Line #7 YMMV/TED - TV Tropes


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2	!!The website
3	* ArchivePanic: There's a yearly conference, places most of the recorded presentations on its website under the Creative Commons license and has over 500 listed as of this writing. Good luck getting through them all in under a month.
4	* MemeticMutation:
5	** "Thank you for coming to my TED talk."
6	** Green Eyes[[labelnote:Explanation]]A frequent meme posted in comments amongst the TED-ed riddle videos, where it's jokingly suggested as a solution to the riddle. This is a reference to the famously difficult [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98TQv5IAtY8 green eyes logic puzzle]].[[/labelnote]]
7	* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: The intro and outro music are just so soothing.
8	* TearJerker: There are talks that can shed your tears about sensitive subjects such as death and war.
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10	!!The film
11	* CrossesTheLineTwice: A few jokes, some of which had to be heavily edited even for late night TV trailers. For example, the trailer joke where Ted tries to impress a colleague by waving, blowing a kiss then humping part of the checkout actually continues further, with him [[spoiler:''mimicing fellatio on a candy bar'' and ''using hand soap to pretend he's being ejaculated on''.]]
12	* FauxSymbolism: One of the major themes of the movie is about John's difficulty growing up, but name a young child who [[spoiler: has ''not'' lived through the trauma of a beloved toy being destroyed or lost while a desperate parent tries to fix it, and comfort them when they can't. To many younger children the toy really is something more than just a toy and is a ''true'' friend and companion.]]
13	* GeniusBonus: Ted's response to Lori's remark about a shit being on the floor is, "Or, or....is the floor...on the shit? Is what Kierkegaard would say."
14	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Ted'' proved to be a massive hit in Japan, as the film spent four straight weeks as the #1 movie and eventually earned $44 million there. He also has over 200k likes on his [[https://www.facebook.com/TED2013.jp official Japanese Facebook page]]. In fact, Japan was the film's third highest grossing market, behind North America, where it made $218.8 million, and the UK, where it made $48.9 million. [[https://www.twitter.com/shimizu_mxf/status/696136395509739520 He's even getting a figma!]] The film is so popular in Japan that there's actually a [[https://www.eater.com/2016/11/3/13499232/ted-themed-cafe-tokyo-japan Ted-themed café over in Tokyo]]. The film even managed to have a crossover promotion with ''Anime/DanganronpaTheAnimation'' of all things.
15	* HarsherInHindsight: Ted comments on being a former child star, and being washed up like the cast of ''Series/DiffrentStrokes''. While death is inevitable, Conrad Bain died less than a year after ''Ted'' was released and Todd Bridges is the only main actor still living.
16	* HilariousInHindsight:
17	** Is this Film/GreenLantern2011 the [[ComicBook/New52 first or second one]] to be [[spoiler:outed as gay?]] We're not sure anymore.
18	** The fact that Robert becomes [[spoiler: Creator/TaylorLautner]] is even funnier when you know what this actor [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga was up to]] in the past few years, and who he shares scenes with...[[spoiler: A Creator/RobertPattinson who would have been a much more believable joke.]]
19	** Ted briefly posing as an animatronic mascot at a restaurant and then [[{{Jumpscare}} jumpscaring]] a kid who comes to check him out. Looks like he [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys got a little quirky]]...
20	** Ted once said he could totally be a lawyer. In the sequel, he becomes involved in the legal department.
21	** When John's parents first see Ted alive, John's mother says that Ted's existence is "just like the baby Jesus". The sixth episode of [[Series/Ted2024 the prequel series]] revolves around John and Ted theorising that Ted may, in fact, be Jesus.
22	* MemeticMutation:
23	** The Thunder Buddies song.
24	** The scene where Ted poses as an animatronic mascot and scares a kid is commonly used in ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' memes.
25	** Ted's exclamation of "There's so much PORN!" when he comes across the massive PornStash on John's laptop has found use as a reaction to pretty much anything prone to a lot of Rule34.
26	* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: While the film and its sequel poke fun at life in Massachusetts, a lot of people from Massachusetts love the movies.
27	* NauseaFuel: One of the prostitutes defecating on the floor. Thankfully, it was off-screen, but the shit is still seen.
28	* ProtagonistTitleFallacy: Ted is not the main character. John is. Ted is the deuteragonist. He ''is'', however, the protagonist of the sequel.
29	* SerialNumbersFiledOff:
30	** With ''Charlie the Abusive Teddy Bear''. So much so that Creator/SethMacFarlane [[http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/16/showbiz/charlie-versus-ted-lawsuit/index.html was sued for it]], though the case was ultimately dismissed with the plantiffs conceding that [=MacFarlane=] developed it independently of their work.
31	** Plotwise, the film is a near shot-for-shot remake of ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJUNkRb2YDM and here's 24 reasons why.]]
32	* SpiritualLicensee: The film is fundamentally a better ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'' movie than the actual ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' movie. It's also as close to a remake of ''Film/ShortCircuit'' as we're going to get.
33	* {{Squick}}: Lori picking up the prostitute's poop on the floor. '''And accidentally touching some of it.''' Remember she probably also had an STI or two.
34	* ToughActToFollow: The film was such a hit that [=MacFarlane=]'s later film ''Film/AMillionWaysToDieInTheWest'' just couldn't meet viewer expectations. ''Film/Ted2'' also didn't do too well at the box office.
35	* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Ted. We are supposed to feel bad when John dumps him, but seeing how he turns John into a loser, it feels deserved.
36	%% ValuesDissonance: During the scene where Ted discovers John's PornStash, Ted's disgusted at the "chicks with dicks" porn and proclaims that "There are no chicks with dicks, only guys with tits!". While Ted is a PoliticallyIncorrectHero, a line like this probably wouldn't fly in TheNew20s and would bound to make people uncomfortable at best.
37	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Think about it. This is a movie that has a grown man engaging in a brutal fight with a teddy bear... and '''pulls it off'''. Especially considering the fight scene ''isn't'' played for laughs.
38	** In general, the CGI on Ted himself is pretty awesome, since it actually looks like a real teddy bear.
39	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids:
40	** Similar to Seth's other works, it looks colorful and cutesy, but once you hear the dialogue.... In his review, Creator/RogerEbert advised parents that if their kids want to see the movie because of the ads, ''don't'' take them (he specifically recommended ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' as an alternative).
41	** Taken to the extreme by a Brazilian deputy / {{moral guardian\|s}} who tried to upgrade the film's rating there for "offensive content using childish elements", when the rating was already "inappropriate for under 16 years". And the deputy brought his 11-year old son to watch it. The Ministry of Justice shot down his request, [[StreisandEffect and the film topped the box office afterwards.]]

Context YMMV / TED