Line #158 WebVideo/MyMusic


1	%% No need to change it, but it's Hip Hop not Hip-Hop, like the MyMusic live show video titles (user jodithewitch)
2	[[quoteright:229:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MyMusic_7031.jpg]]
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4	->'''Scene:''' That's the name of our company.
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6	''[=MyMusic=]'' is a series created by Creator/TheFineBrothers. Funded by Website/YouTube's original channel initiative, the first season of the main series was released every Sunday on the [=MyMusicShow=] channel, with the company's other shows being released throughout the week. The other shows included a weekly hour-long live series, a news show and an interactive question and answer series. [[WordOfGod Benny Fine]] stated during an interview with New Media Rockstars that ''[=MyMusic=]'' "was developed first as a television property." It was later adapted for the internet, and with the help of Website/YouTube, the Fine Bros created a premium channel on which they created ''[=MyMusic=]''.
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8	CEO Indie (Adam Busch) is a stereotypical modern day {{hipster}} while Idol (Creator/GraceHelbig), self-pro-claimed "Social Media Guru" is addicted to social media to the point of saying "hashtag" in normal conversation and loves all things mainstream. Head of Production Metal (Jarrett Sleeper) is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a stereotypical]] {{Metalhead}} and seems to have passed some of his traits down to his daughter Rayna (Creator/LiaMarieJohnson). The Talent Booking, Techno & Dubstep (Creator/TaniaGunadi and Chris Clowers), are a stereotypical PLUR (Peace, Love, Unity, Respect) mentality duo. Head of Marketing Hip Hop (Mychal Thompson), is a stereotypical "gangsta". Scene (Lainey Lipson) is an intern and a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stereotypical scene character]] while Intern 2 ([[WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}} Jack Douglass]]) is simply a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin generic intern]].
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10	The primary series of the ''[=MyMusicShow=]'' Website/YouTube channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/MyMusicShow ''[=MyMusic=]'']] is essentially a documentary of the daily antics of a transmedia production company - with the staff members going by the music genre they like best (except for Intern 2 who claims to like every genre of music) because Indie claims that broad stereotypes are easier to remember than names - focused on the different genres of music.
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12	Season 2 of the documentary was uploaded on the Fine Bros' main channel from August 2013 to January 2014.
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15	!!Tropes applying to [=MyMusic=]:
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17	* AbusiveParents: Indie briefly mentions something about Hip-Hop's mom being abusive.
18	* AbhorrentAdmirer: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Scene and Indie. She annoys him often, but it's not much worse than that.
19	* AccidentalMisnaming: Scene is SCENE, not Emo.
20	* ActingUnnatural: Invoked and lampshaded.
21	--> (when Metal is about to introduce the staff to [[spoiler:Rayna]])\
22	'''Idol''': "Quick, everyone overdramatically do something so they don't think we were looking at them!"
23	* ActorAllusion:
24	** Metal, while planning his conversation with Gorgol, considers telling her that she looks like Creator/FeliciaDay who is in fact the actress that plays her.
25	** Fans of the show frequently make references to WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}}, which are created by Intern 2's actor, Jack Douglass. Intern 2 singing in #28 certainly counts.
26	** [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Techno is paired with a taller guy who sounds like a machine.]]
27	** Idol and [[spoiler:Idolfied!]]Scene singing Music/KatyPerry's "Firework" may be an allusion to Lainey Lipson (Scene) doing this on her own channel - but this time with added StylisticSuck.
28	** Satan shouting "Don't bless me" after sneezing calls to mind Tobuscus' standard outro quote.
29	** When Creator/JanetVarney appears on the show, the information in the lower third reads "Favourite elements; Water, fire and earth, but growing to love air too."
30	%%* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Rayna thinks Metal is one.
31	* AmusingInjuries: The Rat Protector's.
32	** Rather than throw darts at a dartboard to determine his stand-in, Indie throws it at ''the actual staff''. [[spoiler:Idol gets it in the neck!]]
33	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Among the consequences for summoning Website/FourChan are the company losing all their guests and being forced to listen to Daughtry.
34	* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Gorgol's accent seems to be a mix between German and French, and doesn't sound like a Norwegian accent at all.
35	* BadBoss: Indie abuses his employees on a regular basis.
36	* BaitAndSwitch:
37	** Episode 18 has Indie state "What have we done?" in a sad and sombre tone after he sees the news report on The Jolt endangering kids. The opening theme quickly follows and then we see that he's actually celebrating [=My=]Music's new fame.
38	** Just when it sounds like we're going to find out what Intern 2's real name is:
39	--> '''Intern 2''':"Things are so much more personal here. I'm no longer Intern 2, I'm…"
40	--> [[spoiler:'''Acid Factory Employee''']]:"Employee 41512!"
41	* BerserkButton:
42	** Don't ever call Techno [[InterchangeableAsianCultures J-Pop]].
43	** Metal also mentions having anger management issues, but [[BlatantLies he claims he has gotten over them.]]
44	** [[spoiler:"It's just avatars]]
45	* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Bigfoot seems to live in the offices of the company. No one seems to care that he's there.
46	* BigShutUp: Indie does this twice to Scene.
47	** [[MemeticMutation "Shut up, Intern 2!"]]
48	** Intern 2 finally gets one back at Indie in the penultimate episode of season 2.
49	--> '''Intern 2''': [[spoiler: Hello?]]
50	--> '''Indie''': [[spoiler: Shut up Intern 2!]]
51	--> '''Intern 2''': [[spoiler: No… No I won’t shut up… In fact! You shut up! Shut up Indie!]]
52	* BigNo: Old Metal, complete with SkywardScream.
53	--> [[spoiler:Scene has one after she finds out that Straight Edge's avatar MCR has been cheating on her avatar.]]
54	* [[spoiler:BlackAndNerdy: Hip-Hop (now renamed Nerdcore) is revealed to be this when he comes out as a nerd.]]
55	* BlackComedy: Can fall into this a lot. Characters are shot, electrocuted, locked in rooms for long times, someone is KilledOffForReal and Satan himself constantly pops up. It's all over the place.
56	%%* BlackMetal
57	* BlatantLies: Metal claims to have gotten over his anger management issues, right before Scene accidentally hits him in the head with a sound boom and he swears loudly.
58	* TheBigDamnKiss: Parodied in season 1 with [[spoiler:Intern 2 and Metal]]. Then played straight at the end of season 2 with [[spoiler:Scene and Intern 2]], only to be parodied again with [[spoiler:Techno and Dubstep.]]
59	%%* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti
60	* BilingualBonus: Techno. She shouts out to her mom in Bandung, Indonesia one time on ''The Mosh''.
61	* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Rayna can summon a lightning bolt every ten years. [[RunningGag Maybe she should have saved that...]]
62	* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Metal. [[spoiler: He flip-flops being mad at Intern 2 for rejecting Rayna one moment, then being mad because he thinks Intern 2's trying to get with her the next]].
63	* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Scene becomes distant and emotionless once Website/FourChan kill all her online avatars as punishment for uttering their name publicly. Once she falls into her coffin (ItMakesSenseInContext) after suffering her breakdown, we see all her makeup completely gone off her face giving a very depressed look.]]
64	* BrickJoke:
65	** Intern 2 says that he doesn't have it as bad as the Rat Protector who is shown being more or less eaten by large rats. Later the same episode Indie threatens to feed Idol to the giant rats.
66	** Lunch confronting Hip-Hop while pulling out a megaphone. It's not from some {{Hammerspace}}, it's actually part of [=MyMusic=] inventory, intended to replace the fire owls.
67	*** And then Hip-Hop breaks it during the Loco Uno arc, which [[spoiler:comes back to bite them in the end.]]
68	** Hip-Hop calms a rowdy party by firing off his gun - which hits one of the oxpecker birds Scene nearly died to bring back.
69	** The fate of [[spoiler:Metal the First]] comes up again when [[spoiler:Loco Uno locks up Hip-Hop and Scene in the same place as him... and he helps them escape. And they ditch him for it.]]
70	%%* BrownNote: That 'special message' from Techno in #28.
71	* ButtMonkey:
72	** Intern 2.
73	*** He's used as a footstool, [[ItMakesSenseInContext is offered as a meal by Indie]], told to shut up even when he's not speaking, is slapped, has stuff shoved off his desk and his laptop smashed, is yelled at by Metal for picking up Rayna's lipgloss, beaten up and stuffed into a trashcan by Metal and is generally treated as if he is unimportant. Indie even tells Metal that Intern 2 can be ignored (along with Scene, who didn't seem to mind).
74	--> '''Indie:''' Speaking of which, Intern 2, what is the ETA on my Bigfoot?\
75	'''Intern 2:''' Uh, still working on it. ''[shows work]''\
76	'''Indie:''' Dammit Intern 2. If I didn't have this Kombucha here to soothe me I would fire you right now.
77	*** Seems to be subverted [[spoiler: later on when [[CharacterDevelopment Hip Hop saves him from being fired and Indie starts to show him some respect]].]]
78	** Scene is arguably this too, as the others constantly comment on how annoying she is, is told to shut the[[SoundEffectBleep BLEEP]] up twice, and Indie even shoves her into a wall at one point simply for wanting to talk to him when he wanted to speak to Hip Hop.
79	** Neither has it as bad as the Rat Protector, although Indie yells at Intern 2 to go protect the rats once.
80	* CallBack:
81	** Idol mentions this trope by name during the sign-off for Season 1 Episode 11 ("MYSTERY SOLVED!").
82	--->'''Idol:''' I'm pretty awesome. And the cooliest. Did she just say that again? Yes she did! CallBack, you have the right number!
83	** If you follow ''[[WebVideo/{{React}} Teens React]]'', Jourdan mentioned having a twin about three months before they both appear here.
84	** When Indie plans to go on holiday and Hip-Hop passes on the role of in-charge-while-he's-gone, Metal and Idol are next in line - Idol brings up the infamous hostage situation against Metal's favor, and her vying for the position leads to that video-portfolio-thingy of hers from early in the series popping up again.
85	** In Season 2 Episode 21, Intern 2 mentions how much he misses Squirrel, his squirrel friend.
86	* ClusterFBomb: Tina whenever she goes beserk, especially when she [[spoiler: is giving birth]]
87	* TheCameo:
88	** Creator/{{Tobuscus}} as Satan appears several times, but very briefly.
89	** Music/RebeccaBlack gets one in episode 6.
90	** A flashback of Intern 2's childhood (sans TimeShiftedActor for some reason) involves [[LocationThemeNaming Sydney, Paris, Troy]] and [[OddNameOut Everhet]] from ''[[WebVideo/{{React}} Kids React]]''.
91	*** In season 2 we get a bunch of the teens from ''Teens React'' as Scene's classmates, including Isaac, Madison and Brianna. There's another flashback (this time ''with'' TimeShiftedActor) to Metal's old band as a teen, which comprises Eric and Adam.
92	** Lee Newton from WebVideo/SourceFed also appears as a policeman.
93	** [[Film/{{Smiley}} TotallySketch]] as a policeman as well.
94	** WebVideo/ShaneDawson briefly dates Idol.
95	** Olga Kay and Black Nerd Comedy were ravers.
96	** And Steve Greene Comedy as the News Anchor in episode #17.
97	** [[WebVideo/EpicMealTime Harley Morestein]] as Jesus.
98	* {{Catchphrase}}:
99	** Hip-Hop's "They scary!" (Ghosts) and "Ass."
100	** [[HipSter Indie's]] "Culkin" and "You've probably never heard of it."
101	** Techno's "PLUR".
102	** Metal's [[FlatWhat SAY WHAT?!]]"[[note]][[OverlyLongGag SAY WHAAAAT?! SAY WHAT?! WHAAAAAAT?!]][[/note]]
103	** Guess what my catch phrase is. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. [[OverlyLongGag Guess.]]
104	** [[BigShutUp SHUT UP INTERN 2!!!!]]
105	* CensorBox: When Metal walks in nude, one appears saying "Exposed Male Anatomy".
106	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Everyone has varying shades of this.[[note]][[OnlySaneMan Except Intern 2.]][[/note]]
107	** CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Intern 2, for ''everyone''.
108	** Metal is both this and the OnlySaneMan. On one hand, he'll question the practicality of many of the crazy things at the company, such as why a fire alarm is used as a staff meeting alarm or why Indie spent so much money on a bee farm. On the other hand, well there's the sword incident mentioned above as well as the fact that he thought Scarfman was a real person at first.
109	** Intern 2 [[note]]and his love of flowcharts.[[/note]]
110	* CompilationMovie: Well sort of, every six episodes of the show is combined into the TV version, with extra scenes and dialogue. It normally runs just over 30 minutes.
111	* CompanionCube: Scarfman, for Metal mostly.
112	%%* CoolShades. Yet again, Scarfman.
113	%%* CoolSword: [[MundaneMadeAwesome used to cut cake]]....
114	* CreatorCameo: Benny and Rafi Fine as [[spoiler:Hipster Dubstep and the Rat Protector respectively.]]
115	* DanceSensation: The career of [=MyMusic=]'s new client ROTFL:BRBTTYL:) revolves around creating these; their newest one is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGmHIjmRGww the Jolt.]]
116	* DeadpanSnarker: Scene, mainly in the news videos.
117	* DeathAsComedy: While convinced Scene will be killed by Website/FourChan, Indie replaces her with Emo (once again mixing up their interests). [[spoiler: During the episode we see her about to cut her arm and we see that she hung herself at the end of the ep.]]
118	* DescriptionCut: Indie says that there will never be a fire. Cut to the [=MyMusic=] building burning. He gets a "fire owl" and says that now there won't be a fire because they have a fire owl. Cut to the burning building again.
119	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Sure, Indie, you're totally not going to get into any legal trouble by [[spoiler:entering Intern 2's new workplace and threatening him, particularly when it's obvious how well liked he is and his very high position in the company]]. Predictably, this gets him arrested.
120	* [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu Did We Just Have Cake with Satan?]]
121	%%* DevilsPitchfork: Satan's trident.
122	* DissonantSerenity: Hip Hop pulls out a gun, which Metal takes and threatens everyone with. Somehow Dubstep is the only one not panicking.
123	* DoWrongRight: Metal appears to be scolding Rayna for having Idol in a headlock. But he's instead scolding her for doing so incorrectly.
124	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler: How much Scene cares for her first kiss is reminiscent of something else. Country outright thought she was talking of her ahh, [[VirginPower "purity"]] This continues and is lampshaded when Jeff steals her first kiss from her. "I just always imagined my first kiss to be so amaze-balls but, he stole that from me… I was first kiss raped…" (cue concerned look from Intern 2) ]]
125	* DrowningMySorrows: Metal asks Intern 2 and Scene if they want to do this, so he just takes Scarf-Man.
126	* EmptyShell: Scene. [[spoiler: To the point where someone could basically mold her a new personality. Thus, Idol turns Scene into another Idol. This goes on from her becoming Hip-Hop and Techno before becoming a Hipster.]].
127	* EvenEvilHasStandards / ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Satan fled along with Shaman the moment they heard [=MyMusic=] got involved with [=4chan=].
128	%%* {{Expy}}: Scene=Boxxy
129	%%* ExtremeDoormat: Intern 2.
130	* FelonyMisdemeanor:
131	** When Tina is asked about what her greatest lie, it's that she claimed lemon bars are low calorie when they aren't.
132	** The company being tortured by Website/FourChan with Daughtry music [[spoiler: and later on Scene's death which involves 4Chan breaking her by killing all her online avatars.]]
133	* FeminineWomenCanCook: Whenever she appears, Tina brings a pastry of some sort.
134	* [[FlippingTheBird Flipping The Sacred Bird]]: Shaman.
135	* {{Foil}}: Idol to Indie and vice versa. Opposite of Indie, Idol loves everything mainstream. She listens to whatever's popular, such as Music/JustinBieber. Also, her job as "Social Media Guru" seems to consist of spending all of her time on Website/{{Facebook}}, Website/{{Twitter}}, and texting. She's also more or less the host of The Mosh, the series' Q and A videos.
136	* ForeignLanguageTirade: Techno starts yelling in Indonesian whenever she gets mad.
137	* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Creator/LiaMarieJohnson]]'s photo has been in Metal's title card since ep. 1.
138	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Tina (going crazy from avocado) continues her attacks on Intern 2 in the background of 'Company Picnic'.
139	** In Episode 8, when Idol and Rayna squee excitedly, Hip-Hop can be seen in the background being startled awake in the background.
140	** In Season 2, Episode 2, 'Nerdophobia', Indie is lecturing [[spoiler:Nerdcore]] about his dress code and behaviour, saying "this is a professional work environment!" just as Metal strides through the background, brandishing a sword and waving it around as if fighting an invisible foe.
141	%%* FunPersonified: Scene.
142	%%* GenkiGirl: Scene
143	* GeniusDitz: Metal's [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} odd way of thinking]] seems legitimate, but he's one of the most competent employees. He not only runs everything related to production, but he also [[spoiler: fixed and ran the entire company himself when he took over. Well, until Indie [[ResetButton reset all of his hard work]]]].
144	* GivenNameReveal: In Season 1, Idol's name is revealed to be Jamie Woods and Hip Hop/[[spoiler:Nerdcore]]'s name is Curtis Armstrong. Metal's Yelp reveals his name to be Emmet Allan Klaga, the old [=MyMusic=] website shows Indie's full name is Jeb Indie, and Intern 2/[[spoiler:Flowchart]]'s name is Melvin Munson according to his Facebook Spotify playlists. Season 2 and her LinkedIn profile revealed that Scene's real name is Norma Haish, and newcomer Country's name is [[Music/CarrieUnderwood Carrie]] Chapin [[Music/TrishaYearwood Yearwood]]. Techno and Dubstep's names are revealed to be Sakti and Xander respectively as revealed on the poster behind them in the season two opening credits.
145	* GoshDangItToHeck: Idol's "Shut the front door!".
146	--> '''Rayna:''' [[DelayedReaction "But there's no front door in here to shut."]]
147	%%* {{Goth}}: Gorgol.
148	* HarmlessElectrocution: Exaggerated. Metal suffers it. But his constant movements of being electorcuted inspire ROTFL:BRBTTYL:)'s new move The Jolt. The group constantly electrocute him to remember the move by making him hold a toaster and then throwing a bucket of water on him and shortly after Rayna summons a lightning bolt and electrocutes him again.
149	%%* HairTriggerTemper: Metal, arguably.
150	%%** Indie comes off as this sometimes as well.
151	* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: Hip-Hop is actually a nerd, watches Series/DoctorWho and used to teach the cello.]]
152	* HilariousInHindsight:
153	** In Season 2, Country stereotypically says "Do what?" or "Do what now?", a phrase sometimes associated with southerners and more-or-less equivalent to "Huh?". This makes all the random uses of the phrase in Season 1 (before Country's debut) a bit reminiscent of her, like an unintentional CallForward.
154	*** Way back in Season 1 Episode 1 ("It Begins Again"), Intern 2 says it in response to Indie naming Scene and him as Metal's production assistants:
155	--> '''Metal:''' So, uh, who's my production team?
156	--> '''Indie:''' The interns.
157	--> '''Intern 2:''' Do what now?
158	*** In Season 1 Episode 12 ("THEY FINALLY KISS!"), Hip Hop says it:
159	--> '''Indie:''' You hear about the hoedown throwdown going off tonight?
160	--> '''Hip Hop:''' Do what?
161	* {{Hipster}}: Indie, of course.
162	* HollywoodToneDeaf: Idol.
163	* HostileShowTakeover: [[spoiler:Loco Uno and her new staff manage to spread their influence into the rest of ''My Music'' web content.]]
164	* IdiotBall: Idol trying to push a lemon into a jug of water, even though the spout isn't big enough. She then proceeds to use a jar of pickles to do so. After a while, the scene cuts to show that she has sliced the lemon and dropped the pieces in.
165	%%* IdiotHair: Metal's.
166	* ImaHumanitarian: Indie tells Gorgol that she can eat Intern 2 when she says [[ItMakesSenseInContext that the latter is not soft]].
167	* ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy: Scene always cries at exactly 2 o'clock in the afternoon for no particular reason except that it has something to do with Tumblr. She instantly stops when it's 2:01.
168	* InMemoriam: PlayedForLaughs. Hip-Hop comments on how Website/FourChan had killed a friend of his sometime before the show. While talking about it to the audience, a memorial picture comes up for his friend.
169	* InsaneTrollLogic: Metal eventually starts making absurd leaps in logic during his "argument" with Intern 2 about Rayna:
170	--> '''Metal''': Oh! So you admit it! You do think she's hot!
171	--> '''Intern 2''': No! I don't think that!
172	--> '''Metal''': Why? You think she looks too much like her old man? You calling ''me'' ugly, dude?
173	--> '''Intern 2''': ''[with confusion]'' No, you look perfectly fine, Metal.
174	--> '''Metal''': Oh, so you wanna make out with me.
175	--> '''Intern 2''': What?!
176	* InsistentTerminology: Scene is ''scene'' not emo, and is constantly having to explain this, probably due to the misconception that anyone who wears all black is emo.
177	** [[spoiler: It goes so far that Indie (while convinced Website/FourChan will kill Scene) replaces her with Emo. Leaving Scene annoyed that Indie still doesn't understand her genre.]]
178	* IRememberItLikeItWasYesterday: Idol's second date with [[WebVideo/ShaneDawson Chip]], complete with reminder that [[AnalogyBackfire it was in fact the previous day.]]
179	* ItsPopularNowItSucks: InUniverse Indie has made it clear how much he abhors mainstream music. Idol even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this by saying that hipsters are afraid to tell anyone about anything because of the fear that it would become popular.
180	** When his tastes start becoming more mainstream, he says that if his "disease" is permanent that he'd rather die.
181	%% * {{Jerkass}}: Indie but he grows to be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
182	* KentBrockmanNews: Newstime with News Newsman.
183	* LargeHam: The third member of 4chan is constantly over the top.
184	* LastSecondWordSwap:
185	--> '''Country''': "Wow! That's almost as big as the porn star James Dean's pe… pe… piece that I got when I met him at the County Fair."
186	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Frequently.
187	--> '''Techno''': "Good idea Dubstep, let's lighten things up with some dancing, that's a great way to end the episode!... Oh, did I say episode? I meant day. Great way to end the day!"
188	** Teambuilder Nancy Spackman has this to say about the dysfunctional relationship that the My Music employees have with each other.
189	---> '''Nancy Spackman''': "It's as if you all just exist in this series of cyclical interwoven plotlines in which you do nothing but bicker and almost get fired and then burn down whatever building that you happen to be working in, all the while inserting inane and pithy references to contemporary music."
190	* LegacyCharacter: Metal is actually the second Metal. [[spoiler: The first was fed to the rats for being a poser]].
191	* LockedInARoom: [[spoiler: Metal locks everyone (except for Indie who was in his office at the time) in the conference room, where they remain for the duration of an episode]]
192	* MeaningfulRename: In Season 2, [[spoiler:Hip-Hop becomes Nerdcore, and Intern 2 becomes Flowchart]].
193	* MediumAwareness:
194	** When seeing the flashback of what happened to the last poser (the former Metal), Intern 2 questions how they could see it, noting they didn't have the cameras back then. Hip-Hop then reveals they have a flashback cam which was made by Creator/JamesCameron and Creator/GeorgeLucas.
195	** The characters are aware of Tina's ridiculously long pregnancy which spans over an entire season and then lampshade her [[spoiler: ridiculously short labour.]]
196	--> '''Tina''': [[spoiler: "Unrealistically fast labour for dramatic effect!"]]
197	* MetaGuy: Intern 2, being the OnlySaneMan. Hip-Hop even lampshades it:
198	--> '''Hip-Hop:''' ...and making everything less funny by pointing out the reality behind our jokes.
199	* MetalHead: Metal, who appears with spiked hair, sleeveless shirts and a permanent five o'clock shadow.
200	* MrFanservice: Metal, his muscles, and his endearingly blank stare seem to have amassed a bit of a following.
201	* MundaneUtility:
202	** Satan's trident makes a good fork.
203	** Metal's sword makes a good knife.
204	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Zigzagged, from the Music/ChristinaAguilera impersonator and the StylisticSuck cover of Music/{{Daughtry}} to Christy Carlson Romano and Music/RebeccaBlack appearing for real.
205	* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse. Despite being put in infamy for creating a dance craze that has potentially killed or seriously harmed multiple kids, most of the company celebrate being finally on the news and being famous.
206	* NuMetal / RapMetal:
207	** Old Metal is called a poser due to his liking of Music/PapaRoach and stereotypical lack of knowledge about "real" metal.
208	** On the other hand, Metal named his daughter after a member of Coal Chamber, a nu metal band. Plus, his favorite song lyric is from System of a Down, another nu metal band.
209	* ObliviousToLove:
210	** Indie doesn't seem to realize how much of a crush Scene has on him, or else he ignores her.
211	* OddFriendship: Much of the show revolves around the developing relationships among the vastly different cast of characters. The biggest example would be Indie and Hip-Hop.
212	* OddNameOut:
213	** Intern 2 wasn't given a music-related nickname, because he enjoys music from many genres.
214	** Idol. Technically the mainstream music she likes could be considered made by "idols", but it still isn't really a type of music.
215	* OfficialCouple: Season 2 ends with confirming [[spoiler:Scene and Intern 2[=/=]Flowchart.]] Then goes and parodies it with [[spoiler:Techno and Dubstep.]]
216	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: For the most part, the staff members are exclusively called by the name of their favourite style of music. This leads to character names such as Metal, Scene, Indie, Hip Hop, Techno, and Dubstep.
217	--> '''Indie:''' Broad stereotypes are ''way'' easier to remember than names.
218	* OnlySaneMan: Intern 2 is a straight example. Indie THINKS he's the OnlySaneMan, [[HipSter but alas...]]
219	** Subverted when Intern 2's irrational love of flowcharts is revealed, almost to the point of fetishism.
220	* OverlyLongGag: Metal: "Say what? Say What? Say Whaaaat? SAY WHAAAAAT? SAY WHAAAAAAAT? etc"
221	** "Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess."
222	%%* PermaStubble: Metal.
223	* PetTheDog: After [[spoiler: Hip Hop saved Intern 2 from being fired]], Indie starts trying to befriend Intern 2 by having lunch with him. However, it seems to have a negative effect on Indie more than anything.
224	** [[spoiler: Intern 2 (in order for things to return to the status quo) has their relationship go back to normal.]]
225	* PlatonicLifePartners:
226	** Techno and Dubstep. Though it wouldn't be surprising if they were a couple. [[FanPreferredCouple Fans hope they are]].
227	*** [[spoiler:Zig-zagged]] in the final episode of Season 2; [[spoiler:after seeing the kiss between Scene and Flowchart, they wonder if they would be better suited as a romantic couple. They share a long and passionate kiss before realising that neither of them are actually interested in a relationship and go back to being friends, and the trope is played straight once again.]]
228	* PrisonRape:
229	** While not explicitly stated, Hip Hop drops his soap and tells Metal to pick it up, which Metal remarks is a bit much.
230	** Idol makes a subtle reference to it in Season 1 Episode 12 ("THEY FINALLY KISS!"):
231	--> '''Rayna:''' [whispering coquettishly] I'm underage...
232	--> '''Idol:''' Oh, please. He doesn't wanna spend the next five years getting passed around from inmate to inmate like lipstick at one of your disgusting rainbow parties.
233	** In Season 2, there's another soap-dropping joke with Hip Hop and Intern 2.
234	* RealSongThemeTune: "House of 1982 Built Like a Ship" by Driftless Pony Club.
235	* RousingSpeech:
236	** Dubstep delivers one to convince ROTFL:BRBTTYL:) to stay at [=My=]Music and stop everyone fighting. It works but hardly anyone understood it, even though ROTFL:BRBTTYL:) did. This was one of the only Dubstep moments that went untranslated by Techno, and the reason for this was:
237	--> '''Techno:''' If you didn't understand his flow, you don't deserve to know.
238	** Hip-Hop then delivers one to defend Intern 2 from being fired.
239	* RunningGag:
240	** Intern 2's constant abuse.
241	** Scene pining over Indie.
242	** "Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess."
243	** After confiding in Intern 2, Hip Hop considers him a friend and begins constantly spending time with him at work. However, every time Indie witnesses them together, Hip Hop quickly shoots or humiliates Intern 2 to avoid being seen as a poser. Once Indie leaves, Hip Hop follows with this line, delivering it with the most high-pitched, feminine voice possible:
244	--> '''Hip Hop:''' ''[almost sobbing]'' I'm so sorry. I had to.
245	** Characters having powers that they can only use every ten years. Said characters (that have been revealed) include Idol, Rayna, Indie, [[spoiler:Techno and Dubstep.]]
246	* ScarfOfAsskicking: Scarfman, because [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he's a pile of them.]]
247	* SecretKeeper: Intern 2 becomes one [[spoiler: to Hip-Hop after he accidentally mentions his past as a nerd and cello player.]]
248	* SeriousBusiness: Liking any kind of bad music like Daughtry is treated as a very serious problem.
249	* ScaryBlackMan: Hip Hop. [[spoiler: It's an act. However, he is willing to shoot someone in the limb to keep his act up.]]
250	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Hip Hop when he sees the members of ROTFL:BRBTTYL:) because after watching Series/{{Lost}} he's somehow convinced that all children are ghosts. [[spoiler: He later turned out to be lying since he used to teach a member of the group chello and was afraid his secret would get out. But he is still afraid of ghosts.]]
251	* SecurityCling: Techno to Dubstep when they are confronted by Hip-Hop and Indie ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and that guy]]), when Hip Hop is being threatening.
252	** In Sitcom Version #2 Techno does this when Indie finds her and Dubstep [[ItMakesSenseInContext covered in glitter]]
253	* ShotgunWedding: [[spoiler: Metal got forced into one when he was 12 because of Rayna's mother Tina being pregnant and her family being religious. He even calls the trope by name.]]
254	* ShoutOut:
255	** Indie: [[Series/TheBigBangTheory (knock, knock, knock) Metal? (knock, knock, knock) Metal? (knock, knock, knock) Metal?]]
256	** Techno and Dubstep's Music/DaftPunk-worthy helmets in #4.
257	** Idol references ''Series/BigBrother'' when everyone is stuck in the conference room.
258	** Hip-Hop's GoodAngelBadAngel. Bad is just Hip-Hop in red, but Good is [[Series/FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]].
259	** [[WebVideo/{{React}} Athena's]] character is named [[Manga/DragonBall Lunch]].
260	** Hip-Hop claims to have six nipples, but the actual count (5 makeup ones and 2 real ones) is [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar seven.]]
261	** Among Hip-Hop's suggestions for the new My Music show while a part of Metal Town were: [[Series/GameOfThrones Game of Booties]], [[Series/PrettyLittleLiars Pretty Little Booties]] and [[Franchise/MyLittlePony My Little Booty]].
262	** [[Film/TheNuttyProfessor1996 Hip-Hop's actor portrays every member of his family.]] There's even a DirtyOldWoman grandma!
263	** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "My eyes! The goggles! They do nothing!"]]
264	** Filling in for Scene while she's at school is one-shot character Vampire Temp, who's basically a CaptainErsatz of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen.]]
265	** Rayna constructs her own [[Film/CastAway Wilson]] from a melon, pipe cleaners and bits of banana.
266	** Turns out Country's concept of karma was taken straight out of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' this whole time.
267	** [[spoiler:Nerdcore]]'s various cosplay costumes from Game of Thrones, Avatar the Last Airbender and Minecraft
268	** "My [[ComicBook/SpiderMan spidey]] senses are tingling Intern 2"
269	** Scene's bedroom is decorated in various posters from Phillip Defranco and Tobuscus's 'Darkness Redness Whiteness'. Doubles with Celebrity Paradox
270	* ShowWithinAShow: A rather interesting and unique example in that all the shows produced by the [=MyMusic=] staff are actually made in real life and uploaded to Website/YouTube for the general public.
271	* ShipTease: Techno and Dubstep, constantly.
272	* SleepCute: [[ShipTease Techno and Dubstep]], [[FanPreferredCouple of course]].
273	* SoundEffectBleep: Dubstep throws out a beep for Techno during a staff meeting.
274	* SpeakOfTheDevil: Scene ends up name dropping Website/FourChan's name during an interview, which summons them. There are consequences for summoning them publicly, such as the company losing all their guests and being forced to listen to Daughtry. The name is treated so seriously that the 'chan' part gets bleeped out.
275	* SpecialGuest: [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Christy Carlson Romano]] in #27.
276	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The Season 2 credits list the Female Cop as played by 'Definitely probably not Lee Newton'
277	* TakeThat:
278	** The entire series is alleged to be about the annoying stereotypes associated with listeners of certain musical genres.
279	** Metal says that Idol listens to music by [[Music/JustinBieber "little boys who look like lesbians"]].
280	** To Old Navy with a very brief line about sweatshops.
281	** Just the idea of Satan being involved in television production, with specific shows being namedropped at some points.
282	* TeensAreMonsters: Invoked in Season 2 with the bulk of Scene's classmates.
283	* ThemeNaming: Everyone is named after the type of music they like.[[note]][[RunningGag Except Intern 2.]][[/note]]
284	%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Techno and Dubstep.
285	* TimeStandsStill: Idol can stop and rewind time every ten years. Maybe she should have saved that...
286	* TonightSomeoneKisses: Season 1 Episode 12 is called "THEY FINALLY KISS!" Turns out "they" are [[spoiler: Intern 2 and Metal]]. Yes, really.
287	* TrainingMontage: During Season 1 Episode 6, Indie's father trains Indie to revert back to his HipSter ways.
288	%%* TheIntern: Scene, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Intern 2]] and temporarily Punk.
289	* TheUnintelligible: Dubstep, [[MeaningfulName who only speaks]] in {{dubstep}}. Techno acts as his TranslatorBuddy.
290	* TheVoiceless: Bigfoot, on the show. He is quite talkitive on his Website/{{Twitter}} though...
291	%%* UnusualEyebrows: Techno's.
292	* VomitIndiscretionShot: Indie's father gets a rather gratuitous one in Episode #6. Followed by another.
293	* WhamEpisode: Episode #7. Metal, the guy who just [[spoiler: locked up nearly the entire cast while threatening them with a gun]], [[spoiler: has a 15-year-old daughter that he's been raising?!]]
294	** Season 2 #16. [[spoiler:Intern 2 is leaving.]]
295	* WonderTwinPowers: [[spoiler:Techno and Dubstep have the only once-in-ten-years power they must use together.]]
296	* {{Workaholic}}: When asked to choose between his work or the love of his life...
297	--> '''Intern 2''': Work is the love of my life!
298	%%* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Ghosts?]]: Hip-Hop.
299	%%* XRaySparks: Pops up during "The Jolt" music video.
300	* [[spoiler: YokoOhNo: InUniverse. Loco Uno, who fires most of the [=MyMusic=] Staff in episode #30, then goes on to sabotage the entire company because she's working for Daughtry.]]
301	* YouLookFamiliar:
302	** Lee Newton goes from a cameo as a cop in Season 1 to regular status as Idol's SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Country in season 2.
303	** Becomes ActingForTwo when Newton plays the cop again in Season 2 Episode 23. It's never explained why both characters look the same.
304	--> '''Indie''': "Do you have a twin sister?"
305	--> '''Female Cop''': "No"
306	--> '''Indie''': "Really?"
307	--> '''Female Cop''': "I'm positive."
308	--> '''Indie''': "Let me show you a picture I have…"
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