History Creator / MichaelRosen

* PrecisionFStrike: In "Orange Juice", after noticing that he had gotten no orange juice from the milkman, he says "''Damn'', the milkman's forgotten to deliver the orange!" Granted, "damn" is about as offensive in Britain as "crap" is in America.

* AnthropomorphicFood: "Fast Food" describes a hamburger running away from the bar where he's about to be fried. Contains a bit of a pro-vegetarian message as well.

** It's never stated what happened to the teacher in "Strict" after she deprived students of air and sent survivors of her class to a dungeon for minor offences.
** Michael's mom never gets her comeuppance for depriving Michael of dessert and being a bitch about forcing him to eat something he doesn't like in "Tomato One".

!!Trivia:
* ApprovalOfGod: Despite his initial opposition to them (see below), Michael is reportedly amused by YouTubePoop videos of him. He's specifically mentioned [=KatanaSoul=]'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUCGuh5W_Xw Babyshitter]]".
* FanworkBan: He does know about his popularity in [=YouTube=] Poop and, while he doesn't ''mind'' it in and of itself, [[MoralGuardians he worries about kids finding them while looking for his poems]]. He backed down when it was pointed out that it's the parent's responsibility to control what their own children are exposed to on the internet -- and also when he realized [[StreisandEffect people weren't going to stop making them no matter what he did]] -- though he nevertheless disabled comments on his artificedesign videos to prevent mature comments, eventually having them re-enabled, albeit with moderators keeping watch to redact any inappropriate content. Fortunately for Rosen, his [=YouTube Pooper=] fans have on the whole been respectful towards the channel's policy. Rosen posted a disclaimer on his website disavowing any involvement with [=YouTube=] Poop videos, explaining that the site is a "free-for-all" venue and as such videos of his can be downloaded and edited by users at will.
** As a matter of fact, the YTP community has viewed him with such high regard that they have an unwritten rule '''never''' to sentence-mix the video where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_TOAQa5Ieo he talks about his son's death.]] This is on the basis that doing so would be crossing DudeNotFunny territory, and also [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead would be a huge disservice]] to the man they respect, and who respects them in turn despite being the subject of so many morbidly comedic parodies.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: His career as a YTP star owes itself to this trope. His book ''The Hypnotiser'' contains some of his best stories, but is unfortunately also out of print; unable to get it reprinted, uploading himself reading his poems to [=YouTube=] was seen as the best way to keep the stories available.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Many of Rosen's poems are based on his own experiences as both a child and a parent, and so the "supporting cast" in such poems comes from his own family and friends, right down to the names. For example, his poems from a child's perspective often include his father Harry, his mother Connie, his older brother Brian, his grandparents Bubbe and Zeyde, and his childhood best friend Brian "Harrybo" Harrison,[[note]] At least one poem memorialises his brother Alan, who died of whooping cough before Michael was born.[[/note]] while his poems from a parent's perspective generally star his sons Joe and Eddie.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: "The Bakerloo Flea" features, as the name implies, a flea the size of a large dog lurking in the Bakerloo subway tunnel.

* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: The "Hot Jamaica Sauce" Michael uses in "Orange Juice" to foil the thief stealing his morning orange juice. Michael himself loves it, but warns that even a small speck is like "putting a match in your mouth!"

Michael Wayne Rosen (born 7 May 1946) is an English children's author and poet, known for his work on Website/YouTube where he tells his stories, complete with exuberant and ''hilarious'' expressions and [[MilkingTheGiantCow gestures]]. He is most famous for "We're Going on a Bear Hunt", and he's a ''hugely'' popular source for WebAnimation/YouTubePoop, mainly because his wide usage of words and virtually seamless videos give YTP makers maximum freedom in sentence mixing his videos and telling wholly different stories. His material can be found at [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7D-mXO4kk-XWvH6lBXdrPw his YouTube channel]], previously known as "artificedesign", which was set up specially by one of his children Joe.

* EpisodeTitleCard: Done with almost every single one of Michael's YT videos. The videos usually fade in from black with Michael announcing the title of the poem.

* WickedWasps: Somewhat subverted in "A Plague of Wasps in Winter". The wasps are sluggish in the cold weather and sting on reflex instead of actively attacking people. [[spoiler:Not in the case of the unfortunate tanker truck driver, though.]]

-->'''Brian:''' '''''[[LastSecondWordSwap OW!]]]''''' That ''hurt''! I didn't hurt ''you''!

Michael Wayne Rosen (born 7 May 1946) is an English children's author and poet, known for his work on Website/YouTube where he tells his stories, complete with exuberant and ''hilarious'' expressions and [[MilkingTheGiantCow gestures]]. He is most famous in Britain for his "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" song, and he's a ''hugely'' popular source for WebAnimation/YouTubePoop, mainly because his wide usage of words and virtually seamless videos give YTP makers maximum freedom in sentence mixing his videos and telling wholly different stories. His material can be found at [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7D-mXO4kk-XWvH6lBXdrPw his YouTube channel]], previously known as "artificedesign", which was set up specially by one of his children Joe.

* BasedOnATrueStory: Some of Rosen's poems and stories were based on actual experiences.

* BoastfulRap: "The Michael Rosen Rap" presents Michael bragging about all the amazing things he's done such as swimming the English Channel, becoming Prime Minister, robbing a bank, and closing all the schools in England. Before the age of 10.

* KitschyThemedRestaurant: The Yum-Yum Burger Bar in "Custard's Last Stand" was themed to the American Wild West, including all the staff dressing up in cowboy outfits and ridiculous names for the food.

* BlackComedy: "Strict" is about a teacher depriving her students of air (which results in most of them ''dying'') and sending the survivors to a prison underneath the school [[DisproportionateRetribution for minor offences such as slamming down their desk lids while catching air]]. This results in the class being reduced from 48 students to ''five'' within the space of a week, all of which is PlayedForLaughs.

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Used in "The Outing".
-->'''Michael''': Mervyn! If I hear about your jam, your sandwiches, or the jam in your sandwiches, if I hear about any of it once more, I shall give them to the ''ducks!''
* BrainyBaby: According to "Michael Rosen Rap", Michael could walk and talk while still in the womb, was elected Prime Minister at age 8, and made King of the Fools at age 10.

* TheEndingChangesEverything: The Skyfoogle is set up as a standard monster. However, it is heavily implied by the way Michael lingers on the fact that he (and by extension, the audience) never saw the salesman again that the Skyfoogle never existed and the salesman was actually a conman.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: In "Harrybo", after hearing about the titular boy's grandfather passing away recently, Michael's other friend Dave mentions his hamster died as well. This causes the other boys to hush him up.

** It's never stated what happened to the teacher in "Strict" after she deprived students of air and sent survivors of her class to a dungeon for minor offenses.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: In "The Bakerloo Flea", the flea powder ends up killing all the rats in the Bakerloo tunnel instead of the flea itself. Deprived of it's food source, the flea starves and turns aggressive, escalating the danger.

** By the end of "Custard's Last Stand", Michael decides not to finish the burger he was eating at the start of the story.