History YMMV / ToddInTheShadows

* HePannedItNowHeSucks:
** He briefly came under fire for his attitude towards the adult alternative genre after he explained it at length in "The Lazy Song" review.
** Todd has also received several accusations of being homophobic for his negative reviews of Music/LadyGaga's "Alejandro" and "Born This Way".
** He's also gotten some backlash from frustrated EDM fans after he called the genre "boring" and "having no personality to it" during the "Wrecking Ball" review. In his "Worst Songs of 2013" list, he had Music/{{Zedd}}'s "Stay The Night," a song that got a lot of critical acclaim from both EDM fans and music critics, as a "dishonorable mention" for being bad due to the repetitive lyrics (even though this is a commonplace thing in vocal EDM in general). He also made a potshot against Music/SwedishHouseMafia, which didn't exactly help his case.
** He's been getting backlash from Music/FallOutBoy fans after putting "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light 'Em Up)" on his "Worst Songs of 2013" list, despite saying that he likes Fall Out Boy and many of their songs, such as "Dance Dance". To be fair, he stated in the video that he ''was'' expecting backlash, and what most people took issue with was that Todd called them assholes when they're actually considered nice and {{adorkable}} guys. He also received some flak for putting "[[Music/ImagineDragons Demons]]" on the same list (although his later inclusion of "Thunder" and "Believer" on his Worst of 2017 list was far less controversial).
*** He references this in a PlayedForLaughs way in the "Best Songs of 2014" list when Todd mentions how Fall Out Boy couldn't make a song about the real world like Paramore would with "Ain't It Fun" for various reasons... before ''immediately'' saying he likes Fall Out Boy for those reasons and asks the fans not to hurt him.
--->'''Todd''': The first time I heard Paramore, a friend of mine dubbed them "Fall Out Girl." But whatever else you want to say about them, though, they're a much more direct band than Fall Out Boy ever were. Fall Out Boy would never, ever write a song about living in the real world, and if they did, they stuff it full of parched, trying-too-hard metaphors that don't make sense. (quickly) And I mean that in a loving way, I like a lot of Fall Out Boy's songs because of all those things, please don't hurt me. (awkwardly gives a thumbs up)
** Todd's "Worst of 2013" list has received a fair bit of scrutiny, notably mostly because Todd listed other songs but didn't bring up any of Miley Cyrus' music, even though he'd given a scathing review of two of her singles, and "Blurred Lines", which Todd gave a scathing review, only had a passing mention.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the "Worst of 2014" list, in which he put "Take Me to Church" on the honorable mentions for the worst list despite being asked if he would put it on the best list.
** Todd's negative comparison between Powfu and WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory earned him quite a bit of flack, especially considering his target audience. While he didn't directly imply ERB to be ''bad'' per se (he called them lame and white, which is part of the ironic charm of the series), his comments were still rather surprising considering his major respect for successful comedy musicians and love of acts such as Music/FlightOfTheConchords and Music/TheLonelyIsland.
** He anticipated this when he put "Ice Cream" on his worst of 2020 list, stating his terror that Music/{{Blackpink}}'s fanbase would tear him apart given the vocal followings most K-pop acts have. While Blackpink does indeed have a large fanbase ([[FanCommunityNicknames called "Blinks"]]), the ones who commented on Todd's video stated that "Ice Cream" wasn't very good and most of the fans don't care for it.
*** Same goes for BTS' "Dynamite", which was a #1 hit and more loved within BTS' fandom, described by Todd in the same video (though not making it part of the list itself) as radio filler with no ambition but to be inoffensively catchy before being forgotten about forever. Despite this and the inclusion of Blackpink's "Ice Cream", these fandoms seem to have largely not affected him, as the Worst of 2020 video has a very solid like/dislike ratio on [=YouTube=], in contrast to the large number of dislikes for his Worst of 2018 list, where he included Juice WRLD (granted, before he died and before he grew on Todd), as well as Eminem.
** Invoked again when he put "Surface Pressure" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' at #10 on his Worst of 2022 list, claiming that he disliked most of Lin-Manuel Miranda's songs in general. He began the entry by stating that he preferred to leave controversial entries until later on in the list, so it was going to be unusual to start with one.
** Todd stating that he thinks Jack Black's "Peaches" from the ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1647641865204961280?s=20 "fucking sucks"]] caused plenty of backlash from people, accusing him of "hating fun" and "taking it too seriously".

** ''Trainwreckords'' in particular appears to be becoming the most popular series he makes, with ''nine'' of his top ten most viewed non-list videos being Trainwrecks[[note]]His most viewed non-list video, btw, is his [[CreatorsOddball James Somerton video]][[/note]].

*** "Sir, a Second video essay has hit the James Somerton"
*** Plagiarism Month [[labelnote:Explanation]]The proliferation of videos on plagiarism in December of 2023 from Hbomberguy, Todd, and numerous others led fans to declare December 2023 "Plagiarism month."[[/labelnote]]