
* JeopardyThinkingMusic: Used in the "Replay" review when he tries to figure out how to pronounce "Iyaz", then again in the "The Time (Dirty Bit)" review when trying to figure out what they plan to rhyme with "maggots".
* JustEatGilligan: One of his complaints about "Telephone".
** He also composes, on the spot, a similarly toned song, "Itchy Leg".
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:[[invoked]] Todd points out that he was lucky to find whatever footage he could use for his review of "Monster Mash", saying that the movie that Bobby Pickett had a major appearance in is extremely difficult to find on any media format, and that his BorisKarloff impression was so spot on, that Boris himself even once sang the song, but any video footage of that has been long lost to history.
* LastSecondWordSwap: "I love beating Chris Brown as much as he likes beating... eggs for his famous homestyle breakfast"
** A more subtle one, from the same review: "In February of 2009, the pop world was shocked when rising R&B superstar Chris Brown viciously and brutally assaulted his...chances for a long term career"
** Subverted, in "Top 10 of 2011". "If there's a single person in the universe who doesn't like this song (Fuck You by CeeLoGreen), I haven't met them and I don't care to. But if you're out there, whoever you are, wherever you are... I disagree with your opinions. [''beat''] And fuck you."
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: "Back In Time" by Pitbull was so unbelievably horrible that he asks J to help him out and neuralizes his mind to make him forget that he was even reviewing the song.
* LesYay: [[invoked]] Even Todd notices the subtext between Miley and Lily in ''HannahMontana: TheMovie.''
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: In what probably is a parody, Todd tries to make a song with an acoustic guitar. EpicFail ensues, particularly for the thing being out of tune, and he gives up saying "guitar isn't my instrument".
* LimitedSoundEffects: Used to complain about repetitive\overtly simple beats. Example, describing the sound of AliciaKeys' "No One"
--> '''Todd''': ''Bash, thud, thud, thud, bash, thud, thud, thud, bash, thud, thud, thud, bash, thud, bash, bash, HONK!... HONK!''
* LineOfSightName: 70's rock band Wild Cherry named themselves after a box of Luden's cough drops and never bothered to change it.
* LiteralMinded: He's been accused of this, and discusses it in "E.T.". Then he tries to see it as "falling in love with a let's say, black, guy" instead of BoldlyComing... making Kanye's guest spot even worse! (see UnfortunateImplications below)
* LosingHorns: Used in the "Black and Yellow" review when he points out that the song was used as an anthem for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but that they lost.
* LoudOfWar: In the intro to "Club Can't Handle Me", [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic]] threatens Todd with the dreaded "Hoedown Throwdown" if he didn't get back to reviewing music.
* LoveItOrHateIt: This is how he feels about the BlackEyedPeas. If they did a good song in his opinion, he loves it. If he doesn't like it, he ''really'' doesn't like it. [[invoked]]
* LyricalDissonance: He calls this on Stephen Stills' "Love The One You're With".
** And says that [[MileyCyrus "We Can't Stop"]] is the most depressing party song ever.
* LyricalShoehorn: In-universe. This is a huge pet peeve of his, with Train being the greatest offender.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex: He discusses this mentality when reviewing "Sexy Bitch", and compares it with Akon's alternate viewpoint: "Bitch-Whore Complex". Or is that "Chick"?
* ManipulativeEditing: Played for laughs: he will often have the target of the review (or another celebrity) carry out a punchline or two.
* MarySue: [[{{In-Universe}} His main criticism]] of the protagonist of ''[[MariahCarey Glitter]]''.
* MediumAwareness: Apparently he can see the subtitles on-screen.
--> '''Todd:''' Fix that.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Invoked and quoted in the Top 10 Best Pop Songs Of 2012 when he celebrates having no Katy Perry songs on the list that year and declares the end of her reign... and lists a Ke$ha song instead.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: He points out that the metaphors in "Carry Out", "Eenie Meenie" and "Your Love Is My Drug" are extended to the point where they stop making sense.
** Todd himself falls victim to it in his "Scream and Shout" review, where he compares Will.I.Am to a Hungry Man frozen dinner, then begins to rant about what he hates about Hungry Man dinners.
* MindScrew: His reaction to the music videos to "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "S&M".
* MomentOfAwesome: Invoked by Todd, who considers the fact that he has just successfully transcribed "Whip My Hair" to piano an achievement comparable to mastering the classic symphonies.
** In a commentary, he admitted that when he was playing it, he actually was using information he found on the Internet. He originally ''did'' figure it out by ear, but when it came time to do the review, he had forgotten how.
* {{Mondegreen}}: Often discussed in his reviews.
** Ever heard of "Yellow Is My Drug" by [[{{Kesha}} Ke$ha]]? The song she did with {{Coldplay}}?
** "I'm a bee! I'm a bee! I'm a I'm a I'm a bee!"
--->'''Todd:''' You're thinking it, I'm thinking it, Vice President Biden is thinking it.
** Eenie meenie miney mo '''''lava'''''...?
** Throw my head on a plate for ya!
** One, two, three, why don't me, you, and me...
--->'''Todd:''' How many Britneys are there in this equation?!
** Subverted on "Club Can't Handle Me." The lyrics are so incoherent that he looks them up, only to find that they are the lyrics proper.
** He actually called the BlackEyedPeas out on this during "The Time", on the grounds that they'd screwed up a line from the source material.
** Ass, ass, ass and ham, ham, ham...
** Any attempt before finding out Kanye is singing "I'm tryin' to bathe my ape in your Milky Way".
** Likewise, the opening line of Ne-Yo's chorus in "Give Me Everything" (which he finds shocking, as Pitbull is supposed to be TheUnintelligible there!).
** Becomes a RunningGag in Flo Rida's "Whistle". Todd says that he's checked numerous lyric websites, and almost all of them have different lyrics because none of them can figure out what he's actually saying.
** Music/MileyCyrus' "Wrecking Ball": "All I wanted was to break you off / all you ever did was raaaape me".
* MoodWhiplash:
** The "Top 10 Best Hit Songs of 2010" ends with Todd drunk dialing and sobbing on the phone to Lupa [[spoiler: only for it to be a very confused and not entirely upset with this turn of events LordKat on the other line]].
** In "Give Me Everything", he says Ne-Yo is too depressive for such a party song. (to drive his point home, he even plays other songs by him... and starts to cheer after "So Sick"!)
** In "Lighters", cutting from Eminem's angry verses to Bruno Mars' cheery and triumphant chorus. (even asking if Em listened to Mars' parts before writing...)
** Todd puts two Rihanna songs in his Worst list of 2012, besides saying he is sick of her, and mentions Drake as a runner up that almost made on the list. Guess which are the two artists that made the top of Best of 2012, where he goes from being bored or disgusted by them in the worst to having no words to describe how much he admires the top song.
** He goes straight from discussing how Alex Clare's "Too Close" helped him understand the merit of dubstep in a pop context, to dismissing the song as garbage.
** Todd enjoys the upbeat, cheerful, almost comical monk chanting heard throughout all of ''Bastille'''s "Pompeii", but spends the review trying to make sense of how the music and lyrics fit into the theme with everything that the city of Pompeii and its destruction have been known for. First he looks up the lead singer's interpretation of the fears of stasis, and one's life no longer going anywhere. Basically, considering the possibilities of how to get your life out of a rut and move on. Then he reads an article that says the lyrics are being spoken between two corpses. The actual victims of the Pompeii disasters. The mood of the review goes south ''really'' fast.... then immediately changes right back to happy again with the chanting.
* MusicIsPolitics: Chumbawamba's entire existence had been to promote true anarchy and [[DefiedTrope defy this trope in almost every way they possibly could.]] Todd points out that after EMI signed them on (a company that they themselves railed against with an album called "Fuck EMI" back in the 80's,) they did everything they could to remain popular while still doing what ''they'' want, even going so far as to deliberately make sure that their follow-up album after their hit single "Tubthumping" tanked, and going on TV talk shows and encouraging people to shoplift their albums and whatnot.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: To Chris Brown.
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* NameMcAdjective: He gave Chris Brown the nickname Captain [[DomesticAbuse McPunchesAGirl]] during his review of "I Can Transform Ya".
* {{Narm}}: [[{{In-Universe}} His reaction re-listening to]] Music/LinkinPark's "Crawling": "Just as hilarious as back then".
* NamesTheSame:[[invoked]] He calls out Hot Chelle Rae about calling a song called "Tonight Tonight" when Music/TheSmashingPumpkins have already done so.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: He thinks "Hoedown Throwdown" is a conglomerate of the worst elements of five genres at once.
* {{Nepotism}}: He blames it for the existence of Willow and Jaden Smith, Rockwell, LMFAO, and Hot Chelle Rae's careers.
** In an unstated example, when discussing LMFAO, he tries to draw an analogy between them, the Black Eyed Peas, and various hair metal bands before settling on LMFAO as Nelson. Nelson was also arguably a case of nepotism, being the twin sons of Ricky Nelson and by extension grandsons of Ozzie and Harriet.
* NeverLiveItDown: 'Tonight...' and 'The Lazy Song' have permanently changed his image of Enrique Iglesias and Bruno Mars for the worse [[InUniverse in his eyes]]. [[invoked]]
** However, as of his Top Ten Best Songs of 2012, Bruno may have saved himself with "Locked Out of Heaven".
** He mentions how Music/AFlockOfSeagulls is remembered not only for being a OneHitWonder, but the AnimeHair of the lead singer.
* NiceGuy: He's repeatedly mentioned that he can't actually ''hate'' Music/OneDirection because they seem to be genuinely nice people, even if their music doesn't always reflect it.
* NoPronunciationGuide: At a certain point, he starts asking how "Iyaz" is supposed to be pronounced.
** Gotye. Go-tiya? Got-Yee? Goat-yeh? Go-tee-yee? Goa-Tee? He finally pronounces it correctly (Go-Tee-Yay) at the end of his "We Are Young"/"Somebody That I Used To Know" double review.
** He stumbles through pronouncing "Canada" as "Can-Na-Duh". For laughs, of course.
* 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:
** 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).
** 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).
** 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".
** Many of the songs on his top 10 lists were actually released the previous year including his number one songs from 2009 ("Just Dance") and 2012 ("Take Care")
* NoodleIncident: "I am not having any bottles broken over anyone's head in this room. Not after the DL incident. I'll tell you about it sometime. *shudder* So much blood..." He would later explain it on Twitter, even later in "Grenade."
** Also, the "[[WebVideo/ObscurusLupa Lupa]] Fiasco".
* NoodleImplements: Something more twisted than S&M, and involving a trombone.
** Also part of the Lupa Fiasco.
-->'''Lupa''': What am I supposed to do with all these ''geese''?!
* NotHyperbole: Whenever he makes a statement like "'The Time' is the worst Black Eyed Peas song. Worst than 'Imma Be'. Worst than 'My Humps'" and "'The Lazy Song' is so far my least favorite song of 2011, a year that includes a song called 'Tonight (I'm Fucking You)'".
** The latter of which actually does turn out to be hyperbole, as 'Tonight (I'm Fucking You)' ranks much higher on his "Worst Songs of 2011" list than 'The Lazy Song' does. He admits that 'The Lazy Song' grew on him, but he still feels the need to punch Bruno Mars in the face when he hears it.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer:
** Todd claims that people indeed discussed "[[StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks Baby Got Back]]"'s [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory deeper meaning]] back in the day.
** In "Break Up", after the line "Don't I make your earlobe freeze?" he puts a caption reading "Seriously, I didn't make that up."
** "... so I felt obligated to listen to their latest single, "Carry Out", which consists entirely of fast-food-related {{double entendre}}s. [{{beat}}] Seriously."
** Also, on the "[=BedRock=]" review, when he lists the members of Young Money.
--> Mack Maine... Jae Millz... Lil Chuckee... Lil' Twist... T Streets... and a bunch of other names that sound like I'm just making them up, though I swear to God I'm not.
** In the "Worst Songs Of 1987" video, he has to clarify that yes, Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is one of his favourite songs of the 80s.
** Todd makes sure to point out he didn't add the ''BladesOfGlory'' clip in "Niggas in Paris" (just after Music/KanyeWest quoted the movie), it's in the actual video!
** In the OHW for Mr. Big's "To Be with You", he can barely believe that the long list of HairMetal bands he compiled are real.
* 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.
* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: The chorus for Pitbull's "Back In Time" provokes Todd to thinking this, though the way he says it makes it come off more like HoYay.
-->''My sweet baby? You're the one? What the living crap does this have to do with ''Film/MenInBlack''? Do Agent J and K fall in love in this movie? ...Not that I'm opposed to watching that.''
* NWordPrivileges: Todd doesn't have them, and as such has to rely on the subtitles when he has to mention '[[KanyeWest Niggas in]] [[JayZ Paris]]' by name. And even those are censored.
** [[spoiler:DoubleSubversion near the end of the review, when the subtitles censor the word "Paris" instead of the usual, making it look like it mightexist say "Niggas in Penis".]]
** Then in his Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2012 review, he ends a long string of "-izzle" words with "...ma nizzle! Am I allowed to say 'nizzle'?"
** He doesn't consider Rednex (a Swedish group) to have this for caricaturing Southerners.
* OddFriendship: In the "Niggas in Paris" review, he discusses how weird it is that KanyeWest and JayZ are friends and collaborate on music, considering their contrasting personalities.
* OffScreenTeleportation: He displays this in the WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown review of ''[[TheAsylum Sunday School Musical]]''. (see also StealthHiBye)
-->'''Film Brain:''' Todd, I'm curious. How did you get in here?
-->'''Todd:''' I move in the space between spaces.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's shocked that Carly Rae Jepsen is 26, and how she is "an adult [that] successfully sound[s] like an eighth grader trying to sound like a grown-up".
** He's even more shocked on Kimberly Perry being 28, but appearing 16 in If I Die Young.
* OnceAnEpisode: He starts every episode by playing the song he's about to discuss on his piano. Subverted occasionally:
** His review of Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping", where he plays the song's intro, then stops in order to shout the song's famous "''I GET KNOCKED DOWN!''"
** His review of LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" saw him flat-out refusing to play the song due to how insultingly simplistic its beat was.
** For Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair," he has to listen to the song clip twice first--and [[MediumAwareness stave off the title text]] with "No, no, I got this."
** For his recap of the best songs of 2013, he tries to play Music/{{Rihanna}}'s verse from "The Monster" by Music/{{Eminem}}, but breaks down and just starts banging on random piano keys due to how bad a year for pop music he felt 2013 was. Then he [[INeedAFreakingDrink pours himself some bourbon]].
** He's also starting to sign off his reviews in the same way: "I'm Todd in the Shadows, and ________." The blank is either filled with "I'm out" or a joke - often a CallBack - related to the song. Like from his "Scream and Shout" video:
-->'''Todd:''' I'm Todd in the Shadows, saying "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!"
** 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"]] and [[Music/TaylorSwift "I Knew You Were Trouble"]]. 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.
* OneHitWonder:[[invoked]]
** He mentions how Mike Posner and the Far East Movement still managed to get a second hit, and asks for Hot Chelle Rae to not reach this. Then he says that despite the failure of LMFAO's follow-up single, they managed to still get a second hit with an even worse song.
** While talking about "Put It Down On Me", he stated he was adding Jeremih to "...the growing list of one-hit wonders who technically have a second hit."
** Also started a show to discuss this, One Hit Wonderland (first episode was Music/{{a-ha}}'s "Take on Me").
* [[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.
* OrphanedPunchline: '''"...WASHING MACHINE!"'''
* OrSoIHeard:
** In the ''FromJustinToKelly'' review:
-->'''Todd:''' Your average DisneyChannel sitcom gets raunchier than this. ({{Beat}}) Not that I watch those.
** Todd repeatedly states that most of the opinions he's formed for {{PSY}}'s "Gangnam Style" is based off of simply what he's read up on the internet.
-->''Or so I've read.''
** 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.
-->'''Rap Critic:''' Is this what's suppose to happen when you're high on weed? Ca-Cause that's not what happens. What happens is stuff becomes funnier and music slightly speeds up. Chemically, the effects of weed are kind of mundane.\\
'''Todd:''' Wait a minute, since when do you know so much about getting high?\\
'''Rap Critic:''' What are you, ''a cop?''
* OverlyLongGag: His comparison of Hot Chelle Rae's brand of partying to high school all-night grad parties.
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: He does this to "Best Song Ever" in "Top 10 Hit Songs of 2013"
--> And we danced all night to the ''6th best hit song of 2013''
* PanderingToTheBase: [[{{in-universe}} He questions about this]] in "Alejandro".
-->'''Todd:''' Ok. Even if you are one of Gaga's many gay fans, at what point do you feel pandered to? Like, when do you reach the point where even you have to look back and say: "Ok, this is getting kinda gay."
** Double subverted in his review of "Born This Way", when he wonders which heavily marginalized group's self esteem the song intends to boost.
-->'''Lady Gaga:''' Just put your paws up.
-->'''Todd:''' [[FurryFandom Furries]]. Also I guess gay people.
** Also says "Mistletoe" is this, since it's "using Christmas as an excuse for kissing Bieber fantasies."
* PeopleFallOffChairs: Todd in the "Drive By" review when he hears the "my love for you went viral" line.
* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: He was [[HateDumb 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.
* PeripheryDemographic:[[invoked]] He admits to liking the OneDirection song "Best Song Ever" even if it has some bad moments.
* PetPeeveTrope: All in-universe.
** DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Particularly if it's {{Beyonce}}-on-male.
** ClarkKenting: People's inability to recognize the obviousness that 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:
--->One crisis at a time, Todd...
** LyricsVideoMismatch
** PainfulRhyme [[invoked]]
*** Notably, he used one of these to highlight the DateRape [[UnfortunateImplications implications]] in Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines". When he came across the lyric "what rhymes with 'hug me'?", he pointed out that "fuck me", the obvious answer in a song like this, didn't rhyme... but "drug me" ''did''.
** RhymingWithItself: Annoys him quite a bit.
** {{Scatting}}: Any excessive parts of inane singing. Also, background vocals singing "HEY!" or "OH!".
--->'''Todd:''' Hip hop! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Stop. Shouting. Ohhh.]]
** TheFourChordsOfPop
* 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.
* PokemonSpeak: He doesn't like when singers say their own name in their songs. But he is particularly hard on Jason Derulo for this.
* ThePowerOfHate: Todd decided to take a different route when LMFAO told him to "STOP! HATIN'S BAD!" and look at the song from a more loving point of view. ''Not'' hating music almost erased him out of existence.
* PrecisionFStrike:
** 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.
** There was also this bit, though he wasn't in character at the time.
--->'''Todd:''' As soon as you turn that camera off, I'm beating the shit out of you.
** Something of a Tactical F Campaign throughout the "Tonight..." review.
** His response to anyone who might notexist. We like Cee-Lo's "Fuck You" is... guess it.
-->'''Todd:''' [[{{Subversion}} I disagree with your opinion.]] [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion Also fuck you]].]]
** In his Worst Hit Songs of 2004 list, he discusses how this can be done well ("Fuck You"), badly ("Tonight..."), or ''really'' badly (Eamon's "Fuck It").
* PreviouslyOn: Double-subverted:
-->'''Todd:''' Previously on Todd In The Shadows: YourMom! Hah! Also, on my show, this happened.
* {{Pun}}: His closing song on the "Gorilla" review? The theme to ''Series/TheMonkees''.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: FINISH. THE. RHYME!
** [[Music/ChrisBrown CAN'T...]] [[BrainBleach GET...]] [[ShowerOfAngst CLEAAAAAN!]]
** [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Three words]]: Deep. Blue. Something.
* PungeonMaster: He points out in "The Safety Dance" that Men Without Hats should not be confused with the Australian pop band Men At Work (both of whom reached popularity at exactly the same time), but says that they both should have combined bands a few years later to become Men Without Work. He also says that shortly after releasing "The Safety Dance", Men Without Hats became Men Without Hits. He stops himself before he goes any further.
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* QuestionableConsent: Brought up in the "Blurred Lines" video when he's describing the controversy surrounding the song.
* TheQuisling: Played with when Todd mentions that with Music/{{Lorde}} taking over the charts in 2013, and Kimbra assisting Music/{{Gotye}} the year before, Todd figures he'll help the viewers understand our "Kiwi-driven future" by covering the OneHitWonder group OMC and their 1997 smash hit "How Bizarre."
* RageBreakingPoint: Happens in "Sexy and I Know It", after some minutes of Deep Lyrical Analysis.
* RatedGForGangsta: Todd notes that Far*East Movement defines "poppin' bottles in the crib" as "gangsta". He then proceeds to demonstrate by unscrewing the cap of a liquor bottle, which is accompanied by the caption "[=STRAIGHT UP THUGGIN'=]" and the chorus of Music/{{NWA}}'s "Gangsta Gangsta".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
** A minor occurrence: The "[[NoodleIncident DL Incident]]" referenced in "Like A [=G6=]" actually happened.
** Todd alludes to the 2014 Polar Vortex as the main reason why Neighborhood's "Sweater Weather" made his Top 10 Best Songs of 2013.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives Mike Posner one of these during his review of "Cooler Than Me".
* RecordNeedleScratch: When the innuendo of "Suit & Tie" dawns on Todd.
-->'''Justin Timberlake:''' Oooh, so thick [=/=] Now I know why they call it a fatty\\
[=*scratch*=] *Todd thinks for a moment*\\
'''Todd:''' Did... Are you talking about her ''ass?!''
* {{Recurrer}}: Due to the nature of the pop charts and the music industry, many artists have been featured multiple times, including Ke$ha, Jay Sean, Lil Wayne, the Black Eyed Peas, Music/BrunoMars, Music/KatyPerry and, of course, Music/LadyGaga.
* RecycledInSpace: In the Worst Pop Songs of 2012 list, he calls [[TeenIdol Hunter Hayes]] "country JustinBieber".
* RedHerring:
** In his review of "Fifteen" by Taylor Swift, he tells a very sad story about how when he was fifteen, his girlfriend started acting strangely, before breaking up with him at the school dance. Then he reveals that [[spoiler:it didn't happen to him, it happened to Zach from ''SavedByTheBell'']]. Subverted later on, as he mentions in the Blip intro to the review that [[spoiler:most of what he described ''did'' happen to him]].
** In two of his "Top Ten Worst Songs" lists to date, he starts a diatribe that leads to an easily mocked song by an easily mocked artist... and then reveals that he ''likes'' the song in question. 2009 has the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" and 1987 has Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now". He also [[SayMyName curses the name of]] BarryManilow in his 1976 list before revealing that he really has nothing against the guy.
** In his "Best Songs of 2010" list, when he reaches #5, he plays Katy Perry's "California Gurls" before tiredly laughing it away and ranting about how much he hates her... and yet keeps finding songs of hers that he likes. After listing a number of them, including begrudgingly not being able to hate "California Gurls" despite its many flaws, he gets into his song of choice, "Teenage Dream". [[spoiler:And then "California Gurls" turns out to be #2]].
** His [[CrossOver ill-fated attempt]] to review "What's My Name" by Rihanna and Drake.
** While reviewing Rihanna's "S&M", he comes to the conclusion that the reason he likes it is because it samples DepecheMode... and then remembers that he doesn't care for Depeche Mode either.
** For his 2012 Top 10 Best Pop Songs list, Todd brags about not having a Katy Perry song on his list for the first time. [[spoiler: Kesha's Die Young is instead. Todd promptly snarks, "Meet the new boss, same as the old one."]]
** Even he's disturbed by how all of his criticisms of Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever" end up turning into compliments by the end of the sentence.
** The entirety of the "Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2013" video is done using the hashtag font from "Blurred Lines". It's not actually on the list, aside from the honorable mentions.
* ReRun: Two of his Website/YouTube reviews, "Sexy Chick" and "Carry Out," were brought over to TGWTG early on, probably because, at the time, they were still recent enough to pass as current pop music. Todd had initially said he wouldn't bring ''all'' of his old Website/YouTube videos over, but he changed his mind on September 2011, uploading them with short intros to provide context.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[invoked]]
** In his opinion, Kenny G's sax solo in [[Music/KatyPerry Last Friday Night]] was a lifetime of suck nearly redeemed!'
** "Die Young" did this for {{Music/Kesha}} to him.
** While he had put ''three'' of Music/OneDirection's songs on the "Worst of 2012" list as dishonorable mentions and called them "con artists" with "no goddamn personality", Todd softened his opinion of them after they released "Best Song Ever", which avoided many of his previous criticisms. He later put it as the 6th best song of 2013, and admitted he never hated the group on a personal level, unlike Music/JustinBieber or Music/ChrisBrown.
** Subverted with BrunoMars, as while Todd mentions that he likes Bruno again, it's only when he's not being himself ("Locked Out of Heaven", "Treasure"). Otherwise, he states in the "Holy Grail" review that "Bruno Mars makes a bad Bruno Mars".
* RickRoll: Played with in the "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" episode of One Hit Wonderland. He brings up the production team Music/StockAitkenWaterman, then cues the video for "[[Music/RickAstley Never Gonna Give You Up]]" and says, "Ha! It's relevant! So it doesn't count!"
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Todd's opinion on Carly Rae Jepsen. "Even her name is cutesy!"
* RimShot: "'''[[BritneySpears 3]]''', what? I dunno. 3 years past her expiration date?" (''plays RimShot by setting his keyboard to the drum settings'')
* RockBottom: "Tonight..." [[{{In-universe}} according to him.]]
* RomanticizedAbuse: Calls out Enrique Iglesias for this, in his review of "Tonight..."
* DarthWiki/RuinedFOREVER: [[{{in-universe}} In regards to his own childhood]] after hearing the "Peter, Paul, and Mary" line from BritneySpears' "3." Now he can't listen to their music anymore without thinking there's some perverted meaning to every lyric.
* {{Rule 34}}: In his review of "S&M," when he's explaining how nothing shocks him anymore, Todd mentions that he's seen porn of himself.
* RunningGag: Todd himself said he tries to avert this during videos. However he still has at least three (besides the Lupa obsession).
** "Finish the Rhyme."
** And conversely, "NOT A RHYME."
--->'''Todd:''' Oh my god. I'm hitting the "Not A Rhyme" button as hard as I '''possibly''' can!
*** After a long dormant period, this gag finally popped up again in his review of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", when Thicke asks "what rhymes with hug me", with the implication being [[spoiler: fuck me]]. After Todd thought about this, he admits that it's kinda clever, but still not a rhyme.
** His lack of ethnicity.
*** Though in "Accidental Racist" he declares he is white with nothing disputing it.
** Punctuating his unfounded claims about his appearance with the "as far as you know" caption is a notable running gag unto itself.
** '''[[GutturalGrowler BIEEEEBEEEEERRRRR.]]'''
** On his {{Website/Twitter}}, Todd frequently mentions watching a film that one of his Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses partners did a review for and yells "WHY DID NO ONE WARN ME!"
** On the ''Glitter'' review, Todd guessing if something will become a plot point, followed by "NOPE." He has a meltdown after [[RuleOfThree the third.]] And goes "I hate this movie" by the fourth.
** When reviewing early 90s rock bands on [[=OHW=]]: "Clearly [band name]'s brand of [musical style] was the wave of the future, in 1991!" [cut to Music/{{Nirvana}}]
** By BrunoMars' "Gorilla", Todd is shocked that songs that sound #RAPEY are becoming a running gag.
** If a song uses TheFourChordsOfPop he always points it out: "Pop song chords - they own the world, they own you. Deal with it!" or "Pop song chords - No. No. Yes!" or, "Pop song cho- AAAAAAAAAAGH"
** In his "Top 10 Best Hit Songs" retrospects, the "fluke indie hit sweepstakes", where a vaguely indie-rockish song makes it onto the Top 40, uncomfortably sitting alongside Usher and Lady Gaga.
*** 2009: "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon
*** 2010: "Animal" by Neon Trees.
*** 2011: "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People.
*** 2012: "It's Time" by Imagine Dragons, "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye ft. Kimbra, and "Some Nights" by fun.
*** 2013: "Sweater Weather" by The Neighbourhood, "I Will Wait" by Mumford & Sons and "Safe and Sound" by Capital Cities, although the latter two only made his honorable mentions.
*** As of his review of "Pompeii" by Bastille, Todd has remarked that due to the changing pop scene making songs with an "indie" sound much more common, he should rename the phrase "Increasingly Common Vaguely Alternative Electro-Pop Hit Entitlement Program".
*** In his "All of Me" review, he calls Pharrell the winner of the "fluke retro soul hit sweepstakes", [[LampshadeHanging Lampshading]] it by saying old jokes don't die they just adapt to the times.
** Toddstradamus, his inability to predict anything. Anytime he predicts that someone's song will go away or they won't matter and he's wrong he uses clips to showcase it.
* SanitySlippage: He thinks Bruno Mars got a touch of this during "Grenade."
* SarcasmFailure:
** In his "[=BedRock=]" review.
--->'''Gudda:''' And I got her, nigga... grocery bag.\\
'''Todd:''' ... I got nothing.
** Also played with in his "Tonight..." review:
--->'''Todd:''' You know, as a comedy reviewer, this is where I'm supposed to put in a funny analogy, you know?\\
'''Enrique:''' Tonight I'm fuckin' you!\\
'''Todd:''' "Oh, my God, I can't believe he said that! That's so bad, that's like if he--" If he... what? If he ''what''?! I... I can't come up with anything worse!
* SarcasmMode:
** In ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', when Billy Ray Cyrus mentions that they created Hannah so that Miley could have a normal life.
--->'''Todd:''' Yeah, she's clearly already beset by paparazzi, and if a child star's life isn't screwed up ''enough'', why not add a thick layer of secrecy and lies? Yeah, that's an interesting definition of "normal life," Billy Ray.
** "Let's keep listening. I can't wait to hear more!"
* SassyBlackWoman: The Weather Girls used to be two pretty heavyset black women originally named "Two Tons of Fun", but were convinced to change their name when "It's Raining Men" was pitched towards them (after many rejections from notoriously famous singers of the 70's and 80's.) While they were a serious band under their previous name, Todd can't help but point out that both ladies took this trope stereotype and ran with it, noting how much fun they were having in the music video for the song.
* SayMyName: '''[[GutturalGrowler BIEEEEBEEEEERRRRR.]]'''
** '''''[[Series/TheColbertReport MANILOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW]]!''''' [[spoiler:He doesn't really have anything against him, though.]]
* TheScapegoat: In "Want U Back", Todd rags on how much worse British pop music will FOREVER be compared to American pop music. Now matter how bad it is over here, It will always be worse across the pond. He says that if any British people are offended or disagree with his opinion, they should send all their hate mail to [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall lewislovhaug@channelawesome.com]]...
* ScareChord: Uses one in his Top 10 Worst Songs of 2004 video after wondering why there was barely any rock on the list. Cue Nickelback.
** Has a minor one in the "Tonight, Tonight" review when talking about Christian Rock.
** Uses one to introduce JustinBieber in the "Eenie Meenie" review.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** His first video for Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses has him talking about the massive opportunity he's been given... then quitting when he finds out he's got to review Kesha's "Blah Blah Blah". Credits roll... and he comes back and demolishes the song.
** At the end of his crossover review with The Rap Critic, they agree to do another review together and Rap Critic suggests the new Music/LadyGaga song. Todd promptly [[OffscreenTeleportation vanishes]]. He later pulls the same trick on [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]].
* SelfFulfillingProphecy:
** Todd concludes that "Whip My Hair" singlehandedly created the very {{Hatedom}} it was meant to be dissing.
** In his comparison of "Counting Stars" and "Demons", he concludes that the song about taking risks to achieve dreams did just that, and the song about admitting to one's flawed and greedy nature ultimately felt like a sell-out.
-->'''Todd:''' Maybe if I stop [[SelfDeprecation constantly making jokes about how broke and alone I am]], I'll stop being broke and alone!
* SelfPlagiarism: Todd defends that while "E.T." was bad, Katy Perry did something unique - unlike Ke$ha, who "released the same song five times" and Lady Gaga, who tanked with "Judas" because "it was just like 'Bad Romance,' including being about a bad romance".
** He also says one of the songs in ''{{Spider-Man}}: [[TheMusical Turn Off the Dark]]'' (songs composed by Bono and The Edge) is U2's "Vertigo", only with different lyrics.
** In a cross with SingleIssueWonk, he complains that "Stronger" is KellyClarkson doing the same BreakupSong for at least the fifth time.
** Due to ExecutiveMeddling[[invoked]], Wild Cherry couldn't come up with another hit song because they pretty much created the exact same song as their only hit.
* SellOut: Todd finds "Moves Like Jagger" to represent this to Maroon 5. Also, considering how Katy Perry and Lady Gaga weren't known for inspirational ballads, "Firework" and "Born this Way" also fit.
** He goes further on Maroon 5's decay on "Payphone" - which features ProductPlacement to show Todd himself sells out at times.
** Subverted in his One Hit Wonderland video on Chumbawamba, where he described selling out as a "fun experiment" for the band and said he couldn't really disagree with their reasons for temporarily signing on with mega-label [=EMI=]. As he put it, maybe if other angry political bands like RageAgainstTheMachine had recorded the odd [[BreatherEpisode silly dance-and-drinking song]] then they wouldn't have burnt out so quickly.
** He considers "Demons" to be this for Imagine Dragons.
** He also considers "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" to be this for Kelly Clarkson.
* SerialEscalation: Todd and WebVideo/TheRapCritic get into a debate over BradPaisley and Music/LLCoolJ's "Accidental Racist" over whose participation in the song is stupider. Todd tries to claim that Brad is stupider because he's the one who pitched the idea of the song and wrote it. J somehow ends up showing respect to the Civil War generals who tried to ensure the complete subjugation of his entire race. By the end of the video, both of them just start bickering at each other due to the song.
-->'''Rap Critic''': Quit telling me what I should be offended by!
* SequelHook: "Your Love is My Drug" sets up "Alejandro", "Give Me Everything" sets up "Tonight, Tonight".
* SevenMinuteLull: He references this trope in his review of Usher's "OMG", as the backup chanting breaks off just in time for Usher to deliver the lamest lines in the song. He even mentions in that episode's commentary that the idea came from TV Tropes.
* ShallowParody: Invoked. He points out that the chorus of "The Time (Dirty Bit)," which uses the chorus of "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, can't get the lyrics right. Instead of "And I swear, ''it's the truth,''" the Peas instead sing "And I swear, ''this is true.''"
** He says that the sampling of the riff from "Take On Me" in "Feel This Moment" by Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera is the musical equivalent of the pop-cultural reference humour used in the Seltzer & Friedberg 'Movie' movies.
* ShapedLikeItself:
** (On Kesha) "It's like Fergie, but with severe brain damage...so it's like Fergie."
** "I define bad as the absence of good." [[note]] Although in this case, it is a valid distinction: The song in question had nothing wrong with it, but was so utterly lacking in any redeeming value that it was put higher on his 10 worst list than songs such as the one titled "Tonight (I'm Fucking You)" or the song whose video almost literally rubbed its testicles in his face. [[/note]]
** "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry is a funk song performed by white musicians singing about playing funk music as a bunch of white musicians.
** "There is basically one trick and one trick only to Rednex's Europop re-working of 'Cotton-Eye Joe': mainly, that it's a Europop re-working of 'Cotton-Eye Joe'."
* ShipperOnDeck: The character has an OT3: [=Ke$ha=] and [=3Oh!3=]. His only wish is that this doesn't yield children.
** After Miley and Lily fight over who has to impersonate Hannah, Todd comments that they have fantastic makeup sex.
* ShoutOut: Enough to have [[ShoutOut/ToddInTheShadows his own page.]]
* ShownTheirWork: In the "One Hit Wonderland" episodes, he does a complete rundown on artists' careers, often pointing out some rather obscure details. For instance, in the "Achy Breaky Heart" review, he points out that the song was originally recorded by an obscure group called the Marcy Brothers (albeit under the title "Don't Tell My Heart"), and even shows footage of them singing it.
** He also researches the functions of different parts of the brain so he can make fun of an awkward metaphor in Hey Soul Sister:
-->'''Todd:''' I did some research on what the left side of your frontal lobe does. Apparently [it] controls the language centre...let's just say that explains a lot about the rest of these lyrics.
** In the Chumbawamba "One Hit Wonderland" episode he actually had to skip over entire years of their career just to get the video done as they [[LongRunner had a career spanning over three decades.]]
* SincerityMode: In the One Hit Wonderland episode on Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life", he spends most of the review criticizing Debby's entire body of work, but points out that she at least seems like a genuinely nice lady, and looks amazing for her age.
* SixStudentClique: Name drops the TropeCodifier, SavedByTheBell, in his ''From Justin to Kelly'' review.
* SkewedPriorities: Calls Henry Gross out on this for finding the death of [[TheBeachBoys Carl Wilson's]] dog to be a worthy topic for a song, while Carl's brother Brian was in the middle of a mental breakdown.
* SoBadItsGood: Averted In-Universe. Todd categorizes the songs he listens to as either "Bad" or "Good", so songs that are So Bad It's Good for him (such as "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark) are categorized as "Good".
** Though he mentions Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" is horrible, but somewhat fascinating in its awfulness - unlike "Sexy and I Know It". Unfortunately, he admits that it didn't quite reach that point when he compiles his list of 2012 favorites.
*** Similarly, in the "Worst Songs of 2013" review, he mentions that "this was the broiest year in country music history" and couldn't decide which song best represented that. He dismisses Music/BlakeShelton's "Boys 'Round Here" as too silly and Music/LukeBryan's "That's My Kind of Night" as awful but "an interesting awful; it at least has some kind of flavor to it."
** Subverted when reviewing Rihanna's S&M. He's aware the song is bad, but he still likes it... and notices this is basically sadomasochistic in itself!
---> "It's so bad it hurts. More, please! Can I have another? It's so bad! That's why I don't show my face."
** He discusses this concept reviewing Music/{{PSY}}'s "Gangnam Style", stating that any song that enters So Bad It's Good is because of [[QualityByPopularVote having enough fans to be massively successful]] or filling some prejudice (against [[Music/{{Friday}} shallow girls with]] {{Autotune}}, Music/InsaneClownPosse, or [[WidgetSeries crazy Asians]]).
* SoOkayItsAverage: Todd calls "Replay" this, as well as boring. He even opens the review (and later the blip intro) saying that a bland song is hard to discuss, unlike [[GushingAboutShowsYouLike a good one]] or [[AccentuateTheNegative a bad one]].[[invoked]]
** He also describes both "Born This Way" and "Firework" as "acceptably mediocre".
** He puts Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" at the top of its "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance" because the song is as mediocre as the love story described in it (where a guy decides to stay with his girl because both like ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'').
** In the "Just a Kiss" review, he says that most of Music/LadyAntebellum's output is this, although he did list "Need You Now" as his favorite pop song of 2010 and said that he liked "I Run to You" as well.
** He doesn't hate "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", but he admits he's certainly heard better. The main reason why he doesn't hate it is because the subject content is stupidly realistic. It's stupid, but it's something you wouldclear expect people to actually say and describe their ex's quirks and issues, unlike villainizing them like a Saturday morning cartoon like other break-up songs tend to do.
--->'''Todd:''' I am giving it my prestigious "Not That Bad" Award.
*** Todd also found "Fifteen" to be this. While he didn't hate the song, he found it to be pretty mundane and undeserving of its acclaim.
*** Actually, he seems to feel thismystery way about Music/TaylorSwift in general.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: He decided to take a stab at movie reviewing with ''HannahMontana: TheMovie''. He didn't like it. And followed it with the Guitar Video Game.
** Ironically, his "Club Can't Handle Me" review opens with him admitting that he was enjoying reviewing movies and video games...[[ExecutiveMeddling while the Critic forces him back into music reviews.]]
** He does it again for "The Top 5 Most Awful Moments in {{U2}}'s ''Rattle and Hum''" (it opens at his keyboard, then he invites the viewer to come watch a movie).
** ''Glitter'' is similar. Todd is at his keyboard, says he likes MariahCarey and follows with some exposition on her before going to the TV to watch it.
** His alleged "review" of Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music" is ''actually'' an episode-long rant about his public image. Todd even admits that "this is gonna be a different episode for me". He spends about 15 seconds critiquing the song in question.
** Claiming writer's block, he puts out [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/toddspecials/35761-top-ten-groin-shots-in-movies "Top Ten Groin Shots in Movies".]]
* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: He specifically references this trope (and [[{{REM}} the actual song]]) during his review of Flo Rida's "Club Can't Handle Me," saying, "But of course, it doesn't matter that it didn't rhyme, because all Flo Rida songs are basically gibberish till the chorus anyway. No one cares. Blah blah blah blah, Leonard Bernstein, ''whatever''."
** Then he does it with the actual song in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
* SophisticatedAsHell: Every once in a while, he sarcastically uses slang in the middle of musical analysis.
-->'''Todd:''' How dare thy stain mine good lady's name. Her! The most sexiest of all biatches!
** Pushed one point further in "Niggas in Paris", where does a British KanyeWest.
* SoundEffectBleep:
** Parodied in his "Sexy Bitch" review.
--->'''Todd:''' ... but even though I did like "I Gotta Feeling", I'll admit you could ''maybe'' call it a little repetitive. ... Yeah. But at least they were repeating something besides "Sexy Bi-''Chick''" In case I haven't made myself clear, I think this song is a ''chick''-king piece of dog sh-''chick''!
** Kenny G's "Songbird" being one of the most popular ''pop'' songs of 1987 lead him into [[ClusterBleepBomb a cursing rant that had to be bleeped out]].
** He ends his pseudo-review of "Turn Up the Music" with another bleeped cursing rant.
** In most of his reviews, Todd is inconsistent about how much he censors. Most of the time, Todd only censors F-bombs from himself (unless he's directly quoting a lyric or title, or [[PrecisionFStrike if he wants to make a point]]) and refuses to say [[NWordPrivileges anything worse]]. The songs he reviews are generally uncensored.
* SpearCounterpart: Refers to John Legend as the male equivalent of Alicia Keys, including the strengths and weaknesses of their bodies of work.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Invoked. "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls is your typical early 80's affair in this department. Todd points out how even he can do a better green-screen effect in his video editing, and demonstrates the trope upon himself to make it look like the corner of the room that Todd films his reviews in is itself a part of a really bad green-screen effect.
* {{Squick}}: [[{{in-universe}} His reaction to]] will.i.am comparing himself to a sperm bank in "Imma Be".
* StandardSnippet: When Miley/Hannah has a TwoTimerDate in ''Hannah Montana: The Movie'', Todd reacts by grabbing a saxophone and playing "[[Series/TheBennyHillShow Yakety Sax]]".
** Also, given "Come On Eileen" starts with a violin playing "Those Endearing Young Charms", he confesses that he can't hear it without expecting DaffyDuck [[XylophoneGag blowing up]].
* StealthHiBye: In two crossovers - first when TheRapCritic suggests a Gaga review, and when [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] suggests another Asylum movie.
* StealthInsult: The songs he uses as transitions in his "Worst of" videos are all stealth {{Take That}}s at the songs he considers the worst.
** "Worst Hit Songs of 2009" has The PussycatDolls' "I Hate This Part".
** Averted with "Worst Hit Songs of 2010", with is very blatantly "Fuck You!" (CeeLoGreen)
** "Worst of 2011" had "Blow" by Ke$ha.
** "Worst of 2012" had "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" by P!nk. Just take off the additional title (he even cuts to the number right as she says "BLOW ME!").
** "Worst of 1987" had "Bad" by MichaelJackson.
** Averted with his "Worst of 1976" list, as it had "Silly Love Songs" by Wings.
** "Worst of 2004" had "Sorry 2004" by Ruben Studdard.
** Worst of 2013 had "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift... before Blip asked Todd to remove the song.
* StealthParody:
** He can only assume that Akon's "Sexy Chick" is one of these. Right? ''[[TemptingFate Right?]]''
** He also believes [=Ke$ha=]'s "Tik Tok" to be more suited to ''Creator/DrDemento'' than mainstream pop radio.
** And he finds himself forced to wonder if "Carry Out" is Justin Timberlake doing a throwback to his ''SaturdayNightLive'' appearances.
** Wasn't entirely sure if 3OH!3 were faking being douchey fratboy singers or if they were serious, though once they said "Who I is" in Ke$ha's "Blah Blah Blah", he decided that they were trying too hard, as "No one says that".
** Wondered the same thing about LMFAO, although their lack of talent and wit, especially in "Sexy and I Know It" seemed to render it all moot.
* StealthPun: Todd says that in "Born This Way", Lady Gaga talks about you being free to be who you are no matter the way you choose to "express yourself." (which kinda doubles as {{Foreshadowing}} - see the entry on SuspiciouslySimilarSong)
** He gets away with two in a row in the "Hey, Soul Sister" review, both of which are lampshaded by the captions.
--->'''Todd''': And that was 7 years ago. And I hadn't heard a single thing from them since, so I just assumed that Train's career had derailed. But to my eternal surprise, Train kept rolling.
** "[[Literature/GreenEggsAndHam I do not like this,]] [[Music/TheBlackEyedPeas will.i.am]]!"
** On Music/JustinBieber in his "Worst Hit Songs of 2013" review: "Once his testicles finally dropped, he basically became just another vacuous pop singer, and in 2013, I saw a lot less of him as him demographic started moving in ''[[Music/OneDirection one direction]]'' away from him."
* StonerFlick: Reviews ''Mac and Devin Go To High School'' with TheRapCritic, where one of their biggest complaints is the opening BreakingTheFourthWall to ''demand'' that the audience get high before watching it, rebutting that a StonerFlick should be funny on its own merits and not just because you're high while watching it.
* StopBeingStereotypical: He lauds Far*East Movement for defying stereotypes associated with Asians which include being intelligent, respectable, and ''[[TakeThat good at music]].''
** He says that Ke$ha's "Blah Blah Blah" is what pop music must sound like to people who hate pop music.
** Geraldo Mejia received criticism from the Latino community for his one hit "Rico Suave". After many failed follow up songs where he sampled other people's music while still basically rapping about the exact same thing as "Rico Suave", future albums revealed that it was pretty blatant that he was entirely stealing songs. Todd mentions that the Latino community was right: He DOES perpetuate negative stereotypes -- that Latinos like to steal and are lazy.
* StunnedSilence
-->'''Bruno Mars:''' ''Yes, I would die for you,if we could get to baby / But you won't do the database. We tried same?''
-->'''Todd:''' ... Holy shit, dude.
** Also on "Deuces", after the line "Like Tina did to Ike in the limo, it finally hit me".
** When the BlackEyedPeas shift from sampling "Time of My Life" to their "DIRTY BIT!"
** And Mars causes it again with the second stanza of "The Lazy Song".
** During the "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" One Hit Wonderland, when it's asked if Elmo and Patsy deserved better, Todd just sits there, motionless. He doesn't even speak for about 15 seconds.
-->"... This episode was a mistake."
* StupidSexyFlanders: He admits that {{Rihanna}} dressed as [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]] is "really hot in a really confusing way."
** "Ah {{Usher}}. [[ChickMagnet The women want him]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim and the men]] [[FreudianSlip want him.]] [[ThatCameOutWrong Want to be him]]. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I meant want to be him.]]"
* SturgeonsLaw: Todd invokes it twice, saying in his Top 10 of 2010 that "Nothin' On You" really stands out because "songs with bad pickup lines are all I hear", and in his Worst 10 of 1976 that the good music of that year makes the bad ones look even worse than they are.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: During his FINISH THE RHYME segment in his review of "Black and Yellow", Todd had to mockingly give kudos to Wiz Khalifa for completely DESTROYING the rhyme track of the song and not even attempting to find a suitable substitute for the line that came before it.
* SuckinessIsPainful:
** "Break Up" by Mario featuring Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett is so horrible that itup, made Todd's hair fall out in clumps and made his nose bleed. The song's SuckinessIsPainful enough that Todd later says he's lucky it [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} didn't give him cancer.]] (and in the TGWTG forums, Todd called it the worst song he's reviewed)
** Yet in his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wX5OCwAkPg Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2009]], "Break Up" only managed to be '''Number 2 on the list'''. "Diva" by {{Beyonce}} was '''Number 1''', and was apparently so bad, it gave him bouts of nausea.
** Miley Cyrus' "Hoedown Throwdown" induces agonized writhing (plus [[DespairEventHorizon depression]] and [[DrivenToSuicide suicide threats]]) throughout its course.
** Kenny G's "Songbird".
** And Todd's contortions during ''Hannah Montana'' are [[StockFootage recycled]] when he discusses the [[Film/{{Transformers}} Transformers film]].
** He states that "Drive-By" is "[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Vogon poetry]] bad" and he feels bad reviewing it.
* SugarApocalypse: Played with. Todd points out how Men Without Hats borderline-qualified as a OneHitWonder because they did have another song that peaked at #20 on the charts called "Pop Goes The World". He says that as far as cheery 80's synth pop music goes, it's probably as cheerful and sugary as they come, but there is a noticeable apocalyptic undertone with the lyrics, specifically just "pop goes the world" by itself.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel:[[invoked]]
** In his review of Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever", he admits that he actually likes the song despite all of their previous songs being creepy and not that great.
** He notes that [=OneRepublic=]'s "Counting Stars" was a major improvement over their previous work, although he was less surprised due to his belief that "Good Life" was a step in the right direction.
* SurrealMusicVideo: Something that always makes him question his sanity, as "Bad Romance", "Alejandro", "S&M" and "We Can't Stop" proved.
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: He always gets one of those songs to play during the credits.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Invoked. He discusses how "Born This Way" is accused of being an "[[{{Madonna}} Express Yourself]]" rip-off.
* SweetOnPollyOliver: In the video for One Direction's "Best Song Ever", one of the band members dresses up as a woman and Todd admits that he is strangely attracted to this woman.
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* TakeAThirdOption: When he reviews "Suit and Tie" and "Thrift Shop" together and comparing the two songs on which is better, he ultimately decides that both songs are worth the radio play.
* TakeThat:
** He implicitly compared ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' to Creator/JamesCameron spending 500 million dollars of CGI and seven years to making a film consisting of a man being hit in the nuts. He speculated that the latter might have been a superior movie.
** He says to a picture of TommyWiseau: "That guy is ''definitely'' a jerk."
** In his review of ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', he's watching a scene where Miley is fighting with Tyra Banks over a pair of shoes. We get this little line:
--->'''Todd:''' [[BaitAndSwitchComparison OK, I find this hard to believe that a seasoned, mature celebrity would lower herself to fighting publicly with a dumb, flash-in-the-pan starlet like Tyra Banks]]... BA-ZING!
** When discussing the overly long name of ''Series/HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''.
--->'''Todd:''' ... one of my favorite titles ever for a video game. Right up there with ''[[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Space Marine First Person Shooter Video Game]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 Nonsense Fantasy Role-Playing Video Game]]'' and of course ''[[VideoGame/MetroidOtherM Piece of Shit]]''.
** Also from the ''Pop Tour Guitar Video Game'' review:
-->'''Todd''': As far as the music goes, the Hannah Montana guitar game isn't that illogical—most of her music is fairly guitar-driven. I'll tell you what, this game rocks harder than a Music/{{Shinedown}} game would, at the very least.
** "But I tell you what. The Yankees fan in me can't help but appreciate this. What NYC, the Yankees, and Jay-Z have in common is the absolute knowledge that you are and always will be more important than anyone around you. And that's what this song is about, and that's something I can relate to every day." *'''EAT IT, [[FandomRivalry RED SOX!]]''' flashes on screen* [[invoked]]
** He makes a well-timed one at ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' in his "The Time (Dirty Bit)" review.
** In the start of "Black and Yellow":
--> '''Todd''': But even though I hated it, I get why ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' played at my local multiplex. And I get why ''Transmorphers'', while being of roughly the same quality, went straight to DVD.
** At the end of "Black and Yellow":
-->'''Wiz Khalifa:''' They say they scared of it, but thedatabase puked crows ain't.
-->'''Todd:''' You know who else wasn't scared? The Packers. '''BURN!'''
** Todd: "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag? Katy Perry does, because she's made of plastic. And she's a bag. '''BOOM!'''" [[note]]"[[IronicEchoCut Boom, boom, boom! (Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon!)"]][[/note]]
** He says that "Sexy Bitch" "sucks harder than the New Jersey Nets".
** In "The Time", he bashes the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuKQvq36IzA elevator parties that occurred at MAGFest]] ("hearing a bunch of morons screaming about how they're having fun is not having fun!").
** During his review of LadyGaga's "Born This Way," he criticizes the lyric, "God makes no mistakes," by observing that "God makes plenty of mistakes. This guy, for example" -- cut to a picture of a frat boy type with spiked and dyed blonde hair -- "was a mistake. And he was probably born that way. So I just don't see that as much of a defense."
** One against the Creator/BillEngvall Show, saying that even ''that'' was cooler than Mike Posner during "Cooler Than Me".
** Also from "Cooler Than Me", he says that the song sounds like the same four measures over and over again, "something I refer to as Music/{{Coldplay}} syndrome."
** During "Tonight, Tonight" by Hot Chelle Rae:
-->"Which brings me to my next point. Don't rip off Music/JimmyBuffett. That's what we have Music/KennyChesney for."
** Towards country music fans in his "If I Die Young" review: "I still check on [country music] now and again, but me and it lost touch right about the time I discovered ''everything else in the world!''"
** "And speaking of getting old really fast, let's talk about TPain."
** He mentions that "Titanium"'s [[MusicVideoOvershadowing boy-with-powers-runs-for-his-life video]] isn't his cup of tea, but it's still better than ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
** He describes Wild Cherry's style as being "like Music/GrandFunkRailroad if they actually played funk (subtitle: Or were good)."
** He concludes that [[Music/{{PSY}} "Gangnam Style"]] is like "Party Rock Anthem" except the lyrics don't matter.
-->"So basically, it is ''exactly'' like "Party Rock Anthem"!"
** In his Top Ten Worst Songs of 2004, Hoobastank's "The Reason" combined the ugly, sludgy music of a Music/{{Nickelback}} song with the vapid, happy lyrics of a Peter Cetera ballad.
** Regarding the hook of "Lighters" by BrunoMars and {{Eminem}}: "This sounds like something {{Coldplay}} would refuse to release for being too boring."
** Regarding VH1 calling Train "the quintessential American band!"
-->"I don't think I have even heard Al-Qaeda say anything that anti-American!"
** Judging by his performance in "Holy Grail", Todd doesn't think that ''Music/JustinTimberlake'' makes for a good ''Music/BrunoMars''. Then again, he doesn't think [[ShapedLikeItself Bruno Mars makes a good Bruno Mars]].
*** In the same review, while discussing one's attempt to find the titular object, he segues into ragging on the ending of Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail (where [[spoiler:the cops come in, arrest King Arthur, and end the movie on the spot]]).
** A fairly nasty one at FallOutBoy's hiatus, when describing how "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light 'Em Up)" was "just as irritating as all of [their] other really bad songs."
--->'''Patrick Stump:''' (Singing the lyrics to "I Don't Care") I! Don't! Care what you think, as long as it's about me.
--->'''Todd:''' You don't care what I think, as long as it's about you? Well, little wonder that everyone stopped thinking about you right after this.
** In the One Hit Wonderland episode for Dexy's Midnight Runners, he says that "One of Those Things" sampling Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" is "a better use of 'Werewolves of London' than what Music/KidRock did" before cueing up "All Summer Long".
* TemptingFate:
** "LadyGaga has genuinely used up her shock potential, I don't believe there's anything else she can do to shock -- [[NightmareFace AH! OH GOD! OH GOD!]]"
** From his "Telephone" review.
--->'''Todd:''' I sincerely hope LadyGaga doesn't inspire any other artists [[FollowTheLeader to make weird, ugly videos with sub-par music in them]]. *Cue montage of Gaga-esque music videos by various artists*
** At least reviewing "Alejandro" will be a step down - LadyGaga surely has to calm down a little after "Telephone" and "Bad Romance", right? (StunnedSilence follows.)
** "I swear to god, I will beat myself unconscious if [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xazf7k_review-jason-derulos-whatcha-say this song]] gets any worse..."
** "Now, "Imma Be" isn't the worst song that the BlackEyedPeas have made. I mean, the band that made "My Humps" isn't going to dig that hole any further." Well, then came [[FromBadToWorse "The Time (Dirty Bit)".]]
** After being baffled by Willow Smith referencing "[[{{Devo}} Whip It]]"... cue [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo_2.0 Devo 2.0.]]
-->One crisis at a time, Todd...
** In the Best of 2010 review, he cuts his positive review for Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" short, since he'll lose all respect for himself if he has to praise her any more. Then he gets to the #2 slot...
** About halfway through reviewing "The Lazy Song" he states he can't hate Bruno Mars any more than he does now. Cut to Bruno laughing at his own joke.
** Used twice regarding [=Ke$ha's=] "Tik Tok". After looking at her previous work with Flo Rida, the spelling of her name, and the album art, he's certain he's not going to like the song. The chorus plays... and he actually enjoys it. Heartened by this, he starts the song from the beginning... and the verses lose him again.
** Subverted by "Lighters". As he reaches Eminem's verse, he goes in expecting a bland verse fitting his has-been nature that will do nothing to blow him away... and is proven correct.
** Thinking that he's being too harsh, Todd decides he could enjoy the Black Eye Peas covering "Time of My Life" if he gives it a chance. His faith is not rewarded.
** In his "Top Ten Best Songs of 2012", he's not sure if "Young, Wild, and Free" is really based off a movie. His next review reveals that yes, it's a real direct to DVD movie so he ends up having to review it with the Rap Critic.
** In the Top 10 Worst Pop Songs of 2012 list, he lists Flo Rida's "Whistle" and decides to make one last definitive statement about him: ''nothing''. "This man is not worth expending thoughts on. The end." One video later, he puts a Flo Rida song on his Best of 2012 list, and is forced to explain why.
** At the end of "Dark Horse", he finally gives up on Music/KatyPerry, saying that he'll never listen to her music again.
-->'''Todd:''' You hear that Katy Perry? YOU. SUCK. What are you going to do about it? NOTHING. That's right. I'm Todd in the Shadows, and I'm-\\
[=*Gets struck by lightning*=]\\
'''Todd:''' ... My opinion has not changed.\\
[=*Gets struck by lightning again*=]
* TenMinuteRetirement: His first Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses exclusive. He quits from the strain from hearing Music/{{Kesha}}'s "Blah Blah Blah", only to return and give it a sound beating less than a minute later.
* TheissTitillationTheory: [[InUniverse Discussed]] in "Blurred Lines", with Todd saying the regular version is sexier than the uncensored one with the girls topless.[[invoked]]
* TheyJustDidntCare: Accuses Snoop Dogg of this in Katy Perry's "California Gurls" and Ludacris of this in Enrique Iglesias's "Tonight...". Though he admits that it's [[JustifiedTrope arguably justified]] considering they realized the quality of the song they were recording and [[MoneyDearBoy just wanted to get paid]]. [[invoked]]
** Also, he thought that Train wrote "Hey Soul Sister" as AlbumFiller ("let's write bad lyrics, and record it like I was imitating Minnie Mouse!").
** And it's one of the possible explanations Todd comes up for why the line "Like Tina did to Ike in the limo, it finally hit me" appears in "Deuces".[[note]]It isn't Chris Brown who sings it, but Todd is quick to point out Brown should have asked for the guest to remove this![[/note]]
** Again when Bruno Mars wrote "The Lazy Song": "Either he put no effort into it, or he put a lot of effort into making it look like he put no effort into it."
** He accuses Katy Perry's production team of doing this in "E.T.", as they got tired of providing nice beats and soaring melodies and then having to crowbar her voice in with AutoTune.
** In his "Moves Like Jagger" review, where he is throughly convinced that Maroon 5 didn't know anything about [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]] himself, but just slapped it together when it seemed like a mini-fad to mention him in songs.
** "Back In Time" in regards to being a ''Film/MenInBlack'' tie-in.
** He observes that in the video for 2004's "Just Lose It," {{Eminem}} looks like he's not trying at all.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Todd says that "Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett is to Halloween what "Jingle Bells" is to Christmas, "Auld Lang Syne" is to New Years, and the sound of drunks puking on the sidewalk is to St. Patrick's Day.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: He's offed himself five times already. One was in the middle of a review. He's even lampshaded this:
-->'''Todd:''' [O]nce again, it's time for me to kill myself.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: In his Top 10 Worst Songs of 2012: "Scream & Shout" by Will-I-Am and Britney Spears.
-->''Now-now-rocking with: Will-I-Am and Britney, BITCH!''
-->'''Todd:''' [[FauxHorrific *gasp*]] She called me a bitch!
* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
** Said word for word after his first review at TGWTG.com was "Blah Blah Blah" by Ke$ha.
** In his "HannahMontana: TheMovie" Review: "This is going to hurt a lot, isn't it?"
* TimeTravel: Todd accuses Imagine Dragons of breaking the laws of physics by writing "Demons" and going back in time to put it on the original singles that were released before they released their first commercial album.
* TooMuchInformation: His reaction to "'Cause I was all through\Oh I was overwhelmed" in "Drive-By".
-->"Don't make me think of your O-face, dude"
* [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously Took The Bad Song Seriously]]: [[{{in-universe}} Todd]] [[LampshadeHanging hangs several lampshades on this]].
** Music/JustinBieber in "Eenie Meenie".
--->'''Todd:''' Make us believe that you ''feel'', deep down in your ''soul''... that [[YouFailLinguisticsForever Shawty is a eenie meenie miney moe lovah]].
** Chris Brown in "I Can Transform Ya".
---> '''Todd:''' Poor Chris Brown... he's trying ''so hard'' to find the melody.
** In the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_634960&v=OzOaLvwrbvc#t=32s cover]] of "Music/{{Friday}}", Todd seems to be the only person who's even trying to sing well.
* TriviallyObvious: During the "One Hit Wonderland" on Alien Ant Farm:
-->'''Todd:''' What else did they release?
-->''* clip of "Attitude" plays *''
-->'''Todd:''' Yep. That's a song, all right.
* TruckDriversGearChange: Pointed out in the OHW of "To Be With You" by ''Mr. Big''.
-->'''Todd:''' KEY CHANGE!
* TrueArtIsAngsty: Totally [[AvertedTrope averted]]. He actually likes stupid pop music and his complaints stem from his dissatisfaction with ''bad'' stupid pop music. Lampshaded [[{{In-universe}} when he ranks]] "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" as one of his Worst Songs Of 1987.
-->'''Todd:''' What kind of critic am I? I'll tell you what kind: The kind that hates "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" by Genesis!
** On the other hand, he dislikes the "white guy with acoustic guitar" genre because it's mostly void of emotion.
** {{Discussed}} in one review: "Always a good idea, a dark album. Plenty of allegedly lightweight acts have achieved greater success when they made a darker album such as...?...and...(band name not found) I'm sure there's at least one."
** He argues that Alien Ant Farm didn't have any more hits beside their cover of "Smooth Criminal" because among all the [=Wangsty=] Nu Metal bands, they weren't whiny enough.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: At one point in "Break Up," [[{{In-universe}} he asks]] if it's anerror.avant-garde piece that's gone over his head.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Todd sees the ''entirety'' of A Flock of Seagulls--from their sound to their lyrics to their look and music videos--as this.
-->'''Todd:''' This was a band designed for [[TheEighties 1982 and '83]], and pretty much ''only'' '82 and '83. They could not survive outside of those fairly unique [years].
* UnfortunateImplications:
** [[{{In-universe}} Todd points out]] that in "Tonight..." the chorus of the song "Tonight I'm fucking you" implies [[DateRape that the woman Enrique is talking to has no choice in the matter]].
*** He also considered RobinThicke's "Blurred Lines" on the same line, even comparing it line-by-line to the song [[StoneTemplePilots "Sex Type Thing"]], which actually ''was'' about full-on rape.
** One line in BrunoMars' "The Lazy Song"[[note]]-Turn the TV on, [[ADateWithRosiePalms throw my hand in my pants]][=/=]Nobody's gonna tell me I can't[[/note]] leads Todd to believe that Mars had been called out for masturbating in public.
** "E.T." by Katy Perry ft. Kanye West. Todd, in an attempt to forgo his LiteralMinded ways of song interpretation, notes that if one interprets the song as being about, say, a black guy, then Katy is singing about a ScaryBlackMan who threatens to abduct her. Todd then figures that metaphor can't apply, and that it must meant to be taken literally and be about an alien, because there's no way the song would be intended to have that kind of message. Then Kanye shows up and raps about abducting her, probing her and taking her against her will.
** If one sings "Like Tina did to Ike in the limo, it finally hit me" (as Kevin [=McCall=] in "Deuces"), he's sympathizing with Ike, of all people (and if the main singer had a domestic abuse history, it's even more unfortunate!).
** In his blip.tv intro to "3", Todd mentions how that review (and a few subsequent ones) make it seem like he's against sex.
** In his "Best of 2013" video, Todd points out that, while he liked the part, one should not let RKelly do what he wants with one's body, in regards to LadyGaga's "Do What U Want", considering his past child molestation charges.
* TheUnintelligible: Played with. While Billy Ray Cyrus's lyrics are understandable enough, but Todd remarks how his singing style ranges somewhere between fake-BruceSpringsteen and fake-ElvisPresley with a bit of [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Trey]] [[TeamAmericaWorldPolice Parker]] thrown in for good measure.
** Todd doesn't understand any of Sean Paul's rapid-fire Jamaican patois, but he still considers him to be the best part of "Do You Remember" by a wide margin.
* TheUnpronounceable: He has trouble saying the names of everyone in {{A-ha}} who isn't Morten Harket.
** Likewise Gotye in the "We Are Young"/"Somebody That I Used to Know" review.
* VerbalBackspace: He does one after describing the {{Mondegreen}} of Hannah Montana's "I Got Nerve".
--> '''Todd:''' Heh. Nerf should use this song for their commercials. Nerf should not use this song for their commercials. I immediately take that back.
* VerbalTic: Like [[MemeticMutation many people]], Todd started using [[LikeIsLikeAComma Like As, Like, A Comma]] when discussing "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
* VerySpecialEpisode: His "review" of Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music" proceeds to ''completely'' ignore the song's existence, in favor of a 15-minute TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at Chris Brown and his complete failure to learn anything from the Rihanna incident.
* VocalDissonance: He finds it very hard to listen to Gerardo's nasally voice and picture him as a smooth Latino ladies man.
* VomitDiscretionShot: He couldn't quite hold his liquor in "Your Love Is My Drug".
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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 a U2 top 5 with "I'm Todd in the Shadows, and 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/TheRollingStones 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 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 sill been having hits, he states that it's [[{{Music/LLCoolJ}} "not a come back, he's been here for years"]].
* WeWantOurJerkBack: Thinks this about {{Eminem}}'s recent work.
* [[WhatAreRecords What Is a Payphone]]: A problem raised with Maroon 5's song.
* 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 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.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Calls this on Ne-Yo singing with an 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.''
* 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: "[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/tpsr/27467-songs1987 Kenny G, he's a stupid looking guy...]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN2RnjFHmNY and he plays his goddamn saxophone, it makes me want to die...]]"
* 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 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 ''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]])
* 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 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 {{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".
* 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:
** LadyGaga. He doesn't like her, but he does acknowledge that "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 LadyGaga from artists such as M.I.A. and 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.
** 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.
* XMeetsY: He says that Cher Lloyd's "Swagger Jagger" is like some horrible combination of Ke$ha, Avril Lavigne, and a healthy pool of soccer hooligan vomit.
** He compares The Baha Men as the Caribbean version of Music/TheBlackEyedPeas in terms of musical stylings.
* [[YouPutTheXInXY You Take the X from XY]]: "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!"
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The DesignatedVillain in the HannahMontana Movie may have a mall-building plan that even generous helpings of AndThatsTerrible can't convince Todd to disapprove of, but he does admit that he's acting like a supreme douche who seems to revel in the fact that not a single resident in the town wants his mall or likes him. How exactly he's planning to turn a profit after he taunted most of his potential customers that they'd never raise enough money to 'save' the field [[CardCarryingVillain (his own words)]] it will be built on...
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[[caption-width-right:344:Don't you recognize him?]]
->''"I don't make these videos because I hate pop music, I do it because I [[CompassionateCritic LOVE pop music]]."''
Todd Nathanson is a former Website/YouTube-based reviewer, now featured on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, who focuses his snarking on pop music. Combines legitimate complaints with humorous observations and [[ShoutOut/ToddInTheShadows Shout Outs.]] Also, [[TheFaceless he always obscures his face in his videos.]]
A frequent "SpecialGuest" on PushingUpRoses' "LetsPlay Shorties". Todd normally appears on Roses' Let's Plays of {{Edutainment}} PC games from the early 90s. He also has frequent cameo roles in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's videos, which he often also helps write. Apart from his normal Pop Song Review show, he also does a show called 'One Hit Wonderland', where he looks at OneHitWonder artists' careers, their one hit song and analyzes whether or not they had more musical talent than their one hit would imply.
His old videos can be found on his [=YouTube=] account [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ToddInTheShadows here,]] while his That Guy With The
There is also a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=30688 FAQ]], detailing Todd's opinions on artists, songs and other stuff and a [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Todd-In-The-Shadows/207572262596885?ref=ts&sk=wall Facebook page]]
For a list of songs (and other videos) Todd has done, see ToddInTheShadowsList. All tropes regarding Todd himself go to the [[Characters/ToddInTheShadows character sheet]].
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!!Tropes invoked by Todd in the Shadows in his reviews:
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* AccentuateTheNegative: Subverted occasionally, since even Todd can [[ActuallyPrettyFunny admit when a song he's reviewing does something right]], or something close to right.
-->'''Todd:''' I don't make these reviews because I hate pop music. I make these reviews because I ''love'' pop music.
** The double review of "We Are Young" by Music/{{Fun}} (yes, it's not capitalized and the period is part of their name) and "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Music/{{Gotye}}, Todd brings into question just ''how'' these indie songs became so popular. At the end of the review, he's still a little baffled, but he admits he really can't find anything wrong with either artists, and enjoys both of their previous works.
** Starting with his "Ni**as in Paris" review, Todd has been reviewing a lot more songs that he considers good or at least songs he doesn't really hate.
** Inverted (Accenting the positive) with both Music/JustinTimberlake's "Suit and Tie" and Music/{{Macklemore}}'s "Thrift Shop"[[note]] and "Can't Hold Us" - he admits that's a good song too[[/note]]. They're the only two ''good'' songs on the radio at the time of the review. ''EVERYTHING ELSE'' was boring crap.
** Todd tries to do this with Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever", but all his arguments against the song die as soon as he vocalises them. He admits at the end of the video, somewhat embarrassed, that he really likes it.
** Done so with "Blurred Lines" in which he states a few things he likes about it and even says he doesn't find it that bad. But after that, Todd has a lot of negative criticism for the song.
* AcceptableTargets: [[invoked]]
** Chris Brown, even before [[DomesticAbuse the incident]]. Todd initially saw him as akin to Music/JustinBieber. Taken even further after Brown won a Grammy, as Todd started following him on Twitter just for trolling!
** Beyonce. Back in 2009, he was so sick of her that he put 3 of her songs on his Worst Hit Songs list that year, although he hasn't criticized her since his Telephone review.
** Willow Smith, despite her tender age.
--->'''Todd:''' Yes, I ''will'' make fun of the looks of a nine-year-old, try and stop me..
** Music/FloRida and his complete lack of personality and inability to write memorable lyrics. However, [[HeelFaceTurn "I Cry" was listed in his Best Hit Songs of 2012 list]].
--->'''Todd:''' We've got another report that this is the guy who did "Right Round", so, um... lethal force is authorized.
** Music/{{Pitbull}}. "He makes the good songs go bad and the bad songs much worse." Although "International Love" did earn an honourable mention in a Top 10 Best video, only let down by the presence of...Chris Brown!
** SouljaBoy, whom Todd often uses as a measuring stick by which to judge other inept rappers.
** Jason Derulo, because of his talent or [[DreadfulMusician lack thereof]]. And his constant [[SayMyName self-glossing in his songs]].
** The band Music/{{Chicago}}, specifically lead singer and former frontman Peter Cetera.
** The band Music/{{Train}}, specifically lead singer and songwriter Pat Monahan.
** "White guy with an acoustic guitar" (WGWAG) songs. Basically, insincere love songs or just flat out bland songs by "douchey" (usually white) guys with acoustic guitars. He has singled out "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz, "Hey Soul Sister" by Train, "The Lazy Song" by BrunoMars, "Let Her Go" by Passenger, and anything by Jack Johnson and John Mayer as examples, and fleshed out his reasons in his review of "The Lazy Song". He didn't anticipate the possibility that Music/JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" was one of these. At that point, it was just adding insult to injury. However, he has occasionally subverted this by singling out examples that he tolerates:
*** On Twitter, he's cited ZacBrownBand and JimmyBuffett's "Knee Deep" as one of the only "white guy with acoustic guitar" songs that he likes.
*** He also gives examples a pass if he finds them sufficiently sincere: he doesn't hate the Plain White T's, and Jason Mraz's "I Won't Give Up" was spared from the same fate as "I'm Yours".
*** Yet another one that got a pass was Ed Sheeran's "The A-Team"; he said that he didn't particularly care for it, but it at least seemed to have more effort, sincerity, and ambition put into it than your average WGWAG song.
*** In "One Hit Wonderland", he praises Mr. Big's "To Be with You" as an enjoyable WGWAG. Todd also notes that the band had the musical proficiency that most [=WGWAGs=] lack.
** The DistaffCounterpart, "white chick on piano". While not everything qualifies (he gives Music/{{Adele}} a pass for "Someone Like You"), he cites Music/{{Evanescence}} (or at least "My Immortal"), Vanessa Carlton and Christina Perri as examples.
** TheBlackEyedPeas. Even NicolasCage agrees with him, apparently:
--->'''Nicolas Cage:''' [[Film/TheWickerMan NOT THE PEAS! NOT THE PEAS!!]]
*** He has stated, though, that he doesn't completely hate them, and put two of their songs on his Best Hit Songs of 2009 list. Nowadays, however, will.i.am's songs have gotten so bad that [[RuinedForever he can't even enjoy their songs he used to like.]]
** Dance songs set in clubs about dancing to dance songs (set in clubs).
** Songs used in commercials that sound like they were written for them. Aside from "Tonight, Tonight", he singles out Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl".
** The novelty hits of the early 1960s. Even if it wasn't the darkest era of pop music, it was one of the stupidest.
** Music/OneDirection, as well as {{boy band}}s in general.
*** Although Todd admits that he doesn't hate the members of Music/OneDirection personally or even as musicians; rather, he hates the people who write their music to exploit their teenage girl fanbase.
** NuMetal (a.k.a. angry white boy music). Todd complains that every entry in the genre sounds the same.
** As of 2012 onward, any song which uses "[[TheFourChordsOfPop Pop Song Chords]]". Todd admits that not ''every'' Pop Song Chord song is bad; however, he considers their (mis)use as a sign of laziness, especially when the songwriter(s) fail to do anything creative with said chords.
** Electronic dance music (EDM). As early as the "Sexy Bitch" review, Todd states that he "would rather nail [his] feet to the side of a moving car than listen to it". He singles out Music/DavidGuetta and Music/CalvinHarris as the worst of the genre.
*** In 2013, however, Todd admits that he doesn't outright hate EDM, but the genre largely turns him off due to its repetitiveness and lack of emotion.
** Bro-country. Basically, "bling and bitches" songs tailored for [[DeepSouth white Southern people]], since their subject matter is about 4x4 trucks, drinking beer, and scantily clad girls. Todd singles out Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine and Music/LukeBryan as the worst of the genre.
--->'''Todd:''' What hath Big & Rich wrought?
* AccidentalTruth: When discussing the Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" on One-Hit Wonderland, he gets stuck on the word "haver" and wonders what it even means. "Babbling nonsense words?" Cut to the dictionary definition, and it's ''exactly'' what the word means.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: One small scene in "Sexy and I Know It". But that's the ''only'' thing he'll concede.
** He actually enjoys (or at least doesn't hate) JustinBieber's chorus of "#Thatpower", but declares Will.I.am so bad that it is still the second worst song of the year.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Semisonic's follow up album after their OneHitWonder "Closing Time" was mostly about sex. The context of one song in particular, "Get a Grip", was fairly obvious. It's an upbeat song talking about how healthy it is to explore masturbation.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Music/{{Chicago}} were not the only band to suddenly sell out in seventy-six."
** TaylorSwift is the "pink pony princess" of country.
* AdvertisedExtra: Criticizes Janelle Monae as being this in "We Are Young", since her part is so inobtrusive that he wasn't even aware she was in the song. He then parodies it by promoting the video as a crossover with JewWario, who appears on screen for a second to say "hi".
** Chris Brown's "Turn Up the Music" in the video of the same name. Todd talks about it for a few seconds, but the video is mainly about how much he hates Chris Brown and his fans.
* AgeAppropriateAngst: In "If I Die Young", he flips out when he figures out that Kimberly Perry is 28 and actually older than he is, pointing out that it would be much easier to stomach if she were 16, since many people go through a morbid phase at that age but grow out of it. [[invoked]]
* AlbumFiller: Theory raised by Todd concerning the lyrics of Train's "Hey, Soul Sister".
** And also regarding the beat and production in "E.T.".
* [[AllThereInTheManual All There On Twitter]]: The details behind the [[NoodleIncident "DL Incident"]] referenced in the "Like a G6" review were, as promised, [[http://twitter.com/#!/ShadowTodd/status/5363881098616832 later]] [[http://twitter.com/#!/ShadowTodd/status/5364185718329344 revealed]] [[http://twitter.com/#!/ShadowTodd/status/5364500509237248 on Twitter.]]
-->'''Todd:''' "So... much... blood..."
** This is [[CallBack called back]] in the "Grenade" review.
** A darker version of this happened around Christmas 2010 when his Twitter became a sort-of ApocalypticLog for when he contracted ''MRSA''. Obviously, he got better.
*** [[CallBack Brought up]] in his "Top Six Worst Songs of 2010 (That I Didn't Already Cover)" video and after participating in a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/yrt/specials/30277-the-last-airbender four-way review]] of TheLastAirbender.
-->'''Todd:''' "That was worse than when I had ''MRSA''."
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[{{In-universe}} He's fond of doing this]] with popstars:
** Music/LadyGaga is an EldritchAbomination, (or, alternatively, a [[CthulhuMythos cultist]]) wants to [[ImAHumanitarian kill and eat us all]], dislikes ''words'', and [[{{Scatting}} avoids using them whenever possible.]]
** Music/LilWayne is on a quest to record with every musician in existence. He is also a human lizard.
** Music/FloRida is trying his damn hardest to be a successful rapper by only making songs with good choruses but awful verses and without having any identifiable personality traits whatsoever... other than a taste for clubbing. Furthermore, his image is so tied to his clubbing that he goes out partying even when he doesn't want to in order to keep up his rep, to the point that he often zones out in exhaustion.
*** Also, the events of "Whistle" are all in his head.
** Patrick Monahan went insane during the hiatus of his band, explaining why the lyrics to Train's songs are becoming increasingly bizarre.
*** Monahan has also recently undergone an arbitrary larynx transplant surgery, which is why his voice is suddenly so high-pitched and whiny.
*** After "Hey, Soul Sister" and "Drive By" became hits, Monahan began to hate his fans for letting him get away with writing such bad lyrics, so he wrote "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" to take revenge on them by bombarding them with the most insane song he could make. It became a hit.
*** The [[StealthPun lyrics]] in the video for "Hey, Soul Sister" are squirming along the walls because they're attempting to escape.
** Music/CherLloyd's song "Want U Back" is told from the perspective of a sociopathic high school AlphaBitch.
** [=Ke$ha=] really is a perpetually drunken, shallow party girl, who prefers to go out with men who look like [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]] (Tik Tok) and have beards (Your Love Is My Drug). [[note]]General consensus perceives her as a StealthParody; While Todd acknowledged this in "The Top 6 Worst Hit Songs of 2010 (That I Didn't Already Cover)," he considered that it didn't justify "Take It Off," where she's laughing at the listener (See TakeThatAudience) instead of with them.[[/note]]
** Tyga is actually a [[NiceGuy sweet]] [[OneOfUs gamer]] underneath a [[JerkassFacade "gangsta" persona]].
** The members of 3OH!3 pretended to be douchey frat boys for the video of their song "Don't Trust Me" but [[BecomingTheMask they've gotten so into character that now they can't stop]].
** The crew behind "The Time" were conspiring against the BlackEyedPeas -- a recording technician was attempting to unplug Fergie's mic near the end, and the video's director was taking potshots at the song.
** Ludacris is omnipresent.
** BarryManilow wrote every single song ever written. (''Except'' "I Write The Songs")
** "Grenade" was Bruno Mars' SanitySlippageSong.
*** Bruno himself is "possibly not a guy".
*** Bruno also shouts out "Gorilla" whenever he has an orgasm
** Wyclef Jean is on prescription drugs, but forgot them while recording "We Are The World"
** Enrique Iglesias is a serial rapist who was [[RaisedByWolves raised in the wild]].
** Putt Putt is a drug addict.
** Music/KanyeWest a) isn't rapping about alien sex on "E.T.", but kidnapping, b) has an inexplicable grudge against epileptics, and c) is a [[MadArtist pretentiously genius mentally unhinged artiste]].
** Beyonce has a deep-rooted hatred for men.
** Ne-Yo is aware of some sort of apocalypse, which may or may not (probably not) be caused by {{LMFAO}}.
** Drake is painfully aware of the fleeting nature of fame, and very afraid that he'll wake up one morning and find himself working at Burger King.
** Eminem is AmbiguouslyGay, and his DorkAge can be chalked up to the aliens from ''SpaceJam'' stealing his talent.
** Music/ChrisBrown is a Wrestling/{{WWE}} {{Heel}}.
*** And that Kevin [=McCall=] snuck a reference to Ike Turner into "Deuces", feigning innocence, just so he could humiliate Chris Brown by association.
** Music/KellyClarkson deliberately enters or imagines up bad relationships to write {{Breakup Song}}s.
** Music/{{Pitbull}} isn't capable of rapping about anything other than how much money he makes, even if he tries to fit it in with another theme, such as ''Film/MenInBlack''.
** Music/DavidGuetta's music is so mechanical he might actually be a robot. More than that, he's a LifeDrinker: Able to sustain his own boring career by feeding off any interest that his guest singers might have had before working with him, and leaving ''them'' just as boring as he is afterward. Music/FloRida is the only exception because [[TakeThat he had no personality to begin with.]]
** His "Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2012" has several of these. In addition to expanding on {{Train}} mentioned above, Pitbull has been replaced by an alien/replecant trying to copy our "hu-man musical art forms" and the end result is just "adorable," Music/HunterHayes' "Wanted" is just a con to try and get the singer laid, [[Music/TheBlackEyedPeas Will.I.Am]] is some kind of idiot savant, and Chris Brown's managers may be slipping in lyrical references to his domestic abuse as a prank.
** The protagonist of Music/AliciaKeys' "Girl on Fire" is [[PlayingWithFire a vengeful fire goddess literally setting things on fire]].
** Will.i.am finds inspiration for his music in the sounds made by car alarms, jackhammers, vaccum cleaners, dripping faucets and your neighbours [[RightThroughTheWall having loud sex]].
** Peter Cetera is a real life Bond villain who caused the stock market to crash, committed war crimes, and killed Todd's dog.
** {{Music/Miley Cyrus}}'s "We Can't Stop" is about a girl with an out-of-control drug problem. She literally can't stop.
** Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever" is about the girl from Orbit gum commercials and the song in question is "Locked Out of Heaven" by BrunoMars.
** Music/LadyGaga's "Applause" is an attack on WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic.
** Music/ImagineDragons and Music/OneRepublic have fallen under a FreakyFridayFlip style spell, but instead of switching the band members' bodies, the spell switched their musical talent.
*** Furthermore Imagine Dragons wrote Demons after their big hits and then traveled back in time to put it on their album.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_%28musician%29 Rockwell]] sang about being stalked in every one of his songs because he really ''was'' followed by a shadowy presence everywhere. His total disappearance from the media after his string of lukewarm releases is the result of that follower having finally gotten him.
** The Far East Movement are seeking to debunk every Asian stereotype, including the good ones like intelligence and also worship the devil.
** The slow outro at the end of "Sweater Weather" by The Neighborhood represents the songs' two lover characters succumbing to hypothermia and dying.
** KatyPerry's recent #1s are due to a deal that she has with Billboard.
** JasonDerulo's "Talk Dirty" is sang by a douchey American tourist who can only hook up with foreign women because they don't understand how cheesy and offensive his pick-up lines are.
* AllMenArePerverts: When taking a moment to explain that abstinence is perfectly alright if your partner isn't ready, he defies this trope, albeit reluctantly. "And you know, that goes for the girls too. Sometimes the guy isn't ready and you shouldn't push it... it happens."
* AnachronismStew: The payphone itself in Maroon 5's "Payphone". It's 2012, and he's still using an antiquated piece of communications that can't be ported around with you or access the internet... and you have to PAY TO USE IT!???
* AnalogyBackfire: Todd really likes doing this.
** Pointed out by name in his review of the Music/BlackEyedPeas' "Imma Be", when [=will.i.am=] compares himself to a sperm bank...as men ''put sperm into'' a sperm bank.
** A quick one from Enrique Iglesias's "Tonight..."
-->'''Enrique:''' If I had a type, then it would be you.
-->'''Todd:''' Or in other words, you're not my type.
** He also points that a firework is something so ephemerous Katy Perry should have talked about firewood instead.
** LMFAO's "Yo, I'm runnin' through these ho's like Drano". Unless it was saying their music is corrosive and harmful.
** When the video for "If I Die Young" invokes Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott", he points out that said lady went completely unknown or cared about by her people, even after death. All she left behind was a pretty corpse.
** And then there's Train's "Drive By". The title's imagery aside, he focuses mainly upon the implications of Patrick comparing his love to a two-ply Hefty bag (in other words, garbage), and how his love "went viral".
** He points out that Music/KellyClarkson singing "[[BreakupSong What doesn't kill you make you stronger]]" is irrelevant because the narrator doesn't seem to have had any emotional investment in the relationship in the first place.
*** Also, the line "Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone" loses its credibility once the narrator mentions moving on to another man.
** When the opening of "Mac & Devin Go To High School" suggests that the viewer smoke up before watching the movie, he points out that "[[WatchItStoned you need to be high to enjoy this movie]]" is typically not a compliment.
** When "Holy Grail" uses the song's title and a reference to a cup as "runneth over" to describe the prices of fame, he notes that the only time the Holy Grail has ever been harmful was [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade when it was a fake]], and "cup runneth over" is a Biblical reference about what is genuinely an overabundance of blessing from heaven. Indeed, he finds the same lack of negative consequences to be a theme in the song's verses and the artists' careers.
** BrunoMars' "Gorilla" earns plenty of this. Gorillas [[TeenyWeenie aren't well-hung]], [[FetishRetardant their mating is more funny than sexy]], and of course they're a turnoff (except for [[{{Music/Gorillaz}} Noodle]]).
** In a song about an girl wanting to get back with her ex, Music/MileyCyrus said she "came in like a wrecking ball" in the titular song, who wanted to "break the walls" of her ex, only to be "broken" by the ex instead ("all you ever did was break me"). Todd then shows the faultiness of this analogy by showing a cartoon of a character taking cover from being hit by a wrecking ball in a little closet, edited to show the wrecking ball breaking and disappearing, with the closet completely unharmed.
** When commenting on Juicy J's verse in "Dark Horse", Todd points out that a KnightInShiningArmor wakes up the Literature/SleepingBeauty, as opposed to knocking her unconscious.
-->'''Todd:''' What, did you punch her?
* AnarchyIsChaos: Completely subverted. His One Hit Wonderland review of "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba starts off with him trying to explain just what Anarchy actually is. ''Trying'' being the key word, since the best he could describe it was "Socialism or Communism, but without any government", since he openly acknowledged that he didn't really understand it himself. The trope page itself is much more clear. The band was formed in the '80s by actual far-left-sided political anarchists who joined in on the Punk Rock scene of the '80s.
* AnatomicallyImpossibleSex: Discussed in his review of Music/{{Kesha}}'s "Blah Blah Blah".
--> '''[=Ke$ha=]:''' ♪Turn around, boy, lemme hit that!♪\\
[{{beat}}]\\
'''Todd:''' "''Turn around, boy''... ''lemme hit that?''" I don't think I understand the mechanics here.\\
'''[=Ke$ha=]:''' ♪Don't be a little bitch with your chit chat, just show me where your dick's at!♪\\
'''Todd:''' Uh... it's between his legs. You know, the crotch area, that's where it is on most guys, you should know that. I mean, not that I'm making any assumptions about your character here, but I'm pretty sure you're already well-acquainted with the location of a penis.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Parodied in his "Party Rock Anthem" review, in which he states "And then John was a douchebag" during the dance zombie apocalypse scene.
* {{Angrish}}:
** His first two LadyGaga reviews reduced Todd to this. In one, he actually just screams in pure frustrated anger.
--->'''''DAAAAAAAAH!'''''
** {{Defied}} -- He didn't review [=Ke$ha's=] "Take It Off" because he would spend the whole review screaming like the RainMan.
** Defied again -- On [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/342736501093842945 Twitter]], he states he might not ever do a One Hit Wonderland review of "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes or a Worst of 1993 retrospect because his hate of the song is too primal.
** His fury and confusion that Kenny G had a Top 10 hit on the Pop charts in 1987 devolved into this.
** His review of "Break Up" gave us "GHRRRRLRRRUUUUUUGHHHH".
* AntiLoveSong: Many of the songs listed in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
* ArchEnemy: Peter Cetera and Chris Brown. He plays up Cetera more because it's funnier, while Brown has actually done awful things.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
** Todd's worst villains of TheEighties are Ayatollah Khomeini, Pablo Escobar, the guy who shot Pope John Paul II (Mehmet Ali AÄŸca)... and Peter Cetera, former frontman of Music/{{Chicago}}.
*** And his list of Cetera's crimes: "Peter Cetera is a war criminal. Peter Cetera caused the stock market crash. Peter Cetera [[KickTheDog killed my dog]]."
*** In the same video, he lists the plagues that attacked the namesake [[TheWindyCity Windy City]]: the Chicago Fire, Al Capone, and the "[[TakeThat lingering, still infestating [sic] plague of Cubs fans]]".
** In his review for Bruno Mars's "Grenade", Todd makes a list of the qualities of the woman whom Bruno is singing about: "Abusive", "Demonic", "Insane", "Evil", "Deceitful", and "Bad at auto repair."
** When he's detailing the strange things that have happened to him over the year:
--> Let's see, I've been [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick abducted several times]], I fought for the [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights fate of the world]], I've been punched in the face [[WebVideo/ObscurusLupa with great frequency]], I drank way too much and weirdest of all, I started facing to the left.
* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: He pointed out in his review of the ''HannahMontana'' movie that the villain is trying to build a mall despite the fact that the entire town doesn't seem to want it, which is really not a good idea.
* AteHisGun: He tries to do this during his review of "Imma Be" by the Black Eyed Peas.
--> '''Todd:''' If I have to hear "Imma Be" one more time, [[TemptingFate I'm gonna shoot myself!]] *Starts freaking out, reaches for a nearby pistol, puts it to his head, his chin, in his mouth, and starts pulling the trigger* [{{beat}}] *disappointed* [[DeadpanSnarker This isn't a real gun]].
** He jokes about it again in the ''Sunday School Musical'' review.
---> "Oh...I suddenly have an itch at the back of my throat...that I must scratch...with my gun!"
* AttentionWhore: Subverted. He goes into "Applause" by pointing out that Music/LadyGaga is one, but then realizes that the song isn't about her ''nearly as much'' as it is about her attacking her critics.
* AutoTune: Discussed (and used) reviewing [[{{T-Pain}} "5 O'clock"]]. He says that he doesn't mind it, and that it should be considered just another facet of modern production, like stereo sound or [[SelfBackingVocalist multi-tracked vocals]]. He then parodies it by suggesting that he should Auto-Tune the whole review, but promptly backs out.
* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Todd theorizes that the reason BrunoMars peppers "The Lazy Song" with random references to sex and masturbating is because, otherwise, it could easily be mistaken for a ''Series/SesameStreet'' song.
* AwardBaitSong: He thinks "Never Too Far" was this for ''[[MariahCarey Glitter]]'. To prove his point home, he even plays [[TheBodyguard "I Will Always Love You"]] over it.
* AwesomeMusic: [[invoked]] His views on 'Fuck You!'
--> Todd: It's rare to see consensus get built about a pop song. Music is one of the things that everyone has a different taste in. Very, very rarely is a song so good that everyone has to agree on it. But when I heard my #1 song, I spread it to everyone I knew and everyone loved it, and I've never seen that happen. I told myself if there was any justice in this world, it would be a song that spread everywhere and that everyone would love it and...it did... And by the end of 2011, it was widely recognized as one of the greatest songs ever written.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Apparently, his opinion on Taio Cruz, who had no choice but to be a pop star with that name.
* BadBadActing: In the crossover review of Kanye West's ''Runaway,'' Rap Critic and Todd [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] the cliche crossover setup by passing a script back and forth and reading the lines completely deadpan.
* BaitAndSwitch: In the beginning of his review of Train's "Drive By", he compliments Train as an interesting and intriguing band and rhetorically asks what made him change his mind. While the listener might be expecting a glowing compliment of a song or album, instead he says "Well, I think the lead singer might've gone insane."
** The "Float On" One-Hit Wonderland episode [[spoiler:starts out talking about the 2004 indie hit by Modest Mouse, then--RecordNeedleScratch, Todd yells "[[AprilFoolsDay April Fools]], [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitches!]]" and the focus switches to the homonymous 70's hit by The Floaters]].
* UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}}: During his review of Music/{{Rihanna}}'s [[ObligatoryBondageSong "S&M"]], a song that he hates so much yet finds to be a {{Guilty Pleasure|s}} anyway, he ultimately concludes that his enjoyment of the song is a mental/emotional act of the song's subject matter, with Rihanna as a dominatrix and him, the listener, as the sub who gets off on such an awful song.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In the "Imma Be" review, after the song switches into a completely different style, Todd says that he'd be glad to hear something than other than droning repetitions of "Imma be, imma be, imma be". Then it turns out that section of the song also repeats that particular phrase...
* BecomingTheMask: After hearing 3OH!3's verse on Music/{{Kesha}}'s '[=BlahBlahBlah=]' Todd wonders to himself whether they were genuinely dumb fratboys all along, or if they'd 'gone so far into character that they can't get out.'
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]--he later determines, after hearing them say the line "who I is", that they are just trying too hard.
* BerserkButton:
** Music/JustinBieber. Just his mere image sends Todd into a growling rage. Hell, he got so mad at the chorus in "Eenie Meenie" it gave him a close-up.
--->'''''BIEBER!'''''
** KennyG.
** The musical genre known as adult alternative, referred to as "white-guy-with-an-acoustic-guitar songs". He crystallizes this in his review of Train's "Hey Soul Sister".
** {{Conspiracy Theorist}}s, apparently. In The Top 10 Worst Songs of 2004, when covering Jadakiss's "Why", he at first regards the song as dumb and definitely not something Jadakiss is meant for, but after hearing the lines "Why did Bush knock down the towers?" and "Why did Kobe have to hit that raw, why'd he kiss that whore?" (the "whore" being Kobe Bryant's alleged rape victim), Todd angrily tells Jadakiss to "go eat a dick."
** Chris Brown's beating the stuffing out of {{Rihanna}}, to the point where he has to struggle to keep from making his review of "I Can Transform Ya" all about it. Chris himself becomes this over the course of "Deuces", primarily because he acted like DomesticAbuse was no big deal.
** Todd hates the group Chicago vehemently. Has it ever occurred to you that he hates Chicago?
*** More specifically, he hates Peter Cetera, frontman of Chicago, who he considers to be one of the greatest villains of the 1980s, and says his voice 'resonates at the exact frequency to piss me off'. However, he has no problem with older Chicago songs - roughly their recorded output from before the release of ''Chicago X''.
** Who was the writer of "I Write the Songs?" Not Barry Manilow, but '''''BRUCE JOHNSTON OF THE [[TheBeachBoys BEACH BOYS]]!?!!?'''''
** Music/{{Nickelback}}.
** will.i.am. In his "Worst of 2013" retrospect, Todd states that he ranked "Scream and Shout" way too low in 2012 and that he wasn't going to make the same mistake ever again. He ranked "#thatPOWER" as the second worst song of 2013, and even then, Todd said that was ''[[InsultToRocks still]]'' [[InsultToRocks too generous]].
* BetterByADifferentName[=/=]SerialNumbersFiledOff: [[{{in-universe}} How he views]] certain songs.
** When introducing LadyGaga's "Alejandro", he plays the chorus of AceOfBase's "The Sign" instead.
*** He also mentions the {{Madonna}} ripoffs in the video (such as the dress from "Vogue")
** He can't listen to more than a few bars of Music/FloRida's "Club Can't Handle Me" without it turning into "Use Somebody" by KingsOfLeon.
--->'''Todd:''' Though, I have to admit that I don't like this song as much as the first time I heard it, back when it was called [[BlackEyedPeas "I Gotta Feeling"]].
** He imagines that "Eenie Meenie" would have been better if it left out Justin Bieber and got rid of the ridiculous lyrics... and realizes that that perfectly describes Sean Kingston's earlier song "Fire Burning".
** In an inversion, he describes Jay Sean's "Down" as an even better version of Chris Brown's "Forever", thus ensuring that [[TakeThat the world can safely ignore Chris Brown]].
--->'''Todd:''' New and improved Chris Brown! Now with 31% less DomesticAbuse!
** He mentions Travie [=McCoy's=] "Billionaire" in his end-of-2010 recap solely to point out its similarity to {{Sublime}}'s "Santeria".
** A double-whammy in the case of "The Time" - he preferred the song they based the chorus on (in fact, like in "Alejandro" he opens the review playing "Time of Your Life", a song he doesn't like either), and believes the beats to be a rip-off of Benny Benassi's "Satisfaction".
** While more IdenticalStranger, as he doesn't like the song, Todd is shocked to see Daddy Yankee isn't Pitbull.
*** Likewise, he finds "5 O'Clock" to be a retread of "Whatcha Say", being a song about a bad boyfriend with a misused sample of a British singer - but while Todd hates [=DeRulo's=] song, {{T-Pain}}'s one only baffles him.
** "Sexy and I Know It" goes the same way "I'm Too Sexy" did in the '90s, only with worse results.
** Music/JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" is a retread of Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours"... too bad he already loathes the other one!
** Most of [=fun.'s=] non-"We Are Young" output is an attempt to emulate Music/{{Queen}}. Unfortunately, their lead singer isn't Freddie Mercury. Later, he acknowledges that "Some Nights" is their Bohemian Rhapsody, and he also still thinks they're a very good band.
** He finds "Payphone"'s music too similar to Bruno Mars.
** Gerardo's next four singles after "Rico Suave" are ripoffs of himself, Marky Mark, Tone Loc and PM Dawn.
** "Flo Rida, you are no LaurenBacall."
** In the "Achy Breaky Heart" episode of One Hit Wonderland, he points this out twice: first by saying that Tracy Lawrence's "Can't Break It to My Heart" is a better version of said song that plays its hook straight; then by saying that TimMcGraw did Billy Ray Cyrus' shtick better with "Indian Outlaw" (which, like "Achy Breaky Heart", was a goofy novelty line-dance song).
** Comes up often in ''Film/{{Burlesque}}'', where he identifies sequences practically stolen from ''Film/MoulinRouge'', ''Film/{{Chicago}}'' and ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}''. More damning still, he sums up the movie in the end as trying to be ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and failing at it.
** Regarding RobinThicke being "a poor man's JustinTimberlake", given that now his greatest hit has T.I., and the one Todd was reviewing had Pharrell, the next step is "start hosting SNL and not talking to other *Music/{{NSYNC}} members."
** Played with when discussing Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever". It took the intro and bassline from Music/TheWho's [[Music/WhosNext "Baba O'Riley"]] and based the premise on Music/TenaciousD's "Tribute", and ripping off such great songs resulted in... a good song that still changed enough to keep it from being redundant.
** Todd is completely okay with Bruno Mars trying to sound like Sting on "Locked Out of Heaven", since Sting himself is still on a Baroque lute music kick, and we've got to have ''somebody'' who sounds like Sting.
*** However, he finds that him doing a {{Prince}}-esque IntercourseWithYou song backfires as Prince is sorta MemeticSexGod, while Bruno, despite the similarities (short, ethnical) is far from it. [[invoked]]
*** He is favorable toward Bruno's take on turn-of-the-80's Kool & The Gang as well.
** He can't mention Ariana Grande without pointing out her similarity to Ashanti, but he doesn't seem to find that a problem at all.
** He considers "Roar" and "Dark Horse" to be weaker versions of "Firework" and "E.T.", repectively
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He describes Music/TaylorSwift as a "verbal assassin" on par with Music/{{Beyonce}} or Music/{{Adele}} in his review of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", citing her songs "Mean", "Dear John", and "Innocent" as Exhibits A, B, and C.
-->"''Do not piss off Taylor Swift.''"
* BeYourself: Inverted with Bruno Mars, who Todd feels makes much better music when imitating other singers.
* BiasSteamroller: He goes into the "Best Song Ever" review expecting to drive one right over One Direction — he believes the song will have all the characteristics he hates of their previous work, only to find that it has few to none of said characteristics and is actually pretty good, in his opinion.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Invoked in AliciaKeys' "Girl On Fire" review, when the song just randomly starts off with NickiMinaj rapping about things that have ''NOTHING'' to do with the song. Even the Rap Critic, who also appeared randomly out of nowhere (much to Todd's frustration- He calls him out on it), notes that neither the start of the song or Nicki's second part later on just come out of nowhere, the lyrics have nothing to do with anything else in the song, and were clearly thrown in at the last moment in production because Nicki is only standing in front of a very cheap green-screen effect in the background. And ''THEN'' Todd notes how poor the transition between Nicki's opening and Alicia's lyrics are. He's had random songs on his MP3 player transition better than that.
** Discussed in his 2014 Grammys vlog, where he opines that the awards ceremony hasn't been truly interesting since Mike Portnoy's[[note]]the multimedia artist, not the [[NamesTheSame former drummer]] of Music/DreamTheater[[/note]] "SOY BOMB" incident.
* BigLippedAlligatorMovie: His opinion on Music/TheMonkees' ''Film/{{Head}}''.
* BigNo: Todd lets out a big no when he thinks that the car in "Black and Yellow" might just be [[{{Transformers}} Bumblebee]].
** And again when he hears AC/DC's "You shook me all night long" ruined by the Black Eyed Peas.
** And again when KanyeWest was let into his zone.
** Done when acting out the cartoonishly evil boyfriend in the "[[Music/KellyClarkson Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)]]" review.
* BitingTheHandHumor:
** From "Telephone".
--->This video has more obtrusive advertisements than thatguywiththeglasses.com!
** In "Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2010".
--->...but as I slowly got used to [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com]], I began to notice that my new compatriots and colleagues were reviewers of [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall comic books]], [[WebVideo/JesuOtaku anime]], [[WebVideo/YRulerOfTime manga]], [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow video games]], [[WebVideo/ObscurusLupa cheesy]] [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob B-movies]], cartoons, toys, [[WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy sci-fi television]], and [[WebVideo/BennettTheSage Internet fan-fiction]]. And that's when I realized...'''YOU ALL ARE A BUNCH OF NERDS!''' '''''[[Film/RevengeOfTheNerds NERDS! NERDS! NERDS!]]'''''
** Both the higher-ups screwed him over in their cameos: WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic threatened him with "[[HannahMontana Hoedown Throwdown]]" if he didn't continue reviewing music, and Rob Walker unveils that he edited out large chunks of Todd's script for "S&M" and is implied to think that Todd is dumber than [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]].
** Variation: LadyGaga singing "I've overheard your theory: nostalgia's for geeks" leads to Todd saying "Yeah! Screw these critics of nostalgia and everyone associated with them!"
* BleepDammit: At one point, the subtitles refer to the Jay-Z/Kanye West single as "Niggas in P***s". "What the hell do I pay you people for?"
* BookEnds: He opens and closes the ''From Justin to Kelly'' review failing to write a script about Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know".
-->Gotye is some guy.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Mimicking WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic at the start of his review of "Eenie Meenie". Makes a return at the end of the "Black and Yellow" review.
-->'''Todd:''' HELLO, I'M TODD IN THE SHADOWS! I LISTEN TO IT '''CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO!'''
* [[GirlfriendInCanada Boyfriend In Canada]]: Todd accuses Kelly Clarkson of this in his review of "Stronger", since she says she's fine sleeping alone and then later claims to have already found another man in the same song.
** And then in "Want U Back", he apparently got [[WebVideo/{{Phelous}} the same story]] from Lupa.
* BrainBleach: Employed {{in-universe}}, and often combined with a ShowerOfAngst: [[invoked]]
** In "Deuces", when Todd hears the line "I'm a dick so I shouldn't be that hard to swallow", we immediately cut to a shot of his bathroom with the shower running.
--->'''Todd:''' '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis CAN'T... GET.... CLEAAAAAN!]]'''
** In the review to BritneySpears' "3"
--->'''Todd:''' Run from this terrible song. Run before she taints your moral purity. That's what I'm gonna do. And taking a freaking shower.
** When he points out the chorus for Music/FloRida's "Whistle" is a not-that-hidden reference to oral sex. Cue Todd walking away from the keyboard, up the stairs, and into the shower.
--->'''Todd:''' [=*Sobbing*=] Get it off me. get it o-o-offff!!
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs:
** "We already got a bunch of Jays, and we already got a bunch of Seans. We certainly don't need a Jay Sean!"
** Todd starts "Like a G6" saying it's a Ke$ha ripoff. Then he compares it to "Boom Boom Pow", and concludes it's "The Ke$ha/Black Eyed Peas collaboration the world was asking for."
** While reviewing "Tonight, Tonight", he states that party songs should consist of more than just repeating the word "tonight". Or "everybody". Or "fun". Or even "Everybody Have Fun Tonight". Though he admits that song is okay.
** When trying to determine the subject matter of Ellie Goulding's "Lights", he narrows it down to being called home by ghosts, aliens, or possibly alien ghosts.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Multiple times (in several layers) on the list of three-syllable phrases more suitable that "sexy bitch" for use in Akon's "Sexy Bitch."
** At the start of his review of Katy Perry's "E.T.", several other reviewers appear and knock his taste in music; the last is Obscurus Lupa with a [[StalkerWithACrush different issue]]:
--> '''Lupa:''' Stop stealing pieces of my hair!
-->'''Todd:''' [quickly] Yeah, Katy Perry sure does suck!
** When listing various nonsense syllables sung by Music/LadyGaga, he points out that Gaga "regularly lets her mouth let out things like 'ma-ma-ma-ma', 'rah-rah-ah-ah-ah', 'cherry cherry boom boom', and 'I'm worried about people stealing my creativity through my vagina'."
* BrickJoke:
** In "The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2010", Todd says he could write a dissertation on how Rihanna has reacted publically and artistically to the Chris Brown incident. Next time he reviews a Rihanna song, guess what he has? [[note]]An unexpected interruption by Paw and Roses, but the time ''after'' that...[[/note]]
** In "Want U Back", he asks for all hate mail directed towards him to be sent to lewislovhaug@channelawesome.com. In [[Music/{{PSY}} "Gangnam Style"]], Linkara asks Todd about "all those e-mails he's been receiving".
** During his review of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", he offhandedly makes mention about writing a song about being out of salsa. After the credits, he sings that song about being out of salsa... and that he has an [[{{Music/Telephone}} itchy leg]].
* BriefAccentImitation: During his "Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2012" review, Todd does this to mock Music/CherLloyd and TheStinger at the end of "Want U Back" (which, as he pointed out in a previous review, was basically ripped off from Music/{{Kesha}}).
-->'''Todd:''' ''(British accent)'' It's the sound of trying too hard! [[BlowingARaspberry Pbbbt]]!
* BrokenRecord: He decided to count how many times "Imma Be" is {{Title Drop}}ped [-('''106''')-] and called this on "Whip My Hair":
-->'''Todd:''' "Whip My Hair" is about three and a half minutes long, and it uses a fairly typical verse-chorus-verse structure. This is surprising to me, because the first few times I heard it, I would have sworn to you that it was just three straight hours of ''just this one line''.[[note]]In case you don't know: I WHIP MY HAIR BACK AND FORTH![[/note]] I mean it just seems to go ON, and ''ON.''
* BrokenStreak: Katy Perry, after appearing on his Top 10 Best Songs of 2009, 2010, and 2011 videos, was finally omitted from his 2012 video - something that Todd celebrates with much fanfare. Though Todd is saddened to see that Perry's place has been taken by Ke$ha.
** Drake and Rihanna, the last remaining holdouts, were both quietly omitted from the 2013 list after making four consecutive appearances in the years before.
* BrownNote: He believes that the only way a song could be worse than Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight..." is if it manifested outside of the listener's speakers and humped their leg.
** "What two words send shivers up a music lover's spine more than 'Disco Duck'?"
** He describes "Afternoon Delight" as a song that's guaranteed to drive everyone out of the room.
** Todd says the voice of Peter Cetera (frontman of ''Chicago'') resonates at the exact frequency to piss him right the hell off.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: For any other band, "[[Music/{{Nickelback}} Someday]]" would be their worst song. For Nickelback? Just another bad song of theirs.
* ButNotTooBlack: From the "Feel This Moment", he points out that Christina Aguilera "has a Hispanic last name, and pretty much no other connection to her Latino side at all."
* CallBack:
** During his review of "OMG" Todd tries to pick up Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses contributor ObscurusLupa on webcam with lyrics from the song "OMG". At the end, he quotes "Sexy Chick", another song he reviewed.
*** Also, he says the synth fuzz at the beginning sounds like the player fell asleep on their keyboard, "which, believe me, is not as comfortable as it sounds". This happened to Todd himself in the "Replay" review.
** When he Googles the term "G6" in the review of "Like a G6", you briefly see that his desktop wallpaper is a collage of Lupa photos.
** In his review of "Whip My Hair", he tries the titular method of dealing with "haters" on several of his fellow TGWTG contributors, none of whom are impressed. The last one is Lupa, who wonders why she hasn't blocked him yet.
** When Todd finally hears a song with awesome, so-good-no-woman-could resist pickup lyrics, he rushes to try them on Lupa...only to go blank and start quoting the lyrics from "Carry Out" instead.
** In "Black and Yellow"
--->'''Song''': Stay fly like...\\
'''Todd''': A G6?
** In "Grenade", he describes the [[NoodleIncident DL incident]] from "Like a G6".
** After making NinjaPirateZombieRobot-esque claims about his heritage in "Like a G6" he mentions that a line in "Born This Way" intended to appeal to all races touches him personally... because he is all those races. At once.
** In "S&M", his desktop refers to a game he played with PushingUpRoses (see FunnyBackgroundEvent, below).
** In "S&M" he mentions the dirty Madonna movie ''Body of Evidence''. Later he tries get Lupa to watch it with him.
** In the ''Glitter'' review, he breaks out the old Mario statue from the "Break Up" review, saying he'll use it to review instead of actually doing it himself. Then ''that'' is called back on when the very next review starts with this idea failing.
** Two in "Give Me Everything". First he thinks the "not having a tomorrow" might be related to the LMFAO dance zombies. Then he reacts to "Grab somebody sexy and say 'Hey, give me everything tonight!'" with... guess who.
** He ends "Tonight, Tonight"'s review with [[Music/{{Genesis}} "Tonight Tonight Tonight"]], which he listed among the worst hits of 1987.
** When WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick comes to his house to ask his help on a ''[[Film/{{Crossroads2002}} Crossroads]]'' review, she remembers how Todd unsuccessfully tried to review said movie during the ''SuburbanKnights'' shoot.
** "LupeFiasco, not to be confused with the Lupa Fiasco..." (cue Todd and Lupa on Skype...)
** During "Payphone", Todd states he'll stick with another phone-themed song with a crime video he reviewed ("Telephone").
** In his Best Pop Songs of 2011 video, when Katy Perry appears on the list for the third straight year, he remarks, "You win, Katy Perry - ''marry me''." in the Best Pop Songs of 2012 list, which for the first time ever does ''not'' include Katy Perry, he says to [[Film/TotalRecall1990 consider it a divorce]].
** Probably unintentional, but he ends his Best Pop Songs of 2011 video by using the name of the Number 1 Song as a sign off - "Fuck You." He does this again in 2012, signing off the Best Songs video with "Take Care."
** The "Titanium" review [[TheCameo features]] WebVideo/PawDugan discussing Sia. In the following review, "Whistle", Todd mentions Sia's name, prompting Paw to appear again.
** In "Blurred Lines", the line "You're the hottest bitch in this place" does little more than remind him of "[[Music/FlightOfTheConchords The Most Beautiful Girl In The Room]]".
** In "Holy Grail", he calls all the way back to his "Bedrock" episode when he replaces Justin Timberlake saying "Holy Grail" with the "Grocery Bag" clip.
** During the opening of his top 10 list for 2013, Elisa interrupts her supportive words for Todd when she notices him drinking their liquor. The later review "All Of Me" repeatedly cuts to him playing piano at a party for her, Paw and Oancitizen. At the end of the review, when he notices they've all left, he grabs their liquor on the way out.
* TheCameo: Ironically Todd admitted in the commentary for "Eenie Meenie" / "O.M.G" that he really hates adding cameos into his reviews because he likes having complete control over what goes into the video. Even so...
** Fellow TGWTG contributor and [[PromotedFanboy promoted fan]] from Website/YouTube ObscurusLupa appears throughout his "OMG" review, [[RunningGag and several other reviews afterwards.]]
** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic shows up in the beginning of the review for "Club Can't Handle Me" in his BadBoss persona.
** And again for the "Whip My Hair" review with several cameos by various other That Guy With The Glasses contributors.
** In "Black and Yellow", Pennsylvanian RolloT goes on a rant about Pittsburgh.
** PushingUpRoses appears in "Grenade", with Todd attempting to get a "thanks" out of her for "promoting" one of her Vinyl Destination videos as "worst video ever". She also shows up in voiceover at the end of "The Lazy Song" to ask why Todd's playing ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' instead of working on the review.
** WebVideo/JesuOtaku appears in "Firework/Born This Way" to demonstrate how offending a girl's figure is bad, and in "Stronger" to show how saying you overcame a problem you've never had is irrelevant.
** Rob Walker ([[Creator/DougWalker Doug's]] brother, whom Todd refers as "his producer") and [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]] appear in "S&M".
** Four reviewers appear to complain about Todd liking Katy Perry (and Lupa to complain about stalking). Only one made a first cameo - WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, who is then [[DoggedNiceGuy rejected by]] Todd.
*** Lindsay does an uncredited return as [[TheMuppets Beaker]] in "[[http://www.twitvid.com/9QMTB Party Rock Anthem]]". And to be rejected again in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
** TheRapCritic appears in "Lighters" to unsuccessfully get a second CrossOver, and explain to the LiteralMinded Todd what "show his ass" means. He does it again in his "Best Songs of 2012" video to chew Todd out for putting a Flo Rida song on his list, and in "Girl on Fire" to be just as intrusive as NickiMinaj's verse.
** [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]] appears to make Todd not give up on reviewing "Sexy and I Know It".
** To complain about how fun. gives a "featuring Janelle Monáe" credit to such a short performance, he goes "this is a CrossOver! With JewWario!" Cue three-second appearance by him.
** [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Kung Tai Ted]] appears to demonstrate the finer points of "Dance The Kung Fu".
** WebVideo/PawDugan shows up to discuss Sia's indie history, only to suffer a BrokenPedestal moment when Todd brings up her recent work. This apparently is based on Paw's true reaction!
** [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Douchey McNitpick]] appears in "Applause" as Todd is analyzing the lyric "I've overheard your theory: 'nostalgia's for geeks'". Title card artist Krin later appears as a LoonyFan of Todd.
-->'''Krin:''' Oh my god thank you so much for letting me talk to you!-- I'm still getting paid, right?
-->'''Todd:''' Yeah, yeah, the check's in the mail.
** [[WebVideo/VampireReviews Elisa]] appears briefly during "Wrecking Ball" to extend an invitation to watch ''Series/TrueBlood'' with her and Paw, [[ComicalOverreacting only to be dismissed by an overly defensive Todd.]]
** WebVideo/ThatDudeInTheSuede appears in "How Bizarre" to help explain OMC's significance (or lack of same) in New Zealand to a thoroughly disinterested Todd.
* CannotSpitItOut: This happens to Todd when he finds inspiration to use the lyrics of "Nothing On You" by B.o.B and Bruno Mars on ObscurusLupa, but he eventually screws it up again by singing the lines to JustinTimberlake's "Carry Out" on her instead.
* CaptainObvious: Todd calls LilWayne "MC Obvious" after hearing the line "I can transform ya[=/=]Like a {{Transformer|s}}".
* CaptionHumor: [[PainfulRhyme NOT A RHYME.]] (and a lot more, such as *apology twirl* in "Whatcha Say")
** Many in [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/toddspecials/33017-todds-black-eyed-peas-experience Todd's Black Eyed Peas Experience]] (best being "This video would be awesome blackmail material if I were not in it")
* CaramelldansenVid: [[spoiler: Todd humors the audience by doing the "stupid dance" associated with {{PSY}}'s "Gangnan Style at the end of his review by half-heartedly doing the Caramelldansen dance. He's not sure if he's doing it right though.]]
* CarryABigStick: Todd pulls one out during "Club Can't Handle Me" by Music/FloRida.
-->'''Todd:''' Now, maybe it's just me, but if the club can't handle him right now, my only conclusion that they're using the wrong club. Now, this is '''MY''' club. It is an authentic replica of a war club used in battle by ancient Greek soldiers, and trust me: '''It CAN handle you right
** His title card artist has drawn Todd carrying that again for "Deuces" and "Tonight".
* CassandraTruth: PlayedForLaughs in his "BadRomance" review.
-->'''Todd:''' She's a demon from Hell! She's gonna kill us all! How are you not seeing this? You've got to believe me!
* CelebrityIsOverrated: He mocked Music/JayZ's use of this trope in "Holy Grail", claiming that, as a multimillionare record mogul and pop culture icon with [[Music/{{Beyonce}} a gorgeous wife]] who's had a steady career for over a decade and a half, he was in no position to be afraid of falling apart like Mike Tyson or Music/KurtCobain.
* CensoredForComedy: The incorrectly-placed censor asterisks in the title of "Niggas in Paris" turn it into "Niggas in P***s", making it look like it says "Niggas in Penis".
* CheapHeat: Todd points out how Lady Gaga's "You and I" song changes the state mention in the song from Nebraska to Virginia where he lives, and that it seems to be the same all around for the rest of the country.
* ChewingTheScenery: He calls LilJon out on this during "Do You Remember".
* ChristianRock: He once described it as a "musical wasteland," complete with ScareChord.
* ChristmasSongs: Discussed (Todd dislikes most songs for overplay), reviewed ([[JustinBieber "Mistletoe"]], [[AntiChristmasSong "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"]]) and parodied (once he sees the Weather Girls' "Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas)" is just "It's Raining Man" with a holiday theme, he imagines other OneHitWonder songs turned Xmas ones).
* ClicheStorm: In-universe, his opinion of [[KellyClarkson "Stronger"]].
** Also of Hoobastank's "The Reason", where he lists every single "done to death" piece of lyric.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His view of Pat Monahan, lead singer of Train.
* ClusterBleepBomb: Todd's review for "Turn Up the Music" ends with a long rant against Chris Brown, most of which the viewer can't hear.
* ClusterFBomb:
** Right after Todd considers not letting Chris Brown's crimes taint his perception of his future hits anymore, the first few lines of "Deuces" play.
---> '''Todd:''' Go fuck yourself, Chris Brown! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Go. Fuck. Yourself.]] Go fuck yourself, you stupid, useless waste of a human being!
** Pretty much the entire "Tonight" review, both on Todd's part and Enrique's.
** Another big one occured on {{Website/Twitter}} when [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47668878175772673 he found out what Chris]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669148309917696 Brown's new album ''F.A.M.E.'' stands]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669221852848128 for... ''Forgiving All My Enemies''.]] Afterwards, [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] jumped in with a LampshadeHanging:
---> '''[=@FB_BMB=]:''' [=@ShadowTodd=] appears to have been [[HairTriggerTemper replaced by]] JoePesci. His Twitter will resume normal service shortly.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** Despite figuring out the line "Sippin' sizzurp in my ride/Like Three Six" to be about the ThreeSixMafia he decides to run with the over the top joke about 666 describing [[NumberOfTheBeast Satan]], culminating in a diatribe about bad pop music being a tool of the devil.
** He complains about "Telephone" becoming a GenreThrowback to Creator/QuentinTarantino, saying Tarantino doesn't stand copying other directors. A {{beat}} follows as Todd notices what he just said.
** In "E.T.", regarding an [[Film/ETTheExtraterrestrial E.T.]] [[ParallelPornTitles porno]] (see FetishRetardant below).
** Subverted with "Telephone". Word of Demon from Hell says that the phone is in her head, keeping her from having fun. Todd points out in "Alejandro" how it was brought to his attention that he missed the true meaning behind "Telephone"... and proceeds to point out there is ''nothing'' in the lyrics that indicate any possibility of that being the case.
** He fails to realize that JustinTimberlake is talking about a joint in "Suit and Tie" and thinks a fatty is a woman's bottom.
* TheConspiracy / ConspiracyTheorist: He has little patience for Jadakiss's approach to political rapping in "Why", but it reaches a head when he claims that Bush destroyed the World Trade Center and blames the victim for the alleged Kobe Bryant sexual assault.
-->'''Jadakiss:''' Why they ain't give us a cure for AIDS?
-->'''Todd:''' Because they ''just dont like you'' Jadakiss. There are scientists out there specifically withholding the cure for AIDS from ''you''.
* CouchGag: Each episode begins with Todd playing today's song on the piano. (except on Top Tens, where it's a song from the year covered) Todd challenged himself to do this with "Whip My Hair". He had to ask for a few clips from the song just to get it down first, but cheered when he finally did it.
-->'''Todd:''' [{{beat}}]... WHAT THE CRAP WAS THAT?!
** Subverted in "Sexy and I Know It", where he even argues with the caption on his refusal to play the song.
** Likewise, he played "Time of My Life" before "The Time (Dirty Bit)" (which the song's chorus samples... well, covers) and "The Sign" by AceOfBase before "Alejandro" because he thinks the song is basically a rip-off of it.
** Every episode also ends with a very short disclaimer about who owns the copyright on the song, with a clip of another song playing in the background. What song this is [[SuspiciouslyAproposMusic generally has some connection to the subject of the video.]]
*** For the One Hit Wonderland episodes, the ending song is a cover of said one hit (except for "Rico Suave", which ended with [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic "Taco Grande"]], and "Ghetto Supastar", which uses Al's polkafied version.
* ContinuityNod: His ''Glitter'' review ends with him putting his hoodie on a Mario statue (previously seen in "Break Up") and setting up a CD player so it can replace him. The next episode ("Party Rock Anthem") starts with this backfiring as the player stops working.
* {{Corpsing}}: In the crossover review of ''From Justin to Kelly'' with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, she epically fails to hold in a laugh when Todd bellows "NOW KISS!!" to the romantic leads.
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Complains about JasonDeRulo and T-Pain's equivocated sampling of ImogenHeap and LilyAllen, respectively.
* CrazyPrepared: Linkara's Review of "The Punisher and Eminem #1". During his crossover with TheRapCritic Todd apparently gave The Rap Critic a message for Linkara just in case Linkara called on him.
-->'''''NERD!'''''
* CreatorBacklash: A fairly tame example -- Creator/EddieMurphy publicly [[InvokedTrope admitted]] that he didn't care too much for his album featuring his OneHitWonder "Party All The Time". Originally he planned on lining up songs with other superstars such as Music/{{Prince}}, Music/StevieWonder, among others, but the best he got was a token appearance by Rick James and a song given to him by Stevie. He also said he was rather embarrassed that most of the other songs on his album were sappy love ballads that even he shouldn't have been involved with. He really had aspiring hopes for it too.
* CreatorKiller:[[invoked]] He predicts that "The Time (Dirty Bit)" will be the Black Eyed Peas'.
* CreatorsPet: The crowd chanting Mike Posner's name in the beginning of "Cooler Than Me". [[invoked]]
* {{Crossover}}[=/=]{{MST}}:
** Did a review of Music/TheMonkees' movie ''Film/{{Head}}'' with PushingUpRoses and PawDugan. (Roses also calls Todd for some of her LetsPlay Shortys)
** He collaborated with WebVideo/JesuOtaku, RolloT, and WebVideo/YRulerOfTime in [[http://blip.tv/file/4911765 a review]] of ''TheLastAirbender''.
** A joint review of Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me" with TheRapCritic.
*** One year later, the duo reviewed Music/KanyeWest's short film ''[[http://t.co/8jXPikqN Runaway]]''.
*** A year after that, they covered the Music/SnoopDogg[=/=]Wiz Khalifa film ''Mac & Devin Go To High School''.
** He fails to convince BennettTheSage, WebVideo/{{Phelous}} or WebVideo/ObscurusLupa to do a crossover, and instead does ''[[TheAsylum Sunday School Musical]]'' with [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]]. A year later, they take on ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks: The Squeakquel''.
** Reviewed ''[[BritneySpears Crossroads]]'' and ''From Justin to Kelly'' with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick.
** Did ''TheWiz'' with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic.
* CultureClash: Points out how "Alejandro" is full of gay Russian soldiers marching to a Mexican themed song based off a Swedish pop group. He couldn't do that no matter how hard he tried. [[GilliganCut He then plays "That's Amore", followed by an Oriental riff on the piano with "Vive la France" appearing on screen]].
* CurseCutShort: In a scrolling list variant, he explains the various terms which flow better in song than "Sexy Chick" or "Bitch" ending with:
-->You are a worthless sex object and I'm going to stick my--
* CutYourHeartOutWithASpoon: In his review of "You Spin Me Around (Like A Record)" by ''Dead or Alive'', he says that anyone who confuses the title of the song to "Right 'Round" by Music/FloRida is going to get punched.
* CuteButCacophonic
** Music/MileyCyrus, at least before ''Bangerz''. Even after Miley's transformation, Todd states she still has ear-splitting vocals.
** Creator/AdamLevine. In the "Payphone" review, Todd mentions that Levine's voice sounds like "a frog choking on a harmonica".
* CutenessProximity: Todd believes that this is why the entire internet and society in general enjoys "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen so much. His suspicions are confirmed at the end of the video when a comparison to ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is made.
-->"...It all makes sense, now."
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[[folder:D-F]]
* DamnedByFaintPraise: In his 'Turn Up The Music' review, he says that "As a singer, Chris Brown is a really good dancer."
** He gives TaylorSwift's "We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together" his prestigious Not That Bad Award. "I'm sure she's honored."
** The nicest thing that Todd can say about Gregory Abbott is that he has "a singing voice so good that he might be able to place ninth on a bad season of ''Series/AmericanIdol''."
** While PhilCollins, BryanAdams, and RichardMarx are acceptable, the only thing MichaelBolton has in his defense is that "I probably would stand up for Michael Bolton [[BerserkButton before I stuck up]] for [[Music/{{Chicago}} Peter Cetera.]]"
* DanceSensation: One of the reasons why "Monster Mash" became so popular in 1962 was because it was riding on the heels of a massive dance sensation that swept across pop music at the time. Todd comments that this was generally described as a "dark time" in pop music because many songs were just outright silly. Music/TheBeatles came along and helped end it.
* DarkerAndEdgier: He feels that this trope and Music/KatyPerry do not mix well at all, feeling that she's at her best when singing upbeat songs like "Hot 'n' Cold" and "Teenage Dream". Her divorce from RussellBrand led Todd to dread listening to the songs that came out of it.
* DeadHorseGenre: Invoked. One of his biggest problems with the remake of "We Are The World" is that the "MegaCrossover for charity" genre has passed the point of parody. He also points out that many of the contributors had already spoofed the genre, with emphasis on JoshGroban.
** He also considers club anthems to be heading in this direction. When LMFAO used a ZombieApocalypse theme in one of their videos, he claimed a zombie was a perfect analogy for the genre; technically dead, but still moving.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's pretty dry, but he gets animated at times.
* {{Demonization}}: "Peter Cetera is a war criminal. Peter Cetera caused the stock market crash. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Peter Cetera killed my dog]]."
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
** "Because that's not even a joke even!"
** "... the biggest pop songs of the year were all pretty much the same thing - club dance songs about dancing in clubs to club dance songs."
** "The original title was "[[{{Kesha}} Your Drugs Are My Drug]]", I'm guessing."
** "''Pedicure on our toes, toes''".
--->"Now that I think about it, it's probably a good thing that she cleared up where she got the pedicures. Because I'm starting to get the feeling that she's the type of girl that if someone doesn't clarify that for her, she'll try to get pedicures on her eyeballs or something."
** Calling the Pittsburgh Steelers "Losing losers of losingness"
* DescriptionCut: Three in the "Firework/Born this Way" review.
** He says due to his life he has no need to listen to inspirational music. Cut to a flashback where Todd drinks and puts a gun to his head.
** Todd calls WebVideo/JesuOtaku fat, and proceeds to discuss on how she got affected and is taking it hard... while she just stares at him.
** At the end, Todd expects to see how Katy Perry and Lady Gaga do in their new, down-to-Earth way. Cut to their next singles, "E.T." and "Judas", which are about said artists "boinking monsters".
** And in the most awful moments of ''Rattle and Hum'', he claims {{U2}} never embarrassed themselves after said movie... before cutting to them dressed as the VillagePeople in "Discothéque".
** In "Give Me Everything", he sees a rock band in the top 10 of the Hot 100, and asks to hear the song as it might be a break from the constant party songs. Too bad that song was 'Tonight, Tonight' by Hot Chelle Rae, yet another dance song.
** In "Lighters", he asks for the song to begin expecting an angry song like {{Eminem}} used to do... only for the opening to be Bruno Mars in his piano.
** In "5 O'Clock", Todd says he knows how to party all night long. Cut to him playing video games.
** In "Drive By", he can't believe anyone could be turned on by [[Music/{{Train}} Pat Monahan]] comparing his love to garbage. Cut to a clip from ''[[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Trash Humpers]]''.
** He claims the success of Gotye and fun. (#1 and #2 at the Billboard 200) shows the general public wants songs with feeling. Then we see #3 to #5 is "Payphone" (Maroon 5 Featuring Wiz Khalifa), "Call Me Maybe" (Carly Rae Jepsen) and "Wild Ones" (Flo Rida) - two of which where reviewed by him later, and one was brought up reviewing "Titanium"...
* DesignatedHero:[[invoked]] He and the Rap Critic call out Mac of ''Mac & Devin Go To High School'' as one of these. He is repeatedly held back in school, only avoids expulsion by sleeping with the principal, and essentially ruins Devin's future in a manner that begs comparisons to ''TrainingDay''. The only thing he does that is portrayed positively is supplying pot... and the value of that is a debate of its own.
* DesignatedVillain: He calls attention to the ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'''s villain being this. [[invoked]]
* DespairEventHorizon:
** Nearly crossed in his review of "Blah Blah Blah".
** Arguably ''was'' crossed in his LadyGaga reviews.
--->'''Todd:''' '''''She is a demon from hell!'''''
** Yet again during his review for "3" when BritneySpears caused him to imagine PeterPaulAndMary having a threesome.
** Miley Cyrus' "Hoedown Throwdown" sent Todd into a horrible depression to the point where he threatened to end it all but was stopped when the song ended.
** The 2011 {{MTV}} [=VMAs=] prompted Todd to do an 18-minute, unscripted video in which he bemoans the bloated and [[NetworkDecay decayed]] FranchiseZombie [=MTV=] has become.
* DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: [[InUniverse He couldn't]] take ''[[{{U2}} Rattle And Hum]]'' anymore after they [[spoiler:showed Bono performing in front of Martin Luther King footage.]]
* {{Dissimile}}: He points out that "Head to Toe" by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (no. 6 on his list of worst hit songs of 1987), which is said to resemble Creator/{{Motown}}, isn't ''anything'' like Motown! He compares "Head to Toe" to an actual Motown song (more specifically, The Isley Brothers' "This Old Heart of Mine") and claims that "Head To Toe" is ''exactly'' like Motown... except without the tight musicianship, the soulful singing, or the longevity.
** Lesser example: he discusses that "The Lazy Song" is a "white guy with an acoustic guitar" song despite Bruno Mars not being white... and possibly not a guy.
** "Music/{{Eminem}} with his rabid legion of angry white guys! I was one of them... except I was not angry... and I'm not white" ([[RunningGag As far as you know]])
* DistaffCounterpart: He identifies "white chick with piano" as the distaff counterpart to "white guy with acoustic guitar."
* DodgyToupee: The HannahMontana wig he wears in "Whip My Hair" and the crossover with TheRapCritic (in the commentary for the former, Todd mentions it barely fit his head, and if he headbanged a little harder it'd fall).
* DontExplainTheJoke: "Only Sixteen", a hit by Sam Cooke that was later covered by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, is about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a guy who fell in love with a 16-year-old]]. That's far too young for him, because he's '''''SEVENTEEN'''''! ''A-hyuck, a-hyuck, a-hyuck!''
** When Todd comments that he knows next to nothing about Flo Rida's backstory, he says:
--->If I had to guess, I'd say he's probably from Miami... Partly because his name is Flo Rida. You know, [=Florida=], Flo Rida, [=Florida=]... You get it? [[SarcasmMode It's clever.]]
* DoubleEntendre: {{Defied}} by Todd in "Carry Out," in which he calls out a line, which doesn't even fit under a ''Single'' Entendre, but rather under a '''.3 Entendre'''.
* DoubleStandard / TheUnfairSex: His primary objection to Beyonce and her music. He ''really'' tears into her when he talks about "If I Were A Boy", calling out women for being just as guilty of everything she accuses men of being.
* DoubleTake: Many lyrics have Todd listening to them twice before giving a reaction.
* DownerEnding: The thinks the HannahMontana movie has one of these.
* DramaticIrony: Starting with the intro to the BlackEyedPeas cover of "Time Of Your Life", he decided he was being too negative and could still enjoy the song "unaware" of the approaching "dirty bit" change.
* DrivenToSuicide: Frequently.
** He asphyxiated himself with a grocery bag at the end of "[=BedRock=]".
** He strangled himself with his microphone cord during his cameo in Y Ruler of Time's review of SouljaBoy's "Anime".
** He beat himself to death with a book at the end of "Whatcha Say". (and stated that it ''hurt'' as he shot 8 takes, and [[JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell the book]] was one hell of a DoorStopper)
** He commits seppuku with a machete not three minutes into "Like a G6".
** He puts a gun to his head at the end of "Hannah Montana Pop Tour Guitar Game."
** He attempts to blow his brains out both on "Imma Be" and "Firework/Born This Way," only to fail, as the gun was a plastic toy.
** Subverted with "Hoedown Throwdown" from the ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', which was driving him into a depression making him question why he's even doing this. Fortunately, the song ended.
--->'''Todd:''' Oh wait, it's over. *Snaps out of it* This song sends me to some weird places.
* DrowningMySorrows: He had [[LadyGaga a damn good reason]] to get drunk a the end of "Your Love Is My Drug".
* DubStep:
** Just when Todd thought Pitbull's "Back In Time" song couldn't have anything less to do with Film/MenInBlack, he points out how [[SarcasmMode well adding Dubstep into a 1950's rock song blends so well together.]]
** Todd speculates that with the direction Music/TaylorSwift's music has already changed, her future musical stylings will be nothing but Dubstep and Autotune.
** He also discusses how Alex Clare's "Too Close" helped him understand the possible merit of dubstep in a pop context, and then doing a MoodWhiplash to proclaim the song in question to be "garbage".
* DudeNotFunny: Invoked when Todd wakes up from a hangover in "Your Love Is My Drug", he asks for something to brush his teeth with. He's handed [[MemeticMutation a bottle of Jack Daniel's]] and responds with this.
** Todd views radio [=DJs=] as this, when discussing Rick Dees.
*** Also invoked when he receives the ''HannahMontana'' game for his birthday.
** His take on "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" and its followup. It's not an aversion to BlackHumor, either; he directly compares both to "[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Christmas At Ground Zero]]", which deals with both themes.
* DullSurprise: Criticizes SelenaGomez for sounding "without giving off even the slightest hint of desire, excitement, eagerness or any emotion whatsoever" in "Come and Get It" (which he attributes to her only romantic experience having involved Justin Bieber).
* DVDCommentary: Two so far (both encompassing two episodes), "Eenie Meenie"/"OMG" and "Like a G6"/"Whip My Hair". He also took part in the one for the Lupa\Nostalgia Chick crossover.
* EarWorm: InUniverse.
** Referenced by name in "Deuces". [[DefiedTrope However, he calls the song an "Ear Snail"]] because it's slow, boring, and completely forgettable.
** He says in "E.T." that he likes his pop songs catchy. And said song doesn't fit, with a beat so minimalistic he compares it to [[{{Queen}} "We Will Rock You"]].
** Flo Rida's "Whistle" fits the standard definition, to the point that he has to beat it out of his own head with a bat.
** He ''INVOKES'' this upon [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] by dialing him up, asking him what day it is, then gently singing Music/RebeccaBlack's "Friday" before hanging up.
-->'''Linkara:''' [=*Goes back to reading his comic, and starts humming "Friday" before finally realizing what just happened.*=] ... OH GODDAMMIT, TODD!
** Discussed again in "Scream and Shout", with Todd stating that [[Music/TheBlackEyedPeas will.i.am]] gets the inspiration for his musical compositions from "awful, clattering, obnoxious sound[s]" such as "car alarms, jackhammers, vacuum cleaners, your neighbors having sex, [and] the dripping faucet that keeps you awake at night".
** "Little Things" by ''Music/OneDirection'' is so generic and forgettable that Todd admits he finds it impossible to keep the song in his head as soon as it stops playing. In fact, he keeps getting other songs stuck in his head ''while'' he's listening to it.
** Discusses this with the well-known beat to "Funky Town", stating one could get it stuck in their head for weeks.
-->'''Todd:''' And by the way, you're welcome!
* EarlyBirdCameo: Sometimes a song will be referenced in one video before getting a spot in a top-ten countdown or even a full review.
** "Scream and Shout" by Will.I.Am and BritneySpears actually made it into a top-ten countdown and then got a full review.
** "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)" by Eamon was the end-credits song for the Want U Back review, then got its own spot in the Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2004.
** He discussed Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me" briefly when talking about LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem", mostly about the nepotism involved in their success. He then fleshed out the details and dispelled a few misconceptions for the former in a One-Hit Wonderland episode two years later.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: His reaction to the video for "Sexy and I Know It".
* EleventyZillion: He has "seventy three bajillion dollars" in student loans to pay off yet.
* TheEndIsNigh: "Repent now or perish in the fourth circle of Hell... where "Like A G6" plays for eternity."
* EpicFail:
** His description of "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train after he learns that it is apparently their idea of a tribute to INXS.
--->'''Todd:''' You were trying to sound like this [clip from "New Sensation"] and instead you sound like this [clip from "Hey Soul Sister"]. My god... That's like if you try to make scrambled eggs... and instead you ''caught syphilis''!
*** And in his "Drive By" review, Todd theorizes that Train tried to make a boring song and somehow failed (not that the song was good, though).
** He says that "Cooler Than Me" by Mike Posner fails utterly because it's meant to be bitching about a girl, but it never actually explains why this girl is bad or anything she has done wrong, besides rejecting the narrator, instead only mentioning her attire (one point of which he mimics himself in the video!). He also points out that while Posner spends the entire song whining about how she rejected him and how much she sucks, the song ''itself'' is a last-ditch effort at picking her up.
** He complains that "Get Up and Boogie" by the Silver Convention fails to make you want to dance because it's a request rather than a command, contrasting it with C & C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat", and it lacks energy. It also doesn't help that the lyrics consist of six words (get, up, and, boogie, that's, right), the same amount of words as their other hit "Fly Robin Fly" (fly, robin, up, to, the, sky). He also notes that he rarely comments on the video footage he finds for songs, but he had to mention how absolutely ''bored'' the audience members looked in the TV performance clip he found for "Get Up and Boogie".
** He also says KanyeWest ruins any guest spot he's offered.
** Cher Lloyd somehow proved herself to be ''even WORSE'' than Ke$ha by ripping ''her'' off at the end of "Want U Back."
-->'''Cher:''' Just sound like a helicopta! BRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBR!
-->'''Todd:''' You mean "Here's the sound of you ripping off Ke$ha?" (I like your beard!) '''''YOU SUCK!!!'''''
* EroticEating: Todd points out the ridiculous food comparisons in "Carry Out" might be some poorly done version of this.
-->'''Todd:''' Ba-da-ba-ba-ba! I'm humpin' it!
** [[GilliganCut Guess what happens next...]]
--->'''Todd:''' (''at the end of his review'') [[UnusualEuphemism Mayonnaise]] everywhere.
* EscapistCharacter: Discusses this trope in his review of ''HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''. [[invoked]]
* EurekaMoment: At the end of his review of [[Music/CarlyRaeJepsen "Call Me Maybe"]], he wondered exactly how and where internet culture became so entranced with girliness and [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} Japanese-style cuteness]]... followed by a clip of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
-->"It all makes sense now."
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Considers waking up with Advertising/TheBurgerKing to be hot.
** "Ah, Usher. The women want him, and the men [[FreudianSlip want him.]] To ''be'' him! [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday The men want to be him!]]
* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped:
** The opening to LadyGaga's "Bad Romance".
** The line "Peter, Paul and Mary" from Britney Spears's "3" is interpreted as "Peedapayuwrmnr???eee".
** Becomes the set-up to a funny ShoutOut on "Whatcha say."
** He can't decipher the GratuitousItalian in "Born This Way".
** He stops to ponder what Kanye is actually saying in "E.T." (and is baffled at [[WordSaladLyrics the actual words]]).
** When Todd points out that Michael Stipe from REM is [[SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein frequently]] [[PerishingAltRockVoice quite difficult]] [[WordSaladLyrics to understand]], we get:
--->'''Michael's Subtitles:''' Used to know mountain good party frog/ Limes are down the wise men boo...
** "Come On, Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners:
--->"Poor old Johnnie Ray. Shada na na do do do na na na something something."\\
'''Todd:''' Ok, the lyrics were ''not'' what this song was known for...
* EveryoneHasStandards: In his "Club Can't Handle Me" review, Todd points out that even Ke$ha thinks Flo Rida is deadly dull, since she asked not to be credited for her part in "Right Round" because she thought being associated with Flo Rida would hurt her career.
** Todd himself has a few examples:
*** He lists soft rockers that unlike [[Music/{{Chicago}} Peter Cetera]] don't disturb him... but stops short before MichaelBolton (though with a DamnedByFaintPraise sentence).
*** When reviewing "Scream and Shout", he bumps it up a few positions in his Worst of 2012 list, but doesn't find it bad enough to surpass "Drive By".
*** In the [[MileyCyrus "Wrecking Ball"]] review, he complains on how the radio is filled with boring songs and asks for the return of his "old enemies" LilWayne and {{Kesha}}... but ''not'' ChrisBrown.
*** Subverted in his "Ghetto Supastar" OHW when he calls Pras the worst actor he has ever seen, and then starts to bring up Tommy Wiseau... and then reasserts his earlier statement.
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: '''DEEP LYRICAL ANALYSIS'''. [[invoked]]
** Now extended to BeetleBailey strips on Twitter as well.
* EveryoneIsSatanInHell: When Todd discovers the NumberOfTheBeast in "Like A G6", he becomes convinced that "This song isn't just stupid, it's actively brainwashing the masses in service of The Dark Lord!" [[invoked]]
** He considers but ultimately refuses to make the same claims about "Party Rock Anthem" based on its music video.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Todd's guess as to why part of "Bad Romance" is in French.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Averted greatly in the "Gorilla" video. He even questions why Music/BrunoMars seems to believe this, as he also used people in monkey masks in the "Lazy Song" video.
* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe.
** PlayedForLaughs at the end of "S&M". And kinda appears in "Club Can't Handle Me".
** Wild Cherry had two options to take in order to follow up "Play That Funky Music". They could either define themselves with their own original sound and try to find their own audience and the potential success it may bring, or they could do what the execs wanted them to do, and ride the sound of their number 1 single for as much as they could. The result was "Baby Don't You Know", which was pretty much the exact same song. Band founder and lead singer Rob Parissi acknowledged that this was a bad decision to make, but to his defense, he was highly pressured into doing it.
* FaceFramedInShadow: He even calls himself a "professional silhouette".
* FaceOfTheBand \ LesserStar: [[invoked]]
** He has a moment of FridgeLogic regarding this trope while reviewing the ''HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''. After all, if you're playing guitar on a Hannah Montana song, you're one of those guys standing on the side that everyone ignores while watching Hannah.
** Occasionally when reviewing BlackEyedPeas songs, he will snidely comment on the two less famous members. Examples include forgetting their StageNames when reviewing "Imma Be", showing an apl.de.ap clip from "Boom Boom Pow" while asking who he is, and wondering during his review of "The Time (Dirty Bit)" if Taboo was kicked out of the group and not told about it.
** He also makes similar comments about [[{{Eminem}} Bad Meets Evil]] in his "Lighters" review.
--->'''Todd:''' Now here's Royce, or as he is better known, "The Other Guy".
** He thinks this about MaroonFive, especially in "One More Night", to the point that he scribbles out the four members that are not AdamLevine, after which he writes his name in big, capital letters.
--->'''Todd:''' The rest of Maroon 5 should be ashamed for every note they played on this, by which I mean they shouldn't be ashamed at all, because I seriously doubt they played a single note on this soulless piece of dreck.
** His One-Hit Wonderland of "Ghetto Supastar" spends much of its length discussing Pras and his relevance (or lack of same) in the Fugees.
* FacePalm: While reviewing "Break Up" by Mario, Sean Garrett and Gucci Mane:
-->'''Song:''' Do anything for you, why would you wanna break up?[=/=]See I be driving through your hood[=/=]Why would you wanna break up?
-->'''Todd:''' Oh, you charmer, you. I ''was'' gonna leave, but then I found out that you were driving through my hood. Oh baby, I just can't let you go. *facepalms*
** His reaction on Music/KanyeWest's lyrics in [[Music/KatyPerry "E.T."]].
** Hey Todd, ''what's'' the name of LMFAO's album, again?
-->"See, it starts out with them going into comas from too much... *facepalms* ....party rockin'."
** And reacting to "But I'm an American Idol, gettin' money like Seacrest" in "Give Me Everything". Complete with elbowing the keyboard!
** LMFAO again, [[FanDisservice reacting to "Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle!"]]
* FailOSuckyname:
** In his review of "Cooler Than Me", Todd points out that "Mike Posner" is just a terrible name for a pop artist because it's not catchy or memorable or vaguely cool at all.
--->'''Todd:''' Taio Cruz is the name of a pop star. Mike Posner fixes your car.
*** He also refers to the song as "I Have No Star Qualities" by Nobody [=McLoser=].
* DarthWiki/FallenCreator: [[{{In-universe}} Todd has a few]] personal examples.
** Todd believes this happened to {{Usher}} after the successful ''Confessions'' album, as seen in his review of Usher's "OMG".
** He hopes for Chris Brown to subvert this... then he hears "Deuces".
** He starts losing faith in Bruno Mars after hearing "Grenade," but "The Lazy Song" causes Todd to utterly hate him. ("Lighters" didn't help his reputation either)
** His opinion of TheBeachBoys by the year 1976. Given their lackluster cover of "Rock And Roll Music", inspiring Henry Gross's "Shannon", giving credibility to the Captain & Tennille, writing "I Write The Songs"...
** His opinion on {{Eminem}}, even if ''Recovery'' was somehow a return to form.
** What he thinks happened to the BlackEyedPeas.
** Maroon 5 is an interesting case. While Todd makes it apparent that they definitely sold out and lost a lot of artistic integrity, he also didn't like a lot of their older, more angry-sounding songs, and actually considered "Moves Like Jagger" to be an improvement over most of their older stuff. Played much straighter in his "Payphone" review, where he admits that they did have some good older songs, and that their new single "Payphone" contained every aspect of selling out that he didn't like (such as a guest verse from Wiz Khalifa, cliche lyrics, and stereotypical production). Made even worse in his Worst of 2012 list, as he absolutely despised "One More Night".
*** WinBackTheCrowd: [[invoked]] Usher has since made several appearances on Todd's "Best Of" lists, and Mars made a recovery with "Young, Wild, and Free" and "Locked Out Of Heaven" both of which have made his Best of 2012 list. Not to mention "Treasure", which made it as high as #2 on his Best of 2013 list (though he did slip slightly with "Gorilla").
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop:[[invoked]] Todd gets really upset at the aesop to the ''Series/HannahMontana'' movie, which basically boils down to "Don't try to BeYourself, because nobody actually cares about the real you."
* FanDisservice: LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" video, which even makes [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]] call Todd out for refusing to continue the review because it features ugly men in speedos ("I sat through [[TrashHumpers a whole film where people had sex with garbage!]]").
-->The overriding theme of "Sexy and I Know It" is not physical attractiveness of the male body, but the diametric opposite.
** Also referenced in his review of "Blurred Lines", specifically the alternate version of the video where the women are topless. He says that while the original with the clothed women [[TheissTitillationTheory suggested that something might happen]] the topless version just makes the women look like bored strippers who know they aren't getting paid and loses any appeal instantly.
* FanonDiscontinuity: There is no such thing as [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob a pornographic E.T. adaptation.]] [[invoked]]
* FantasticRacism: After [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] begs Todd not to knife him, he accuses Film Brain of being a Hoodist.
* {{Fetish}}: [[{{In-universe}} "The stuff I am into is a lot weirder than [S&M].]] [[NoodleImplements A trombone is involved."]] [[spoiler:The review closes with him playing one and saying "Oh, yeaaahh" suggestively.]]
* FetishRetardant: LadyGaga does this for [[{{In-universe}} him]].
--> [...] Gaga will spend this video, oh let's see, being thrown into women's prison, being stripped naked, making out with another woman; and boy oh boy oh boy, I can't tell you how ''not'' turned on I am by any of this. Truly, Lady Gaga has mastered the art of being sexual without being even remotely sexy.
** Also, Film/{{ET The Extraterrestrial}}. He mentions that "There's no way someone can be turned on by ET. If there was, only if with [[ParallelPornTitles a porno version of ET]]. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And if it existed, I would have heard of it by now.]]" ([[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob one of his co-workers]] reviewed "E.T. the Porno"; after the {{beat}}, he even mentions his comments section will be flooded if such a work exists).
** In the video for RobinThicke's "Blurred Lines", the women having "[[DullSurprise the dead-eyed faces]] of strippers mad they won't get tipped".
** He says that MileyCyrus' attempts at HotterAndSexier end up as this, given she looks like "someone Photoshopped boobs on Justin Bieber".
* {{Filth}}: He calls out BritneySpears and {{Rihanna}} on this.
* FlatWhat: Commonly.
* FloweryElizabethanEnglish: "How dare thy stain mine good lady's name! Her, the most sexiest of all beotches!"
* FollowTheLeader:
** On "Replay", he mentions Iyaz is just one in a line of Akon knockoffs.
** On "Deuces", he discusses on Chris Brown's absence leading to similar artists appearing... and eventually bringing this on Brown himself: "But why settle for a bunch of second-string, washout Usher-wannabes, when you can have the original Usher-wannabe?"
** On "Moves Like Jagger", he says the song incorporates two things popular at the moment, whistling and gratuitous usage of [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger's]] name (especially considering how Jagger actually dances...).
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of his "Your Love is My Drug" review, it is revealed that [[spoiler: LadyGaga's "Alejandro" is what drove him to drink]].
** In BennettTheSage's "Top 5 Best/Worst Cover Songs", Todd asks him to make a song countdown while he escaped from LMFAO. Guess what was [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/party-rock-anthem-a-pop-song-review-by-todd-in-the-shadows-5456101 his following review?]]
** Also, during the ''From Justin to Kelly'' crossover he has trouble doing a review on Gotye and fun. His next review [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/we-are-young-and-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-6151038 covered both]].
** His Twitter always drops clues on his next video.
** When putting "Young, Wild & Free" on the list of the Best Songs of 2012, he notes that the video revolves around a movie he's not sure even exists, ''Mac & Devin Go To High School''. "Doesn't really sound like a great movie to be honest. But this song makes such a good case for it, I kinda wanna see it anyway. Hope I don't regret saying that." One week later...
* ForScience: At one point on "Hey Soul Sister" he raises a theory concerning Pat Monahan's sudden pitch range.
-->Gentlemen, the operation was a complete success! We have taken this man's vocal cords and successfully replaced them with a squeaking rubber ducky!\\
...Why did we do that?
* TheFourChordsOfPop: Todd makes a RunningGag of pointing these out. Each time he does so, [[SanitySlippage he gets a little more annoyed]]:
** Its use in Music/TaylorSwift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" signals her final step in moving from a Country/Pop singer to full on Pop.
-->'''Todd:''' Pop song chords: They own music. They own the world. They own you. '''DEAL WITH IT.'''
** He lists this as a reason for hating the original "Cruise" by Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine (later featuring Nelly):
-->'''Todd:''' Pop song chords: OH GOD MAKE IT STOP!
** In the "[[Music/MileyCyrus Wrecking Ball]]" review:
-->'''Todd:''' Pop song chords: [[ResistanceIsFutile No. No. YES!]]
** It finally comes to a head when talking about "[[Music/ImagineDragons Demons]]", including a short rant about them as evidence that the artist has stopped trying.
-->'''Todd:''' Pop song cho--[[ScreamerPrank AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH]]!
** When tearing into Passenger's "Let Her Go" in his Worst of 2013 video, Todd doesn't say anything at all. Instead he splices in the still image & [[Music/{{Journey}} music]] into the song.
** When they show up again in "All Of Me", he brings in Kali to play the chords for him.
* FreakyFridayFlip: Invoked in his dual review of [=OneRepublic=]'s "Counting Stars" and Imagine Dragons's "Demons", where he is convinced that they somehow switched with each other. Each song sounded exactly the way he thought the other song would sound like.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: In his and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''Film/FromJustinToKelly,'' he wonders why girls always have a "token evil friend."
-->'''Kaya:''' Why are we friends with her again?
-->'''Todd:''' That's a good question!
* FridgeBrilliance: [[invoked]]
** In his review of the ''HannahMontana'' video game, he wonders how, with all of the songs being centered around Hannah/Miley's double life, none of her in-show fans have figured out that Hannah and Miley are the same person... and then he says that he came up with the following idea: none of her fans imagine that Hannah would have/need a double life, so they don't suspect her of having one.
** "I just realized. [[WillSmith Will]] and Jada named their kids Willow and Jaden."
* FridgeHorror: [[{{In-Universe}} Strikes him right in the face]] when he finally deciphers the lyrics to "3".
** In "We Can't Stop" he concludes from the drug references that what Miley Cyrus can't stop doing isn't partying, but taking drugs. It's called chemical dependency.
* FridgeLogic: [[invoked]]
** One of his many issues with ''Series/HannahMontana: The Movie''.
** His response to Willow Smith's suggestion to whip your hair even if you don't have long hair.
** At a certain point of "Grenade", he points out that "On our first kiss, had your eyes wide open, why were they open?" is paradoxical.
** He asks on Rihanna singing about how "she likes to be tied up and beaten", when... [[Music/ChrisBrown you]] [[DomesticAbuse know]]. (it gets even more uncomfortable when she goes "make my body say ah ah ah.")
* FromBadToWorse: Todd hoped that Justin Bieber's Christmas song might actually be listenable, but prepares himself that it might be as bad as his other songs. He was not prepared for a [[BerserkButton White Guy With Acoustic Guitar Song]].
* FunnyBackgroundEvent / FreezeFrameBonus: Todd has made a point that whenever you see him on the computer there's always something embarrassing or silly on screen.
** In "Hey Soul Sister", his monitor flashes PushingUpRoses' website.
** In the "Like a G6" review, as a CallBack, his desktop picture consists entirely of pictures of ObscurusLupa.
** In "S&M", his desktop is Fatty Bear (from a game he played with Roses) in a "No" sign.
** In "Scream and Shout", as unlike Todd expected the song is still on the charts, he scratches it from a list of predictions including "Film/{{Battleship}} sweeps Oscars, Grammys, Nobels" and "Mayan Apocalypse happens 2 months late".
* FunWithAcronyms:
** '''T'''odd '''I'''n '''T'''he '''S'''hadows. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Heh.]] Surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] on the acronym-happy and sometimes gaffe-prone Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses main site, where he is known as "TODD", "[=ShadowTodd=]" or TIS instead.
** When a poster pointed this out to him on his subforum, he jokingly said he would change his name to '''N'''ick '''U'''nder '''T'''he '''S'''hadows to save face.
** [[{{Usher}} Overwhelming Marital Grief]].
* FunWithSubtitles: The "hidden meanings" in "Sexy Chick".
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* TheGenericGuy: He considers Music/FloRida to be this.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Todd wonders how on Earth the video for "Sexy Bitch" got past the censors because it is essentially softcore porn.
* GilliganCut: In "OMG." Naturally, doubles as HypocriticalHumour.
-->'''Todd:''' How does this even happen? To sing those lines, to write those lines, to conceive those lines, to help record those lines, to have anything at all to do with those lines, you would have to be one of the ''stupidest'' people ever to walk the face of the Earth!! [Beat] ... Hmm.\\
[GilliganCut]\\
'''Todd (to ObscurusLupa over Skype):''' Shawty, you got a booty like POW POW POW! And, and, and and and you got some boobies like WOW OH WOW!
** He argues that the beat for "Blah Blah Blah" sounds like someone chucking objects at a keyboard. Guess what occurs next?
** And also the one listed under CultureClash.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: [[{{in-universe}} In the "Black and Yellow" review,]] Todd is all kinds of confused about why the rapper's girlfriend would be okay with him cheating with her best friend. When what's actually going on finally hits him, he calls him a "lucky son of a bitch."
** Averted in the "Telephone" review; see the quote above at Fetish Retardant.
* {{Glurge}}: [[{{in-universe}} In "The Lazy Song" review]], Todd says the "white guy with an acoustic guitar" genre is seemingly gentle and happy songs which are just smug attempts for the singer to rub in your face how they don't have any problems, especially the reviewed song.
* GodwinsLaw: Todd suggests Hitler among the people with more credibility than Ryan Seacrest.
* GoneMadFromTheRevelation: In "Like a G6", he comes to the conclusion that all bad pop music is the work of Satan!
--> '''Todd:''' I knew it! I knew it all along!! Bad pop music! All this bad pop music! I knew it! IT'S THE WORK OF THE DEVIL!! Corrupting our minds! Destroying the world! He's coming! [[LargeHam COMING FOR YOU AND YOUR SOULS!!]] Repent! Swear on the good book [[spoiler:(cut to the autobiography of JohnnyCash)]] and you may yet be saved! Repent now or perish in the 4th circle of hell... [[FateWorseThanDeath Where "Like a G6" plays for eternity...]]
** PawDugan has this when Todd shows Sia collaborating with Flo Rida and DavidGuetta.
** In "Imma Be," Todd's game of Finish the Rhyme goes horribly wrong.
--> '''Will.i.am:''' ''Imma be a brother, but my name ain't Lehman''
--> '''Will.i.am:''' ''Imma be ya bank, I be loaning out-''
--> '''Todd:''' Um... I don't know. [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]]? [[VideoGame/HalfLife G-Man]]? C- oh. No. No. [[NoJustNoReaction NononoNONONONONO-]]
--> '''Willi.am:''' ''Imma be ya bank/ I be loaning out [[spoiler: semen.]]''
--> '''Todd:''' (grips his hoody, screaming) WHY DID THAT JUST HAPPEN?!
* GoshDangItToHeck: The "G" in Usher's "OMG" actually stands for Gosh. Todd reacts to this [[{{Facepalm}} in the way you'd expect him to]].
** He also reacts badly to Bruno Mars' use of "frickin'" in "The Lazy Song".
** He's angered by the existence and popularity of "Forget You" and its ''{{Glee}}'' arrangement, and considered putting it on his Worst of 2011 list.
* GrammarNazi: In "Eenie Meenie", Todd casually goes into detail to point out how the line "Shawty is '''a''' eenie meenie miney mo lover" should really be "Shawty is '''an''' eenie meenie miney mo lover." He then proceeds to '''[[BerserkButton RAGE]]''' in anger over just how stupid the lyrics really are.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: The DL incident.
* GroinAttack: He's compared most of Bruno Mars' output to that of a nut-shot victim.
** And writer's block led to a TopTenList [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/top-ten-groin-shots-in-movies-6230234 of them]].
* GrowingTheBeard: As Todd reuploads his Website/YouTube videos, he says his reviews only got real good by the third episode, "Party in the USA".[[invoked]]
* GuiltyPleasures: [[{{in-universe}} Todd has several]]. During his review of "Dark Horse", he made it clear that, to him, a guilty pleasure is something he likes but can't point to a good thing about -- like the first example on this list...
** He used to feel this way regarding Music/KatyPerry. Of all the songs he put on his "Best of 2009" list, "Hot 'n' Cold" was the one he came closest to feeling guilty for, and when he put two of her songs on his "Best of 2010" list, he said he was past calling it a guilty pleasure and at the point of calling it shame. (While reviewing "E.T.", Todd was happy Perry again had a song he didn't like the least bit!) This ended when Katy released her album ''Prism'', though, as he felt that all of the songs on it were worthless, to the point of coloring her past songs for him.
** "S&M". He admits that the song's quality is questionable, but he still sings along with it.
** Repeatedly brought up in his Best of 2012 list. While he celebrates being free of liking a Katy Perry song that year, he now has to deal with putting [=Ke$ha=] ("Die Young") and Flo Rida ("I Cry") on the list, including defending the latter choice from the Rap Critic. He even admits to nearly putting Pitbull ("International Love") on the list.
** During his review of [[Music/MileyCyrus "We Can't Stop"]] and [[Music/SelenaGomez "Come and Get It"]], he nearly admits to being a fan of ''Series/{{Victorious}}'', saying that its stars have tons more charisma than the Creator/DisneyChannel's {{teen idol}}s and can sing circles around them... only to [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial hastily claim]] that he doesn't watch the show.
** Speaking of Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} {{kid com}}s, the review for "Sexy Chick" ended with Todd saying that he's gonna go off to read some classic literature, with the caption claiming he was really going off to watch pirated ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' episodes.
-->"Hey, ''SHUT UP!''"
** He was embarrassed at the fact that he actually liked Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever", having gone into the review preparing to rip it to shreds.
* {{Handguns}}: He has a fake gun, used in four reviews (in three, [[DrivenToSuicide Todd puts it on himself]]) and one crossover (in ''SuburbanKnights'', JewWario gets the gun on his chin after he tries to unmask Todd).
* HappyEndingOverride: He criticizes {{A-ha}}'s "The Sun Always Shines On TV" for [[ShaggyDogStory completely]] [[DiabolusExMachina undoing]] the heartwarming ending of "Take On Me" in the first minute.
* HarsherInHindsight:[[invoked]] He actually ''invokes'' this, although subtly. In his best songs of 2011 review, he flashes back to 2009 when Adele won the grammy for Best New Artist. He rants at the TV, saying "we already have an Amy Winehouse and she's much more interesting!" Sadly we wouldn't have an Amy Winehouse for that much longer.
* HateFic: Started [[http://trollingchrisbrown.tumblr.com a Tumblr blog]] dedicated to hating Chris Brown. Something he '''PROMISED HIMSELF''' he would ''NEVER'' do.
* [[HeadDesk Head Keyboard]]: In his review of "Paparazzi".
** Also in his Top 10 of 2011, [[spoiler:because he's putting Katy Perry among the best songs of the year ''again''!]]
* HeadTiltinglyKinky: He has a fetish. It's kinkier than sadomasochism. It involves a trombone.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Bruno Mars, in a sense. He was on the Best of 2010 list (with an honourable mention on the Worst of 2010 List), the Worst of 2011, the Best of 2012 (twice!), and the Best of 2013. Todd ''loathes'' "the Lazy Song" but likes its cousin "Young Wild and Free", despairs at "Lighters," seems somewhat uncomfortable with both "Grenade" and "Gorilla", thinks "Locked out of Heaven" is awesome musically but over-dramatic lyrically, likes "Nothin' on You" because it seems like genuine love, and ''adores'' "Treasure" (stating that he played it almost every day for a year) despite the fact that it's not nearly as genuine. Phew!
* HehHehYouSaidX:
** His only comment on Taio Cruz's song "Dynamite" is snickering at the line "I'm in the club so I'm gonna do, do, do, do."
-->'''Todd:''' He's gonna do do do do. He's gonna doo-doo. *snort*
** "Hate you break it to you, Wiz... *snort* Wiz."
* HeroicBSOD: Todd ''INVOKES'' this in PawDugan, whose view of Indie artist Sia being nothing short of a musical goddess who can do no wrong is sent crashing down to earth when Todd tells him that ''his'' exposure to her is from a Flo Rida song followed up by a collaboration with DavidGuetta.
* HeroicSacrifice: Todd makes one saving ObscurusLupa from THE BIRDS!!! at the end of her ''Birdemic: Shock and Terror'' review. [[spoiler: Too bad it was all a fake documentary...]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: Invoked. Todd makes a realization that the same actor who played "Cowpie Clyde" from the Hanna Montana movie also appeared in one of Music/TaylorSwift's videos.
** Also invoked in his Worst Pop Songs of 2004 video when he finds out that Lloyd sung the hook on "Bedrock", which he considers to be one of the worst songs he's ever reviewed.
-->'''Todd:''' Oh, what else has he done?\\
''[[DescriptionCut The video for Bedrock plays]]''.
-->'''Todd''' Oh, it's '''that''' guy! The Bedrock douche! He sung the hook on one of the worst songs I ever covered!\\
* HiddenTrack:
** In a web original example, Todd uploaded a video to his Blip account that was not linked on his TGWTG page. It was [[http://toddspopsongreviews.blip.tv/file/3837070/ a cover version]] of the Carole King song "It's Too Late".
** He did it again in the same manner not much later -- [[http://toddspopsongreviews.blip.tv/file/4106940/ a short mashup]] of MarcyPlayground's "Sex and Candy" and Akon's "I Wanna Love You".
** And yet another one, [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/hidden-track-2-5209805 a cover of "Somebody's Baby"]] by JacksonBrowne.
* HilariousInHindsight: Invoked.
** Todd drops the trope name when talking about Lionel Richie's father-daughter song "Ballerina Girl", and how the song takes on a new meaning when you remember his daughter is Nicole Richie.
** Eminem going from "homophobic who warrants protests from gays" to "rapper who [[InvokedTrope does]] HoYay songs with Dr. Dre and Royce Da 5'9".
** Todd mentions that ''Rockwell'''s "Somebody's Watching Me" fits appropriately into context with the National Security Agency debacle.
* HoYay: Todd points out that "Sexy Bitch" sounds like something girls get called by their [[PetHomosexual gay best friends]]. Cut to a scene from the music video of Akon {{glomp}}ing David Guetta. [[invoked]]
* HopeSpot: He suggests that pop songs set in clubs are on the way out, evidenced by the success of songs like "Rolling In the Deep" by {{Adele}} and "Fuck You" by Cee Lo Green... before spending the next 3 reviews looking at more of them..
* HotterAndSexier: He discusses on how Rihanna's post-[[DarkerAndEdgier "Russian Roulette"]] singles are raunchier and raunchier.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: ''Music/JayZ'' and ''Music/JustinTimberlake'' worry that this will be waiting for them if they screw up and fall from the limelight of fame and publicity in "Holy Grail". Todd has to point out all the success that Jay Z has had over his entire career, including every album going platinum, being married to ''Music/{{Beyonce}}'', fathering a healthy baby girl, owning his own record company and part of major sport teams, and his net worth being over half a billion dollars. Unlike their comparisons to Mike Tyson and ''Music/MCHammer'', Todd seriously doubts that either one of them will fall on hard times if they happen to hit a low point in their careers.
* HumanoidAbomination: LadyGaga, according to his theory.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** On Lady Gaga's appearance in the piano version of "Poker Face":
--->'''Todd:''' What kind of person makes some creepy, weird video of themselves where you can't see their eyes?!? That's just '''crazy''', right?
** On Justin Bieber's dressing habits:
--->'''Todd:''' Stupid gray hoodie pulled up over his head. You look like a loser dressed like that, Bieber. A LOSER!
** He criticizes the Internet fad of dubbing ImogenHeap's "Hide And Seek" over melodramatic death scenes as a prelude to reviewing Jason Derulo's "Whatcha Say". Eventually the song's continued decrease in quality [[DrivenToSuicide drives him to beat himself to death]]. A {{beat}}. Cue Imogen Heap.
** He expresses bewilderment over how anyone could enjoy BDSM, despite the fact that his enjoyment of terrible songs is basically a form of masochism.
** In a DescriptionCut in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', when she asks him to spend some time with her, he tells her to stop calling him and hangs up. "Geez, some people can't take a goddamn hint."
*** Then in Todd's review of "E.T.", shortly after Lupa calls him out, he is rude to the Chick and sends her away.
*** And in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance":
-->'''Chick''': Maybe it's about not wasting your time with some tramp that's not available and be happy with awesome, clever, funny girl who's right in front of you!\\
'''Todd''': Yeah, I know! Isn't that horrible?
** His "Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2010" opens with him ranting about how his fellow reviewers are a bunch of nerds. Less than thirty seconds later he references ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact''.
** When he discusses that JustinTimberlake left music to make funny videos on the internet: "Pff, what an idiot."
** '...I'm guessing a lot of you haven't heard of (LilyAllen), unless you're one of those Pitchfork-reading snobs who constantly namedrops Europop singers (because) they're sooo much better than our American crap. [[MotorMouth By the way, that last album by Swedish pop star Robyn was actually really good and she's way better than that Ke$ha crap, you should totally listen to it]].'
** In "Drive-By", he points out that the lyrics involve a girl who the singer won't score with again, and asks him to move on... before talking to his Lupa pictures.
** After berating Todd for his alleged promotion of promiscuity all through his review of "Just a Kiss", [[spoiler:Jesus]] ends it by saying that [[YouNeedToGetLaid Todd Needs to Get Laid]].
** After getting angry at Rednex for dressing up as stereotypical Southerners and calling themselves Rednex without knowing a thing about the South (probably), and saying that 'rednecks' is for Southerners and actual rednecks only, there's a quick subtitle that just says 'Todd was born in San Diego'.
* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** Invoked courtesy of "Alejandro", and decidedly exaggerated.
** 2013's awful music broke him so badly that, at the start of his Best of 2013 list, he needed bourbon to gain the will to go on with the show.
** Subverted with "Swimming Pools (Drank)", apart of his Best of 2013 list. He has no idea whether the song is supporting or condoning drinking.
* IceCreamKoan: Pointed out in his "Tonight..." review:
-->'''Enrique:''' If I never lied/ Then baby, you'd be the truth.\\
'''Todd:''' Is that some kind of zen thing? What the fuck did ''that'' mean?
* IconicSongRequest: In the episode for "Closing Time", he mentions it is one for piano players, along with [[Music/{{Journey}} "Don't Stop Believing"]], [[JohnLennon "Imagine"]]...
** NeverHeardThatOneBefore: ...and [[BillyJoel "Piano Man"]], which as he mentioned [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=17721&start=40#p202632 here]], is kind of a BerserkButton of his.
* IdiotSavant: Todd acknowledges that Will.I.Am has always been the brains behind Music/TheBlackEyedPeas, and admits a "grudging respect" for him for being this. "Scream & Shout" is basically all the worst aspects of his (and Britney Spears') talents.
-->'''Todd:''' An artist with a distinct style and a claim to an Auteur status while being a complete moron. The "Creator/MichaelBay" of music, if you will.
* IfIWantedXIWouldY: Said of the video for "Payphone" that if he wanted to watch a video of a crime spree for a song about payphones, he would watch "Telephone" by LadyGaga again.
* IgnoringBySinging: Todd interprets the lyrics of "Titanium" as this.
* ImAManICantHelpIt: His reasoning for placing Rihanna's "Rude Boy" on his list of top 10 hits of 2010.
* ImportFilter: His assessment of British pop music. He feels that when it's good (like Music/TheBeatles, Music/EllieGoulding, or Music/{{Adele}}), it lives up to its reputation and is arguably better than anything that America has to offer. However, he also feels that, as bad as Americans think they have it with their own awful pop music, at least they never had to suffer through the Cheeky Girls, Crazy Frog, Jedward, or the slew of ''[[Series/TheXFactor X-Factor]]'' runners-up, and praises Americans for at least having the good taste to prevent talent shows from dominating their pop music world. He's also grateful that America's first experience with Music/CherLloyd was the merely bad "Want U Back" rather than the unbearable "Swagger Jagger", and greets the possibility that Music/OneDirection's success may mean another [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]] with a degree of trepidation.
** However, he does give props to the UK pop music scene for one thing:
-->"At least you're not the rest of Europe." ''<shows the logo of the EurovisionSongContest>''
* IncrediblyLamePun: Both {{Lampshaded}} by Todd in his work and pointed out in the awful lyrics of "Carry Out", which are mostly food {{Double Entendre}}s linked together in lyrical form.
-->'''Todd:''' I'd like to dip ''my'' [=McNuggets=] in your special sauce!
** "Fittingly enough, a song called 'Whistle' totally blows!"
*** Which is still more tasteful than the DoubleEntendre that the song itself is based on.
* IneffectualDeathThreat:
** He dishes one to the lead singer of Train for writing such horrible lyrics in "Hey Soul Sister".
--->'''Patrick:''' So gangsta, I'm so thug.\\
'''Todd:''' ... '''[[PrepareToDie I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU!]]'''
** He threatens to plug Will.i.am during "The Time.":
-->'''[=Will.i.am=]''': I don't wanna take no pictures, I just wanna take some shots!\\
'''Todd''': [cocks gun] That can be arranged.
** He closes "Grenade" by [[spoiler:throwing the eponymous item at Bruno.]]
* InNameOnly: Music/JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" is described as "Christmas carol in name only".
* InsultBackfire:
** He attempts to burn Gucci Mane by comparing him to SouljaBoy only to learn the two of them have done a collaboration.
** Todd describes the titular taunt of Mike Posner's hit "Cooler Than Me" as too easy to respond to with a resounding "Yes, I do!"
--->'''Todd:''' I think 12 year olds who write [[SlashFic gay]] ''SonicTheHedgehog'' [[RuleThirtyFour porn]] FanFiction are cooler than you!
*** He also notices Posner crosses this with HypocriticalHumor, as the song goes "you got designer shades, just to hide your face and you wear them around like you're cooler than me"... and he wears shades through most of the music video.
* InsultToRocks: As much as he dislikes Mike Posner, Todd finds Allmusic's comparing him to Asher Roth to be much harsher than anything he could come up with.
-->'''Todd:''' Damn Allmusic, what did Mike Posner ever do to you?
** He can't call adult alternative "lifeless" because he actually likes "[[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies RE: Your Brains.]]"
** Basically the entire point of the review of OneDirection's "Best Song Ever", where he claims it's terrible because it's a ripoff of Baba O'Reily that only makes sense if it's about how being with the right girl can make music sound better...and then admits that Baba O'Reily is a great song that they paid a decent homage to, and on top of that he really likes the premise of the lyrics. Oops.
** Probably unintentional, but "Roar" is his pick for Worst Song of 2013, which means he leaves it playing under his commentary about how terrible the song is and how terrible 2013 was in general for music. This makes the song seem like inspiring background music for Todd's rant. Somewhat lampshaded when he ends the review with "You're gonna hear ''me'' roar - SCREW 2013!"
* IntercourseWithYou: Todd can no longer listen to Peter, Paul and Mary without interpreting the lyrics as obscene thanks to "3." Later in the review, he (sarcastically) calls himself out on such.
** He complains about this on {{T-Pain}}'s "5 O'clock", and proceeds to see how he do this with samples of various songs.
* [[IRememberItLikeItWasYesterday I Remember It Like It Was Last Week]]: Parodied in his first Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses episode. After hearing the ear-piercing "Blah Blah Blah", Todd recalls the fond memories of the years of support on That Guy With The Glasses, recalling that it seemed like a week ago that he started right before [[TenMinuteRetirement "departing"]], and "exits" by quoting Creator/ConanOBrien's farewell speech from his last episode of ''TheTonightShow''.
* IronicEchoCut:
-->'''Todd''': Does this guy know how to do anything but celebrate?\\
'''Flo Rida''': ♪CELEBRATE, THAT'S ALL I KNOW!♪\\
'''Todd''': [[DeadpanSnarker Not surprised.]]
** In "Party Rock Anthem", asking if the song will ask "PUT YOUR HANDS UP!"... and later if it will play this line on loop.
** In "Titanium", Todd feels as if the lyrics are variants on "Sticks and stones can't break my bones". Then Sia sings that exact line...
* IsItSomethingYouEat: One of Todd's [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=17721&start=40#p202632 reasons why he "won't" appear in crossovers any time soon]]:
-->'' Let's see, there was this little conversation with one of the anime people''\\
'''Them:''' i'm editing a video. Manga related\\
'''Me:''' [Todd] ahhhh\\
'''Me:''' i've heard of manga\\
'''Me:''' it's some kind of japanese thing\\
'''Them:''' yep!\\
'''Me:''' is it a food of some kind?\\
'''Them:''' ... close enough.
* ItMakesSenseInContext: Retroactively invoked; he admits the opening speech of "The Lazy Song" that said speech was necessary to help understand what he meant by "white guy with an acoustic guitar" music.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Apparently what he thought about {{Adele}} when she won the Grammy for Best New Artist.
-->''*while playing "Someone Like You" on his keyboard* Yeah, this is why my friends call me Nostradamus.''
** He also said this about the Neon Trees in his Top 10 Best Pop songs of 2010, saying they will never have a hit again. Their latest hit "Everybody Talks" peaked 7 places higher than their 2010 hit "Animal" ever did. Nostradamus indeed.
** And his prediction that "Scream and Shout" will go away before he's done with his year-end top 10 lists was nothing short of hilariously wrong, as it has gone on to be one of the biggest hits of 2013 thus far. This eventually forced him to cave in and due a full review, half of which is him mocking himself on this failed prediction, and realizing that the song was far worse than he originally thought. He even bumps it up from a 5th to a 3rd place on his Worst Hit-Songs of 2012 list, and it makes the honorable mentions for his Worst Hit Songs of 2013 List.
* ItsTheSameSoItSucks:[[invoked]] Several times.
** On the "Worst of 2012" list, he criticizes Train for this on "50 Ways to Say Goodbye", which he calls "the same damn song" as "Drive By"… made worse by the fact that he didn't like "Drive By" either.
** On the Rednex episode of "One Hit Wonderland", he criticizes "Pop in an Oak" as being a blatant rehash of their big hit "Cotton Eye Joe", only without the authenticity lent to the latter by sampling a bluegrass standard.
** When reviewing Dead or Alive also for "One Hit Wonderland", he points out that pretty much all their songs sound just like "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", and that even ''that'' song is too much energy for him to take in all at once, much less spread out over their entire discography.
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* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Japan Loves Mr. Big]]: Invoked. Todd calls this trope out by name, saying that the Germans don't love David Hasslehoff nearly as much as Japan loved Mr. Big. They were a One Hit Wonder band in America, but they hit mega-time success in Japan. They're [[JustForPun Big In Japan.]]
* JawDrop: Happens twice in "Deuces"
** The oral sex reference, preceding his ShowerOfAngst
** The line about Ike Turner
* JeopardyThinkingMusic: Used in the "Replay" review when he tries to figure out how to pronounce "Iyaz", then again in the "The Time (Dirty Bit)" review when trying to figure out what they plan to rhyme with "maggots".
* JustEatGilligan: One of his complaints about "Telephone".
** He also composes, on the spot, a similarly toned song, "Itchy Leg".
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:[[invoked]] Todd points out that he was lucky to find whatever footage he could use for his review of "Monster Mash", saying that the movie that Bobby Pickett had a major appearance in is extremely difficult to find on any media format, and that his BorisKarloff impression was so spot on, that Boris himself even once sang the song, but any video footage of that has been long lost to history.
* LastSecondWordSwap: "I love beating Chris Brown as much as he likes beating... eggs for his famous homestyle breakfast"
** A more subtle one, from the same review: "In February of 2009, the pop world was shocked when rising R&B superstar Chris Brown viciously and brutally assaulted his...chances for a long term career"
** Subverted, in "Top 10 of 2011". "If there's a single person in the universe who doesn't like this song (Fuck You by CeeLoGreen), I haven't met them and I don't care to. But if you're out there, whoever you are, wherever you are... I disagree with your opinions. [''beat''] And fuck you."
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: "Back In Time" by Pitbull was so unbelievably horrible that he asks J to help him out and neuralizes his mind to make him forget that he was even reviewing the song.
* LesYay: [[invoked]] Even Todd notices the subtext between Miley and Lily in ''HannahMontana: TheMovie.''
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: In what probably is a parody, Todd tries to make a song with an acoustic guitar. EpicFail ensues, particularly for the thing being out of tune, and he gives up saying "guitar isn't my instrument".
* LimitedSoundEffects: Used to complain about repetitive\overtly simple beats. Example, describing the sound of AliciaKeys' "No One"
--> '''Todd''': ''Bash, thud, thud, thud, bash, thud, thud, thud, bash, thud, thud, thud, bash, thud, bash, bash, HONK!... HONK!''
* LineOfSightName: 70's rock band Wild Cherry named themselves after a box of Luden's cough drops and never bothered to change it.
* LiteralMinded: He's been accused of this, and discusses it in "E.T.". Then he tries to see it as "falling in love with a let's say, black, guy" instead of BoldlyComing... making Kanye's guest spot even worse! (see UnfortunateImplications below)
* LosingHorns: Used in the "Black and Yellow" review when he points out that the song was used as an anthem for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but that they lost.
* LoudOfWar: In the intro to "Club Can't Handle Me", [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic]] threatens Todd with the dreaded "Hoedown Throwdown" if he didn't get back to reviewing music.
* LoveItOrHateIt: This is how he feels about the BlackEyedPeas. If they did a good song in his opinion, he loves it. If he doesn't like it, he ''really'' doesn't like it. [[invoked]]
* LyricalDissonance: He calls this on Stephen Stills' "Love The One You're With".
** And says that [[MileyCyrus "We Can't Stop"]] is the most depressing party song ever.
* LyricalShoehorn: In-universe. This is a huge pet peeve of his, with Train being the greatest offender.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex: He discusses this mentality when reviewing "Sexy Bitch", and compares it with Akon's alternate viewpoint: "Bitch-Whore Complex". Or is that "Chick"?
* ManipulativeEditing: Played for laughs: he will often have the target of the review (or another celebrity) carry out a punchline or two.
* MarySue: [[{{In-Universe}} His main criticism]] of the protagonist of ''[[MariahCarey Glitter]]''.
* MediumAwareness: Apparently he can see the subtitles on-screen.
--> '''Todd:''' Fix that.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Invoked and quoted in the Top 10 Best Pop Songs Of 2012 when he celebrates having no Katy Perry songs on the list that year and declares the end of her reign... and lists a Ke$ha song instead.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: He points out that the metaphors in "Carry Out", "Eenie Meenie" and "Your Love Is My Drug" are extended to the point where they stop making sense.
** Todd himself falls victim to it in his "Scream and Shout" review, where he compares Will.I.Am to a Hungry Man frozen dinner, then begins to rant about what he hates about Hungry Man dinners.
* MindScrew: His reaction to the music videos to "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "S&M".
* MomentOfAwesome: Invoked by Todd, who considers the fact that he has just successfully transcribed "Whip My Hair" to piano an achievement comparable to mastering the classic symphonies.
** In a commentary, he admitted that when he was playing it, he actually was using information he found on the Internet. He originally ''did'' figure it out by ear, but when it came time to do the review, he had forgotten how.
* {{Mondegreen}}: Often discussed in his reviews.
** Ever heard of "Yellow Is My Drug" by [[{{Kesha}} Ke$ha]]? The song she did with {{Coldplay}}?
** "I'm a bee! I'm a bee! I'm a I'm a I'm a bee!"
--->'''Todd:''' You're thinking it, I'm thinking it, Vice President Biden is thinking it.
** Eenie meenie miney mo '''''lava'''''...?
** Throw my head on a plate for ya!
** One, two, three, why don't me, you, and me...
--->'''Todd:''' How many Britneys are there in this equation?!
** Subverted on "Club Can't Handle Me." The lyrics are so incoherent that he looks them up, only to find that they are the lyrics proper.
** He actually called the BlackEyedPeas out on this during "The Time", on the grounds that they'd screwed up a line from the source material.
** Ass, ass, ass and ham, ham, ham...
** Any attempt before finding out Kanye is singing "I'm tryin' to bathe my ape in your Milky Way".
** Likewise, the opening line of Ne-Yo's chorus in "Give Me Everything" (which he finds shocking, as Pitbull is supposed to be TheUnintelligible there!).
** Becomes a RunningGag in Flo Rida's "Whistle". Todd says that he's checked numerous lyric websites, and almost all of them have different lyrics because none of them can figure out what he's actually saying.
** Music/MileyCyrus' "Wrecking Ball": "All I wanted was to break you off / all you ever did was raaaape me".
* MoodWhiplash:
** The "Top 10 Best Hit Songs of 2010" ends with Todd drunk dialing and sobbing on the phone to Lupa [[spoiler: only for it to be a very confused and not entirely upset with this turn of events LordKat on the other line]].
** In "Give Me Everything", he says Ne-Yo is too depressive for such a party song. (to drive his point home, he even plays other songs by him... and starts to cheer after "So Sick"!)
** In "Lighters", cutting from Eminem's angry verses to Bruno Mars' cheery and triumphant chorus. (even asking if Em listened to Mars' parts before writing...)
** Todd puts two Rihanna songs in his Worst list of 2012, besides saying he is sick of her, and mentions Drake as a runner up that almost made on the list. Guess which are the two artists that made the top of Best of 2012, where he goes from being bored or disgusted by them in the worst to having no words to describe how much he admires the top song.
** He goes straight from discussing how Alex Clare's "Too Close" helped him understand the merit of dubstep in a pop context, to dismissing the song as garbage.
** Todd enjoys the upbeat, cheerful, almost comical monk chanting heard throughout all of ''Bastille'''s "Pompeii", but spends the review trying to make sense of how the music and lyrics fit into the theme with everything that the city of Pompeii and its destruction have been known for. First he looks up the lead singer's interpretation of the fears of stasis, and one's life no longer going anywhere. Basically, considering the possibilities of how to get your life out of a rut and move on. Then he reads an article that says the lyrics are being spoken between two corpses. The actual victims of the Pompeii disasters. The mood of the review goes south ''really'' fast.... then immediately changes right back to happy again with the chanting.
* MusicIsPolitics: Chumbawamba's entire existence had been to promote true anarchy and [[DefiedTrope defy this trope in almost every way they possibly could.]] Todd points out that after EMI signed them on (a company that they themselves railed against with an album called "Fuck EMI" back in the 80's,) they did everything they could to remain popular while still doing what ''they'' want, even going so far as to deliberately make sure that their follow-up album after their hit single "Tubthumping" tanked, and going on TV talk shows and encouraging people to shoplift their albums and whatnot.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: To Chris Brown.
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* NameMcAdjective: He gave Chris Brown the nickname Captain [[DomesticAbuse McPunchesAGirl]] during his review of "I Can Transform Ya".
* {{Narm}}: [[{{In-Universe}} His reaction re-listening to]] Music/LinkinPark's "Crawling": "Just as hilarious as back then".
* NamesTheSame:[[invoked]] He calls out Hot Chelle Rae about calling a song called "Tonight Tonight" when Music/TheSmashingPumpkins have already done so.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: He thinks "Hoedown Throwdown" is a conglomerate of the worst elements of five genres at once.
* {{Nepotism}}: He blames it for the existence of Willow and Jaden Smith, Rockwell, LMFAO, and Hot Chelle Rae's careers.
** In an unstated example, when discussing LMFAO, he tries to draw an analogy between them, the Black Eyed Peas, and various hair metal bands before settling on LMFAO as Nelson. Nelson was also arguably a case of nepotism, being the twin sons of Ricky Nelson and by extension grandsons of Ozzie and Harriet.
* NeverLiveItDown: 'Tonight...' and 'The Lazy Song' have permanently changed his image of Enrique Iglesias and Bruno Mars for the worse [[InUniverse in his eyes]]. [[invoked]]
** However, as of his Top Ten Best Songs of 2012, Bruno may have saved himself with "Locked Out of Heaven".
** He mentions how Music/AFlockOfSeagulls is remembered not only for being a OneHitWonder, but the AnimeHair of the lead singer.
* NiceGuy: He's repeatedly mentioned that he can't actually ''hate'' Music/OneDirection because they seem to be genuinely nice people, even if their music doesn't always reflect it.
* NoPronunciationGuide: At a certain point, he starts asking how "Iyaz" is supposed to be pronounced.
** Gotye. Go-tiya? Got-Yee? Goat-yeh? Go-tee-yee? Goa-Tee? He finally pronounces it correctly (Go-Tee-Yay) at the end of his "We Are Young"/"Somebody That I Used To Know" double review.
** He stumbles through pronouncing "Canada" as "Can-Na-Duh". For laughs, of course.
* 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:
** 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).
** 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).
** 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".
** Many of the songs on his top 10 lists were actually released the previous year including his number one songs from 2009 ("Just Dance") and 2012 ("Take Care")
* NoodleIncident: "I am not having any bottles broken over anyone's head in this room. Not after the DL incident. I'll tell you about it sometime. *shudder* So much blood..." He would later explain it on Twitter, even later in "Grenade."
** Also, the "[[WebVideo/ObscurusLupa Lupa]] Fiasco".
* NoodleImplements: Something more twisted than S&M, and involving a trombone.
** Also part of the Lupa Fiasco.
-->'''Lupa''': What am I supposed to do with all these ''geese''?!
* NotHyperbole: Whenever he makes a statement like "'The Time' is the worst Black Eyed Peas song. Worst than 'Imma Be'. Worst than 'My Humps'" and "'The Lazy Song' is so far my least favorite song of 2011, a year that includes a song called 'Tonight (I'm Fucking You)'".
** The latter of which actually does turn out to be hyperbole, as 'Tonight (I'm Fucking You)' ranks much higher on his "Worst Songs of 2011" list than 'The Lazy Song' does. He admits that 'The Lazy Song' grew on him, but he still feels the need to punch Bruno Mars in the face when he hears it.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer:
** Todd claims that people indeed discussed "[[StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks Baby Got Back]]"'s [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory deeper meaning]] back in the day.
** In "Break Up", after the line "Don't I make your earlobe freeze?" he puts a caption reading "Seriously, I didn't make that up."
** "... so I felt obligated to listen to their latest single, "Carry Out", which consists entirely of fast-food-related {{double entendre}}s. [{{beat}}] Seriously."
** Also, on the "[=BedRock=]" review, when he lists the members of Young Money.
--> Mack Maine... Jae Millz... Lil Chuckee... Lil' Twist... T Streets... and a bunch of other names that sound like I'm just making them up, though I swear to God I'm not.
** In the "Worst Songs Of 1987" video, he has to clarify that yes, Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is one of his favourite songs of the 80s.
** Todd makes sure to point out he didn't add the ''BladesOfGlory'' clip in "Niggas in Paris" (just after Music/KanyeWest quoted the movie), it's in the actual video!
** In the OHW for Mr. Big's "To Be with You", he can barely believe that the long list of HairMetal bands he compiled are real.
* 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.
* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: The chorus for Pitbull's "Back In Time" provokes Todd to thinking this, though the way he says it makes it come off more like HoYay.
-->''My sweet baby? You're the one? What the living crap does this have to do with ''Film/MenInBlack''? Do Agent J and K fall in love in this movie? ...Not that I'm opposed to watching that.''
* NWordPrivileges: Todd doesn't have them, and as such has to rely on the subtitles when he has to mention '[[KanyeWest Niggas in]] [[JayZ Paris]]' by name. And even those are censored.
** [[spoiler:DoubleSubversion near the end of the review, when the subtitles censor the word "Paris" instead of the usual, making it look like it might
** Then in his Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2012 review, he ends a long string of "-izzle" words with "...ma nizzle! Am I allowed to say 'nizzle'?"
** He doesn't consider Rednex (a Swedish group) to have this for caricaturing Southerners.
* OddFriendship: In the "Niggas in Paris" review, he discusses how weird it is that KanyeWest and JayZ are friends and collaborate on music, considering their contrasting personalities.
* OffScreenTeleportation: He displays this in the WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown review of ''[[TheAsylum Sunday School Musical]]''. (see also StealthHiBye)
-->'''Film Brain:''' Todd, I'm curious. How did you get in here?
-->'''Todd:''' I move in the space between spaces.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's shocked that Carly Rae Jepsen is 26, and how she is "an adult [that] successfully sound[s] like an eighth grader trying to sound like a grown-up".
** He's even more shocked on Kimberly Perry being 28, but appearing 16 in If I Die Young.
* OnceAnEpisode: He starts every episode by playing the song he's about to discuss on his piano. Subverted occasionally:
** His review of Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping", where he plays the song's intro, then stops in order to shout the song's famous "''I GET KNOCKED DOWN!''"
** His review of LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" saw him flat-out refusing to play the song due to how insultingly simplistic its beat was.
** For Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair," he has to listen to the song clip twice first--and [[MediumAwareness stave off the title text]] with "No, no, I got this."
** For his recap of the best songs of 2013, he tries to play Music/{{Rihanna}}'s verse from "The Monster" by Music/{{Eminem}}, but breaks down and just starts banging on random piano keys due to how bad a year for pop music he felt 2013 was. Then he [[INeedAFreakingDrink pours himself some bourbon]].
** He's also starting to sign off his reviews in the same way: "I'm Todd in the Shadows, and ________." The blank is either filled with "I'm out" or a joke - often a CallBack - related to the song. Like from his "Scream and Shout" video:
-->'''Todd:''' I'm Todd in the Shadows, saying "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!"
** 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"]] and [[Music/TaylorSwift "I Knew You Were Trouble"]]. 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.
* OneHitWonder:[[invoked]]
** He mentions how Mike Posner and the Far East Movement still managed to get a second hit, and asks for Hot Chelle Rae to not reach this. Then he says that despite the failure of LMFAO's follow-up single, they managed to still get a second hit with an even worse song.
** While talking about "Put It Down On Me", he stated he was adding Jeremih to "...the growing list of one-hit wonders who technically have a second hit."
** Also started a show to discuss this, One Hit Wonderland (first episode was Music/{{a-ha}}'s "Take on Me").
* [[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.
* OrphanedPunchline: '''"...WASHING MACHINE!"'''
* OrSoIHeard:
** In the ''FromJustinToKelly'' review:
-->'''Todd:''' Your average DisneyChannel sitcom gets raunchier than this. ({{Beat}}) Not that I watch those.
** Todd repeatedly states that most of the opinions he's formed for {{PSY}}'s "Gangnam Style" is based off of simply what he's read up on the internet.
-->''Or so I've read.''
** 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.
-->'''Rap Critic:''' Is this what's suppose to happen when you're high on weed? Ca-Cause that's not what happens. What happens is stuff becomes funnier and music slightly speeds up. Chemically, the effects of weed are kind of mundane.\\
'''Todd:''' Wait a minute, since when do you know so much about getting high?\\
'''Rap Critic:''' What are you, ''a cop?''
* OverlyLongGag: His comparison of Hot Chelle Rae's brand of partying to high school all-night grad parties.
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: He does this to "Best Song Ever" in "Top 10 Hit Songs of 2013"
--> And we danced all night to the ''6th best hit song of 2013''
* PanderingToTheBase: [[{{in-universe}} He questions about this]] in "Alejandro".
-->'''Todd:''' Ok. Even if you are one of Gaga's many gay fans, at what point do you feel pandered to? Like, when do you reach the point where even you have to look back and say: "Ok, this is getting kinda gay."
** Double subverted in his review of "Born This Way", when he wonders which heavily marginalized group's self esteem the song intends to boost.
-->'''Lady Gaga:''' Just put your paws up.
-->'''Todd:''' [[FurryFandom Furries]]. Also I guess gay people.
** Also says "Mistletoe" is this, since it's "using Christmas as an excuse for kissing Bieber fantasies."
* PeopleFallOffChairs: Todd in the "Drive By" review when he hears the "my love for you went viral" line.
* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: He was [[HateDumb 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.
* PeripheryDemographic:[[invoked]] He admits to liking the OneDirection song "Best Song Ever" even if it has some bad moments.
* PetPeeveTrope: All in-universe.
** DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Particularly if it's {{Beyonce}}-on-male.
** ClarkKenting: People's inability to recognize the obviousness that 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:
--->One crisis at a time, Todd...
** LyricsVideoMismatch
** PainfulRhyme [[invoked]]
*** Notably, he used one of these to highlight the DateRape [[UnfortunateImplications implications]] in Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines". When he came across the lyric "what rhymes with 'hug me'?", he pointed out that "fuck me", the obvious answer in a song like this, didn't rhyme... but "drug me" ''did''.
** RhymingWithItself: Annoys him quite a bit.
** {{Scatting}}: Any excessive parts of inane singing. Also, background vocals singing "HEY!" or "OH!".
--->'''Todd:''' Hip hop! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Stop. Shouting. Ohhh.]]
** TheFourChordsOfPop
* 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.
* PokemonSpeak: He doesn't like when singers say their own name in their songs. But he is particularly hard on Jason Derulo for this.
* ThePowerOfHate: Todd decided to take a different route when LMFAO told him to "STOP! HATIN'S BAD!" and look at the song from a more loving point of view. ''Not'' hating music almost erased him out of existence.
* PrecisionFStrike:
** 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.
** There was also this bit, though he wasn't in character at the time.
--->'''Todd:''' As soon as you turn that camera off, I'm beating the shit out of you.
** Something of a Tactical F Campaign throughout the "Tonight..." review.
** His response to anyone who might not
-->'''Todd:''' [[{{Subversion}} I disagree with your opinion.]] [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion Also fuck you]].]]
** In his Worst Hit Songs of 2004 list, he discusses how this can be done well ("Fuck You"), badly ("Tonight..."), or ''really'' badly (Eamon's "Fuck It").
* PreviouslyOn: Double-subverted:
-->'''Todd:''' Previously on Todd In The Shadows: YourMom! Hah! Also, on my show, this happened.
* {{Pun}}: His closing song on the "Gorilla" review? The theme to ''Series/TheMonkees''.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: FINISH. THE. RHYME!
** [[Music/ChrisBrown CAN'T...]] [[BrainBleach GET...]] [[ShowerOfAngst CLEAAAAAN!]]
** [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Three words]]: Deep. Blue. Something.
* PungeonMaster: He points out in "The Safety Dance" that Men Without Hats should not be confused with the Australian pop band Men At Work (both of whom reached popularity at exactly the same time), but says that they both should have combined bands a few years later to become Men Without Work. He also says that shortly after releasing "The Safety Dance", Men Without Hats became Men Without Hits. He stops himself before he goes any further.
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* QuestionableConsent: Brought up in the "Blurred Lines" video when he's describing the controversy surrounding the song.
* TheQuisling: Played with when Todd mentions that with Music/{{Lorde}} taking over the charts in 2013, and Kimbra assisting Music/{{Gotye}} the year before, Todd figures he'll help the viewers understand our "Kiwi-driven future" by covering the OneHitWonder group OMC and their 1997 smash hit "How Bizarre."
* RageBreakingPoint: Happens in "Sexy and I Know It", after some minutes of Deep Lyrical Analysis.
* RatedGForGangsta: Todd notes that Far*East Movement defines "poppin' bottles in the crib" as "gangsta". He then proceeds to demonstrate by unscrewing the cap of a liquor bottle, which is accompanied by the caption "[=STRAIGHT UP THUGGIN'=]" and the chorus of Music/{{NWA}}'s "Gangsta Gangsta".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
** A minor occurrence: The "[[NoodleIncident DL Incident]]" referenced in "Like A [=G6=]" actually happened.
** Todd alludes to the 2014 Polar Vortex as the main reason why Neighborhood's "Sweater Weather" made his Top 10 Best Songs of 2013.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives Mike Posner one of these during his review of "Cooler Than Me".
* RecordNeedleScratch: When the innuendo of "Suit & Tie" dawns on Todd.
-->'''Justin Timberlake:''' Oooh, so thick [=/=] Now I know why they call it a fatty\\
[=*scratch*=] *Todd thinks for a moment*\\
'''Todd:''' Did... Are you talking about her ''ass?!''
* {{Recurrer}}: Due to the nature of the pop charts and the music industry, many artists have been featured multiple times, including Ke$ha, Jay Sean, Lil Wayne, the Black Eyed Peas, Music/BrunoMars, Music/KatyPerry and, of course, Music/LadyGaga.
* RecycledInSpace: In the Worst Pop Songs of 2012 list, he calls [[TeenIdol Hunter Hayes]] "country JustinBieber".
* RedHerring:
** In his review of "Fifteen" by Taylor Swift, he tells a very sad story about how when he was fifteen, his girlfriend started acting strangely, before breaking up with him at the school dance. Then he reveals that [[spoiler:it didn't happen to him, it happened to Zach from ''SavedByTheBell'']]. Subverted later on, as he mentions in the Blip intro to the review that [[spoiler:most of what he described ''did'' happen to him]].
** In two of his "Top Ten Worst Songs" lists to date, he starts a diatribe that leads to an easily mocked song by an easily mocked artist... and then reveals that he ''likes'' the song in question. 2009 has the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" and 1987 has Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now". He also [[SayMyName curses the name of]] BarryManilow in his 1976 list before revealing that he really has nothing against the guy.
** In his "Best Songs of 2010" list, when he reaches #5, he plays Katy Perry's "California Gurls" before tiredly laughing it away and ranting about how much he hates her... and yet keeps finding songs of hers that he likes. After listing a number of them, including begrudgingly not being able to hate "California Gurls" despite its many flaws, he gets into his song of choice, "Teenage Dream". [[spoiler:And then "California Gurls" turns out to be #2]].
** His [[CrossOver ill-fated attempt]] to review "What's My Name" by Rihanna and Drake.
** While reviewing Rihanna's "S&M", he comes to the conclusion that the reason he likes it is because it samples DepecheMode... and then remembers that he doesn't care for Depeche Mode either.
** For his 2012 Top 10 Best Pop Songs list, Todd brags about not having a Katy Perry song on his list for the first time. [[spoiler: Kesha's Die Young is instead. Todd promptly snarks, "Meet the new boss, same as the old one."]]
** Even he's disturbed by how all of his criticisms of Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever" end up turning into compliments by the end of the sentence.
** The entirety of the "Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2013" video is done using the hashtag font from "Blurred Lines". It's not actually on the list, aside from the honorable mentions.
* ReRun: Two of his Website/YouTube reviews, "Sexy Chick" and "Carry Out," were brought over to TGWTG early on, probably because, at the time, they were still recent enough to pass as current pop music. Todd had initially said he wouldn't bring ''all'' of his old Website/YouTube videos over, but he changed his mind on September 2011, uploading them with short intros to provide context.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[invoked]]
** In his opinion, Kenny G's sax solo in [[Music/KatyPerry Last Friday Night]] was a lifetime of suck nearly redeemed!'
** "Die Young" did this for {{Music/Kesha}} to him.
** While he had put ''three'' of Music/OneDirection's songs on the "Worst of 2012" list as dishonorable mentions and called them "con artists" with "no goddamn personality", Todd softened his opinion of them after they released "Best Song Ever", which avoided many of his previous criticisms. He later put it as the 6th best song of 2013, and admitted he never hated the group on a personal level, unlike Music/JustinBieber or Music/ChrisBrown.
** Subverted with BrunoMars, as while Todd mentions that he likes Bruno again, it's only when he's not being himself ("Locked Out of Heaven", "Treasure"). Otherwise, he states in the "Holy Grail" review that "Bruno Mars makes a bad Bruno Mars".
* RickRoll: Played with in the "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" episode of One Hit Wonderland. He brings up the production team Music/StockAitkenWaterman, then cues the video for "[[Music/RickAstley Never Gonna Give You Up]]" and says, "Ha! It's relevant! So it doesn't count!"
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Todd's opinion on Carly Rae Jepsen. "Even her name is cutesy!"
* RimShot: "'''[[BritneySpears 3]]''', what? I dunno. 3 years past her expiration date?" (''plays RimShot by setting his keyboard to the drum settings'')
* RockBottom: "Tonight..." [[{{In-universe}} according to him.]]
* RomanticizedAbuse: Calls out Enrique Iglesias for this, in his review of "Tonight..."
* DarthWiki/RuinedFOREVER: [[{{in-universe}} In regards to his own childhood]] after hearing the "Peter, Paul, and Mary" line from BritneySpears' "3." Now he can't listen to their music anymore without thinking there's some perverted meaning to every lyric.
* {{Rule 34}}: In his review of "S&M," when he's explaining how nothing shocks him anymore, Todd mentions that he's seen porn of himself.
* RunningGag: Todd himself said he tries to avert this during videos. However he still has at least three (besides the Lupa obsession).
** "Finish the Rhyme."
** And conversely, "NOT A RHYME."
--->'''Todd:''' Oh my god. I'm hitting the "Not A Rhyme" button as hard as I '''possibly''' can!
*** After a long dormant period, this gag finally popped up again in his review of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", when Thicke asks "what rhymes with hug me", with the implication being [[spoiler: fuck me]]. After Todd thought about this, he admits that it's kinda clever, but still not a rhyme.
** His lack of ethnicity.
*** Though in "Accidental Racist" he declares he is white with nothing disputing it.
** Punctuating his unfounded claims about his appearance with the "as far as you know" caption is a notable running gag unto itself.
** '''[[GutturalGrowler BIEEEEBEEEEERRRRR.]]'''
** On his {{Website/Twitter}}, Todd frequently mentions watching a film that one of his Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses partners did a review for and yells "WHY DID NO ONE WARN ME!"
** On the ''Glitter'' review, Todd guessing if something will become a plot point, followed by "NOPE." He has a meltdown after [[RuleOfThree the third.]] And goes "I hate this movie" by the fourth.
** When reviewing early 90s rock bands on [[=OHW=]]: "Clearly [band name]'s brand of [musical style] was the wave of the future, in 1991!" [cut to Music/{{Nirvana}}]
** By BrunoMars' "Gorilla", Todd is shocked that songs that sound #RAPEY are becoming a running gag.
** If a song uses TheFourChordsOfPop he always points it out: "Pop song chords - they own the world, they own you. Deal with it!" or "Pop song chords - No. No. Yes!" or, "Pop song cho- AAAAAAAAAAGH"
** In his "Top 10 Best Hit Songs" retrospects, the "fluke indie hit sweepstakes", where a vaguely indie-rockish song makes it onto the Top 40, uncomfortably sitting alongside Usher and Lady Gaga.
*** 2009: "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon
*** 2010: "Animal" by Neon Trees.
*** 2011: "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People.
*** 2012: "It's Time" by Imagine Dragons, "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye ft. Kimbra, and "Some Nights" by fun.
*** 2013: "Sweater Weather" by The Neighbourhood, "I Will Wait" by Mumford & Sons and "Safe and Sound" by Capital Cities, although the latter two only made his honorable mentions.
*** As of his review of "Pompeii" by Bastille, Todd has remarked that due to the changing pop scene making songs with an "indie" sound much more common, he should rename the phrase "Increasingly Common Vaguely Alternative Electro-Pop Hit Entitlement Program".
*** In his "All of Me" review, he calls Pharrell the winner of the "fluke retro soul hit sweepstakes", [[LampshadeHanging Lampshading]] it by saying old jokes don't die they just adapt to the times.
** Toddstradamus, his inability to predict anything. Anytime he predicts that someone's song will go away or they won't matter and he's wrong he uses clips to showcase it.
* SanitySlippage: He thinks Bruno Mars got a touch of this during "Grenade."
* SarcasmFailure:
** In his "[=BedRock=]" review.
--->'''Gudda:''' And I got her, nigga... grocery bag.\\
'''Todd:''' ... I got nothing.
** Also played with in his "Tonight..." review:
--->'''Todd:''' You know, as a comedy reviewer, this is where I'm supposed to put in a funny analogy, you know?\\
'''Enrique:''' Tonight I'm fuckin' you!\\
'''Todd:''' "Oh, my God, I can't believe he said that! That's so bad, that's like if he--" If he... what? If he ''what''?! I... I can't come up with anything worse!
* SarcasmMode:
** In ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', when Billy Ray Cyrus mentions that they created Hannah so that Miley could have a normal life.
--->'''Todd:''' Yeah, she's clearly already beset by paparazzi, and if a child star's life isn't screwed up ''enough'', why not add a thick layer of secrecy and lies? Yeah, that's an interesting definition of "normal life," Billy Ray.
** "Let's keep listening. I can't wait to hear more!"
* SassyBlackWoman: The Weather Girls used to be two pretty heavyset black women originally named "Two Tons of Fun", but were convinced to change their name when "It's Raining Men" was pitched towards them (after many rejections from notoriously famous singers of the 70's and 80's.) While they were a serious band under their previous name, Todd can't help but point out that both ladies took this trope stereotype and ran with it, noting how much fun they were having in the music video for the song.
* SayMyName: '''[[GutturalGrowler BIEEEEBEEEEERRRRR.]]'''
** '''''[[Series/TheColbertReport MANILOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW]]!''''' [[spoiler:He doesn't really have anything against him, though.]]
* TheScapegoat: In "Want U Back", Todd rags on how much worse British pop music will FOREVER be compared to American pop music. Now matter how bad it is over here, It will always be worse across the pond. He says that if any British people are offended or disagree with his opinion, they should send all their hate mail to [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall lewislovhaug@channelawesome.com]]...
* ScareChord: Uses one in his Top 10 Worst Songs of 2004 video after wondering why there was barely any rock on the list. Cue Nickelback.
** Has a minor one in the "Tonight, Tonight" review when talking about Christian Rock.
** Uses one to introduce JustinBieber in the "Eenie Meenie" review.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** His first video for Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses has him talking about the massive opportunity he's been given... then quitting when he finds out he's got to review Kesha's "Blah Blah Blah". Credits roll... and he comes back and demolishes the song.
** At the end of his crossover review with The Rap Critic, they agree to do another review together and Rap Critic suggests the new Music/LadyGaga song. Todd promptly [[OffscreenTeleportation vanishes]]. He later pulls the same trick on [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]].
* SelfFulfillingProphecy:
** Todd concludes that "Whip My Hair" singlehandedly created the very {{Hatedom}} it was meant to be dissing.
** In his comparison of "Counting Stars" and "Demons", he concludes that the song about taking risks to achieve dreams did just that, and the song about admitting to one's flawed and greedy nature ultimately felt like a sell-out.
-->'''Todd:''' Maybe if I stop [[SelfDeprecation constantly making jokes about how broke and alone I am]], I'll stop being broke and alone!
* SelfPlagiarism: Todd defends that while "E.T." was bad, Katy Perry did something unique - unlike Ke$ha, who "released the same song five times" and Lady Gaga, who tanked with "Judas" because "it was just like 'Bad Romance,' including being about a bad romance".
** He also says one of the songs in ''{{Spider-Man}}: [[TheMusical Turn Off the Dark]]'' (songs composed by Bono and The Edge) is U2's "Vertigo", only with different lyrics.
** In a cross with SingleIssueWonk, he complains that "Stronger" is KellyClarkson doing the same BreakupSong for at least the fifth time.
** Due to ExecutiveMeddling[[invoked]], Wild Cherry couldn't come up with another hit song because they pretty much created the exact same song as their only hit.
* SellOut: Todd finds "Moves Like Jagger" to represent this to Maroon 5. Also, considering how Katy Perry and Lady Gaga weren't known for inspirational ballads, "Firework" and "Born this Way" also fit.
** He goes further on Maroon 5's decay on "Payphone" - which features ProductPlacement to show Todd himself sells out at times.
** Subverted in his One Hit Wonderland video on Chumbawamba, where he described selling out as a "fun experiment" for the band and said he couldn't really disagree with their reasons for temporarily signing on with mega-label [=EMI=]. As he put it, maybe if other angry political bands like RageAgainstTheMachine had recorded the odd [[BreatherEpisode silly dance-and-drinking song]] then they wouldn't have burnt out so quickly.
** He considers "Demons" to be this for Imagine Dragons.
** He also considers "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" to be this for Kelly Clarkson.
* SerialEscalation: Todd and WebVideo/TheRapCritic get into a debate over BradPaisley and Music/LLCoolJ's "Accidental Racist" over whose participation in the song is stupider. Todd tries to claim that Brad is stupider because he's the one who pitched the idea of the song and wrote it. J somehow ends up showing respect to the Civil War generals who tried to ensure the complete subjugation of his entire race. By the end of the video, both of them just start bickering at each other due to the song.
-->'''Rap Critic''': Quit telling me what I should be offended by!
* SequelHook: "Your Love is My Drug" sets up "Alejandro", "Give Me Everything" sets up "Tonight, Tonight".
* SevenMinuteLull: He references this trope in his review of Usher's "OMG", as the backup chanting breaks off just in time for Usher to deliver the lamest lines in the song. He even mentions in that episode's commentary that the idea came from TV Tropes.
* ShallowParody: Invoked. He points out that the chorus of "The Time (Dirty Bit)," which uses the chorus of "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, can't get the lyrics right. Instead of "And I swear, ''it's the truth,''" the Peas instead sing "And I swear, ''this is true.''"
** He says that the sampling of the riff from "Take On Me" in "Feel This Moment" by Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera is the musical equivalent of the pop-cultural reference humour used in the Seltzer & Friedberg 'Movie' movies.
* ShapedLikeItself:
** (On Kesha) "It's like Fergie, but with severe brain damage...so it's like Fergie."
** "I define bad as the absence of good." [[note]] Although in this case, it is a valid distinction: The song in question had nothing wrong with it, but was so utterly lacking in any redeeming value that it was put higher on his 10 worst list than songs such as the one titled "Tonight (I'm Fucking You)" or the song whose video almost literally rubbed its testicles in his face. [[/note]]
** "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry is a funk song performed by white musicians singing about playing funk music as a bunch of white musicians.
** "There is basically one trick and one trick only to Rednex's Europop re-working of 'Cotton-Eye Joe': mainly, that it's a Europop re-working of 'Cotton-Eye Joe'."
* ShipperOnDeck: The character has an OT3: [=Ke$ha=] and [=3Oh!3=]. His only wish is that this doesn't yield children.
** After Miley and Lily fight over who has to impersonate Hannah, Todd comments that they have fantastic makeup sex.
* ShoutOut: Enough to have [[ShoutOut/ToddInTheShadows his own page.]]
* ShownTheirWork: In the "One Hit Wonderland" episodes, he does a complete rundown on artists' careers, often pointing out some rather obscure details. For instance, in the "Achy Breaky Heart" review, he points out that the song was originally recorded by an obscure group called the Marcy Brothers (albeit under the title "Don't Tell My Heart"), and even shows footage of them singing it.
** He also researches the functions of different parts of the brain so he can make fun of an awkward metaphor in Hey Soul Sister:
-->'''Todd:''' I did some research on what the left side of your frontal lobe does. Apparently [it] controls the language centre...let's just say that explains a lot about the rest of these lyrics.
** In the Chumbawamba "One Hit Wonderland" episode he actually had to skip over entire years of their career just to get the video done as they [[LongRunner had a career spanning over three decades.]]
* SincerityMode: In the One Hit Wonderland episode on Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life", he spends most of the review criticizing Debby's entire body of work, but points out that she at least seems like a genuinely nice lady, and looks amazing for her age.
* SixStudentClique: Name drops the TropeCodifier, SavedByTheBell, in his ''From Justin to Kelly'' review.
* SkewedPriorities: Calls Henry Gross out on this for finding the death of [[TheBeachBoys Carl Wilson's]] dog to be a worthy topic for a song, while Carl's brother Brian was in the middle of a mental breakdown.
* SoBadItsGood: Averted In-Universe. Todd categorizes the songs he listens to as either "Bad" or "Good", so songs that are So Bad It's Good for him (such as "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark) are categorized as "Good".
** Though he mentions Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" is horrible, but somewhat fascinating in its awfulness - unlike "Sexy and I Know It". Unfortunately, he admits that it didn't quite reach that point when he compiles his list of 2012 favorites.
*** Similarly, in the "Worst Songs of 2013" review, he mentions that "this was the broiest year in country music history" and couldn't decide which song best represented that. He dismisses Music/BlakeShelton's "Boys 'Round Here" as too silly and Music/LukeBryan's "That's My Kind of Night" as awful but "an interesting awful; it at least has some kind of flavor to it."
** Subverted when reviewing Rihanna's S&M. He's aware the song is bad, but he still likes it... and notices this is basically sadomasochistic in itself!
---> "It's so bad it hurts. More, please! Can I have another? It's so bad! That's why I don't show my face."
** He discusses this concept reviewing Music/{{PSY}}'s "Gangnam Style", stating that any song that enters So Bad It's Good is because of [[QualityByPopularVote having enough fans to be massively successful]] or filling some prejudice (against [[Music/{{Friday}} shallow girls with]] {{Autotune}}, Music/InsaneClownPosse, or [[WidgetSeries crazy Asians]]).
* SoOkayItsAverage: Todd calls "Replay" this, as well as boring. He even opens the review (and later the blip intro) saying that a bland song is hard to discuss, unlike [[GushingAboutShowsYouLike a good one]] or [[AccentuateTheNegative a bad one]].[[invoked]]
** He also describes both "Born This Way" and "Firework" as "acceptably mediocre".
** He puts Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" at the top of its "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance" because the song is as mediocre as the love story described in it (where a guy decides to stay with his girl because both like ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'').
** In the "Just a Kiss" review, he says that most of Music/LadyAntebellum's output is this, although he did list "Need You Now" as his favorite pop song of 2010 and said that he liked "I Run to You" as well.
** He doesn't hate "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", but he admits he's certainly heard better. The main reason why he doesn't hate it is because the subject content is stupidly realistic. It's stupid, but it's something you would
--->'''Todd:''' I am giving it my prestigious "Not That Bad" Award.
*** Todd also found "Fifteen" to be this. While he didn't hate the song, he found it to be pretty mundane and undeserving of its acclaim.
*** Actually, he seems to feel this
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: He decided to take a stab at movie reviewing with ''HannahMontana: TheMovie''. He didn't like it. And followed it with the Guitar Video Game.
** Ironically, his "Club Can't Handle Me" review opens with him admitting that he was enjoying reviewing movies and video games...[[ExecutiveMeddling while the Critic forces him back into music reviews.]]
** He does it again for "The Top 5 Most Awful Moments in {{U2}}'s ''Rattle and Hum''" (it opens at his keyboard, then he invites the viewer to come watch a movie).
** ''Glitter'' is similar. Todd is at his keyboard, says he likes MariahCarey and follows with some exposition on her before going to the TV to watch it.
** His alleged "review" of Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music" is ''actually'' an episode-long rant about his public image. Todd even admits that "this is gonna be a different episode for me". He spends about 15 seconds critiquing the song in question.
** Claiming writer's block, he puts out [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/toddspecials/35761-top-ten-groin-shots-in-movies "Top Ten Groin Shots in Movies".]]
* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: He specifically references this trope (and [[{{REM}} the actual song]]) during his review of Flo Rida's "Club Can't Handle Me," saying, "But of course, it doesn't matter that it didn't rhyme, because all Flo Rida songs are basically gibberish till the chorus anyway. No one cares. Blah blah blah blah, Leonard Bernstein, ''whatever''."
** Then he does it with the actual song in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
* SophisticatedAsHell: Every once in a while, he sarcastically uses slang in the middle of musical analysis.
-->'''Todd:''' How dare thy stain mine good lady's name. Her! The most sexiest of all biatches!
** Pushed one point further in "Niggas in Paris", where does a British KanyeWest.
* SoundEffectBleep:
** Parodied in his "Sexy Bitch" review.
--->'''Todd:''' ... but even though I did like "I Gotta Feeling", I'll admit you could ''maybe'' call it a little repetitive. ... Yeah. But at least they were repeating something besides "Sexy Bi-''Chick''" In case I haven't made myself clear, I think this song is a ''chick''-king piece of dog sh-''chick''!
** Kenny G's "Songbird" being one of the most popular ''pop'' songs of 1987 lead him into [[ClusterBleepBomb a cursing rant that had to be bleeped out]].
** He ends his pseudo-review of "Turn Up the Music" with another bleeped cursing rant.
** In most of his reviews, Todd is inconsistent about how much he censors. Most of the time, Todd only censors F-bombs from himself (unless he's directly quoting a lyric or title, or [[PrecisionFStrike if he wants to make a point]]) and refuses to say [[NWordPrivileges anything worse]]. The songs he reviews are generally uncensored.
* SpearCounterpart: Refers to John Legend as the male equivalent of Alicia Keys, including the strengths and weaknesses of their bodies of work.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Invoked. "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls is your typical early 80's affair in this department. Todd points out how even he can do a better green-screen effect in his video editing, and demonstrates the trope upon himself to make it look like the corner of the room that Todd films his reviews in is itself a part of a really bad green-screen effect.
* {{Squick}}: [[{{in-universe}} His reaction to]] will.i.am comparing himself to a sperm bank in "Imma Be".
* StandardSnippet: When Miley/Hannah has a TwoTimerDate in ''Hannah Montana: The Movie'', Todd reacts by grabbing a saxophone and playing "[[Series/TheBennyHillShow Yakety Sax]]".
** Also, given "Come On Eileen" starts with a violin playing "Those Endearing Young Charms", he confesses that he can't hear it without expecting DaffyDuck [[XylophoneGag blowing up]].
* StealthHiBye: In two crossovers - first when TheRapCritic suggests a Gaga review, and when [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] suggests another Asylum movie.
* StealthInsult: The songs he uses as transitions in his "Worst of" videos are all stealth {{Take That}}s at the songs he considers the worst.
** "Worst Hit Songs of 2009" has The PussycatDolls' "I Hate This Part".
** Averted with "Worst Hit Songs of 2010", with is very blatantly "Fuck You!" (CeeLoGreen)
** "Worst of 2011" had "Blow" by Ke$ha.
** "Worst of 2012" had "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" by P!nk. Just take off the additional title (he even cuts to the number right as she says "BLOW ME!").
** "Worst of 1987" had "Bad" by MichaelJackson.
** Averted with his "Worst of 1976" list, as it had "Silly Love Songs" by Wings.
** "Worst of 2004" had "Sorry 2004" by Ruben Studdard.
** Worst of 2013 had "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift... before Blip asked Todd to remove the song.
* StealthParody:
** He can only assume that Akon's "Sexy Chick" is one of these. Right? ''[[TemptingFate Right?]]''
** He also believes [=Ke$ha=]'s "Tik Tok" to be more suited to ''Creator/DrDemento'' than mainstream pop radio.
** And he finds himself forced to wonder if "Carry Out" is Justin Timberlake doing a throwback to his ''SaturdayNightLive'' appearances.
** Wasn't entirely sure if 3OH!3 were faking being douchey fratboy singers or if they were serious, though once they said "Who I is" in Ke$ha's "Blah Blah Blah", he decided that they were trying too hard, as "No one says that".
** Wondered the same thing about LMFAO, although their lack of talent and wit, especially in "Sexy and I Know It" seemed to render it all moot.
* StealthPun: Todd says that in "Born This Way", Lady Gaga talks about you being free to be who you are no matter the way you choose to "express yourself." (which kinda doubles as {{Foreshadowing}} - see the entry on SuspiciouslySimilarSong)
** He gets away with two in a row in the "Hey, Soul Sister" review, both of which are lampshaded by the captions.
--->'''Todd''': And that was 7 years ago. And I hadn't heard a single thing from them since, so I just assumed that Train's career had derailed. But to my eternal surprise, Train kept rolling.
** "[[Literature/GreenEggsAndHam I do not like this,]] [[Music/TheBlackEyedPeas will.i.am]]!"
** On Music/JustinBieber in his "Worst Hit Songs of 2013" review: "Once his testicles finally dropped, he basically became just another vacuous pop singer, and in 2013, I saw a lot less of him as him demographic started moving in ''[[Music/OneDirection one direction]]'' away from him."
* StonerFlick: Reviews ''Mac and Devin Go To High School'' with TheRapCritic, where one of their biggest complaints is the opening BreakingTheFourthWall to ''demand'' that the audience get high before watching it, rebutting that a StonerFlick should be funny on its own merits and not just because you're high while watching it.
* StopBeingStereotypical: He lauds Far*East Movement for defying stereotypes associated with Asians which include being intelligent, respectable, and ''[[TakeThat good at music]].''
** He says that Ke$ha's "Blah Blah Blah" is what pop music must sound like to people who hate pop music.
** Geraldo Mejia received criticism from the Latino community for his one hit "Rico Suave". After many failed follow up songs where he sampled other people's music while still basically rapping about the exact same thing as "Rico Suave", future albums revealed that it was pretty blatant that he was entirely stealing songs. Todd mentions that the Latino community was right: He DOES perpetuate negative stereotypes -- that Latinos like to steal and are lazy.
* StunnedSilence
-->'''Bruno Mars:''' ''Yes, I would die for you,
-->'''Todd:''' ... Holy shit, dude.
** Also on "Deuces", after the line "Like Tina did to Ike in the limo, it finally hit me".
** When the BlackEyedPeas shift from sampling "Time of My Life" to their "DIRTY BIT!"
** And Mars causes it again with the second stanza of "The Lazy Song".
** During the "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" One Hit Wonderland, when it's asked if Elmo and Patsy deserved better, Todd just sits there, motionless. He doesn't even speak for about 15 seconds.
-->"... This episode was a mistake."
* StupidSexyFlanders: He admits that {{Rihanna}} dressed as [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]] is "really hot in a really confusing way."
** "Ah {{Usher}}. [[ChickMagnet The women want him]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim and the men]] [[FreudianSlip want him.]] [[ThatCameOutWrong Want to be him]]. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I meant want to be him.]]"
* SturgeonsLaw: Todd invokes it twice, saying in his Top 10 of 2010 that "Nothin' On You" really stands out because "songs with bad pickup lines are all I hear", and in his Worst 10 of 1976 that the good music of that year makes the bad ones look even worse than they are.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: During his FINISH THE RHYME segment in his review of "Black and Yellow", Todd had to mockingly give kudos to Wiz Khalifa for completely DESTROYING the rhyme track of the song and not even attempting to find a suitable substitute for the line that came before it.
* SuckinessIsPainful:
** "Break Up" by Mario featuring Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett is so horrible that it
** Yet in his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wX5OCwAkPg Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2009]], "Break Up" only managed to be '''Number 2 on the list'''. "Diva" by {{Beyonce}} was '''Number 1''', and was apparently so bad, it gave him bouts of nausea.
** Miley Cyrus' "Hoedown Throwdown" induces agonized writhing (plus [[DespairEventHorizon depression]] and [[DrivenToSuicide suicide threats]]) throughout its course.
** Kenny G's "Songbird".
** And Todd's contortions during ''Hannah Montana'' are [[StockFootage recycled]] when he discusses the [[Film/{{Transformers}} Transformers film]].
** He states that "Drive-By" is "[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Vogon poetry]] bad" and he feels bad reviewing it.
* SugarApocalypse: Played with. Todd points out how Men Without Hats borderline-qualified as a OneHitWonder because they did have another song that peaked at #20 on the charts called "Pop Goes The World". He says that as far as cheery 80's synth pop music goes, it's probably as cheerful and sugary as they come, but there is a noticeable apocalyptic undertone with the lyrics, specifically just "pop goes the world" by itself.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel:[[invoked]]
** In his review of Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever", he admits that he actually likes the song despite all of their previous songs being creepy and not that great.
** He notes that [=OneRepublic=]'s "Counting Stars" was a major improvement over their previous work, although he was less surprised due to his belief that "Good Life" was a step in the right direction.
* SurrealMusicVideo: Something that always makes him question his sanity, as "Bad Romance", "Alejandro", "S&M" and "We Can't Stop" proved.
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: He always gets one of those songs to play during the credits.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Invoked. He discusses how "Born This Way" is accused of being an "[[{{Madonna}} Express Yourself]]" rip-off.
* SweetOnPollyOliver: In the video for One Direction's "Best Song Ever", one of the band members dresses up as a woman and Todd admits that he is strangely attracted to this woman.
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* TakeAThirdOption: When he reviews "Suit and Tie" and "Thrift Shop" together and comparing the two songs on which is better, he ultimately decides that both songs are worth the radio play.
* TakeThat:
** He implicitly compared ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' to Creator/JamesCameron spending 500 million dollars of CGI and seven years to making a film consisting of a man being hit in the nuts. He speculated that the latter might have been a superior movie.
** He says to a picture of TommyWiseau: "That guy is ''definitely'' a jerk."
** In his review of ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', he's watching a scene where Miley is fighting with Tyra Banks over a pair of shoes. We get this little line:
--->'''Todd:''' [[BaitAndSwitchComparison OK, I find this hard to believe that a seasoned, mature celebrity would lower herself to fighting publicly with a dumb, flash-in-the-pan starlet like Tyra Banks]]... BA-ZING!
** When discussing the overly long name of ''Series/HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''.
--->'''Todd:''' ... one of my favorite titles ever for a video game. Right up there with ''[[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Space Marine First Person Shooter Video Game]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 Nonsense Fantasy Role-Playing Video Game]]'' and of course ''[[VideoGame/MetroidOtherM Piece of Shit]]''.
** Also from the ''Pop Tour Guitar Video Game'' review:
-->'''Todd''': As far as the music goes, the Hannah Montana guitar game isn't that illogical—most of her music is fairly guitar-driven. I'll tell you what, this game rocks harder than a Music/{{Shinedown}} game would, at the very least.
** "But I tell you what. The Yankees fan in me can't help but appreciate this. What NYC, the Yankees, and Jay-Z have in common is the absolute knowledge that you are and always will be more important than anyone around you. And that's what this song is about, and that's something I can relate to every day." *'''EAT IT, [[FandomRivalry RED SOX!]]''' flashes on screen* [[invoked]]
** He makes a well-timed one at ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' in his "The Time (Dirty Bit)" review.
** In the start of "Black and Yellow":
--> '''Todd''': But even though I hated it, I get why ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' played at my local multiplex. And I get why ''Transmorphers'', while being of roughly the same quality, went straight to DVD.
** At the end of "Black and Yellow":
-->'''Wiz Khalifa:''' They say they scared of it, but the
-->'''Todd:''' You know who else wasn't scared? The Packers. '''BURN!'''
** Todd: "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag? Katy Perry does, because she's made of plastic. And she's a bag. '''BOOM!'''" [[note]]"[[IronicEchoCut Boom, boom, boom! (Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon!)"]][[/note]]
** He says that "Sexy Bitch" "sucks harder than the New Jersey Nets".
** In "The Time", he bashes the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuKQvq36IzA elevator parties that occurred at MAGFest]] ("hearing a bunch of morons screaming about how they're having fun is not having fun!").
** During his review of LadyGaga's "Born This Way," he criticizes the lyric, "God makes no mistakes," by observing that "God makes plenty of mistakes. This guy, for example" -- cut to a picture of a frat boy type with spiked and dyed blonde hair -- "was a mistake. And he was probably born that way. So I just don't see that as much of a defense."
** One against the Creator/BillEngvall Show, saying that even ''that'' was cooler than Mike Posner during "Cooler Than Me".
** Also from "Cooler Than Me", he says that the song sounds like the same four measures over and over again, "something I refer to as Music/{{Coldplay}} syndrome."
** During "Tonight, Tonight" by Hot Chelle Rae:
-->"Which brings me to my next point. Don't rip off Music/JimmyBuffett. That's what we have Music/KennyChesney for."
** Towards country music fans in his "If I Die Young" review: "I still check on [country music] now and again, but me and it lost touch right about the time I discovered ''everything else in the world!''"
** "And speaking of getting old really fast, let's talk about TPain."
** He mentions that "Titanium"'s [[MusicVideoOvershadowing boy-with-powers-runs-for-his-life video]] isn't his cup of tea, but it's still better than ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
** He describes Wild Cherry's style as being "like Music/GrandFunkRailroad if they actually played funk (subtitle: Or were good)."
** He concludes that [[Music/{{PSY}} "Gangnam Style"]] is like "Party Rock Anthem" except the lyrics don't matter.
-->"So basically, it is ''exactly'' like "Party Rock Anthem"!"
** In his Top Ten Worst Songs of 2004, Hoobastank's "The Reason" combined the ugly, sludgy music of a Music/{{Nickelback}} song with the vapid, happy lyrics of a Peter Cetera ballad.
** Regarding the hook of "Lighters" by BrunoMars and {{Eminem}}: "This sounds like something {{Coldplay}} would refuse to release for being too boring."
** Regarding VH1 calling Train "the quintessential American band!"
-->"I don't think I have even heard Al-Qaeda say anything that anti-American!"
** Judging by his performance in "Holy Grail", Todd doesn't think that ''Music/JustinTimberlake'' makes for a good ''Music/BrunoMars''. Then again, he doesn't think [[ShapedLikeItself Bruno Mars makes a good Bruno Mars]].
*** In the same review, while discussing one's attempt to find the titular object, he segues into ragging on the ending of Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail (where [[spoiler:the cops come in, arrest King Arthur, and end the movie on the spot]]).
** A fairly nasty one at FallOutBoy's hiatus, when describing how "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light 'Em Up)" was "just as irritating as all of [their] other really bad songs."
--->'''Patrick Stump:''' (Singing the lyrics to "I Don't Care") I! Don't! Care what you think, as long as it's about me.
--->'''Todd:''' You don't care what I think, as long as it's about you? Well, little wonder that everyone stopped thinking about you right after this.
** In the One Hit Wonderland episode for Dexy's Midnight Runners, he says that "One of Those Things" sampling Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" is "a better use of 'Werewolves of London' than what Music/KidRock did" before cueing up "All Summer Long".
* TemptingFate:
** "LadyGaga has genuinely used up her shock potential, I don't believe there's anything else she can do to shock -- [[NightmareFace AH! OH GOD! OH GOD!]]"
** From his "Telephone" review.
--->'''Todd:''' I sincerely hope LadyGaga doesn't inspire any other artists [[FollowTheLeader to make weird, ugly videos with sub-par music in them]]. *Cue montage of Gaga-esque music videos by various artists*
** At least reviewing "Alejandro" will be a step down - LadyGaga surely has to calm down a little after "Telephone" and "Bad Romance", right? (StunnedSilence follows.)
** "I swear to god, I will beat myself unconscious if [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xazf7k_review-jason-derulos-whatcha-say this song]] gets any worse..."
** "Now, "Imma Be" isn't the worst song that the BlackEyedPeas have made. I mean, the band that made "My Humps" isn't going to dig that hole any further." Well, then came [[FromBadToWorse "The Time (Dirty Bit)".]]
** After being baffled by Willow Smith referencing "[[{{Devo}} Whip It]]"... cue [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo_2.0 Devo 2.0.]]
-->One crisis at a time, Todd...
** In the Best of 2010 review, he cuts his positive review for Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" short, since he'll lose all respect for himself if he has to praise her any more. Then he gets to the #2 slot...
** About halfway through reviewing "The Lazy Song" he states he can't hate Bruno Mars any more than he does now. Cut to Bruno laughing at his own joke.
** Used twice regarding [=Ke$ha's=] "Tik Tok". After looking at her previous work with Flo Rida, the spelling of her name, and the album art, he's certain he's not going to like the song. The chorus plays... and he actually enjoys it. Heartened by this, he starts the song from the beginning... and the verses lose him again.
** Subverted by "Lighters". As he reaches Eminem's verse, he goes in expecting a bland verse fitting his has-been nature that will do nothing to blow him away... and is proven correct.
** Thinking that he's being too harsh, Todd decides he could enjoy the Black Eye Peas covering "Time of My Life" if he gives it a chance. His faith is not rewarded.
** In his "Top Ten Best Songs of 2012", he's not sure if "Young, Wild, and Free" is really based off a movie. His next review reveals that yes, it's a real direct to DVD movie so he ends up having to review it with the Rap Critic.
** In the Top 10 Worst Pop Songs of 2012 list, he lists Flo Rida's "Whistle" and decides to make one last definitive statement about him: ''nothing''. "This man is not worth expending thoughts on. The end." One video later, he puts a Flo Rida song on his Best of 2012 list, and is forced to explain why.
** At the end of "Dark Horse", he finally gives up on Music/KatyPerry, saying that he'll never listen to her music again.
-->'''Todd:''' You hear that Katy Perry? YOU. SUCK. What are you going to do about it? NOTHING. That's right. I'm Todd in the Shadows, and I'm-\\
[=*Gets struck by lightning*=]\\
'''Todd:''' ... My opinion has not changed.\\
[=*Gets struck by lightning again*=]
* TenMinuteRetirement: His first Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses exclusive. He quits from the strain from hearing Music/{{Kesha}}'s "Blah Blah Blah", only to return and give it a sound beating less than a minute later.
* TheissTitillationTheory: [[InUniverse Discussed]] in "Blurred Lines", with Todd saying the regular version is sexier than the uncensored one with the girls topless.[[invoked]]
* TheyJustDidntCare: Accuses Snoop Dogg of this in Katy Perry's "California Gurls" and Ludacris of this in Enrique Iglesias's "Tonight...". Though he admits that it's [[JustifiedTrope arguably justified]] considering they realized the quality of the song they were recording and [[MoneyDearBoy just wanted to get paid]]. [[invoked]]
** Also, he thought that Train wrote "Hey Soul Sister" as AlbumFiller ("let's write bad lyrics, and record it like I was imitating Minnie Mouse!").
** And it's one of the possible explanations Todd comes up for why the line "Like Tina did to Ike in the limo, it finally hit me" appears in "Deuces".[[note]]It isn't Chris Brown who sings it, but Todd is quick to point out Brown should have asked for the guest to remove this![[/note]]
** Again when Bruno Mars wrote "The Lazy Song": "Either he put no effort into it, or he put a lot of effort into making it look like he put no effort into it."
** He accuses Katy Perry's production team of doing this in "E.T.", as they got tired of providing nice beats and soaring melodies and then having to crowbar her voice in with AutoTune.
** In his "Moves Like Jagger" review, where he is throughly convinced that Maroon 5 didn't know anything about [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]] himself, but just slapped it together when it seemed like a mini-fad to mention him in songs.
** "Back In Time" in regards to being a ''Film/MenInBlack'' tie-in.
** He observes that in the video for 2004's "Just Lose It," {{Eminem}} looks like he's not trying at all.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Todd says that "Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett is to Halloween what "Jingle Bells" is to Christmas, "Auld Lang Syne" is to New Years, and the sound of drunks puking on the sidewalk is to St. Patrick's Day.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: He's offed himself five times already. One was in the middle of a review. He's even lampshaded this:
-->'''Todd:''' [O]nce again, it's time for me to kill myself.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: In his Top 10 Worst Songs of 2012: "Scream & Shout" by Will-I-Am and Britney Spears.
-->''Now-now-rocking with: Will-I-Am and Britney, BITCH!''
-->'''Todd:''' [[FauxHorrific *gasp*]] She called me a bitch!
* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
** Said word for word after his first review at TGWTG.com was "Blah Blah Blah" by Ke$ha.
** In his "HannahMontana: TheMovie" Review: "This is going to hurt a lot, isn't it?"
* TimeTravel: Todd accuses Imagine Dragons of breaking the laws of physics by writing "Demons" and going back in time to put it on the original singles that were released before they released their first commercial album.
* TooMuchInformation: His reaction to "'Cause I was all through\Oh I was overwhelmed" in "Drive-By".
-->"Don't make me think of your O-face, dude"
* [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously Took The Bad Song Seriously]]: [[{{in-universe}} Todd]] [[LampshadeHanging hangs several lampshades on this]].
** Music/JustinBieber in "Eenie Meenie".
--->'''Todd:''' Make us believe that you ''feel'', deep down in your ''soul''... that [[YouFailLinguisticsForever Shawty is a eenie meenie miney moe lovah]].
** Chris Brown in "I Can Transform Ya".
---> '''Todd:''' Poor Chris Brown... he's trying ''so hard'' to find the melody.
** In the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_634960&v=OzOaLvwrbvc#t=32s cover]] of "Music/{{Friday}}", Todd seems to be the only person who's even trying to sing well.
* TriviallyObvious: During the "One Hit Wonderland" on Alien Ant Farm:
-->'''Todd:''' What else did they release?
-->''* clip of "Attitude" plays *''
-->'''Todd:''' Yep. That's a song, all right.
* TruckDriversGearChange: Pointed out in the OHW of "To Be With You" by ''Mr. Big''.
-->'''Todd:''' KEY CHANGE!
* TrueArtIsAngsty: Totally [[AvertedTrope averted]]. He actually likes stupid pop music and his complaints stem from his dissatisfaction with ''bad'' stupid pop music. Lampshaded [[{{In-universe}} when he ranks]] "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" as one of his Worst Songs Of 1987.
-->'''Todd:''' What kind of critic am I? I'll tell you what kind: The kind that hates "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" by Genesis!
** On the other hand, he dislikes the "white guy with acoustic guitar" genre because it's mostly void of emotion.
** {{Discussed}} in one review: "Always a good idea, a dark album. Plenty of allegedly lightweight acts have achieved greater success when they made a darker album such as...?...and...(band name not found) I'm sure there's at least one."
** He argues that Alien Ant Farm didn't have any more hits beside their cover of "Smooth Criminal" because among all the [=Wangsty=] Nu Metal bands, they weren't whiny enough.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: At one point in "Break Up," [[{{In-universe}} he asks]] if it's an
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Todd sees the ''entirety'' of A Flock of Seagulls--from their sound to their lyrics to their look and music videos--as this.
-->'''Todd:''' This was a band designed for [[TheEighties 1982 and '83]], and pretty much ''only'' '82 and '83. They could not survive outside of those fairly unique [years].
* UnfortunateImplications:
** [[{{In-universe}} Todd points out]] that in "Tonight..." the chorus of the song "Tonight I'm fucking you" implies [[DateRape that the woman Enrique is talking to has no choice in the matter]].
*** He also considered RobinThicke's "Blurred Lines" on the same line, even comparing it line-by-line to the song [[StoneTemplePilots "Sex Type Thing"]], which actually ''was'' about full-on rape.
** One line in BrunoMars' "The Lazy Song"[[note]]-Turn the TV on, [[ADateWithRosiePalms throw my hand in my pants]][=/=]Nobody's gonna tell me I can't[[/note]] leads Todd to believe that Mars had been called out for masturbating in public.
** "E.T." by Katy Perry ft. Kanye West. Todd, in an attempt to forgo his LiteralMinded ways of song interpretation, notes that if one interprets the song as being about, say, a black guy, then Katy is singing about a ScaryBlackMan who threatens to abduct her. Todd then figures that metaphor can't apply, and that it must meant to be taken literally and be about an alien, because there's no way the song would be intended to have that kind of message. Then Kanye shows up and raps about abducting her, probing her and taking her against her will.
** If one sings "Like Tina did to Ike in the limo, it finally hit me" (as Kevin [=McCall=] in "Deuces"), he's sympathizing with Ike, of all people (and if the main singer had a domestic abuse history, it's even more unfortunate!).
** In his blip.tv intro to "3", Todd mentions how that review (and a few subsequent ones) make it seem like he's against sex.
** In his "Best of 2013" video, Todd points out that, while he liked the part, one should not let RKelly do what he wants with one's body, in regards to LadyGaga's "Do What U Want", considering his past child molestation charges.
* TheUnintelligible: Played with. While Billy Ray Cyrus's lyrics are understandable enough, but Todd remarks how his singing style ranges somewhere between fake-BruceSpringsteen and fake-ElvisPresley with a bit of [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Trey]] [[TeamAmericaWorldPolice Parker]] thrown in for good measure.
** Todd doesn't understand any of Sean Paul's rapid-fire Jamaican patois, but he still considers him to be the best part of "Do You Remember" by a wide margin.
* TheUnpronounceable: He has trouble saying the names of everyone in {{A-ha}} who isn't Morten Harket.
** Likewise Gotye in the "We Are Young"/"Somebody That I Used to Know" review.
* VerbalBackspace: He does one after describing the {{Mondegreen}} of Hannah Montana's "I Got Nerve".
--> '''Todd:''' Heh. Nerf should use this song for their commercials. Nerf should not use this song for their commercials. I immediately take that back.
* VerbalTic: Like [[MemeticMutation many people]], Todd started using [[LikeIsLikeAComma Like As, Like, A Comma]] when discussing "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
* VerySpecialEpisode: His "review" of Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music" proceeds to ''completely'' ignore the song's existence, in favor of a 15-minute TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at Chris Brown and his complete failure to learn anything from the Rihanna incident.
* VocalDissonance: He finds it very hard to listen to Gerardo's nasally voice and picture him as a smooth Latino ladies man.
* VomitDiscretionShot: He couldn't quite hold his liquor in "Your Love Is My Drug".
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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 a U2 top 5 with "I'm Todd in the Shadows, and 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/TheRollingStones 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 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 sill been having hits, he states that it's [[{{Music/LLCoolJ}} "not a come back, he's been here for years"]].
* WeWantOurJerkBack: Thinks this about {{Eminem}}'s recent work.
* [[WhatAreRecords What Is a Payphone]]: A problem raised with Maroon 5's song.
* 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 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.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Calls this on Ne-Yo singing with an 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.''
* 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: "[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/tpsr/27467-songs1987 Kenny G, he's a stupid looking guy...]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN2RnjFHmNY and he plays his goddamn saxophone, it makes me want to die...]]"
* 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 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 ''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]])
* 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 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 {{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".
* 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:
** LadyGaga. He doesn't like her, but he does acknowledge that "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 LadyGaga from artists such as M.I.A. and 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.
** 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.
* XMeetsY: He says that Cher Lloyd's "Swagger Jagger" is like some horrible combination of Ke$ha, Avril Lavigne, and a healthy pool of soccer hooligan vomit.
** He compares The Baha Men as the Caribbean version of Music/TheBlackEyedPeas in terms of musical stylings.
* [[YouPutTheXInXY You Take the X from XY]]: "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!"
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The DesignatedVillain in the HannahMontana Movie may have a mall-building plan that even generous helpings of AndThatsTerrible can't convince Todd to disapprove of, but he does admit that he's acting like a supreme douche who seems to revel in the fact that not a single resident in the town wants his mall or likes him. How exactly he's planning to turn a profit after he taunted most of his potential customers that they'd never raise enough money to 'save' the field [[CardCarryingVillain (his own words)]] it will be built on...
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->''"I don't do this because I hate pop music. I do this because I LOVE pop music."''
Todd Nathanson is a former {{YouTube}}-based reviewer, now featured on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, who focuses his snarking on pop music. Combines legitimate complaints with humorous observations and cute [[ShoutOut/ToddInTheShadows Shout Outs.]] Also, [[TheFaceless he always obscures his face in his videos.]]
A frequent "SpecialGuest" on PushingUpRoses' "LetsPlay Shorties". Todd normally appears on Roses' Let's Plays of {{Edutainment}} PC games from the early 90s. He's also recently started doing 'One Hit Wonderland' reviews, where he looks at one-hit wonders, the bands behind them and analyses them.
His old videos can be found on his [=YouTube=] account [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ToddInTheShadows here,]] while his That Guy With The Glasses output can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/tpsr here.]] ([[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/from-the-vaults all his YouTube videos have been uploaded to that, as well]].)[[hottip:*:Both have [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.wikia.com/wiki/Template:TITSscripts transcripts!]]]] His {{Twitter}} can be found [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd here]].
There is also a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=30688 FAQ]], detailing Todd's opinions on artists, songs and other stuff and a [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Todd-In-The-Shadows/207572262596885?ref=ts&sk=wall Facebook page]]
For a list of songs (and other videos) Todd has done, see ToddInTheShadowsList.
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!!Tropes regarding Todd in the Shadows himself:
* AcceptableTargets: One would expect Todd, as a music critic on the Internet, to take cheap shots at popularly-hated acts. [[AvertedTrope He does not.]] He owns up to liking some songs from [[Music/LadyGaga certain performers]] [[KatyPerry people love]] [[TheBlackEyedPeas to hate]], he made his case against Music/JustinBieber very clearly, and he even [[SubvertedTrope faked out the audience]] by pretending to have a deep-seated hatred of Music/BarryManilow before admitting he really had nothing against the guy. [[invoked]]
** However, he really doesn't like Music/{{Chicago}} (the band, not the city).
** And he's pretty open about his LOATHING of Chris Brown (he even started [[http://trollingchrisbrown.tumblr.com/ this]]), but most people find this to be justified.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In the credits to his 'Sexy And I Know It' review, he admits that he did think it was funny that one of the dancers tears off his Speedo to reveal another Speedo underneath.
* {{Adorkable}}: Todd is this ''in spades''.
** Just look at him singing at the start of the "The Spider-Man Musical Review".
** Or whenever he starts singing or dancing along with the track - especially in his ''Best of 2011'' video when he dances to Usher's More (Remix)
* AlterEgoActing: Downplayed; while he has a distinct persona, it only manifests in his interactions with other characters.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: From what we have seen of him in the light, he has somewhat dark skin, but God only knows what his specific ethnicity is. Todd himself has turned this into a deliberate RunningGag.
* AuthorAppeal: Clips from ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons The Simpsons]]'' appear quite a bit in his reviews.
* BiasSteamroller: Regarding both ChrisBrown and the "White Guys With Acoustic Guitars" genre.
* BileFascination: Invoked, out of character, with music and other media (in ''Film/GreenLantern'' [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick Lindsay]] and Todd said they went there to see why it's being reviewed so badly; in ''SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', he says the two, plus Lupa and Lindsay's friends went there "because they need to see everything!").
* TheBlank: His title cards often depict him as this.
** The artist who does the cards appears in one of [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s videos (Mr T #2) claiming that it's actually what he looks like. (She also obscures her face[[hottip:*:as she does in most of her web appearances]])
--> '''Krin:''' You guys know Todd doesn't actually have a face, right? The art is accurate! That boy...is a monster.
* ButNotTooForeign: Apparently, Todd is a 13-year-old black, white, beige, chola, Lebanese, Oriental Asian-American girl with blonde hair who looks like JimCarrey wearing a DannyDeVito mask with a [[JayLeno Leno]] chin... '''''[+as far as we know+]'''''.
** He even says the "You're black, white, beige, chola descent, you're Lebanese, you're Orient" part of "Born This Way" was written for him.
** He said in the commentary for "Like a G6" that he "could be anything! You guys don't know!"
** {{Lampshaded}} in his crossover review with [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]], which he does with the lower part of his face uncovered and in full lighting.
--->'''Film Brain:''' What race are you, anyway?\\
''' Todd:''' [[HandWave Look, that doesn't matter right now!]]
** In a vlog with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick where they gave their opinions on Transformers 3, he describes himself as "a possible Asian person", mentioning that he was deeply offended by the character of Jerry "Deep" Wang, as played by Ken Jeong.
* TheCameo:
** Made a guest appearance on ''AtopTheFourthWall'' when Linkara reviewed two {{KISS}} comics, and previously, was among the contributors who [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkA0ilNTuYU sang AT4W's theme in the 100th episode]] (where somewhat appropriately, he was immediately before Lupa...) and appeared in one of the PreviouslyOn segments:
---> '''Todd''': I can't let you live Linkara. YOU'VE SEEN WHAT I LOOK LIKE! [[TheUnreveal NO ONE CAN KNOW THAT ALL THIS TIME I'VE SECRETLY BEEN--]]
** Threatened [[WebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash's]] stick figure over ObscurusLupa.
** Appeared in the rendition of ''One Day More'' at the end of WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''LesMiserables''. And later, in her review of TheLittleMermaid ignoring the Chick's pleas of going out with him, and in ''{{Grease}} 2'' getting a makeover from The Makeover Fairy.
** Sacrificed himself for ObscurusLupa in her ''Birdemic'' review, composed ''The Black Ninja''[='=]s theme, and in a Lupa/Chick crossover, causes a CatFight between the two.
** Asked BennettTheSage to make a song countdown while [[{{Foreshadowing}} he escaped from LMFAO.]]
** Did the signature move of the reviewed song "Raise Up" in the crossover of TheRapCritic and MarcMues.
** He offers MarcMues a rhyme in his ''Worst 6 Pop Songs of 2011'' video.
* TheCastShowoff: Boy, can he play piano. And he's not a bad singer himself either.
* ChasteHero: According to Jesus in the "Just a Kiss" review.
* CoolMask: Todd dons [[http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2027320900106978597ZwpGhZ a black one]] for public appearances, both in a full version when wearing his hoodie, where only the bottom of his nose and lips are visible, and what looks like a more casual half version that only covers his nose and up. (Possibly just to throw on quick for the ever-present vlog coverage the meetups entail.)
** Said casual version is part of his [[Film/ThePrincessBride Dread Pirate Roberts]] costume in ''SuburbanKnights'', the Year 3 TGWTG MassiveMultiplayerCrossover.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Yep. His very name is Todd in the ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Shadows]]'', he does all his videos in the dark, and he spends most of them raging. Yet while he's about as snarky as it gets before getting into [[ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] territory, he's also pretty clearly a good, decent guy.
* DefeatMeansFriendship[=/=]LoveAtFirstPunch: Despite "negative amounts of talent", KatyPerry appears on his Top Ten Singles of The Year three years in a row. Todd grudgingly admits defeat in hating her.
--> "You win, Katy Perry. ''Marry me''."
* DistractedByTheSexy: [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/55790457426419713 Allegedly]] why he obscures himself.
* DistressedDude: When he tries to escape from the prospect of chick flicks, WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick tapes him to a chair to a) hit on him and b) make him watch it with her. Later, she's apparently abducted him several times to try and make him love her.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Todd is this to a T. You can tell he really wants to express how he feels to Lupa, but is unable to do, unless he's drunk. [[spoiler: Too bad he calls LordKat instead]].
** In the other hand, Todd ignores when WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick tries to get his attention. [[spoiler:(on RealLife, [[ShipTease is a whole different matter]])]]
* TheEeyore: In a funny way.
* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s invitation to do a joint review with Todd lead to him spending the entire review laughing at the idea of reviewing a ''comic book''.
** When it comes time for Todd to do a joint review, though, this gets turned around on him, as the rest of the [=TGWTG=] crew soundly refuse to review ''[[BritneySpears Crossroads]]'', ''[[AmericanIdol From Justin to Kelly]]'', or ''[[{{Madonna}} Body of Evidence]]'' with him.
*** And again in the ET review, where several other contributors show up to mock his taste in music.
** While vilifying Peter Cetera yet again in his Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 1976, he makes it clear that he doesn't hate all similar soft rock acts. PhilCollins, Bryan Adams, and Richard Marx are fine by his book, but he stops just short of praising Michael Bolton along with the others.
* TheFaceless: Always reviews InTheHood and with his FaceFramedInShadow.
** In public appearances (such as conventions and crossovers), he is on the light, but wears the CoolMask mentioned above.
* FaceOfAThug: When Film Brain first sees Todd in person, he immediately takes out his valuables and begs him not to knife him, due to the British association of hoodies with thuggish youth.
* FanHater: [[invoked]] He really hates [[ChrisBrown Team Breezy,]] if only for their refusal to admit ChrisBrown has done anything wrong.
* FoeYay: His hatred of ChrisBrown starts to resemble this. He just puts so much energy into hating him!
* TheGimmick: His face is constantly obscured by shadows or masks. His main setup also has him filmed in profile, whether facing his piano or the TV.
* HeManWomanHater: Todd references this trope by name in the prologue to the TGWTG-upload of the "Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2009" review, saying that he was afraid he would come off as this for including three {{Beyonce}} songs on the list.
* HeroesWantRedheads: [[ObscurusLupa Guess who]]. As a Facebook discussion [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows/posts/158784404188402 went]]:
-->'''WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick''': Hehe... yeah Todd... you can YOU can... DO... what so many wish they... could. #right?\\
'''Todd In The Shadows''': Eh, I'm only into redheads.
* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Inverted in-universe--He mentions the brief flak he got for admitting he liked Katy Perry, following it up with several fellow site members calling him out over it [[spoiler:and [[ObscurusLupa one]] doing the same for stealing her hair.]]
* ICantDance: Both discussed and demonstrated thoroughly in [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/todd-plays-the-black-eyed-peas-experience-5672837#disqus_thread this slice of hilarity]].
** Also [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31575-channel-awesome-dance-spectacular-3 this]]. (discussed in SelfDeprecation, below)
* InTheHood: [[LimitedWardrobe And it's the same hood]] (which he's had for [[http://twitter.com/#!/shadowtodd/status/44167050498805760 quite some time]]) for every review... until he [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows/posts/268427866511324 forgot it in New York]] and had to buy another. One of the two was sold on eBay since Todd compiled several parking tickets in NYC... (the crossover with TheRapCritic shows one Todd's mom made to him... with "Todd in the Shadows" written on the back!)
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: To avoid doing a crossover with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick for ''Crossroads'', he says,"I need to go wash my dog... fish...".
* InexplicablyAwesome: In comparison to the rest of the cast. The man could be a Time Lord.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In character, he's likable to the audience but obnoxious to most of his co-workers, and he's also a hypocritical StalkerWithACrush.
* LoveTriangle: [[TriangRelations Type 5 triangle]], as he wants ObscurusLupa [[StalkerWithACrush to an unhealthy level]], while WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick is equally fixated on him and [[DoggedNiceGuy is ignored.]] Taken to a natural conclusion on a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/ol/specials/31893-honor-and-glory Chick/Lupa crossover]], where Todd crashes the Chick's apartment, Lupa rejects him, and an angered Chick starts a CatFight.
* LargeHam: Whenever Todd gets angry, and most of the times where he sings, he hams up accordingly.
** "Never gonna hear from this person again, you hear me?! '''SHE'S A NOBODY, A NOBODY!'''"
** Also, his KanyeWest impression in "Niggas in Paris" ("I am where art meets commercial. The sweet spot between the hood and Hollywood...").
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: His heritage... '''as far as we know.'''
* NoIndoorVoice: When Todd gets really, ''really'' worked up.
* NoodleIncident: Todd's more ambitious (and especially misguided) [[GrandRomanticGesture attempts to impress Lupa]] are brought up this way, with [[NoodleImplements unexplained references to what they involved]].
--> '''Lupa''': ''Why?'' What am I supposed to do with all these ''geese''? \\
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'''Lupa:''' I have had live bunnies air-dropped onto my house. My front yard looked like the Cliff's Notes for ''WatershipDown''!
* TheOneThatGotAway: In WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''SleeplessInSeattle'' Todd angrily rants at the screen at Bill Pullman's character for not fighting for Meg Ryan, "You idiot! Fight for her! What is wrong with you!? Why don't you say something!?" before breaking down in sobs, "Why didn't I say something?" Later in the review Todd is still clearly distraught "Why didn't I do something? Why did I just let her leave?" and the Nostalgia Chick asks if he is upset over Lupa, Todd replies, "Who?" It's not her.
* RunningGag:
** Todd's [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption always-doomed]] attempts to romance ObscurusLupa, which develop into making him a StalkerWithACrush.
** Any comment that seems to pin down Todd's ethnicity is accompanied by the caption "As far as you know", or other mitigations.
** His "Finish the Rhyme" segment, though it hasn't seen use for a while.
* SecretPublicIdentity: Todd said he chose to be "In The Shadows" to avoid problems in his day job/life. Then again, we know his name and state. And after Mr. Awesome Goes to Washington, former profession. (And two videos - see TheReveal, below - accidentally revealed his face before being pulled down and replaced.)
* SelfDeprecation:
** Any time Todd claims he lives an exciting, happy or sociable life, there's a [[DescriptionCut cut to his normal life]], which ranges from mundane to pitiful.
** When listing off what's cooler than Mike Posner, he lists "Constantly self-Googling", illustrated by a picture of himself at a computer. (he admitted in interviews that he does that.)
** Reviewing "Firework"/"Born This Way", he says he no need for "pick-me-up songs" because he leads such a fantastic life. Cut to a clip of him sitting in front of his computer where he downs spirits, mopes for a while and tries to shoot himself in the head.
** Todd recites the {{MST3K Mantra}} during the "Party Rock Anthem" review. In doing so, however, he endangers his very purpose for being, and he [[DelayedRippleEffect almost fades from existence]]. [[invoked]]
** In "Moves Like Jagger", he says at least moving like Jagger it's better than moving like [[{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]] (referencing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfOa1a8hYP8 this]]) or... moving like SouljaBoy (referencing [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31575-channel-awesome-dance-spectacular-3 Todd himself]]).
* SignatureStyle: At [=MagFest=], apparently some people recognized that it was him playing a piano because of his piano playing style.
* SmallNameBigEgo: [[{{In-universe}} Parodied.]]
** After describing paparazzi as the lowest of the low in the entertainment industry, he adds "Critics like myself are of course at the top."
---> '''Todd:''' Because it's very important to [LadyGaga's] career that [she] impress[es] me personally! [{{Beat}}] Yeah!
** When pointing out Mike Posner's FailOSuckyname, one of his suggestions for making it cooler is "Mike in the Shadows".
** He makes an inflated version of himself and his achievements in comparison to TheRapCritic in "Lighters".
** In fact, in most of his cameos throughout TGWTG, Todd tends to portray himself as this.
* SourSupporter: Whenever he teams up with PushingUpRoses for an LetsPlay, he's always this.
* SoBadItsGood: Averted In-Universe. Todd categorizes the songs he listens to as either "Bad" or "Good", so songs that are So Bad It's Good for him (such as "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark) are categorized as "Good".
** Though he mentions Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" is horrible, but somewhat fascinating in its awfulness - unlike "Sexy and I Know It".
** Subverted when reviewing Rihanna's S&M. He's aware the song is bad, but he still likes it... and notices this is basically sadomasochistic in itself!
---> "It's so bad it hurts. More, please! Can I have another? It's so bad! That's why I don't show my face."
* StalkerWithACrush:
** [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=19563&hilit=Todd&start=180#p270831 Towards]] [[ObscurusLupa Lupa]]. During his review of "OMG" he repeatedly tries horrible pickup lines from the song on her until she finally threatens to get a restraining order. When he goes to his computer during the "Like a G6" review, we see that his wallpaper is picture after picture of Lupa.
--->'''Lupa:''' Why haven't I blocked you yet?
** His idea for a third anniversary crossover with her is to watch the Madonna erotic thriller ''Body of Evidence''.
--->'''Lupa:''' You want me to go to your room and watch a dirty movie with you?\\
'''Todd:''' Well, I mean...\\
'''Lupa:''' Todd, [[TemptingFate you could not possibly be any creepier than you are right now.]]\\
'''Todd:''' You smell nice.\\
''(Lupa punches him and runs off)''
** All but confirmed in [[spoiler: Lupa and Film Brain's review of ''Hercules In New York'', in which he has been hiding under the covers of the other bed in her room ''since the end of the Sunday School Musical Review''.]]
--->'''Lupa''': Stop stealing pieces of my hair!
** Also, in the ''Grease 2'' [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick Nostalgia Chick]] review, his wallet is full of Lupa photos (including title cards!).
** An episode of WebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou has Lupa interrupting Nash when he talked about [[http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x670927302/Police-arrest-Dalton-man-accused-of-handcuffing-himself-to-co-worker-in-Ringgold this]] to prevent him from giving Todd ideas.
** In "Give Me Everything", after another attack, Todd goes "Think I might be wearing her down."
* TheUnreveal:
** Several reviews have brief instances that show Todd ''in the light''! He has his back to the camera and his hood is up, so we only see his feet.
** Also, there's archive footage of him being given the ''Hannah Montana Guitar Video Game'' as a Christmas present. But there's a black face-silhouette with a white question mark inside covering his head. ("[[BlatantLies As you can see, the image has not been treated]]")
** While he did walk around unmasked at [=MagFest=], all of his on-camera appearances had his face masked.
** In the [[http://blip.tv/y-ruler-of-time/jo-rollo-todd-y-the-last-airbender-bloopers-5217846 blooper reel]] for the collaborative review under CrossOver, when he takes off the mask his face is covered by "Image not available".
** Starting with the ''Sunday School Musical'' review and ''SuburbanKnights'', he appears fully-lit and shot from the front... with a black mask pulled over the top half of his face.
*** [[YouCanPlayThis Jew Wario]] tried to look beneath his mask, only to for Todd to hold him at gunpoint.
*** Likewise, when [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] created on Facebook a "Making of SuburbanKnights" album, every shot of unmasked Todd [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows?sk=photos censors his face]].
*** And the only time he's unmasked and uncensored in {{Benzaie}}'s [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31605-a-frog-in-chicago-again vlog]], it's too blurry.
** In the review of ''Grease 2'': as [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick The Makeover Fairy]] poofs him over to Lindsay's house, she takes his mask off, but is terrified of what she sees and quickly puts it back on him. Of course, it was shot from behind him.
** Even though [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/mr-awesome-goes-to-washington-5827009 Mr. Awesome Goes to Washington]] is supposed to be a serious piece on the TGWTG reviewers going to DC to complain about SOPA, they still point out Todd refuses to show his face and censor it throughout. (then... see below)
** TheReveal: Accidental in the early, unfinished version of "5 O'Clock". Once Todd found out his face was being shown, he quickly took it off blip.tv and replaced with a re-edited version. Same with the "Mr. Awesome Goes to Washington" above - Todd spent a good part unmasked as you cannot go to senators in costume, but Lindsay missed the censoring for just one second and had to pull it back.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield[=/=]CityWithNoName: Kind of... in "Black and Yellow", he names his city as "Bumfuck Nowhere, VA".
** NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: In his review of "Just A Kiss", he claims the hottest nightclub in his town is the local Waffle House.
* YokoOhNo: In real life, while most are happy for them, he has a tendency to get sneered at by jealous NostalgiaChick fans.
!!Tropes invoked by Todd in the Shadows in his reviews:
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* AccentuateTheNegative: Subverted occasionally, since even Todd can [[ActuallyPrettyFunny admit when a song he's reviewing does something right]], or something close to right.
-->'''Todd:''' I don't make these reviews because I hate pop music. I make these reviews because I ''love'' pop music.
* AcceptableTargets: [[invoked]]
** ChrisBrown, even before [[DomesticAbuse the incident]]. Todd initially saw him as akin to Music/JustinBieber. Taken even further after Brown won a Grammy, as Todd started following him on Twitter just for trolling!
** Willow Smith, despite her tender age.
--->'''Todd:''' Yes, I'm gonna make fun of a nine-year-old girl. You try and stop me.
** Flo Rida.
--->'''Todd:''' We've got another report that this is the guy who did "Right Round", so, um... lethal force is authorised.
** Pitbull. "He makes the good songs go bad and the bad songs much worse."
** SouljaBoy, whom Todd often uses as a measuring stick by which to judge other inept rappers.
** Jason Derülo, because of his talent or [[DreadfulMusician lack thereof]].
** The band Music/{{Chicago}}, specifically lead singer and former frontman Peter Cetera.
** "White guy with an acoustic guitar" songs. Basically, insincere love songs or just flat out bland songs by "douchey" (usually white) guys with acoustic guitars. He has singled out "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz, "Hey Soul Sister" by Train, "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars, and anything by Jack Johnson and John Mayer as examples, and fleshed out his reasons in his review of "The Lazy Song". He didn't anticipate the possibility that JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" was one of these. At that point, it was just adding insult to injury.
*** The DistaffCounterpart, "white chick on piano". While not everything qualifies (he gives {{Adele}} a pass for "Someone Like You"), he cites {{Evanescence}} (or at least "My Immortal"), Vanessa Carlton and Christina Perri as examples.
** TheBlackEyedPeas. Even NicolasCage agrees with him, apparently.
** Dance songs set in clubs about dancing to dance songs (set in clubs).
** Songs used in commercials that sound like they were written for them. Aside from "Tonight, Tonight", he singles out Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl".
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: One small scene in "Sexy and I Know It". But that's the ''only'' thing he'll concede.
* AgeAppropriateAngst: In "If I Die Young", he flips out when he figures out that Kimberly Perry is 28 and actually older than he is, pointing out that it would be much easier to stomach if she were 16, since many people go through a morbid phase at that age but grow out of it. [[invoked]]
* AlbumFiller: Theory raised by Todd concerning the lyrics of Train's "Hey, Soul Sister".
** And also regarding the beat and production in "E.T.".
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[{{In-universe}} He's fond of doing this]] with popstars:
** LadyGaga is an EldritchAbomination, (or, alternatively, a [[CthulhuMythos cultist]]) wants to [[ImAHumanitarian kill and eat us all]], dislikes ''words'', and [[{{Scatting}} avoids using them whenever possible.]]
** LilWayne is on a quest to record with every musician in existence. (And apparently accomplished this goal as of "We Are The World 25 For Haiti.")
** Flo Rida is trying to do his damn hardest to be a successful rapper without having anything to personally identify him with... other than clubbing. And he's tired from clubbing so much and never going home, that it causes him to zone out on occasion.
*** Alternatively, he's recounting his own arrest.
** [=Far*East=] Movement are capable of [[EveryoneIsSatanInHell satanic mind control]]. [[invoked]]
** Patrick Monahan has recently undergone an arbitrary larynx transplant surgery.
*** Most recently, he has simply lost his mind, explaining why the lyrics to Train's songs are becoming increasingly bizarre.
** The [[StealthPun lyrics]] in the video for "Hey, Soul Sister" are squirming along the walls because they're attempting to escape.
** [=Ke$ha=] really is a perpetually drunken, shallow party girl, who prefers to go out with men who look like [[TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]] (Tik Tok) and have beards (Your Love Is My Drug). [[hottip:*:General consensus perceives her as a StealthParody; While Todd acknowledged this in "The Top 6 Worst Hit Songs of 2010 (That I Didn't Already Cover)," he considered that it didn't justify "Take It Off," where she's [[TakeThatAudience laughing at the listener]] instead of with them.]]
** Tyga is actually a [[NiceGuy sweet]] [[OneOfUs gamer]] underneath a [[JerkassFacade "gangsta" persona]].
** The crew behind "The Time" were conspiring against the BlackEyedPeas -- a recording technician was attempting to unplug Fergie's mic near the end, and the video's director was taking potshots at the song.
** {{Ludacris}} is omnipresent.
** Barry Manilow wrote every single song ever written.
** "Grenade" was Bruno Mars' SanitySlippageSong.
*** Bruno himself is "possibly not a guy".
** WyclefJean is on prescription drugs, but forgot them while recording "We Are The World"
** Enrique Iglesias is a serial rapist who was [[RaisedByWolves raised in the wild]].
** PuttPutt is a drug addict.
** [[TheLastAirbender Movie!]][[AvatarTheLastAirbender Sokka]] WouldHitAGirl.
** KanyeWest a) isn't rapping about alien sex, but kidnapping, b) has an inexplicable grudge against epileptics, and c) is a [[MadArtist pretentiously genius mentally unhinged artiste]].
** Beyonce has a deep-rooted hatred for men.
** Ne-Yo is aware of some sort of apocalypse, which may or may not (probably not) be caused by LMFAO.
** Drake is painfully aware of the fleeting nature of fame, and very afraid that he'll wake up one morning and find himself working at Burger King.
** Eminem is AmbiguouslyGay.
** ChrisBrown is a [[ProfessionalWrestling WWE heel.]]
* AnalogyBackfire: Pointed out by name in his review of the BlackEyedPeas' "Imma Be", when [=will.i.am=] compares himself to a sperm bank...as men ''put sperm into'' a sperm bank.
** He also points that a firework is something so ephemerous KatyPerry should have talked about firewood instead.
** LMFAO's "Yo, I'm runnin' through these ho's like Drano". Unless it was saying their music is corrosive and harmful.
** When the video for "If I Die Young" invokes Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott", he points out that said lady went completely unknown or cared about by her people, even after death. All she left behind was a pretty corpse.
** And then there's Train's "Drive By". The title's imagery aside, he focuses mainly upon the implications of Patrick comparing his love to a two-ply Hefty bag (in other words, garbage), and how it "went viral".
* AnatomicallyImpossibleSex: Discussed in his review of [=~Ke$ha~=]'s "Blah Blah Blah".
--> '''[=Ke$ha=]:''' Turn around, boy, lemme hit that.\\
[{{beat}}]\\
'''Todd:''' "''Turn around, boy''... ''lemme hit that?''" I don't think I understand the mechanics here.\\
'''[=Ke$ha=]:''' Don't be a little bitch with your chit chat, just show me where your dick's at!\\
'''Todd:''' Uh... it's between his legs. You know, the crotch area, that's where it is on most guys, you should know that. I mean, not that I'm making any assumptions about your character here, but I'm pretty sure you're already well-acquainted with the location of a penis.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Parodied in his "Party Rock Anthem" review, in which he states "And then John was a douchebag" during the dance zombie apocalypse scene.
* {{Angrish}}:
** His first two LadyGaga reviews reduced Todd to this. In one, he actually just screams in pure frustrated anger.
--->'''''DAAAAAAAAH!'''''
** {{Defied}} -- He didn't review [=Ke$ha's=] "Take It Off" because he would spend the whole review screaming like the RainMan.
** His fury and confusion that Kenny G had a Top 10 hit on the Pop charts in 1987 devolved into this.
* AntiLoveSong: Many of the songs listed in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
** Todd's worst villains of TheEighties are Ayatollah Khomeini, Pablo Escobar, the guy who shot Pope John Paul II (Mehmet Ali AÄŸca)... and Peter Cetera, former frontman of Music/{{Chicago}}.
*** And his list of Cetera's crimes: "Peter Cetera is a war criminal. Peter Cetera caused the stock market crash. Peter Cetera [[ShootTheDog killed my dog]]."
*** In the same video, he lists the plagues that attacked the namesake [[TheWindyCity Windy City]]: the Chicago Fire, Al Capone, and the "[[TakeThat lingering, still infestating plague of Cubs fans]]".
** In his review for Bruno Mars's "Grenade", Todd makes a list of the qualities of the woman whom Bruno is singing about: "Abusive", "Demonic", "Insane", "Evil", "Deceitful", and "Bad at auto repair."
** When he's detailing the strange things that have happened to him over the year:
--> Let's see, I've been [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick abducted several times]], I fought for the [[SuburbanKnights fate of the world]], I've been punched in the face [[ObscurusLupa with great frequency]], I drank way too much and weirdest of all, I started facing to the left.
* AteHisGun: He tries to do this during his review of "Imma Be" by the ''Black Eyed Peas''.
--> '''Todd:''' If I have to hear "Imma be" one more time, [[TemptingFate I'm gonna shoot myself!]] *Starts freaking out, reaches for a nearby pistol, puts it to his head, his chin, in his mouth, and starts pulling the trigger* [{{beat}}] *disappointed* [[DeadpanSnarker This isn't a real gun]].
** He jokes about it again in the ''Sunday School Musical'' review.
* AutoTune: Discussed (and used) reviewing [[{{T-Pain}} "5 O'clock"]].
* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Todd theorizes that the reason BrunoMars peppers "The Lazy Song" with random references to sex and masturbating is because, otherwise, it could easily be mistaken for a ''SesameStreet'' song.
* AwardBaitSong: He thinks "Never Too Far" was this for ''[[MariahCarey Glitter]]'. To prove his point home, he even plays [[TheBodyguard "I Will Always Love You"]] over it.
* AwesomeMusic: [[invoked]] His views on 'Fuck You!'
--> Todd: It's rare to see consensus get built about a pop song. Music is one of the things that everyone has a different taste in. Very, very rarely is a song so good that everyone has to agree on it. But when I heard my #1 song, I spread it to everyone I knew and everyone loved it, and I've never seen that happen. I told myself if there was any justice in this world, it would be a song that spread everywhere and that everyone would love it and...it did... And by the end of 2011, it was widely recognized as one of the greatest songs ever written.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Apparently, his opinion on Taio Cruz.
* BadBadActing: In the crossover review of Kanye West's ''Runaway,'' Rap Critic and Todd [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] the cliche crossover setup by passing a script back and forth and reading the lines completely deadpan.
* BaitAndSwitch: In the beginning of his review of Train's "Drive By", he compliments Train as an interesting and intriguing band and rhetorically asks what made him change his mind. While the listener might be expecting a glowing compliment of a song or album, instead he says "Well, I think the lead singer might've gone insane."
* BecomingTheMask: After hearing 3OH!3's verse on [=~Ke$ha~=]'s '[=BlahBlahBlah=]' Todd wonders to himself whether they were genuinely dumb fratboys all along, or if they'd 'gone so far into character that they can't get out.'
* BerserkButton:
** Music/JustinBieber. Just his mere image sends Todd into a growling rage. Hell, he got so mad at the chorus in "Eenie Meenie" it gave him a close-up.
--->'''''BIEBER!'''''
** '''PETER, PAUL AND MARY?!!!!'''
** KennyG.
** The musical genre known as adult alternative. He crystallizes this in his review of Train's "Hey Soul Sister".
** Chris Brown's beating the stuffing out of {{Rihanna}}, to the point where he has to struggle to keep from making his review of "I Can Transform Ya" all about it. Chris himself becomes this over the course of "Deuces", primarily because he acted like DomesticAbuse was no big deal.
** He hates the group Chicago vehemently. Has it ever occurred to you that he hates Chicago?
*** More specifically, he hates Peter Cetera, frontman of Chicago, who he considers to be one of the greatest villains of the 1980s, and says his voice 'resonates at the exact frequency to piss me off'. However, he has no problem with older Chicago songs - roughly their recorded output from before the release of ''Chicago X''.
** Who was the writer of "I Write the Songs?" Not Barry Manilow, but '''''BRUCE JOHNSTON OF THE [[TheBeachBoys BEACH BOYS]]!?!!?'''''
* BetterByADifferentName[=/=]SerialNumbersFiledOff: [[{{in-universe}} How he views]] certain songs.
** When introducing LadyGaga's "Alejandro", he plays the chorus of {{Ace of Base}}'s "The Sign" instead.
*** He also mentions the {{Madonna}} ripoffs in the video (such as the dress from "Vogue")
** He can't listen to more than a few bars of Flo Rida's "Club Can't Handle Me" without it turning into "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon.
--->'''Todd:''' Though, I have to admit that I don't like this song as much as the first time I heard it, back when it was called [[BlackEyedPeas "I Gotta Feeling"]].
** He imagines that "Eenie Meenie" would have been better if it left out Justin Bieber and got rid of the ridiculous lyrics... and realizes that that perfectly describes Sean Kingston's earlier song "Fire Burning".
** In an inversion, he describes Jay Sean's "Down" as an even better version of Chris Brown's "Forever", thus ensuring that [[TakeThat the world can safely ignore Chris Brown]].
--->'''Todd:''' New and improved ChrisBrown! Now with 31% less {{domestic abuse}}!
** He mentions Travie [=McCoy's=] "Billionaire" in his end-of-2010 recap solely to point out its similarity to {{Sublime}}'s "Santeria".
** A double-whammy in the case of "The Time" - he preferred the song they based the chorus on (in fact, like in "Alejandro" he opens the review playing "Time of Your Life"), and believes the beats to be a rip-off of Benny Benassi's "Satisfaction".
** While more IdenticalStranger, as he doesn't like the song, Todd is shocked to see Daddy Yankee isn't Pitbull.
*** Likewise, he finds "5 O'Clock" to be a rethread of "Whatcha Say", being a song about a bad boyfriend with a misused sample of a British singer - but while Todd hates [=DeRulo's=] song, {{T-Pain}}'s one only baffles him.
** JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" is a retread of Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours"... too bad he already loathes the other one!
* BigLippedAlligatorMovie: His opinion on Music/TheMonkees' ''Film/{{Head}}''.
* BigNo: Todd lets out a big no when he thinks that the car in "Black and Yellow" might just be [[{{Transformers}} Bumblebee]].
** And again when he hears AC/DC's "You shook me all night long" ruined by the Black Eyed Peas.
* BitingTheHandHumor:
** From "Telephone".
--->This video has more obtrusive advertisements than [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses thatguywiththeglasses.com]]!
** In "Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2010".
--->'''YOU ALL ARE A BUNCH OF NERDS!''' '''''NERDS! NERDS! NERDS!'''''
** Both the higher-ups screwed him over in their cameos: WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic threatened him with "[[HannahMontana Hoedown Throwdown]]" if he didn't continue reviewing music, and Rob Walker unveils that he edited out large chunks of Todd's script for "S&M" and is implied to think that Todd is dumber than [[AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]].
* BleepDammit: At one point, the subtitles refer to the Jay-Z/Kanye West single as "Niggas in P***s". "What the hell do I pay you people for?"
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Mimicking WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic at the start of his review of "Eenie Meenie". Makes a return at the end of the "Black and Yellow" review.
-->'''Todd:''' HELLO, I'M TODD IN THE SHADOWS! I LISTEN TO IT '''CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO!'''
* BrainBleach: Employed {{in-universe}}, and often combined with a ShowerOfAngst: [[invoked]]
** In "Deuces", when Todd hears the line "I'm a dick so I shouldn't be that hard to swallow", we immediately cut to a shot of his bathroom with the shower running.
--->'''Todd:''' '''[[ThisIsSPARTA CAN'T... GET.... CLEAAAAAN!]]'''
** In the review to BritneySpears' "3"
--->'''Todd:''' Run from this terrible song. Run before she taints your moral purity. That's what I'm gonna do. And taking a freaking shower.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs:
** Todd starts "Like a G6" saying it's a Ke$ha ripoff. Then he compares it to "Boom Boom Pow", and concludes it's "The Ke$ha/Black Eyed Peas collaboration the world was asking for."
** While reviewing "Tonight, Tonight", he states that party songs should consist of more than just repeating the word "tonight". Or "everybody". Or "fun". Or even "Everybody Have Fun Tonight". Though he admits that song is okay.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Multiple times (in several layers) on the list of three-syllable phrases more suitable that "sexy bitch" for use in Akon's "Sexy Bitch."
** At the start of his review of KatyPerry's "E.T.", several other reviewers appear and knock his taste in music; the last is ObscurusLupa with a [[StalkerWithACrush different issue]]:
--> '''Lupa:''' Stop stealing my hair!\\
'''Todd:''' [quickly] Boy, that Katy Perry sure sucks, right!?
* BrickJoke: In "The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2010", Todd says he could write a dissertation on how Rihanna has reacted publically and artistically to the Chris Brown incident. Next time he reviews a Rihanna song, guess what he has? [[hottip:*:An unexpected interruption by Paw and Roses, but the time ''after'' that...]]
* BrokenRecord: He decided to count how many times "Imma Be" is {{Title Drop}}ped [-('''106''')-] and called this on "Whip My Hair":
-->'''Todd:''' "Whip My Hair" is about three and a half minutes long, and it uses a fairly typical verse-chorus-verse structure. This is surprising to me, because the first few times I heard it, I would have sworn to you that it was just three straight hours of ''just this one line''.[[hottip:*:In case you don't know: I WHIP MY HAIR BACK AND FORTH!]] I mean it just seems to go ON, and ''ON.''
* BrownNote: He believes that the only way a song could be worse than Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight..." is if it manifested outside of the listener's speakers and humped their leg.
** "What two words send shivers up a music lover's spine more than ''Disco Duck?''"
* CallBack:
** During his review of "OMG" Todd tries to pick up ThatGuyWithTheGlasses contributor ObscurusLupa on webcam with lyrics from the song "OMG". At the end, he quotes "Sexy Chick", another song he reviewed.
*** Also, he says the synth fuzz at the beginning sounds like the player fell asleep on their keyboard, "which, believe me, is not as comfortable as it sounds". This happened to Todd himself in the "Replay" review.
** When he Googles the term "G6" in the review of "Like a G6", you briefly see that his desktop wallpaper is a collage of Lupa photos.
** In his review of "Whip My Hair", he tries the titular method of dealing with "haters" on several of his fellow TGWTG contributors, none of whom are impressed. The last one is Lupa, who wonders why she hasn't blocked him yet.
** When Todd finally hears a song with awesome, so-good-no-woman-could resist pickup lyrics, he rushes to try them on Lupa...only to go blank and start quoting the lyrics from "Carry Out" instead.
** In "Black and Yellow"
--->'''Song''': Stay fly like...\\
'''Todd''': A G6?
** In "Grenade", he describes the [[NoodleIncident DL incident]] from "Like a G6".
** After making NinjaPirateZombieRobot-esque claims about his heritage in "Like a G6" he mentions that a line in "Born This Way" intended to appeal to all races touches him personally... because he is all those races. At once.
** In "S&M", his desktop refers to a game he played with PushingUpRoses (see FunnyBackgroundEvent, below).
** In "S&M" he mentions the dirty Madonna movie ''Body of Evidence''. Later he tries get Lupa to watch it with him.
** In the ''Glitter'' review, he breaks out the old Mario statue from the "Break Up" review, saying he'll use it to review instead of actually doing it himself. Then ''that'' is called back on when the very next review starts with this idea failing.
** Two in "Give Me Everything". First he thinks the "not having a tomorrow" might be related to the LMFAO dance zombies. Then he reacts to "Grab somebody sexy and say 'Hey, give me everything tonight!'" with... guess who.
** He ends "Tonight, Tonight"'s review with [[Music/{{Genesis}} "Tonight Tonight Tonight"]], which he listed among the worst hits of 1987.
** When WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick comes to his house to ask his help on a ''[[BritneySpears Crossroads]]'' review, she remembers how Todd unsuccessfully tried to review said movie during the ''SuburbanKnights'' shoot.
** "LupeFiasco, not to be confused with the Lupa Fiasco..." (cue Todd and Lupa on Skype...)
* TheCameo: Ironically Todd admitted in the commentary for "Eenie Meenie" / "O.M.G" that he really hates adding cameos into his reviews because he likes having complete control over what goes into the video. Even so...
** Fellow TGWTG contributor and [[PromotedFanboy promoted fan]] from YouTube ObscurusLupa appears throughout his "OMG" review, [[RunningGag and several other reviews afterwards.]]
** WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic shows up in the beginning of the review for "Club Can't Handle Me" in his BadBoss persona.
** And again for the "Whip My Hair" review with several cameos by various other That Guy With The Glasses contributors.
** In "Black and Yellow", Pennsylvanian RolloT goes on a rant about Pittsburgh.
** PushingUpRoses appears in "Grenade", with Todd attempting to get a "thanks" out of her for "promoting" one of her Vinyl Destination videos as "worst video ever". She also shows up in voiceover at the end of "The Lazy Song" to ask why Todd's playing ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'' instead of working on the review.
** JesuOtaku appears in "Firework/Born This Way" to demonstrate how offending a girl's figure is bad.
** Rob Walker ([[DougWalker Doug's]] brother, whom Todd refers as "his producer") and [[AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]] appear in "S&M".
** Four reviewers appear to complain about Todd liking KatyPerry (and Lupa to complain about stalking). Only one made a first cameo - WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick, who is then [[DoggedNiceGuy rejected by]] Todd.
*** Lindsay does an uncredited return as [[TheMuppets Beaker]] in "[[http://www.twitvid.com/9QMTB Party Rock Anthem]]". And to be rejected again in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
** TheRapCritic appears in "Lighters" to unsuccessfully get a second CrossOver, and explain to the LiteralMinded Todd what "show his ass" means.
** [[BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]] appears to make Todd not give up on reviewing "Sexy and I Know It".
* CannotSpitItOut: This happens to Todd when he finds inspiration to use the lyrics of "Nothing On You" by B.o.B and Bruno Mars on ObscurusLupa, but he eventually screws it up again by singing the lines to JustinTimberlake's "Carry Out" on her instead.
* CaptainObvious: Todd calls LilWayne "MC Obvious" after hearing the line "I can transform ya[=/=]Like a {{Transformer|s}}".
* CaptionHumor: [[PainfulRhyme NOT A RHYME.]] (and a lot more, such as *apology twirl* in "Whatcha Say")
** Many in [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/todd-plays-the-black-eyed-peas-experience-5672837#disqus_thread Todd plays The Black Eyed Peas Experience]] (best being "This video would be awesome blackmail material if I were not in it")
* CarryABigStick: Todd pulls one out during "Club Can't Handle Me" by Flo Rida.
-->'''Todd:''' Now, maybe it's just me, but if the club can't handle him right now, my only conclusion that they're using the wrong club. Now, this is '''MY''' club. It is an authentic replica of a war club used in battle by ancient Greek soldiers, and trust me: '''It CAN handle you right now.'''
** His title card artist has drawn Todd carrying that again for "Deuces" and "Tonight".
* CassandraTruth: PlayedForLaughs in his "BadRomance" review.
-->'''Todd:''' She's a demon from Hell! She's gonna kill us all! How are you not seeing this? You've got to believe me!
* CheapHeat: Todd points out how Lady Gaga's "You and I" song changes the state mention in the song from Nebraska to Virginia where he lives, and that it seems to be the same all around for the rest of the country.
* ChewingTheScenery: He calls LilJon out on this during "Do You Remember".
* ClusterFBomb:
** Right after Todd considers not letting Chris Brown's crimes taint his perception of his future hits anymore, the first few lines of "Deuces" play.
---> '''Todd:''' Go fuck yourself, Chris Brown! [[ThisIsSPARTA Go. Fuck. Yourself.]] Go fuck yourself, you stupid, useless waste of a human being!
** Pretty much the entire "Tonight" review, both on Todd's part and Enrique's.
** Another big one occured on {{Twitter}} when [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47668878175772673 he found out what Chris]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669148309917696 Brown's new album ''F.A.M.E.'' stands]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669221852848128 for... ''Forgiving All My Enemies''.]] Afterwards, [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] jumped in with a LampshadeHanging:
---> '''[=@FB_BMB=]:''' [=@ShadowTodd=] appears to have been [[HairTriggerTemper replaced by]] JoePesci. His Twitter will resume normal service shortly.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** Despite figuring out the line "Sippin' sizzurp in my ride/Like Three Six" to be about the [[ThreeSixMafia Three Six Mafia]] he decides to run with the over the top joke about 666 describing [[NumberOfTheBeast Satan]], culminating in a diatribe about bad pop music being a tool of the devil.
** He complains about "Telephone" becoming a GeorgeLucasThrowback to QuentinTarantino, saying Tarantino doesn't stand copying other directors. A {{beat}} follows as Todd notices what he just said.
** In "E.T.", regarding an [[Film/ETTheExtraterrestrial E.T.]] [[ParallelPornTitles porno]] (see FetishRetardant below).
** Subverted with "Telephone". [[WordOfGod Word of Demon from Hell]] says that the phone is in her head, keeping her from having fun. Todd points out in "Alejandro" how it was brought to his attention that he missed the true meaning behind "Telephone"... and proceeds to point out there is ''nothing'' in the lyrics that indicate any possibility of that being the case.
* CouchGag: Each episode begins with Todd playing today's song on the piano. (except on Top Tens, where it's a song from the year covered) Todd challenged himself to do this with "Whip My Hair". He had to ask for a few clips from the song just to get it down first, but cheered when he finally did it.
-->'''Todd:''' [{{beat}}]... WHAT THE CRAP WAS THAT?!
** Subverted in "Sexy and I Know It", where he even argues with the caption on his refusal to play the song.
* ContinuityNod: His ''Glitter'' review ends with him putting his hoodie on a Mario statue (previously seen in "Break Up") and setting up a CD player so it can replace him. The next episode ("Party Rock Anthem") starts with this backfiring as the player stops working.
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Complains about JasonDeRulo and T-Pain's equivocated sampling of ImogenHeap and LilyAllen, respectively.
* CrazyPrepared: Linkara's Review of "The Punisher and Eminem #1". During his crossover with TheRapCritic Todd apparently gave The Rap Critic a message for Linkara just in case Linkara called on him.
-->'''''NERD!'''''
* CreatorKiller: He predicts that "The Time (Dirty Bit)" will be the Black Eyed Peas'.
* CreatorsPet: The crowd chanting Mike Posner's name in the beginning of "Cooler Than Me". [[invoked]]
* {{Crossover}}[=/=]{{MST}}:
** Did a review of Music/TheMonkees' movie ''Film/{{Head}}'' with PushingUpRoses and PawDugan. (Roses also calls Todd for some of her LetsPlay Shortys)
** He collaborated with JesuOtaku, RolloT and YRulerOfTime in [[http://blip.tv/file/4911765 a review]] of ''TheLastAirbender''.
** A joint review of Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me" with TheRapCritic.
*** One year later, the duo reviewed KanyeWest's short film ''[[http://t.co/8jXPikqN Runaway]]''.
** He fails to convince BennettTheSage, {{Phelous}} or ObscurusLupa to do a crossover, and instead does ''[[TheAsylum Sunday School Musical]]'' with [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]].
** Reviewed ''[[BritneySpears Crossroads]]'' with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick.
* CultureClash: Points out how "Alejandro" is full of gay Russian soldiers marching to a Mexican themed song based off a Swedish pop group. He couldn't do that no matter how hard he tried. [[GilliganCut He then plays "That's Amore", followed by an Oriental riff on the piano with "Vive la France" appearing on screen]].
* CurseCutShort: In a scrolling list variant, he explains the various terms which flow better in song than "Sexy Chick" or "Bitch" ending with:
-->You are a worthless sex object and I'm going to stick my--
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* DeadHorseGenre: Invoked. One of his biggest problems with the remake of "We Are The World" is that the "MegaCrossover for charity" genre has passed the point of parody. He also points out that many of the contributors had already spoofed the genre, with emphasis on JoshGroban.
** He also considers club anthems to be heading in this direction. When LMFAO used a ZombieApocalypse theme in one of their videos, he claimed a zombie was a perfect analogy for the genre; technically dead, but still moving.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's pretty dry, but he gets animated at times.
* DeathIsCheap: He's offed himself five times already. One was in the middle of a review. He's even lampshaded this:
-->'''Todd:''' [O]nce again, it's time for me to kill myself.
* {{Defictionalization}}: Krin drew [[http://thebutterfly.deviantart.com/art/Todd-In-The-Shadows-179883302 Todd reviewing "Like a G6"]]. This gave her a job as his title artist, and caused Todd to go after the song and actually review it.
** Likewise, an AprilFools [[http://thebutterfly.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3czio8 title card of]] "[[{{Rihanna}} S&M]]" became a review as well.
* {{Demonization}}: "Peter Cetera is a war criminal. Peter Cetera caused the stock market crash. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Peter Cetera killed my dog]]."
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
** "Because that's not even a joke even!"
** "... the biggest pop songs of the year were all pretty much the same thing - club dance songs about dancing in clubs to club dance songs."
** "The original title was "[[{{Kesha}} Your Drugs Are My Drug]]", I'm guessing."
** "''Pedicure on our toes, toes''".
--->"Now that I think about it, it's probably a good thing that she cleared up where she got the pedicures. Because I'm starting to get the feeling that she's the type of girl that if someone doesn't clarify that for her, she'll try to get pedicures on her eyeballs or something."
** Calling the Pittsburgh Steelers "Losing losers of losingness"
* DescriptionCut: Three in the "Firework/Born this Way" review.
** He says due to his life he has no need to listen to inspirational music. Cut to a flashback where Todd drinks and puts a gun to his head.
** Todd calls JesuOtaku fat, and proceeds to discuss on how she got affected and is taking it hard... while she just stares at him.
** At the end, Todd expects to see how Katy Perry and Lady Gaga do in their new, down-to-Earth way. Cut to their next singles, "E.T." and "Judas", which are about said artists "boinking monsters".
** And in the most awful moments of ''Rattle and Hum'', he claims {{U2}} never embarrassed themselves after said movie... before cutting to them dressed as the VillagePeople in "Discothéque".
** In "Give Me Everything", he sees a rock band in the top 10 of the Hot 100, and asks to hear the song as it might be a break from the constant party songs. Too bad that song was 'Tonight, Tonight' by Hot Chelle Rae, yet another dance song.
** In "Lighters", he asks for the song to begin expecting an angry song like {{Eminem}} used to do... only for the opening to be Bruno Mars in his piano.
** In "5 O'Clock", Todd says he knows how to party all night long. Cut to him playing video games.
* DesignatedVillain: He calls attention to the ''HannahMontana: TheMovie''[='=]s villain being this. [[invoked]]
* DespairEventHorizon:
** Nearly crossed in his review of "Blah Blah Blah".
** Arguably ''was'' crossed in his LadyGaga reviews.
--->'''Todd:''' '''''She is a demon from hell!'''''
** Yet again during his review for "3" when BritneySpears caused him to imagine [[PeterPaulAndMary Peter, Paul and Mary]] having a threesome.
** Miley Cyrus' "Hoedown Throwdown" sent Todd into a horrible depression to the point where he threatened to end it all but was stopped when the song ended.
** The 2011 {{MTV}} [=VMAs=] prompted Todd to do an 18-minute, unscripted video in which he bemoans the bloated and [[NetworkDecay decayed]] FranchiseZombie [=MTV=] has become.
* DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: [[InUniverse He couldn't]] take ''[[{{U2}} Rattle And Hum]]'' anymore after they [[spoiler:showed Bono performing in front of Martin Luther King footage.]]
* {{Dissimile}}: He points out that "Head to Toe" by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (no. 6 on his list of worst hit songs of 1987), which is said to resemble {{Motown}}, isn't ''anything'' like Motown! He compares "Head to Toe" to an actual Motown song (more specifically, The Isley Brothers' "This Old Heart of Mine") and claims that "Head To Toe" is ''exactly'' like Motown... except without the tight musicianship, the soulful singing, or the longevity.
** Lesser example: he discusses that "The Lazy Song" is a "white guy with an acoustic guitar" song despite Bruno Mars not being white... and possibly not a guy.
** "Eminem with his rabid legion of angry white guys! I was one of them... except I was not angry... and I'm not white" ([[RunningGag As far as you know]])
* DistaffCounterpart: He identifies "white chick with piano" as the distaff counterpart to "white guy with acoustic guitar."
* DodgyToupee: The HannahMontana wig he wears in "Whip My Hair" and the crossover with TheRapCritic (in the commentary for the former, Todd mentions it barely fit his head, and if he headbanged a little harder it'd fall).
* DontExplainTheJoke: "Only Sixteen", a hit by Sam Cooke that was later covered by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, is about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a guy who fell in love with a 16-year-old]]. That's far too young for him, because he's '''''SEVENTEEN'''''! ''A-hyuck, a-hyuck, a-hyuck!''
** When Todd comments that he knows next to nothing about Flo Rida's backstory, he says:
--->If I had to guess, I'd say he's probably from Miami... Partly because his name is Flo Rida. You know, Florida, Flo Rida, Florida... You get it? [[SarcasmMode It's clever.]]
* DoubleEntendre: {{Defied}} by Todd in "Carry Out," in which he calls out a line, which doesn't even fit under a ''Single'' Entendre, but rather under a '''.3 Entendre'''.
* DoubleStandard / TheUnfairSex: His primary objection to Beyonce and her music. He ''really'' tears into her when he talks about "If I Were A Boy", calling out women for being just as guilty of everything she accuses men of being.
* DoubleTake: Many lyrics have Todd listening to them twice before giving a reaction.
* DudeNotFunny: Invoked when Todd wakes up from a hangover in "Your Love Is My Drug", he asks for something to brush his teeth with. He's handed [[MemeticMutation a bottle of Jack Daniel's]] and responds with this.
** Todd views radio [=DJs=] as this, when discussing Rick Dees.
*** Also invoked when he receives the ''HannahMontana'' game for his birthday.
* DramaticIrony: Starting with the intro to the BlackEyedPeas cover of "Time Of Your Life", he decided he was being too negative and could still enjoy the song "unaware" of the approaching "dirty bit" change.
* DrivenToSuicide: Frequently.
** He asphyxiated himself with a grocery bag at the end of "[=BedRock=]".
** He strangled himself with his microphone cord during his cameo in Y Ruler of Time's review of SouljaBoy's "Anime".
** He beat himself to death with a book at the end of "Whatcha Say".
** He commits seppuku with a machete not three minutes into "Like a G6".
** He puts a gun to his head at the end of "Hannah Montana Pop Tour Guitar Game."
** He attempts to blow his brains out both on "Imma Be" and "Firework/Born This Way," only to fail, as the gun was a plastic toy.
** Subverted with "Hoedown Throwdown" from the ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', which was driving him into a depression making him question why he's even doing this. Fortunately, the song ended.
--->'''Todd:''' Oh wait, it's over. *Snaps out of it* This song sends me to some weird places.
* DrowningMySorrows: He had [[LadyGaga a damn good reason]] to get drunk a the end of "Your Love Is My Drug".
* DVDCommentary: Two so far (both encompassing two episodes), "Eenie Meenie"/"OMG" and "Like a G6"/"Whip My Hair".
* EarWorm: [[{{In-universe}} Referenced by name]] in "Deuces". [[DefiedTrope However, he calls the song an "Ear Snail"]] because it's slow, boring, and completely forgettable. [[invoked]]
** He says in "E.T." that he likes his pop songs catchy. And said song doesn't fit, with a beat so minimalistic he compares it to [[{{Queen}} "We Will Rock You"]].
* EarthShatteringKaboom: His reaction to the video for "Sexy and I Know It".
* EleventyZillion: He has "seventy three bajillion dollars" in student loans to pay off yet.
* TheEndIsNigh: "Repent now or perish in the fourth circle of Hell... where "Like A G6" plays for eternity."
* EpicFail:
** His description of "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train after he learns that it is apparently their idea of a tribute to INXS.
--->'''Todd:''' You were trying to sound like this [clip from "New Sensation"] and instead you sound like this [clip from "Hey Soul Sister"]. My god... That's like if you try to make scrambled eggs... and instead you ''caught syphilis''!
** He says that "Cooler Than Me" by Mike Posner fails utterly because it's meant to be bitching about a girl, but it never actually explains why this girl is bad or anything she has done wrong, besides rejecting the narrator, instead only mentioning her attire (one point of which he mimics himself in the video!). He also points out that while Posner spends the entire song whining about how she rejected him and how much she sucks, the song ''itself'' is a last-ditch effort at picking her up.
** He complains that "Get Up and Boogie" by the Silver Convention fails to make you want to dance because it's a request rather than a command, contrasting it with C & C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat", and it lacks energy. It also doesn't help that the lyrics consist of six words (get, up, and, boogie, that's, right), the same amount of words as their other hit "Fly Robin Fly" (fly, robin, up, to, the, sky). He also notes that he rarely comments on the video footage he finds for songs, but he had to mention how absolutely ''bored'' the audience members looked in the TV performance clip he found for "Get Up and Boogie".
** He also says KanyeWest ruins any guest spot he's offered.
* EroticEating: Todd points out the ridiculous food comparisons in "Carry Out" might be some poorly done version of this.
-->'''Todd:''' Ba-da-ba-ba-ba! I'm humpin' it!
** [[GilliganCut Guess what happens next...]]
--->'''Todd:''' (''at the end of his review'') [[UnusualEuphemism Mayonnaise]] everywhere.
* EscapistCharacter: Discusses this trope in his review of ''HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''.
* EveryoneHasStandards: In his "Club Can't Handle Me" review, Todd points out that even Ke$ha thinks Flo Rida is deadly dull, since she asked not to be credited for her part in "Right Round" because she thought being associated with Flo Rida would hurt her career.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Considers waking up with Advertising/TheBurgerKing to be hot.
** "Ah, Usher. The women want him, and the men [[FreudianSlip want him.]] To ''be'' him! [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday The men want to be him!]]
* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped:
** The opening to LadyGaga's "Bad Romance".
** The line "Peter, Paul and Mary" from Britney Spears's "3" is interpreted as "Peedapayuwrmnr???eee".
** Becomes the set-up to a funny ShoutOut on "Whatcha say."
** He can't decipher the GratuitousItalian in "Born This Way".
** He stops to ponder what Kanye is actually saying in "E.T." (and is baffled at [[WordSaladLyrics the actual words]]).
** When Todd points out that Michael Stipe from REM is [[SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein frequently]] [[PerishingAltRockVoice quite difficult]] [[WordSaladLyrics to understand]], we get:
--->'''Michael's Subtitles:''' Used to know mountain good party frog/ Limes are down the wise men boo...
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: '''DEEP LYRICAL ANALYSIS'''. [[invoked]]
* EveryoneIsSatanInHell: When Todd discovers the NumberOfTheBeast in "Like A G6", he becomes convinced that "This song isn't just stupid, it's actively brainwashing the masses in service of The Dark Lord!" [[invoked]]
** He considers but ultimately refuses to make the same claims about "Party Rock Anthem" based on its music video.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Todd's guess as to why part of "Bad Romance" is in French.
* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe. PlayedForLaughs at the end of "S&M". And kinda appears in "Club Can't Handle Me".
* FaceFramedInShadow: He even calls himself a "professional silhouette".
* FaceOfTheBand: [[invoked]]
** He has a moment of FridgeLogic regarding this trope while reviewing the ''HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''. After all, if you're playing guitar on a Hannah Montana song, you're one of those guys standing on the side that everyone ignores while watching Hannah.
** Occasionally when reviewing BlackEyedPeas songs, he will snidely comment on the two less famous members. Examples include forgetting their StageNames when reviewing "Imma Be", showing an apl.de.ap clip from "Boom Boom Pow" while asking who he is, and wondering during his review of "The Time (Dirty Bit)" if Taboo was kicked out of the group and not told about it.
*** He also makes similar comments about [[{{Eminem}} Bad Meets Evil]] in his "Lighters" review.
--->'''Todd:''' Now here's Royce, or as he is better known, "The Other Guy".
* FacePalm: While reviewing "Break Up" by Mario, Sean Garrett and Gucci Mane:
-->'''Song:''' Do anything for you, why would you wanna break up?[=/=]See I be driving through your hood[=/=]Why would you wanna break up?
-->'''Todd:''' Oh, you charmer, you. I ''was'' gonna leave, but then I found out that you were driving through my hood. Oh baby, I just can't let you go. *facepalms*
** His reaction on KanyeWest's lyrics in [[KatyPerry "E.T."]].
** Hey Todd, ''what's'' the name of LMFAO's album, again?
-->"See, it starts out with them going into comas from too much... *facepalms* ....party rockin'."
** And reacting to "But I'm an American Idol, gettin' money like Seacrest" in "Give Me Everything". Complete with elbowing the keyboard!
* FailOSuckyname:
** In his review of "Cooler Than Me", Todd points out that "Mike Posner" is just a terrible name for a pop artist because it's not catchy or memorable or vaguely cool at all.
--->'''Todd:''' Taio Cruz is the name of a pop star. Mike Posner fixes your car.
*** He also refers to the song as "I Have No Star Qualities" by Nobody [=McLoser=].
** Chris "Captain [=McPunchesAGirl=]" Brown.
* DarthWiki/FallenCreator: [[{{In-universe}} Todd has a few]] personal examples.
** Beyoncé. He loved everything she did until 2009--and from there on, has trouble stomaching her.
** Todd believes this happened to {{Usher}} after the successful ''Confessions'' album, as seen in his review of Usher's "OMG".
** He hopes for ChrisBrown to subvert this... then he hears "Deuces".
** He starts losing faith in Bruno Mars after hearing "Grenade," but "The Lazy Song" causes Todd to utterly hate him. ("Lighters" didn't help his reputation either)
** His opinion of TheBeachBoys by the year 1976. Given their lackluster cover of "Rock And Roll Music", inspiring Henry Gross's "Shannon", giving credibility to the Captain & Tennille, writing "I Write The Songs"...
** His opinion on {{Eminem}}, even if ''Recovery'' was somehow a return to form.
** What he thinks happened to the BlackEyedPeas.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: [[{{In-universe}} He believes]] the end to ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'' bears a pretty execrable one.
* FanDisservice: LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" video, which even makes [[BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]] call Todd out for refusing to continue the review because it features ugly men in speedos ("I sat through a whole film where people had sex with garbage!").
* FanonDiscontinuity: There is no such thing as [[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob a pornographic E.T. adaptation.]] [[invoked]]
* FantasticRacism: After [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] begs Todd not to knife him, he accuses Film Brain of being a Hoodist.
* {{Fetish}}: [[{{In-universe}} "The stuff I am into is a lot weirder than [S&M].]] [[NoodleImplements A trombone is involved."]] [[spoiler:The review closes with him playing one and saying "Oh, yeaaahh" suggestively.]]
* FetishRetardant: LadyGaga does this for [[{{In-universe}} him]].
--> [...] Gaga will spend this video, oh let's see, being thrown into women's prison, being stripped naked, making out with another woman; and boy oh boy oh boy, I can't tell you how ''not'' turned on I am by any of this. Truly, Lady Gaga has mastered the art of being sexual without being even remotely sexy.
** Also, Film/{{ET The Extraterrestrial}}. He mentions that "There's no way someone can be turned on by ET. If there was, only if with [[ParallelPornTitles a porno version of ET]]. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And if it existed, I would have heard of it by now.]]" ([[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob one of his co-workers]] reviewed "E.T. the Porno"; after the {{beat}}, he even mentions his comments section will be flooded if such a work exists).
* {{Filth}}: He calls out BritneySpears and {{Rihanna}} on this.
* FlatWhat: Commonly.
* FloweryElizabethanEnglish: "How dare thy stain mine good lady's name! Her, the most sexiest of all beotches!"
* FollowTheLeader:
** On "Replay", he mentions Iyaz is just one in a line of Akon knockoffs.
** On "Deuces", he discusses on Chris Brown's absence leading to similar artists appearing... and eventually bringing this on Brown himself: "After this line of Usher wannabes, who better than the original Usher wannabe himself?"
** On "Moves Like Jagger", he says the song incorporates two things popular at the moment, whistling and gratuitous usage of [[TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]]'s name (especially considering how Jagger actually dances...).
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of his "Your Love is My Drug" review, it is revealed that [[spoiler: LadyGaga's "Alejandro" is what drove him to drink]].
** In BennettTheSage's "Top 5 Best/Worst Cover Songs", Todd asks him to make a song countdown while he escaped from LMFAO. Guess what was [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/party-rock-anthem-a-pop-song-review-by-todd-in-the-shadows-5456101 his following review?]]
** His Twitter always drops clues on his next video.
* ForScience: At one point on "Hey Soul Sister" he raises a theory concerning Pat Monahan's sudden pitch range.
-->Gentlemen, the operation was a complete success! We have taken this man's vocal cords and successfully replaced them with a squeaking rubber ducky!\\
...Why did we do that?
* FridgeBrilliance: [[invoked]]
** In his review of the ''HannahMontana'' video game, he wonders how, with all of the songs being centred around Hannah/Miley's double life, none of her in-show fans have figured out that Hannah and Miley are the same person... and then he says that he came up with the following idea: none of her fans imagine that Hannah would have/need a double life, so they don't suspect her of having one.
** "I just realized. [[WillSmith Will]] and Jada named their kids Willow and Jaden."
* FridgeHorror: [[{{In-Universe}} Strikes him right in the face]] when he finally deciphers the lyrics to "3". [[invoke]]
* FridgeLogic: [[invoked]]
** One of his many issues with ''Hannah Montana: The Movie''.
** His response to Willow Smith's suggestion to whip your hair even if you don't have long hair.
** At a certain point of "Grenade", he points out that "On our first kiss, had your eyes wide open, why were they open?" is paradoxical.
** He asks on Rihanna singing about how "she likes to be tied up and beaten", when... [[ChrisBrown you]] [[DomesticAbuse know]]. (it gets even more uncomfortable when she goes "make my body say ah ah ah.")
* FunnyBackgroundEvent / FreezeFrameBonus: Todd has made a point that whenever you see him on the computer there's always something embarrassing or silly on screen.
** In "Hey Soul Sister", his monitor flashes PushingUpRoses' website.
** In the "Like a G6" review, as a CallBack, his desktop picture consists entirely of pictures of ObscurusLupa.
** In "S&M", his desktop is Fatty Bear (from a game he played with Roses) in a "No" sign.
* FunWithAcronyms:
** '''T'''odd '''I'''n '''T'''he '''S'''hadows. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Heh.]] Surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] on the acronym-happy and sometimes gaffe-prone ThatGuyWithTheGlasses main site, where he is known as "TODD", "[=ShadowTodd=]" or TIS instead.
** When a poster pointed this out to him on his subforum, he jokingly said he would change his name to '''N'''ick '''U'''nder '''T'''he '''S'''hadows to save face.
** [[{{Usher}} Overwhelming Marital Grief]].
* FunWithSubtitles: The "hidden meanings" in "Sexy Chick".
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Todd wonders how on Earth the video for "Sexy [[strike: Chick]] Bitch" got past the censors because it is essentially softcore porn.
* GilliganCut: In "OMG." Naturally, doubles as HypocriticalHumour.
-->'''Todd:''' How does this even happen? To sing those lines, to write those lines, to conceive those lines, to help record those lines, to have anything at all to do with those lines, you would have to be one of the ''stupidest'' people ever to walk the face of the Earth!! [Beat] ... Hmm.\\
[GilliganCut]\\
'''Todd (to ObscurusLupa over Skype):''' Shawty, you got a booty like POW POW POW! And, and, and and and you got some boobies like WOW OH WOW!
** He argues that the beat for "Blah Blah Blah" sounds like someone chucking objects at a keyboard. Guess what occurs next?
** And also the one listed under CultureClash.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: [[{{in-universe}} In the "Black and Yellow" review,]] Todd is all kinds of confused about why the rapper's girlfriend would be okay with him cheating with her best friend. When what's actually going on finally hits him, he calls him a "lucky son of a bitch."
* {{Glurge}}: [[{{in-universe}} In "The Lazy Song" review]], Todd says the "white guy with an acoustic guitar" genre is seemingly gentle and happy songs which are just smug attempts for the singer to rub in your face how they don't have any problems, especially the reviewed song.
* GodwinsLaw: Todd suggests Hitler among the people with more credibility than Ryan Seacrest.
* GoneMadFromTheRevelation: In "Like a G6", he comes to the conclusion that all bad pop music is the work of Satan!
--> '''Todd:''' I knew it! I knew it all along!! Bad pop music! All this bad pop music! I knew it! IT'S THE WORK OF THE DEVIL!! Corrupting our minds! Destroying the world! He's coming! [[LargeHam COMING FOR YOU AND YOUR SOULS!!]] Repent! Swear on the good book [[spoiler:(cut to the autobiography of JohnnyCash)]] and you may yet be saved! Repent now or perish in the 4th circle of hell... [[FateWorseThanDeath Where "Like a G6" plays for eternity...]]
* GoshDangItToHeck: The "G" in Usher's "OMG" actually stands for Gosh. Todd reacts to this [[{{Facepalm}} in the way you'd expect him to]].
** He also reacts badly to Bruno Mars' use of "frickin'" in "The Lazy Song".
** He's angered by the existence and popularity of "Forget You" and its ''{{Glee}}'' arrangement, and considered putting it on his Worst of 2011 list.
* GrammarNazi: In "Eenie Meenie", Todd casually goes into detail to point out how the line "Shawty is '''a''' eenie meenie miney mo lover" should really be "Shawty is '''an''' eenie meenie miney mo lover." He then proceeds to '''[[BerserkButton RAGE]]''' in anger over just how stupid the lyrics really are.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: The DL incident.
* GroinAttack: He's compared most of Bruno Mars' output to that of a nut-shot victim.
* GrowingTheBeard: As Todd reuploads his YouTube videos, he says his reviews only got real good by the third episode, "Party in the USA".[[invoked]]
* GuiltyPleasures: [[{{in-universe}} Todd has several]].
** ''[[ICarly iCarly]]'', according to the caption at the end of his "Sexy Chick/Bitch" review.
*** Though he swore up and down during a uStream session that it was a joke that got out of hand. According to him, it was going to be either that of SpongeBobSquarepants.
** Briefly discussed regarding Katy Perry's "Hot 'n' Cold". He doesn't feel guilt for putting any song on his "Best of 2009" list, but if he did, that song would be the one he felt guilty for. Expanded upon in the "Best of 2010" list. He likes ''two'' Katy Perry songs of that year, and he's past calling it a guilty pleasure and at the point of calling it shame. (and while reviewing "E.T.", Todd's happy Perry again had a song he didn't like the least!)
** "S&M". He admits that the song's quality is questionable, but he still sings along with it.
* {{Handguns}}: He has a fake gun, used in four reviews (in three, [[DrivenToSuicide Todd puts it on himself]]) and one crossover (in ''SuburbanKnights'', JewWario gets the gun on his chin after he tries to unmask Todd).
* HappyEndingOverride: He criticizes {{A-ha}}'s "The Sun Always Shines On TV" for [[ShaggyDogStory completely undoing]] the heartwarming ending of "Take On Me" in the first minute.
* HateFic: Started a tumblr dedicated to hating ChrisBrown. Something he '''PROMISED HIMSELF''' he would ''NEVER'' do.
* [[HeadDesk Head Keyboard]]: In his review of "Paparazzi".
** Also in his Top 10 of 2011, [[spoiler:because he's putting Katy Perry among the best songs of the year ''again''!]]
* HeadTiltinglyKinky: He has a fetish. It's kinkier than sadomasochism. It involves a trombone.
* HehHehYouSaidX:
** His only comment on Taio Cruz's song "Dynamite" is snickering at the line "I'm in the club so I'm gonna do, do, do, do."
-->'''Todd:''' He's gonna do do do do. He's gonna doo-doo. *snort*
** "Hate you break it to you, Wiz... *snort* Wiz."
* HeroicSacrifice: Todd makes one saving ObscurusLupa from THE BIRDS!!! at the end of her ''Birdemic: Shock and Terror'' review. [[spoiler: Too bad it was all a fake documentary...]]
* HiddenTrack:
** In a web original example, Todd uploaded a video to his Blip account that was not linked on his TGWTG page. It was [[http://toddspopsongreviews.blip.tv/file/3837070/ a cover version]] of the Carole King song "It's Too Late".
** He did it again in the same manner not much later -- [[http://toddspopsongreviews.blip.tv/file/4106940/ a short mashup]] of MarcyPlayground's "Sex and Candy" and Akon's "I Wanna Love You".
** And yet another one, [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/hidden-track-2-5209805 a cover of "Somebody's Baby"]] by Jackson Browne.
* HilariousInHindsight: [[{{in-universe}} Todd drops the trope name]] when talking about Lionel Richie's father-daughter song "Ballerina Girl", and how the song takes on a new meaning when you remember his daughter is Nicole Richie.
** Also, Eminem going from "homophobic who warrants protests from gays" to "rapper who does HoYay songs with Dr. Dre and Royce Da 5'9".
* HoYay: Todd points out that "Sexy Bitch" sounds like something girls get called by their [[PetHomosexual gay best friends]]. Cut to a scene from the music video of Akon {{glomp}}ing David Guetta. [[invoked]]
* HopeSpot: He suggests that pop songs set in clubs is on the way out, evidenced by the success of songs like "Rolling In the Deep" by {{Adele}} and "Fuck You" by Cee Lo Green... before spending the next 3 reviews looking at more of them..
* HotterAndSexier: He discusses on how Rihanna's post-[[DarkerAndEdgier "Russian Roulette"]] singles are raunchier and raunchier.
* HumanoidAbomination: LadyGaga, according to his theory.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** On Lady Gaga's appearance in the piano version of "Poker Face":
--->'''Todd:''' What kind of person makes some creepy, weird video of themselves where you can't see their eyes?!? That's just '''crazy''', right?
** On Justin Bieber's dressing habits:
--->'''Todd:''' Stupid gray hoodie pulled up over his head. You look like a loser dressed like that, Bieber. A LOSER!
** He criticizes the Internet fad of dubbing ImogenHeap's "Hide And Seek" over melodramatic death scenes as a prelude to reviewing Jason Derulo's "Whatcha Say". Eventually the song's continued decrease in quality [[DrivenToSuicide drives him to beat himself to death]]. A {{beat}}. Cue Imogen Heap.
** He expresses bewilderment over how anyone could enjoy BDSM, despite the fact that his enjoyment of terrible songs is basically a form of masochism.
** In a DescriptionCut in WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''TheLittleMermaid'', when she asks him to spend some time with her, he tells her to stop calling him and hangs up. "Geez, some people can't take a goddamn hint."
*** Then in Todd's review of "E.T.", shortly after Lupa calls him out, he is rude to the Chick and sends her away.
*** And in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance":
-->'''Chick''': Maybe it's about not wasting your time with some tramp that's not available and be happy with awesome, clever, funny girl who's right in front of you!\\
'''Todd''': Yeah, I know! Isn't that horrible?
** His "Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2010" opens with him ranting about how his fellow reviewers are a bunch of nerds. Less than thirty seconds later he references ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact''.
** When he discusses that JustinTimberlake left music to make funny videos on the internet: "Pff, what an idiot."
** '...I'm guessing a lot of you haven't heard of (LilyAllen), unless you're one of those Pitchfork-reading snobs who constantly namedrops Europop singers (because) they're sooo much better than our American crap. By the way, that last album by Swedish pop star Robyn was actually really good and she's way better than that Ke$ha crap, you should totally listen to it.'
** In "Drive-By", he points out that the lyrics involve a girl who the singer won't score with again, and asks him to move on... before talking to his Lupa pictures.
* IceCreamKoan: Pointed out in his "Tonight..." review:
-->'''Enrique:''' If I never lied/ Then baby, you'd be the truth.\\
'''Todd:''' Is that some kind of zen thing? What the fuck did ''that'' mean?
* ImAManICantHelpIt: His reasoning for placing Rihanna's "Rude Boy" on his list of top 10 hits of 2010.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Both {{Lampshaded}} by Todd in his work and pointed out in the awful lyrics of "Carry Out", which are mostly food {{Double Entendre}}s linked together in lyrical form.
-->'''Todd:''' I'd like to dip ''my'' [=McNuggets=] in your special sauce!
* INeedAFreakingDrink: [[spoiler:Invoked courtesy of Alejandro, and decidedly exaggerated]].
* IneffectualDeathThreat:
** He dishes one to the lead singer of Train for writing such horrible lyrics in "Hey Soul Sister".
--->'''Patrick:''' So gangsta, I'm so thug.\\
'''Todd:''' ... '''[[PrepareToDie I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU!]]'''
** He threatens to plug Will.i.am during "The Time.":
-->'''[=Will.i.am=]''': I don't wanna take no pictures, I just wanna take some shots!\\
'''Todd''': [cocks gun] That can be arranged.
** He closes [[spoiler: "Grenade" by throwing the eponymous item at Bruno.]]
* InNameOnly: JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" is described as "Christmas carol in name only".
* InsultBackfire:
** He attempts to burn Gucci Mane by comparing him to SouljaBoy only to learn the two of them have done a collaboration.
** Todd describes the titular taunt of Mike Posner's hit "Cooler Than Me" as too easy to respond to with a resounding "Yes, I do!"
--->'''Todd:''' I think 12 year olds who write [[SlashFic gay]] ''SonicTheHedgehog'' [[RuleThirtyFour porn]] FanFiction are cooler than you!
*** He also notices Posner crosses this with HypocriticalHumor, as the song goes "you got designer shades, just to hide your face and you wear them around like you're cooler than me"... and he wears shades through most of the music video.
* InsultToRocks: As much as he dislikes Mike Posner, Todd finds Allmusic's comparing him to Asher Roth to be much harsher than anything he could come up with.
-->'''Todd:''' Damn Allmusic, what did Mike Posner ever do to you?
** He can't call adult alternative "lifeless" because he actually likes "[[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies RE: Your Brains.]]"
* IntercourseWithYou: Todd can no longer listen to Peter, Paul and Mary without interpreting the lyrics as obscene thanks to "3." Later in the review, he (sarcastically) calls himself out on such.
** He complains about this on {{T-Pain}}'s "5 O'clock", and proceeds to see how he do this with samples of various songs.
* [[IRememberItLikeItWasYesterday I Remember It Like It Was Last Week]]: Parodied in his first ThatGuyWithTheGlasses episode. After hearing the ear-piercing "Blah Blah Blah", Todd recalls the fond memories of the years of support on That Guy With The Glasses, recalling that it seemed like a week ago that he started right before [[TenMinuteRetirement "departing"]], and "exits" by quoting [[ConanOBrien Conan O'Brien's]] farewell speech from his last episode of ''TheTonightShow''.
* IronicEchoCut:
-->'''Todd''': Does this guy know how to do anything but celebrate?\\
'''Flo Rida''': "CELEBRATE, THAT'S ALL I KNOW!\\
'''Todd''': [[DeadpanSnarker Not surprised.]]
** In "Party Rock Anthem", asking if the song will ask "PUT YOUR HANDS UP!"... and later if it will play this line on loop.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: One of Todd's [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=17721&start=40#p202632 reasons why he "won't" appear in crossovers any time soon]]:
-->''* Let's see, there was this little conversation with one of the anime people''\\
'''Them:''' i'm editing a video. Manga related\\
'''Me:''' [Todd] ahhhh\\
'''Me:''' i've heard of manga\\
'''Me:''' it's some kind of japanese thing\\
'''Them:''' yep!\\
'''Me:''' is it a food of some kind?\\
'''Them:''' ... close enough.
* ItMakesSenseInContext: Retroactively invoked; he admits the opening speech of "The Lazy Song" that said speech was necessary to help understand what he meant by "white guy with an acoustic guitar" music.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Apparently what he thought about {{Adele}} when she won the Grammy for Best New Artist.
-->''*while playing "Someone Like You" on his keyboard* Yeah, this is why my friends call me Nostradamus.''
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[[folder:J-M]]
* JustEatGilligan: One of his complaints about "Telephone".
** He also composes, on the spot, a similarly toned song, "[[EarWorm Itchy Leg]]".
* LastSecondWordSwap: "I love beating Chris Brown as much as he likes beating... eggs for his famous homestyle breakfast"
** Also, from the same review, "In February of 2009, the pop world was shocked when rising R&B superstar Chris Brown viciously and brutally assaulted his...chances for a long term career"
** Played straight, then subverted, in "Top 10 of 2011". "If there's a single person in the universe who doesn't like this song (Fuck You by CeeLoGreen), I haven't met them and I don't care to. But if you're out there, whoever you are, wherever you are... I disagree with your opinions. *beat* And fuck you."
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: In what probably is a parody, Todd tries to make a song with an acoustic guitar. EpicFail ensues, particularly for the thing being out of tune, and he gives up saying "guitar isn't my instrument".
* LiteralMinded: He's been accused of this, and discusses it in "E.T.". Then he tries to see it as "falling in love with a let's say, black, guy" instead of BoldlyComing... making Kanye's guest spot even worse! (see UnfortunateImplications below)
* LoudOfWar: In the intro to "Club Can't Handle Me", [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic]] threatens Todd with the dreaded "Hoedown Throwdown" if he didn't get back to reviewing music.
* LoveItOrHateIt: This is how he feels about the BlackEyedPeas. If they did a good song in his opinion, he loves it. If he doesn't like it, he ''really'' doesn't like it. [[invoked]]
* LyricalDissonance: He calls this on Stephen Stills' "Love The One You're With".
* LyricalShoehorn: In-universe. This is a huge pet peeve of his, with Train being the greatest offender.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex: He discusses this mentality when reviewing "Sexy Bitch", and compares it with Akon's alternate viewpoint: "Bitch-Whore Complex". Or is that "Chick"?
* ManipulativeEditing: Played for laughs: he will often have the target of the review (or another celebrity) carry out a punchline or two.
* MarySue: [[{{In-Universe}} His main criticism]] of the protagonist of ''[[MariahCarey Glitter]]''.
* MediumAwareness: Apparently he can see the subtitles on-screen.
--> '''Todd:''' Fix that.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: He points out that the metaphors in "Carry Out", "Eenie Meenie" and "Your Love Is My Drug" are extended to the point where they stop making sense.
* MindScrew: His reaction to the music videos to "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "S&M".
* MomentOfAwesome: Invoked by Todd, who considers the fact that he has just successfully transcribed "Whip My Hair" to piano an achievement comparable to mastering the classic symphonies.
** In a commentary, he admitted that when he was playing it, he actually was using information he found on the Internet. He originally ''did'' figure it out by ear, but when it came time to do the review, he had forgotten how.
* {{Mondegreen}}: Often discussed [[{{in-universe}} in his reviews]].
** Ever heard of "Yellow Is My Drug" by [[{{Kesha}} Ke$ha]]? The song she did with {{Coldplay}}?
** "I'm a bee! I'm a bee! I'm a I'm a I'm a bee!"
--->'''Todd:''' You're thinking it, I'm thinking it, Vice President Biden is thinking it.
** Eenie meenie miney mo '''''lava'''''...?
** One, two, three, why don't me, you, and me...
--->'''Todd:''' How many Britneys are there in this equation?!
** Subverted on "Club Can't Handle Me." The lyrics are so incoherent that he looks them up, only to find that they are the lyrics proper.
** He actually called the BlackEyedPeas out on this during "The Time", on the grounds that they'd screwed up a line from the source material.
** "''Boring'' This Way"
** Ass, ass, ass and ham, ham, ham...
** Any attempt before finding out Kanye is singing "I'm tryin' to bathe my ape".
** Likewise, the opening line of Ne-Yo's chorus in "Give Me Everything" (which he finds shocking, as Pitbull is supposed to be TheUnintelligible there!).
* MoodWhiplash: The "Top 10 Best Hit Songs of 2010" ends with Todd drunk dialing and sobbing on the phone to Lupa [[spoiler: only for it to be a very confused and not entirely upset with this turn of events LordKat on the other line]].
** In "Give Me Everything", he says Ne-Yo is too depressive for such a party song. (to drive his point home, he even plays other songs by him... and starts to cheer after "So Sick"!)
** In "Lighters", cutting from Eminem's angry verses to Bruno Mars' cheery and triumphant chorus. (even asking if Em listened to Mars' parts before writing...)
* MySisterIsOffLimits to ChrisBrown
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* NameMcAdjective: He gave ChrisBrown the nickname Captain [[DomesticAbuse McPunchesAGirl]] during his review of "I Can Transform Ya".
* NamesTheSame: He calls out Hot Chelle Rae about calling a song called "Tonight Tonight" when Music/TheSmashingPumpkins have already done so.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: He thinks "Hoedown Throwdown" is a conglomerate of the worst elements of five genres at once.
* {{Nepotism}}: He blames it for the existence of Willow/Jaden Smith, Rockwell, LMFAO and Hot Chelle Rae's careers.
* NeverLiveItDown: 'Tonight...' and 'The Lazy Song' have permenantly changed his image of Enrique Iglesias and Bruno Mars for the worse [[InUniverse in his eyes]]. [[invoked]]
* NoBudget: In the "Like a G6/Whip My Hair" commentary, he points out that most of his props - biggest being the microphone, and mic stand - belong to his roommate.
** And in the first video after moving out, Todd says his roommate probably got tired of him getting his stuff... and his jokes.
* NoodleIncident: "I am not having any bottles broken over anyone's head in this room. Not after the DL incident. I'll tell you about it sometime. *shudder* So much blood..." He would later explain it on Twitter, even later in "Grenade."
** Also, the "[[ObscurusLupa Lupa]] Fiasco".
* NoodleImplement: Something more twisted than S&M, and involving a trombone.
** Also part of the Lupa Fiasco.
-->'''Lupa''': What am I supposed to do with all these ''geese''?!
* NoPronunciationGuide: At a certain point, he starts asking how "Iyaz" is supposed to be pronounced.
* NotHyperbole: Whenever he makes a statement like "'The Time' is the worst Black Eyed Peas song. Worst than 'Imma Be'. Worst than 'My Humps'" and "'The Lazy Song' is so far my least favorite song of 2011, a year that includes a song called 'Tonight (I'm Fucking You)'".
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer:
** "... so I felt obligated to listen to their latest single, "Carry Out", which consists entirely of fast-food-related {{double entendre}}s. [{{beat}}] Seriously."
** Also, on the "[=BedRock=]" review, when he lists the members of Young Money.
---> Mack Maine... Jae Millz... Lil Chuckee... Lil' Twist... T Streets... and a bunch of other names that sound like I'm just making them up, though I swear to God I'm not.
** In the "Worst Songs Of 1987" video, he has to clarify that yes, Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is one of his favourite songs of the 80s.
** Todd makes sure to point out he didn't add the ''BladesOfGlory'' clip in "Niggas in Paris" (just after KanyeWest quoted the movie), it's in the actual video!
* NWordPrivileges: Todd doesn't have them, and as such has to rely on the subtitles when he has to mention '[[KanyeWest Niggas in]] [[JayZ Paris]]' by name.
** [[spoiler:DoubleSubversion near the end of the review, when the subtitles censor the word "Paris" instead of the usual.]]
* OddFriendship: In the "Niggas in Paris" review, he discusses how weird it is that KanyeWest and JayZ are friends and collaborate on music, considering their contrasting personalities.
* OffScreenTeleportation: He displays this in the WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown review of ''[[TheAsylum Sunday School Musical]]''. (see also StealthHiBye)
-->'''Film Brain:''' Todd, I'm curious. How did you get in here?
-->'''Todd:''' I move in the space between spaces.
* OneHitWonder: He mentions how Mike Posner and the Far East Movement still managed to get a second hit, and asks for Hot Chelle Rae to not reach this. Then he says that despite the failure of LMFAO's follow-up single, they managed to still get a second hit with an even worse song.
** While talking about 'Put It Down On Me,' he stated he was adding Jeremih to "...the growing list of one-hit wonders who technically have a second hit."
** Also started a show to discuss this, One Hit Wonderland (first episode was {{A-Ha}}... which he says it's [[MultiHitWonder another thing entirely]]).
* OverlyLongGag: His comparison of Hot Chelle Rae's brand of partying to high school all-night grad parties.
* PanderingToTheBase: [[{{in-universe}} He questions about this]] in "Alejandro".
-->'''Todd:''' Ok. Even if you are one of Gaga's many gay fans, at what point do you feel pandered to? Like, when do you reach the point where even you have to look back and say: "Ok, this is getting kinda gay."
** Double subverted in his review of "Born This Way", when he wonders which heavily marginalized group's self esteem the song intends to boost.
-->'''Lady Gaga:''' Just put your paws up.
-->'''Todd:''' [[FurryFandom Furries]]. Also I guess gay people.
** Also says "Mistletoe" is this, since it's "using Christmas as an excuse for kissing Bieber fantasies."
* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: He was [[HateDumb 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.
* ParodyFailure: He points out that the chorus of "The Time (Dirty Bit)," which uses the chorus of "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, can't get the lyrics right. Instead of "And I swear, ''it's the truth,''" the Peas instead sing "And I swear, ''this is true.''"
* PetPeeveTrope: All in-universe, of course.
** AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale: Particularly if it's {{Beyonce}}-on-male.
** ClarkKenting: People's inability to recognize the obviousness that HannahMontana is Miley in 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.
** LittleBoyBlueNote:
--->One crisis at a time, Todd...
** PainfulRhyme [[invoked]]
** RhymingWithItself: Annoys him quite a bit.
** {{Scatting}}: Any excessive parts of inane singing. Also, background vocals singing "HEY!" or "OH!".
--->'''Todd:''' Hip hop! [[ThisIsSparta Stop. Shouting. Ohhh.]]
* ThePowerOfHate: Todd decided to take a different route when LMFAO told him to "STOP! HATIN'S BAD!" and look at the song from a more loving point of view. ''Not'' hating music almost erased him out of existence.
* PrecisionFStrike:
** 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.
** There was also this bit, though he wasn't in character at the time.
--->'''Todd:''' As soon as you turn that camera off, I'm beating the shit out of you.
** Something of a Tactical F Campaign throughout the "Tonight..." review.
** His response to anyone who might not like Cee-Lo's "Fuck You" is... guess it.
* PreviouslyOn: Double-subverted:
-->'''Todd:''' Previously on Todd In The Shadows: YourMom! Hah! Also, on my show, this happened.
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* RapeIsLove: Calls out Enrique Iglesias for this, in his review of "Tonight..."
* RageBreakingPoint: Happens in "Sexy and I Know It", after some minutes of Deep Lyrical Analysis.
* RatedGForGangsta: Todd notes that Far*East Movement defines "poppin' bottles in the crib" as "gangsta". He then proceeds to demonstrate by unscrewing the cap of a liquor bottle, which is accompanied by the caption "[=STRAIGHT UP THUGGIN'=]" and the chorus of {{NWA}}'s "Gangsta Gangsta".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: A minor occurrence: The "[[NoodleIncident DL Incident]]" referenced in "Like A [=G6=]" actually happened.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives Mike Posner one of these during his review of "Cooler Than Me".
* {{Recurrer}}: Due to the nature of the pop charts and the music industry, many artists have been featured multiple times, including Ke$ha, Jay Sean, Lil Wayne, the Black Eyed Peas, Bruno Mars, KatyPerry and, of course, LadyGaga.
* RedHerring:
** In his review of "Fifteen" by Taylor Swift, he tells a very sad story about how when he was fifteen, his girlfriend started acting strangely, before breaking up with him at the school dance. Then he reveals that [[spoiler: it didn't happen to him, it happened to Zach from ''SavedByTheBell'']].
** In two of his "Top Ten Worst Songs" lists to date, he starts a diatribe that leads to an easily mocked song by an easily mocked artist... and then reveals that he ''likes'' the song in question. 2009 has the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" and 1987 has Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now". He also [[SayMyName curses the name of]] BarryManilow in his 1976 list before revealing that he really has nothing against the guy.
** In his "Best Songs of 2010" list, when he reaches #5, he plays Katy Perry's "California Gurls" before tiredly laughing it away and ranting about how much he hates her... and yet keeps finding songs of hers that he likes. After listing a number of them, including begrudgingly not being able to hate "California Gurls" despite its many flaws, he gets into his song of choice, "Teenage Dream". [[spoiler:And then "California Gurls" turns out to be #2]].
** His [[CrossOver ill-fated attempt]] to review "What's My Name" by Rihanna and Drake.
** While reviewing Rihanna's "S&M", he comes to the conclusion that the reason he likes it is because it samples DepecheMode... and then remembers that he doesn't care for Depeche Mode either.
* RefugeInAudacity:
** During the "I Can Transform Ya" review, Todd calls Chris Brown "Captain [=McPunchesAGirl=]." That's just the tip of it, really.
** In his review of Usher's "OMG," he suggests that Usher's wife divorced him on the grounds that he tried to rhyme "style" with "wow."
* ReRun: Two of his YouTube reviews, "Sexy Chick" and "Carry Out," were brought over to TGWTG early on, probably because, at the time, they were still recent enough to pass as current pop music. Todd had initially said he wouldn't bring ''all'' of his old YouTube videos over, but he changed his mind on September 2011, uploading them with short intros to provide context.
* RescuedFromtheScrappyHeap: [[InUniverse In his opinion]], Kenny G's sax solo in [[KatyPerry Last Friday Night]] was 'almost enough to make up for a lifetime of suck!' [[invoked]]
* RimShot: "'''[[BritneySpears 3]]'''," what? I dunno. 3 years past her expiration date?
* RockBottom: "Tonight..." [[{{In-universe}} according to him.]]
* RuinedFOREVER: [[{{in-universe}} In regards to his own childhood]] after hearing the "Peter, Paul, and Mary" line from BritneySpears' "3." Now he can't listen to their music anymore without thinking there's some perverted meaning to every lyric.
* {{Rule 34}}: In his review of "S&M," when he's explaining how nothing shocks him anymore, Todd mentions that he's seen porn of himself.
* RunningGag: Todd himself said he tries to avert this during videos. However he still has at least three (besides the Lupa obsession).
** "Finish the Rhyme."
** And conversely, "NOT A RHYME."
--->'''Todd:''' Oh my god. I'm hitting the "Not A Rhyme" button as hard as I '''possibly''' can!
** His lack of ethnicity.
** '''[[GutturalGrowler BIEEEEBEEEEERRRRR.]]'''
** On his {{Twitter}}, Todd frequently mentions watching a film that one of his ThatGuyWithTheGlasses partners did a review for and yells "WHY DID NO ONE WARN ME!"
** On the ''Glitter'' review, Todd guessing if something will become a plot point, followed by "NOPE." He has a meltdown after [[RuleOfThree the third.]] And goes "I hate this movie" by the fourth.
* SanitySlippage: He thinks Bruno Mars got a touch of this during "Grenade."
* SarcasmFailure:
** In his "[=BedRock=]" review.
--->'''Gudda:''' And I got her, nigga... grocery bag.\\
'''Todd:''' ... I got nothing.
** Also played with in his "Tonight..." review:
--->'''Todd:''' You know, as a comedy reviewer, this is where I'm supposed to put in a funny analogy, you know?\\
'''Enrique:''' Tonight I'm fuckin' you!\\
'''Todd:''' "Oh, my God, I can't believe he said that! That's so bad, that's like if he--" If he... what? If he ''what''?! I... I can't come up with anything worse!
* SarcasmMode:
** In ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', when Billy Ray Cyrus mentions that they created Hannah so that Miley could have a normal life.
--->'''Todd:''' Yeah, she's clearly already beset by paparazzi, and if a child star's life isn't screwed up ''enough'', why not add a thick layer of secrecy and lies? Yeah, that's an interesting definition of "normal life," Billy Ray.
** "Let's keep listening. I can't wait to hear more!"
* SayMyName: '''[[GutturalGrowler BIEEEEBEEEEERRRRR.]]'''
** '''''[[TheColbertReport MANILOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW]]!''''' [[spoiler:He doesn't really have anything against him, though.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** His first video for ThatGuyWithTheGlasses has him talking about the massive opportunity he's been given... then quitting when he finds out he's got to review Kesha's "Blah Blah Blah". Credits roll... and he comes back and demolishes the song.
** At the end of his crossover review with The Rap Critic, they agree to do another review together and Rap Critic suggests the new Music/LadyGaga song. Todd promptly [[OffscreenTeleportation vanishes]]. He later pulls the same trick on [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]].
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Todd concludes that "Whip My Hair" singlehandedly created the very {{Hatedom}} it was meant to be dissing.
* SelfPlagiarism: Todd defends that while "E.T." was bad, Katy Perry did something unique - unlike Ke$ha, who "released the same song five times" and Lady Gaga, who "tanked with 'Judas' because it was just like 'Bad Romance', including being about a bad romance".
** He also says one of the songs in ''{{Spider-Man}}: [[TheMusical Turn Off the Dark]]'' (songs composed by Bono and The Edge) is U2's "Vertigo", only with different lyrics.
* SellOut: Todd finds "Moves Like Jagger" to represent this to Maroon 5. Also, considering how Katy Perry and Lady Gaga weren't known for inspirational ballads, "Firework" and "Born this Way" also fit.
* SequelHook: "Your Love is My Drug" sets up "Alejandro", "Give Me Everything" sets up "Tonight, Tonight".
* SevenMinuteLull: He references this trope in his review of Usher's "OMG", as the backup chanting breaks off just in time for Usher to deliver the lamest lines in the song. He even mentions in that episode's commentary that the idea came from TV Tropes.
* ShapedLikeItself: (On Kesha) "It's like Fergie, but with severe brain damage...so it's like Fergie."
** "I define bad as the absence of good."
* ShipperOnDeck: The character has an OT3: [=Ke$ha=] and [=3Oh!3=]. His only wish is that this doesn't yield children.
** After Miley and Lily fight over who has to impersonate Hannah, Todd comments that they have fantastic makeup sex.
* ShipTease: Todd admits that the only reason why he featured ObscurusLupa as a guest in his "OMG" video was to get the fans to ship them together, just because he could.
-->[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=17721&p=402414#p402414 She lives in Arizona, I live in Virginia. It could work!]]
** Not to mention the Nostalgia Chick's heavy crush on him. For delicious RealitySubtext, Lindsay and Todd are SickeninglySweethearts [[OfficialCouple in real life.]]
* ShoutOut: Enough to have [[ShoutOut/ToddInTheShadows his own page.]]
* SkewedPriorities: Calls Henry Gross out on this for finding the death of [[TheBeachBoys Carl Wilson's]] dog to be a worthy topic for a song, while Carl's brother Brian was in the middle of a mental breakdown.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: He decided to take a stab at movie reviewing with ''HannahMontana: TheMovie''. He didn't like it. And followed it with the Guitar Video Game.
** Ironically, his "Club Can't Handle Me" review opens with him admitting that he was enjoying reviewing movies and video games...[[ExecutiveMeddling while the Critic forces him back into music reviews.]]
** He does it again for "The Top 5 Most Awful Moments in {{U2}}'s ''Rattle and Hum''" (it opens at his keyboard, then he invites the viewer to come watch a movie).
** ''Glitter'' is similar. Todd is at his keyboard, says he likes MariahCarey and follows with some exposition on her before going to the TV to watch it.
** His alleged "review" of Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music" is ''actually'' an episode-long rant about his public image. Todd even admits that "this is gonna be a different episode for me". He spends about 15 seconds critiquing the song in question.
* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: He specifically references this trope (and [[{{REM}} the actual song]]) during his review of Flo Rida's "Club Can't Handle Me," saying, "But of course, it doesn't matter that it didn't rhyme, because all Flo Rida songs are basically gibberish till the chorus anyway. No one cares. Blah blah blah blah, Leonard Bernstein, ''whatever''."
** Then he does it with the actual song in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
* SoOkayItsAverage: Todd calls "Replay" this, as well as boring. He even opens the review (and later the blip intro) saying that a bland song is hard to discuss, unlike [[GushingAboutShowsYouLike a good one]] or [[AccentuateTheNegative a bad one]].[[invoked]]
** He also describes both "Born This Way" and "Firework" as "acceptably mediocre".
** He puts Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" at the top of its "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance" because the song is as mediocre as the love story described in it (where a guy decides to stay with his girl because both like ''BreakfastAtTiffanys'').
* SophisticatedAsHell: Every once in a while, he sarcastically uses slang in the middle of musical analysis.
-->'''Todd:''' How dare thy stain mine good lady's name. Her! The most sexiest of all biatches!
** Pushed one point further in "Niggas in Paris", where does a British KanyeWest.
* SoundEffectBleep:
** Parodied in his "Sexy Bitch" review.
--->'''Todd:''' ... but even though I did like "I Gotta Feeling", I'll admit you could ''maybe'' call it a little repetitive. ... Yeah. But at least they were repeating something besides "Sexy Bi-''Chick''" In case I haven't made myself clear, I think this song is a ''chick''-king piece of dog sh-''chick''!
** Kenny G's "Songbird" being one of the most popular ''pop'' songs of 1987 lead him into a cursing rant that had to be bleeped out.
** He ends his pseudo-review of "Turn Up the Music" with another bleeped cursing rant.
* {{Squick}}: [[{{in-universe}} His reaction to]] will.i.am comparing himself to a sperm bank in "Imma Be".
* StandardSnippet: When Miley/Hannah has a TwoTimerDate in ''Hannah Montana: The Movie'', Todd reacts by grabbing a saxophone and playing "[[TheBennyHillShow Yakety Sax]]".
* StealthHiBye: In two crossovers - first when TheRapCritic suggests a Gaga review, and when [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] suggests another Asylum movie.
* StealthParody:
** He can only assume that Akon's "Sexy [[strike:Bitch]] Chick" is one of these. Right? ''[[TemptingFate Right?]]''
** He also believes [=~Ke$ha~=]'s "Tik Tok" to be more suited to ''The [=DrDemento=] Show'' than mainstream pop radio.
** And he finds himself forced to wonder if "Carry Out" is Justin Timberlake doing a throwback to his ''SaturdayNightLive'' days.
* StealthPun: Todd says that in "Born This Way", Lady Gaga talks about you being free to be who you are no matter the way you choose to "express yourself." (which kinda doubles as {{Foreshadowing}} - see the entry on SuspiciouslySimilarSong)
** The ending title screen of the Imma Be review says [[http://images.wikia.com/lyricwiki/images/1/12/The_Black_Eyed_Peas_-_The_E.N.D..jpg "The E.N.D."]]
* StopBeingStereotypical: He lauds Far*East Movement for defying all of the [[spoiler:positive]] stereotypes associated with Asians.
* StunnedSilence
-->'''Bruno Mars:''' ''Yes, I would die for you, baby / But you won't do the same?''
-->'''Todd:''' ... Holy shit, dude.
** Also on "Deuces", after the line "Like Tina did to Ike in the limo, it finally hit me".
** When the BlackEyedPeas shift from sampling "Time of My Life" to their "DIRTY BIT!"
** And Mars causes it again with the second stanza of "The Lazy Song".
* StupidSexyFlanders: He admits that {{Rihanna}} dressed as [[GunsNRoses Slash]] is "really hot in a really confusing way."
** "Ah {{Usher}}. [[ChickMagnet The women want him]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim and the men]] [[FreudianSlip want him.]] [[ThatCameOutWrong Want to be him]]. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I meant want to be him.]]"
* SturgeonsLaw: Todd invokes it twice, saying in his Top 10 of 2010 that "Nothin' On You" really stands out because "songs with bad pickup lines are all I hear", and in his Worst 10 of 1976 that the good music of that year makes the bad ones look even worse than they are.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: During his FINISH THE RHYME segment in his review of "Black and Yellow", Todd had to mockingly give kudos to Wiz Khalifa for completely DESTROYING the rhyme track of the song and not even attempting to find a suitable substitute for the line that came before it.
* SuckinessIsPainful:
** "Break Up" by Mario featuring Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett is so horrible that it made Todd's hair fall out in clumps and made his nose bleed. The song's {{suckiness is painful}} enough that Todd later says he's lucky it [[{{Futurama}} didn't give him cancer.]] (and in the TGWTG forums, Todd called it the worst song he's reviewed)
** Yet in his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wX5OCwAkPg Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2009]], "Break Up" only managed to be '''Number 2 on the list'''. "Diva" by {{Beyonce}} was '''Number 1''', and was apparently so bad, it gave him bouts of nausea.
** Miley Cyrus' "Hoedown Throwdown" induces agonized writhing (plus [[DespairEventHorizon depression]] and [[DrivenToSuicide suicide threats]]) throughout its course.
** Kenny G's "Songbird" so much, that he put it as #1 on the Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 1987.
** And Todd's contortions during ''Hannah Montana'' are [[StockFootage recycled]] when he discusses the [[Film/{{Transformers}} Transformers film]].
** He states that "Drive-By" is "[[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Vogon poetry]] bad" and he feels bad reviewing it.
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: He always gets one of those songs to play during the credits.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: He discusses on how "Born This Way" is accused of being an "[[{{Madonna}} Express Yourself]]" rip-off.
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* TakeThat:
** He implicitly compared ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' to JamesCameron spending 500 million dollars of CGI and seven years to making a film consisting of a man being hit in the nuts. He speculated that the latter might have been a superior movie.
** He says to a picture of TommyWiseau: "That guy is ''definitely'' a jerk."
** In his review of ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', he's watching a scene where Miley is fighting with Tyra Banks over a pair of shoes. We get this little line:
--->'''Todd:''' [[BaitAndSwitchComparison OK, I find this hard to believe that a seasoned, mature celebrity would lower herself to fighting publicly with a dumb, flash-in-the-pan starlett like Tyra Banks]]... BA-ZING!
** When discussing the overly long name of ''HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''.
--->'''Todd:''' ... one of my favorite titles ever for a video game. Right up there with [[GearsOfWar Space Marine First Person Shooter Video Game]], [[FinalFantasyX2 Nonsense Fantasy Role-Playing Video Game]] and of course [[MetroidOtherM Piece of Shit]].
** "But I tell you what. The Yankees fan in me can't help but appreciate this. What NYC, the Yankees, and Jay-Z have in common is the absolute knowledge that you are and always will be more important than anyone around you. And that's what this song is about, and that's something I can relate to every day." *'''EAT IT, [[FandomRivalry RED SOX!]]''' flashes on screen* [[invoked]]
** He makes a well-timed one at ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' in his "The Time (Dirty Bit)" review.
** At the end of "Black and Yellow":
-->'''Wiz Khalifa:''' They say they scared of it, but the crows ain't.
-->'''Todd:''' You know who else wasn't scared? The Packers. '''BURN!'''
** Todd: "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag? Katy Perry does, because she's made of plastic. And she's a bag. '''BOOM!'''" [[hottip:*:"[[IronicEchoCut Boom, boom, boom!]] (Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon!)"]]
** He says that "Sexy Bitch" "sucks harder than the New Jersey Nets".
** In "The Time", he bashes the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuKQvq36IzA elevator parties that occurred at MAGFest]] ("hearing a bunch of morons screaming about how they're having fun is not having fun!").
** During his review of LadyGaga's "Born This Way," he criticizes the lyric, "God makes no mistakes," by observing that "God makes plenty of mistakes. This guy, for example" -- cut to a picture of a frat boy type with spiked and dyed blonde hair -- "was a mistake. And he was probably born that way. So I just don't see that as much of a defense."
** One against the BillEngvall Show, saying that even ''that'' was cooler than Mike Posner during ''Cooler Than Me''.
** During "Tonight, Tonight" by Hot Chelle Rae:
-->"Which brings me to my next point. Don't rip off JimmyBuffett. That's what we have KennyChesney for."
** Towards country music fans in his "If I Die Young" review: "I still check on [country music] now and again, but me and it lost touch right about the time I discovered ''everything else in the world!''"
** "And speaking of getting old really fast, let's talk about TPain."
* TalkingToHimself: Todd does Jesus' voice in "Just a Kiss".
* TemptingFate:
** "LadyGaga has genuinely used up her shock potential, I don't believe there's anything else she can do to shock - [[NightmareFace AH! OH GOD! OH GOD!]]"
** From his "Telephone" review.
--->'''Todd:''' I sincerely hope LadyGaga doesn't inspire any other artists [[FollowTheLeader to make weird, ugly videos with sub-par music in them]]. *Cue montage of Gaga-esque music videos by various artists*
** At least reviewing "Alejandro" will be a step down - LadyGaga surely has to calm down a little after "Telephone" and "Bad Romance", right? (StunnedSilence follows.)
** "I swear to god, I will beat myself unconscious if [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xazf7k_review-jason-derulos-whatcha-say this song]] gets any worse..."
** "Now, "Imma Be" isn't the worst song that the BlackEyedPeas have made. I mean, the band that made "My Humps" isn't going to dig that hole any further." Well, then came [[ItGotWorse "The Time (Dirty Bit)".]]
** After being baffled by Willow Smith referencing "[[{{Devo}} Whip It]]"... cue [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo_2.0 Devo 2.0.]]
-->One crisis at a time, Todd...
** In the Best of 2010 review, he cuts his positive review for KatyPerry's "Teenage Dream" short, since he'll lose all respect for himself if he has to praise her any more.
** About halfway through reviewing "The Lazy Song" he states he can't hate Bruno Mars any more than he does now. Cut to Bruno laughing at his own joke.
** Used twice regarding [=Ke$ha's=] "Tik Tok". After looking at her previous work with Flo Rida, the spelling of her name, and the album art, he's certain he's not going to like the song. The chorus plays... and he actually enjoys it. Heartened by this, he starts the song from the beginning... and the verses lose him again.
** Subverted by "Lighters". As he reaches Eminem's verse, he goes in expecting a bland verse fitting his has-been nature that will do nothing to blow him away... and is proven correct.
** Thinking that he's being too harsh, Todd decides he could enjoy the Black Eye Peas covering "Time Of My Life" if he gives it a chance. His faith is not rewarded.
* TenMinuteRetirement: His first ThatGuyWithTheGlasses exclusive. He quits from the strain from hearing [=~Ke$ha~=]'s "Blah Blah Blah", only to return and give it a sound beating less than a minute later.
* TheyJustDidntCare: Accuses Snoop Dogg of this in Katy Perry's "California Gurls" and Ludacris of this in Enrique Iglesias's "Tonight...". Though he admits that it's [[JustifiedTrope arguably justified]] considering they realized the quality of the song they were recording and [[MoneyDearBoy just wanted to get paid]]. [[invoked]]
** Also, he thought that Train wrote "Hey Soul Sister" as AlbumFiller ("let's write bad lyrics, and record it like I was imitating Minnie Mouse!").
** And it's one of the possible explanations Todd comes up for why the line "[[TooSoon Like Tina did to Ike in the limo, it finally hit me]]" appears in "Deuces".[[hottip:*:It isn't Chris Brown who sings it, but Todd is quick to point out Brown should have asked for the guest to remove this!]]
** Again when Bruno Mars wrote "The Lazy Song."
** He accuses Katy Perry's production team of doing this in "E.T.", as they got tired of providing nice beats and [[AutoTune tuning for her voice]].
** ItGetsWorse in his ''Moves Like Jagger'' review, where he is throughly convinced that Maroon 5 didn't know anything about [[TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]] himself, but just slapped it together when it seemed like a mini-fad to mention him in songs.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
** Said word for word after his first review at TGWTG.com was "Blah Blah Blah" by Ke$ha.
** In his "HannahMontana: TheMovie" Review: "This is going to hurt a lot, isn't it?"
* ThisIsSparta: FINISH. THE. RHYME!
** [[BrainBleach CAN'T... GET.... CLEAAAAAN!]]
** [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Three words]]: Deep. Blue. Something.
* TooGoodToLast: [[{{in-universe}} This is his hindsight opinion]] of the rise of indie pop in 2004, and he is strongly convinced that the same will happen to Neon Trees. He's a bit more optimistic about Foster The People.
* TooMuchInformation: His reaction to "'Cause I was all through\Oh I was overwhelmed" in "Drive-By".
-->"Don't make me think of your O-face, dude"
* [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously Took The Bad Song Seriously]]: [[{{in-universe}} Todd]] [[LampshadeHanging hangs several lampshades on this]].
** Music/JustinBieber in "Eenie Meenie".
--->'''Todd:''' Make us believe that you ''feel'', deep down in your ''soul''... that [[YouFailLinguisticsForever Shawty is a eenie meenie miney moe lovah]].
** Chris Brown in "I Can Transform Ya".
---> '''Todd:''' Poor Chris Brown... he's trying ''so hard'' to find the melody.
** In the WebOriginal/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_634960&v=OzOaLvwrbvc#t=32s cover]] of "Music/{{Friday}}", Todd seems to be the only person who's even trying to sing well.
* TrueArtIsAngsty: Totally [[AvertedTrope averted]]. He actually likes stupid pop music and his complaints stem from his dissatisfaction with ''bad'' stupid pop music. Lampshaded [[{{In-universe}} when he ranks]] "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" as one of his Worst Songs Of 1987.
-->'''Todd:''' What kind of critic am I? I'll tell you what kind: The kind that hates "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" by Genesis!
** On the other hand, he dislikes the "white guy with acoustic guitar" genre because it's mostly void of emotion.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: At one point in "Break Up," [[{{In-universe}} he asks]] if it's an avant-garde piece that's gone over his head.
* UnfortunateImplications:
** [[{{In-universe}} Todd points out]] that in "Tonight..." the chorus of the song "Tonight I'm fucking you" implies [[DateRape that the woman Enrique is talking to has no choice in the matter]].
** One line in BrunoMars' "The Lazy Song"[[hottip:*:Turn the TV on, [[ADateWithRosiePalms throw my hand in my pants]][=/=]Nobody's gonna tell me I can't]] leads Todd to believe that Mars had been called out for masturbating in public.
** "E.T." by Katy Perry ft. Kanye West. Todd, in an attempt to forgo his LiteralMinded ways of song interpretation, notes that if one interprets the song as being about, say, a black guy, then Katy is singing about a ScaryBlackMan who threatens to abduct her. Todd then figures that metaphor can't apply, and that it must meant to be taken literally and be about an alien, because there's no way the song would be intended to have that kind of message. [[ItGotWorse Then Kanye shows up and raps about abducting her, probing her and taking her against her will.]]
** If one sings "Like Tina did to Ike in the limo, it finally hit me" (as Kevin [=McCall=] in "Deuces"), he's sympathizing with Ike, of all people (and if the main singer had a domestic abuse history, it's even more unfortunate!).
** In his blip.tv intro to "3", Todd mentions how that review (and a few subsequent ones) make it seem like he's against sex.
* TheUnpronounceable: He has trouble saying the names of everyone in {{A-ha}} who isn't Morten Harket.
* VerbalBackspace: He does one after describing the {{Mondegreen}} of Hannah Montana's "I Got [[strike: Nerf]] Nerve".
--> '''Todd:''' Heh. Nerf should use this song for their commercials. Nerf should not use this song for their commercials. I immediately take that back.
* VerySpecialEpisode: His "review" of Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music" proceeds to ''completely'' ignore the song's existence, in favor of a 15-minute TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at Chris Brown and his complete failure to learn anything from the Rihanna incident.
* VomitDiscretionShot: He couldn't quite hold his liquor in "Your Love Is My Drug".
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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).
** 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 a U2 top 5 with "I'm Todd in the Shadows, and 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, [[RollingStones get off of his cloud!]]"
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome:
-->'''Todd:''' {{Eminem}} just [[ImAHumanitarian threatened to eat your face!]] '''''AWESOME!'''''
* 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 [=~Ke$ha~=]'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 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]]
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Calls this on Ne-Yo singing with an AustralianAccent ("Let's do it to-noight") - he even speculates it's "Let's do it to annoy!".
* WithLyrics: "[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/tpsr/27467-songs1987 Kenny G, he's a stupid looking guy...]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN2RnjFHmNY and he plays his goddamn saxophone, it makes me want to die...]]"
* 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 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 ''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]])
* WordSaladLyrics: Young Money's "[=Bedrock=]".
--> '''Gudda:''' And I got her, nigga... grocery bag.\\
'''Todd:''' The words and ideas don't flow into each other, they just pile up into this free-association trainwreck!
** Also, the second line into KanyeWest's first verse in [[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 {{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 {{REM}}'s vocation for this in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
** "Drive By".
* WorthyOpponent:
** LadyGaga. He doesn't like her, but he does acknowledge that "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 LadyGaga from artists such as M.I.A. and 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.
** While he assures us that he hates KatyPerry 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."
* 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."
* [[YouPutTheXInXY You Take the X from XY]]: "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: [[WebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash's]] stickfigure learns this firsthand.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The DesignatedVillain in the HannahMontana Movie may have a mall-building plan that even generous helpings of AndThatsTerrible can't convince Todd to disaprove of, but he does admit that he's acting like a supreme douch who seems to revel in the fact that not a single resident in the town wants his mall or likes him. [[StepThreeProfit How exactly he's planning to turn a profit]] after he taunted most of his potential customers that they'd never raise enough money to 'save' the field [[CardCarryingVillain (his own words)]] it will be built on...
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[[caption-width-right:300:Don't you recognize him?]]
->''"I don't do this because I hate pop music. I do this because I LOVE pop music."''
Todd Nathanson is a former {{YouTube}}-based reviewer, now featured on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, who focuses his snarking on pop music. Combines legitimate complaints with humorous observations and cute [[ShoutOut/ToddInTheShadows Shout Outs.]] Also, [[TheFaceless he always obscures his face in his videos.]]
A frequent "SpecialGuest" on PushingUpRoses' "LetsPlay Shorties". Todd normally appears on Roses' Let's Plays of {{Edutainment}} PC games from the early 90s. He's also recently started doing 'One Hit Wonderland' reviews, where he looks at one-hit wonders, the bands behind them and analyses them.
His old videos can be found on his [=YouTube=] account [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ToddInTheShadows here,]] while his That Guy With The Glasses output can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/tpsr here.]] ([[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/from-the-vaults all his YouTube videos have been uploaded to that, as well]].)[[hottip:*:Both have [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.wikia.com/wiki/Template:TITSscripts transcripts!]]]] His {{Twitter}} can be found [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd here]].
There is also a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=30688 FAQ]], detailing Todd's opinions on artists, songs and other stuff and a [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Todd-In-The-Shadows/207572262596885?ref=ts&sk=wall Facebook page]]
For a list of songs (and other videos) Todd has done, see ToddInTheShadowsList.
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!!Tropes regarding Todd in the Shadows himself:
* AcceptableTargets: One would expect Todd, as a music critic on the Internet, to take cheap shots at popularly-hated acts. [[AvertedTrope He does not.]] He owns up to liking some songs from [[Music/LadyGaga certain performers]] [[KatyPerry people love]] [[TheBlackEyedPeas to hate]], he made his case against Music/JustinBieber very clearly, and he even [[SubvertedTrope faked out the audience]] by pretending to have a deep-seated hatred of Music/BarryManilow before admitting he really had nothing against the guy. [[invoked]]
** However, he really doesn't like Music/{{Chicago}} (the band, not the city).
** And he's pretty open about his LOATHING of Chris Brown (he even started [[http://trollingchrisbrown.tumblr.com/ this]]), but most people find this to be justified.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In the credits to his 'Sexy And I Know It' review, he admits that he did think it was funny that one of the dancers tears off his Speedo to reveal another Speedo underneath.
* {{Adorkable}}: Todd is this ''in spades''.
** Just look at him singing at the start of the "The Spider-Man Musical Review".
** Or whenever he starts singing or dancing along with the track - especially in his ''Best of 2011'' video when he dances to Usher's More (Remix)
* AlterEgoActing: Downplayed; while he has a distinct persona, it only manifests in his interactions with other characters.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: From what we have seen of him in the light, he has somewhat dark skin, but God only knows what his specific ethnicity is. Todd himself has turned this into a deliberate RunningGag.
* AuthorAppeal: Clips from ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons The Simpsons]]'' appear quite a bit in his reviews.
* BiasSteamroller: Regarding both ChrisBrown and the "White Guys With Acoustic Guitars" genre.
* BileFascination: Invoked, out of character, with music and other media (in ''Film/GreenLantern'' [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick Lindsay]] and Todd said they went there to see why it's being reviewed so badly; in ''SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', he says the two, plus Lupa and Lindsay's friends went there "because they need to see everything!").
* TheBlank: His title cards often depict him as this.
** The artist who does the cards appears in one of [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s videos (Mr T #2) claiming that it's actually what he looks like. (She also obscures her face[[hottip:*:as she does in most of her web appearances]])
--> '''Krin:''' You guys know Todd doesn't actually have a face, right? The art is accurate! That boy...is a monster.
* ButNotTooForeign: Apparently, Todd is a 13-year-old black, white, beige, chola, Lebanese, Oriental Asian-American girl with blonde hair who looks like JimCarrey wearing a DannyDeVito mask with a [[JayLeno Leno]] chin... '''''[+as far as we know+]'''''.
** He even says the "You're black, white, beige, chola descent, you're Lebanese, you're Orient" part of "Born This Way" was written for him.
** He said in the commentary for "Like a G6" that he "could be anything! You guys don't know!"
** {{Lampshaded}} in his crossover review with [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]], which he does with the lower part of his face uncovered and in full lighting.
--->'''Film Brain:''' What race are you, anyway?\\
''' Todd:''' [[HandWave Look, that doesn't matter right now!]]
** In a vlog with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick where they gave their opinions on Transformers 3, he describes himself as "a possible Asian person", mentioning that he was deeply offended by the character of Jerry "Deep" Wang, as played by Ken Jeong.
* TheCameo:
** Made a guest appearance on ''AtopTheFourthWall'' when Linkara reviewed two {{KISS}} comics, and previously, was among the contributors who [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkA0ilNTuYU sang AT4W's theme in the 100th episode]] (where somewhat appropriately, he was immediately before Lupa...) and appeared in one of the PreviouslyOn segments:
---> '''Todd''': I can't let you live Linkara. YOU'VE SEEN WHAT I LOOK LIKE! [[TheUnreveal NO ONE CAN KNOW THAT ALL THIS TIME I'VE SECRETLY BEEN--]]
** Threatened [[WebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash's]] stick figure over ObscurusLupa.
** Appeared in the rendition of ''One Day More'' at the end of WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''LesMiserables''. And later, in her review of TheLittleMermaid ignoring the Chick's pleas of going out with him, and in ''{{Grease}} 2'' getting a makeover from The Makeover Fairy.
** Sacrificed himself for ObscurusLupa in her ''Birdemic'' review, composed ''The Black Ninja''[='=]s theme, and in a Lupa/Chick crossover, causes a CatFight between the two.
** Asked BennettTheSage to make a song countdown while [[{{Foreshadowing}} he escaped from LMFAO.]]
** Did the signature move of the reviewed song "Raise Up" in the crossover of TheRapCritic and MarcMues.
** He offers MarcMues a rhyme in his ''Worst 6 Pop Songs of 2011'' video.
* TheCastShowoff: Boy, can he play piano. And he's not a bad singer himself either.
* ChasteHero: According to Jesus in the "Just a Kiss" review.
* CoolMask: Todd dons [[http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2027320900106978597ZwpGhZ a black one]] for public appearances, both in a full version when wearing his hoodie, where only the bottom of his nose and lips are visible, and what looks like a more casual half version that only covers his nose and up. (Possibly just to throw on quick for the ever-present vlog coverage the meetups entail.)
** Said casual version is part of his [[Film/ThePrincessBride Dread Pirate Roberts]] costume in ''SuburbanKnights'', the Year 3 TGWTG MassiveMultiplayerCrossover.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Yep. His very name is Todd in the ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Shadows]]'', he does all his videos in the dark, and he spends most of them raging. Yet while he's about as snarky as it gets before getting into [[ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] territory, he's also pretty clearly a good, decent guy.
* DefeatMeansFriendship[=/=]LoveAtFirstPunch: Despite "negative amounts of talent", KatyPerry appears on his Top Ten Singles of The Year three years in a row. Todd grudgingly admits defeat in hating her.
--> "You win, Katy Perry. ''Marry me''."
* DistractedByTheSexy: [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/55790457426419713 Allegedly]] why he obscures himself.
* DistressedDude: When he tries to escape from the prospect of chick flicks, WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick tapes him to a chair to a) hit on him and b) make him watch it with her. Later, she's apparently abducted him several times to try and make him love her.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Todd is this to a T. You can tell he really wants to express how he feels to Lupa, but is unable to do, unless he's drunk. [[spoiler: Too bad he calls LordKat instead]].
** In the other hand, Todd ignores when WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick tries to get his attention. [[spoiler:(on RealLife, [[ShipTease is a whole different matter]])]]
* TheEeyore: In a funny way.
* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s invitation to do a joint review with Todd lead to him spending the entire review laughing at the idea of reviewing a ''comic book''.
** When it comes time for Todd to do a joint review, though, this gets turned around on him, as the rest of the [=TGWTG=] crew soundly refuse to review ''[[BritneySpears Crossroads]]'', ''[[AmericanIdol From Justin to Kelly]]'', or ''[[{{Madonna}} Body of Evidence]]'' with him.
*** And again in the ET review, where several other contributors show up to mock his taste in music.
** While vilifying Peter Cetera yet again in his Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 1976, he makes it clear that he doesn't hate all similar soft rock acts. PhilCollins, Bryan Adams, and Richard Marx are fine by his book, but he stops just short of praising Michael Bolton along with the others.
* TheFaceless: Always reviews InTheHood and with his FaceFramedInShadow.
** In public appearances (such as conventions and crossovers), he is on the light, but wears the CoolMask mentioned above.
* FaceOfAThug: When Film Brain first sees Todd in person, he immediately takes out his valuables and begs him not to knife him, due to the British association of hoodies with thuggish youth.
* FanHater: [[invoked]] He really hates [[ChrisBrown Team Breezy,]] if only for their refusal to admit ChrisBrown has done anything wrong.
* FoeYay: His hatred of ChrisBrown starts to resemble this. He just puts so much energy into hating him!
* TheGimmick: His face is constantly obscured by shadows or masks. His main setup also has him filmed in profile, whether facing his piano or the TV.
* HeManWomanHater: Todd references this trope by name in the prologue to the TGWTG-upload of the "Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2009" review, saying that he was afraid he would come off as this for including three {{Beyonce}} songs on the list.
* HeroesWantRedheads: [[ObscurusLupa Guess who]]. As a Facebook discussion [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows/posts/158784404188402 went]]:
-->'''WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick''': Hehe... yeah Todd... you can YOU can... DO... what so many wish they... could. #right?\\
'''Todd In The Shadows''': Eh, I'm only into redheads.
* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Inverted in-universe--He mentions the brief flak he got for admitting he liked Katy Perry, following it up with several fellow site members calling him out over it [[spoiler:and [[ObscurusLupa one]] doing the same for stealing her hair.]]
* ICantDance: Both discussed and demonstrated thoroughly in [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/todd-plays-the-black-eyed-peas-experience-5672837#disqus_thread this slice of hilarity]].
** Also [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31575-channel-awesome-dance-spectacular-3 this]]. (discussed in SelfDeprecation, below)
* InTheHood: [[LimitedWardrobe And it's the same hood]] (which he's had for [[http://twitter.com/#!/shadowtodd/status/44167050498805760 quite some time]]) for every review... until he [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows/posts/268427866511324 forgot it in New York]] and had to buy another. One of the two was sold on eBay since Todd compiled several parking tickets in NYC... (the crossover with TheRapCritic shows one Todd's mom made to him... with "Todd in the Shadows" written on the back!)
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: To avoid doing a crossover with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick for ''Crossroads'', he says,"I need to go wash my dog... fish...".
* InexplicablyAwesome: In comparison to the rest of the cast. The man could be a Time Lord.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In character, he's likable to the audience but obnoxious to most of his co-workers, and he's also a hypocritical StalkerWithACrush.
* LoveTriangle: [[TriangRelations Type 5 triangle]], as he wants ObscurusLupa [[StalkerWithACrush to an unhealthy level]], while WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick is equally fixated on him and [[DoggedNiceGuy is ignored.]] Taken to a natural conclusion on a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/ol/specials/31893-honor-and-glory Chick/Lupa crossover]], where Todd crashes the Chick's apartment, Lupa rejects him, and an angered Chick starts a CatFight.
* LargeHam: Whenever Todd gets angry, and most of the times where he sings, he hams up accordingly.
** "Never gonna hear from this person again, you hear me?! '''SHE'S A NOBODY, A NOBODY!'''"
** Also, his KanyeWest impression in "Niggas in Paris" ("I am where art meets commercial. The sweet spot between the hood and Hollywood...").
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: His heritage... '''as far as we know.'''
* NoIndoorVoice: When Todd gets really, ''really'' worked up.
* NoodleIncident: Todd's more ambitious (and especially misguided) [[GrandRomanticGesture attempts to impress Lupa]] are brought up this way, with [[NoodleImplements unexplained references to what they involved]].
--> '''Lupa''': ''Why?'' What am I supposed to do with all these ''geese''? \\
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'''Lupa:''' I have had live bunnies air-dropped onto my house. My front yard looked like the Cliff's Notes for ''WatershipDown''!
* TheOneThatGotAway: In WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''SleeplessInSeattle'' Todd angrily rants at the screen at Bill Pullman's character for not fighting for Meg Ryan, "You idiot! Fight for her! What is wrong with you!? Why don't you say something!?" before breaking down in sobs, "Why didn't I say something?" Later in the review Todd is still clearly distraught "Why didn't I do something? Why did I just let her leave?" and the Nostalgia Chick asks if he is upset over Lupa, Todd replies, "Who?" It's not her.
* RunningGag:
** Todd's [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption always-doomed]] attempts to romance ObscurusLupa, which develop into making him a StalkerWithACrush.
** Any comment that seems to pin down Todd's ethnicity is accompanied by the caption "As far as you know", or other mitigations.
** His "Finish the Rhyme" segment, though it hasn't seen use for a while.
* SecretPublicIdentity: Todd said he chose to be "In The Shadows" to avoid problems in his day job/life. Then again, we know his name and state. And after Mr. Awesome Goes to Washington, former profession. (And two videos - see TheReveal, below - accidentally revealed his face before being pulled down and replaced.)
* SelfDeprecation:
** Any time Todd claims he lives an exciting, happy or sociable life, there's a [[DescriptionCut cut to his normal life]], which ranges from mundane to pitiful.
** When listing off what's cooler than Mike Posner, he lists "Constantly self-Googling", illustrated by a picture of himself at a computer. (he admitted in interviews that he does that.)
** Reviewing "Firework"/"Born This Way", he says he no need for "pick-me-up songs" because he leads such a fantastic life. Cut to a clip of him sitting in front of his computer where he downs spirits, mopes for a while and tries to shoot himself in the head.
** Todd recites the {{MST3K Mantra}} during the "Party Rock Anthem" review. In doing so, however, he endangers his very purpose for being, and he [[DelayedRippleEffect almost fades from existence]]. [[invoked]]
** In "Moves Like Jagger", he says at least moving like Jagger it's better than moving like [[{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]] (referencing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfOa1a8hYP8 this]]) or... moving like SouljaBoy (referencing [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31575-channel-awesome-dance-spectacular-3 Todd himself]]).
* SignatureStyle: At [=MagFest=], apparently some people recognized that it was him playing a piano because of his piano playing style.
* SmallNameBigEgo: [[{{In-universe}} Parodied.]]
** After describing paparazzi as the lowest of the low in the entertainment industry, he adds "Critics like myself are of course at the top."
---> '''Todd:''' Because it's very important to [LadyGaga's] career that [she] impress[es] me personally! [{{Beat}}] Yeah!
** When pointing out Mike Posner's FailOSuckyname, one of his suggestions for making it cooler is "Mike in the Shadows".
** He makes an inflated version of himself and his achievements in comparison to TheRapCritic in "Lighters".
** In fact, in most of his cameos throughout TGWTG, Todd tends to portray himself as this.
* SourSupporter: Whenever he teams up with PushingUpRoses for an LetsPlay, he's always this.
* SoBadItsGood: Averted In-Universe. Todd categorizes the songs he listens to as either "Bad" or "Good", so songs that are So Bad It's Good for him (such as "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark) are categorized as "Good".
** Though he mentions Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" is horrible, but somewhat fascinating in its awfulness - unlike "Sexy and I Know It".
** Subverted when reviewing Rihanna's S&M. He's aware the song is bad, but he still likes it... and notices this is basically sadomasochistic in itself!
---> "It's so bad it hurts. More, please! Can I have another? It's so bad! That's why I don't show my face."
* StalkerWithACrush:
** [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=19563&hilit=Todd&start=180#p270831 Towards]] [[ObscurusLupa Lupa]]. During his review of "OMG" he repeatedly tries horrible pickup lines from the song on her until she finally threatens to get a restraining order. When he goes to his computer during the "Like a G6" review, we see that his wallpaper is picture after picture of Lupa.
--->'''Lupa:''' Why haven't I blocked you yet?
** His idea for a third anniversary crossover with her is to watch the Madonna erotic thriller ''Body of Evidence''.
--->'''Lupa:''' You want me to go to your room and watch a dirty movie with you?\\
'''Todd:''' Well, I mean...\\
'''Lupa:''' Todd, [[TemptingFate you could not possibly be any creepier than you are right now.]]\\
'''Todd:''' You smell nice.\\
''(Lupa punches him and runs off)''
** All but confirmed in [[spoiler: Lupa and Film Brain's review of ''Hercules In New York'', in which he has been hiding under the covers of the other bed in her room ''since the end of the Sunday School Musical Review''.]]
--->'''Lupa''': Stop stealing pieces of my hair!
** Also, in the ''Grease 2'' [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick Nostalgia Chick]] review, his wallet is full of Lupa photos (including title cards!).
** An episode of WebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou has Lupa interrupting Nash when he talked about [[http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x670927302/Police-arrest-Dalton-man-accused-of-handcuffing-himself-to-co-worker-in-Ringgold this]] to prevent him from giving Todd ideas.
** In "Give Me Everything", after another attack, Todd goes "Think I might be wearing her down."
* TheUnreveal:
** Several reviews have brief instances that show Todd ''in the light''! He has his back to the camera and his hood is up, so we only see his feet.
** Also, there's archive footage of him being given the ''Hannah Montana Guitar Video Game'' as a Christmas present. But there's a black face-silhouette with a white question mark inside covering his head. ("[[BlatantLies As you can see, the image has not been treated]]")
** While he did walk around unmasked at [=MagFest=], all of his on-camera appearances had his face masked.
** In the [[http://blip.tv/y-ruler-of-time/jo-rollo-todd-y-the-last-airbender-bloopers-5217846 blooper reel]] for the collaborative review under CrossOver, when he takes off the mask his face is covered by "Image not available".
** Starting with the ''Sunday School Musical'' review and ''SuburbanKnights'', he appears fully-lit and shot from the front... with a black mask pulled over the top half of his face.
*** [[YouCanPlayThis Jew Wario]] tried to look beneath his mask, only to for Todd to hold him at gunpoint.
*** Likewise, when [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] created on Facebook a "Making of SuburbanKnights" album, every shot of unmasked Todd [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows?sk=photos censors his face]].
*** And the only time he's unmasked and uncensored in {{Benzaie}}'s [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31605-a-frog-in-chicago-again vlog]], it's too blurry.
** In the review of ''Grease 2'': as [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick The Makeover Fairy]] poofs him over to Lindsay's house, she takes his mask off, but is terrified of what she sees and quickly puts it back on him. Of course, it was shot from behind him.
** Even though [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/mr-awesome-goes-to-washington-5827009 Mr. Awesome Goes to Washington]] is supposed to be a serious piece on the TGWTG reviewers going to DC to complain about SOPA, they still point out Todd refuses to show his face and censor it throughout. (then... see below)
** TheReveal: Accidental in the early, unfinished version of "5 O'Clock". Once Todd found out his face was being shown, he quickly took it off blip.tv and replaced with a re-edited version. Same with the "Mr. Awesome Goes to Washington" above - Todd spent a good part unmasked as you cannot go to senators in costume, but Lindsay missed the censoring for just one second and had to pull it back.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield[=/=]CityWithNoName: Kind of... in "Black and Yellow", he names his city as "Bumfuck Nowhere, VA".
** NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: In his review of "Just A Kiss", he claims the hottest nightclub in his town is the local Waffle House.
* YokoOhNo: In real life, while most are happy for them, he has a tendency to get sneered at by jealous NostalgiaChick fans.
!!Tropes invoked by Todd in the Shadows in his reviews:
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* AccentuateTheNegative: Subverted occasionally, since even Todd can [[ActuallyPrettyFunny admit when a song he's reviewing does something right]], or something close to right.
-->'''Todd:''' I don't make these reviews because I hate pop music. I make these reviews because I ''love'' pop music.
* AcceptableTargets: [[invoked]]
** ChrisBrown, even before [[DomesticAbuse the incident]]. Todd initially saw him as akin to Music/JustinBieber. Taken even further after Brown won a Grammy, as Todd started following him on Twitter just for trolling!
** Willow Smith, despite her tender age.
--->'''Todd:''' Yes, I'm gonna make fun of a nine-year-old girl. You try and stop me.
** Flo Rida.
--->'''Todd:''' We've got another report that this is the guy who did "Right Round", so, um... lethal force is authorised.
** Pitbull. "He makes the good songs go bad and the bad songs much worse."
** SouljaBoy, whom Todd often uses as a measuring stick by which to judge other inept rappers.
** Jason Derülo, because of his talent or [[DreadfulMusician lack thereof]].
** The band Music/{{Chicago}}, specifically lead singer and former frontman Peter Cetera.
** "White guy with an acoustic guitar" songs. Basically, insincere love songs or just flat out bland songs by "douchey" (usually white) guys with acoustic guitars. He has singled out "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz, "Hey Soul Sister" by Train, "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars, and anything by Jack Johnson and John Mayer as examples, and fleshed out his reasons in his review of "The Lazy Song". He didn't anticipate the possibility that JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" was one of these. At that point, it was just adding insult to injury.
*** The DistaffCounterpart, "white chick on piano". While not everything qualifies (he gives {{Adele}} a pass for "Someone Like You"), he cites {{Evanescence}} (or at least "My Immortal"), Vanessa Carlton and Christina Perri as examples.
** TheBlackEyedPeas. Even NicolasCage agrees with him, apparently.
** Dance songs set in clubs about dancing to dance songs (set in clubs).
** Songs used in commercials that sound like they were written for them. Aside from "Tonight, Tonight", he singles out Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl".
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: One small scene in "Sexy and I Know It". But that's the ''only'' thing he'll concede.
* AgeAppropriateAngst: In "If I Die Young", he flips out when he figures out that Kimberly Perry is 28 and actually older than he is, pointing out that it would be much easier to stomach if she were 16, since many people go through a morbid phase at that age but grow out of it. [[invoked]]
* AlbumFiller: Theory raised by Todd concerning the lyrics of Train's "Hey, Soul Sister".
** And also regarding the beat and production in "E.T.".
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[{{In-universe}} He's fond of doing this]] with popstars:
** LadyGaga is an EldritchAbomination, (or, alternatively, a [[CthulhuMythos cultist]]) wants to [[ImAHumanitarian kill and eat us all]], dislikes ''words'', and [[{{Scatting}} avoids using them whenever possible.]]
** LilWayne is on a quest to record with every musician in existence. (And apparently accomplished this goal as of "We Are The World 25 For Haiti.")
** Flo Rida is trying to do his damn hardest to be a successful rapper without having anything to personally identify him with... other than clubbing. And he's tired from clubbing so much and never going home, that it causes him to zone out on occasion.
*** Alternatively, he's recounting his own arrest.
** [=Far*East=] Movement are capable of [[EveryoneIsSatanInHell satanic mind control]]. [[invoked]]
** Patrick Monahan has recently undergone an arbitrary larynx transplant surgery.
*** Most recently, he has simply lost his mind, explaining why the lyrics to Train's songs are becoming increasingly bizarre.
** The [[StealthPun lyrics]] in the video for "Hey, Soul Sister" are squirming along the walls because they're attempting to escape.
** [=Ke$ha=] really is a perpetually drunken, shallow party girl, who prefers to go out with men who look like [[TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]] (Tik Tok) and have beards (Your Love Is My Drug). [[hottip:*:General consensus perceives her as a StealthParody; While Todd acknowledged this in "The Top 6 Worst Hit Songs of 2010 (That I Didn't Already Cover)," he considered that it didn't justify "Take It Off," where she's [[TakeThatAudience laughing at the listener]] instead of with them.]]
** Tyga is actually a [[NiceGuy sweet]] [[OneOfUs gamer]] underneath a [[JerkassFacade "gangsta" persona]].
** The crew behind "The Time" were conspiring against the BlackEyedPeas -- a recording technician was attempting to unplug Fergie's mic near the end, and the video's director was taking potshots at the song.
** {{Ludacris}} is omnipresent.
** Barry Manilow wrote every single song ever written.
** "Grenade" was Bruno Mars' SanitySlippageSong.
*** Bruno himself is "possibly not a guy".
** WyclefJean is on prescription drugs, but forgot them while recording "We Are The World"
** Enrique Iglesias is a serial rapist who was [[RaisedByWolves raised in the wild]].
** PuttPutt is a drug addict.
** [[TheLastAirbender Movie!]][[AvatarTheLastAirbender Sokka]] WouldHitAGirl.
** KanyeWest a) isn't rapping about alien sex, but kidnapping, b) has an inexplicable grudge against epileptics, and c) is a [[MadArtist pretentiously genius mentally unhinged artiste]].
** Beyonce has a deep-rooted hatred for men.
** Ne-Yo is aware of some sort of apocalypse, which may or may not (probably not) be caused by LMFAO.
** Drake is painfully aware of the fleeting nature of fame, and very afraid that he'll wake up one morning and find himself working at Burger King.
** Eminem is AmbiguouslyGay.
** ChrisBrown is a [[ProfessionalWrestling WWE heel.]]
* AnalogyBackfire: Pointed out by name in his review of the BlackEyedPeas' "Imma Be", when [=will.i.am=] compares himself to a sperm bank...as men ''put sperm into'' a sperm bank.
** He also points that a firework is something so ephemerous KatyPerry should have talked about firewood instead.
** LMFAO's "Yo, I'm runnin' through these ho's like Drano". Unless it was saying their music is corrosive and harmful.
** When the video for "If I Die Young" invokes Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott", he points out that said lady went completely unknown or cared about by her people, even after death. All she left behind was a pretty corpse.
** And then there's Train's "Drive By". The title's imagery aside, he focuses mainly upon the implications of Patrick comparing his love to a two-ply Hefty bag (in other words, garbage), and how it "went viral".
* AnatomicallyImpossibleSex: Discussed in his review of [=~Ke$ha~=]'s "Blah Blah Blah".
--> '''[=Ke$ha=]:''' Turn around, boy, lemme hit that.\\
[{{beat}}]\\
'''Todd:''' "''Turn around, boy''... ''lemme hit that?''" I don't think I understand the mechanics here.\\
'''[=Ke$ha=]:''' Don't be a little bitch with your chit chat, just show me where your dick's at!\\
'''Todd:''' Uh... it's between his legs. You know, the crotch area, that's where it is on most guys, you should know that. I mean, not that I'm making any assumptions about your character here, but I'm pretty sure you're already well-acquainted with the location of a penis.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Parodied in his "Party Rock Anthem" review, in which he states "And then John was a douchebag" during the dance zombie apocalypse scene.
* {{Angrish}}:
** His first two LadyGaga reviews reduced Todd to this. In one, he actually just screams in pure frustrated anger.
--->'''''DAAAAAAAAH!'''''
** {{Defied}} -- He didn't review [=Ke$ha's=] "Take It Off" because he would spend the whole review screaming like the RainMan.
** His fury and confusion that Kenny G had a Top 10 hit on the Pop charts in 1987 devolved into this.
* AntiLoveSong: Many of the songs listed in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
** Todd's worst villains of TheEighties are Ayatollah Khomeini, Pablo Escobar, the guy who shot Pope John Paul II (Mehmet Ali AÄŸca)... and Peter Cetera, former frontman of Music/{{Chicago}}.
*** And his list of Cetera's crimes: "Peter Cetera is a war criminal. Peter Cetera caused the stock market crash. Peter Cetera [[ShootTheDog killed my dog]]."
*** In the same video, he lists the plagues that attacked the namesake [[TheWindyCity Windy City]]: the Chicago Fire, Al Capone, and the "[[TakeThat lingering, still infestating plague of Cubs fans]]".
** In his review for Bruno Mars's "Grenade", Todd makes a list of the qualities of the woman whom Bruno is singing about: "Abusive", "Demonic", "Insane", "Evil", "Deceitful", and "Bad at auto repair."
** When he's detailing the strange things that have happened to him over the year:
--> Let's see, I've been [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick abducted several times]], I fought for the [[SuburbanKnights fate of the world]], I've been punched in the face [[ObscurusLupa with great frequency]], I drank way too much and weirdest of all, I started facing to the left.
* AteHisGun: He tries to do this during his review of "Imma Be" by the ''Black Eyed Peas''.
--> '''Todd:''' If I have to hear "Imma be" one more time, [[TemptingFate I'm gonna shoot myself!]] *Starts freaking out, reaches for a nearby pistol, puts it to his head, his chin, in his mouth, and starts pulling the trigger* [{{beat}}] *disappointed* [[DeadpanSnarker This isn't a real gun]].
** He jokes about it again in the ''Sunday School Musical'' review.
* AutoTune: Discussed (and used) reviewing [[{{T-Pain}} "5 O'clock"]].
* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Todd theorizes that the reason BrunoMars peppers "The Lazy Song" with random references to sex and masturbating is because, otherwise, it could easily be mistaken for a ''SesameStreet'' song.
* AwardBaitSong: He thinks "Never Too Far" was this for ''[[MariahCarey Glitter]]'. To prove his point home, he even plays [[TheBodyguard "I Will Always Love You"]] over it.
* AwesomeMusic: [[invoked]] His views on 'Fuck You!'
--> Todd: It's rare to see consensus get built about a pop song. Music is one of the things that everyone has a different taste in. Very, very rarely is a song so good that everyone has to agree on it. But when I heard my #1 song, I spread it to everyone I knew and everyone loved it, and I've never seen that happen. I told myself if there was any justice in this world, it would be a song that spread everywhere and that everyone would love it and...it did... And by the end of 2011, it was widely recognized as one of the greatest songs ever written.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Apparently, his opinion on Taio Cruz.
* BadBadActing: In the crossover review of Kanye West's ''Runaway,'' Rap Critic and Todd [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] the cliche crossover setup by passing a script back and forth and reading the lines completely deadpan.
* BaitAndSwitch: In the beginning of his review of Train's "Drive By", he compliments Train as an interesting and intriguing band and rhetorically asks what made him change his mind. While the listener might be expecting a glowing compliment of a song or album, instead he says "Well, I think the lead singer might've gone insane."
* BecomingTheMask: After hearing 3OH!3's verse on [=~Ke$ha~=]'s '[=BlahBlahBlah=]' Todd wonders to himself whether they were genuinely dumb fratboys all along, or if they'd 'gone so far into character that they can't get out.'
* BerserkButton:
** Music/JustinBieber. Just his mere image sends Todd into a growling rage. Hell, he got so mad at the chorus in "Eenie Meenie" it gave him a close-up.
--->'''''BIEBER!'''''
** '''PETER, PAUL AND MARY?!!!!'''
** KennyG.
** The musical genre known as adult alternative. He crystallizes this in his review of Train's "Hey Soul Sister".
** Chris Brown's beating the stuffing out of {{Rihanna}}, to the point where he has to struggle to keep from making his review of "I Can Transform Ya" all about it. Chris himself becomes this over the course of "Deuces", primarily because he acted like DomesticAbuse was no big deal.
** He hates the group Chicago vehemently. Has it ever occurred to you that he hates Chicago?
*** More specifically, he hates Peter Cetera, frontman of Chicago, who he considers to be one of the greatest villains of the 1980s, and says his voice 'resonates at the exact frequency to piss me off'. However, he has no problem with older Chicago songs - roughly their recorded output from before the release of ''Chicago X''.
** Who was the writer of "I Write the Songs?" Not Barry Manilow, but '''''BRUCE JOHNSTON OF THE [[TheBeachBoys BEACH BOYS]]!?!!?'''''
* BetterByADifferentName[=/=]SerialNumbersFiledOff: [[{{in-universe}} How he views]] certain songs.
** When introducing LadyGaga's "Alejandro", he plays the chorus of {{Ace of Base}}'s "The Sign" instead.
*** He also mentions the {{Madonna}} ripoffs in the video (such as the dress from "Vogue")
** He can't listen to more than a few bars of Flo Rida's "Club Can't Handle Me" without it turning into "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon.
--->'''Todd:''' Though, I have to admit that I don't like this song as much as the first time I heard it, back when it was called [[BlackEyedPeas "I Gotta Feeling"]].
** He imagines that "Eenie Meenie" would have been better if it left out Justin Bieber and got rid of the ridiculous lyrics... and realizes that that perfectly describes Sean Kingston's earlier song "Fire Burning".
** In an inversion, he describes Jay Sean's "Down" as an even better version of Chris Brown's "Forever", thus ensuring that [[TakeThat the world can safely ignore Chris Brown]].
--->'''Todd:''' New and improved ChrisBrown! Now with 31% less {{domestic abuse}}!
** He mentions Travie [=McCoy's=] "Billionaire" in his end-of-2010 recap solely to point out its similarity to {{Sublime}}'s "Santeria".
** A double-whammy in the case of "The Time" - he preferred the song they based the chorus on (in fact, like in "Alejandro" he opens the review playing "Time of Your Life"), and believes the beats to be a rip-off of Benny Benassi's "Satisfaction".
** While more IdenticalStranger, as he doesn't like the song, Todd is shocked to see Daddy Yankee isn't Pitbull.
*** Likewise, he finds "5 O'Clock" to be a rethread of "Whatcha Say", being a song about a bad boyfriend with a misused sample of a British singer - but while Todd hates [=DeRulo's=] song, {{T-Pain}}'s one only baffles him.
** JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" is a retread of Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours"... too bad he already loathes the other one!
* BigLippedAlligatorMovie: His opinion on Music/TheMonkees' ''Film/{{Head}}''.
* BigNo: Todd lets out a big no when he thinks that the car in "Black and Yellow" might just be [[{{Transformers}} Bumblebee]].
** And again when he hears AC/DC's "You shook me all night long" ruined by the Black Eyed Peas.
* BitingTheHandHumor:
** From "Telephone".
--->This video has more obtrusive advertisements than [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses thatguywiththeglasses.com]]!
** In "Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2010".
--->'''YOU ALL ARE A BUNCH OF NERDS!''' '''''NERDS! NERDS! NERDS!'''''
** Both the higher-ups screwed him over in their cameos: WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic threatened him with "[[HannahMontana Hoedown Throwdown]]" if he didn't continue reviewing music, and Rob Walker unveils that he edited out large chunks of Todd's script for "S&M" and is implied to think that Todd is dumber than [[AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]].
* BleepDammit: At one point, the subtitles refer to the Jay-Z/Kanye West single as "Niggas in P***s". "What the hell do I pay you people for?"
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Mimicking WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic at the start of his review of "Eenie Meenie". Makes a return at the end of the "Black and Yellow" review.
-->'''Todd:''' HELLO, I'M TODD IN THE SHADOWS! I LISTEN TO IT '''CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO!'''
* BrainBleach: Employed {{in-universe}}, and often combined with a ShowerOfAngst: [[invoked]]
** In "Deuces", when Todd hears the line "I'm a dick so I shouldn't be that hard to swallow", we immediately cut to a shot of his bathroom with the shower running.
--->'''Todd:''' '''[[ThisIsSPARTA CAN'T... GET.... CLEAAAAAN!]]'''
** In the review to BritneySpears' "3"
--->'''Todd:''' Run from this terrible song. Run before she taints your moral purity. That's what I'm gonna do. And taking a freaking shower.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs:
** Todd starts "Like a G6" saying it's a Ke$ha ripoff. Then he compares it to "Boom Boom Pow", and concludes it's "The Ke$ha/Black Eyed Peas collaboration the world was asking for."
** While reviewing "Tonight, Tonight", he states that party songs should consist of more than just repeating the word "tonight". Or "everybody". Or "fun". Or even "Everybody Have Fun Tonight". Though he admits that song is okay.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Multiple times (in several layers) on the list of three-syllable phrases more suitable that "sexy bitch" for use in Akon's "Sexy Bitch."
** At the start of his review of KatyPerry's "E.T.", several other reviewers appear and knock his taste in music; the last is ObscurusLupa with a [[StalkerWithACrush different issue]]:
--> '''Lupa:''' Stop stealing my hair!\\
'''Todd:''' [quickly] Boy, that Katy Perry sure sucks, right!?
* BrickJoke: In "The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2010", Todd says he could write a dissertation on how Rihanna has reacted publically and artistically to the Chris Brown incident. Next time he reviews a Rihanna song, guess what he has? [[hottip:*:An unexpected interruption by Paw and Roses, but the time ''after'' that...]]
* BrokenRecord: He decided to count how many times "Imma Be" is {{Title Drop}}ped [-('''106''')-] and called this on "Whip My Hair":
-->'''Todd:''' "Whip My Hair" is about three and a half minutes long, and it uses a fairly typical verse-chorus-verse structure. This is surprising to me, because the first few times I heard it, I would have sworn to you that it was just three straight hours of ''just this one line''.[[hottip:*:In case you don't know: I WHIP MY HAIR BACK AND FORTH!]] I mean it just seems to go ON, and ''ON.''
* BrownNote: He believes that the only way a song could be worse than Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight..." is if it manifested outside of the listener's speakers and humped their leg.
** "What two words send shivers up a music lover's spine more than ''Disco Duck?''"
* CallBack:
** During his review of "OMG" Todd tries to pick up ThatGuyWithTheGlasses contributor ObscurusLupa on webcam with lyrics from the song "OMG". At the end, he quotes "Sexy Chick", another song he reviewed.
*** Also, he says the synth fuzz at the beginning sounds like the player fell asleep on their keyboard, "which, believe me, is not as comfortable as it sounds". This happened to Todd himself in the "Replay" review.
** When he Googles the term "G6" in the review of "Like a G6", you briefly see that his desktop wallpaper is a collage of Lupa photos.
** In his review of "Whip My Hair", he tries the titular method of dealing with "haters" on several of his fellow TGWTG contributors, none of whom are impressed. The last one is Lupa, who wonders why she hasn't blocked him yet.
** When Todd finally hears a song with awesome, so-good-no-woman-could resist pickup lyrics, he rushes to try them on Lupa...only to go blank and start quoting the lyrics from "Carry Out" instead.
** In "Black and Yellow"
--->'''Song''': Stay fly like...\\
'''Todd''': A G6?
** In "Grenade", he describes the [[NoodleIncident DL incident]] from "Like a G6".
** After making NinjaPirateZombieRobot-esque claims about his heritage in "Like a G6" he mentions that a line in "Born This Way" intended to appeal to all races touches him personally... because he is all those races. At once.
** In "S&M", his desktop refers to a game he played with PushingUpRoses (see FunnyBackgroundEvent, below).
** In "S&M" he mentions the dirty Madonna movie ''Body of Evidence''. Later he tries get Lupa to watch it with him.
** In the ''Glitter'' review, he breaks out the old Mario statue from the "Break Up" review, saying he'll use it to review instead of actually doing it himself. Then ''that'' is called back on when the very next review starts with this idea failing.
** Two in "Give Me Everything". First he thinks the "not having a tomorrow" might be related to the LMFAO dance zombies. Then he reacts to "Grab somebody sexy and say 'Hey, give me everything tonight!'" with... guess who.
** He ends "Tonight, Tonight"'s review with [[Music/{{Genesis}} "Tonight Tonight Tonight"]], which he listed among the worst hits of 1987.
** When WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick comes to his house to ask his help on a ''[[BritneySpears Crossroads]]'' review, she remembers how Todd unsuccessfully tried to review said movie during the ''SuburbanKnights'' shoot.
** "LupeFiasco, not to be confused with the Lupa Fiasco..." (cue Todd and Lupa on Skype...)
* TheCameo: Ironically Todd admitted in the commentary for "Eenie Meenie" / "O.M.G" that he really hates adding cameos into his reviews because he likes having complete control over what goes into the video. Even so...
** Fellow TGWTG contributor and [[PromotedFanboy promoted fan]] from YouTube ObscurusLupa appears throughout his "OMG" review, [[RunningGag and several other reviews afterwards.]]
** WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic shows up in the beginning of the review for "Club Can't Handle Me" in his BadBoss persona.
** And again for the "Whip My Hair" review with several cameos by various other That Guy With The Glasses contributors.
** In "Black and Yellow", Pennsylvanian RolloT goes on a rant about Pittsburgh.
** PushingUpRoses appears in "Grenade", with Todd attempting to get a "thanks" out of her for "promoting" one of her Vinyl Destination videos as "worst video ever". She also shows up in voiceover at the end of "The Lazy Song" to ask why Todd's playing ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'' instead of working on the review.
** JesuOtaku appears in "Firework/Born This Way" to demonstrate how offending a girl's figure is bad.
** Rob Walker ([[DougWalker Doug's]] brother, whom Todd refers as "his producer") and [[AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]] appear in "S&M".
** Four reviewers appear to complain about Todd liking KatyPerry (and Lupa to complain about stalking). Only one made a first cameo - WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick, who is then [[DoggedNiceGuy rejected by]] Todd.
*** Lindsay does an uncredited return as [[TheMuppets Beaker]] in "[[http://www.twitvid.com/9QMTB Party Rock Anthem]]". And to be rejected again in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
** TheRapCritic appears in "Lighters" to unsuccessfully get a second CrossOver, and explain to the LiteralMinded Todd what "show his ass" means.
** [[BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]] appears to make Todd not give up on reviewing "Sexy and I Know It".
* CannotSpitItOut: This happens to Todd when he finds inspiration to use the lyrics of "Nothing On You" by B.o.B and Bruno Mars on ObscurusLupa, but he eventually screws it up again by singing the lines to JustinTimberlake's "Carry Out" on her instead.
* CaptainObvious: Todd calls LilWayne "MC Obvious" after hearing the line "I can transform ya[=/=]Like a {{Transformer|s}}".
* CaptionHumor: [[PainfulRhyme NOT A RHYME.]] (and a lot more, such as *apology twirl* in "Whatcha Say")
** Many in [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/todd-plays-the-black-eyed-peas-experience-5672837#disqus_thread Todd plays The Black Eyed Peas Experience]] (best being "This video would be awesome blackmail material if I were not in it")
* CarryABigStick: Todd pulls one out during "Club Can't Handle Me" by Flo Rida.
-->'''Todd:''' Now, maybe it's just me, but if the club can't handle him right now, my only conclusion that they're using the wrong club. Now, this is '''MY''' club. It is an authentic replica of a war club used in battle by ancient Greek soldiers, and trust me: '''It CAN handle you right now.'''
** His title card artist has drawn Todd carrying that again for "Deuces" and "Tonight".
* CassandraTruth: PlayedForLaughs in his "BadRomance" review.
-->'''Todd:''' She's a demon from Hell! She's gonna kill us all! How are you not seeing this? You've got to believe me!
* CheapHeat: Todd points out how Lady Gaga's "You and I" song changes the state mention in the song from Nebraska to Virginia where he lives, and that it seems to be the same all around for the rest of the country.
* ChewingTheScenery: He calls LilJon out on this during "Do You Remember".
* ClusterFBomb:
** Right after Todd considers not letting Chris Brown's crimes taint his perception of his future hits anymore, the first few lines of "Deuces" play.
---> '''Todd:''' Go fuck yourself, Chris Brown! [[ThisIsSPARTA Go. Fuck. Yourself.]] Go fuck yourself, you stupid, useless waste of a human being!
** Pretty much the entire "Tonight" review, both on Todd's part and Enrique's.
** Another big one occured on {{Twitter}} when [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47668878175772673 he found out what Chris]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669148309917696 Brown's new album ''F.A.M.E.'' stands]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669221852848128 for... ''Forgiving All My Enemies''.]] Afterwards, [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] jumped in with a LampshadeHanging:
---> '''[=@FB_BMB=]:''' [=@ShadowTodd=] appears to have been [[HairTriggerTemper replaced by]] JoePesci. His Twitter will resume normal service shortly.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** Despite figuring out the line "Sippin' sizzurp in my ride/Like Three Six" to be about the [[ThreeSixMafia Three Six Mafia]] he decides to run with the over the top joke about 666 describing [[NumberOfTheBeast Satan]], culminating in a diatribe about bad pop music being a tool of the devil.
** He complains about "Telephone" becoming a GeorgeLucasThrowback to QuentinTarantino, saying Tarantino doesn't stand copying other directors. A {{beat}} follows as Todd notices what he just said.
** In "E.T.", regarding an [[Film/ETTheExtraterrestrial E.T.]] [[ParallelPornTitles porno]] (see FetishRetardant below).
** Subverted with "Telephone". [[WordOfGod Word of Demon from Hell]] says that the phone is in her head, keeping her from having fun. Todd points out in "Alejandro" how it was brought to his attention that he missed the true meaning behind "Telephone"... and proceeds to point out there is ''nothing'' in the lyrics that indicate any possibility of that being the case.
* CouchGag: Each episode begins with Todd playing today's song on the piano. (except on Top Tens, where it's a song from the year covered) Todd challenged himself to do this with "Whip My Hair". He had to ask for a few clips from the song just to get it down first, but cheered when he finally did it.
-->'''Todd:''' [{{beat}}]... WHAT THE CRAP WAS THAT?!
** Subverted in "Sexy and I Know It", where he even argues with the caption on his refusal to play the song.
* ContinuityNod: His ''Glitter'' review ends with him putting his hoodie on a Mario statue (previously seen in "Break Up") and setting up a CD player so it can replace him. The next episode ("Party Rock Anthem") starts with this backfiring as the player stops working.
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Complains about JasonDeRulo and T-Pain's equivocated sampling of ImogenHeap and LilyAllen, respectively.
* CrazyPrepared: Linkara's Review of "The Punisher and Eminem #1". During his crossover with TheRapCritic Todd apparently gave The Rap Critic a message for Linkara just in case Linkara called on him.
-->'''''NERD!'''''
* CreatorKiller: He predicts that "The Time (Dirty Bit)" will be the Black Eyed Peas'.
* CreatorsPet: The crowd chanting Mike Posner's name in the beginning of "Cooler Than Me". [[invoked]]
* {{Crossover}}[=/=]{{MST}}:
** Did a review of Music/TheMonkees' movie ''Film/{{Head}}'' with PushingUpRoses and PawDugan. (Roses also calls Todd for some of her LetsPlay Shortys)
** He collaborated with JesuOtaku, RolloT and YRulerOfTime in [[http://blip.tv/file/4911765 a review]] of ''TheLastAirbender''.
** A joint review of Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me" with TheRapCritic.
*** One year later, the duo reviewed KanyeWest's short film ''[[http://t.co/8jXPikqN Runaway]]''.
** He fails to convince BennettTheSage, {{Phelous}} or ObscurusLupa to do a crossover, and instead does ''[[TheAsylum Sunday School Musical]]'' with [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]].
** Reviewed ''[[BritneySpears Crossroads]]'' with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick.
* CultureClash: Points out how "Alejandro" is full of gay Russian soldiers marching to a Mexican themed song based off a Swedish pop group. He couldn't do that no matter how hard he tried. [[GilliganCut He then plays "That's Amore", followed by an Oriental riff on the piano with "Vive la France" appearing on screen]].
* CurseCutShort: In a scrolling list variant, he explains the various terms which flow better in song than "Sexy Chick" or "Bitch" ending with:
-->You are a worthless sex object and I'm going to stick my--
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* DeadHorseGenre: Invoked. One of his biggest problems with the remake of "We Are The World" is that the "MegaCrossover for charity" genre has passed the point of parody. He also points out that many of the contributors had already spoofed the genre, with emphasis on JoshGroban.
** He also considers club anthems to be heading in this direction. When LMFAO used a ZombieApocalypse theme in one of their videos, he claimed a zombie was a perfect analogy for the genre; technically dead, but still moving.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's pretty dry, but he gets animated at times.
* DeathIsCheap: He's offed himself five times already. One was in the middle of a review. He's even lampshaded this:
-->'''Todd:''' [O]nce again, it's time for me to kill myself.
* {{Defictionalization}}: Krin drew [[http://thebutterfly.deviantart.com/art/Todd-In-The-Shadows-179883302 Todd reviewing "Like a G6"]]. This gave her a job as his title artist, and caused Todd to go after the song and actually review it.
** Likewise, an AprilFools [[http://thebutterfly.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3czio8 title card of]] "[[{{Rihanna}} S&M]]" became a review as well.
* {{Demonization}}: "Peter Cetera is a war criminal. Peter Cetera caused the stock market crash. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Peter Cetera killed my dog]]."
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
** "Because that's not even a joke even!"
** "... the biggest pop songs of the year were all pretty much the same thing - club dance songs about dancing in clubs to club dance songs."
** "The original title was "[[{{Kesha}} Your Drugs Are My Drug]]", I'm guessing."
** "''Pedicure on our toes, toes''".
--->"Now that I think about it, it's probably a good thing that she cleared up where she got the pedicures. Because I'm starting to get the feeling that she's the type of girl that if someone doesn't clarify that for her, she'll try to get pedicures on her eyeballs or something."
** Calling the Pittsburgh Steelers "Losing losers of losingness"
* DescriptionCut: Three in the "Firework/Born this Way" review.
** He says due to his life he has no need to listen to inspirational music. Cut to a flashback where Todd drinks and puts a gun to his head.
** Todd calls JesuOtaku fat, and proceeds to discuss on how she got affected and is taking it hard... while she just stares at him.
** At the end, Todd expects to see how Katy Perry and Lady Gaga do in their new, down-to-Earth way. Cut to their next singles, "E.T." and "Judas", which are about said artists "boinking monsters".
** And in the most awful moments of ''Rattle and Hum'', he claims {{U2}} never embarrassed themselves after said movie... before cutting to them dressed as the VillagePeople in "Discothéque".
** In "Give Me Everything", he sees a rock band in the top 10 of the Hot 100, and asks to hear the song as it might be a break from the constant party songs. Too bad that song was 'Tonight, Tonight' by Hot Chelle Rae, yet another dance song.
** In "Lighters", he asks for the song to begin expecting an angry song like {{Eminem}} used to do... only for the opening to be Bruno Mars in his piano.
** In "5 O'Clock", Todd says he knows how to party all night long. Cut to him playing video games.
* DesignatedVillain: He calls attention to the ''HannahMontana: TheMovie''[='=]s villain being this. [[invoked]]
* DespairEventHorizon:
** Nearly crossed in his review of "Blah Blah Blah".
** Arguably ''was'' crossed in his LadyGaga reviews.
--->'''Todd:''' '''''She is a demon from hell!'''''
** Yet again during his review for "3" when BritneySpears caused him to imagine [[PeterPaulAndMary Peter, Paul and Mary]] having a threesome.
** Miley Cyrus' "Hoedown Throwdown" sent Todd into a horrible depression to the point where he threatened to end it all but was stopped when the song ended.
** The 2011 {{MTV}} [=VMAs=] prompted Todd to do an 18-minute, unscripted video in which he bemoans the bloated and [[NetworkDecay decayed]] FranchiseZombie [=MTV=] has become.
* DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: [[InUniverse He couldn't]] take ''[[{{U2}} Rattle And Hum]]'' anymore after they [[spoiler:showed Bono performing in front of Martin Luther King footage.]]
* {{Dissimile}}: He points out that "Head to Toe" by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (no. 6 on his list of worst hit songs of 1987), which is said to resemble {{Motown}}, isn't ''anything'' like Motown! He compares "Head to Toe" to an actual Motown song (more specifically, The Isley Brothers' "This Old Heart of Mine") and claims that "Head To Toe" is ''exactly'' like Motown... except without the tight musicianship, the soulful singing, or the longevity.
** Lesser example: he discusses that "The Lazy Song" is a "white guy with an acoustic guitar" song despite Bruno Mars not being white... and possibly not a guy.
** "Eminem with his rabid legion of angry white guys! I was one of them... except I was not angry... and I'm not white" ([[RunningGag As far as you know]])
* DistaffCounterpart: He identifies "white chick with piano" as the distaff counterpart to "white guy with acoustic guitar."
* DodgyToupee: The HannahMontana wig he wears in "Whip My Hair" and the crossover with TheRapCritic (in the commentary for the former, Todd mentions it barely fit his head, and if he headbanged a little harder it'd fall).
* DontExplainTheJoke: "Only Sixteen", a hit by Sam Cooke that was later covered by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, is about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a guy who fell in love with a 16-year-old]]. That's far too young for him, because he's '''''SEVENTEEN'''''! ''A-hyuck, a-hyuck, a-hyuck!''
** When Todd comments that he knows next to nothing about Flo Rida's backstory, he says:
--->If I had to guess, I'd say he's probably from Miami... Partly because his name is Flo Rida. You know, Florida, Flo Rida, Florida... You get it? [[SarcasmMode It's clever.]]
* DoubleEntendre: {{Defied}} by Todd in "Carry Out," in which he calls out a line, which doesn't even fit under a ''Single'' Entendre, but rather under a '''.3 Entendre'''.
* DoubleStandard / TheUnfairSex: His primary objection to Beyonce and her music. He ''really'' tears into her when he talks about "If I Were A Boy", calling out women for being just as guilty of everything she accuses men of being.
* DoubleTake: Many lyrics have Todd listening to them twice before giving a reaction.
* DudeNotFunny: Invoked when Todd wakes up from a hangover in "Your Love Is My Drug", he asks for something to brush his teeth with. He's handed [[MemeticMutation a bottle of Jack Daniel's]] and responds with this.
** Todd views radio [=DJs=] as this, when discussing Rick Dees.
*** Also invoked when he receives the ''HannahMontana'' game for his birthday.
* DramaticIrony: Starting with the intro to the BlackEyedPeas cover of "Time Of Your Life", he decided he was being too negative and could still enjoy the song "unaware" of the approaching "dirty bit" change.
* DrivenToSuicide: Frequently.
** He asphyxiated himself with a grocery bag at the end of "[=BedRock=]".
** He strangled himself with his microphone cord during his cameo in Y Ruler of Time's review of SouljaBoy's "Anime".
** He beat himself to death with a book at the end of "Whatcha Say".
** He commits seppuku with a machete not three minutes into "Like a G6".
** He puts a gun to his head at the end of "Hannah Montana Pop Tour Guitar Game."
** He attempts to blow his brains out both on "Imma Be" and "Firework/Born This Way," only to fail, as the gun was a plastic toy.
** Subverted with "Hoedown Throwdown" from the ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', which was driving him into a depression making him question why he's even doing this. Fortunately, the song ended.
--->'''Todd:''' Oh wait, it's over. *Snaps out of it* This song sends me to some weird places.
* DrowningMySorrows: He had [[LadyGaga a damn good reason]] to get drunk a the end of "Your Love Is My Drug".
* DVDCommentary: Two so far (both encompassing two episodes), "Eenie Meenie"/"OMG" and "Like a G6"/"Whip My Hair".
* EarWorm: [[{{In-universe}} Referenced by name]] in "Deuces". [[DefiedTrope However, he calls the song an "Ear Snail"]] because it's slow, boring, and completely forgettable. [[invoked]]
** He says in "E.T." that he likes his pop songs catchy. And said song doesn't fit, with a beat so minimalistic he compares it to [[{{Queen}} "We Will Rock You"]].
* EarthShatteringKaboom: His reaction to the video for "Sexy and I Know It".
* EleventyZillion: He has "seventy three bajillion dollars" in student loans to pay off yet.
* TheEndIsNigh: "Repent now or perish in the fourth circle of Hell... where "Like A G6" plays for eternity."
* EpicFail:
** His description of "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train after he learns that it is apparently their idea of a tribute to INXS.
--->'''Todd:''' You were trying to sound like this [clip from "New Sensation"] and instead you sound like this [clip from "Hey Soul Sister"]. My god... That's like if you try to make scrambled eggs... and instead you ''caught syphilis''!
** He says that "Cooler Than Me" by Mike Posner fails utterly because it's meant to be bitching about a girl, but it never actually explains why this girl is bad or anything she has done wrong, besides rejecting the narrator, instead only mentioning her attire (one point of which he mimics himself in the video!). He also points out that while Posner spends the entire song whining about how she rejected him and how much she sucks, the song ''itself'' is a last-ditch effort at picking her up.
** He complains that "Get Up and Boogie" by the Silver Convention fails to make you want to dance because it's a request rather than a command, contrasting it with C & C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat", and it lacks energy. It also doesn't help that the lyrics consist of six words (get, up, and, boogie, that's, right), the same amount of words as their other hit "Fly Robin Fly" (fly, robin, up, to, the, sky). He also notes that he rarely comments on the video footage he finds for songs, but he had to mention how absolutely ''bored'' the audience members looked in the TV performance clip he found for "Get Up and Boogie".
** He also says KanyeWest ruins any guest spot he's offered.
* EroticEating: Todd points out the ridiculous food comparisons in "Carry Out" might be some poorly done version of this.
-->'''Todd:''' Ba-da-ba-ba-ba! I'm humpin' it!
** [[GilliganCut Guess what happens next...]]
--->'''Todd:''' (''at the end of his review'') [[UnusualEuphemism Mayonnaise]] everywhere.
* EscapistCharacter: Discusses this trope in his review of ''HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''.
* EveryoneHasStandards: In his "Club Can't Handle Me" review, Todd points out that even Ke$ha thinks Flo Rida is deadly dull, since she asked not to be credited for her part in "Right Round" because she thought being associated with Flo Rida would hurt her career.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Considers waking up with Advertising/TheBurgerKing to be hot.
** "Ah, Usher. The women want him, and the men [[FreudianSlip want him.]] To ''be'' him! [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday The men want to be him!]]
* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped:
** The opening to LadyGaga's "Bad Romance".
** The line "Peter, Paul and Mary" from Britney Spears's "3" is interpreted as "Peedapayuwrmnr???eee".
** Becomes the set-up to a funny ShoutOut on "Whatcha say."
** He can't decipher the GratuitousItalian in "Born This Way".
** He stops to ponder what Kanye is actually saying in "E.T." (and is baffled at [[WordSaladLyrics the actual words]]).
** When Todd points out that Michael Stipe from REM is [[SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein frequently]] [[PerishingAltRockVoice quite difficult]] [[WordSaladLyrics to understand]], we get:
--->'''Michael's Subtitles:''' Used to know mountain good party frog/ Limes are down the wise men boo...
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: '''DEEP LYRICAL ANALYSIS'''. [[invoked]]
* EveryoneIsSatanInHell: When Todd discovers the NumberOfTheBeast in "Like A G6", he becomes convinced that "This song isn't just stupid, it's actively brainwashing the masses in service of The Dark Lord!" [[invoked]]
** He considers but ultimately refuses to make the same claims about "Party Rock Anthem" based on its music video.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Todd's guess as to why part of "Bad Romance" is in French.
* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe. PlayedForLaughs at the end of "S&M". And kinda appears in "Club Can't Handle Me".
* FaceFramedInShadow: He even calls himself a "professional silhouette".
* FaceOfTheBand: [[invoked]]
** He has a moment of FridgeLogic regarding this trope while reviewing the ''HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''. After all, if you're playing guitar on a Hannah Montana song, you're one of those guys standing on the side that everyone ignores while watching Hannah.
** Occasionally when reviewing BlackEyedPeas songs, he will snidely comment on the two less famous members. Examples include forgetting their StageNames when reviewing "Imma Be", showing an apl.de.ap clip from "Boom Boom Pow" while asking who he is, and wondering during his review of "The Time (Dirty Bit)" if Taboo was kicked out of the group and not told about it.
*** He also makes similar comments about [[{{Eminem}} Bad Meets Evil]] in his "Lighters" review.
--->'''Todd:''' Now here's Royce, or as he is better known, "The Other Guy".
* FacePalm: While reviewing "Break Up" by Mario, Sean Garrett and Gucci Mane:
-->'''Song:''' Do anything for you, why would you wanna break up?[=/=]See I be driving through your hood[=/=]Why would you wanna break up?
-->'''Todd:''' Oh, you charmer, you. I ''was'' gonna leave, but then I found out that you were driving through my hood. Oh baby, I just can't let you go. *facepalms*
** His reaction on KanyeWest's lyrics in [[KatyPerry "E.T."]].
** Hey Todd, ''what's'' the name of LMFAO's album, again?
-->"See, it starts out with them going into comas from too much... *facepalms* ....party rockin'."
** And reacting to "But I'm an American Idol, gettin' money like Seacrest" in "Give Me Everything". Complete with elbowing the keyboard!
* FailOSuckyname:
** In his review of "Cooler Than Me", Todd points out that "Mike Posner" is just a terrible name for a pop artist because it's not catchy or memorable or vaguely cool at all.
--->'''Todd:''' Taio Cruz is the name of a pop star. Mike Posner fixes your car.
*** He also refers to the song as "I Have No Star Qualities" by Nobody [=McLoser=].
** Chris "Captain [=McPunchesAGirl=]" Brown.
* DarthWiki/FallenCreator: [[{{In-universe}} Todd has a few]] personal examples.
** Beyoncé. He loved everything she did until 2009--and from there on, has trouble stomaching her.
** Todd believes this happened to {{Usher}} after the successful ''Confessions'' album, as seen in his review of Usher's "OMG".
** He hopes for ChrisBrown to subvert this... then he hears "Deuces".
** He starts losing faith in Bruno Mars after hearing "Grenade," but "The Lazy Song" causes Todd to utterly hate him. ("Lighters" didn't help his reputation either)
** His opinion of TheBeachBoys by the year 1976. Given their lackluster cover of "Rock And Roll Music", inspiring Henry Gross's "Shannon", giving credibility to the Captain & Tennille, writing "I Write The Songs"...
** His opinion on {{Eminem}}, even if ''Recovery'' was somehow a return to form.
** What he thinks happened to the BlackEyedPeas.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: [[{{In-universe}} He believes]] the end to ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'' bears a pretty execrable one.
* FanDisservice: LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" video, which even makes [[BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]] call Todd out for refusing to continue the review because it features ugly men in speedos ("I sat through a whole film where people had sex with garbage!").
* FanonDiscontinuity: There is no such thing as [[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob a pornographic E.T. adaptation.]] [[invoked]]
* FantasticRacism: After [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] begs Todd not to knife him, he accuses Film Brain of being a Hoodist.
* {{Fetish}}: [[{{In-universe}} "The stuff I am into is a lot weirder than [S&M].]] [[NoodleImplements A trombone is involved."]] [[spoiler:The review closes with him playing one and saying "Oh, yeaaahh" suggestively.]]
* FetishRetardant: LadyGaga does this for [[{{In-universe}} him]].
--> [...] Gaga will spend this video, oh let's see, being thrown into women's prison, being stripped naked, making out with another woman; and boy oh boy oh boy, I can't tell you how ''not'' turned on I am by any of this. Truly, Lady Gaga has mastered the art of being sexual without being even remotely sexy.
** Also, Film/{{ET The Extraterrestrial}}. He mentions that "There's no way someone can be turned on by ET. If there was, only if with [[ParallelPornTitles a porno version of ET]]. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And if it existed, I would have heard of it by now.]]" ([[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob one of his co-workers]] reviewed "E.T. the Porno"; after the {{beat}}, he even mentions his comments section will be flooded if such a work exists).
* {{Filth}}: He calls out BritneySpears and {{Rihanna}} on this.
* FlatWhat: Commonly.
* FloweryElizabethanEnglish: "How dare thy stain mine good lady's name! Her, the most sexiest of all beotches!"
* FollowTheLeader:
** On "Replay", he mentions Iyaz is just one in a line of Akon knockoffs.
** On "Deuces", he discusses on Chris Brown's absence leading to similar artists appearing... and eventually bringing this on Brown himself: "After this line of Usher wannabes, who better than the original Usher wannabe himself?"
** On "Moves Like Jagger", he says the song incorporates two things popular at the moment, whistling and gratuitous usage of [[TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]]'s name (especially considering how Jagger actually dances...).
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of his "Your Love is My Drug" review, it is revealed that [[spoiler: LadyGaga's "Alejandro" is what drove him to drink]].
** In BennettTheSage's "Top 5 Best/Worst Cover Songs", Todd asks him to make a song countdown while he escaped from LMFAO. Guess what was [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/party-rock-anthem-a-pop-song-review-by-todd-in-the-shadows-5456101 his following review?]]
** His Twitter always drops clues on his next video.
* ForScience: At one point on "Hey Soul Sister" he raises a theory concerning Pat Monahan's sudden pitch range.
-->Gentlemen, the operation was a complete success! We have taken this man's vocal cords and successfully replaced them with a squeaking rubber ducky!\\
...Why did we do that?
* FridgeBrilliance: [[invoked]]
** In his review of the ''HannahMontana'' video game, he wonders how, with all of the songs being centred around Hannah/Miley's double life, none of her in-show fans have figured out that Hannah and Miley are the same person... and then he says that he came up with the following idea: none of her fans imagine that Hannah would have/need a double life, so they don't suspect her of having one.
** "I just realized. [[WillSmith Will]] and Jada named their kids Willow and Jaden."
* FridgeHorror: [[{{In-Universe}} Strikes him right in the face]] when he finally deciphers the lyrics to "3". [[invoke]]
* FridgeLogic: [[invoked]]
** One of his many issues with ''Hannah Montana: The Movie''.
** His response to Willow Smith's suggestion to whip your hair even if you don't have long hair.
** At a certain point of "Grenade", he points out that "On our first kiss, had your eyes wide open, why were they open?" is paradoxical.
** He asks on Rihanna singing about how "she likes to be tied up and beaten", when... [[ChrisBrown you]] [[DomesticAbuse know]]. (it gets even more uncomfortable when she goes "make my body say ah ah ah.")
* FunnyBackgroundEvent / FreezeFrameBonus: Todd has made a point that whenever you see him on the computer there's always something embarrassing or silly on screen.
** In "Hey Soul Sister", his monitor flashes PushingUpRoses' website.
** In the "Like a G6" review, as a CallBack, his desktop picture consists entirely of pictures of ObscurusLupa.
** In "S&M", his desktop is Fatty Bear (from a game he played with Roses) in a "No" sign.
* FunWithAcronyms:
** '''T'''odd '''I'''n '''T'''he '''S'''hadows. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Heh.]] Surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] on the acronym-happy and sometimes gaffe-prone ThatGuyWithTheGlasses main site, where he is known as "TODD", "[=ShadowTodd=]" or TIS instead.
** When a poster pointed this out to him on his subforum, he jokingly said he would change his name to '''N'''ick '''U'''nder '''T'''he '''S'''hadows to save face.
** [[{{Usher}} Overwhelming Marital Grief]].
* FunWithSubtitles: The "hidden meanings" in "Sexy Chick".
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Todd wonders how on Earth the video for "Sexy [[strike: Chick]] Bitch" got past the censors because it is essentially softcore porn.
* GilliganCut: In "OMG." Naturally, doubles as HypocriticalHumour.
-->'''Todd:''' How does this even happen? To sing those lines, to write those lines, to conceive those lines, to help record those lines, to have anything at all to do with those lines, you would have to be one of the ''stupidest'' people ever to walk the face of the Earth!! [Beat] ... Hmm.\\
[GilliganCut]\\
'''Todd (to ObscurusLupa over Skype):''' Shawty, you got a booty like POW POW POW! And, and, and and and you got some boobies like WOW OH WOW!
** He argues that the beat for "Blah Blah Blah" sounds like someone chucking objects at a keyboard. Guess what occurs next?
** And also the one listed under CultureClash.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: [[{{in-universe}} In the "Black and Yellow" review,]] Todd is all kinds of confused about why the rapper's girlfriend would be okay with him cheating with her best friend. When what's actually going on finally hits him, he calls him a "lucky son of a bitch."
* {{Glurge}}: [[{{in-universe}} In "The Lazy Song" review]], Todd says the "white guy with an acoustic guitar" genre is seemingly gentle and happy songs which are just smug attempts for the singer to rub in your face how they don't have any problems, especially the reviewed song.
* GodwinsLaw: Todd suggests Hitler among the people with more credibility than Ryan Seacrest.
* GoneMadFromTheRevelation: In "Like a G6", he comes to the conclusion that all bad pop music is the work of Satan!
--> '''Todd:''' I knew it! I knew it all along!! Bad pop music! All this bad pop music! I knew it! IT'S THE WORK OF THE DEVIL!! Corrupting our minds! Destroying the world! He's coming! [[LargeHam COMING FOR YOU AND YOUR SOULS!!]] Repent! Swear on the good book [[spoiler:(cut to the autobiography of JohnnyCash)]] and you may yet be saved! Repent now or perish in the 4th circle of hell... [[FateWorseThanDeath Where "Like a G6" plays for eternity...]]
* GoshDangItToHeck: The "G" in Usher's "OMG" actually stands for Gosh. Todd reacts to this [[{{Facepalm}} in the way you'd expect him to]].
** He also reacts badly to Bruno Mars' use of "frickin'" in "The Lazy Song".
** He's angered by the existence and popularity of "Forget You" and its ''{{Glee}}'' arrangement, and considered putting it on his Worst of 2011 list.
* GrammarNazi: In "Eenie Meenie", Todd casually goes into detail to point out how the line "Shawty is '''a''' eenie meenie miney mo lover" should really be "Shawty is '''an''' eenie meenie miney mo lover." He then proceeds to '''[[BerserkButton RAGE]]''' in anger over just how stupid the lyrics really are.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: The DL incident.
* GroinAttack: He's compared most of Bruno Mars' output to that of a nut-shot victim.
* GrowingTheBeard: As Todd reuploads his YouTube videos, he says his reviews only got real good by the third episode, "Party in the USA".[[invoked]]
* GuiltyPleasures: [[{{in-universe}} Todd has several]].
** ''[[ICarly iCarly]]'', according to the caption at the end of his "Sexy Chick/Bitch" review.
*** Though he swore up and down during a uStream session that it was a joke that got out of hand. According to him, it was going to be either that of SpongeBobSquarepants.
** Briefly discussed regarding Katy Perry's "Hot 'n' Cold". He doesn't feel guilt for putting any song on his "Best of 2009" list, but if he did, that song would be the one he felt guilty for. Expanded upon in the "Best of 2010" list. He likes ''two'' Katy Perry songs of that year, and he's past calling it a guilty pleasure and at the point of calling it shame. (and while reviewing "E.T.", Todd's happy Perry again had a song he didn't like the least!)
** "S&M". He admits that the song's quality is questionable, but he still sings along with it.
* {{Handguns}}: He has a fake gun, used in four reviews (in three, [[DrivenToSuicide Todd puts it on himself]]) and one crossover (in ''SuburbanKnights'', JewWario gets the gun on his chin after he tries to unmask Todd).
* HappyEndingOverride: He criticizes {{A-ha}}'s "The Sun Always Shines On TV" for [[ShaggyDogStory completely undoing]] the heartwarming ending of "Take On Me" in the first minute.
* HateFic: Started a tumblr dedicated to hating ChrisBrown. Something he '''PROMISED HIMSELF''' he would ''NEVER'' do.
* [[HeadDesk Head Keyboard]]: In his review of "Paparazzi".
** Also in his Top 10 of 2011, [[spoiler:because he's putting Katy Perry among the best songs of the year ''again''!]]
* HeadTiltinglyKinky: He has a fetish. It's kinkier than sadomasochism. It involves a trombone.
* HehHehYouSaidX:
** His only comment on Taio Cruz's song "Dynamite" is snickering at the line "I'm in the club so I'm gonna do, do, do, do."
-->'''Todd:''' He's gonna do do do do. He's gonna doo-doo. *snort*
** "Hate you break it to you, Wiz... *snort* Wiz."
* HeroicSacrifice: Todd makes one saving ObscurusLupa from THE BIRDS!!! at the end of her ''Birdemic: Shock and Terror'' review. [[spoiler: Too bad it was all a fake documentary...]]
* HiddenTrack:
** In a web original example, Todd uploaded a video to his Blip account that was not linked on his TGWTG page. It was [[http://toddspopsongreviews.blip.tv/file/3837070/ a cover version]] of the Carole King song "It's Too Late".
** He did it again in the same manner not much later -- [[http://toddspopsongreviews.blip.tv/file/4106940/ a short mashup]] of MarcyPlayground's "Sex and Candy" and Akon's "I Wanna Love You".
** And yet another one, [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/hidden-track-2-5209805 a cover of "Somebody's Baby"]] by Jackson Browne.
* HilariousInHindsight: [[{{in-universe}} Todd drops the trope name]] when talking about Lionel Richie's father-daughter song "Ballerina Girl", and how the song takes on a new meaning when you remember his daughter is Nicole Richie.
** Also, Eminem going from "homophobic who warrants protests from gays" to "rapper who does HoYay songs with Dr. Dre and Royce Da 5'9".
* HoYay: Todd points out that "Sexy Bitch" sounds like something girls get called by their [[PetHomosexual gay best friends]]. Cut to a scene from the music video of Akon {{glomp}}ing David Guetta. [[invoked]]
* HopeSpot: He suggests that pop songs set in clubs is on the way out, evidenced by the success of songs like "Rolling In the Deep" by {{Adele}} and "Fuck You" by Cee Lo Green... before spending the next 3 reviews looking at more of them..
* HotterAndSexier: He discusses on how Rihanna's post-[[DarkerAndEdgier "Russian Roulette"]] singles are raunchier and raunchier.
* HumanoidAbomination: LadyGaga, according to his theory.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** On Lady Gaga's appearance in the piano version of "Poker Face":
--->'''Todd:''' What kind of person makes some creepy, weird video of themselves where you can't see their eyes?!? That's just '''crazy''', right?
** On Justin Bieber's dressing habits:
--->'''Todd:''' Stupid gray hoodie pulled up over his head. You look like a loser dressed like that, Bieber. A LOSER!
** He criticizes the Internet fad of dubbing ImogenHeap's "Hide And Seek" over melodramatic death scenes as a prelude to reviewing Jason Derulo's "Whatcha Say". Eventually the song's continued decrease in quality [[DrivenToSuicide drives him to beat himself to death]]. A {{beat}}. Cue Imogen Heap.
** He expresses bewilderment over how anyone could enjoy BDSM, despite the fact that his enjoyment of terrible songs is basically a form of masochism.
** In a DescriptionCut in WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''TheLittleMermaid'', when she asks him to spend some time with her, he tells her to stop calling him and hangs up. "Geez, some people can't take a goddamn hint."
*** Then in Todd's review of "E.T.", shortly after Lupa calls him out, he is rude to the Chick and sends her away.
*** And in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance":
-->'''Chick''': Maybe it's about not wasting your time with some tramp that's not available and be happy with awesome, clever, funny girl who's right in front of you!\\
'''Todd''': Yeah, I know! Isn't that horrible?
** His "Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2010" opens with him ranting about how his fellow reviewers are a bunch of nerds. Less than thirty seconds later he references ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact''.
** When he discusses that JustinTimberlake left music to make funny videos on the internet: "Pff, what an idiot."
** '...I'm guessing a lot of you haven't heard of (LilyAllen), unless you're one of those Pitchfork-reading snobs who constantly namedrops Europop singers (because) they're sooo much better than our American crap. By the way, that last album by Swedish pop star Robyn was actually really good and she's way better than that Ke$ha crap, you should totally listen to it.'
** In "Drive-By", he points out that the lyrics involve a girl who the singer won't score with again, and asks him to move on... before talking to his Lupa pictures.
* IceCreamKoan: Pointed out in his "Tonight..." review:
-->'''Enrique:''' If I never lied/ Then baby, you'd be the truth.\\
'''Todd:''' Is that some kind of zen thing? What the fuck did ''that'' mean?
* ImAManICantHelpIt: His reasoning for placing Rihanna's "Rude Boy" on his list of top 10 hits of 2010.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Both {{Lampshaded}} by Todd in his work and pointed out in the awful lyrics of "Carry Out", which are mostly food {{Double Entendre}}s linked together in lyrical form.
-->'''Todd:''' I'd like to dip ''my'' [=McNuggets=] in your special sauce!
* INeedAFreakingDrink: [[spoiler:Invoked courtesy of Alejandro, and decidedly exaggerated]].
* IneffectualDeathThreat:
** He dishes one to the lead singer of Train for writing such horrible lyrics in "Hey Soul Sister".
--->'''Patrick:''' So gangsta, I'm so thug.\\
'''Todd:''' ... '''[[PrepareToDie I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU!]]'''
** He threatens to plug Will.i.am during "The Time.":
-->'''[=Will.i.am=]''': I don't wanna take no pictures, I just wanna take some shots!\\
'''Todd''': [cocks gun] That can be arranged.
** He closes [[spoiler: "Grenade" by throwing the eponymous item at Bruno.]]
* InNameOnly: JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" is described as "Christmas carol in name only".
* InsultBackfire:
** He attempts to burn Gucci Mane by comparing him to SouljaBoy only to learn the two of them have done a collaboration.
** Todd describes the titular taunt of Mike Posner's hit "Cooler Than Me" as too easy to respond to with a resounding "Yes, I do!"
--->'''Todd:''' I think 12 year olds who write [[SlashFic gay]] ''SonicTheHedgehog'' [[RuleThirtyFour porn]] FanFiction are cooler than you!
*** He also notices Posner crosses this with HypocriticalHumor, as the song goes "you got designer shades, just to hide your face and you wear them around like you're cooler than me"... and he wears shades through most of the music video.
* InsultToRocks: As much as he dislikes Mike Posner, Todd finds Allmusic's comparing him to Asher Roth to be much harsher than anything he could come up with.
-->'''Todd:''' Damn Allmusic, what did Mike Posner ever do to you?
** He can't call adult alternative "lifeless" because he actually likes "[[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies RE: Your Brains.]]"
* IntercourseWithYou: Todd can no longer listen to Peter, Paul and Mary without interpreting the lyrics as obscene thanks to "3." Later in the review, he (sarcastically) calls himself out on such.
** He complains about this on {{T-Pain}}'s "5 O'clock", and proceeds to see how he do this with samples of various songs.
* [[IRememberItLikeItWasYesterday I Remember It Like It Was Last Week]]: Parodied in his first ThatGuyWithTheGlasses episode. After hearing the ear-piercing "Blah Blah Blah", Todd recalls the fond memories of the years of support on That Guy With The Glasses, recalling that it seemed like a week ago that he started right before [[TenMinuteRetirement "departing"]], and "exits" by quoting [[ConanOBrien Conan O'Brien's]] farewell speech from his last episode of ''TheTonightShow''.
* IronicEchoCut:
-->'''Todd''': Does this guy know how to do anything but celebrate?\\
'''Flo Rida''': "CELEBRATE, THAT'S ALL I KNOW!\\
'''Todd''': [[DeadpanSnarker Not surprised.]]
** In "Party Rock Anthem", asking if the song will ask "PUT YOUR HANDS UP!"... and later if it will play this line on loop.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: One of Todd's [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=17721&start=40#p202632 reasons why he "won't" appear in crossovers any time soon]]:
-->''* Let's see, there was this little conversation with one of the anime people''\\
'''Them:''' i'm editing a video. Manga related\\
'''Me:''' [Todd] ahhhh\\
'''Me:''' i've heard of manga\\
'''Me:''' it's some kind of japanese thing\\
'''Them:''' yep!\\
'''Me:''' is it a food of some kind?\\
'''Them:''' ... close enough.
* ItMakesSenseInContext: Retroactively invoked; he admits the opening speech of "The Lazy Song" that said speech was necessary to help understand what he meant by "white guy with an acoustic guitar" music.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Apparently what he thought about {{Adele}} when she won the Grammy for Best New Artist.
-->''*while playing "Someone Like You" on his keyboard* Yeah, this is why my friends call me Nostradamus.''
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* JustEatGilligan: One of his complaints about "Telephone".
** He also composes, on the spot, a similarly toned song, "[[EarWorm Itchy Leg]]".
* LastSecondWordSwap: "I love beating Chris Brown as much as he likes beating... eggs for his famous homestyle breakfast"
** Also, from the same review, "In February of 2009, the pop world was shocked when rising R&B superstar Chris Brown viciously and brutally assaulted his...chances for a long term career"
** Played straight, then subverted, in "Top 10 of 2011". "If there's a single person in the universe who doesn't like this song (Fuck You by CeeLoGreen), I haven't met them and I don't care to. But if you're out there, whoever you are, wherever you are... I disagree with your opinions. *beat* And fuck you."
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: In what probably is a parody, Todd tries to make a song with an acoustic guitar. EpicFail ensues, particularly for the thing being out of tune, and he gives up saying "guitar isn't my instrument".
* LiteralMinded: He's been accused of this, and discusses it in "E.T.". Then he tries to see it as "falling in love with a let's say, black, guy" instead of BoldlyComing... making Kanye's guest spot even worse! (see UnfortunateImplications below)
* LoudOfWar: In the intro to "Club Can't Handle Me", [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic]] threatens Todd with the dreaded "Hoedown Throwdown" if he didn't get back to reviewing music.
* LoveItOrHateIt: This is how he feels about the BlackEyedPeas. If they did a good song in his opinion, he loves it. If he doesn't like it, he ''really'' doesn't like it. [[invoked]]
* LyricalDissonance: He calls this on Stephen Stills' "Love The One You're With".
* LyricalShoehorn: In-universe. This is a huge pet peeve of his, with Train being the greatest offender.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex: He discusses this mentality when reviewing "Sexy Bitch", and compares it with Akon's alternate viewpoint: "Bitch-Whore Complex". Or is that "Chick"?
* ManipulativeEditing: Played for laughs: he will often have the target of the review (or another celebrity) carry out a punchline or two.
* MarySue: [[{{In-Universe}} His main criticism]] of the protagonist of ''[[MariahCarey Glitter]]''.
* MediumAwareness: Apparently he can see the subtitles on-screen.
--> '''Todd:''' Fix that.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: He points out that the metaphors in "Carry Out", "Eenie Meenie" and "Your Love Is My Drug" are extended to the point where they stop making sense.
* MindScrew: His reaction to the music videos to "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "S&M".
* MomentOfAwesome: Invoked by Todd, who considers the fact that he has just successfully transcribed "Whip My Hair" to piano an achievement comparable to mastering the classic symphonies.
** In a commentary, he admitted that when he was playing it, he actually was using information he found on the Internet. He originally ''did'' figure it out by ear, but when it came time to do the review, he had forgotten how.
* {{Mondegreen}}: Often discussed [[{{in-universe}} in his reviews]].
** Ever heard of "Yellow Is My Drug" by [[{{Kesha}} Ke$ha]]? The song she did with {{Coldplay}}?
** "I'm a bee! I'm a bee! I'm a I'm a I'm a bee!"
--->'''Todd:''' You're thinking it, I'm thinking it, Vice President Biden is thinking it.
** Eenie meenie miney mo '''''lava'''''...?
** One, two, three, why don't me, you, and me...
--->'''Todd:''' How many Britneys are there in this equation?!
** Subverted on "Club Can't Handle Me." The lyrics are so incoherent that he looks them up, only to find that they are the lyrics proper.
** He actually called the BlackEyedPeas out on this during "The Time", on the grounds that they'd screwed up a line from the source material.
** "''Boring'' This Way"
** Ass, ass, ass and ham, ham, ham...
** Any attempt before finding out Kanye is singing "I'm tryin' to bathe my ape".
** Likewise, the opening line of Ne-Yo's chorus in "Give Me Everything" (which he finds shocking, as Pitbull is supposed to be TheUnintelligible there!).
* MoodWhiplash: The "Top 10 Best Hit Songs of 2010" ends with Todd drunk dialing and sobbing on the phone to Lupa [[spoiler: only for it to be a very confused and not entirely upset with this turn of events LordKat on the other line]].
** In "Give Me Everything", he says Ne-Yo is too depressive for such a party song. (to drive his point home, he even plays other songs by him... and starts to cheer after "So Sick"!)
** In "Lighters", cutting from Eminem's angry verses to Bruno Mars' cheery and triumphant chorus. (even asking if Em listened to Mars' parts before writing...)
* MySisterIsOffLimits to ChrisBrown
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* NameMcAdjective: He gave ChrisBrown the nickname Captain [[DomesticAbuse McPunchesAGirl]] during his review of "I Can Transform Ya".
* NamesTheSame: He calls out Hot Chelle Rae about calling a song called "Tonight Tonight" when Music/TheSmashingPumpkins have already done so.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: He thinks "Hoedown Throwdown" is a conglomerate of the worst elements of five genres at once.
* {{Nepotism}}: He blames it for the existence of Willow/Jaden Smith, Rockwell, LMFAO and Hot Chelle Rae's careers.
* NeverLiveItDown: 'Tonight...' and 'The Lazy Song' have permenantly changed his image of Enrique Iglesias and Bruno Mars for the worse [[InUniverse in his eyes]]. [[invoked]]
* NoBudget: In the "Like a G6/Whip My Hair" commentary, he points out that most of his props - biggest being the microphone, and mic stand - belong to his roommate.
** And in the first video after moving out, Todd says his roommate probably got tired of him getting his stuff... and his jokes.
* NoodleIncident: "I am not having any bottles broken over anyone's head in this room. Not after the DL incident. I'll tell you about it sometime. *shudder* So much blood..." He would later explain it on Twitter, even later in "Grenade."
** Also, the "[[ObscurusLupa Lupa]] Fiasco".
* NoodleImplement: Something more twisted than S&M, and involving a trombone.
** Also part of the Lupa Fiasco.
-->'''Lupa''': What am I supposed to do with all these ''geese''?!
* NoPronunciationGuide: At a certain point, he starts asking how "Iyaz" is supposed to be pronounced.
* NotHyperbole: Whenever he makes a statement like "'The Time' is the worst Black Eyed Peas song. Worst than 'Imma Be'. Worst than 'My Humps'" and "'The Lazy Song' is so far my least favorite song of 2011, a year that includes a song called 'Tonight (I'm Fucking You)'".
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer:
** "... so I felt obligated to listen to their latest single, "Carry Out", which consists entirely of fast-food-related {{double entendre}}s. [{{beat}}] Seriously."
** Also, on the "[=BedRock=]" review, when he lists the members of Young Money.
---> Mack Maine... Jae Millz... Lil Chuckee... Lil' Twist... T Streets... and a bunch of other names that sound like I'm just making them up, though I swear to God I'm not.
** In the "Worst Songs Of 1987" video, he has to clarify that yes, Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is one of his favourite songs of the 80s.
** Todd makes sure to point out he didn't add the ''BladesOfGlory'' clip in "Niggas in Paris" (just after KanyeWest quoted the movie), it's in the actual video!
* NWordPrivileges: Todd doesn't have them, and as such has to rely on the subtitles when he has to mention '[[KanyeWest Niggas in]] [[JayZ Paris]]' by name.
** [[spoiler:DoubleSubversion near the end of the review, when the subtitles censor the word "Paris" instead of the usual.]]
* OddFriendship: In the "Niggas in Paris" review, he discusses how weird it is that KanyeWest and JayZ are friends and collaborate on music, considering their contrasting personalities.
* OffScreenTeleportation: He displays this in the WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown review of ''[[TheAsylum Sunday School Musical]]''. (see also StealthHiBye)
-->'''Film Brain:''' Todd, I'm curious. How did you get in here?
-->'''Todd:''' I move in the space between spaces.
* OneHitWonder: He mentions how Mike Posner and the Far East Movement still managed to get a second hit, and asks for Hot Chelle Rae to not reach this. Then he says that despite the failure of LMFAO's follow-up single, they managed to still get a second hit with an even worse song.
** While talking about 'Put It Down On Me,' he stated he was adding Jeremih to "...the growing list of one-hit wonders who technically have a second hit."
** Also started a show to discuss this, One Hit Wonderland (first episode was {{A-Ha}}... which he says it's [[MultiHitWonder another thing entirely]]).
* OverlyLongGag: His comparison of Hot Chelle Rae's brand of partying to high school all-night grad parties.
* PanderingToTheBase: [[{{in-universe}} He questions about this]] in "Alejandro".
-->'''Todd:''' Ok. Even if you are one of Gaga's many gay fans, at what point do you feel pandered to? Like, when do you reach the point where even you have to look back and say: "Ok, this is getting kinda gay."
** Double subverted in his review of "Born This Way", when he wonders which heavily marginalized group's self esteem the song intends to boost.
-->'''Lady Gaga:''' Just put your paws up.
-->'''Todd:''' [[FurryFandom Furries]]. Also I guess gay people.
** Also says "Mistletoe" is this, since it's "using Christmas as an excuse for kissing Bieber fantasies."
* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: He was [[HateDumb 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.
* ParodyFailure: He points out that the chorus of "The Time (Dirty Bit)," which uses the chorus of "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, can't get the lyrics right. Instead of "And I swear, ''it's the truth,''" the Peas instead sing "And I swear, ''this is true.''"
* PetPeeveTrope: All in-universe, of course.
** AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale: Particularly if it's {{Beyonce}}-on-male.
** ClarkKenting: People's inability to recognize the obviousness that HannahMontana is Miley in 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.
** LittleBoyBlueNote:
--->One crisis at a time, Todd...
** PainfulRhyme [[invoked]]
** RhymingWithItself: Annoys him quite a bit.
** {{Scatting}}: Any excessive parts of inane singing. Also, background vocals singing "HEY!" or "OH!".
--->'''Todd:''' Hip hop! [[ThisIsSparta Stop. Shouting. Ohhh.]]
* ThePowerOfHate: Todd decided to take a different route when LMFAO told him to "STOP! HATIN'S BAD!" and look at the song from a more loving point of view. ''Not'' hating music almost erased him out of existence.
* PrecisionFStrike:
** 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.
** There was also this bit, though he wasn't in character at the time.
--->'''Todd:''' As soon as you turn that camera off, I'm beating the shit out of you.
** Something of a Tactical F Campaign throughout the "Tonight..." review.
** His response to anyone who might not like Cee-Lo's "Fuck You" is... guess it.
* PreviouslyOn: Double-subverted:
-->'''Todd:''' Previously on Todd In The Shadows: YourMom! Hah! Also, on my show, this happened.
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* RapeIsLove: Calls out Enrique Iglesias for this, in his review of "Tonight..."
* RageBreakingPoint: Happens in "Sexy and I Know It", after some minutes of Deep Lyrical Analysis.
* RatedGForGangsta: Todd notes that Far*East Movement defines "poppin' bottles in the crib" as "gangsta". He then proceeds to demonstrate by unscrewing the cap of a liquor bottle, which is accompanied by the caption "[=STRAIGHT UP THUGGIN'=]" and the chorus of {{NWA}}'s "Gangsta Gangsta".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: A minor occurrence: The "[[NoodleIncident DL Incident]]" referenced in "Like A [=G6=]" actually happened.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives Mike Posner one of these during his review of "Cooler Than Me".
* {{Recurrer}}: Due to the nature of the pop charts and the music industry, many artists have been featured multiple times, including Ke$ha, Jay Sean, Lil Wayne, the Black Eyed Peas, Bruno Mars, KatyPerry and, of course, LadyGaga.
* RedHerring:
** In his review of "Fifteen" by Taylor Swift, he tells a very sad story about how when he was fifteen, his girlfriend started acting strangely, before breaking up with him at the school dance. Then he reveals that [[spoiler: it didn't happen to him, it happened to Zach from ''SavedByTheBell'']].
** In two of his "Top Ten Worst Songs" lists to date, he starts a diatribe that leads to an easily mocked song by an easily mocked artist... and then reveals that he ''likes'' the song in question. 2009 has the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" and 1987 has Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now". He also [[SayMyName curses the name of]] BarryManilow in his 1976 list before revealing that he really has nothing against the guy.
** In his "Best Songs of 2010" list, when he reaches #5, he plays Katy Perry's "California Gurls" before tiredly laughing it away and ranting about how much he hates her... and yet keeps finding songs of hers that he likes. After listing a number of them, including begrudgingly not being able to hate "California Gurls" despite its many flaws, he gets into his song of choice, "Teenage Dream". [[spoiler:And then "California Gurls" turns out to be #2]].
** His [[CrossOver ill-fated attempt]] to review "What's My Name" by Rihanna and Drake.
** While reviewing Rihanna's "S&M", he comes to the conclusion that the reason he likes it is because it samples DepecheMode... and then remembers that he doesn't care for Depeche Mode either.
* RefugeInAudacity:
** During the "I Can Transform Ya" review, Todd calls Chris Brown "Captain [=McPunchesAGirl=]." That's just the tip of it, really.
** In his review of Usher's "OMG," he suggests that Usher's wife divorced him on the grounds that he tried to rhyme "style" with "wow."
* ReRun: Two of his YouTube reviews, "Sexy Chick" and "Carry Out," were brought over to TGWTG early on, probably because, at the time, they were still recent enough to pass as current pop music. Todd had initially said he wouldn't bring ''all'' of his old YouTube videos over, but he changed his mind on September 2011, uploading them with short intros to provide context.
* RescuedFromtheScrappyHeap: [[InUniverse In his opinion]], Kenny G's sax solo in [[KatyPerry Last Friday Night]] was 'almost enough to make up for a lifetime of suck!' [[invoked]]
* RimShot: "'''[[BritneySpears 3]]'''," what? I dunno. 3 years past her expiration date?
* RockBottom: "Tonight..." [[{{In-universe}} according to him.]]
* RuinedFOREVER: [[{{in-universe}} In regards to his own childhood]] after hearing the "Peter, Paul, and Mary" line from BritneySpears' "3." Now he can't listen to their music anymore without thinking there's some perverted meaning to every lyric.
* {{Rule 34}}: In his review of "S&M," when he's explaining how nothing shocks him anymore, Todd mentions that he's seen porn of himself.
* RunningGag: Todd himself said he tries to avert this during videos. However he still has at least three (besides the Lupa obsession).
** "Finish the Rhyme."
** And conversely, "NOT A RHYME."
--->'''Todd:''' Oh my god. I'm hitting the "Not A Rhyme" button as hard as I '''possibly''' can!
** His lack of ethnicity.
** '''[[GutturalGrowler BIEEEEBEEEEERRRRR.]]'''
** On his {{Twitter}}, Todd frequently mentions watching a film that one of his ThatGuyWithTheGlasses partners did a review for and yells "WHY DID NO ONE WARN ME!"
** On the ''Glitter'' review, Todd guessing if something will become a plot point, followed by "NOPE." He has a meltdown after [[RuleOfThree the third.]] And goes "I hate this movie" by the fourth.
* SanitySlippage: He thinks Bruno Mars got a touch of this during "Grenade."
* SarcasmFailure:
** In his "[=BedRock=]" review.
--->'''Gudda:''' And I got her, nigga... grocery bag.\\
'''Todd:''' ... I got nothing.
** Also played with in his "Tonight..." review:
--->'''Todd:''' You know, as a comedy reviewer, this is where I'm supposed to put in a funny analogy, you know?\\
'''Enrique:''' Tonight I'm fuckin' you!\\
'''Todd:''' "Oh, my God, I can't believe he said that! That's so bad, that's like if he--" If he... what? If he ''what''?! I... I can't come up with anything worse!
* SarcasmMode:
** In ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', when Billy Ray Cyrus mentions that they created Hannah so that Miley could have a normal life.
--->'''Todd:''' Yeah, she's clearly already beset by paparazzi, and if a child star's life isn't screwed up ''enough'', why not add a thick layer of secrecy and lies? Yeah, that's an interesting definition of "normal life," Billy Ray.
** "Let's keep listening. I can't wait to hear more!"
* SayMyName: '''[[GutturalGrowler BIEEEEBEEEEERRRRR.]]'''
** '''''[[TheColbertReport MANILOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW]]!''''' [[spoiler:He doesn't really have anything against him, though.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** His first video for ThatGuyWithTheGlasses has him talking about the massive opportunity he's been given... then quitting when he finds out he's got to review Kesha's "Blah Blah Blah". Credits roll... and he comes back and demolishes the song.
** At the end of his crossover review with The Rap Critic, they agree to do another review together and Rap Critic suggests the new Music/LadyGaga song. Todd promptly [[OffscreenTeleportation vanishes]]. He later pulls the same trick on [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]].
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Todd concludes that "Whip My Hair" singlehandedly created the very {{Hatedom}} it was meant to be dissing.
* SelfPlagiarism: Todd defends that while "E.T." was bad, Katy Perry did something unique - unlike Ke$ha, who "released the same song five times" and Lady Gaga, who "tanked with 'Judas' because it was just like 'Bad Romance', including being about a bad romance".
** He also says one of the songs in ''{{Spider-Man}}: [[TheMusical Turn Off the Dark]]'' (songs composed by Bono and The Edge) is U2's "Vertigo", only with different lyrics.
* SellOut: Todd finds "Moves Like Jagger" to represent this to Maroon 5. Also, considering how Katy Perry and Lady Gaga weren't known for inspirational ballads, "Firework" and "Born this Way" also fit.
* SequelHook: "Your Love is My Drug" sets up "Alejandro", "Give Me Everything" sets up "Tonight, Tonight".
* SevenMinuteLull: He references this trope in his review of Usher's "OMG", as the backup chanting breaks off just in time for Usher to deliver the lamest lines in the song. He even mentions in that episode's commentary that the idea came from TV Tropes.
* ShapedLikeItself: (On Kesha) "It's like Fergie, but with severe brain damage...so it's like Fergie."
** "I define bad as the absence of good."
* ShipperOnDeck: The character has an OT3: [=Ke$ha=] and [=3Oh!3=]. His only wish is that this doesn't yield children.
** After Miley and Lily fight over who has to impersonate Hannah, Todd comments that they have fantastic makeup sex.
* ShipTease: Todd admits that the only reason why he featured ObscurusLupa as a guest in his "OMG" video was to get the fans to ship them together, just because he could.
-->[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=17721&p=402414#p402414 She lives in Arizona, I live in Virginia. It could work!]]
** Not to mention the Nostalgia Chick's heavy crush on him. For delicious RealitySubtext, Lindsay and Todd are SickeninglySweethearts [[OfficialCouple in real life.]]
* ShoutOut: Enough to have [[ShoutOut/ToddInTheShadows his own page.]]
* SkewedPriorities: Calls Henry Gross out on this for finding the death of [[TheBeachBoys Carl Wilson's]] dog to be a worthy topic for a song, while Carl's brother Brian was in the middle of a mental breakdown.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: He decided to take a stab at movie reviewing with ''HannahMontana: TheMovie''. He didn't like it. And followed it with the Guitar Video Game.
** Ironically, his "Club Can't Handle Me" review opens with him admitting that he was enjoying reviewing movies and video games...[[ExecutiveMeddling while the Critic forces him back into music reviews.]]
** He does it again for "The Top 5 Most Awful Moments in {{U2}}'s ''Rattle and Hum''" (it opens at his keyboard, then he invites the viewer to come watch a movie).
** ''Glitter'' is similar. Todd is at his keyboard, says he likes MariahCarey and follows with some exposition on her before going to the TV to watch it.
** His alleged "review" of Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music" is ''actually'' an episode-long rant about his public image. Todd even admits that "this is gonna be a different episode for me". He spends about 15 seconds critiquing the song in question.
* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: He specifically references this trope (and [[{{REM}} the actual song]]) during his review of Flo Rida's "Club Can't Handle Me," saying, "But of course, it doesn't matter that it didn't rhyme, because all Flo Rida songs are basically gibberish till the chorus anyway. No one cares. Blah blah blah blah, Leonard Bernstein, ''whatever''."
** Then he does it with the actual song in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
* SoOkayItsAverage: Todd calls "Replay" this, as well as boring. He even opens the review (and later the blip intro) saying that a bland song is hard to discuss, unlike [[GushingAboutShowsYouLike a good one]] or [[AccentuateTheNegative a bad one]].[[invoked]]
** He also describes both "Born This Way" and "Firework" as "acceptably mediocre".
** He puts Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" at the top of its "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance" because the song is as mediocre as the love story described in it (where a guy decides to stay with his girl because both like ''BreakfastAtTiffanys'').
* SophisticatedAsHell: Every once in a while, he sarcastically uses slang in the middle of musical analysis.
-->'''Todd:''' How dare thy stain mine good lady's name. Her! The most sexiest of all biatches!
** Pushed one point further in "Niggas in Paris", where does a British KanyeWest.
* SoundEffectBleep:
** Parodied in his "Sexy Bitch" review.
--->'''Todd:''' ... but even though I did like "I Gotta Feeling", I'll admit you could ''maybe'' call it a little repetitive. ... Yeah. But at least they were repeating something besides "Sexy Bi-''Chick''" In case I haven't made myself clear, I think this song is a ''chick''-king piece of dog sh-''chick''!
** Kenny G's "Songbird" being one of the most popular ''pop'' songs of 1987 lead him into a cursing rant that had to be bleeped out.
** He ends his pseudo-review of "Turn Up the Music" with another bleeped cursing rant.
* {{Squick}}: [[{{in-universe}} His reaction to]] will.i.am comparing himself to a sperm bank in "Imma Be".
* StandardSnippet: When Miley/Hannah has a TwoTimerDate in ''Hannah Montana: The Movie'', Todd reacts by grabbing a saxophone and playing "[[TheBennyHillShow Yakety Sax]]".
* StealthHiBye: In two crossovers - first when TheRapCritic suggests a Gaga review, and when [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] suggests another Asylum movie.
* StealthParody:
** He can only assume that Akon's "Sexy [[strike:Bitch]] Chick" is one of these. Right? ''[[TemptingFate Right?]]''
** He also believes [=~Ke$ha~=]'s "Tik Tok" to be more suited to ''The [=DrDemento=] Show'' than mainstream pop radio.
** And he finds himself forced to wonder if "Carry Out" is Justin Timberlake doing a throwback to his ''SaturdayNightLive'' days.
* StealthPun: Todd says that in "Born This Way", Lady Gaga talks about you being free to be who you are no matter the way you choose to "express yourself." (which kinda doubles as {{Foreshadowing}} - see the entry on SuspiciouslySimilarSong)
** The ending title screen of the Imma Be review says [[http://images.wikia.com/lyricwiki/images/1/12/The_Black_Eyed_Peas_-_The_E.N.D..jpg "The E.N.D."]]
* StopBeingStereotypical: He lauds Far*East Movement for defying all of the [[spoiler:positive]] stereotypes associated with Asians.
* StunnedSilence
-->'''Bruno Mars:''' ''Yes, I would die for you, baby / But you won't do the same?''
-->'''Todd:''' ... Holy shit, dude.
** Also on "Deuces", after the line "Like Tina did to Ike in the limo, it finally hit me".
** When the BlackEyedPeas shift from sampling "Time of My Life" to their "DIRTY BIT!"
** And Mars causes it again with the second stanza of "The Lazy Song".
* StupidSexyFlanders: He admits that {{Rihanna}} dressed as [[GunsNRoses Slash]] is "really hot in a really confusing way."
** "Ah {{Usher}}. [[ChickMagnet The women want him]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim and the men]] [[FreudianSlip want him.]] [[ThatCameOutWrong Want to be him]]. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I meant want to be him.]]"
* SturgeonsLaw: Todd invokes it twice, saying in his Top 10 of 2010 that "Nothin' On You" really stands out because "songs with bad pickup lines are all I hear", and in his Worst 10 of 1976 that the good music of that year makes the bad ones look even worse than they are.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: During his FINISH THE RHYME segment in his review of "Black and Yellow", Todd had to mockingly give kudos to Wiz Khalifa for completely DESTROYING the rhyme track of the song and not even attempting to find a suitable substitute for the line that came before it.
* SuckinessIsPainful:
** "Break Up" by Mario featuring Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett is so horrible that it made Todd's hair fall out in clumps and made his nose bleed. The song's {{suckiness is painful}} enough that Todd later says he's lucky it [[{{Futurama}} didn't give him cancer.]] (and in the TGWTG forums, Todd called it the worst song he's reviewed)
** Yet in his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wX5OCwAkPg Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2009]], "Break Up" only managed to be '''Number 2 on the list'''. "Diva" by {{Beyonce}} was '''Number 1''', and was apparently so bad, it gave him bouts of nausea.
** Miley Cyrus' "Hoedown Throwdown" induces agonized writhing (plus [[DespairEventHorizon depression]] and [[DrivenToSuicide suicide threats]]) throughout its course.
** Kenny G's "Songbird" so much, that he put it as #1 on the Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 1987.
** And Todd's contortions during ''Hannah Montana'' are [[StockFootage recycled]] when he discusses the [[Film/{{Transformers}} Transformers film]].
** He states that "Drive-By" is "[[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Vogon poetry]] bad" and he feels bad reviewing it.
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: He always gets one of those songs to play during the credits.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: He discusses on how "Born This Way" is accused of being an "[[{{Madonna}} Express Yourself]]" rip-off.
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* TakeThat:
** He implicitly compared ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' to JamesCameron spending 500 million dollars of CGI and seven years to making a film consisting of a man being hit in the nuts. He speculated that the latter might have been a superior movie.
** He says to a picture of TommyWiseau: "That guy is ''definitely'' a jerk."
** In his review of ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', he's watching a scene where Miley is fighting with Tyra Banks over a pair of shoes. We get this little line:
--->'''Todd:''' [[BaitAndSwitchComparison OK, I find this hard to believe that a seasoned, mature celebrity would lower herself to fighting publicly with a dumb, flash-in-the-pan starlett like Tyra Banks]]... BA-ZING!
** When discussing the overly long name of ''HannahMontana Pop Tour Guitar Video Game''.
--->'''Todd:''' ... one of my favorite titles ever for a video game. Right up there with [[GearsOfWar Space Marine First Person Shooter Video Game]], [[FinalFantasyX2 Nonsense Fantasy Role-Playing Video Game]] and of course [[MetroidOtherM Piece of Shit]].
** "But I tell you what. The Yankees fan in me can't help but appreciate this. What NYC, the Yankees, and Jay-Z have in common is the absolute knowledge that you are and always will be more important than anyone around you. And that's what this song is about, and that's something I can relate to every day." *'''EAT IT, [[FandomRivalry RED SOX!]]''' flashes on screen* [[invoked]]
** He makes a well-timed one at ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' in his "The Time (Dirty Bit)" review.
** At the end of "Black and Yellow":
-->'''Wiz Khalifa:''' They say they scared of it, but the crows ain't.
-->'''Todd:''' You know who else wasn't scared? The Packers. '''BURN!'''
** Todd: "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag? Katy Perry does, because she's made of plastic. And she's a bag. '''BOOM!'''" [[hottip:*:"[[IronicEchoCut Boom, boom, boom!]] (Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon!)"]]
** He says that "Sexy Bitch" "sucks harder than the New Jersey Nets".
** In "The Time", he bashes the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuKQvq36IzA elevator parties that occurred at MAGFest]] ("hearing a bunch of morons screaming about how they're having fun is not having fun!").
** During his review of LadyGaga's "Born This Way," he criticizes the lyric, "God makes no mistakes," by observing that "God makes plenty of mistakes. This guy, for example" -- cut to a picture of a frat boy type with spiked and dyed blonde hair -- "was a mistake. And he was probably born that way. So I just don't see that as much of a defense."
** One against the BillEngvall Show, saying that even ''that'' was cooler than Mike Posner during ''Cooler Than Me''.
** During "Tonight, Tonight" by Hot Chelle Rae:
-->"Which brings me to my next point. Don't rip off JimmyBuffett. That's what we have KennyChesney for."
** Towards country music fans in his "If I Die Young" review: "I still check on [country music] now and again, but me and it lost touch right about the time I discovered ''everything else in the world!''"
** "And speaking of getting old really fast, let's talk about TPain."
* TalkingToHimself: Todd does Jesus' voice in "Just a Kiss".
* TemptingFate:
** "LadyGaga has genuinely used up her shock potential, I don't believe there's anything else she can do to shock - [[NightmareFace AH! OH GOD! OH GOD!]]"
** From his "Telephone" review.
--->'''Todd:''' I sincerely hope LadyGaga doesn't inspire any other artists [[FollowTheLeader to make weird, ugly videos with sub-par music in them]]. *Cue montage of Gaga-esque music videos by various artists*
** At least reviewing "Alejandro" will be a step down - LadyGaga surely has to calm down a little after "Telephone" and "Bad Romance", right? (StunnedSilence follows.)
** "I swear to god, I will beat myself unconscious if [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xazf7k_review-jason-derulos-whatcha-say this song]] gets any worse..."
** "Now, "Imma Be" isn't the worst song that the BlackEyedPeas have made. I mean, the band that made "My Humps" isn't going to dig that hole any further." Well, then came [[ItGotWorse "The Time (Dirty Bit)".]]
** After being baffled by Willow Smith referencing "[[{{Devo}} Whip It]]"... cue [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo_2.0 Devo 2.0.]]
-->One crisis at a time, Todd...
** In the Best of 2010 review, he cuts his positive review for KatyPerry's "Teenage Dream" short, since he'll lose all respect for himself if he has to praise her any more.
** About halfway through reviewing "The Lazy Song" he states he can't hate Bruno Mars any more than he does now. Cut to Bruno laughing at his own joke.
** Used twice regarding [=Ke$ha's=] "Tik Tok". After looking at her previous work with Flo Rida, the spelling of her name, and the album art, he's certain he's not going to like the song. The chorus plays... and he actually enjoys it. Heartened by this, he starts the song from the beginning... and the verses lose him again.
** Subverted by "Lighters". As he reaches Eminem's verse, he goes in expecting a bland verse fitting his has-been nature that will do nothing to blow him away... and is proven correct.
** Thinking that he's being too harsh, Todd decides he could enjoy the Black Eye Peas covering "Time Of My Life" if he gives it a chance. His faith is not rewarded.
* TenMinuteRetirement: His first ThatGuyWithTheGlasses exclusive. He quits from the strain from hearing [=~Ke$ha~=]'s "Blah Blah Blah", only to return and give it a sound beating less than a minute later.
* TheyJustDidntCare: Accuses Snoop Dogg of this in Katy Perry's "California Gurls" and Ludacris of this in Enrique Iglesias's "Tonight...". Though he admits that it's [[JustifiedTrope arguably justified]] considering they realized the quality of the song they were recording and [[MoneyDearBoy just wanted to get paid]]. [[invoked]]
** Also, he thought that Train wrote "Hey Soul Sister" as AlbumFiller ("let's write bad lyrics, and record it like I was imitating Minnie Mouse!").
** And it's one of the possible explanations Todd comes up for why the line "[[TooSoon Like Tina did to Ike in the limo, it finally hit me]]" appears in "Deuces".[[hottip:*:It isn't Chris Brown who sings it, but Todd is quick to point out Brown should have asked for the guest to remove this!]]
** Again when Bruno Mars wrote "The Lazy Song."
** He accuses Katy Perry's production team of doing this in "E.T.", as they got tired of providing nice beats and [[AutoTune tuning for her voice]].
** ItGetsWorse in his ''Moves Like Jagger'' review, where he is throughly convinced that Maroon 5 didn't know anything about [[TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]] himself, but just slapped it together when it seemed like a mini-fad to mention him in songs.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
** Said word for word after his first review at TGWTG.com was "Blah Blah Blah" by Ke$ha.
** In his "HannahMontana: TheMovie" Review: "This is going to hurt a lot, isn't it?"
* ThisIsSparta: FINISH. THE. RHYME!
** [[BrainBleach CAN'T... GET.... CLEAAAAAN!]]
** [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Three words]]: Deep. Blue. Something.
* TooGoodToLast: [[{{in-universe}} This is his hindsight opinion]] of the rise of indie pop in 2004, and he is strongly convinced that the same will happen to Neon Trees. He's a bit more optimistic about Foster The People.
* TooMuchInformation: His reaction to "'Cause I was all through\Oh I was overwhelmed" in "Drive-By".
-->"Don't make me think of your O-face, dude"
* [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously Took The Bad Song Seriously]]: [[{{in-universe}} Todd]] [[LampshadeHanging hangs several lampshades on this]].
** Music/JustinBieber in "Eenie Meenie".
--->'''Todd:''' Make us believe that you ''feel'', deep down in your ''soul''... that [[YouFailLinguisticsForever Shawty is a eenie meenie miney moe lovah]].
** Chris Brown in "I Can Transform Ya".
---> '''Todd:''' Poor Chris Brown... he's trying ''so hard'' to find the melody.
** In the WebOriginal/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_634960&v=OzOaLvwrbvc#t=32s cover]] of "Music/{{Friday}}", Todd seems to be the only person who's even trying to sing well.
* TrueArtIsAngsty: Totally [[AvertedTrope averted]]. He actually likes stupid pop music and his complaints stem from his dissatisfaction with ''bad'' stupid pop music. Lampshaded [[{{In-universe}} when he ranks]] "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" as one of his Worst Songs Of 1987.
-->'''Todd:''' What kind of critic am I? I'll tell you what kind: The kind that hates "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" by Genesis!
** On the other hand, he dislikes the "white guy with acoustic guitar" genre because it's mostly void of emotion.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: At one point in "Break Up," [[{{In-universe}} he asks]] if it's an avant-garde piece that's gone over his head.
* UnfortunateImplications:
** [[{{In-universe}} Todd points out]] that in "Tonight..." the chorus of the song "Tonight I'm fucking you" implies [[DateRape that the woman Enrique is talking to has no choice in the matter]].
** One line in BrunoMars' "The Lazy Song"[[hottip:*:Turn the TV on, [[ADateWithRosiePalms throw my hand in my pants]][=/=]Nobody's gonna tell me I can't]] leads Todd to believe that Mars had been called out for masturbating in public.
** "E.T." by Katy Perry ft. Kanye West. Todd, in an attempt to forgo his LiteralMinded ways of song interpretation, notes that if one interprets the song as being about, say, a black guy, then Katy is singing about a ScaryBlackMan who threatens to abduct her. Todd then figures that metaphor can't apply, and that it must meant to be taken literally and be about an alien, because there's no way the song would be intended to have that kind of message. [[ItGotWorse Then Kanye shows up and raps about abducting her, probing her and taking her against her will.]]
** If one sings "Like Tina did to Ike in the limo, it finally hit me" (as Kevin [=McCall=] in "Deuces"), he's sympathizing with Ike, of all people (and if the main singer had a domestic abuse history, it's even more unfortunate!).
** In his blip.tv intro to "3", Todd mentions how that review (and a few subsequent ones) make it seem like he's against sex.
* TheUnpronounceable: He has trouble saying the names of everyone in {{A-ha}} who isn't Morten Harket.
* VerbalBackspace: He does one after describing the {{Mondegreen}} of Hannah Montana's "I Got [[strike: Nerf]] Nerve".
--> '''Todd:''' Heh. Nerf should use this song for their commercials. Nerf should not use this song for their commercials. I immediately take that back.
* VerySpecialEpisode: His "review" of Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music" proceeds to ''completely'' ignore the song's existence, in favor of a 15-minute TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at Chris Brown and his complete failure to learn anything from the Rihanna incident.
* VomitDiscretionShot: He couldn't quite hold his liquor in "Your Love Is My Drug".
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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).
** 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 a U2 top 5 with "I'm Todd in the Shadows, and 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, [[RollingStones get off of his cloud!]]"
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome:
-->'''Todd:''' {{Eminem}} just [[ImAHumanitarian threatened to eat your face!]] '''''AWESOME!'''''
* 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 [=~Ke$ha~=]'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 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]]
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Calls this on Ne-Yo singing with an AustralianAccent ("Let's do it to-noight") - he even speculates it's "Let's do it to annoy!".
* WithLyrics: "[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/tpsr/27467-songs1987 Kenny G, he's a stupid looking guy...]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN2RnjFHmNY and he plays his goddamn saxophone, it makes me want to die...]]"
* 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 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 ''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]])
* WordSaladLyrics: Young Money's "[=Bedrock=]".
--> '''Gudda:''' And I got her, nigga... grocery bag.\\
'''Todd:''' The words and ideas don't flow into each other, they just pile up into this free-association trainwreck!
** Also, the second line into KanyeWest's first verse in [[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 {{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 {{REM}}'s vocation for this in "Top Ten Songs About Mediocre Romance".
** "Drive By".
* WorthyOpponent:
** LadyGaga. He doesn't like her, but he does acknowledge that "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 LadyGaga from artists such as M.I.A. and 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.
** While he assures us that he hates KatyPerry 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."
* 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."
* [[YouPutTheXInXY You Take the X from XY]]: "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: [[WebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash's]] stickfigure learns this firsthand.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The DesignatedVillain in the HannahMontana Movie may have a mall-building plan that even generous helpings of AndThatsTerrible can't convince Todd to disaprove of, but he does admit that he's acting like a supreme douch who seems to revel in the fact that not a single resident in the town wants his mall or likes him. [[StepThreeProfit How exactly he's planning to turn a profit]] after he taunted most of his potential customers that they'd never raise enough money to 'save' the field [[CardCarryingVillain (his own words)]] it will be built on...
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