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ACTMND

**ACTMND (Animal Crossing The Man Now Dog)**, is a forced fad hatched on February 18th, 2009 by members of The Gabbly Gang. At 10:07 PM eastern time, users ASSCOCKredux, Locke5, PoHandle, doctorhamgasm, Decisivepumpk1n, TuRtles, as well as the rest of the Gabbly Gang members posted sites involving memebers of Nintendo's Animal Crossing franchise, giving the fad its first breath of life. The sites were hits and filled the Up and Coming section for the remainder of the evening and early into the next morning before the former favorites retook their position.

While there is yet no formula to making an ACTMND site, they all generally contain a few key elements. Most sites feature Tom Nook, a tanuki featured in the game as a shop owner, while others simply show clips from the game itself, with the exception of PoHandle's hookerboots/actmnd mashup, and SenatorJohnKerry's "Blathers is a faggot" actmnd's typically feature music from any version of the game. While the fad is just now gaining steam, proprietor Locke5 has stated that, like hookerboots he would like to see the fad gain ground.

## Links

https://steppe.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **Locke5**

https://evilcranny.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **TuRtLeS**

https://acrossingmexican.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **scarebear**

https://chriscrossing.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **doctorhamgasm**

https://asiacoptercrossing.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Captain-L337**

https://acthbmnd.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **PoHandle**
Rickroll

The **Rickroll** fad, started in the spring of 2007, involves posting sites that claim to contain things such as porn for example, but when the site is actually opened - it instead plays Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up" and sometimes shows pictures of Rick Astley. Hence the name "Rickroll".

Due to their nature, Rickroll sites are hard to find without using the Advanced Search YTMNDs function on YTMND.

## Origins

Rickrolling was originally spawned as a spin off of a practice from 4chan known as "duckrolling", in which people linked to a post of a duck on wheels in different threads. When people were redirected to the Duckroll thread they were supposed to post a link to it themselves in another thread.

During a thread about Grand Theft Auto IV on 4chan's Video Gaming board, someone posted a link to a YouTube video for Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up", claiming it was the trailer for GTA IV. People got tricked and disgusted by the irrelevance of the video, and then people started using the term "rickroll" to describe this practice. The fad began to spread first to other 4chan boards, then to the rest of the internet and YTMND.

## Types of Rickroll Sites

Most Rickroll sites can be classified into 2 categories, *trick* type sites claim to contain something different (like porn for example), but then when loaded, play the "Never Gonna Give You Up" song and sometimes contain pictures of Rick Astley himself, these sites are usually low-rated due to their lower quality. These sites maintain the integrity of the original idea of Rickroll: tricking people into viewing it by claiming it's something else. This type of Rickroll site would classify as an interruption fad.

The second type mainly involves photoshops, remixes, or other sites involving the Rickroll music, or Rick Astley himself, or mixing it with other fads, such as Rubb Roll'd, which mixes parts of the infamous Bubb Rubb "WOO WOOO" sound clip into an instrumental portion of the song (the site in turn, was an edit of a looping image from Rick Robo'd, a site mixing music from Chrono Trigger into the song and video), and rick ashley roll. Due to the popularity of the Rubb Roll'd site, sites in its format had been making resurgences since June 2007.

## Links

https://rickrolled.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **L33tmaster5000**

https://hilarythememusic.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **JDCGuitarist**

https://keiraknightley.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **YTMNDJesus**

https://rickrobo.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **ChickenSoda**

https://rubbroll.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **dasmoose**

https://shittyimageandgreatsound.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **k0mputer**
Sega

**Sega Corporation** is a company that produces video games. They created, among other characters parodied in YTMND sites, Sonic the Hedgehog, the object of parody in the popular Sonic says... fad. The company have been subjected to a fad after the following event took place.

On January 11, 2007, Max received a legal action letter from Sega over the "Sonic Gives Advice on Rape" YTMND. Sega claimed that people would think YTMND was the source of Sonic, and that Sonic was a pervert, apparently not aware of the concept of parody. They threatened Max with legal action if they did not remove the site, turn over any profits made by the site, and give total control of YTMND to Sega in seven days. In response, Max encouraged YTMNDers to "feel free to let Sega know how much you all appreciate them shitting on their target audience". This resulted in the Sega fad being born, consisting of anti-Sega sites as well as a resurgence of the "Sonic Says" fad. DZK posted the earliest one.

Since there were no known updates from either YTMND or Sega in the seven days mentioned in the letter, it can be assumed that Sega decided to drop the charges or realized they didn't have a case to begin with. In any case, Sega has now gained the image of a bunch of greedy douchebags.

## Links

https://ytmndsega.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **DZK**

https://nowaysega.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Feedrosie**

https://skinnervssega.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **UncleTom**

https://segadontknow.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **crunchysnare**

https://nedmeatssega.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **rylasasin**
Cake Song

**"Cooking by the Book"** also known as **The Cake Song**, is taken from Nickelodeon's children's show LazyTown. The show features many quirky moments of insanity, particularly regarding its music.

The first site was created in September 2005, but it did not take off until May 2006. The user Cthulhu138 began to create sites that showed a picture of cake along with the lyrics to the "Cooking by the Book" song. Eventually, it was noticed by many users and the fad quickly took off.

There are many varieties of the fad:

* Various people dancing and moving to the song's rhythm
* Pictures of various other cakes
* Various people getting tortured by the song. One of the most popular sites to spawn from the Cake Song fad was syncan's "The Ultimate Suffering", which showed a modified scene from the movie The Princess Bride, where Wesley was tortured by the song's popish rhythm. This site received a very high rating and was made a Moderators Favorite as well as placed in the YTMND Hall of Fame.
* In rare instances, the song may be used for sexual metaphors. For example, the cake song bleeped to sound like she is saying "fucking" instead of cooking, etc.

## Links

https://lazytowncake.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **asmoron**

https://nedmcakesong.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **MOSHCORE666**

https://ultimatesuffering.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **syncan**

https://lazytownnes.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Rakohus**

https://ultimaterreckkin.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **an84danarchist**
William H. Macy

**William H. Macy** is a fad started in March 2007 based on the 2002 TV movie Door to Door, starring William H. Macy. The original site is of a scene from the movie in which Macy unwraps a sandwich and, for some reason, laughs. Later sites replace the Macy's sandwich with other items, causing him to laugh at those instead.

## Links

https://williamhmacy.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **mandodgingdebris**

https://macyswfan.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **bobby-guapo**

https://williamhmacyshouldbeafad.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **thebito**

https://racistmacy.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **dmaz**

https://wonderfulmemories.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **NiteSky**

https://godlywilliam.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **TheChaosDemon**
Mario Paint

The **Mario Paint** fad involves fads like they are made in Mario Paint, a videogame released for the SNES, which included a mouse. The fad-pictures are made of graphics from the game or made in the game and the fad-sounds are made in the Mario Paint music editor.

Started in 2005, many fads have been recreated in this medium.

## Links

http://paint.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **tumult**

 http://nazimp.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Bajeezus**

http://mariopaintlol.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **barf**

http://katamarimariopaint.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **aXcoreXdion**

http://nsmbmariopaint.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **aXcoreXdion**
Secret Nazi

**Secret Nazi** is a fad characterized by a picture depicting a swastika (or any Nazi reference) in an unexpected place, accompanied by a flashing black-and-white photo of Adolf Hitler and the song "Heute Ist Mein Tag" by Blümchen.

## Fad Structure

The fad is based on a group of larch trees planted in an evergreen forest near Zernikow, Germany in the 1930s. In the autumn, the larch leaves would change color creating an aerial image of a yellow swastika against a green background. The design went largely unnoticed until the 1990s, and was finally obscured in 2000. A BBC news article about the elimination of the swastika inspired OMG, secret Nazi Forest in September 2005.

The fad has come to encompass YTMNDs that do any of the following:

* Photoshop the German forest so that the yellow leaves create another image
* Recreate the yellow swastika in other places
* Point out other actual instances of unexpectedly tolerated or unnoticed Nazi references

Originally other Secret Nazi YTMNDs would imitate the news-article format; nowadays any hint of a swastika or other Nazi reference is enough. Traditionally, the title of such fads takes the form "OMG, secret Nazi \_\_\_\_," after the original site.

## Links

http://naziforest.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **mik3m**

http://nazitetris.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Crome**

http://nazimeatposter.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **ElvisJulep**

http://secretnazimotherinlaw.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **TetrisAnarchist**

http://nazigarden.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **hypopig**
Did you notice a sign outside my house?

**Did you notice a sign in front of my house** is a mini-fad which started early in Dec. 2006 by ghcghcghc. The sites often feature "Did you notice a sign in front of my house?" as the title and cite Kill Bill as the image and sound origins, although the scene is actually from Pulp Fiction. The sound is always an edited clip in which the character Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) is conversing with Jimmy (Quentin Tarantino) about a situation which involves a dead black man in Jules' car which is parked in Jimmy's garage. The conversation is as follows:

Jimmy: Did you notice a sign on the front of my house that says dead n\*\*\*\*r storage? Jules: You know I ain't seen that sh- Jimmy: (louder and more perturbed) Did you notice a sign on the front of my house that says dead n\*\*\*\*r storage? Jules: No, I didn't. Jimmy: You know why you didn't see that sign? Jules: (sighs) Why? Jimmy: 'Cause it ain't there, 'cause storin' dead n\*\*\*\*rs ain't my fuckin' business!
Any mention of dead n\*\*\*\*r storage is edited out and replaced with a humorous phrase. The accompanying images are often poorly crafted, though seemingly in a facetious manner, to compound the effect.

Before this though, there were many other sites which quoted this conversation, the earliest being in May 2004.

## Links

https://nosign.ytmnd.com/ - Earliest site to use this quote by **Dowtie**

https://forgotpolandstorage.ytmnd.com/ - Original site that started the fad by **ghcghcghc**

https://ytmnci.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **BTape**

https://donthamburgermejules.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Father-McKenzie**

https://ytmncl.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **ghcghcghc**

https://squarestorage.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **DarthWang**
Chocolate

The Chocolate fad features Tom, a fish from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Chocolate With Nuts" who went crazy over chocolate when SpongeBob and Patrick offered him some. Normal sites usually involve chocolate when Tom's head appears. The real first site was CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by SonOfPrince, posted in December 2006, that started the fad.

This fad currently has the distinction of being the inspiration for the seventh-highest ranked YTMND of all time. As of August 28, 2012, It's Good! Want Some? (which edits Tom into a scene from the World War II film *Windtalkers* where a U.S. soldier is shot after he pulls out a chocolate bar) has a score of 4.76, placing it easily within the top ten.

## Links

https://chocolateyelling.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **SonOfPrince**

https://mgchocolate.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **hehehelololol**

https://chocogump.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **State-of-mind**

https://thelandofchocolate.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **MasterSitsu**

https://wantsome.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **PCF**

https://lovechocolate.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **whitewonder**
YTMND Soundtrack Vol. 3

On October 29, 2005, Volume 3 was released, along with four other volumes. Featured on the cover is the "O Rly" Owl.

## Track list

* 1: "Intro" - YTMND
* 2: "Take On Me" - A-ha
* 3: "Fury Of The Storm" - DragonForce
* 4: "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani
* 5: "Yakety Sax" - James Q. "Spider" Rich and Boots Randolph
* 6: "The Final Countdown" - Europe
* 7: "Banana Phone" - Raffi
* 8: "Final Axel" - Edwin van Santen
* 9: "Move Bitch" - Ludacris
* 10: "Bob Your Head" - Coq Roq
* 11: "Space Jam" - Quad City DJs
* 12: "Technologic" - Daft Punk
* 13: "Roll Tide" - Hans Zimmer
* 14: "Rock The Casbah" - The Clash
* 15: "Ridin' Spinnaz" - Three 6 Mafia
* 16: "Pompeii" - E.S. Posthumus
How's It Hangin' McFly

The **"How's It Hangin', McFly?"** fad, starting in February 2007, started off as part of the PTKFGS universe, being an alternative to Jitz. The original site consisted solely of an audio sample of Needles from Back to the Future, saying "How's it hangin', McFly" in a rapid loop. A jerky animation was added of the movie segment in question. A few of these included the PTKFGS connection, but most did not.

Only a day after the site's creation, remixes were made with rave-style graphics.

Some remixes use other various quotes from the movie as well, such as "Stick your card in the slot, and I'll handle it!", "Hey hey, the big M!", "What are you afraid of?!", "The Jitz will never find out!" and "I'll see you at the plant tomorrow.".

The site "How's it Hangin', McFly? (XYZ Mix) won 10th place in the YTMND Remix Project.

## Links

https://howsithangingmcfly.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **Coolgamer**

https://howsithanginmcfly.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **keatonkeaton999**

https://mcflyrave.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Nuroticat**

https://howsithanginhardcoremix.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Coolgamer**

https://djneedles.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Cinemaddiction**

https://mcflyhangs.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Coolgamer**
Summon

The **Summon** fad usually involves a picture of someone "summoning" a fire spirit into existence. The fire spirit often appears between the person's hands. The original was "Al Gore Summons a Fire Spirit!!!!!" by Phange and did not feature *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* film trailer score now associated with the "summoning" YTMNDs, but instead featured a remix of the Zero Wing theme heard in the All Your Base flash animation.

The fad truly took off two months later, with the creation of "Kerry Summons a Fire Spirit" by paphan, which for the first time utilized the trailer music (a re-orchestrated version of the musical theme from the film *Requiem for a Dream*) in the "summoning" context. Incidentally, *The Two Towers* trailer music later resurfaced as "Requiem for a Tower".

Sites didn't really take much effort, as the only thing modified in most of these images was the addition of a red "fire spirit". Some sites had different spirits being summoned, mainly as a joke. Early sites picked on many politicians since the original one was John Kerry. Later on, animated sites became popular including "Conan...SUMMONS A FIRE SPIRIT". The fad would die down in early 2005, but not until bringing in a major slew of fad music that would be used in the years to come.

## Music choices

*The Two Towers* trailer theme wasn't the only popular choice of music for the fad. Many other tracks were used, the most popular including:

"Navras" - Juno Reactor vs. Don Davis

* Used in God summons a Fire Spirit

"Roll Tide" - Hans Zimmer

* Used in Conan...SUMMONS A FIRE SPIRIT

"Escape" - Craig Armstrong

* Used in Vladimir Lenin Summons A Communism Elemental

"Ghost Love Score" - Nightwish

* Used in Bowser Summons Boulder Spirits. This was the first site to ever use the now infamous "EPIC" theme.

## Links

http://goresummon.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **Phange**

 http://kerryspirit.ytmnd.com/ - **paphan's** site that would kickstart the fad.

http://godsummonsfirespirit.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Luminar**

http://conansummons.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Kupoppo**

http://metatron.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Jazu**

http://leninsummon.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Fangrel**

http://bowsersummonsboulderspirits.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Quiet-People-Rock**
Face Melter

Face melter sites involved an image of a person appearing to be screaming accompanied by the ending portion of the song "Highlander" by Lost Horizon. The sounds makes the person look like he is screaming the ending of the song. The first face melter site was made in March 2006 and featured Cosmo Kramer of Seinfeld, but the fad never really broke loose until July. The fad then remained silent until late September, when another rush of sites were created.

The ending clip has also been used for various other sites including one dew army site.

The fad is also known as the "WOAAAAAHHH!!" fad, such as in the "Spiderman: whoooooooaaaAAAAAAAHHHH!" YTMND.

## NARV Status

Similar to many other fads that involve the same song placed to different images, the fad is considered to be of NARV status, though to a lesser extent as other notorious fads like Best Day Ever and Myspace Suicide.

The "face melter" has become true NARV fodder in recent months, as any image found on the internet of a celebrity with their mouth open can be put to the music and be considered a face melter.

## Music

The song "Highlander" has been included on Volume 14 of the YTMND Soundtrack.

## Links

https://kramerwhoa.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **davedevil16**

https://moosemelter.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **MeatwadPwnsYou**

https://acewhoa.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Bloody--Stump**

https://nazifacemelt.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **TonyOrlando**

https://originalfacemelter.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **minutemaidlemonade**

https://spiderwoahhh2.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Xhyra**

https://seinfeldwhoa.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Mewchu11**
Jed

## Origins

Pianist and J-Man are two friends who made many sites including a pair of brothers both named "Jed." This minimalist fad, started in March 2006, initially caught little recognition, but eventually many users realized the brilliance behind Jed. Such users include money-hat, gr33nscr33n, AwesomeBob, Chibi-Tai, ScndPistonHonda, waystryl, stratos-the-bratos, murphvelocity, and BTape. The source for the Jed footage is believed to have been taken from a 90's porno titled "Checkmate." Steve Drake and Steve Hatcher are the actors who play the Jeds and both of them are credited in Checkmate.

## Current Status

Recently a small number of Jed sites have been made with some success, though unfortunately Pianist and J-Man have been disinterested in YTMND lately. Their absence is believed to have been caused by the rise in gimmick downvoters in late 2006. Unfortunately, no other YTMND user has been able to obtain a copy of the film Checkmate to continue production of Jed sites with new content. As such, it's now considered a dead fad.

## Links

https://comfortsofhome.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **Pianist**

https://returnofthejed.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Chibi-Tai**

https://jed.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Pianist**

https://jedlounge.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **BTape**

https://whatisjed.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **waystryl**
Wii

**Wii** is a fad based on Nintendo's video game console of the same name.

During September 2005 at the Tokyo Game Show, Nintendo revealed that the controller for the new Revolution system would be a designed like a TV remote. After the announcement, it did not take that long for sites to pop up, but the actual fad didn't come into fruition until May 2006. Sites criticized the design while others showed the players attempting to "play" various fads on it, while others still poked fun at the name. The fad borrows from the Blue Ball machine and uses "Pee Wee's Breakfast Machine" by Danny Elfman as the theme song.

## Links

https://nintendorevolutionnamed.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **kireblade**

https://adamwii.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **GCNMario**

https://wiiwiihaha.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **blommer**

https://kramerwii.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **JC-KY-2K**

https://wiilove3.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Smiddle**

https://cheatwii.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **majesticmo**
...Lives!

**...Lives!** YTMNDs are made from people who look like cartoon characters with some drama music (either "Requiem for a Tower" or "Duel of the Fates" from the Star Wars prequel trilogy) for the background. It all started when one user submitted on YTMND a picture from a yearbook of a guy who looks like Peter Griffin from Family Guy. On that picture, it also said that his name was Peter Griffin.

This, of course, was a fake. http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/griffin.asp
Santabot

**Santabot** is a fad started in December 2006. This fad was started on the 21st, a few days shy from Christmas. Santabot.com, the website that serves as the fad's basis, is a website with a chat application (x-javascript/chat) where you can chat with a robotic Santa Claus and he will chat back. This fad employs a picture of "Santabot" from the Santabot.com website. Santabot is usually shown sitting at a computer, like the image from santabot.com. Many of the jokes for this new fad are based on the fact that Santabot is sitting at a computer and looks surprisingly, or not so surprisingly, like a pedophile. Sometimes this santabot.com picture is mixed with images of gay men and/or Grimace from McDonald's. Moon Man is usually present too. When Santabot, Grimace, and Moon Man are altogether, they will usually be dancing with a disco ball in the background. Moon Man does the splits. As for sound, the sound is usually homoerotic sounds like, "The Ding Dong Song" or other homoerotic songs. The Gay Pimp has a song called "Sexy Nerd". Nerds and computers go together so Santabot and his santabot.com image go together for this joke. Sometimes the song is played fast so the singer sounds like he is a chipmunk with a high pitched voice. The joke here is that the user forgot to use the option in audacity to adjust "tempo", that is, to adjust speed whilst correcting for pitch. Another Gay Pimp song used is "I saw yer Cock on craigslist.com".

### Relevance

Although YTMND is not popular anymore, the most popular and prolific remaining users tend to either make Santabot sites, Santabot style sites, or at least vote 5 on them. There are over 234.

## Links

https://santaizzaratt.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **horribleaccidenttron**

https://santapsycho.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **SeniorDuck**

https://moonbot.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **FowderSoap**

https://whysantaisajackass.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **allismine**

https://santabotlovesytmnd.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **thehappybirthday**

https://santabot-cyb0rz-the-innocent.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **kekmasta**
Patrick Swayze

Patrick Wayne Swayze (August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best-known for his roles as romantic leading men in the films Dirty Dancing and Ghost and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991.

Diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in January 2008, Swayze told Barbara Walters a year later that he wanted the media to report that he was "kicking it". He died from the disease in September 2009. His last role was the lead in an A&E TV series, The Beast, which premiered on January 15, 2009. Owing to a prolonged decline in health, Swayze was unable to promote the series, and on June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight reported that the show had been cancelled.

Swayze's publicist, Annett Wolf, confirmed to CNN that he had died of pancreatic cancer. Swayze died "with family at his side" on September 14, 2009, at age 57, twenty months after being diagnosed.

In response to his death, YTMND users either made sites that pay tribute to the late actor or parodying his death. Most of the parody sites are combined with Kanye West's VMA Incident.

## Links

https://ripswayze.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **Schweikert**

https://kanyeswayze.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **LeftNutMagic**

https://ghostpat.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **peniscozy**

https://patrickswayzefinal.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **icesnow**

https://sorrypatrick.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **DrMcNinja**
Obey

The **Obey** (stylized as **OBEY**) fad began in March 2006 with Spotz YTMND OBEY nixon. The original OBEY YTMND consisted of a tiled image of a cel-shaded Richard Nixon superimposed upon a video monitor with an adolescent staring into the monitor. It is accompanied by a short sound clip from Marilyn Manson's *Rock is Dead,* specifically the quote *"God is in the TV."*

## YTMND Characteristics

OBEY sites usually have the original image with Nixon replaced, with another celebrity or character appearing on the screen. This person demand something out of the viewer, both of the monitor and of the site itself(the thing demanded is typically a five-star vote). Usually the character in question is photoshopped to appear more menacing or frightening (in order to force you to *obey*). There is hardly any similarity between audio tracks featured, though the most common song choice is "Shinra Building Inc." from Final Fantasy VII.

## Journey to Fad Status and, Ultimately, to Death

The weekend after the first OBEY site "OBEY Nixon" was created, it was featured on the infamous **The Price is LOL** forums, and the YTMND was quickly transformed into a forced fad. This sudden explosion of popularity saw the creation of many spinoffs, including many YTMND heavy-hitters including Jean-Luc Picard, Donald Rumsfeld and Sean Connery.
The fad was quickly met with massive criticism. Some users wanted to know "how is a man staring at a random computer image funny?". The fad was so detested, even anti-OBEY sites with little effort picked up high scores. A rather huge amount of OBEY sites generated ratings less than 3.00. Just like most forced-fads, it quickly died out, and on June 11th, user TheSlacker created a site announcing that OBEY had been put to rest, with the final scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark edited so the contents of the crate read 'YTMND FAD:OBEY'.

## Links

https://obeynixon.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **Spotz**

https://obeygiant.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Grog**

https://obeyseanconnery.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Spotz**

https://obeythedrones.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **TheSlacker**

https://ffub.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Spotz**

https://obeydies.ytmnd.com/ - **TheSlacker's** other site announcing the fad's dissolving.
Can't Stop The Rock

The **Can't Stop the Rock** fad began with a site in September depicting the popular scene from the beginning of *Raiders of the Lost Ark* where Indiana Jones runs from a boulder, accompanied by the song "Stop the Rock" by Apollo 440. When the site was created in September 2005, it didn't take that long for other sites to spawn, showing various people running from giant rolling rocks. Other sites may show Indy running from other items (a katamari, blue ball, bob-omb, etc...). Sometimes, images of WWE wrestler Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, will be used.

## Hulkster in Heaven

In 2005, the creator of the original site, Fooliano, decided to test out something with the sound. He changed the song from "Stop the Rock" to "Hulkster in Heaven" by Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band. Around this time though, Max was making some changes to the site, one which would allow sites with the same music so that any sites that used the same sound would use the same file to conserve space. Max turned off uploading just after Fooliano finished uploading his song...resulting in 50 sites that had used the original "Stop the Rock" loop having their song replaced with the Hulk Hogan song. Once Max turned uploading back on again, Fooliano decided to change it back to the Stop The Rock track, but none of the sites affected by the glitch had their song changed back. Contrary to rumors, the incident was not the work of hackers.

## Links

http://jonesrock.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **Fooliano**

 http://weirdal.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **syncan**

http://mariocantstoprock.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **dazedconfused**

http://edwardrock.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Mitsukai**

http://barthomerrock.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **triforce**
Riker

The "Riker sees..." fad began in July 2006 with the site "Riker Enjoys a YTMND" by Silenoz. The site featured Riker browsing the ytmnsfw Hall of Fame and finding Picard Song. Riker smiles as Picard Song plays, but the site suddenly closes and Riker frowns and looks away. The title and execution of the site is similar to the Arnold Enjoys... fad.

The site's image used a complicated execution that was difficult to edit, so the first spin-off site, No Porn for Riker used a new image ripped from the same scene and episode of Star Trek. This is the image that was used in subsequent fad sites, and the new image resulted in confusion and dispute regarding the origin of the fad. Most of the later sites use the "Lonely Man Theme" from the *Incredible Hulk* TV series.

In late March 2011, an incredibly similar fad arose, starting with Riker learns something new today. This fad also has Riker viewing something on a screen, but uses a different clip (one from an early season, before Frakes grew a beard, and with Riker looking perplexed instead of sad afterwards). Other sites in this fad include Riker learns something else and Netflix on the Enterprise.

## Links

https://rikerytmnd.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **silenoz**

https://rikercantwatchit.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Arktis**

https://rikermakesytmnd.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **msied**

https://predictableytmnd.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **gunhaver**

https://rikergeekcon.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **ottervomit**

https://riker-believes-he-indeed-has-class.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **money-hat**
Sailor Moon vs.

The **Sailor Moon vs.** fad from 2005 is based on an episode of the Japanese live-action TV series *Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon*, which was based off the anime and manga "Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon" by Naoko Takeuchi. The plot, which is best summarized by Uber New Sailor Moon Hax!!, sees Sailor Moon rally back from near-total defeat with a newfound determination, easily deflecting the energy attacks of her enemies as she marches toward them. Each site in the fad mixes the clip of Sailor Moon shrugging off the projectiles with an unrelated clip of someone throwing or firing something (Sakaki's snowball, Eric Bauman's watermark, etc.). Pat Benatar's "Invincible" is used as the music for the fad.

## Links

http://sailormoonvssakaki.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **sabremau**

http://sailormoonvsash.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **crunchitizemecapn**

http://moonvsbauman.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **RySenkari**

http://sailorvsconan.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **bmecoli**

http://moonvspiett.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **vicviper592**

http://wiiinvincible.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **EvilDrReef**
George Bush Dodges a Shoe

The "George Bush dodges a shoe" fad started on December 14, 2008, after a journalist threw a shoe at George Bush during a conference in Baghdad. YTMNDs in the fad usually include an edited version of the video of the event.

## Links

https://georgebushshoe.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **BraunB4Brain**

https://bushdodgeseverything.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Wenis**

https://pokebush.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **RySenkari**

https://whothrowsashoe.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **eatcrayons**

https://obamabucket.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Cliffington88**

https://larrygeorgeandcurly.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **MediocreMarvel**
Hitler

**Hitler**, also known as the Downfall fad, involves a scene from the movie Downfall in which Hitler rants regarding one of his general's failure to strike back at the Russians in the last few days of the war. Herman Göring is also present in the scene used. The original YTMND, created by Chav-Slayer in November 2007, is edited to look like the Nazi leader is playing a game of craps against Göring. The site became one of the highest-rated YTMNDs in recent months. In terms of views at the time, it was only beaten by the Animal Crossing Is Tragic YTMND, which received a very large amount of views from Digg. High Stakes Hitler was praised by users for its edits, domain grab, audio choice and use of Downfall; the film itself was also praised in comments.

Only a few fad sites were made early on, possibly due to requiring a large amount of editing. Nevertheless, these few sites have found considerable success, and this appears to be bound for fad status, as more spinoffs develop. In addition, the Hitler/Downfall fad, while based around one particular scene, is not bound by it, and related YTMNDs from the film are appearing as part of an overall fad on the site. For example, one site, Don't Cross Hitler's Fagline! plays on a scene where Hitler rants about another one of his men - SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein - hence the interpretation 'fagline'.

The first site used the song "Cross The Track (We Better Go Back)" by Maceo and The Macks. Most sites would have their own soundtracks, such as "Down With The Sickness" by Disturbed or "Cucaracha" by Banda Movil.

## Outside of YTMND

Outside of YTMND, the movie Downfall acts as a meme in an entirely different way; on Youtube and other video sites, users there take the scene and add subtitles to it, making Hitler rant about everything from the Xbox to the prevalence of Downfall videos on YouTube.

## Links

https://craps.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **Chav-Slayer**

https://highvolume.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **NiteSky**

https://hitlerhatesgayfuel.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Foiz5000**

https://mariachihitler.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **fearcondom**

https://hitlerlovespizza.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **BessoDarwisch**

https://hitler-matrix.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **wisdumcube**
Vince Offer

Offer Shlomi, better known as Vince Offer, is an Israeli-American man best known for his series of infomericals for products such as the ShamWow, Slap Chop, and others. The ads quickly went viral across the web, including having various sites on YTMND. Though there were a few Offer sites in 2008, it really picked up steam later in 2009 with many sites parodying the ads.

## Links

https://shamwow.ytmnd.com/ - One of the earliest sites by **ObamaLovesWatermelon**

https://shamwowsers.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **pharaohmobius**

https://catchthatvince.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **PenguinsFTW**

https://slapchopremix.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **stookey427**

https://slapchop.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **rfbandit**
Pastor David Manning

The **Pastor David Manning** fad, (also known as the "Barack Obama is not a black man" fad), is based on a video by James David Manning, a pastor for the ATLAH World Missionary Church. The YTMND that began the fad was titled "Barack Obama is not Black", by Icesnow in October 2008. The YTMNDs of the fad often contain phrases spoken by Manning from the video such as, "He's not a black myyyyaaannn!", "He is a bi-racial man!", and "He's a long legged mac daddy!". It's popularity may stem from the fact that Manning repeatedly exclaims several times whatever he says. He is also seen saying "He's not even from the hood!".

## Links

https://obamastillnotablack.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **Icesnow**

https://black-man.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **MrSinistar**

https://obamasrebuttal.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **eliminatorx**

https://blackmanscatman.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **theHouseMasta**

https://obamanews.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **q959fm**

https://manningentomology.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **eliminatorx**
Sees So Much Beauty

The original "sees so much beauty" site involves a scene from the movie "American Beauty" and a scene from the hit Fox TV show "24". The site shows Jack Bauer of "24" crying while in a car. This was during the closing minutes of season 3 after all threats were taken care of and he finally let all his emotions out. The image then shows a plastic bag flying around as seen in "American Beauty". The site was originally a tribute to the O RLY owl's death that was in the top 15, but when the death was determined to be a hoax, the YTMND creator decided to replace the site (This is why the url is orlyrip). Most of the users did not notice the change as it was made very early in the day. The main theme of American Beauty "Any Other Name" by Thomas Newman accompanies the image.

The original site, uploaded in February 2006, became popular and parodies were created. Both the "Jack Bauer crying" and "flying plastic bag" scenes were parodied. Fad sites will either show other people crying while a plastic bag flies by, or Jack Bauer crying for other things. The song was also popular, being used in over 50 sites.

## Links

http://orlyrip.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **JackHorner**

http://breenbeauty.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Woolong**

http://jackjeanfuturama.ytmnd.com/ -- Another by **XenoWolf**

http://ytmndbeauty.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **TheLeapist**

http://gmanbeauty.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Demevon**

http://bauerbelieve.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **jasonkrowe**
Hammer Time

The **Hammer Time** fad is a fad containing references to MC Hammer's *U Can't Touch This*. The first one, "HAMMER TIME", was the 458th site, created on April 25th, 2004. It featured a GIF of a mirrored animation of MC Hammer so that it almost looked as though he was dancing. Most sound clips are badly looped, but some are not. HAMMER TIME has about 300,000 views.

## Links

http://hammer.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **jondiesel**

 http://hammahtime.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **stickymike**

http://oldboytime.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **thebaronvonbito**

http://xphammer.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Gravemine**

http://undertakerhammer.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Yoshi245**

http://hammerbros.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Dopp24**
P1ZZ4 Guy

User BTape started the P1ZZ4 Guy fad in early January of 2007. Several of them were popular, making top viewed and having good ratings overall. The new P1ZZ4 Guy sites since have been quite successful as well. The P1ZZ4 Guy fad became really popular when sark76 donated $17.18 to a popular P1ZZ4 Guy site that was on top viewed, boosting its popularity further. The fad generally involves a Pizza Hut delivery guy with weird creatures (like the Domino's Pizza Noid) and a sound clip of comedian Donnell Rawlings saying "WHOA! He stole that guy's PIZZAS!" in *Spider-Man 2.* Rawlings is known as the "WHOA Guy" in the fad. In addition, two notes which can be heard at the very end of the clip are collectively referred to as "chord" and used for subtle comedic effect. The sounds used for the remixes come from this classic style site by State-of-Mind, containing Rawlings' scene from the movie.

## Links

https://pizzadisplay.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **BTape**

https://scatpizza.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Tkscz**

https://wnpg.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **dasmoose**

https://pggdt.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **BTape**

https://l3g3nds0fth3h1dd3np1zz4.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Ochobobo**

https://thisiswaybetterthanpizzamelter.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Necronomicon**
Deathly Hallows Spoilers

On July 17, 2007, in anticipation of the final Harry Potter book, Max created a header on the main page (even in custom pages) with a new category: Harry Potter Spoilers. In it, under different titles, was the same site: DOBBY HEDWIG FRED AND SNAPE DIE! HARRY MARRIES GINNY; NEVILLE BECOMES A TEACHER by Xizer, with Bango's remix of "Tarzan Boy" as the background sound.

The YTMND community promptly responded by inventing a new "Sub-fad" of Snape Kills Dumbledore... Spoilers. Each site usually has the same song, and often points out very obvious spoilers.

On July 19, 2007, max posted news about a legal threat received from Scholastic. Also on that day, max posted a subliminal message that flashes on the front page that shows the same spoilers.

## Links

https://machodance.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **Xizer**

https://bigbluishblackthing.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **kepledon**

https://djsovhsdfiuvhs.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **filibuster**

https://celebrity-spoilers-i.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **M4tteo**

https://lolimadeanewytmndprefixthatisshit.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **filibuster**

https://vol7ithink.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **filibuster**
Bel-Air'd

The **Bel-Air'd** fad started in late January 2007 when ATape (a play on the user name BTape) created a YTMND with a misleading title. The premise was to entice users to click in hopes of seeing pictures of naked celebrities only do be immediately disappointed by a picture of Will Smith's face covering the private areas of the actress accompanied by the theme song from the television series "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air". Text which states "You Just Got Bel-Air'd" usually accompanies these sites.

This fad originated on 4chan when someone apparently started telling a story in /b/ but then halfway through it become the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song. It's already a popular meme there.

This fad is considered 'over' after Will Smith, showing disapproval, killed it off. However, occasional sites still use Bel-Air as an interruption to great effect. Other sites use it for other means as well such as parodies or remixes, with a few listed among the below links.

## Links

NOTE: Some of these sites contain NSFW content

https://scarlettjohanssonnaked.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **ATape**

https://bruceiswill.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Balloon**

https://shannonelizabethnude.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **ATape**

https://duffsmuff.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **anpbabaki**

https://westphiladelphia.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **albie123**

https://triplestuff.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **killabee**

https://endsbellaird.ytmnd.com/ - site made around the time of Will's complaint by **MrStump**
Orson Welles

**Orson Welles** was an actor and director who, early in his life, was known for such works as a radio adaptation of War of the Worlds and the movies *Citizen Kane* and *The Third Man*. In his later life, however, he was known for weighing a million pounds (approx.) and for doing commercials for wine and frozen peas. His last role was the voice of Unicron in *The Transformers: The Movie* before dying in 1985.

Orson Welles became the subject of a forced fad by jollyrupert, mainly involving Orson Welles "eating" bizarre objects such as unicorns, asteroids, and other non-edible objects along with a soundbite of the War of the Worlds broadcast. On April 19th, 2006 (when all the sites were first released), jollyrupert ended up getting 4 of them onto Up and Coming at once, causing an uproar in the community.

## Links

All of these were made by **jollyrupert**

https://orsonswelleseatsunicorns.ytmnd.com/ - Original site

https://orsonwelleseatswombat.ytmnd.com/

https://orsonwelleseats20sideddie.ytmnd.com/

https://orsonwelleseatshindenberg.ytmnd.com/

https://orsonwelleseatsasteroids.ytmnd.com/

https://orsonwelleseatsboron.ytmnd.com/
Destroys Everything In Its Path

The "destroys everything" fad is based off an image showing a bullet slicing through various objects including an apple and a water bottle, often collapsing the objects. The original site was called "Killing Me Softly", posted in September 2006, and was set to the song "Ellens dritter Gesang" (commonly called "Ave Maria") as heard in the game Hitman: Blood Money. The fad did not get it's recognizable name until October when "One Star Destroys Everything In Its Path" was created. After that site, fad sites spawned.

## Links

https://killingmesoftly.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **tricolor**

https://osdeiip.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Bob-the-Builder**

https://fivestarfixes.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **lil-slipaz**

https://gojuggygo.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **rckbikes**

https://metalslugdestroys.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **samsanov316**

https://kd.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **State-of-mind**
EON8

**Eon8** was a site designed to appear as mysterious as possible. The site included random code, a deployment map, titles for non-existant operations, and the mysterious timer on the main page. Upon the discovery of Eon8, many YTMND users flew into an irrational panic, along with many other citizens of the internet. Throughout the entire day of June 30th, 2006 EON8 YTMNDs were made. The more stable people suspected some form of advertising or a search for attention. On the night the timer was to end, Eon8 crashed from all the traffic it recieved, and Eon8 sites dominated YTMND. After the timer ended, the creator of Eon8 revealed it to be a study of the reactions of the internet. He, along with many others, were shocked to see the internet panic because of a simple website.
Katamari Damacy

Katamari Damacy, a game that originated from the country of Japan, is a game for the PlayStation 2 created for America in 2004. The objective of the game is to roll up as many objects as you can in a limited time, and to reach a certain size within that time limit. You must start by rolling up small objects, and the bigger you get, the bigger things you can roll up. The Katamari, as they call it, is a large suctioned ball that picks up the objects. You are the "Prince", and you roll the ball using both analog sticks (supposed to simulate as if using two hands to roll the ball). With it's very unique gameplay, character design, and soundtrack, it was a big hit all over the world.

The story behind the game is pointless and simple. The King, (your father, considering you are the Prince), accidentally destroys all the planets and stars. So he sets you off with a Katamari, and each level you collect as many things as possible, and he throws them into the sky, becoming giant balls of mass that replace the stars and planets.

### Katamari Damacy YTMND

The original YTMND for Katamari Damacy, created as origin in 2004, was made by Jaxon and submitted May 21st. It was just another site floating about and didn't really catch on and get recognized until June of 2005, in which Katamari Damacy sites became a fad. The preferred choice of music for the Katamari fad sites is the theme music, which is easily recognized by first hear (if you've ever heard it before). The name of this song is "Katamari on the Rocks", and is along with some other songs from the game that can be heard on the Katamari Damacy Soundtrack.

## Links

http://katamari.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **Jaxon**

http://ytmndamacy.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **cmp150**

http://katamarimaterazzi.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **pre**

http://katamarisimpson.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Stephen2298**

http://joneskatamari.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **Khanman**

http://niggastolemykatamari.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **dave2**
Supercat

The **Supercat** fad originated from a still photograph of a white cat jumping through the air entitled "Up, up, and away!" with the Superman theme as accompaniment. The fad's name "Supercat" was given by the community. A simultanious submission entitled "Up, up... and awtfomg?!" featured a cat jumping off a pole and was soon assimilated into the Supercat fad (the white cat has been seen photoshopped into the pole cat's footage on several occasions). The original Supercat YTMND, first uploaded in January 2006, was taken down on February 7, 2006 due to copyright reasons. A slightly altered version with the a text explanation of the original YTMND was submitted on April 8, 2006 and can be seen at catfly.ytmnd.com.

## Links

http://catfly.ytmnd.com/ - Original site by **bmcd10** (altered version; original version is presumed lost)

http://supercatlifts.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **interule**

http://supercatsaveskirk.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **ottervomit**

http://supercatrave.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **will1000**

http://supercatsavesjones.ytmnd.com/ - Another by **ottervomit**