History YMMV / Toto

* ReplacementScrappy: Averted by Joseph Williams, who was quite well-received by Toto fans, but played straight by one album singers Fergie Frederiksen and Jean-Michel Byron.
** Even the members of the band hated Byron. If you ask them, they will be sure to remind you that [[ExecutiveMeddling he was forced upon them by the record company]].

* FaceOfTheBand: Fans of the band will identify Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather and maybe Joseph Williams as the face, but Paich has explained that one factor in the band's persistent disputes with their record companies has been their distinct ''lack'' of a "pretty boy rock star" to front the group.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/PatrickSwayze played one of the gang members in the "Rosanna" video. His face is visible near the end of the video, during the gang fight. The girl in the red dress was played by Swayze's future dancing partner [[Film/DirtyDancing Cynthia Rhodes]].

* CriticalResearchFailure: "Africa" features a line about Kilimanjaro rising above the Serengeti. Not only are the two specific locations over a hundred miles away from each other, but the Serengeti doesn't even have mountains.

** Even the members of band hated Byron. If you ask them, they will be sure to remind you that [[ExecutiveMeddling he was forced upon them by the record company]].

* CriticalDissonance: It's difficult to find words for how much these guys were despised by critics. They were all highly skilled session musicians who aimed for polished production styles and precise songwriting, which was at odds [[PunkRock with what the critics liked at the time]]. When ''Toto IV'' won six Grammys, they were accused of fixing the awards.

* MemeticMutation: In TheNewTens, it's become something of a meme to heap tons of hyperbolic praise on their song "Africa", making into the musical equivalent of a MemeticBadass.

* EarWorm:
** "It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you! There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWfY9GRe7SI I bless the rains down in Africa...]]" (That ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' episode didn't help, either.)
** "Meet you all the way! Rosaaan-naaa, yeah..."
** "Hold the line! Love isn't always on time!! Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

* EarWorm: The four-note main theme from David Lynch's ''{{Film/Dune}}''.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Africa" and "Hold the Line" are this for quite a few people.

* MisattributedSong: "Hold the Line" and "I'll Supply the Love" were big hits, but a lot of people thought they were by Foreigner, Journey or Boston. This was a big problem for Toto; the fact that they'd played on just about every record to come out of Los Angeles meant that they'd practically defined the sound of the eighties and As a result, they struggled to find a unique sound of their own.

* SignatureSong: "Hold the Line", and "Africa".

* SignatureSong: "Hold the Line" and "Africa".

* SignatureSong: "Africa".

* EarWorm: The four-note main theme from David Lynch's ''{{Dune}}''.

* EpicRiff: The triplet piano motif and guitar riff in "Hold the Line" are probably the best known. There's also the tribal drum beats in "Africa", and the drum intro of "Rosanna".

* RetroactiveRecognition: PatrickSwayze played one of the gang members in the "Rosanna" video. His face is visible near the end of the video, during the gang fight. The girl in the red dress was played by Swayze's future dancing partner [[Film/DirtyDancing Cynthia Rhodes]].

* RetroactiveRecognition: PatrickSwayze played one of the gang members in the "Rosanna" video. His face is visible near the end of the video, during the gang fight. The girl in the red dress was played by Swayze's future dancing partner [[Film/DirtyDancing Cynthia Rhodes]].

** Even the members of band hated Byron. If you ask them, they will be sure to remind you that [[ExecutiveMeddling he was forced upon them by the record company]].