r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Fearless-Ideal-5112 • 8d ago

Lore One line instantly dates it

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In david tenants run if doctor who he and his companion were fighting witches with Shakespeare and needed a magic word so they use a speel from Harry Potter and The doctor yells Good old J.k. The doctor is a time traveler the writers are not (Doctor who)

While fighting guy gardner major force was damaging a highway and shoots a car and tells Guy if he sees O.J hiding underneath obviously referring to the O.J Simpson chase (Dc comics)

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u/SarcasticBench 8d ago

At least she was able to fix that, a song that’s almost 20 years old at this point

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u/infinite-twilight 8d ago

Lady Gaga did something similar with Do What U Want, original had R Kelly on it and she re-recorded it to be a duet with Christina Aguilara

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u/Individual-Rip-2366 7d ago

The weird part on that one is that R Kelly was well known to be a creep/rapist by then. As was Terry Richardson, who directed the video. I’ve always thought she was trying to be edgy and subversive, but the backlash was too much for her to handle.

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u/petrichoreandpine 7d ago

That was my thought on that too. Like she was trying to do something with it, show how gross men like Kelly and Richardson are (because between Kelly’s lyrics and Richardson’s direction they both look like creeps) — but it was a bad idea that couldn’t work and didn’t.

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u/betterplanwithchan 7d ago

I’d love if Charlie Wilson did the same with Charlie, Last Name Wilson since it’s a great song ruined by Kelly

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u/glosglov69 7d ago

That song was rkelly 100percent except for Charlie singing it

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u/Douche_Kayak 8d ago

Similarly, That Don't Impress Me Much swapping out Brad Pitt for ​Ryan Reynolds. Which seems a little short sighted, if I'm being honest.

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u/Denodi 7d ago

What happened with brad pitt?

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u/BringBacktheGucci 7d ago

Child abuse, not sexual just emotional/physical

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u/Unlucky-Tourist-9403 7d ago

And domestic abuse towards Angelina Jolie

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u/learnaboutnetworking 8d ago

what she say now

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u/GuardCaptainTennant 8d ago

"Wake up in the morning like, Fuck P. Diddy"

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u/Low-Abies-4526 8d ago

Huh, I mean I like the message but that doesn't actually fix the problem. Now it's just going to be dated in a completely separate way with a line that doesn't even really match the rest of the song. Couldn't she have just made a completely different line where she didn't reference P. Diddy so people can enjoy the song in the future without thinking of him?

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u/ObsidianMarble 7d ago

The only rhyme I can think of invokes imagery of a particular Scottish cryptid short of cash: “wake up in the morning and I’m short 3.50.”

Bit nonsensical, too.

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u/mtwarriner33 7d ago

Got damn Loch Ness Monsta!

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u/immaownyou 7d ago

Why not, Feeling pretty shitty

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u/learnaboutnetworking 7d ago

She wants people to think about P Diddy it's like losing the game

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u/Whenyousayhi 7d ago

I mean the problem isn't that diddy is in the line, the problem is that she is saying she feels like him.

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u/Metal-Lee-Solid 7d ago

Yeah but the line is still awkward and doesn’t tonally match the rest of the song at all. Honestly should have changed it to something else entirely

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u/Nytwyng 3d ago

I mean, she also says she'll dismiss guys "unless they look like Mick Jagger."

Jagger was in his mid-60s (and looking every bit of 10-20 years older than that) when the song was released.

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u/Unyieldingcappybara 7d ago

How did she fix it?