History YMMV / MichaelRosen

** The description of the expired meat used in the Yum Yum Burger Bar's food can be quite stomach-turning.

*** "Custard's Last Stand" has a homeless old woman dying from food poisoning caused by the rotten meat of Yum Yum Burger Bar's food. The narrator, who gave the burgers to her, admits to feeling ashamed by her act of generosity, believing she essentially "killed her with kindness".

** In "The Bakerloo Flea", the sound effects that Michael makes for the titular flea are [[HellIsThatNoise highly disturbing.]]

--->"Yes and no," she said. "What was left of him lived."

--> Sometimes sad is very big. It's everywhere, all over me... what makes me most sad is when I think about my son Eddie. He died. I loved him very, very much but he died anyway.

*** "Lollipop Lady" features the shocking and tragic deaths of several children on the road, run down by vehicles much too large and dangerous to be travelling down it, as well as the growing frustrations of the community as their efforts to resolve it are stonewalled by an apathetic council.
*** "Custard's Last Stand" has a homeless old woman dying from food poisoning caused by the rotten meat of Yum Yum Burger Bar's food. The narrator is distraught by this, since she herself served the food to the poor woman and genuinely thought she was doing good, but in the end she "killed her with kindness".

* MemeticMutation: As previously mentioned on the Main Page, Rosen's videos are frequently used as source material by [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop YouTube Poopers]], and as such, he has become something of a celebrity figure within the YTP community, if not for his actual work.
** [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop YouTube Poops]] involving Rosen typically contain a few [[RunningGag Running Gags]] that have become central to his meme status:

* SacredCow: Amongst WebAnimation/YouTubePoop makers, he’s commonly seen as one of the kindest and coolest people associated with the community, to the point where some take offense to those who genuinely hate him or his work.

* {{Tearjerker}}: For someone best known for memes and humor, ''Michael Rosen's Sad Book'' is a rather deep and tragic description on his grief over the death of his son.

*** "Custard's Last Stand" has a homeless old woman dying from food poisoning caused by the rotten meat of Yum Yum Burger Bar's food. The narrator is distraught by this, since she herself served the food to the poor woman and genuinely thought she was doing good, but in the end she "killed her with kindness".

*** "Custard's Last Stand" has a homeless old woman dying from foot poisoning caused by the rotten meat of Yum Yum Burger Bar's food. The narrator is distraught by this, since she herself served the food to the poor woman and genuinely thought she was doing good, but in the end she "killed her with kindness".

** Some of the stories in "Nasty!" deal with very realistic and heart-breaking scenarios that can resonate with older readers. "Lollipop Lady", for instance, features the shocking and tragic deaths of several children on the road, run down by vehicles much too large and dangerous to be travelling down it, as well as the growing frustrations of the community as their efforts to resolve it are stonewalled by an apathetic council.

--> Sometimes sad is very big. It's everywhere, all over me... what makes me most sad is when I think about my son Eddie. He died. I loved him very, very much but he died anyway.

** Videos of him describing various things (typically media like shows, movie franchies, music albums, etc.) using the aformentioned clips of him have become very popular on YouTube.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Strict. Oh mother of mercy. ''Strict''.

* {{Tearjerker}}: For someone best known for memes and humor, 'Michael Rosen's Sad Book' is a rather deep and tragic description on his grief over the death of his son.

** "A Plague of Wasps in Winter" is skin-crawling for anyone who hates wasps. Especially what they're implied to do to the unfortunate tanker truck driver:
--->"Did he live?"
--->"Yes and no. What was left of him lived."

* SacredCow: Amongst WebAnimation/YouTubePoop makers, he’s commonly seen as one of the kindest and coolest people associated with the community, to the point where some take offense to mocking or genuinely hating him or his work.

* SacredCow: Amongst WebAnimation/YouTubePoop makers, he’s commonly seen as one of the kindest and coolest people associated with the community, to the point where some have taken offense to those who mock or genuinely hate him and his work.

* SacredCow: Amongst WebAnimation/YouTubePoop makers, he’s commonly referred to as one of the kindest and coolest people in the community, to the point where some have taken offense to those who either mock his poems or label him as a dead meme.

*** "Windmills". You can thank Root Negative Sixteen for that one.

*** "Windmills". You can thank RootNegativeSixteen for that one.

* MemeticMutation/[[MemeticBadass Badass]]/FountainOfMemes: As previously mentioned on the Main Page, Rosen's videos are frequently used as source material by [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop YouTube Poopers]], and as such, he has become something of a celebrity figure within the YTP community, if not for his actual work.

*** "Windmills". You can thank rootnegativesixteen for that one.

* [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: The YTP entitled "Michael Rosen Hates Every Last One of Us", can come across as this to certain people. The video starts out with Michael complaining about how Poops have ruined his name and how he can't even look up his own poems without seeing Poops everywhere, which eventually builds up to a NEW Rosen pushing aside the old one and giving this speech:
---> '''Michael''': Yes, yes yes yes, we're all glad you hate fun, but for my money, YouTube Poops are wonderful. Let's think about creativity, expressiveness, children finding a voice! [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Pleasure! Stimulation!]] Feeling! Curiosity! Wonder, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick diddling my penis!]] As we know, these might be about the deepest, most complex emotions! Sometimes something quite abstract and philosophical, sometimes something quite silly and absurd! YouTube Poops are [[PrecisionFStrike absolutely f*cking magic]], and I hope that we can have a national, or even international dialogue about great poops and great poopers in our schools! Now, here's some I suggest. (The video ends, [[ShoutOut revealing the recommendations list, which will primarily consist of Rosen Poops.]])