List of YTMND fads |
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=YTMND.com=
The website . The list that follows identifies several major such fads; as such, it may be incomplete. Note that the fads almost never consist of only the elements indicated for them; indeed, the fads could not be as popular without variation. Also, these variations tend to include elements from other fads.
=Intertextuality=
It is common for these fads to be used in conjunction with each other. Some of them also rely on having an element in the original YTMND getting replaced by another one, usually another fad (most notably the PlayStation Portable and David Hasselhoff ones). It is also not uncommon to see fad YTMNDs redone in the style of older computer or Video game console. As ideas, the subject matters of YTMNDs are constantly evolving and producing new combinations as mass self-replication continues by the second. A prime example is the What Is Love YTMND. It was soon followed by What is NES , made to look as if the clip was playing on a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), complete with an NES version of the Haddaway song. This was then followed by What is a-ha , a scene done up in pencil along with the song Take on Me. This idea was then merged with the Tiger Handheld YTMND theme with What is tiger . It was even mixed with the HBP Spoiler fad for What is Dumbledore .
=Popular YTMND Songs=
In addition, while not full-blown fads, certain songs have been used a lot for YTMND sites. These include
=The YTMND Forums=
The YTMND forum community has, on occasion, pushed several invented fads to the front page users, with the occasional successes including reaching the Top 15 Viewed YTMNDs list as well as the Top 5 Rated YTMNDs. Forum fads, by definition, begin on the YTMND forums. The first of the forum fads, Mike Done, was created with the intention of taking an inside joke even the forum users did not get and thrusting it into the spotlight to confuse or annoy front-page users. Other forum fads followed, including Tennis Man, and Gay Fuel. Asiacopter was an odd fad. Its popularity was sparked only by the remake of a YTMND (originally made by Inkdrinker) by DrWorm, but set to FFVII music, plus a thread calling for a Zerg Rush of asiacopters. A select few ytmnd users took it upon themselves to get the fad going, and sparked a huge battle with the big fad at the time Professor X had one weakness. Eventually the front page was filled with ____copters and weaknesses. Some notorious Asiacopters are Freakasianzoidcopter, Vadercopter (a cult classic), and Stairs had one weakness. Another such forum fad is where users gather together at a certain time and start producing sites with sound and text, but no image. The purpose of this is to confuse the users who only look at the front page of ytmnd. They will think that there is something wrong with their computer, that YTMND is broken, etc. The forum members then up-vote the site by giving it 5 s and they post such comments like hahahah this is the best ever! . Most of the time, they combine loads of fads together in the title and some put a (refresh), indicating that once the page is loaded that the viewer must refresh the page to sync it all up. When the forum members do this, it confuses some of the front page people, but it does not confuse many. This is usually because not everyone participates and sites are not made fast enough, so the 5 recently made sites could have two blanks and 3 regular YTMNDs.
As some forum members have explained, the unifying purpose of forum fads is not humor as much as the attempt to interfere with the fad-heavy business as usual on the front page. Despite this, however, this has led to many arguments between forums members, usually between people joining simply to express their annoyance with seemingly non-sensical series of YTMND s and regular users of the forums. It has even led to arguments between other regular users themselves, which as a result some users have put images of fights and with the words YTMND FORUMS displayed in several users signatures (this can also be attributed to the general childishness of some users). It has also led to a YTMND itself entitled THE OFFICIAL YTMND FORUMS YTMND with an excerpt of the trailer for the film Green Street Hooligans edited with the avatars of some users to give people an idea of how disorganised the forums can be.
=Viewhacking=
Unfortunately, a new, cheap way to garner votes and views is to change the name of the site or to change the substance of the site to trick people into clicking the site and bumping it up to the top of the YTMND list. Since its inception and spread, the term viewhacking was coined for this practice and thus became the general phrase. The original person to do this, TDP, only did it to see how long it would take to get 100,000 views; he was successful, and the final version now lists the site s previous incarnations. However, several others followed after that, and has since become a fairly imminent nuisance. Such actions are generally frowned upon and subjected to low votes, much along with the practice of using misleading search terms or titles to attract viewers to a page. On rare occasion, the titles are updated to keep in relation to a site that has been only moderately changed, such as an update, fix, or response to attention.
=Movie/television-related fads=
*The infamous . This was the first major fad on YTMND, and remains one of the strongest ongoing fads.
=Music-related fads=
*Raffi Cavoukian s Bananaphone song *Dschinghis Khan s hit song Moskau (Dschinghis Khan) , usually accompanied by synchronized dancing as seen in the original video. *The excerpt Crawling in my skin/These wounds they will not heal, from the song Crawling by Linkin Park (often accompanied with the phrase ANGST! ) The CRAWLING IN MY SKIN phrase was originally used to make fun of whiny forum users, attaching Linkin Park s angsty lyrics to his or her mood. *Liam Lynch s song United States of Whatever . *Günther s Ding Dong Song *Various famous songs being played in reverse to show hidden messages, such as celebrities are Nazis . Some are just fake with a voice mixed in, such as an already-famous YTMND. *The song Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk. It usually accompanies animated pictures of people dancing or moving their body. The song sometimes is associated with an animated dancing ninja when collaborated with other fads. *The song from the movie soundtrack Space Jam by Quad City DJs, though almost exclusively referred to as Super Slam and associated with Randy Poffo. Derived from a Flash animation made popular on 4chan. *A clip from Requiem of a Tower (a remix of the trailer), used as dramatic music in non-dramatic events. *Boots Randolph s Yakety Sax, the theme from Benny Hill. *Biz Markie s OH SNAP! from his hit song, Just a Friend. *The song Running in the 90 s, a song featured in the anime show Initial D . Other songs featured in Initial D have been popping up lately as well, such as Speedy Speed Boy . *Various parodies and recreations of the A-ha music video Take on Me. *Other countries versions/dubs/languages of popular cartoon theme songs, the lyrics of which have been interpreted phonetically to English, the most popular being the Finnish theme song of DuckTales , and the German version of Do the Mario . Also, the pictures are usually of the main character saying WTF . (See also Fake Lyrics in Animutations). Also, there has been some ytmnds involving some of the mistranslated lines from the Finnish DuckTales (including Your arms are broken! and Taco Nazi ). *Clips from the guitar solos featured in DragonForce s Fury of the Storm from the album Sonic Firestorm *The song Jurassic Rhythm from Chrono Trigger . It is often used to accompany a picture of someone with a grotesque appearance (most frequently Brian Peppers). *The song Ridin Spinnaz by Triple 6 Mafia, often accompanied by something spinning. Its original use was a GIF of male anal sex (List of shock sites#Klerck.org), where the receiver s penis was spinning. (Strangely, this page still exists in the latest sweep of the mods clearing out offensive/pornographic material.) *The song You Spin Me Right Round by new wave British band Dead or Alive. It is often accompanied by something spinning as well. *A short clip from Evolution (Time is Pop Mix) by Ayumi Hamasaki, which is used as the token song in sites depicting rave culture. *Baltimora s song Tarzan Boy, particularly the Ohhhh excerpt. This song is practically a requirement for Gay Fuel YTMNDs. It is also used for most spoiler YTMNDs. *The lyrics Die motherfucker, die motherfuckers still fool from the song Still by Geto Boys usually to people dancing or getting beaten up. *MC Hammer s U Can t Touch This. More often than not, the clip used is the Stop! Hammer time! excerpt. *The Vengaboys song We Like to Party is often used in racist YTMNDs. At one time, the advertising mascot for the Six Flags theme parks (Mr. Six) was compared to Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old man that was recently charged for killing three civil rights workers in the 1960s while he was in the Ku Klux Klan. Six Flags then threatened to sue anybody that made the comparison on YTMND. The site was then taken down, but today, the song is used on YTMNDs that declare something or someone to be racist. *The line This shit is bananas from Gwen Stefanis Hollaback Girl, usually used in conjuction with pictures of bananas and/or not-work-safe pictures. More recently it has become used in scenes of domestic violence, with a male punching a female out cold. *Enya s song Only Time, used to allude to themes that have to do with suicide or waiting too long. *The song Macaron Chacarron by El Mudo, more precisely the ualuealuealeuale excerpt, usually used alongside GIFs of people dancing or babbling. The original featured Batman as depicted in Batman (TV series). *Snoop Dogg s song Drop It Like It s Hot is usually mixed with another song, such as classical orchestrated music, or music from Parappa the Rapper. *The song Damn It Feels Good To Be a Gangster by Geto Boys with gangster being replaced with something else. *Short clips of the America-FUCK YEAH video from (such as Immigrants! FUCK YEAH!) *The song The Internet is for Porn from the Broadway puppet musical Avenue Q, and its various lyrics. *A sped-up version of the ending theme from Super Mario World, usually accompanying something wacky (typically with lol as the site s phrase).
=Video game-related fads=
*Blob (comics) from X-Men (arcade game), along with the phrase Nothing moves the Blob! *A GIF of a PlayStation Portable ejecting its disc automatically, usually with a loop of Franz Ferdinand (band) Take Me Out (song) playing in the background. Take Me Out was used in the PSP commercials in the United States. *Parodies of the death sequence in Metal Gear Solid . One of the original death sequences (the sequence used is random) had Hal Emmerich calling out for Solid Snake in a memorable way: Snake ... Snake ... SNAAAAAAAAAAKE! *Parodying the PlayStation 3 controller, usually its resemblance to a boomerang. *A scene from Phriday. (Doc Louis s name in the fad appears to have been changed to simply Nigga .) Currently, this fad is being moderated due to offensive language. **There was a rumor that the quote Nigga stole my bike came from the game . However, on the original YTMND that started the fad, the recording of the quote was made by the site s creator, Duezce, and it is Duezce himself speaking it. *Peppy Hare s catch phrase, Do a barrel roll! This has been joined with his other lines such as Press Z or R twice! and They re on me! *A scene from where Link opens a treasure chest to find various objects. *A Thwomp crashing into a character, usually with the Super Mario Bros. thwomp and death sounds. This is usually used to interrupt in a manner similiar to the Hassan fad. *The World of Warcraft Leeroy Jenkins video. *History of video games (8-bit era) console (usually NES) remakes (e.g. DMX (rapper) s X Gon Give It to Ya , Dschinghis Khan s Moskau , Haddaway s What Is Love , Gunther s Touch my Tra-la-la ) *Various characters saying they got the Triforce .
=Politics related fads=
*Democrat Howard Dean s Howard Dean#Iowa results and the campaign s collapse at the Iowa Caucus. *Terri Schiavo. Sites usually made fun of her and combined her with other fads. After her death in early 2005, the fad died down. *Accidental sentences (aka Bushisms ) spoken by President George W. Bush. The most popular ones include I hear there s rumors on the Internets and You forgot Poland Both of these in the 2004 Presidential debates. *Kanye West s comment that George Bush doesn t care about black people *The disappearance of Natalee Holloway. The fad also included forum users invading Natalee Holloway message boards. *Pictures of the FBI, SWAT team or other covert and/or tactical law enforcement agencies accompanied with the text BRB FBI. This fad grew from the forum and the repeated threats of FBI involvement against its users made in reprisal for raids on Natalee Holloway sites. *An animated picture of Michael Moore pounding his hands on a podium. The original site had a sound clip of Homer Simpson saying Where s my Burrito
=YTMND-related fads=
*The original site ( You re the man now, dog! ) *Tributes to other fads and/or YTMND itself that generally combine or incorporate many fads into a single YTMND. *Spoof of new shirts being sold by the webmaster of YTMND. Usually saying You will buy a shirt! while hypnotic additions are made. *Having pictures of the YTMND homepage which has a accidental hidden humor due to constantly changing previous searches and popular sites. Examples would be a previous search for hentai with the number of searches being 666. *Having pictures (modified or otherwise) of a page stating that You can t see this YTMND! , which is currently being used to replace inappropriate YTMND sites. Common traits of this fad are advertising some unbelievable find (such as a cure for cancer) and playing some kind of ironic music or sound byte (such as the famous You lose! speech from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory).
=Miscellaneous fads=
*Using The Imperial March from Star Wars to signify something that has or appears to have references to Nazism or Hitler. *Mark Copani interrupting a scene, using his theme song that consists of some chants in an Arabic language, Alleyliaaliaaa! . Hassan is known for interrupting people during his wrestling shows, which obviously inspired the fad. *Gay Fuel, an energy drink marketed to homosexuality. Usually paired on YTMND with Baltimora s song Tarzan Boy. The Tarzan Boy song is considered equivalent to homosexuality on YTMND now. This was a forced fad made by forum members. *A young man named Mike, pictured apparently too drunk to stand. The original was accompanied with the text Mike is Done, and it has since been mutated to the point that Mike Done, has become his name by popular standard. This is another forced fad made by forum members. *Shock sites.
=See also=
*Internet phenomenon *YTMND *Fad|
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