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''']''', the first and most popular ] ] in the United States of America (]), has been referenced '''in popular culture''' countless times. Other TV channels, TV shows, musicians, films, and books have referenced MTV in their works.
Usually, MTV is referenced in popular culture after events or material within the channel and/or its programming generate controversy or embarrassing events. Examples include the controversial MTV reality program '']'', which has generated ] for its indecent material and negative portrayal of ], and the ], in which '']'' character ] mocked artists like ] and ].
''']''', the first and most popular ] ] in the ], has been referenced '''in popular culture''' countless times. Other TV channels, TV shows, musicians, films, and books have referenced MTV in their works.
Usually, MTV is referenced in popular culture after events or material within the channel and/or its programming generate controversy or embarrassing events. Examples include the controversial MTV reality program '']'', which has generated ] for its indecent material and negative portrayal of ], the ], in which '']'' character ] mocked artists like ] and ], and most notably, the controversial, MTV-produced ], where ] ended the show by tearing off part of ]'s wardrobe to reveal her right nipple briefly. Following the incident, the ] launched a campaign against broadcast indecency, also fining ], which aired the event, $550,000. In addition, many late-night talk show hosts like ] and ] and other entertainers and programs ] the event.
In addition, other general reasons to include MTV in popular culture is to mock the channel for its move toward reality programming as opposed to music videos, or its decisions to promote "]" music. Otherwise, MTV is simply used as a pop culture reference to enhance the program or simply to support the plot, without any connotation or criticism.
In addition, other general reasons to include MTV in popular culture is to mock the channel for its move toward reality programming as opposed to music videos, or its decisions to promote "]" music. Otherwise, MTV is simply used as a pop culture reference to enhance the program or simply to support the plot, without any connotation or criticism.
==In music==
==In music==
* The ] track "Punk Rock Classic", from the breakthrough album '']'' features the lyrics "Put us on MTV, All we really need, Begging on our knees, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please."
* ]'s "]" makes reference to the pressures the network placed on visual image: "I went back home, got a brand new face / For the boys at MTV". Ironically, Michael does not appear in the video.
* ]' ] song "]" — at the start and end of the song, guest singer ] repeatedly sung the channel's slogan, "I Want My MTV".
* ]' ] song "]" — at the start and end of the song, guest singer ] repeatedly sung the channel's slogan, "I Want My MTV".
* ] named a song off the 1994 '']'' album "Go to Hell (Fuck MTV Mix)".
* The song "MTV - Get off the Air" by the ] was a protest against the content and style of music that dominated MTV during the '80s.
* The song "MTV - Get off the Air" by the ] was a protest against the content and style of music that dominated MTV during the '80s.
* Also in the song "1985" by Bowling For Soup the song sings about how thing have changes since 1985 and the lyrics "when music was still on MTV" is used in the choros
* ]'s song "]," contains the line, "Bring back ], ], way before ] there was ] and ], and music still on MTV."
* ]'s song ] says: "It's alright, it's alright/If the planet’s split in three/Cause I'll keep on selling records/And you've got your MTV"
* Lyrics to ]'s "Don't Start a Band" include "And even if you make it all the way to MTV/I don't think you could take it all the bullshit and the greed."
* ] song I never Loved you Anyway : "You watching MTV while I lie dreaming in an empty bed"
* Lyrics to ]'s "MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack" include "MTV makes me wanna burn flesh!/Having an orgy down in the satellite dish!"
* The opening track on ]'s ''The Great Southern Trendkill'' song with the same name include the lyrics, "Buy it at a store, From MTV to on the floor, You look just like a star, It's proof you don't know who you are."
* In the ] song "Without Me": "The FCC won't let me be/ or let me be me, so let me see/ They try to shut me down on MTV/ but it feels so empty without me"
* The band ] made a song called "Don't Wanna Be No MTV Motherfucker".
*In Canadian singer ]'s 2005 song, "We R in Need of a Musical Revolution", as an introduction she sings, "I'm so sick and tired of the shit on the radio/And MTV they only play the same thing/No matter where I go I see ] in the video/I want something more."
* In a reference to how some artists cater to MTV's audience, ]'s 2002 album, ''Kona Town'', featured a song, "B.O.O.T.", with the lyrics, "We're on the road you see/we're not on MTV/But when we get there/we won't shave our hair/or be fags like Creed"
* Rapper ] make a reference to MTV on his song "It Was a Good Day".
* In the song "Get Your Self Up" from his ] album '']'', rapper ] questions, "What is real ]? Is it MTV? Is it ]?" referring to the dumbing down of modern mainstream ] by major corporate record labels and these respective music channels.
* ]'s ] song "]" — at the start of the song, lead singer ] sung, "Destroyed by MTV. I hate to bite the hand that feeds me".
* The ] song "Just Let Me Breathe" on '']'' features the lyrics (written here as spelled in the lyric sheet) "A daily dose of eMpTy V will flush your mind right down the drain." The phrase "eMpTy V" is pronounced as "MTV" when sung aloud.
* The band ] on their 1995 self titled release mentions MTV in the following line of the song "Escape From The Prison Planet", "And as featured on the MTV, the local high school lets out, And the town becomes anarchy."
* ] was a sharp critic against MTV. He wrote a satirical song called "Be in My Video", which can be heard on his album '']''.
* An alternate lyric to ]'s 1986 song "Trash " states, "And I saw you down at MTV / Well, baby, better you than me / Maybe they've got a special department there / For losers".
* In ]'s 1994 hit "Hook" John Popper sang about how today it seems that if a song is catchy, it doesn't matter if the lyrics have a message. He mentioned MTV in the last verse: "What you're doing to me / this MTV is not for free / It's so PC it's killing me"
* The chorus to Illy Oi! by ] says "Mtv said no so I'm just on fuse, everything to gain but nothin to lose."
* In a chorus of ]'s song, "]", she sings, "Why is everyone tryin' to be/what they see on MTV".
* In ], ] sings "It's alright, it's alright/if the planet’s split in three/cause I'll keep on selling records/and you've got your MTV".
* In a chorus of ]'s song, "]", Alexakis sings, "That's why I want to be a rock star / I want to be like all those guys on MTV / I just want to be a rock star / I want to make those girls on the real world fantasize about me".
* When ] ] ] participated in the Swedish ] by performing the song "Bo Diddley", which's lyrics talk about having a hit and being on MTV.
* The controversial ] band ] included a song in their 1994 album '']'', "MTV is My Source for New Music".
* In ]'s song called Shelter Me, a part in the song says "Tipper led the war against the record industry, she said she saw the devil on her MTV"
* The declining popularity of MTV was noted as ] scrawled "I no longer want my MTV" in a '']'' Season 9 ]. This is a reference to the ]' song "Money for Nothing".
*Also on The Simpsons ] and ] come up to ] and ] with news about Homer needing a triple bypass; Lisa responds by saying, "Nothing fazes us. We're the ]; we experience neither highs nor lows." Homer inquires, "What's that like?" Lisa replies, "Ehh..."
* Cartoon series '']'' frequently features the destruction of billboards and other paraphernalia for a group called "PoP TV", whose symbol is clearly based on the MTV Logo. ''XLR'' was directed by ], a former MTV animator whose own show, '']'', had been cancelled by MTV years ago.
* Andy French, the lead character of the short-lived animated series '']'', briefly becomes a cast member of The Real World after writing the words "MTV Sucks" on his buttocks and mooning the camera crew.
* In the '']'' episode, "]", in the MTV building, it reads "MmmmTV."
* Other music video stations, such as ], censor any and all MTV references, and vice versa.
* The satirical cartoon series '']'' depicted MTV several times in its run:
* The satirical cartoon series '']'' depicted MTV several times in its run:
** In the 1998 episode "]", ] tells ] that he had seen the ] video "Stinky Britches", which is a fictional song created in the series, "on the radio, MTV, everywhere."
** In the 1998 episode "]", ] tells ] that he had seen the ] video "Stinky Britches", which is a fictional song created in the series, "on the radio, MTV, everywhere." <ref></ref>
** In the episode "]", the MTV announcer describes the network as "the cool, brainwashing, twelve-year-old-and-younger station that hides behind a slick image", and is "so cool, we decide what's cool." MTV News as "the news that is singlehandedly dumbing down our country (which is cool)." ] describes himself as "the oldest person in this network by at least 40 years."
** In the episode "]", the MTV announcer describes the network as "the cool, brainwashing, twelve-year-old-and-younger station that hides behind a slick image", and is "so cool, we decide what's cool." MTV News as "the news that is singlehandedly dumbing down our country (which is cool)." ] describes himself as "the oldest person in this network by at least 40 years." <ref></ref>
** In the episode "]", ] interviews "]" and "] from MTV's '']''", as he announced.
** In the episode "]", ] interviews "]" and "] from MTV's '']''", as he announced. <ref></ref>
** In the episode "]", Loder and MTV News were once again depicted in a fictionalized interview with alternative rock band ].
** In the episode "]", Loder and MTV News were once again depicted in a fictionalized interview with alternative rock band ]. <ref></ref>
** In a scene in the beginning of the episode "]", ] and his grandfather are seen watching the MTV series '']''.
** The title of the episode "]" is a play on the MTV animated series '']''.
** In 2004, the episode "]", although not mentioning the network name itself, made a spoof of the controversial MTV-produced ] that was known for ] tearing off part of ]'s costume to reveal her right ] briefly. Toward the end of the episode, character ] sneaks up nude on a stage of an art auction thinking that he is magically invisible, but ends up exposing his ] to numerous attendees at the art auction. At a town hall meeting afterwards, Cartman blames the problem on a "]", similar to Justin Timberlake's claim of the cause of the halftime show controversy. Eventually after the Super Bowl incident MTV ceased to air music videos of Janet Jackson yet continued promoting music videos of Justin Timberlake, thus hurting Jackson's career and increasing Timberlake's popularity, despite the fact that the incident was provoked by Timberlake. ''See also ]''
** "]" is a parody of MTV's reality series '']'', as in this episode, ] has a huge birthday bash in ].
** "]" is a parody of MTV's reality series '']'', as in this episode, ] has a huge birthday bash in ].
** In 2005<ref></ref>, a skit regularly appeared covering a television program called '']'' on the fictional "MTV4" television network, its slogan "The Alternative to the Alternative", in response to MTV establishing the ]-oriented spinoff channel ] (tres being ] for "three") as well as ] targeted towards people who are of a certain ethnicity or prefer a certain genre of music, as the main MTV channel reduces its focus on ]. The skit also appeared on episodes of ''Saturday Night Live'' in ] ]<ref></ref> and ]<ref></ref>.
** A ] episode featured a skit mocking the ] where ], playing ], exposed her right breast to answer a question nervously, similar to how ] tore off part of Jackson's wardrobe in the controversial halftime show to expose the breast. Later, Jackson viewed a fake home video from her childhood where her bathing suit came off on top of a wading pool. However, two NBC stations in the state of ], to avoid viewer complaints, declined to air the episode, because it aired so soon following the Super Bowl halftime show.
*]'' parody featured on ]'s '']'' in ]. The title card is designed very similarly to the actual ''Laguna Beach'' title card.]] ]'s satirical news program '']'' ran a two-part segment on ] <ref>. From '']'', ], ].</ref> and ]<ref></ref>, ], "The Daily Show's Laguna Beach: The Real, Real Orange County", hosted by correspondent ]. It parodied the MTV reality show '']''. The segments, which are structured very similarly to the average ''Laguna Beach'' episode, even including the ''Laguna Beach'' theme song "]" by ], investigate ] over the depiction ''Laguna Beach'' poses over ].
** A ] episode featured a skit covering a television program called '']'' on the fictional "MTV4" television network, its slogan "The Alternative to the Alternative", in response to MTV establishing the ]-oriented spinoff channel ] (tres being ] for "three") as well as ] targeted towards people who are of a certain ethnicity or prefer a certain genre of music, as the main MTV channel reduces its focus on ].
* On '']'' there was a spoof of MTV and more specifically MTV News called Rok TV.
* In '']'' episode "Un-Barry-ble", the episode starts off with a television broadcast of "Empty-V", a pun of MTV.
* "Empty V" was also used as a reference to the network on several episodes of another Nickelodeon show, '']''.
* Puppet-TV sitcom '']'' created a inspired on the catchphrase of one of its most popular characters, ], "I'm the Baby, You Gotta Love Me." In it, the song itself is preceded by an intro where Baby is watching "DTV", punning the network to the point of recreating the iconic "Moon Landing" ID, with a puppet dinosaur playing the astronaut.
* Cult satirical police sitcom '']'' makes a dig at MTV in its Season 2 episode, "Sledge, Rattle, 'n' Roll." At a certain point, the titular character rages at a record company executive and starts blaming rock music for all evil things under the sun, at one time pointing out the youth-corrupting influence of "that ]" (sic), to which Doreau (his partner) remarks: "Hammer, that's MTV"! Interestingly enough, the part of the record exec was played by ] of ], of which one of MTV's creators, Michael Nesmith, was also a member.
*Nickelodeon TV series '']'' spoofed TRL (Total Request Live) as ''TRYell''.
*In The ] episode "The Drake and Josh Inn", MTV crew enter Drake and Josh's house to broadcast spring break from their. Helen, the boss of the cinema in the show, compliments the channel by saying "Well I do love Music Television."
*In the comedy series '']'', comedian ]'' comments that ] airs more videos than MTV, satirically referring to the numerous ] and other terrorists associated with the ] terrorist network.
*]'' parody featured on ]'s '']'' in ].]] ]'s satirical news program '']'' ran a two-part segment on ] and ], ], "The Daily Show's Laguna Beach: The Real, Real Orange County", hosted by correspondent ]. It parodied the MTV reality show '']''. The segments, which are structured very similarly to the average ''Laguna Beach'' episode, even including the ''Laguna Beach'' theme song "]" by ], investigate ] over the the depiction ''Laguna Beach'' poses over ].
==In film==
*In the film '']'', ]'s character Joey is watching MTV just before he is attacked and murdered by ].
* In the film '']'', ]'s character claims that rock 'n roll was killed by "a little thing called MTV."
*In the film '']'', ]'s character Lou says something like "Sick!?. Did you watch MTV?, that is sick!!".
*In the film '']'', the character Blain (]) wears an MTV t-shirt.
*In the film '']'', the character Sam says "No Tv Mike! Do you know what that means? No MTV!"
*In the film '']'', a missle defense test (parodying the ] era ] program) goes wrong and accidentally hits the MTV satellite.
*In the beginning of the film '']'', Ferris turns on a TV on which MTV's famous first ID is shown (montage of the Apollo 11 moon landing).
*In the film "10 things I hate About You" When Kat walks into her sister's room she is watching the begining of The Real World (Seattle).
* In ], the main character, Justin, watches MTV after being in a coma that started in the 80s, saying "Mom! Somethings wrong with the TV... All I see is girls whining" refering to the switch from mainly music videos, to reality shows.
==In books==
==In books==
* In the book ''Maximum Ride'' Nudge mentions that she is thankful for MTV to exist.
* In the '']'' book ''Stewie's Guide to World Domination'', ] gives a list of reasons as to "why MTV is the root of all evil".
* In the '']'' book ''Stewie's Guide to World Domination'', ] gives a list of reasons as to "why MTV is the root of all evil".
==References==
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MTV, the first and most popular musictelevision network in the United States of America (U.S.), has been referenced in popular culture countless times. Other TV channels, TV shows, musicians, films, and books have referenced MTV in their works.
In addition, other general reasons to include MTV in popular culture is to mock the channel for its move toward reality programming as opposed to music videos, or its decisions to promote "bubblegum pop" music. Otherwise, MTV is simply used as a pop culture reference to enhance the program or simply to support the plot, without any connotation or criticism.
In music
Dire Straits' 1985 song "Money for Nothing" — at the start and end of the song, guest singer Sting repeatedly sung the channel's slogan, "I Want My MTV".
The song "MTV - Get off the Air" by the Dead Kennedys was a protest against the content and style of music that dominated MTV during the '80s.
Also in the song "1985" by Bowling For Soup the song sings about how thing have changes since 1985 and the lyrics "when music was still on MTV" is used in the choros
Avril Lavigne's Song Skater Boy says "She turns on tv, Guess who she sees, Skater boy rockin' up MTV".
Shakira's song Timor says: "It's alright, it's alright/If the planet’s split in three/Cause I'll keep on selling records/And you've got your MTV"
The Corrs song I never Loved you Anyway : "You watching MTV while I lie dreaming in an empty bed"
In television
The satirical cartoon series South Park depicted MTV several times in its run:
In the 1998 episode "Chef Aid", Eric Cartman tells Chef that he had seen the Alanis Morissette video "Stinky Britches", which is a fictional song created in the series, "on the radio, MTV, everywhere."
In the episode "Timmy 2000", the MTV announcer describes the network as "the cool, brainwashing, twelve-year-old-and-younger station that hides behind a slick image", and is "so cool, we decide what's cool." MTV News as "the news that is singlehandedly dumbing down our country (which is cool)." Kurt Loder describes himself as "the oldest person in this network by at least 40 years."
In the episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die", Loder and MTV News were once again depicted in a fictionalized interview with alternative rock band Radiohead.
In 2005, a skit regularly appeared covering a television program called Deep House Dish on the fictional "MTV4" television network, its slogan "The Alternative to the Alternative", in response to MTV establishing the Hispanic-oriented spinoff channel MTV Tres (tres being Spanish for "three") as well as numerous other MTV-branded channels targeted towards people who are of a certain ethnicity or prefer a certain genre of music, as the main MTV channel reduces its focus on music videos. The skit also appeared on episodes of Saturday Night Live in 20062006 and 2007.
