History YMMV / Deadmau5

** [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance Which is something he'd totally do in real life.]]]]

** [[BrokenBase On a broader note]], you have some older fans who cry [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks He Changed It Now It Sucks]] and {{Its Popular Now It Sucks}}, and stereotype all newer fans as ignorant idiots who only know his "popular" tracks (such as "Sofi Needs a Ladder", "Raise Your Weapon", and "Ghosts 'n' Stuff"). And you have some newer fans who ''[[DumbassHasAPoint really do]]'' only know deadmau5's popular and later songs and cry "this is not deadmau5" when they come across some of his older stuff (shining examples of this can be seen in the comments for "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3jDbxG5mDA Careless]]"). And on both sides, you have the people who cry "[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks He Released a Song That's Not House and It Sucks]]" every time he decides to bring out something on his [=SoundCloud=] that ''dares'' to be something different.

* BrokenBase: A more minor example, in that occasionally arguments spring up between groups of fans as to whether the "old mau5" music is better than the "new mau5" music or not, as his style has changed over the years (see [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Early Album Weirdness]] on the main page). It's a more "minor" example in that it doesn't really lead to massive {{Flame War}}s, though the rift between the old guard (pre-''4x4=12'') and the new fans (who are often stereotyped as only knowing about "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" and "Sofi Needs a Ladder") is rather apparent.

* JerkassWoobie: He's a "cranky", [[ClusterFBomb cussing]], often [[PerpetualFrowner frowning]], somewhat immature, tattooed "scrawny miscreant"...who [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/kids-today.html loves kids]], is "obsessed" about his cat Professor Meowingtons, and has signs of serious self-loathing. One Facebook post has him stating that he is a "bad parody of myself" and wanting to "smash my head in with a stick". In the aforementioned link to his post about kids, he regrets not being a good role-model and refers to himself as a "terrible human being". He has also [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/discontentment-and-spellchecking.html considered therapy]], and is [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/falling-up.html terrified of failure]]. Want to give him a hug? Too bad he {{Hates Being Touched}}.
** And he posted on Facebook about how he's been dealing with "severe depression and anxiety" over the past year. [[FridgeHorror Which might explain why he and his girlfriend broke up.]]
* 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.

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

** The HoYay between him and Tommy Lee was also lampshaded by Tommy Lee's girlfriend, SOFI, after deadmau5 and Tommy Lee were discussing going to Fiji on Twitter:

* BrokenBase: A more minor example, in that occasionally arguments spring up between groups of fans as to whether the "old mau5" music is better than the "new mau5" music or not, as his style has changed over the years (see [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Early Album Weirdness on the main page). It's a more "minor" example in that it doesn't really lead to massive {{Flame War}}s, though the rift between the old guard (pre-''4x4=12'') and the new fans (who are often stereotyped as only knowing about "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" and "Sofi Needs a Ladder") is rather apparent.

* BrokenBase: A more minor example, in that occasionally arguments spring up between groups of fans as to whether the "old mau5" music is better than the "new mau5" music or not, as his style has changed over the years (see EarlyAlbumWeirdness on the main page). It's a more "minor" example in that it doesn't really lead to massive {{Flame War}}s, though the rift between the old guard (pre-''4x4=12'') and the new fans (who are often stereotyped as only knowing about "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" and "Sofi Needs a Ladder") is rather apparent.

* 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), ''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.
* BrokenBase: A more minor example, in that occasionally arguments spring up between groups of fans as to whether the "old mau5" music is better than the "new mau5" music or not, as his style has changed over the years (see ''Early Album Weirdness'' on the main page). It's a more "minor" example in that it doesn't really lead to massive {{Flame War}}s, though the rift between the old guard (pre-''4x4=12'') and the new fans (who are often stereotyped as only knowing about ''Ghosts N Stuff'' and ''Sofi Needs a Ladder'') is rather apparent.

** A lesser example occurs with anyone who's released stuff on mau5trap - Feed Me, SOFI, and Excision, for instance, have differing degrees of overlap with deadmau5's fandom. SOFI in particular shares many of her fans with deadmau5 because her vocals on ''Sofi Needs a Ladder'' and ''One Trick Pony'' started her professional career.

** A lesser example occurs with anyone who's released stuff on mau5trap - Feed Me, SOFI, and Excision, for instance, have differing degrees of overlap with deadmau5's fandom.

* FanDumb: Upon announcing his South Africa tour, some fans were making stereotypical comments about the place and complaining. Needless to say, [[ he wasn't happy about it]].

** The above mention with Tommy Lee is summed up pretty well by [[ this image]].
** [[ "Does Skrillex tell everyone he loves them or does he have to be drunk?"]] "No, I think he does it sober, too. [[HoYay Or maybe it's just me.]]"

-->[[ man, i love @notch this ones priceless]]

--> "[[ Steve is so hot right now.]]"
* JerkassWoobie: He's a "cranky", [[ClusterFBomb cussing]], often [[PerpetualFrowner frowning]], somewhat immature, tattooed "scrawny miscreant"...who [[ loves kids]], is "obsessed" about his cat Professor Meowingtons, and has signs of serious self-loathing. One Facebook post has him stating that he is a "bad parody of myself" and wanting to "smash my head in with a stick". In the aforementioned link to his post about kids, he regrets not being a good role-model and refers to himself as a "terrible human being". He has also [[ considered therapy]], and is [[ terrified of failure]]. Want to give him a hug? Too bad he {{Hates Being Touched}}.

** "[X]mau5 - [Y] 'n' Stuff", such as "Breadmau5 - Toast 'n' Stuff".
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: His [[ live shows]] have to be seen to be believed. {{Daft Punk}} 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 Excision's "X-Vision".

* FanDumb: Upon announcing his South Africa tour, some fans were making stereotypical comments about the place and complaining. Needless to say, [[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150465059432527 he wasn't happy about it]].

** The above mention with Tommy Lee is summed up pretty well by [[http://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/829.jpg this image]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhRbpMspDsw "Does Skrillex tell everyone he loves them or does he have to be drunk?"]] "No, I think he does it sober, too. [[HoYay Or maybe it's just me.]]"

-->[[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.]]"
* JerkassWoobie: He's a "cranky", [[ClusterFBomb cussing]], often [[PerpetualFrowner frowning]], somewhat immature, tattooed "scrawny miscreant"...who [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/kids-today.html loves kids]], is "obsessed" about his cat Professor Meowingtons, and has signs of serious self-loathing. One Facebook post has him stating that he is a "bad parody of myself" and wanting to "smash my head in with a stick". In the aforementioned link to his post about kids, he regrets not being a good role-model and refers to himself as a "terrible human being". He has also [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/discontentment-and-spellchecking.html considered therapy]], and is [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/falling-up.html terrified of failure]]. Want to give him a hug? Too bad he {{Hates Being Touched}}.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: His [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rnd7c5DwgE live shows]] have to be seen to be believed. {{Daft Punk}} 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 Excision's "X-Vision".

* 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/.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic

* JerkassWoobie: He's a "cranky", [[ClusterFBomb cussing]], often [[PerpetualFrowner frowning]], somewhat immature, tattooed "scrawny miscreant"...who [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/kids-today.html loves kids]], is "obsessed" about his cat Professor Meowingtons, and has signs of serious self-loathing. One Facebook post has him stating that he is a "bad parody of himself" and wanting to "smash my head in with a stick". In the aforementioned link to his post about kids, he regrets not being a good role-model and refers to himself as a "terrible human being". He has also [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/discontentment-and-spellchecking.html considered therapy]], and is [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/falling-up.html terrified of failure]]. Want to give him a hug? Too bad he {{Hates Being Touched}}.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: His [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rnd7c5DwgE live shows]] have to be seen to be believed.