Poopisms

note: this page is based upon content from the forum, Poopisms and will hopefully become the basis of an entire category. It is reproduced here (alphabetically) for reference only. there is much repitition as different submissions are attempts to rename the same method.

Blue Screen of Death

The Blue Screen of Death has new meaning in the YTP world

Not to be confused with the microsoft blue screen of death, this controversial poopism is also a hallmark of AIDS as many have used it without a proper understanding of it irony. Quite simply, there are thousands of available fonts and millions of available colours, so to use the wmm default text style is a complete rejection of tech and pays tribute to youtube and trash aesthetics.

Sadly, all sense of irony was lost and the blue screen of death was used in all earnestness by a new generation of poopers. Windows Vista wmm, with it's own set of defaults has resulted in this poopism starting to die out, although on screen text is still with us, in the form of Tech Text and It's Just a Game

Censor Beep

Often used in conjunction with You Cut and other sentence mixing methods. A word is beeped a to make it seem as though a swear word was censored. This trend became a hallmark for 3rd generation poops and is considered by many to be a symptom of AIDS. The cure for this, should the AIDS victim wish to redeem themselves is the Word Trim of words to create the actual swear words which had previously been implied.

Death

DIE

An apparently normal scene (that is not cd-i) takes place that demonstrates some peril. At a key moment the footage is freeze framed and the phrase "DIE" can be heard, the scene may then resume with or without actually showing a death. An alternative is "IDEH".

Dinner Fetish

The obsessional fetishistic use of Zelda footage sentence mixing that includes substitutions of the words dinner, cakes, It burns, die (see above), etc.

Ear Rape

Turning the volume up to maximum so the it is utterly distorted. A popular choice with those that wish to annoy, but usually use sparingly in order to cause surprise

Elemental

A rich mans MS PAINT JOB in which a photographic has been cut out and placed onto a shot. Popular choices include Luigis face, and weapons. Name after Photoshop and Premiere Elements.

Erosion

The use of a posterfy style filter that erodes the image in order to simplify and dilute detail. This can often have a very unnerving effect, especially when use for prolonged periods.

Extreme Slow-Mo

Reducing the speed of a clip to around one frame per second - used both for comedic effect but also for mystery and a rather eerie suspense.

(item) List

A question posed is answered with a number of different items; clips from many various sources.

It's Just a Game

The use of flash graphics to suggest a poop is integrated into some kind of video game. Effective use can even suggest retro game hardware such as LCD graphics or on screen help instructions. Has been recently used over Warioware clips, suggesting certain characters have their own set of microgames.

Lock-Up

Similar to a Stutter Loop but goes on for nearly the entire duration of the video. Similar to a PC locking up (crashing) mid way through playing a sound file. Slight variations are also common to suggest subliminal interference and serve to encourage viewer to watch the entire piece for fear of missing an important moment.

MS PAINT JOB

Badly painting over a freeze-frame. Popular choices include bulging eyes or open mouths.

Mysterious Zoom

The slow zooming in to an apparently innocent part of the frame, such as the king's elbow or Mario's nose. See also the Needless Close Up

Needless Close-Up

A static close up on part of the picture, often making it difficult to tell what the original image was.

Nouns Replaced with (item)

Takes an often familiar scene and replaces nouns or sometimes verbs or specific words with a selected choice; these include explosions or other meme phrases.

Personal Lock-Up

A character becomes locked up (see below) whilst those around him are unaffected

Pointer

For some unexplainable reason, nearly all popular sources for YouTube Poop include a character pointing. This includes Fat Mario and Gay Luigi pointing to the sky, Mama Luigi pointing out Mario's mistake, King pointing in a number or directions as his arm gesticulate wildly, Hip (or is it Hop?) pointing to a Volcano, George the Volcano pointing to Tyrannosaurus Alan and so on. Taken out of context these people could all be pointing to anything and often end up pointing to some kind of disaster.

Rape Rave

Often used within the body of a poop rather than on it's own a rape rave takes a clips or series of clips and replaces the around with dance music plus adds a quickly changing colorise filter to suggest night-club lighting.

Right There

A meta-poopism which slows down or freeze frames a scene in order for the pooper to point out an error or otherwise interesting or funny detail.

Stare Down

A freeze of a character to suggest he/she is staring either at someone else being annoying or perhaps staring back. Sometimes the starer looks to the camera with an uneasy silence to suggest his disapproval of the previous scene.

Stutter Loop

A simple and very quick loop of footage that repeats a short number of time to add emphasis.

Stutter Loop plus

The addition of rotation or horizantol/verticle flipping

Stutter Loop minus

The stutter loop can only be heard and not seen. See the infamous Robotnik Chair-Sitting Scene.

Stutter Reverse

Rioting Soul: "In WMM, take a clip and cut it up into the smallest segments possible. Rearrange the pieces so that it starts with the last piece and progresses toward the first."

Tech

The use of absurdly sophisticated special effects for little more than a cheap laugh. It was been argued that this is in fact a genre of poop but as yet there are very few choosing to take this route. In a similar that Tech Text evolved from Blue Screen of Death this methodology clearly evolved from MS PAINT JOB For good examples of this see the work of Link123456.

Tech Text

The use of seemingly sophisticated motion graphics and on screen text as either a means to communicate to the viewer or as a form of personal indents. It is sometimes used to show misheard words à la animutation. Notable users include Glitchboyadvance. This poopism was fathered by Blue Screen of Death and it's super evolved state is It's Just a Game.

Vanilla Loop

A plain loop of footage, often around a second long with no added variety. Popular with early Poopers due to it's extreme annoyance factor plus ease of making.

Vanilla Surprise

It seems like a Vanilla Loop but in fact their are secret surprise to add variety. This may not even happen until the very end.

Virus

Similar to Erosion but uglier and nastier. A complete breakdown of a coherent image and often accompanied by extremely loud and relentless noise. The state of the image, whilst perhaps beings of an identifiable origin has been abused that codec artifacts and the like are very common.

Voice of Poop

The addition of common word and phrases into the soundtrack of a clip. Popular choices include "Mama Luigi", "That's Mama Luigi to You" "Spaghetti" and "Dinner" (see Dinner Fetish above)

Word Trim

Reducing a word in order to create new made up word. Made famous by elmullet's Uctions series.

You Cut

The use of a word that closley resemles another word. Named after the mrSimon YTP video ident. Another good exaple is Robotnik yelling "Penis"

YTPMV

A YTPMV is the process of editing clips in such a way they become musical - sometimes as if the characters are even singing. Many people add synth tracks or video game music in the background to keep the music going. A YTPMV is not the lip syncing an existing song to popular YouTube Poop characters.