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** All but confirmed in [[spoiler: Lupa and Film Brain's review of ''Hercules In New York'', in which he has been hiding under the covers of the other bed in her room ''since the end of the Sunday School Musical Review''.]]
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* InTheHood: [[LimitedWardrobe And it's the same hood]] (which he's had for [[http://twitter.com/#!/shadowtodd/status/44167050498805760 quite some time]]) for every review... until he [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows/posts/268427866511324 forgot it in New York]] and had to buy another. One of the two was sold on eBay since Todd compiled several parking tickets in NYC... (the crossover with TheRapCritic shows one Todd's mom made to him... with "Todd in the Shadows" written on the back!)
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* InTheHood: [[LimitedWardrobe And it's the same hood]] (which he's had for [[http://twitter.com/#!/shadowtodd/status/44167050498805760 quite some time]]) for every review... until he [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows/posts/268427866511324 forgot it in New York]] and had to buy another. One of the two was sold on eBay since Todd compiled several parking tickets in NYC... (the NYC. The crossover with TheRapCritic shows one Todd's mom made to him... with "Todd in the Shadows" written on the back!)back! See more at LimitedWardrobe.
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** Todd also seems to think that people with mental illnesses are acceptable targets. Or at least that mentally ill people make bad music (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.)
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** The artist who does the cards appears in one of [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] videos (Mr T #2) claiming that it's actually what he looks like. (She also obscures her face[[note]]as she does in most of her web appearances[[/note]])
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* CausticCritic: His venom is really intense.
* CompassionateCritic: As the page quote shows, he really does enjoy pop music (it started when the only stations he could get in his car were either Classic Rock or Top 40 "and I didn't want to listen to [[Music.{{Boston}} "More Than a Feeling"]] ten times a day"), but feels the need to criticize [[SturgeonsLaw the absolute worst]].
* CompassionateCritic: As the page quote shows, he really does enjoy pop music (it started when the only stations he could get in his car were either Classic Rock or Top 40 "and I didn't want to listen to [[Music.{{Boston}} "More Than a Feeling"]] ten times a day"), but feels the need to criticize [[SturgeonsLaw the absolute worst]].
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** He starts his review of "Applause" he talks about [[BaitAndSwitchComparison "an artist aiming to change the world... me. There is also Lady Gaga."]]
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** He's said on Twitter that his mother emigrated from Mali, but that doesn't really answer the question.
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** When it comes time for Todd to do a joint review, though, this gets turned around on him, as the rest of the [=TGWTG=] crew soundly refuse to review ''[[Film/{{Crossroads2002}} Crossroads]]'', ''[[AmericanIdol From Justin to Kelly]]'', or ''[[{{Madonna}} Body of Evidence]]'' with him.
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* Troll: According to an old Christmas footage, they gave Todd a Hannah Montana guitar game because they know how "he loves Hannah Montana".
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* BerserkButton: Todd absolutely hates Peter Cetera. He even compared him to a bond villain at one point.
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** By the time of the Worst of 2012 list, Todd has come to see Pitbull (of all people) as this.
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* LoserProtagonist: He's miserable, lonely and antisocial, his romantic life is one woman he descends into stalking, and another who's equally crazy and unwanted in her pursuit of him, he has a SmallNameBigEgo problem but also sometimes resents his job reviewing stupid music, and is obnoxious to (and so, disliked by) his co-workers. Still, somewhere among all this he's still a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
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--> '''Todd''': As soon as you turn off the camera, I'm beating the shit out of you.
--> '''Todd''': As soon as you turn off the camera, I'm beating the shit out of you.
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* LimitedWardrobe: Not only he regularly wears hoodies and mask, or costumes over his hoodies and mask. In his "Suit and Tie vs. Thrift Shop" review, Todd considers parodying the fashion style... only to show his closet with less than 7 types of grey hoodies (all the hoodies he has wear previously), including "hoodless sweater".
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* AcceptableTargets: 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 [[SubvertedTrope faked out the audience]] by pretending to have a deep-seated hatred of Music/BarryManilow before admitting he really had nothing against the guy. [[invoked]]
** However, he really doesn't like Music/{{Chicago}} (the band, not the city).
** And 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.
** 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 also seems to think that people with mental illnesses are acceptable targets. Or at least that mentally ill people make bad music (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.)
* {{Adorkable}}: Todd is this ''in spades''.
** Just look at him singing at the start of the "The Spider-Man Musical Review".
** Or whenever he starts singing or dancing along with the track - especially in his Best of 2011 video when he dances to Usher's More (Remix)
** By the time of the Worst of 2012 list, Todd has come to see Pitbull (of all people) as this.
* AlterEgoActing: Downplayed; while he has a distinct persona, it only manifests in his interactions with other characters.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: From what we have seen of him in the light, he has somewhat dark skin, but God only knows what his specific ethnicity is. Todd himself has turned this into a deliberate RunningGag.
* AuthorAppeal: Clips from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' appear quite a bit in his reviews.
-->'''Todd''': "All the Simpsons references in the world aren't gonna get me through [[{{Music/LMFAO}} this.]]"
* BadBoss: As part of his AlterEgoActing, he frequently berates his title card artist on Twitter.
* BiasSteamroller: Regarding both Music/ChrisBrown and the "White Guys With Acoustic Guitars" genre.
** In regard to the former, it's interesting to see the difference between his review of "Deuces" where he did bring up Chris Brown's crimes, but to illustrate why the particular song (about how his girlfriend is a whiny bitch) is really TooSoon to be sung by Chris Brown. By the time of the "Turn up the music" review...
-->'''Todd:''' Let's listen to his new song, ''Turn up the music''. [Three seconds of the clip] [[LampshadeHanging Actually, let's not, cause I don't give a crap.]]
* BileFascination: Invoked, out of character, with music and other media (in ''Film/GreenLantern'' [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Lindsay]] and Todd said they went there to see why it's being reviewed so badly; in ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', he says the two, plus Lupa and Lindsay's friends went there "because they need to see everything!").
* TheBlank: His title cards often depict him as this.
** The artist who does the cards appears in one of [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] videos (Mr T #2) claiming that it's actually what he looks like. (She also obscures her face[[note]]as she does in most of her web appearances[[/note]])
--> '''Krin:''' You guys know Todd doesn't actually have a face, right? The art is accurate! That boy...is a monster.
* ButNotTooForeign: Apparently, Todd is a 13-year-old black, white, beige, chola, Lebanese, Oriental Asian-American girl with blonde hair who looks like JimCarrey wearing a DannyDeVito mask with a [[JayLeno Leno]] chin... '''''[+as far as we know+]'''''.
** He even says the "You're black, white, beige, chola descent, you're Lebanese, you're Orient" part of "Born This Way" was written for him.
** He said in the commentary for "Like a G6" that he "could be anything! You guys don't know!"
** {{Lampshaded}} in his crossover review with [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]], which he does with the lower part of his face uncovered and in full lighting.
-->'''Todd:''' Okay, look, just because I have my hood on doesn't mean I'm gonna knife you. God. I'm. So. Sick. Of the racial profiling.
-->'''Film Brain:''' What race are you anyway?
-->'''Todd:''' [[HandWave Don't worry about it.]]
** In a vlog with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick where they gave their opinions on Transformers 3, he describes himself as "a possible Asian person", mentioning that he was deeply offended by the character of Jerry "Deep" Wang, as played by Ken Jeong.
** Backfires slightly when he tries to explain during his "Gangnam Style" review that he reviews pop music, not Internet memes. "Do I ''look'' like Daniel Tosh?" (Subtitle: Maybe?)
* TheCameo:
** Made a guest appearance on ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' when Linkara reviewed two {{KISS}} comics, and previously, was among the contributors who [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkA0ilNTuYU sang AT4W's theme in the 100th episode]] (where somewhat appropriately, he was immediately before Lupa...) and appeared in one of the PreviouslyOn segments:
---> '''Todd''': I can't let you live Linkara. YOU'VE SEEN WHAT I LOOK LIKE! [[TheUnreveal NO ONE CAN KNOW THAT ALL THIS TIME I'VE SECRETLY BEEN--]]
** Threatened [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash's]] stick figure over ObscurusLupa.
** Appeared in the rendition of ''One Day More'' at the end of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''Theatre/LesMiserables''. And later, in her review of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', ignoring the Chick's pleas of going out with him; and in ''{{Grease 2}}'' getting a makeover from The Makeover Fairy.
** Sacrificed himself for ObscurusLupa in her ''Birdemic'' review, composed ''The Black Ninja'''s theme, and in a Lupa/Chick crossover, causes a CatFight between the two.
** Asked BennettTheSage to make a song countdown while [[{{Foreshadowing}} he escaped from LMFAO.]]
** Did the signature move of the reviewed song "Raise Up" in the crossover of TheRapCritic and MarcMues.
** He offers MarcMues a rhyme in his Worst 6 Pop Songs of 2011 video.
** Gets an e-mail with the Chick (and her co-horts) doing a ''MoulinRouge''-like attempt of seduction on WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of it.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Todd takes ''one sip'' of beer during his review of "If I Die Young" and says:
---> '''Todd:''' Don't usually drink beer. Someone get me a Mike's Hard Lemonade?
* TheCastShowoff: Boy, can he play piano. And he's not a bad singer himself either.
* CatchPhrase: "Go away, x person! GO AWAY!", shouted at any artist whom he wishes would lose their career. The two biggest examples are Chris Brown and Ke$ha.
* ChasteHero: According to Jesus in the "Just a Kiss" review.
* CoolMask: Todd dons [[http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2027320900106978597ZwpGhZ a black one]] for public appearances, both in a full version when wearing his hoodie, where only the bottom of his nose and lips are visible, and what looks like a more casual half version that only covers his nose and up. (Possibly just to throw on quick for the ever-present vlog coverage the meetups entail.)
** Said casual version is part of his [[Film/ThePrincessBride Dread Pirate Roberts]] costume in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'', the Year 3 TGWTG MassiveMultiplayerCrossover.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Yep. His very name is Todd in the ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Shadows]]'', he does all his videos in the dark, and he spends most of them raging. Yet while he's about as snarky as it gets before getting into [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] territory, he's also pretty clearly a good, decent guy.
** TheBlockbusterBuster thinks otherwise.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefeatMeansFriendship[=/=]LoveAtFirstPunch: Despite "negative amounts of talent", Katy Perry appears on his Top Ten Singles of The Year three years in a row. Todd grudgingly admits defeat in hating her.
--> "You win, Katy Perry. ''Marry me''."
* DistractedByTheSexy: [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/55790457426419713 Allegedly]] why he obscures himself.
* DistressedDude: When he tries to escape from the prospect of chick flicks, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick tapes him to a chair to a) hit on him and b) make him watch it with her. Later, she's apparently abducted him several times to try and make him love her.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Todd is this to a T. You can tell he really wants to express how he feels to Lupa, but is unable to do, unless he's drunk. [[spoiler: Too bad he calls LordKat instead]].
** In the other hand, Todd ignores when WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick tries to get his attention. [[spoiler:(in RealLife, [[OfficialCouple it's a whole different matter]])]]
* TheEeyore: In a funny way.
* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] invitation to do a joint review with Todd led to him spending the entire review laughing at the idea of reviewing a ''comic book''. [[spoiler: Once he finally stopped laughing at the very end of the review, he happily accepted the invitation.]]
** When it comes time for Todd to do a joint review, though, this gets turned around on him, as the rest of the [=TGWTG=] crew soundly refuse to review ''[[Film/{{Crossroads2002}} Crossroads]]'', ''[[AmericanIdol From Justin to Kelly]]'', or ''[[{{Madonna}} Body of Evidence]]'' with him.
*** And again in the ET review, where several other contributors show up to mock his taste in music.
** While vilifying Peter Cetera yet again in his Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 1976, he makes it clear that he doesn't hate all similar soft rock acts. PhilCollins, Music/BryanAdams, and Richard Marx are fine by his book, but he stops just short of praising Michael Bolton along with the others (though still admits that he's better than Peter Cetera).
* TheFaceless: Always reviews InTheHood and with his FaceFramedInShadow.
** In public appearances (such as conventions and crossovers), he is on the light, but wears the CoolMask mentioned above.
** Toyed with in some videos shot by other producers. At times when he isn't wearing his mask (like on the Channel Awesome trip to Washington to meet with their elected officials), his face is edited out of the video by his friends.
* FaceOfAThug:
** When Film Brain first sees Todd in person, he immediately takes out his valuables and begs him not to knife him, due to the British association of hoodies with thuggish youth.
** Later on, Critic being who he is, assumes that Todd is a "masked intruder" who wants to rape him.
* {{Fanboy}}: Todd truly enjoys "Monster Mash", and more importantly, thinks that Bobby Pickett- Korean War vet, comedian, musician, actor, screenwriter- accomplished more in his life than Todd thinks he ever will. You can tell that he really does respect the man.
** He used to call himself a Rihanna fanboy in his S&M review (or at least mentions that other people think he is). As of his Worst Hit Songs of 2012 review, he has stated that he's grown sick of her.
* FanHater: [[invoked]] He really hates [[Music/ChrisBrown Team Breezy,]] if only for their refusal to admit Chris Brown has done anything wrong.
* TheGimmick: His face is constantly obscured by shadows or masks. His main setup also has him filmed in profile, whether facing his piano or the TV.
* HeManWomanHater: Todd references this trope by name in the prologue to the TGWTG-upload of the "Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2009" review, saying that he was afraid he would come off as this for including three {{Beyonce}} songs on the list.
* HeroesWantRedheads: [[WebVideo/ObscurusLupa Guess who]]. As a Facebook discussion [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows/posts/158784404188402 went]]:
-->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick:''' Hehe... yeah Todd... you can YOU can... DO... what so many wish they... could. #right?\\
'''Todd In The Shadows''': Eh, I'm only into redheads.
* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Inverted in-universe--He mentions the brief flak he got for admitting he liked Katy Perry, following it up with several fellow site members calling him out over it [[spoiler:and [[ObscurusLupa one]] doing the same for stealing her hair.]]
* ICantDance: Both discussed and demonstrated thoroughly in [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/todd-plays-the-black-eyed-peas-experience-5672837#disqus_thread this slice of hilarity]].
** Also [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31575-channel-awesome-dance-spectacular-3 this]]. (discussed in SelfDeprecation, below)
* InTheHood: [[LimitedWardrobe And it's the same hood]] (which he's had for [[http://twitter.com/#!/shadowtodd/status/44167050498805760 quite some time]]) for every review... until he [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows/posts/268427866511324 forgot it in New York]] and had to buy another. One of the two was sold on eBay since Todd compiled several parking tickets in NYC... (the crossover with TheRapCritic shows one Todd's mom made to him... with "Todd in the Shadows" written on the back!)
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: To avoid doing a crossover with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick for ''Crossroads'', he says,"I need to go wash my dog... fish...".
* InexplicablyAwesome: In comparison to the rest of the cast. The man could be a Time Lord.
* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: If what he said on WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou is true, yes, and it's yet another reason he always wears a mask.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's likable to the audience but obnoxious to most of his co-workers ([[BadBoss and his title card artist]]), not to mention a hypocritical StalkerWithACrush. ([[AlterEgoActing in-universe, of course]])
* LoveTriangle: [[TriangRelations Type 5 triangle]], as he wants ObscurusLupa [[StalkerWithACrush to an unhealthy level]], while WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick is equally fixated on him and is [[SanitySlippage losing her mind rapidly]]. Taken to a natural conclusion on a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/ol/specials/31893-honor-and-glory Chick/Lupa crossover]], where Todd crashes the Chick's apartment, Lupa rejects him, and an angered Chick starts a CatFight.
* LargeHam: Whenever Todd gets angry, and most of the times where he sings, he hams up accordingly.
** [[{{Adele}} "Never gonna hear from this person again, you hear me?!]] '''SHE'S A NOBODY, A NOBODY!'''"
** Also, his KanyeWest impression in "Niggas in Paris" ("I am where art meets commercial. The sweet spot between the hood and Hollywood...").
* LoserProtagonist: He's miserable, lonely and antisocial, his romantic life is one woman he descends into stalking, and another who's equally crazy and unwanted in her pursuit of him, he has a SmallNameBigEgo problem but also sometimes resents his job reviewing stupid music, and is obnoxious to (and so, disliked by) his co-workers. Still, somewhere among all this he's still a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Todd in the Shadows is highly messed up and treats his colleagues poorly. Todd Nathanson is a sweetie.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: His heritage... '''as far as we know.'''
* NoodleIncident: Todd's more ambitious (and especially misguided) [[GrandRomanticGesture attempts to impress Lupa]] are brought up this way, with [[NoodleImplements unexplained references to what they involved]].
--> '''Lupa''': ''Why?'' What am I supposed to do with all these ''geese''? \\
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'''Lupa:''' I have had live bunnies air-dropped onto my house. My front yard looked like the Cliff's Notes for ''WatershipDown''!
** Pretty much the "DL Incident". Todd's dropped a few details but it remains (mostly) shrouded in mystery.
** In his review of "Girl On Fire", he says "I haven't had to deal with this many girls on fire since I accidentally set the"... We never hear the end of the sentence as he gets distracted by what's going on in the video.
* TheOneThatGotAway: In WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''SleeplessInSeattle'' Todd angrily rants at the screen at Bill Pullman's character for not fighting for Meg Ryan, "You idiot! Fight for her! What is wrong with you!? Why don't you say something!?" before breaking down in sobs, "Why didn't I say something?" Later in the review Todd is still clearly distraught "Why didn't I do something? Why did I just let her leave?" and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick asks if he is upset over Lupa, Todd replies, "Who?" It's not her.
* RealitySubtext: InUniverse, The Nostalgia Chick obsessively stalks Todd and he's barely aware that she exists. In real life, Todd and Lindsay are not only dating but they're descibed by their co-reviwers as "a sickeningly adorable couple".
* RunningGag:
** Todd's [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption always-doomed]] attempts to romance ObscurusLupa, which develop into making him a StalkerWithACrush, as well as his rejection of The Nostalgia Chick's attempts to romance him, which makes her a StalkerWithACrush for him.
** Any comment that seems to pin down Todd's ethnicity is accompanied by the caption "As far as you know", or other mitigations.
** His "Finish the Rhyme" segment, though it hasn't seen use for a while.
** The "Not A Rhyme Button," although it's been even longer.
** Most certainly NOT played for laughs, but Todd has now had to relocate to a new location for a 3rd time, because his roommate in the last location complained about him working, which he replied that he ''has'' to film while it's dark.
* ScrewYourself: When asked on the forums what would happen if he traveled to a gender-swapped universe and met his female self, he stated that "Hot me-on-me action would be on the agenda, immediately."
* SelfDeprecation:
** Any time Todd claims he lives an exciting, happy or sociable life, there's a [[DescriptionCut cut to his normal life]], which ranges from mundane to pitiful.
** When listing off what's cooler than Mike Posner, he lists "Constantly self-Googling", illustrated by a picture of himself at a computer. (He admitted in interviews that he does that.)
** Reviewing "Firework"/"Born This Way", he says he no need for "pick-me-up songs" because he leads such a fantastic life. Cut to a clip of him sitting in front of his computer where he downs spirits, mopes for a while and tries to shoot himself in the head.
** Todd recites the MST3KMantra during the "Party Rock Anthem" review. In doing so, however, he endangers his very purpose for being, and he [[DelayedRippleEffect almost fades from existence]]. [[invoked]]
** In "Moves Like Jagger", he says at least moving like Jagger it's better than moving like [[{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]] (referencing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfOa1a8hYP8 this]]) or... moving like SouljaBoy (referencing [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31575-channel-awesome-dance-spectacular-3 Todd himself]]).
** In ''From Justin to Kelly'' he mentions how he's been on a few "[[SuburbanKnights silly productions starring a bunch of not-actors]]".
** Often Todd opens the video with a rant of him having to bash people more famous and successful than he.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Breaks out mad vocabulary skills for his Deep Lyrical Analysis segments, ''especially'' for [[{{LMFAO}} "Sexy And I Know it."]] He holds this out for ''six minutes'' before giving up.
--->'''Todd''': But, although the {{LMFAO}} oeuvre, as a whole, marks them as admirably resolute in their retro-classicism, it in turn makes the satirical elements of "Sexy and I Know It" out of touch and archaic.
--->'''Todd''': ...they lack the pure, almost method-actor conviction of the brilliant members of [[RightSaidFred Rightly Said Frederick.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Is this when it comes to interacting with fans.
* SignatureStyle: At [=MagFest=], apparently some people recognized that it was him playing a piano because of his piano playing style.
* SmallNameBigEgo: [[{{In-universe}} Parodied.]]
** After describing paparazzi as the lowest of the low in the entertainment industry, he adds "Critics like myself are of course at the top."
---> '''Todd:''' Because it's very important to [LadyGaga's] career that [she] impress[es] me personally! [{{Beat}}] Yeah!
** When pointing out Mike Posner's FailOSuckyname, one of his suggestions for making it cooler is "Mike in the Shadows".
** He makes an inflated version of himself and his achievements in comparison to TheRapCritic in "Lighters".
** In fact, in most of his cameos throughout TGWTG, Todd tends to portray himself as this.
* SourSupporter: Whenever he teams up with PushingUpRoses for an LetsPlay, he's always this.
* StalkerWithACrush:
** [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=19563&hilit=Todd&start=180#p270831 Towards]] [[ObscurusLupa Lupa]]. During his review of "OMG" he repeatedly tries horrible pickup lines from the song on her until she finally threatens to get a restraining order. When he goes to his computer during the "Like a G6" review, we see that his wallpaper is picture after picture of Lupa.
--->'''Lupa:''' Why haven't I blocked you yet?
** His idea for a third anniversary crossover with her is to watch the Madonna erotic thriller ''Body of Evidence''.
--->'''Lupa:''' You want me to go to your room and watch a dirty movie with you?\\
'''Todd:''' Well, I mean...\\
'''Lupa:''' Todd, [[TemptingFate you could not possibly be any creepier than you are right now.]]\\
'''Todd:''' You smell nice.\\
''(Lupa punches him and runs off)''
** All but confirmed in [[spoiler: Lupa and Film Brain's review of ''Hercules In New York'', in which he has been hiding under the covers of the other bed in her room ''since the end of the Sunday School Musical Review''.]]
--->'''Lupa''': Stop stealing pieces of my hair!
** Also, in the ''Grease 2'' Nostalgia Chick review, his wallet is full of Lupa photos (including title cards!).
** An episode of WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou has Lupa interrupting Nash when he talked about [[http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x670927302/Police-arrest-Dalton-man-accused-of-handcuffing-himself-to-co-worker-in-Ringgold this]] to prevent him from giving Todd ideas.
** In "Give Me Everything", after another attack, Todd goes "Think I might be wearing her down."
** As of "Want U Back", the relationship was called off after their first date, though he's convinced it's her fault and not because they have nothing in common.
** Todd is also the ''subject'' of this trope, with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick harboring a distinctly one-sided crush on him.
* {{Troll}}: He created the "[[http://trollingchrisbrown.tumblr.com/ Trolling Chris Brown]]" tumblr page.
* TheUnreveal:
** Several reviews have brief instances that show Todd ''in the light''! He has his back to the camera and his hood is up, so we only see his feet.
** Also, there's archive footage of him being given the ''Hannah Montana Guitar Video Game'' as a Christmas present. But there's a black face-silhouette with a white question mark inside covering his head. ("[[BlatantLies As you can see, the image has not been treated]]")
** While he did walk around unmasked at [=MagFest=], all of his on-camera appearances had his face masked.
** In the [[http://blip.tv/y-ruler-of-time/jo-rollo-todd-y-the-last-airbender-bloopers-5217846 blooper reel]] for the collaborative review under CrossOver, when he takes off the mask his face is covered by "Image not available".
** Starting with the ''Sunday School Musical'' review and ''SuburbanKnights'', he appears fully-lit and shot from the front... with a black mask pulled over the top half of his face.
*** [[YouCanPlayThis Jew Wario]] tried to look beneath his mask, only to for Todd to hold him at gunpoint.
*** Likewise, when [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] created on Facebook a "Making of SuburbanKnights" album, every shot of unmasked Todd [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows?sk=photos censors his face]].
*** And the only time he's unmasked and uncensored in {{Benzaie}}'s [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31605-a-frog-in-chicago-again vlog]], it's too blurry.
** In the review of ''Grease 2'': as [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick The Makeover Fairy]] poofs him over to Lindsay's house, she takes his mask off, but is terrified of what she sees and quickly puts it back on him. Of course, it was shot from behind him.
** Even though [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/mr-awesome-goes-to-washington-5827009 Mr. Awesome Goes to Washington]] is supposed to be a serious piece on the TGWTG reviewers going to DC to complain about SOPA, they still point out Todd refuses to show his face and censor it throughout. (then... see below)
** TheReveal: Accidental in the early, unfinished version of "5 O'Clock". Once Todd found out his face was being shown, he quickly took it off blip.tv and replaced with a re-edited version. Same with the "Mr. Awesome Goes to Washington" above - Todd spent a good part unmasked as you cannot go to senators in costume, but Lindsay missed the censoring for just one second and had to pull it back.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield[=/=]CityWithNoName: Kind of... in "Black and Yellow", he names his city as "Bumfuck Nowhere, VA".
** NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: In his review of "Just A Kiss", he claims the hottest nightclub in his town is the local Waffle House.
* YourCostumeNeedsWork: [[http://twitter.com/#!/ShadowTodd/status/125322503718567936 Unbelievably so.]]
--> Todd: I got identified as a Todd in the Shadows {{cosplay}}er today. Yep.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: By his non-music related workmates, except the one who loves/stalks him.
!!Todd's Roommates
* TheFaceless
* FriendsRentControl: Apparently, Todd did not regularly pay rent at his second place, which caused his roommates to kick him out.
* NoNameGiven
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* AcceptableTargets: 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 [[SubvertedTrope faked out the audience]] by pretending to have a deep-seated hatred of Music/BarryManilow before admitting he really had nothing against the guy. [[invoked]]
** However, he really doesn't like Music/{{Chicago}} (the band, not the city).
** And 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.
** 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 also seems to think that people with mental illnesses are acceptable targets. Or at least that mentally ill people make bad music (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.)
* {{Adorkable}}: Todd is this ''in spades''.
** Just look at him singing at the start of the "The Spider-Man Musical Review".
** Or whenever he starts singing or dancing along with the track - especially in his Best of 2011 video when he dances to Usher's More (Remix)
** By the time of the Worst of 2012 list, Todd has come to see Pitbull (of all people) as this.
* AlterEgoActing: Downplayed; while he has a distinct persona, it only manifests in his interactions with other characters.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: From what we have seen of him in the light, he has somewhat dark skin, but God only knows what his specific ethnicity is. Todd himself has turned this into a deliberate RunningGag.
* AuthorAppeal: Clips from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' appear quite a bit in his reviews.
-->'''Todd''': "All the Simpsons references in the world aren't gonna get me through [[{{Music/LMFAO}} this.]]"
* BadBoss: As part of his AlterEgoActing, he frequently berates his title card artist on Twitter.
* BiasSteamroller: Regarding both Music/ChrisBrown and the "White Guys With Acoustic Guitars" genre.
** In regard to the former, it's interesting to see the difference between his review of "Deuces" where he did bring up Chris Brown's crimes, but to illustrate why the particular song (about how his girlfriend is a whiny bitch) is really TooSoon to be sung by Chris Brown. By the time of the "Turn up the music" review...
-->'''Todd:''' Let's listen to his new song, ''Turn up the music''. [Three seconds of the clip] [[LampshadeHanging Actually, let's not, cause I don't give a crap.]]
* BileFascination: Invoked, out of character, with music and other media (in ''Film/GreenLantern'' [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Lindsay]] and Todd said they went there to see why it's being reviewed so badly; in ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', he says the two, plus Lupa and Lindsay's friends went there "because they need to see everything!").
* TheBlank: His title cards often depict him as this.
** The artist who does the cards appears in one of [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] videos (Mr T #2) claiming that it's actually what he looks like. (She also obscures her face[[note]]as she does in most of her web appearances[[/note]])
--> '''Krin:''' You guys know Todd doesn't actually have a face, right? The art is accurate! That boy...is a monster.
* ButNotTooForeign: Apparently, Todd is a 13-year-old black, white, beige, chola, Lebanese, Oriental Asian-American girl with blonde hair who looks like JimCarrey wearing a DannyDeVito mask with a [[JayLeno Leno]] chin... '''''[+as far as we know+]'''''.
** He even says the "You're black, white, beige, chola descent, you're Lebanese, you're Orient" part of "Born This Way" was written for him.
** He said in the commentary for "Like a G6" that he "could be anything! You guys don't know!"
** {{Lampshaded}} in his crossover review with [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]], which he does with the lower part of his face uncovered and in full lighting.
-->'''Todd:''' Okay, look, just because I have my hood on doesn't mean I'm gonna knife you. God. I'm. So. Sick. Of the racial profiling.
-->'''Film Brain:''' What race are you anyway?
-->'''Todd:''' [[HandWave Don't worry about it.]]
** In a vlog with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick where they gave their opinions on Transformers 3, he describes himself as "a possible Asian person", mentioning that he was deeply offended by the character of Jerry "Deep" Wang, as played by Ken Jeong.
** Backfires slightly when he tries to explain during his "Gangnam Style" review that he reviews pop music, not Internet memes. "Do I ''look'' like Daniel Tosh?" (Subtitle: Maybe?)
* TheCameo:
** Made a guest appearance on ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' when Linkara reviewed two {{KISS}} comics, and previously, was among the contributors who [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkA0ilNTuYU sang AT4W's theme in the 100th episode]] (where somewhat appropriately, he was immediately before Lupa...) and appeared in one of the PreviouslyOn segments:
---> '''Todd''': I can't let you live Linkara. YOU'VE SEEN WHAT I LOOK LIKE! [[TheUnreveal NO ONE CAN KNOW THAT ALL THIS TIME I'VE SECRETLY BEEN--]]
** Threatened [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash's]] stick figure over ObscurusLupa.
** Appeared in the rendition of ''One Day More'' at the end of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''Theatre/LesMiserables''. And later, in her review of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', ignoring the Chick's pleas of going out with him; and in ''{{Grease 2}}'' getting a makeover from The Makeover Fairy.
** Sacrificed himself for ObscurusLupa in her ''Birdemic'' review, composed ''The Black Ninja'''s theme, and in a Lupa/Chick crossover, causes a CatFight between the two.
** Asked BennettTheSage to make a song countdown while [[{{Foreshadowing}} he escaped from LMFAO.]]
** Did the signature move of the reviewed song "Raise Up" in the crossover of TheRapCritic and MarcMues.
** He offers MarcMues a rhyme in his Worst 6 Pop Songs of 2011 video.
** Gets an e-mail with the Chick (and her co-horts) doing a ''MoulinRouge''-like attempt of seduction on WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of it.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Todd takes ''one sip'' of beer during his review of "If I Die Young" and says:
---> '''Todd:''' Don't usually drink beer. Someone get me a Mike's Hard Lemonade?
* TheCastShowoff: Boy, can he play piano. And he's not a bad singer himself either.
* CatchPhrase: "Go away, x person! GO AWAY!", shouted at any artist whom he wishes would lose their career. The two biggest examples are Chris Brown and Ke$ha.
* ChasteHero: According to Jesus in the "Just a Kiss" review.
* CoolMask: Todd dons [[http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2027320900106978597ZwpGhZ a black one]] for public appearances, both in a full version when wearing his hoodie, where only the bottom of his nose and lips are visible, and what looks like a more casual half version that only covers his nose and up. (Possibly just to throw on quick for the ever-present vlog coverage the meetups entail.)
** Said casual version is part of his [[Film/ThePrincessBride Dread Pirate Roberts]] costume in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'', the Year 3 TGWTG MassiveMultiplayerCrossover.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Yep. His very name is Todd in the ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Shadows]]'', he does all his videos in the dark, and he spends most of them raging. Yet while he's about as snarky as it gets before getting into [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] territory, he's also pretty clearly a good, decent guy.
** TheBlockbusterBuster thinks otherwise.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefeatMeansFriendship[=/=]LoveAtFirstPunch: Despite "negative amounts of talent", Katy Perry appears on his Top Ten Singles of The Year three years in a row. Todd grudgingly admits defeat in hating her.
--> "You win, Katy Perry. ''Marry me''."
* DistractedByTheSexy: [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/55790457426419713 Allegedly]] why he obscures himself.
* DistressedDude: When he tries to escape from the prospect of chick flicks, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick tapes him to a chair to a) hit on him and b) make him watch it with her. Later, she's apparently abducted him several times to try and make him love her.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Todd is this to a T. You can tell he really wants to express how he feels to Lupa, but is unable to do, unless he's drunk. [[spoiler: Too bad he calls LordKat instead]].
** In the other hand, Todd ignores when WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick tries to get his attention. [[spoiler:(in RealLife, [[OfficialCouple it's a whole different matter]])]]
* TheEeyore: In a funny way.
* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] invitation to do a joint review with Todd led to him spending the entire review laughing at the idea of reviewing a ''comic book''. [[spoiler: Once he finally stopped laughing at the very end of the review, he happily accepted the invitation.]]
** When it comes time for Todd to do a joint review, though, this gets turned around on him, as the rest of the [=TGWTG=] crew soundly refuse to review ''[[Film/{{Crossroads2002}} Crossroads]]'', ''[[AmericanIdol From Justin to Kelly]]'', or ''[[{{Madonna}} Body of Evidence]]'' with him.
*** And again in the ET review, where several other contributors show up to mock his taste in music.
** While vilifying Peter Cetera yet again in his Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 1976, he makes it clear that he doesn't hate all similar soft rock acts. PhilCollins, Music/BryanAdams, and Richard Marx are fine by his book, but he stops just short of praising Michael Bolton along with the others (though still admits that he's better than Peter Cetera).
* TheFaceless: Always reviews InTheHood and with his FaceFramedInShadow.
** In public appearances (such as conventions and crossovers), he is on the light, but wears the CoolMask mentioned above.
** Toyed with in some videos shot by other producers. At times when he isn't wearing his mask (like on the Channel Awesome trip to Washington to meet with their elected officials), his face is edited out of the video by his friends.
* FaceOfAThug:
** When Film Brain first sees Todd in person, he immediately takes out his valuables and begs him not to knife him, due to the British association of hoodies with thuggish youth.
** Later on, Critic being who he is, assumes that Todd is a "masked intruder" who wants to rape him.
* {{Fanboy}}: Todd truly enjoys "Monster Mash", and more importantly, thinks that Bobby Pickett- Korean War vet, comedian, musician, actor, screenwriter- accomplished more in his life than Todd thinks he ever will. You can tell that he really does respect the man.
** He used to call himself a Rihanna fanboy in his S&M review (or at least mentions that other people think he is). As of his Worst Hit Songs of 2012 review, he has stated that he's grown sick of her.
* FanHater: [[invoked]] He really hates [[Music/ChrisBrown Team Breezy,]] if only for their refusal to admit Chris Brown has done anything wrong.
* TheGimmick: His face is constantly obscured by shadows or masks. His main setup also has him filmed in profile, whether facing his piano or the TV.
* HeManWomanHater: Todd references this trope by name in the prologue to the TGWTG-upload of the "Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2009" review, saying that he was afraid he would come off as this for including three {{Beyonce}} songs on the list.
* HeroesWantRedheads: [[WebVideo/ObscurusLupa Guess who]]. As a Facebook discussion [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows/posts/158784404188402 went]]:
-->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick:''' Hehe... yeah Todd... you can YOU can... DO... what so many wish they... could. #right?\\
'''Todd In The Shadows''': Eh, I'm only into redheads.
* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Inverted in-universe--He mentions the brief flak he got for admitting he liked Katy Perry, following it up with several fellow site members calling him out over it [[spoiler:and [[ObscurusLupa one]] doing the same for stealing her hair.]]
* ICantDance: Both discussed and demonstrated thoroughly in [[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/todd-plays-the-black-eyed-peas-experience-5672837#disqus_thread this slice of hilarity]].
** Also [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31575-channel-awesome-dance-spectacular-3 this]]. (discussed in SelfDeprecation, below)
* InTheHood: [[LimitedWardrobe And it's the same hood]] (which he's had for [[http://twitter.com/#!/shadowtodd/status/44167050498805760 quite some time]]) for every review... until he [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows/posts/268427866511324 forgot it in New York]] and had to buy another. One of the two was sold on eBay since Todd compiled several parking tickets in NYC... (the crossover with TheRapCritic shows one Todd's mom made to him... with "Todd in the Shadows" written on the back!)
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: To avoid doing a crossover with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick for ''Crossroads'', he says,"I need to go wash my dog... fish...".
* InexplicablyAwesome: In comparison to the rest of the cast. The man could be a Time Lord.
* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: If what he said on WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou is true, yes, and it's yet another reason he always wears a mask.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's likable to the audience but obnoxious to most of his co-workers ([[BadBoss and his title card artist]]), not to mention a hypocritical StalkerWithACrush. ([[AlterEgoActing in-universe, of course]])
* LoveTriangle: [[TriangRelations Type 5 triangle]], as he wants ObscurusLupa [[StalkerWithACrush to an unhealthy level]], while WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick is equally fixated on him and is [[SanitySlippage losing her mind rapidly]]. Taken to a natural conclusion on a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/ol/specials/31893-honor-and-glory Chick/Lupa crossover]], where Todd crashes the Chick's apartment, Lupa rejects him, and an angered Chick starts a CatFight.
* LargeHam: Whenever Todd gets angry, and most of the times where he sings, he hams up accordingly.
** [[{{Adele}} "Never gonna hear from this person again, you hear me?!]] '''SHE'S A NOBODY, A NOBODY!'''"
** Also, his KanyeWest impression in "Niggas in Paris" ("I am where art meets commercial. The sweet spot between the hood and Hollywood...").
* LoserProtagonist: He's miserable, lonely and antisocial, his romantic life is one woman he descends into stalking, and another who's equally crazy and unwanted in her pursuit of him, he has a SmallNameBigEgo problem but also sometimes resents his job reviewing stupid music, and is obnoxious to (and so, disliked by) his co-workers. Still, somewhere among all this he's still a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Todd in the Shadows is highly messed up and treats his colleagues poorly. Todd Nathanson is a sweetie.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: His heritage... '''as far as we know.'''
* NoodleIncident: Todd's more ambitious (and especially misguided) [[GrandRomanticGesture attempts to impress Lupa]] are brought up this way, with [[NoodleImplements unexplained references to what they involved]].
--> '''Lupa''': ''Why?'' What am I supposed to do with all these ''geese''? \\
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'''Lupa:''' I have had live bunnies air-dropped onto my house. My front yard looked like the Cliff's Notes for ''WatershipDown''!
** Pretty much the "DL Incident". Todd's dropped a few details but it remains (mostly) shrouded in mystery.
** In his review of "Girl On Fire", he says "I haven't had to deal with this many girls on fire since I accidentally set the"... We never hear the end of the sentence as he gets distracted by what's going on in the video.
* TheOneThatGotAway: In WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''SleeplessInSeattle'' Todd angrily rants at the screen at Bill Pullman's character for not fighting for Meg Ryan, "You idiot! Fight for her! What is wrong with you!? Why don't you say something!?" before breaking down in sobs, "Why didn't I say something?" Later in the review Todd is still clearly distraught "Why didn't I do something? Why did I just let her leave?" and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick asks if he is upset over Lupa, Todd replies, "Who?" It's not her.
* RealitySubtext: InUniverse, The Nostalgia Chick obsessively stalks Todd and he's barely aware that she exists. In real life, Todd and Lindsay are not only dating but they're descibed by their co-reviwers as "a sickeningly adorable couple".
* RunningGag:
** Todd's [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption always-doomed]] attempts to romance ObscurusLupa, which develop into making him a StalkerWithACrush, as well as his rejection of The Nostalgia Chick's attempts to romance him, which makes her a StalkerWithACrush for him.
** Any comment that seems to pin down Todd's ethnicity is accompanied by the caption "As far as you know", or other mitigations.
** His "Finish the Rhyme" segment, though it hasn't seen use for a while.
** The "Not A Rhyme Button," although it's been even longer.
** Most certainly NOT played for laughs, but Todd has now had to relocate to a new location for a 3rd time, because his roommate in the last location complained about him working, which he replied that he ''has'' to film while it's dark.
* ScrewYourself: When asked on the forums what would happen if he traveled to a gender-swapped universe and met his female self, he stated that "Hot me-on-me action would be on the agenda, immediately."
* SelfDeprecation:
** Any time Todd claims he lives an exciting, happy or sociable life, there's a [[DescriptionCut cut to his normal life]], which ranges from mundane to pitiful.
** When listing off what's cooler than Mike Posner, he lists "Constantly self-Googling", illustrated by a picture of himself at a computer. (He admitted in interviews that he does that.)
** Reviewing "Firework"/"Born This Way", he says he no need for "pick-me-up songs" because he leads such a fantastic life. Cut to a clip of him sitting in front of his computer where he downs spirits, mopes for a while and tries to shoot himself in the head.
** Todd recites the MST3KMantra during the "Party Rock Anthem" review. In doing so, however, he endangers his very purpose for being, and he [[DelayedRippleEffect almost fades from existence]]. [[invoked]]
** In "Moves Like Jagger", he says at least moving like Jagger it's better than moving like [[{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]] (referencing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfOa1a8hYP8 this]]) or... moving like SouljaBoy (referencing [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31575-channel-awesome-dance-spectacular-3 Todd himself]]).
** In ''From Justin to Kelly'' he mentions how he's been on a few "[[SuburbanKnights silly productions starring a bunch of not-actors]]".
** Often Todd opens the video with a rant of him having to bash people more famous and successful than he.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Breaks out mad vocabulary skills for his Deep Lyrical Analysis segments, ''especially'' for [[{{LMFAO}} "Sexy And I Know it."]] He holds this out for ''six minutes'' before giving up.
--->'''Todd''': But, although the {{LMFAO}} oeuvre, as a whole, marks them as admirably resolute in their retro-classicism, it in turn makes the satirical elements of "Sexy and I Know It" out of touch and archaic.
--->'''Todd''': ...they lack the pure, almost method-actor conviction of the brilliant members of [[RightSaidFred Rightly Said Frederick.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Is this when it comes to interacting with fans.
* SignatureStyle: At [=MagFest=], apparently some people recognized that it was him playing a piano because of his piano playing style.
* SmallNameBigEgo: [[{{In-universe}} Parodied.]]
** After describing paparazzi as the lowest of the low in the entertainment industry, he adds "Critics like myself are of course at the top."
---> '''Todd:''' Because it's very important to [LadyGaga's] career that [she] impress[es] me personally! [{{Beat}}] Yeah!
** When pointing out Mike Posner's FailOSuckyname, one of his suggestions for making it cooler is "Mike in the Shadows".
** He makes an inflated version of himself and his achievements in comparison to TheRapCritic in "Lighters".
** In fact, in most of his cameos throughout TGWTG, Todd tends to portray himself as this.
* SourSupporter: Whenever he teams up with PushingUpRoses for an LetsPlay, he's always this.
* StalkerWithACrush:
** [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=19563&hilit=Todd&start=180#p270831 Towards]] [[ObscurusLupa Lupa]]. During his review of "OMG" he repeatedly tries horrible pickup lines from the song on her until she finally threatens to get a restraining order. When he goes to his computer during the "Like a G6" review, we see that his wallpaper is picture after picture of Lupa.
--->'''Lupa:''' Why haven't I blocked you yet?
** His idea for a third anniversary crossover with her is to watch the Madonna erotic thriller ''Body of Evidence''.
--->'''Lupa:''' You want me to go to your room and watch a dirty movie with you?\\
'''Todd:''' Well, I mean...\\
'''Lupa:''' Todd, [[TemptingFate you could not possibly be any creepier than you are right now.]]\\
'''Todd:''' You smell nice.\\
''(Lupa punches him and runs off)''
** All but confirmed in [[spoiler: Lupa and Film Brain's review of ''Hercules In New York'', in which he has been hiding under the covers of the other bed in her room ''since the end of the Sunday School Musical Review''.]]
--->'''Lupa''': Stop stealing pieces of my hair!
** Also, in the ''Grease 2'' Nostalgia Chick review, his wallet is full of Lupa photos (including title cards!).
** An episode of WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou has Lupa interrupting Nash when he talked about [[http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x670927302/Police-arrest-Dalton-man-accused-of-handcuffing-himself-to-co-worker-in-Ringgold this]] to prevent him from giving Todd ideas.
** In "Give Me Everything", after another attack, Todd goes "Think I might be wearing her down."
** As of "Want U Back", the relationship was called off after their first date, though he's convinced it's her fault and not because they have nothing in common.
** Todd is also the ''subject'' of this trope, with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick harboring a distinctly one-sided crush on him.
* {{Troll}}: He created the "[[http://trollingchrisbrown.tumblr.com/ Trolling Chris Brown]]" tumblr page.
* TheUnreveal:
** Several reviews have brief instances that show Todd ''in the light''! He has his back to the camera and his hood is up, so we only see his feet.
** Also, there's archive footage of him being given the ''Hannah Montana Guitar Video Game'' as a Christmas present. But there's a black face-silhouette with a white question mark inside covering his head. ("[[BlatantLies As you can see, the image has not been treated]]")
** While he did walk around unmasked at [=MagFest=], all of his on-camera appearances had his face masked.
** In the [[http://blip.tv/y-ruler-of-time/jo-rollo-todd-y-the-last-airbender-bloopers-5217846 blooper reel]] for the collaborative review under CrossOver, when he takes off the mask his face is covered by "Image not available".
** Starting with the ''Sunday School Musical'' review and ''SuburbanKnights'', he appears fully-lit and shot from the front... with a black mask pulled over the top half of his face.
*** [[YouCanPlayThis Jew Wario]] tried to look beneath his mask, only to for Todd to hold him at gunpoint.
*** Likewise, when [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] created on Facebook a "Making of SuburbanKnights" album, every shot of unmasked Todd [[http://www.facebook.com/toddintheshadows?sk=photos censors his face]].
*** And the only time he's unmasked and uncensored in {{Benzaie}}'s [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31605-a-frog-in-chicago-again vlog]], it's too blurry.
** In the review of ''Grease 2'': as [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick The Makeover Fairy]] poofs him over to Lindsay's house, she takes his mask off, but is terrified of what she sees and quickly puts it back on him. Of course, it was shot from behind him.
** Even though [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/mr-awesome-goes-to-washington-5827009 Mr. Awesome Goes to Washington]] is supposed to be a serious piece on the TGWTG reviewers going to DC to complain about SOPA, they still point out Todd refuses to show his face and censor it throughout. (then... see below)
** TheReveal: Accidental in the early, unfinished version of "5 O'Clock". Once Todd found out his face was being shown, he quickly took it off blip.tv and replaced with a re-edited version. Same with the "Mr. Awesome Goes to Washington" above - Todd spent a good part unmasked as you cannot go to senators in costume, but Lindsay missed the censoring for just one second and had to pull it back.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield[=/=]CityWithNoName: Kind of... in "Black and Yellow", he names his city as "Bumfuck Nowhere, VA".
** NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: In his review of "Just A Kiss", he claims the hottest nightclub in his town is the local Waffle House.
* YourCostumeNeedsWork: [[http://twitter.com/#!/ShadowTodd/status/125322503718567936 Unbelievably so.]]
--> Todd: I got identified as a Todd in the Shadows {{cosplay}}er today. Yep.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: By his non-music related workmates, except the one who loves/stalks him.
!!Todd's Roommates
* TheFaceless
* FriendsRentControl: Apparently, Todd did not regularly pay rent at his second place, which caused his roommates to kick him out.
* NoNameGiven
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