History YMMV / Toddintheshadows

** Todd's Top 10 songs of 2016 list in general is quite split among his viewers. While one side respects his choices (even the odd curveballs he threw in) because it's his list, many others called into question the legitimacy of a lot of his picks because he tended to criticize them more than praise them.

** Todd's Top 10 songs of 2016 list in general is quite split among his viewers. While one side respects his choices (even the odd curveballs he threw in) because it's his list, many others called into question the legitimacy of a lot of his picks because during the countdown it sounded like he had a lot more to criticize than praise.

** In his first episode of One Hit Wonderland, he calls the lead singer of Music/AHa a dreamboat and gushing about his attractiveness.

* MorePopularSpinOff: ''Trainwreckords'' and ''One Hit Wonderland'' regularly get just as many if not higher view counts than the main pop song reviews. Todd has been repeatedly praised for the insight and analysis of not just the music itself but also the acts behind them in these videos, prompting Todd to make more of them.

** Occasionally disses well-loved songs/albums on Twitter (''Music/{{Grace}}'', ''Music/OKComputer'',[[note]]Possibly - the precise tweet stated that a turning point in his developing his own taste in music was realizing he didn't care all that much for ''OK Computer'', but a previous Q&A thread had him listing "Paranoid Android" as his favorite Music/{{Radiohead}} song (he could just not like the rest of the album, and he later said his favorite song of theirs was "Creep," so who knows?); [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1329199528952569862 he later stated on Twitter]] that the album eventually grew on him after repeated listens, indicating that he's not as harsh about it as before[[/note]] and [[Music/LedZeppelin "Kashmir,"]] for instance), but they actually don't seem to get that huge a negative reaction. He did, however, note that people were very annoyed that he not only likes "Get Lucky," he thinks it's Daft Punk's best song by a mile.[[note]]That isn't to say he doesn't like Daft Punk. He previously stated his favorite song of theirs was "Digital Love" in an FAQ that came out 2 years prior to "Get Lucky."[[/note]]

* BizarroEpisode: "The Top Ten '90s Buses", where Todd counts down [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin memorable buses in the pop culture of the '90s]].

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Todd ends his ''Funstyle'' Trainwreckords episode noting that Music/LizPhair "started thinking about shoring up her own legacy and leaving things on a good note. I hope she does." One year later, he was pleased that [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1402821255112192001 "my one kind statement in a very unkind review came true"]], as she released ''Soberish'', a significant improvement on the deranged silliness of ''Funstyle''.

* HarsherInHindsight: Frequently. With as often as his "Toddstradamus" predictions go awry, occasionally they go awry in heartbreaking fashion.
** Todd found one himself where he tweeted a joke at Creator/RobinWilliams's expense just days before he committed suicide.
** In his "Blurred Lines" review, Todd theorizes that the sleazy content of the song was a result of Music/RobinThicke already being in a happy relationship, and therefore he didn't have to worry about how he presented himself to women. Robin would later go through a messy divorce with his wife after groping a fan, and an attempt to win her back with an album dedicated to her, ''Paula'', was seen as mostly pathetic. This would be later lampshaded to hell and back when Todd made a Trainwreckords episode about ''Paula''.
*** Similarly, in his review of [=6ix9ine=] and Music/NickiMinaj's "TROLLZ", Todd brought up Thicke as one of the few people whose careers actually ended for being "problematic", as in that their crimes were much lesser, but who no one really liked that much to begin with. A year later, Creator/EmilyRatajkowski, who appeared in Thicke's "Blurred Lines" video, released her autobiography called ''My Body'', which accused Thicke of sexual harassment and groping on set of the video.
** In the ''Film/BodyOfEvidence'' review, Todd mentions distress in a black church. The episode came out the same day of the Charleston shootings.
** In his Worst Hit Songs of 2015 list, he said of "Fight Song" (the #2 entry) "If this is your fight song, ''you're going to lose''." Fast-forward to election day 2016 when UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton, who had used "Fight Song" in her campaign, lost the presidency to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump. (Todd wasn't a big fan of Clinton, but favored her over Trump by miles, and was shocked and distraught when Trump won. Obviously, this joke is [[HilariousInHindsight a lot funnier]] to people who actually were happy Trump won, and and a joke about Clinton losing probably would have been funny to Todd himself if not for the part about Trump winning.)
*** Speaking of: one of the lines he dismisses as "stupid" from Jadakiss' "Why" asks how Arnold Schwarzenegger could be elected governor of California when he had no prior political experience. Because lord knows that couldn't happen on a larger scale, and with a celebrity far more crude and brash than Arnold is... (Once again, this can also qualify as HilariousInHindsight depending on your views of Trump, though for Todd himself it probably falls here.)
*** Similarly, in his ''Film/{{Evita}}'' video, he mentioned that going by the movie, Eva Peron just seemed famous for being famous, "like Kim Kardashian, except she somehow became a country's First Lady", dismissing the idea as ridiculous before showing a "[[Music/KanyeWest Kanye]] for President 2020" article. Looking back, even if this never happens, the fact that Melania Trump actually did become a country's First Lady makes the thought a little less ridiculous. The Kanye article itself gets this, as in July 2020, Kanye officially launched a campaign for the presidency.
** Also in his Worst Songs of 2015 list: he constantly rags on Silentó for being a comically dull, squeaky-clean kid, predicting he'll never be heard from again. Nowadays, Silentó has a newfound reputation -- as one of the most dangerous, mentally unstable rappers in Atlanta. Starting in 2020, he got booked on a domestic disturbance; was arrested again the very next day for stalking his girlfriend ''with a hatchet'' and breaking into a random home to terrorize the family; drove over 140 MPH down the Interstate, swerving through traffic, because he thought he was being "followed"; and, finally, got indicted by a grand jury for shooting his own cousin to death.
** Todd mentions in his "Holy Grail" review that he could imagine Kanye West delivering a song about the pressures of fame much more convincingly. In 2016, Kanye was hospitalized after a very well-publicized breakdown brought on by - you guessed it - excessive touring and production.
** Todd's many jokes at Music/LinkinPark's expense become much harder to take after frontman Chester Bennington's suicide in 2017. Todd himself expressed dismay over Bennington's death and said he came to appreciate the band after a while.[[note]]Because of these events, ''One More Light'' (which received negative reviews, at least before Bennington's death) is unlikely to be done on ''Trainwreckords'' due to [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1044333158605312000 his jossing of]] Music/ChrisCornell's ''Scream'' from the show, itself another [[Music/{{Timbaland}} pop-oriented]] and similarly negative-reviewed album by a rock icon.[[/note]]
** His joke about Ke$ha (as she was then) knowing the location of a penis became a lot more horrifying after she filed a lawsuit against Dr. Luke, alleging that Luke had raped her.
** In his review of "Despacito", after making a joke that America had to import its happy summer songs from elsewhere just like everything else, he acknowledges that this isn't technically true as the artist is from Puerto Rico, "and Puerto Rico is in fact part of this country, even though we treat it like it's not, for God knows what reason." Two months and two disastrous hurricanes later (Maria in particular), the US government's approach to the relief efforts proved this statement more painfully true than expected.
** In his "Look What You Made Me Do" review, Todd compared the destruction of Music/TaylorSwift's wholesome, innocent image to the shattered public images of "saintly father figure" Joe Paterno and "moral voice of black America" Bill Cosby. In his Best of 2017 list, when discussing "Praying", he also discussed the [=#MeToo=] movement and how many celebrities are being exposed for sexual abuse. Neither of these moments were sunshine and rainbows to begin with, but they're especially harsh after the 2018 revelations of mistreatment and sexual abuse from some of Channel Awesome's staff, with Todd leaving the site in light of the accusations.
** Adding to the previous point, Todd discusses how he's been binge-watching movies and shows from people he likes before allegations come out and turn them into horrible people he can no longer support. The Not So Awesome document released in 2018, written by over 20 ex-producers of CA, details many issues with management as well as a case of sexual grooming. A response by Channel Awesome themselves revealed, accidentally (or so we hope), that the groomer was [[Webvideo/YouCanPlayThis Justin Carmical]], someone who was close friends with everyone on the site, Todd likely included. It hurts on a far more personal level.
** In the "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" review, Todd worries that everything from 2010 is gonna come back to haunt him, and Creator/AllisonPregler cameos as Obscurus Lupa telling Todd to stop stalking her. Lupa shoots off a bunch more dated claims in TheStinger, including [[DramaticIrony "If there's one thing I know for sure, I'm going to be on That Guy with the Glasses forever."]] At the time, this wasn't an example since Allison had already made it clear that she was fired under pretty bad circumstances. Come 2018, however, the aforementioned revelations from the early 2010s blow up with Allison leading the movement, to the point where Todd himself quit the channel.
** On the other side of the business model, his comments on Music/{{Chamillionaire}} being a major investor in his employer Maker Studios became much worse in the context of purchasing, dissolving and failing to replace Blip, as well as improper treatment of their employees that eventually led to a mass layoff in 2017, which many affected content creators were ''thankful'' for.
** Todd's videos of "Club Can't Handle Me" and "S&M" have cameos from [[Creator/DougWalker Doug]] and Rob Walker, respectively, who provide humorous in-universe examples of ExecutiveMeddling. After the Change the Channel movement blew up and resulted in Todd and many, many other producers parting ways from Website/ChannelAwesome, even though Todd never had any issues with the Walkers or even CEO Mike Michaud, it goes without saying that these two bits haven't exactly aged well.
*** Similarly in his crossover with Creator/LindsayEllis (when she was still WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick) had him remarking that at least - unlike Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini - they didn't film their [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights self-promoting]] [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee movies]] out of contractual obligation, to which Lindsay snarks, "Maybe ''you'' didn't." As it turned out, pretty much ''all'' of the then-Channel Awesome creators had no desire to make more crossover films, but more or less did it out of contractual obligations.
** In his One-Hit Wonderland "Tic Tac Toe", Todd brings up Hurricane Chris as a One Hit Wonder nobody remembers. Later in 2020, Hurricane Chris would be convicted of second-degree murder.
** In 2018 Todd made a Twitter thread in which he praised Creator/ShiaLaBeouf and then jokingly mentioned that he hoped Shia wasn't involved in some "weird ugly sex thing". It came out in late 2020 and early 2021 that [=LaBeouf=] had physically and sexually abused multiple partners. Todd lampshaded this in [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1354558718520619010 a later tweet]] and in the Worst of 2020 video:
---> '''Todd:''' Well, [[Music/JustinBieber Bieber]], you may be lo-o-o-onely, but you had a better 2020 than that guy. So, buck up.
** In his "TROLLZ" review, Todd states that the person [=6ix9ine=] reminds him the most of is Music/MarilynManson, in that he doesn't think that Tekashi is very interesting enough to sustain attention for very long beyond shock value. Seven months after Todd's video, Manson would have another thing to share with Tekashi as he was accused of sexual misconduct and abuse by multiple women (including ex-girlfriend Creator/EvanRachelWood, Creator/EsmeBianco and Music/PhoebeBridgers).
** He actually ''invokes'' this, although subtly. In his best songs of 2011 review, he flashes back to 2009 when Music/{{Adele}} won the Grammy for Best New Artist. He rants at the TV, saying "we already have an Music/AmyWinehouse and she's much more interesting!" Sadly, we wouldn't have an Amy Winehouse for that much longer.
** Todd's comments about [[Music/DeadOrAlive Pete Burns]]'s addiction to plastic surgery in his One-Hit Wonderland episode for "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" could come off this way considering that it caused Burns health problems later in his life, which led to his death in 2016.
** In his "Worst Songs of 2018" video, Todd describes Juice WRLD as a mainstream version of the late Music/XXXTentacion. One year later, Juice WRLD gained another trait to share with Tentacion in terms of dying young.
*** In that same segment, Todd discusses the MisogynySong trend in HipHop and how it doesn't bother him when older rappers do it, noting that a primary reason why is that most of them are happily married men, with one of the clips shown to prove his point being "Gold Digger" by Music/KanyeWest. A few years later, Ye would go through a messy divorce with Creator/KimKardashian, along with an ensuing CreatorBreakdown, which included him publicly begging Kim to come back, threatening Creator/PeteDavidson, and leaking private text messages on his Instagram.
** This happened very quickly on his "Best Hit Songs of 2020" video, where he declared he was going "all in" on Music/MorganWallen's career prospects after putting his song "More Than My Hometown" at #1. Just 2 weeks later, Wallen was caught a firestorm of controversy when he was recorded shouting the N-word at his neighbors, with Todd completely disowning him. Several months later in his review of Walker Hayes' "Fancy Like", he almost devolved into {{angrish}} over how Wallen went and ruined his Best of 2020 list.
** Todd taking offence to the SexTourism parts of "Talk Dirty", especially when Jason Derulo mentions going to Haiti, and hopes Derulo meant he was going to volunteer for a charity. Then [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfam#Staff_sexual_misconduct_in_Haiti_and_Chad news broke in 2018]] that Oxfam volunteers/employees had sexually exploited (whether through [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43112200 prostitution]] or [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56611397 rape]]) women in Haiti, Chad and the Congo. It also ironically backs up Todd's review of Lil Dicky's "Earth" where he semi-retracted his preferring-an-"insincere display of charity" comments in his "We Are the World" review after showing a news report of Wyclef Jean's charity being called a scam, and frequently pointing out Dicky's distracting jokes.

* AcceptableTargets:
** Avoided in one particular case. One would expect Todd, as a music critic on the Internet, to take cheap shots at popularly-hated acts. [[AvertedTrope He does not.]] He owns up to liking some songs from [[Music/LadyGaga certain performers]] [[Music/KatyPerry people love]] [[Music/TheBlackEyedPeas to hate]], he made his case against Music/JustinBieber very clearly (and even admitted that he didn't hate "Baby" as much as his other songs), and he even faked out the audience by pretending to have a deep-seated hatred of Music/BarryManilow before admitting he really had nothing against the guy.
** Todd really doesn't like the band Music/{{Chicago}}, specifically former bassist and lead singer Peter Cetera.
** He's pretty open about his ''loathing'' of Music/ChrisBrown (he even started [[http://trollingchrisbrown.tumblr.com/ this]]), but most people find this to be justified. Even before [[DomesticAbuse Brown was found out as an abuser]], Todd initially saw him as akin to Music/JustinBieber. Taken even further after Brown won a Grammy, as Todd started following him on Twitter just for trolling!
** Though not talked about that much in his videos, he also really hates the band Music/{{Nickelback}}, whom he often uses as a comparison for music he absolutely loathes (such as Chris Brown's verse in Look At Me Now). He explains his hatred of the band in his FAQ (short version: It's not that they suck, it's that they so ''consistently'' suck across such a long period of time).
** Christmas music-- he's sick of most Christmas songs due to how overplayed they are.
** Todd has also on occasion made jokes about bad music being the result of mental illness or that the singers need psychiatric medication (Train's awful lyrics are the result of the frontman's schizophrenic aphasia, Bruno Mars' dramatic whining is caused by a need for Zoloft, Wyclef Jean's bizarre wailing on "We Are the World" was caused by a lack of psychotropic drugs, etc.). He's backed off on jokes like these and been more thoughtful regarding mental illness in recent years, though.
** Todd also gives a lot of jabs towards ChristianRock whenever it comes up, describing it as milquetoast and citing his experiences growing up in the Bible Belt as a factor in his distaste. He described it in his review of "Tonight, Tonight" as a "musical wasteland", complete with ScareChord, while bringing up the [[{{Nepotism}} family connections]] that the members of Hot Chelle Rae had. In his One Hit Wonderland review of Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life," he clarified further, stating that many Christian songs share the trait of sounding as if they were written by someone who had never experienced any real conflict, which doesn't make for very good art. He also felt that, going through Nine Days' catalogue of songs [[OneHitWonder other than "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"]], they reminded him of the bad Christian rock he heard while flipping through stations on long road trips. He did, however, give a pass to Music/JarsOfClay when he covered "Flood" for One Hit Wonderland, saying that their better songs could pass for legitimately good AlternativeRock, even if he admitted that he was [[DamnedByFaintPraise damning them with faint praise]].
** Charity singles. Despite their good intentions, Todd sees charity singles as almost always slow, boring, and borderline unlistenable.
** Beyonce. Back in 2009, he was so sick of her that he put 3 of her songs on his Worst Hit Songs list that year, although he hasn't criticized her since his "Telephone" review.
** Music/FloRida and his complete lack of personality and inability to write memorable lyrics. However, [[HeelFaceTurn "I Cry" was listed in his Best Hit Songs of 2012 list]].
** Music/{{Pitbull}}. "He makes the good songs go bad and the bad songs much worse." Although "International Love" did earn an honourable mention in the "Best of 2012" video, only let down by the presence of...Chris Brown! "Time of Our Lives" with Ne-Yo also made an honorable mention in the "Best of 2015" video.
** Music/SouljaBoy, whom Todd often uses as a measuring stick by which to judge other inept rappers.
** Jason Derulo, because of his talent or [[DreadfulMusician lack thereof]]. And his constant [[SayMyName self-glossing in his songs]].
--->'''Todd:''' You're ''dead''! '''''I KILLED YOU!'''''
** The band Music/{{Train}}, specifically lead singer and songwriter Pat Monahan, due to his lyrics.
** Music/{{Maroon 5}}, specifically frontman Adam Levine. "Maroon 5 nowadays remind me of, like, a towel rack or a blender, an Ikea lamp. You know, just some kind of functional product, but not assembled with as much passion." Maroon 5 has been a near-perennial fixture on Todd's worst lists[[note]]"Misery" in 2010, "One More Night" in 2012, "Daylight" in 2013, "Animals" in 2014, "Sugar" in 2015, "What Lovers Do" in 2017, "Girls Like You" in 2018, "Memories" in 2019, "Nobody's Love" in 2020, and "Beautiful Mistakes" in 2021[[/note]], much to Todd's chagrin, to the point where Todd wants Adam Levine to go away after 2019.
** "White guy with an acoustic guitar" (WGWAG) songs. While the literal setup itself is not completely bad, Todd calls it the bare minimum effort for any musician. What Todd hates most about the WGWAG genre is the ''mindset'' behind it: (often) insincere love songs or just plain boring songs sung by douchey, (usually) white guys trying to impress girls at frat parties. He has singled out "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz, "Hey Soul Sister" by Train, "The Lazy Song" by Music/BrunoMars, "Let Her Go" by Passenger, and anything by Jack Johnson and John Mayer as examples, and fleshed out his reasons in his review of "The Lazy Song". He didn't anticipate the possibility that Music/JustinBieber's "Mistletoe" was one of these. At that point, it was just adding insult to injury.
*** "7 Years" by Lukas Graham, despite not having an acoustic guitar, is singled out as an example because of the mindset factor.
*** He gives examples a pass if he finds them sufficiently sincere. He doesn't hate the Plain White T's (and straight up admitting to liking "Hey There, Delilah"), and Jason Mraz's "I Won't Give Up" was spared from the same fate as "I'm Yours".
*** Yet another one that got a pass was Ed Sheeran's "The A-Team"; he said that he didn't particularly care for it, but it at least seemed to have more effort, sincerity, and ambition put into it than your average WGWAG song.
*** In "One Hit Wonderland", he praises Mr. Big's "To Be with You" as an enjoyable WGWAG. Todd also notes that the band had the musical proficiency that many WGWAG artists lack.
** The DistaffCounterpart of the above, "white chick on piano". While not everything qualifies (he gives Music/{{Adele}} a pass for "Someone Like You"), he cites Music/{{Evanescence}} (or at least "My Immortal"), Vanessa Carlton, and Christina Perri as examples. He finds it to often be either overly sentimental or overly bitter, with lyrics that sound like they were written by teenage girls just getting past their first breakup.
** {{Self Empowerment Anthem}}s, which often overlap with "white chick on piano" songs. Todd finds most examples to be bland and boring, singling out songs such as Miley Cyrus' "The Climb", Lady Gaga's "Born This Way", Katy Perry's "Firework" and "Roar", Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", Rachel Platten's "Fight Song", Daya's "Sit Still, Look Pretty", and Alessia Cara's "Scars to Your Beautiful". Todd states that he hates reviewing this sub-genre because it makes him seem like a douche for (rightfully) trashing these kinds of songs; he backed off "Born This Way" and "Firework" because he realized that they were ''gay'' empowerment songs (thanks to the comments on the dual review video.)
** Dance songs set in clubs about dancing to dance songs (set in clubs).
** Any artist or band whose rise to fame was due to Main/{{Nepotism}}. Todd singles out Willow Smith[[note]]who he eventually warmed up to much later, placing her band The Anxiety at #1 on his best list in 2021[[/note]], Hot Chelle Rae, Debby Boone, Rockwell, and LMFAO. Miley Cyrus' early career could be attributed to nepotism; however, unlike the aforementioned examples, Miley's career is far more successful.
** Songs used in commercials that sound like they were written for them. Todd criticizes most indie rock and alt rock songs of the 2010s of sounding like this; examples Todd cites are Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", Hot Chelle Rae's "Tonight, Tonight", X Ambassador's "Renegades", [=SHAED=]'s "Trampoline", and practically all of Music/ImagineDragons' work.
** The novelty hits of the early 1960s. Even if it wasn't the darkest era of pop music, Todd considers it one of the stupidest.
** {{Boy band}}s in general, and up until "Best Song Ever", Music/OneDirection specifically. He doesn't hate the members of One Direction personally or even as musicians; rather, he hates the people who write their music to exploit their teen girl fanbase.
** NuMetal and PostGrunge, aka "butt rock" or "angry white boy music". Todd claims that every entry in the two genres sound the same.
** "[[TheFourChordsOfPop Pop Song Chords]]". Todd admits that not every Pop Song Chord song is automatically bad; however, he considers their use as a sign of laziness, especially when songwriters fail to do anything creative with said chords.
** Electronic dance music (EDM)[=/=]house music. As early as the "Sexy Bitch" review, Todd tells ravers that he "would rather nail [his] feet to the side of a moving car than listen to it". He singles out Music/DavidGuetta and Music/CalvinHarris as the worst of the genre. However, he's since mellowed out about it, admitting that, while he doesn't outright hate EDM, the genre largely turns him off because he finds it repetitive and emotionless. Todd calls Music/DaftPunk his favorite EDM duo; some other EDM songs which Todd likes are "Clarity" by Zedd ft. Foxes and "Turn Down for What" by DJ Snake and Lil' Jon.
** [[GlamRap "Bling and bitches" rap songs]]. Basically, any rap song which glorifies material wealth and misogyny. In the "Worst Hit Songs of 2013", Todd, while critiquing Drake's "Started From the Bottom", claims that "the journey is more interesting than the destination". Lil Wayne and his label Young Money are two of the biggest offenders. However, Todd likes "Ni**as in Paris", if only because Jay-Z and Kanye West actually ''have'' the clout to brag about material wealth.
** Bro-country, which he considers to be the [[DeepSouth white Southern version]] of "bling and bitches" rap songs with its lyrics about trucks, girls, drinking, and partying. He singles out Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine and Music/LukeBryan as the worst of the genre.
--->'''Todd:''' What hath Music/BigAndRich wrought?
** Any song that gets big off a social media platform, more specfically WebOriginal/{{Vine}} (prior to its 2016 closure) or [=TikTok=], such as "Nasty Freestyle" by T-Wayne, "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" by Silento, "Hit the Quan" by [=iLoveMemphis=], "Juju on that Beat (TZ Anthem)" by Zay Hilfigerrr and Zayion [=McCall=]. In the "Worst of 2015", Todd stated that it was a basis for automatic inclusion on his Worst Lists.
** Similar to the above, any song whose initial chart success is attributed to a meme, such as Rae Sremmurd's "Black Beatles" with the Mannequin Challenge and Migos' "Bad and Boujee" with "Raindrop, Drop Top..." tweets. Older songs that were hits at the time of their original release then subsequently resurface years later as a meme, such as Rick Astley's "[[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} Never Gonna Give You Up]]" and The Trashmen's "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E2IDreamofJesus Surfin' Bird]]", don't count.
** The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN23lFKfpck Millennial Whoop]]". Much like the above-mentioned "Pop Song Chords", not every song that uses the Millennial Whoop is necessarily bad; however, he brings it up in the "Scars to Your Beautiful" review to call out songwriters that use the technique to make "boring and thin-sounding" songs seem bigger than they actually are.
** He also hates Creator/JoelSchumacher, [[PlayingWithATrope but not for]] [[Film/BatmanAndRobin the reason you'd think]] - he actually hates his "serious" films like ''Film/StElmosFire'' far more than ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
** He takes anything remotely related to Music/AirSupply as an opportunity to bash them.

** Any artist or band whose rise to fame was due to Main/{{Nepotism}}. Todd singles out Willow Smith, Hot Chelle Rae, Debby Boone, Rockwell, and LMFAO. Miley Cyrus' early career could be attributed to nepotism; however, unlike the aforementioned examples, Miley's career is far more successful.

*** In that same segment, Todd discusses the MisogynySong trend in HipHop and how it doesn't bother him when older rappers do it, noting one that a primary reason why is that most of them are happily married men, with one of the clips shown to prove his point being "Gold Digger" by Music/KanyeWest. A few years later, Ye would go through a messy divorce with Creator/KimKardashian, along with an ensuing CreatorBreakdown, which included him publicly begging Kim to come back, threatening Creator/PeteDavidson, and leaking private text messages on his Instagram.

** Todd really doesn't like the band Music/{{Chicago}}, specifically former bassist and lead singer Peter Cetera..

** In his Worst Hit Songs of 2015 list, he said of "Fight Song" (the #2 entry) "If this is your fight song, ''you're going to lose''." Fast-forward to election day 2016 when UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton, who had used "Fight Song" in her campaign, lost the presidency to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump. (Todd wasn't a big fan of Clinton, but favored her over Trump by miles, and was shocked and distraught when Trump won. Obviously, this joke is [[HilariousInHindsight a lot funnier]] to people who actually were happy Trump won, and and a joke about Clinton losing probably would have been funny to Todd himself if not for the fact that Trump was the one who beat her.)

*** Speaking of: one of the lines he dismisses as "stupid" from Jadakiss' "Why" asks how Arnold Schwarzenegger could be elected governor of California when he had no prior political experience. Because lord knows that couldn't happen on a larger scale, and with a celebrity far more crude and brash than Arnold is... (Once again, this can also qualify as HilariousIndHindsight depending on your views of Trump, though for Todd himself it probably falls here.)

** In his Worst Hit Songs of 2015 list, he said of "Fight Song" (the #2 entry) "If this is your fight song, ''you're going to lose''." Fast-forward to election day 2016 when UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton, who had used "Fight Song" in her campaign, lost the presidency to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump. (Todd wasn't a big fan of Clinton, but favored her over Trump by miles, and was shocked and distraught when Trump won.)
*** Speaking of: one of the lines he dismisses as "stupid" from Jadakiss' "Why" asks how Arnold Schwarzenegger could be elected governor of California when he had no prior political experience. Because lord knows that couldn't happen on a larger scale...

** In his review of "Despacito", after making a joke that America had to import its happy summer songs from elsewhere just like everything else, he acknowledges that this isn't technically true as the artist is from Puerto Rico, "and Puerto Rico is in fact part of this country, even though we treat it like it's not, for God knows what reason." Two months and two disastrous hurricanes later, the US government's approach to the relief efforts proved this statement more painfully true than expected.

** Also in his Worst Songs of 2015 list: he constantly rags on Silentó for being a comically dull, squeaky-clean kid, predicting he'll never be heard from again. Nowadays, Silentó now has a newfound reputation -- as one of the most dangerous, mentally unstable rappers in Atlanta. Starting in 2020, he got booked on a domestic disturbance; was arrested again the very next day for stalking his girlfriend ''with a hatchet'' and breaking into a random home to terrorize the family; drove over 140 MPH down the Interstate, swerving through traffic, because he thought he was being "followed"; and, finally, got indicted by a grand jury for shooting his own cousin to death.

** Also in his Worst Songs of 2015 list: he constantly rags on Silentó for being a comically dull, squeaky-clean kid, predicting he'll never be heard from again. Five years later, he now has a newfound reputation -- as one of the most dangerous, mentally unstable rappers in Atlanta. Starting in 2020, he got booked on a domestic disturbance; was arrested again the very next day for stalking his girlfriend ''with a hatchet'' and breaking into a random home to terrorize the family; drove over 140 MPH down the Interstate, swerving through traffic, because he thought he was being "followed"; and, finally, got indicted by a grand jury for shooting his own cousin to death.

** A twofer for Toddstradamus in his "Worst Songs of 2015", published in January 2016: he constantly rags on Silentó for being a comically dull, squeaky-clean kid, predicting he'll never be heard from again, then claiming that anyone who picks "Fight Song" as their empowerment anthem will lose.
*** As for Silentó, he now has a newfound reputation -- as one of the most dangerous, mentally unstable rappers in Atlanta. Starting in 2020, he got booked on a domestic disturbance; was arrested again the very next day for stalking his girlfriend ''with a hatchet'' and breaking into a random home to terrorize the family; drove over 140 MPH down the Interstate, swerving through traffic, because he thought he was being "followed"; and, finally, got indicted by a grand jury for shooting his own cousin to death.

** Music/{{Maroon 5}}, specifically frontman Adam Levine. "Maroon 5 nowadays remind me of, like, a towel rack or a blender, an Ikea lamp. You know, just some kind of functional product, but not assembled with as much passion." Maroon 5 has been a near-perennial fixture on Todd's worst lists[[note]]"Misery" in 2010, "One More Night" in 2012, "Daylight" in 2013, "Animals" in 2014, "Sugar" in 2015, "What Lovers Do" in 2017, "Girls Like You" in 2018, "Memories" in 2019 and "Nobody's Love" in 2020[[/note]], much to Todd's chagrin, to the point where Todd wants Adam Levine to go away after 2019.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Frequently. With as often as his "Toddstradamus" predictions go awry, occasionally they go awry in heartbreaking fashion.

* GrowingTheBeard:
** By Todd's own admission, his first two episodes weren't that much, but the third, "Party in the USA", was "the first video where I figured out what I was doing, really". [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1079856605108277248 He also thinks]] that his ''Trainwreckords'' series really started to gel with his ''[[Music/MCHammer The Funky Headhunter]]'' review.
** As Todd's work has continued and he has drifted away from the CausticCritic review style and Channel Awesome, his work started to include a lot more insight and deep diving into the subjects he discusses, and his comedy style has become more natural without the apparent pressure to include edgy, angry jokes everywhere.
* HarsherInHindsight:

*** Barely a ''month'' later, the Clinton campaign went all-in on Fight Song as their rally song of choice (and Hillary's "theme"), even recording a special all-star version for the DNC that year; come November, Trump would eke out a victory in the electoral college.

** A twofer for Toddstradamus in his "Worst Songs of 2015", published in January 2016: he constantly rags on Silentó for being a comically dull, squeaky-clean kid, predicting he'll never be heard from again, then claiming that anyone who picks "Fight Song" as their empowerment anthem will lose. Barely a ''month'' later, the Clinton campaign went all-in on Fight Song as their rally song of choice (and Hillary's "theme"), even recording a special all-star version for the DNC that year; come November, Trump would eke out a victory in the electoral college. As for Silentó, he now has a reputation as one of the most dangerous, mentally unstable rappers in Atlanta; starting in 2020, he got booked on a domestic disturbance, was arrested again the very next day for stalking his girlfriend ''with a hatchet'' and breaking into a random home to terrorize the family, drove over 140 miles down the Interstate because he thought he was being "followed", and got indicted by a grand jury for shooting his own cousin to death.

* FanHater: Todd really hates Music/ChrisBrown's fans, collectively known as "Team Breezy", if only for their refusal to admit Chris Brown has ever done anything wrong. While Todd admits that he may be banging that particular drum a little too hard, he argues that some of the comments from Team Breezy go straight into ImplausibleDeniability about Chris Brown's character.

** This happened very quickly on his "Best Hit Songs of 2020" video, where he declared he was going "all in" on Music/MorganWallen's career prospects after putting his song "More Than My Hometown" at #1. Just 2 weeks later, Wallen was caught a firestorm of controversy a few weeks later when he was recorded shouting the N-word at his neighbors, with Todd completely disowning him. Several months later in his review of Walker Hayes' "Fancy Like", he almost devolved into {{angrish}} over how Wallen went and ruined his Best of 2020 list.

* GrowingTheBeard: By Todd's own admission, his first two episodes weren't that much, but the third, "Party in the USA", was "the first video where I figured out what I was doing, really". [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1079856605108277248 He also thinks]] that his ''Trainwreckords'' series really started to gel with his ''[[Music/MCHammer The Funky Headhunter]]'' review.

** This happened very quickly on his "Best Hit Songs of 2020" video, where he declared he was going "all in" on Music/MorganWallen's career prospects after putting his song "More Than My Hometown" at #1. Just 2 weeks later, Wallen was caught saying a racial slur on video and was dropped by not only various streaming services but also from various radio stations as well as being suspended by his record labels. Ultimately subverted as Wallen's music was reinstated by summertime but that didn't stop Todd from completely disowning him after the incident.