History YMMV / Deadmau5

* FandomRivalry: Dubstep fans who don't like {{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.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: His [[http://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 "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]].
--> "First off, allow me to apologize on behalf of some (not all) of my ignorant "fans" for their idiotic remarks. Pretty much all of the "fans" making negative remarks about South Africa haven't even left their mommys basement, let alone be privileged enough to visit South Africa."
** [[BrokenBase On a broader note]], you have some older fans who cry [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks He Changed It Now It Sucks]] and ItsPopularNowItSucks, 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 This Song Is Not House, So It Sucks]]" every time he decides to bring out something on his [=SoundCloud=] that ''dares'' to be something different.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: His [[http://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 Excision's "X-Vision".

** [[http://www.djmag.com/images/top100djs/detail/1189.jpg This one]] stands out.

* NightmareFuel: The mau5heads, when not UglyCute.
** Also, his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wbAfsnodQ8 intro cutscene]] in ''[[VideoGame/DJHero DJ Hero 2]]''. [[spoiler:Possibly becomes NightmareRetardant, as he looks directly at the camera and waves stupidly while the mau5head grins afterwards.]]
*** [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance Which is]] [[{{Adorkable}} something he'd totally do]] [[ShownTheirWork in real life.]]]]

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: His [[http://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 Excision's "X-Vision".

** 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.

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

** He also has some with [[{{Minecraft}} Notch]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: All of his early work, especially since Section Z, the music site that hosted it, is now gone. ''Project 56'', ''deadmau5 Circa 1998-2002'' and ''A Little Oblique'' are compilations featuring much of his early work. Many one-off tracks are circulating around the internet as well, such as "asdfghjkl", "Limit Break" and "Brazil".
** "October" reached memetic status in this regard, originally appearing in a handful of live shows in 2008. It finally saw release on ''> album title goes here <'', in 2012.

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

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: His [[http://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 Excision's "X-Vision".

* JerkassWoobie: On one hand, you have the "cranky", [[ClusterFBomb constantly cussing]], immature [[{{Trolling}} troll]] [[{{Jerkass}} who has a reputation of being a huge jerk]], and on the other hand, you have the [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold rough and socially awkward, but nice guy]] [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/kids-today.html who loves kids]] and teaching music, babies his cat to the point of obesity (and writes songs about him!), has serious self-loathing, suffers from "severe depression and anxiety", [[IJustWantToBeNormal laments his lack of a quiet social life]], [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/falling-up.htm is terrified of failure]], and has a reputation for bending over backwards to please his fans and being a blast to hang out with.

** Also, his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wbAfsnodQ8 intro cutscene]] in ''[[DJHero DJ Hero 2]]''. [[spoiler:Possibly becomes NightmareRetardant, as he looks directly at the camera and waves stupidly while the mau5head grins afterwards.]]

** "Professional Griefers" is also starting to look like this, even though it's not out yet. Deadmau5 refers to himself as a "professional griefer", and the song is easily one of his most anticipated upcoming releases and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcxNIfVIUdU set performances]].

** [[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 This Song Is Not House, So It Sucks]]" every time he decides to bring out something on his [=SoundCloud=] that ''dares'' to be something different.

** And in a rare example of crossing genres, his fandom is getting some overlap between his own and that of the Music/{{Foo Fighters}}, due to recent collaborations and associations with each other.

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

** "[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 YouTube videos.

* PortmanteauCoupleName: Skrillmau5 for {{Slash Fic}} involving him and {{Skrillex}}.
* UglyCute: The mau5heads, when not NightmareFuel.

* UglyCute: The mau5heads, when not NightmareFuel.

* UglyCute: The mau5heads, when not AccidentalNightmareFuel.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The mau5heads, when not UglyCute.
** Also, his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wbAfsnodQ8 intro cutscene]] in ''[[DJHero DJ Hero 2]]''. [[spoiler:Possibly becomes NightmareRetardant, as he looks directly at the camera and waves stupidly while the mau5head grins afterwards.]]
*** [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance Which is]] [[{{Adorkable}} something he'd totally do]] [[ShownTheirWork in real life.]]]]

** And in a rare example of crossing genres, his fandom is getting some overlap between his own and that of the {{Foo Fighters}}, due to recent collaborations and associations with each other.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: His [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcxNIfVIUdU 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".

* BrokenBase: A minor example. While {{Flame War}}s hardly ever break out, there is nevertheless a distinct rift between the old guard (usually ''Random Album Title'' and earlier) and the new fans (usually ''For Lack of a Better Name'' and later). This was brought about by his sudden swell in popularity following the release "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" in 2008, new fans brought in by his newer albums such as ''4x4=12'' (which generally isn't well-liked among the old guard), and his changing style over time, as seen in "Early Album Weirdness" on the main page.

** [[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, So It Sucks]]" every time he decides to bring out something on his [=SoundCloud=] that ''dares'' to be something different.

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

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