History YMMV / Deadmau5

** After Joel put up "The Veldt" on [=SoundCloud=] as an instrumental, a house producer named Chris James tweeted Joel with him singing his own lyrics over the song. Joel decided to listen to it on stream, as he had streamed himself creating the song, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqurYVWg7-g his reaction is absolutely amazing]]. With nothing more than its title to go off of (named after a short story by Creator/RayBradbury), James' lyrics fit the song perfectly, even incorporating the story's original title "The World the Children Made". Not only does Joel crack many giant smiles, but he has his girlfriend Lindsey come in to listen to it and starts trying to contact James ''immediately'', with plans to do a vocal edit right then and there. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiUAq4aVTjY And it happened.]]

** After Joel put up "The Veldt" on Soundcloud, a house producer named Chris James tweeted Joel with him singing his own lyrics over the song. Joel decided to listen to it on stream, as he had streamed himself creating the song, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqurYVWg7-g his reaction is absolutely amazing]]. Not only does he crack many giant smiles, but he has his girlfriend Lindsey come in to listen to it and starts trying to contact James ''immediately'', with plans to do a vocal edit right then and there. And it happened.

* AwardSnub: {{Subverted|Trope}}; although ''while (1<2)'' lost its Grammy nom, Joel was more than happy to see the award go to Music/AphexTwin, one of his biggest musical influences.

'''Tommy Lee''': "@[=SOFIofficial=] @deadmau5 Busted!"

---> "[[https://twitter.com/#!/deadmau5/status/160856041972699136 Steve is so hot right now.]]"
* MemeticMutation:

---> Nobody's wrong, nobody's right. Everyone cheats, everyone lies. Nobody cares, nobody minds. Night turns to day, and then the sun shines.

** "Seeya" is based around an already sick, funky bass riff, [[UpToEleven and then the piano comes in...]]

* HoYay: Often has it with Music/{{Skrillex}} and especially [[Music/MotleyCrue Tommy Lee]], the latter of which was taken UpToEleven when the two of them were blatantly flirting with each other on Twitter.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcxNIfVIUdU live shows]] have to be seen to be believed. Music/DaftPunk may have practically invented the "epic lights and effects electronic show" idea, but deadmau5 popularized it, leading to [[FollowTheLeader similar show setups]] such as Skrillex's "cell" and Music/{{Excision}}'s "Executioner".

** Thanks to the vocal version of "Ghosts 'n Stuff", deadmau5's fandom has quite overlapped with the one of Music/{{Pendulum}}.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* HarsherInHindsight: Joel's online disses and overall flippant attitude towards Music/{{Avicii}} and his music is much tougher to take in stride after the latter's death in April 2018, [[https://www.tmz.com/2018/05/01/avicii-dj-suicide-glass-cut-bottle-death/ especially once it was discovered his death was the result of suicide]].

** "[X]mau5 - [Y] 'n' Stuff", such as "Breadmau5 - Toast 'n' Stuff", which is a parody of "deadmau5 - Ghosts N Stuff". Variations are often posted all over the place in the comments for mau5-related Website/YouTube videos.

* PortmanteauCoupleName: Skrillmau5 for SlashFic involving him and Music/{{Skrillex}}.

** On his Facebook, he made a post stating that although ''while (1<2)'' didn't win its Grammy Award nomination, he would gladly see the award go to Music/AphexTwin (for ''Syro''), one of his biggest influences into starting his career. The post even ends with Joel saying "well deserved Richard :D".

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: The deliriously happy sounding synths midway through "Some Chords".

*** "Bleed", made in memory of Bobby Clifford[[note]]a diehard fan of Joel's who was going to college at the time but died at 25, also in a car crash[[/note]], with the honor of being one of the saddest [=mau5=] songs ever. While "Arguru" is still a straightforward dance song, "Bleed" doesn't even muster that much energy, airing its grievance through somber, undulating drones, with the small sidechaining kick towards the end being the only danceable trait of this song.

--> Nobody's wrong, nobody's right. Everyone cheats, everyone lies. Nobody cares, nobody minds. Night turns to day, and then the sun shines.

* MemeticMutation: "Go to bed Joel" is an injoke in the fandom after it was spammed incessantly on a Q&A session he was having on /mu/ and is usually used as a response against one of his trolling attempts.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Tons. Many of his songs could be pointed to as "awesome", but the ambient 10-minute-long epic "Strobe" is often cited as his best song by many fans. Other popular choices for "awesome music" include ''Ghosts 'n Stuff'' (both the original and the vocal mix), the sequel song ''Moar Ghosts n Stuff'', ''I Remember'', ''Raise Your Weapon'', ''Professional Griefers'', and ''Cthulhu Sleeps'', but it's safe to say that nearly ''any'' song of his, especially those released in the last few years, could be a viable contender for being awesome.

* HarsherInHindsight: Joel's online disses and overall flippant attitude towards Avicii and his music is much tougher to take in stride after the latter's death in April 2018, [[https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/6224569/avicii-suicide-cause-death-glass-bottle-oman-hotel/ especially once it was discovered his death was the result of suicide]].

* FandomRivalry: Dubstep fans who don't like Music/{{Skrillex}} tend to embrace deadmau5 instead. Ironic in that deadmau5 isn't really a dubstep artist (what with only two dubstep songs actually released as opposed to the ''many'' house tracks) and that he was the one who signed on Skrillex's ''Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites EP'' onto mau5trap and kickstarted his career.
** Doubly ironic in that Skrillex is credited (under his real name Sonny Moore) as one of the writers for "Raise Your Weapon".

** And in ''another'' example of cross-genre friendliness, Music/MyChemicalRomance fans have been friendly with [=Deadmau5=] fans thanks to Gerard Way providing the vocals for “Professional Griefers.” Could also count as JustHereForGodzilla, as some MCR fans who otherwise don’t like [=Deadmau5=] or house music listen to the song solely just for Gerard.

*** "Bleed", made in memory of Bobby Clifford[[note]]a diehard fan of Joel's who was going to college at the time but died at 25, also in a car crash[[/note]], with the honor of being one of the saddest [=mau5=] songs ever. While "Arguru" is still a straightforward dance song, "Bleed" doesn't even muster that much energy, airing its grievance through somb

er, undulating drones, with the small sidechaining kick towards the end being the only danceable trait of this song.

* EyeScream: His eye after Meowingtons scratched it can count as this.
** [[http://instagram.com/p/v82HApux5I/ "Meowingtons just boxed me in the face, FOR PETTING HIM. Now my eyes all fucked up :/"]]
* FriendlyFandoms: His fandom tends to overlap with that of Music/{{Skrillex}}'s. This is especially evident in how you can spot mau5head-wearing fans at Skrillex concerts. Unfortunately, the friendliness has died down a bit now that Joel and Sonny no longer seem to like each other.

* HarsherInHindsight: Any jokes about him loving his cat more than his girlfriend were quickly made this when they broke up.

** Joel's online disses and overall flippant attitude towards Avicii and his music is much tougher to take in stride after the latter's death in April 2018, [[https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/6224569/avicii-suicide-cause-death-glass-bottle-oman-hotel/ especially once it was discovered his death was the result of suicide]].

-->"@deadmau5 @mrtommyland now UR planning a romantic getaway? Don't flatter urself Joel - he asked me the same thing earlier today pffft"\\

-->[[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150392843551806&set=a.100357766805.100899.9980651805&type=3&theater man, i love @notch this ones priceless]]

--> "[[https://twitter.com/#!/deadmau5/status/160856041972699136 Steve is so hot right now.]]"

* UglyCute: The mau5heads, when not NightmareFuel.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcxNIfVIUdU live shows]] have to be seen to be believed. Music/DaftPunk may have practically invented the "epic lights and effects electronic show" idea, but deadmau5 popularized it, leading to [[FollowTheLeader similar show setups]] such as Skrillex's "cell" and Music/{{Excision}}'s "Executioner".

*** "Bleed", made in memory of Bobby Clifford[[note]]a diehard fan of Joel's who was going to college at the time but died at 25, also in a car crash[[/note]], with the honor of being one of the saddest [=mau5=] songs ever. While "Arguru" is still a straightforward dance song, "Bleed" doesn't even muster that much energy, airing its grievance through somber, undulating drones, with the small sidechaining kick towards the end being the only danceable trait of this song.