History Music / BadLipReading

* FetishizedAbuser:
** Edward Cullen, in the ''More Twilight'' video. He proposes making stew out of Bella's pet rabbit then gets drunk and forgets to buy her Christmas present. He then tries to parley that into sex.
---> '''Edward:''' ''(drunkenly)'' No, no, no, wait, wait... I got you a present... you can frisk me... and then you'll have it.\\
'''Bella:''' ....ugh...
** Peter Parker. He eats Gwen's pets, raps about how gross her fake leg is, and threatens to slap her because he hates her food.

* BastardBoyfriend:
** Edward Cullen, in the ''More Twilight'' video. He proposes making stew out of Bella's pet rabbit then gets drunk and forgets to buy her Christmas present. He then tries to parley that into sex.
---> '''Edward:''' ''(drunkenly)'' No, no, no, wait, wait... I got you a present... you can frisk me... and then you'll have it.\\
'''Bella:''' ....ugh...
** Peter Parker. He eats Gwen's pets, raps about how gross her fake leg is, and threatens to slap her because he hates her food.

* IncestIsRelative:
** [[Series/GameOfThrones Tyrion hitting on Cersei]] comes across as playful banter instead. ''Joffrey'' on Cersei on the other hand:
--> '''Joffrey Baratheon''': I bet you were a vaguely hot woman, back in your day. *slap*
** From "Twilight III":
-->'''Carlyle''': "I think he said we should all make out."\\
'''Rosalie''': "I thought we just did!"
** From "Redneck Avengers":
-->'''Steve:''' "Trisha, I think I'm in love."
-->'''Trisha:''' "Say what!?"
-->'''Steve:''' "And even though you and me are family, who says that we can't be together?"
** Darth Vader claims to be engaged to Princess Leia, though Obi-Wan doesn't buy it.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYNJwpHWsBg "SHADOW PICO trailer"]] -- [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent a non-musical]] RealTrailerFakeMovie based on "Gotta Be You" by Music/OneDirection.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent
** BLR takes on a RippedFromTheHeadlines approach with spoken-word videos.
** "Beard with Glue" could also count, being devoid of the usual hiphop flavor.
** "High School" starts a new trend by using ''movie footage''.
** "Shadow Pico" takes it even further by posing music video footage ''as'' movie footage into a RealTrailerFakeMovie. Also, most of the dialogue is lip read as some sort of foreign-language sounding gibberish.
** "THE NFL", of course, is the first-ever reading consisting of sports footage.

** In "NFL 2015," Greg Gumbel accidentally serves Trent Green rodent meat.

Thanks to an [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150530121918/http://blogs.villagevoice.com:80/runninscared/2011/11/bad_lip_reading.php anonymous interview]], we now know that BLR is produced by a single person in Texas, a "music producer, songwriter, and musician," but their identity remains a mystery. Their songs are being sold completely legally on iTunes (being original works) but the videos may yet fall victim to copyright claims ([[ScrewedByTheLawyers as "Dirty Spaceman" and "(Rockin') All Nite Long" already have]]). A few, like "Trick the Bridesmaid," are based on public domain works and so are safe from takedowns. Starting with the Star Wars BLR trilogy, they're started bringing in guest stars like Jack Black to contribute their voice talents.

* ManOfAThousandVoices: In [[http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/11/bad_lip_reading.php an anonymous interview with the Village Voice]], the man behind the videos claims to do all the voices himself, including the female ones.

* SecretIdentity: As noted above, the man behind BLR is hiding his real name, reportedly "because he doesn't want the levity of the Bad Lip Reading series to impact his more serious work."

Later on, BLR took a level in worldbuilding and began to create fake [=YouTube=] accounts to publish full versions of songs originally appearing in BLR videos. Although it has not been confirmed, it's widely speculated that the artists behind these songs are fictional and represent aliases of the man behind BLR. These include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1NV97UYtCQ "Modify" by Kniles]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6WtBpkEzHo "Judy Moonlight" by Faron North]].

Thanks to an [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150530121918/http://blogs.villagevoice.com:80/runninscared/2011/11/bad_lip_reading.php anonymous interview]], we now know that BLR is produced by a single man in Texas, a "music producer, songwriter, and musician," but his identity remains a mystery. His songs are being sold completely legally on iTunes (being original works) but the videos may yet fall victim to copyright claims ([[ScrewedByTheLawyers as "Dirty Spaceman" and "(Rockin') All Nite Long" already have]]). A few, like "Trick the Bridesmaid," are based on public domain works and so are safe from takedowns. Starting with the Star Wars BLR trilogy, he's started bringing in guest stars like Jack Black to contribute their voice talents.

** In "NFL 2018", one of the other Baltimore Ravens' coaches tells John Harburgh that he'll shoot him if he calls him "Captain Rainbow" again.

** Matt Birk of the Baltimore Ravens wants to make Andrew Dalton of the Cincinnati Bengals a mai tai. Unless it's a bother.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Music/MichaelBuble loved "Russian Unicorn." Gotye and Josh Hutcherson thought "Kicked Your Monkey" and "Hunger Game" respectively were good enough to pass on via Website/{{Twitter}}, and Miley Cyrus actually tweeted "Black Umbrella" to Snoop Dogg.

** In "High School Musical", Troy and Gabriella are renamed Chorky and Lumpkinella.

** "Inauguration Day" has Hillary randomly saying "[[VideoGame/StreetFighter Hadouken]]" to the camera man.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Apparently there weren't enough of them in the "Lazy Song" clips, so Jay-Z brought his own. (re. "Morning Dew").
** Inverted in "Beard With Glue", in which a costumed gorilla ate Ben. (Although a gorilla is technically not a monkey.) This might be why Double Take hates gorillas.
** Gotye [[KickTheDog kicked one]] right before he [[BestialityIsDepraved "used" a goat.]]

** The new voices for Music/SnoopDogg. will.i.am, and Gotye are ''disturbingly'' spot on. It should be noted that [[WeirdAlEffect Gary LeVox's ISN'T.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYMq27uygsY ""DOONT" — A Bad Lip Reading of Dune]] -- based on clips from ''Film/Dune2021''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYMq27uygsY "DOONT"]] -- based on clips from ''Film/Dune2021''.

* BearsAreBadNews: During the first presidential debate, Jim Lehrer warns Mitt Romney that the sofa bears don't know that he can be sent whooshing into space if he were a robot. He then tells Romney and Obama to go right off, [[LetsGetDangerous and that he'll defeat]] '''[[CrazyAwesome 17]]''' [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass bears]] [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome while they're gone.]]

* RealityEnsues: Katniss and Peeta wrote their first song on the way to their first live performance. And they apparently ''based'' the song on their method of transportation. [[spoiler:Is it really any wonder the crowd hated them]]?

* UnfortunateNames:
** "NFL 2018" gives us Sweaty Fred ("Where's your cornbread?") and Baldy [=McNutt=].
** "NFL 2020" is awash with these. Among others, it rechristens Drew Brees as Queece Boringman and Jimmy Garoppolo as Pete Crapletters.
** "NFL 2021" has Swellcrotch, Woodsack and Cole Noscopy.

* EldritchAbomination: It's highly implied that "Shadow Pico" is one of these.

* LeFilmArtistique: Parodied in Shadow Pico, which is done in the style of a foreign art house film (with the "foreign language" being gibberish and the English subtitles being ridiculous attempts at being profound).
-->''"[[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible I am left alone with no spoons or towels, and the rain is in my heart!]]"''

** GagSub: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYNJwpHWsBg "Shadow Pico"]] manages to be both, with a translation of the [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign "foreign language"]] Music/OneDirection is speaking hidden in the [=YouTube=] subtitles.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: If it even is one, in "Shadow Pico".
** GratuitousEnglish: Invoked in "Shadow Pico" to conserve the foreign art house movie feeling.

** The Chiken-Duck-Woman thing in "Bushes of Love". It ripped off Luke's dad face! And combined with NothingIsScarier: it may be in the bushes, waiting for us...

Thanks to an [[http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/11/bad_lip_reading.php anonymous interview]], we now know that BLR is produced by a single man in Texas, a "music producer, songwriter, and musician," but his identity remains a mystery. His songs are being sold completely legally on iTunes (being original works) but the videos may yet fall victim to copyright claims ([[ScrewedByTheLawyers as "Dirty Spaceman" and "(Rockin') All Nite Long" already have]]). A few, like "Trick the Bridesmaid," are based on public domain works and so are safe from takedowns. Starting with the Star Wars BLR trilogy, he's started bringing in guest stars like Jack Black to contribute their voice talents.

* PreferableImpersonator: "Soy Pablo" is about the DEA replacing Pablo Escobar with a lookalike to infiltrate his compound and spy on his criminal empire. Pablo's friends and family quickly realize he's not Pablo, but decide they like him better anyway.