- Awesome Music: His cover of the Skyrim opening theme.
- Heartwarming in Hindsight: Tay took part in the 2010 edition of Comedy Central's autism benefit concert Night of Too Many Stars. Almost a decade later, he would open up about being on the spectrum himself, having first been diagnosed as a teenager.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: Chocolate Rain is the first sign of Discord's return...
- Memetic Mutation: "Chocolate Rain", his signature song, became a meme in and of itself. The visual footnote of moving away from the microphone to breathe in is a popular subset of this joke.
- So Bad, It's Good: Commonly said of "Chocolate Rain
". Tay himself has said he's glad he made it, but has a love-hate relationship with it. - Suspiciously Similar Song: His song "Chocolate Rain" sounds similar to the "Mission Select" theme from U.N. Squadron. Zonday has said that this is unintentional, as he was not allowed to play video games growing up.
- Values Resonance: In light of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police in May 2020 and the explosion of mainstream attention towards the Black Lives Matter Movement that followed, "Chocolate Rain" gained a resurgence of interest, partially due to Tay himself re-performing the song with the murder as context. As society has grown more socially aware in the 13 years that passed, many were suddenly realizing how much the seeming Word Salad Lyrics were in fact a genuinely relevant commentary on institutionalized racism towards black people.
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