History Series / PopUpVideo

* JustForPun:
** During Martika's "Toy Soldiers" video, during the refrain's lyrics, "Step by step, heart to heart," they mention that Martika had been a guest star on several TV shows, but never guest starred on ''Series/StepByStep'' or ''Series/HartToHart''.
** During Madonna's "Express Yourself" video, it notes that "It is illegal to Federal Express yourself."

* ADateWithRosiePalms: One episode in the original series, "Self-Love", exclusively featured songs that were widely interpreted, rightly or wrongly, as dealing with you-know-what.

* JustForPun: During Martika's "Toy Soldiers" video, during the refrain's lyrics, "Step by step, heart to heart," they mention that Martika had been a guest star on several TV shows, but never guest starred on ''Series/StepByStep'' or ''Series/HartToHart''.

** Whenever the video's image focuses on an individual member of the band, the pop-up caption introduces them. When a specific member DOESN'T appear in a video, or is substituted with a stunt performer, the caption reads "Not X." There are moments when it's taken to a logical extreme and it reads "Him/her neither" or "Still not X."

In its original incarnation, ''Pop Up Video'' ran from 1996 to 2002. Happily, [[http://www.vh1.com/shows/pop_up_video/series.jhtml it was brought back in 2011]] with newer music videos and slightly redesigned info nuggets, though it disappeared again after about a year.

Before their switch to Creator/{{MTV}} Classic, Creator/VH1 Classic were quite fond of running classic episodes of ''Pop Up Video'', although they only ran about the same sixteen episodes or so.

* TakeThat: The pop ups for Martika's "Toy Soldiers" are unusually mean-spirited for some reason, taking delight in comparing Martika's less-than-successful career in music and acting to that of Music/{{Madonna}}'s. It culminates in a nugget showing Madonna's and Martika's faces taped onto a pair of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeble Weebles]] -- Madonna's Weeble was still upright, but Martika's was knocked over.

In its original incarnation, ''Pop Up Video'' ran from 1996 to 2002. Happily, [[http://www.vh1.com/shows/pop_up_video/series.jhtml it was brought back in 2011]] with newer music videos and redesigned info nuggets, though it disappeared off the radar again after a year or so.

* TakeThat: The pop ups for Martika's "Toy Soldiers" got unusually mean-spirited for some reason, taking delight in comparing Martika's less-than-successful career in music and acting to that of Music/{{Madonna}}'s. It culminated in a nugget showing Madonna's and Martika's faces taped onto a pair of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeble Weebles]] -- Madonna's Weeble was still upright, but Martika's was knocked over.
* UnCancelled: Oh ''yes''.

** Whenever a video focuses on someone's buttocks, an info nugget with the word "But" pops up over said buttocks. It's typically used to humorously transition to another bit of info. Driven further with "Pero" in Music/Gerardo's "Rico Suave" and "Aber" in Music/{{Nena}}'s "99 Red Balloons", songs that are known for their use of foreign language.

** Whenever a video focuses on someone's buttocks, an info nugget with the word "But" pops up over said buttocks. It's typically used to humorously transition to another bit of info.

* RunningGag: Whenever a video focuses on someone's buttocks, an info nugget with the word "But" pops up over said buttocks. It's typically used to humorously transition to another bit of info.

!!! "Trope-Up Video":

* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: The 2011 revival mentions this trope by name in the treatment of "She Bangs" by Ricky Martin. The nuggets on that video didn't outright mention Martin's homosexuality (he came out about a decade after releasing the song), but the captions ''did'' acknowledge that particular elephant in the room (complete with a rainbow graphic on one nugget), and added an elephant-shaped nugget every so often.

Before their switch to Creator/MTVClassic, VH1 Classic were quite fond of running classic episodes of ''Pop Up Video'', although they only ran about the same sixteen episodes or so.

In its original incarnation, ''Pop Up Video'' ran from 1996 to 2002. Happily, [[http://www.vh1.com/shows/pop_up_video/series.jhtml it was brought back in 2011]] with newer music videos and redesigned info nuggets.

Occasionally, classic episodes of ''Pop Up Video'' air on Creator/VH1 Classic, although they only run about the same sixteen episodes or so.

* FollowTheLeader: After the show became a hit, other shows (such as ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', though the latter being made many years later) started adding their own (unofficial) info nuggets to their own shows. Several of these knockoffs were made fun of on the production company's website.
** Officially, however, there were "Pop Up" versions of ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', ''Series/NewsRadio'', ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'', and a few VH1 awards shows.

** Officially, however, there were "Pop Up" versions of ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', ''TheBradyBunch'', ''Series/NewsRadio'', ''TheOprahWinfreyShow'', and a few VH1 awards shows.

** Officially, however, there were "Pop Up" versions of ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', ''TheBradyBunch'', ''NewsRadio'', ''TheOprahWinfreyShow'', and a few VH1 awards shows.

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** They did make at least one mistake which they've owned up to. In the video for Sheryl Crow's "Everyday Is A Winding Road", they claimed that she wore a blonde wig while working as a backup dancer for MichaelJackson. When they featured another Sheryl Crow video, "My Favorite Mistake", they admitted their error and mentioned that she actually dyed her hair blonde.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Billy Joel and the Police didn't like the treatment the show gave their videos, so said videos were pulled from future airings.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Aside from ''Pop Up '80s'' receiving a VHS / DVD release in 1999, the series has never seen a proper DVD release (presumably because of music rights issues).
** The official "Pop Up" versions of TV shows are even ''worse'' when it comes to copyright issues. The ''Pop Up [[TheBradyBunch Brady]]'' episodes don't air anymore ''at all'', because they were exclusive to NickAtNite and TVLand, and neither network shows ''Brady Bunch'' reruns anymore. In addition, ''Pop Up [[WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire Millionaire]]'' was apparently Creator/{{ABC}}-exclusive, and is never shown on {{GSN}}'s reruns.
*** A FollowTheLeader program called ''What Was Carol Brady Thinking?'' began to air on NickJr during their [=NickMom=] block in October 2012; nobody from Spin the Bottle or ''TBB'' is involved in the show at all, and it seems to consist solely of stale sex and Internet meme jokes from a cutout of Carol Brady. Like most of the premiere [=NickMom=] block, it wasn't well-received and mothballed within months.

''Pop Up Video'' is a music video anthology series on {{VH-1}}.

Occasionally, classic episodes of ''Pop Up Video'' air on [[{{VH-1}} VH-1 Classic]], although they only run about the same sixteen episodes or so.

!!''PopUpVideo'' provides examples of:

*** A FollowTheLeader program called ''What Was Carol Brady Thinking?'' began to air on NickJr during their [=NickMom=] block in October 2012; nobody from Spin the Bottle or ''TBB'' is involved in the show at all, and it seems to consist solely of stale sex and Internet meme jokes from a cutout of Carol Brady. Like most of the [=NickMom=] block, it hasn't been well-recieved at all.