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** In the One Hit Wonderland about Skee-Lo's "I Wish," he has this to say about Skee-Lo's 2001 song "At The Mall," the chorus of which is about how he tells his girl that other girls just got his number when he ran into them "at the mall" when she catches him cheating on her with them:
--> '''Todd:''' Heh, that was kinda funny. It was funnier the year before when it was called "It Wasn't Me."
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** She [[DoesNotLikeMen has a deep-rooted hatred for men]].
** The real identity of "[[Music/Lemonade2016 Becky with the good hair]]" is Creator/IdinaMenzel.

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** *** She [[DoesNotLikeMen has a deep-rooted hatred for men]].
** *** The real identity of "[[Music/Lemonade2016 Becky with the good hair]]" is Creator/IdinaMenzel.
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** The real identity of "[[Music/Lemonade2016 Becky with the good hair]]" is Music/IdinaMenzel.

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** The real identity of "[[Music/Lemonade2016 Becky with the good hair]]" is Music/IdinaMenzel.Creator/IdinaMenzel.

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** Beyonce [[DoesNotLikeMen has a deep-rooted hatred for men]].

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** Beyonce Music/{{Beyonce}}:
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** The real identity of "[[Music/Lemonade2016 Becky with the good hair]]" is Music/IdinaMenzel.
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** Songs that get big off of Website/{{Vine}}s. In his "Worst Songs of 2015", Todd states that, without exaggeration, Vine is "the stupidest way anyone has ever gotten a hit song". Now that Vine is gone, he has redirected his ire at Platform/TikTok for similar reasons.

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** Songs that get big off of Website/{{Vine}}s.Platform/{{Vine}}s. In his "Worst Songs of 2015", Todd states that, without exaggeration, Vine is "the stupidest way anyone has ever gotten a hit song". Now that Vine is gone, he has redirected his ire at Platform/TikTok for similar reasons.



** Fellow TGWTG contributor and promoted fan from Website/YouTube WebVideo/ObscurusLupa appears throughout his "OMG" review, [[RunningGag and several other reviews afterwards.]]

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** Fellow TGWTG contributor and promoted fan from Website/YouTube Platform/YouTube WebVideo/ObscurusLupa appears throughout his "OMG" review, [[RunningGag and several other reviews afterwards.]]



** Another big one occured on {{Website/Twitter}} when [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47668878175772673 he found out what Chris]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669148309917696 Brown's new album ''F.A.M.E.'' stands]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669221852848128 for... ''Forgiving All My Enemies''.]] Afterwards, [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] jumped in with a LampshadeHanging:

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** Another big one occured on {{Website/Twitter}} {{Platform/Twitter}} when [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47668878175772673 he found out what Chris]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669148309917696 Brown's new album ''F.A.M.E.'' stands]] [[http://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/47669221852848128 for... ''Forgiving All My Enemies''.]] Afterwards, [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] jumped in with a LampshadeHanging:
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** "We already got a [[Music/JayZ bunch]] of [[Music/RayJ Jays]], and we already got a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Paul bunch] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Kingston Seans]. We certainly don't need a Jay Sean!"

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** "We already got a [[Music/JayZ bunch]] of [[Music/RayJ Jays]], and we already got a [https://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Paul bunch] bunch]] of [https://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Kingston Seans].Seans]]. We certainly don't need a Jay Sean!"
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** "We already got a bunch of Jays, and we already got a bunch of Seans. We certainly don't need a Jay Sean!"

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** "We already got a bunch [[Music/JayZ bunch]] of Jays, [[Music/RayJ Jays]], and we already got a bunch [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Paul bunch] of Seans.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Kingston Seans]. We certainly don't need a Jay Sean!"
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I don't know if this level of negativity is appropriate, but either way, we shouldn't be going off the rails.


** Crazy Train were well aware of this trope, and resisted releasing "Butterfly" as long as they could in a desperate effort to avoid becoming one-hit wonders. But they just couldn't do it, and ultimately gave up and enjoyed their five minutes of fame before flaming out in a toxic cloud of drug abuse, pot-shots at sometimes-recently deceased celebrities, and crappy nu-metal music.

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** Crazy Train Town were well aware of this trope, and resisted releasing "Butterfly" as long as they could in a desperate effort to avoid becoming one-hit wonders. But they just couldn't do it, and ultimately gave up and enjoyed their five minutes of fame before flaming out in a toxic cloud of drug abuse, pot-shots at sometimes-recently deceased celebrities, and crappy nu-metal music.

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* BlackSheepHit: [[invoked]] Discussed in his ''One-Hit Wonderland'' episode on Coven's "One Tin Soldier", a [[FolkMusic folk-rock]] ProtestSong by a band otherwise known for [[RockMeAsmodeus Satanic proto-metal]] that became their one big hit thanks to its attachment to the ''Film/BillyJack'' soundtrack.

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* BlackSheepHit: [[invoked]] Discussed in his ''One-Hit Wonderland'' series; he argues that a first hit that sounds absolutely nothing like your normal sound is a great recipe for never having another, ''especially'' if it's [[CoveredUp a cover]].
** Crazy Train were well aware of this trope, and resisted releasing "Butterfly" as long as they could in a desperate effort to avoid becoming one-hit wonders. But they just couldn't do it, and ultimately gave up and enjoyed their five minutes of fame before flaming out in a toxic cloud of drug abuse, pot-shots at sometimes-recently deceased celebrities, and crappy nu-metal music.
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episode on Coven's "One Tin Soldier", a [[FolkMusic folk-rock]] ProtestSong by a band otherwise known for [[RockMeAsmodeus Satanic proto-metal]] that became their one big hit thanks to its attachment to the ''Film/BillyJack'' soundtrack.
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** His #4 entry on his "Best Hit Songs of 2023" list begins with a big introduction to Creator/RyanGosling's recent spike in fame and popularity, culminating with not only an acclaimed role as Ken in ''Film/Barbie2023'', the biggest movie of the year, but even a bona fide hit song.

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** His #4 entry on his "Best Hit Songs of 2023" list begins with a big introduction to Creator/RyanGosling's recent spike in fame and popularity, culminating with not only an acclaimed role as Ken in ''Film/Barbie2023'', the biggest movie of the year, but even a bona fide hit song. As he ends his segment with a clip of Gosling's "I'm Just Ken" number...

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* BaitAndSwitch: In the beginning of his review of Train's "Drive By", he compliments Train as an interesting and intriguing band and rhetorically asks what made him change his mind. While the listener might be expecting a glowing compliment of a song or album, instead he says "Well, I think the lead singer might've gone insane."

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In the beginning of his review of Train's "Drive By", he compliments Train as an interesting and intriguing band and rhetorically asks what made him change his mind. While the listener might be expecting a glowing compliment of a song or album, instead he says "Well, I think the lead singer might've gone insane."


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** His #4 entry on his "Best Hit Songs of 2023" list begins with a big introduction to Creator/RyanGosling's recent spike in fame and popularity, culminating with not only an acclaimed role as Ken in ''Film/Barbie2023'', the biggest movie of the year, but even a bona fide hit song.
--->'''Todd:''' Heh, yeah, that was a good bit. Anyway, here's the Music/BillieEilish one. ''[cut to the actual #4 pick, "What Was I Made for?"]''
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** He thinks that Oliver Anthony meant well with "Rich Men North of Richmond", but otherwise fell into a lot of [[LowerClassLout lazy tropes denigrating the poor]] that undermined the populist message he was trying to send.

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