Line #15 Website/YTMND


1	[[quoteright:200:[[Creator/SeanConnery https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ytmnd_9953.jpg]]]]
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3	[[http://ytmnd.com/ You're the Man Now Dog]] is a humor site created in 2001.
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5	The creator, Max Goldberg, made the first site after watching the trailer to ''Film/FindingForrester''. This first site (recreated [[http://oldschoolytmnd.ytmnd.com/ here]]) consisted of some ASCII art and Creator/SeanConnery's "You're the man now, dog!" line from the trailer. As other people started to create their own Spinoffs of the page by copying the code, Max started listing them. Eventually the list became overly long, so Max bought an entire domain for the sites and made an easy-to-use site generator. Indeed, in the pre-Website/YouTube days, the site became a prime breeding ground for many an internet meme. And the rest is history.
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7	The main feature of the site was to allow users to create their own pages, or [=YTMNDs=], using a still image or GIF animation, an [=MP3=] file and the site's patented zooming text.
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9	Though the site was a well-known internet humour nexus in the mid-2000s, peaking in popularity around 2006-2007 and even getting mentions and write-ups in traditional media, the site began to sharply decline in relevance and traffic in TheNewTens as sites like Website/YouTube and Facebook grew in popularity, absorbing the niche market that YTMND had originally catered to. Left largely un-updated, most of the infrastructure that the site was built around has been slowly rendered obsolete, though a small but loyal userbase kept the site profitable enough to remain running through the middle of the decade.
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11	YTMND went down on May 13, 2019 after the site database suffered a major crash. This made quite a few news sites (and even this very wiki) to erroneously report that the site was down for good, but Max soon stated that this was not the case, and that he would commit himself to get the sites back to working order, even if it meant that new subpages could not be created. Max was able to restore the site's ability to display already existing subpages, and his focus shifted toward creating a properly working archive version of YTMND so that the site can be preserved for future generations. The website itself was revived in earnest on March 30, 2020, just in time for its 19th anniversary.
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14	It also has its own [[http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Main_Page wiki]].
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16	!!'''This site contains examples of:'''
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18	* AbandonedArea: The Abandoned Theme Park.
19	* AlternateUniverse:
20	** After the trailer that started it all was posted as an [=YTMND=], many users started wondering what would have happened if Max had decided to use one of Sean Connery's other lines, namely "Punch the keys, for God's sake!" or "Yes... Yes!". Eventually, some users started creating BizarroUniverse versions of popular [=YTMND=] fads under the label of [=PTKFGS=]. Soon after, sites with the [=YESYES=] label followed, which is basically a TakeAThirdOption spin on the fads. Then, since Connery only had these three lines in the trailer, many users worked around it by using some of his other lines from the film to create a fourth Alternate Universe. Which one of the many candidates is the true fourth universe is still under dispute, but the general consensus seems to be that the fourth universe is in fact a [[TheMultiverse Multiverse]] known collectively as "Fourth Corner".
21	** [=HEH=] is considered by some to be the official 4th Corner Universe, as it is also in the trailer. However, those against this idea point out that [=HEH=] is technically a part of the "Yes...Yes!" line.
22	** Let's not forget YTMNSFW, the NotSafeForWork version suitable for more mature stuff.
23	** The apex/nadir of the running gag was [[{{Series/Frasier}} SEAOMF]].
24	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation[[invoked]]:
25	** Mac Tonight, an originally harmless advertising mascot who was turned into the evil Moon Man.
26	** [[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vebFZ4HzXEM/hqdefault.jpg Doc Louis and Little Mac training]] in the NES version of ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' became Little Mac pursuing Doc the bike thief with "Nigga stole my bike!" To the point that the 2009 Wii remake [[AscendedMeme added a scene stating that the bike did belong to Mac]].
27	** [[{{Series/Seinfeld}} Cosmo Kramer]] is often characterized primarily by his actor's racist outburst, so he is commonly portrayed as a hot-headed racist prone to shouting the N-word at the slightest provocation.
28	** [[{{Franchise/StarWars}} Darth Vader]] is also primarily characterized on the site by his infamous [[BigNo NOOOOO!]] at the end of Film/RevengeOfTheSith, so rather than a badass, intimidating villain, he more commonly appears as a man who is [[MemeticLoser constantly failing]] [[ButtMonkey at things]], even to the [[TheWoobie point of sympathy]].
29	** Similarly, [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Captain Kirk]] is portrayed as being obsessed with [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Khan]] to the point that he [[TheScapegoat blames him for every bad thing that happens]] and [[SayMyName yells at him constantly]].
30	** Dr. Billy V. Koen, in reality a kind but slightly eccentric engineering professor, is often characterized as a [[TheDreaded sinister, threatening, or even supernatural villain]].
31	** Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, due to his bizarre and racially insensitive 'Chocolate City' speech, is often shown as [[LiteralMinded actually obsessed with chocolate, as in the food]].
32	** In canon, [[Franchise/HarryPotter Severus Snape]] killed Dumbledore [[spoiler: as part of [[ThanatosGambit Dumbledore's own plan]] to help the former infiltrate the Death Eaters.]] On YTMND, Snape kills Dumbledore (or other random people) [[AxCrazy just because]].
33	%% * AnimalReactionShot: Dramatic Prairie Dog.
34	* AmazingFreakingGrace: Whenever a celebrity passed away, some sites would show a picture of the celebrity while "Amazing Grace" played.
35	* AnimalSuperheroes: Supercat (Happycat/The NEDM cat sometimes takes this role too)
36	* AntiquatedLinguistics: Used in the Medieval fad (although some people get it wrong and cross the territory into SpockSpeak instead)
37	%% * AristocratsAreEvil: Baron Lasers.
38	* BackhandedApology: A (now deleted) site by the troll jimmm was titled "I'm sorry Umfuld". The actual text of the site continued to read "IS SUCH A FAGGOT!". Funny thing is, Umfuld was an [[AssholeVictim even more infamous troll]].
39	%% * BeamSpam: Baron Lasers.
40	* BigEater: Ugoff is often portrayed this way, due to the line in his commercial where he announces "Ugoff is hungry!" [[http://ugoffisindestructible.ytmnd.com Occasionally]] verges into ExtremeOmnivore
41	* BigNo: Darth Vader's NOOOOOOO was a major fad which started from a leaked scene before the movie was released. In addition, often other characters are made to say the line
42	* BlackComedyRape: Used in a lot of fads, including Moon Man (who usually goes after [[YourMom people's mothers]]), Brian Peppers (who goes after everyone), the guy who yells at cats (who goes after [[BestialityIsDepraved cats]]), etc. One particular site ("Sonic gives advice on anal rape") actually triggered a legal threat from Sega.
43	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: [[http://thissitesucks.ytmnd.com this YTMND]] ranks, in order of decreasing coolness, "Users who sponsor sites", "users who sponsor sites for $0.00", "users who sponsor their own sites", and "users who sponsor their own sites for $0.00"
44	* BrokenRecord: Every site plays sound in a loop. Some sound bites are shorter than others.
45	* {{Catchphrase}}: In ye old days of 2006, the troll sexymofo would serially downvote any YTMND with "you fail, please try again ^_^". The trolling was prolific enough to trigger rage and memes... and inspire similar trolls to leave catchphrases of their own.
46	* CloudCuckooLander: [=VinnyWeapons=], the user who always made the same comment: "the robots have taken me. please send help." Also, the behavior of trolls Pilleater and JohnnyLurg often reaches this territory, such as the time the former user pretended that he went blind. Two months later, he posted, "I can see again!" The user zomglolwtfzor usually epitomizes this trope, but occasionally breaks character.
47	* CoolButStupid: Most sites that randomly combine different fads end up this way. [[http://epictcbcrspirit.ytmnd.com Example]].
48	* ConquerorFromTheFuture: Future Conan, overlord of all Earth in something like Literature/NineteenEightyFour.
49	* CreepyBasement: The short - lived "We never go down there anymore" fad.
50	* CuteButCacophonic: [[http://batt.ytmnd.com "How to care for your pet Bat"]]"
51	* {{Deconstruction}}: [[http://wiki.ytmnd.com/FAMILY_GUY_311_EMISSION_IMPOSSIBLE FAMILY GUY 311 EMISSION IMPOSSIBLE]] and [[http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Everysentenceutteredinthegodfath Everysentenceutteredinthegodfath]], both of which were mockeries of sites that posted unmodified video clips masquerading as [=YTMNDs=].
52	* DramaticReading: "[[http://baumanletters.ytmnd.com/ The Bauman E-mails: A Dramatic Reading]]" is the TropeCodifier, if not the TropeMaker.
53	* DyingTown: The site itself. There was a time when the internet was young (not actually, 2006 and 2007) the when front page moved so fast, it'd be different every time you refreshed. Now, it stays static for days on end. It's portrayed as a zombie town in [[http://returnofmax.ytmnd.com/ this site]], and a wasteland in [[http://newuserytmndtutorial.ytmnd.com/ this one]].
54	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "The end of our World" minifad which showed several situations as to how this could happen (some more realistic than others)
55	** Before that, there was [[http://endofworld.ytmnd.com 'The End of the World']], which consisted of a bunch of different fad sounds mixed into an apocalyptic - sounding explosion.
56	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Moon Man hates and protests against religious violence and child abuse.
57	* EvilTwin: Doctor-L337 claims to have an evil twin named "Elshteveo". Moon Man is also sometimes portrayed as one of Mac Tonight.
58	* ForcedMeme:
59	** [[http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Forced_fad Here's a list of them.]]
60	** The "PACARD" fad started out with its creators making unrelated sites to get on the front page, which were then quickly replaced with a site about how Captain Picard has dreadlocks now.
61	* ForTheEvulz: Seemingly Moon Man's primary motivation, aside from racism. In addition to his huge catalogue of hate crimes, many Moon Man sites simply had him killing or tormenting random people (often [[TakeThatAudience the viewer of the YTMND in question]]) for no apparent reason.
62	* TheFundamentalist: Inkdrinker was a meta example. He popularized the three "fundamentals" of YTMND: image, sound, text. None of his sites contained sound-synced gifs, dubbed by adherents as "faggy short films."
63	* GangstaRap: Moon Man's shtick.
64	* GiantEnemyCrab: YTMND was one of the first sites to popularize the phrase, and it has become somewhat of an accepted fact that in the YTMND universe, Samurai actually did battle Giant Enemy Crabs in Ancient Japan.
65	%% * AGodAmI: Ted Danson.
66	* GreedyJew: Many users poke fun at the site's owner, Max Goldberg, with this stereotype. He usually takes it in stride.
67	* HeteronormativeCrusader: PSA Guy and his gang are often shown as this, at least on the surface, although characterization [[ArmoredClosetGay sometimes]] [[CampGay differs]].
68	* HeManWomanHater: Chad Wardenn.
69	* InsistentTerminology: YTMND users were very adamant about not referring to their memes as such, preferring to call them "fads", because "memes" are 4chan bullshit.
70	* ItsAWonderfulPlot: [[http://poland4life.ytmnd.com/ This site]], which involves the Poland fad.
71	* KillerRabbit: Happycat/The NEDM cat, who often burns humans alive as retaliation for humans burning cats.
72	* LaughablyEvil: This seems to be the entire appeal of the Moon Man fad/character.
73	* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-AfvgFfSSk This track]] from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' indicates that [[MemeticMolester Brian Peppers]] is around the corner.
74	* LoudnessWar: The FPA and ear rape fads, such as [[http://vote5moonmankhanvaderbergkampfpa.ytmnd.com/ this]] (and that's only a roughly typical example). There's also the requisite screamer [=YTMNDs=], some of which manage to crawl up to the front page.
75	%% * LuckBasedMission: The game itself.
76	* MagicFeather: Part of the plot of a fictitious "EPIC PACARD" movie detailed in the comment section on [[http://europeisnotenough.ytmnd.com this site]].
77	* MondegreenGag: Two fads based on them:
78	** The first involves taking one line from a song that sounds like something else and pairing it with an appropriate picture. This collection was named the "Dew Army," after [[http://dew.ytmnd.com/ a famous YTMND]] of Creator/DavidHasselhoff singing "[[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Du]]"
79	** The second is the opposite: involving taking an entire song sung in a foreign language and using InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike to write English lyrics for it. This one started with an interpretation of the Finnish version of the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' theme, which was actually spun off from a "Dew Army" type site which only interpreted one line from the theme as "Your arms are broken!".
80	** There's also one taking the theme song of [[Main/ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestler]] [[Wrestling/JushinLiger Jushin Thunder Liger]] - which is sung in Japanese - and posting the "lyrics" in English.
81	* MonsterClown: Moon Man's recurring enemy Goofy Clown Face, a pedophiliac rapist clown who brainwashes unfortunates into becoming drones to carry out his sick fantasies. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Moon Man is creeped out by the guy.]]
82	* MundaneMadeAwesome:
83	** The "Epic Maneuver" fad, wherein people do things in an unnecessarily epic manner, sometimes failing. The original was taken from the overly dramatic and badly acted UnnecessaryCombatRoll underneath a really slow-moving door from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Best of Both Worlds: Part I".
84	** There was a civil war once over whether the Epic Maneuver [=YTMNDs=] should be about ''actually'' epic maneuvers or mundane tasks passed off as epic.
85	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The user Murdarmachene was the first one to make a site using the soon - to - be - infamous Moon Man gif (pairing it with a completely non-offensive song). Farkle and the Moon Crew then created the Moon Man fad by taking the gif from that site and reposting it hundreds of times, accompanied by racist TTS messages and the signature KKK chant. Murdarmachene allegedly quit YTMND (at least, under his original name) because he was so ashamed of what he had accidentally started.
86	%% * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Baron Lasers
87	* NonNaturalNumberGag: The rating scale only goes from 1 to 5, but certain users leave comments indicating that they intended to vote outside of the scale, whether it's 0 (which can be accomplished by simply not voting), a number off the scale like 6, 7, 8, [[MemeticMutation 599, 3500, or 9001]], or something completely ridiculous like '[[BrokeTheRatingScale voting percent sign]]'. Max also once used his admin powers to vote negative one million on a site, which was later deleted.
88	* NoodleImplements: Macgyver must do something. He is given 14 seconds and some random junk. He usually succeeds.
89	* NothingIsScarier: PlayedForLaughs in the "For the last time" fad. Exaggerated in [[http://baboongone.ytmnd.com/ this particular YTMND]], however. [[spoiler:There's a screamer at the end.]]
90	* OverlyLongGag: The "[[http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Extended_Cut Extended Cut]]" Fad.
91	* PerverseSexualLust: Stephanie from ''Series/LazyTown'' (to the chagrin of many [=YTMNDers=])
92	* PissTakeRap: Moon Man was a shortlived advertising campaign for [=McDonald's=]. The Internet made him into a racist rapping moon covering many popular rap tunes with a synthetic voice and new lyrics.
93	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Moon Man.
94	* QuintessentialBritishGentleman:
95	** Charles Moonington, Moon Man's stereotypical British alter ego.
96	** Prehistoric Dinosaur, a parody of Moon Man related to WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime, also has a stereotypical British alter ego, Topsy Hornington.
97	* RaceAgainstTheClock: Eon8. Subverted by the fact that the countdown was not stopped, but it turned out to all be a hoax and nothing happened. [[http://posteon8breakthrough.ytmnd.com/ Or did it?]]
98	* RaptorAttack: Raptor Jesus, stolen from Website/FourChan and made into a {{Leet Speak}}ing CloudCuckooLander who occasionally liked the flesh of his followers.
99	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Baron Lasers [[NegativeContinuity (although he's occasionally portrayed as heroic, neutral, or just eccentric)]]
100	* SensoryAbuse: Shock sites are quite common, with the most common tactic being [[EarRape amplified and distorted sound]].
101	* SitcomArchNemesis: Ebaum's World; many [=YTMNDers=] declared war on the aforementioned webpage over a Lindsay Lohan picture they stole.
102	* SpectacularSpinning: The "You Spin Me Right Round" and "Ridin' Spinnaz" fads.
103	* SpringtimeForHitler: Many forced fads that were originally intended to be annoying and pointless, such as Mike Done and Wicker Furniture, ended up catching on and becoming popular.
104	* StealthExpert: "[[https://ninjafield.ytmnd.com/ 1,845 ninjas stare into your soul]]": A photograph of a flat, empty, barren field in broad daylight, with not a single ninja in sight.
105	* StylisticSuck: The "Age 9" and "CrapTMND" fads. The "Heh" spinoff of [=PTKFGS=] also tended to dip into this.
106	* [[SunglassesAtNight Sunglasses in a Dark Locker Room]]: PSA Guy
107	* SyntheticVoiceActor: Used in several fads such as Moon Man and TTSTMND
108	* TakeThat: Very common. Usual targets are other websites such as Ebaumsworld and 4chan, other YTMND users, various YTMND fads (such as [[https://ilostthetournamentsoimadethislousysite.ytmnd.com/ this one]] against Moon Man), or just anything the site maker wishes to mock.
109	%% * TeensAreMonsters: The [=FaggotPSA=] gang.
110	* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: [[http://khanspoiler.ytmnd.com/ This site]]
111	* ThoseTwoGuys: Lcadwallader and dunsparce/abomstar (two users who make very similar sites and often collaborate on projects, their output is prolific and their style distinctive, and they have started or popularized a few minor fads, but they never really achieved 'mainstream' success or popularity, thus effectively relegating them to the roles of 'side characters')
112	* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Invoked in the comments here: http://ytmnd.com/sites/932943/profile
113	* [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Trademark Favorite Booze]]: Max once attributed a mishap that made the site lose a bunch of [=YTMNDs=]/votes/comments to him getting drunk off Grey Goose vodka. The site quickly started associating it with Max, and and bottles of it would always show up whenever he was mentioned or depicted in a YTMND.
114	* TradeSnark: Popularized by the user Murdarmachene.
115	* VillainProtagonist:
116	** Moon Man, in many of his sites.
117	** Though in some stories, like Moon Man Versus The Bleeders, tends to be more like an AntiHero.
118	* VillainsActHeroesReact: The reason that so much garbage lingers on the main page nowadays is that there aren't enough users who even care anymore.
119	* WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies: It's got one, entitled "[[http://wdstw.ytmnd.com/ We Didn't Start the Website]]", counting off all the various fads.
120	* WhoDares: Used unironically by Neil Bauman in his infamous e-mail, which led to many YTMND users mocking him for it.
121	* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The Medieval fad of turning other fads into Art/TheBayeuxTapestry.
122	%% * YourVampiresSuck: Eric the Vampire.

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