History WebAnimation / YourFavoriteMartian

-->-- '''Former channel description'''

On December 24th, a song released under the same artist name as the channel titled "My Balls" was released on [=iTunes=] with little fanfare. It wasn't until a fully animated music video came out, released on January 26th, 2011, that "My Balls" became a viral hit overnight. In it, fans of ''=3'' were introduced to a fictitious animated band similar to Music/{{Gorillaz}} that sang absurd, irreverent, raunchy and, above all else, ''vulgar'' songs. The band would go on to release a new music video every other Wednesday for nearly two years.

During its first (and eventually only active) two years of existence, it was one of ''the'' biggest music channels on [=YouTube=] for its time, reaching 2 million subscribers in a time in which you could count the number of channels with more than 1 million subscribers with ''your fingers''. Unfortunately, however, the project was retired in September 2012 due to Maker Studios restricting Ray's musical creativity and threatening to stop funding his music if he decided to make a new album away from Maker. Ray stated that his band did plan to make new music over the next 8 months, but nothing ever came of it after their final music video, "BOOM HEADSHOT".

* ScrewYourself: "Date Myself" is about Puff, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you can probably guess what he does in it]].

* EyesOutOfSight: The entire backup.[[note]]Although fanart depicts Benatar as having PeekABangs.[[/note]] Even [=DeeJay=] with his afro. Although we see his eyes starting in "Transphobic Techno". Seems to be largely averted post-reboot, however.

* HypocriticalHumor: In "Fight to Win", both Puff and guest rapper [=DeStorm=] claim that fighting games like ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' don't make them violent. They then proceed to kick each other's asses over the last nacho.

** Oprah's purpose when she appeared in "Epileptic Techno".

* RunningGag: A currently surfacing one as of Generation 2 seems to be Puffs old designs making background appearances.

** To many well-known [[BigBad Big Bads]] in "Club Villain".

** [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons To]] [[WesternAnimation/WallE a]] [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} bunch]] [[Franchise/RoboCop of]] [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} robots]] [[VideoGame/MegaMan in]] "Robot Bar Fight".

* TheSomethingSong: "The Stereotype Song".

* StylisticSuck: It's actually ''intentional'' that the lyrics of "Transphobic Techno" repeat over and over and over and over and ''[[HypocriticalHumor over and over and over and]]''...

** To Music/ChrisBrown in "Club Villain", who is kicked out for being too evil.

** In "Eff This Job", the manager of La Merde is named Mr.Maker,as a reference to Maker Studios and their involvement in YFM's cancellation. Wax even mentions in his Yelp review a rumor that Mr.Maker takes away things from people and doesn't give them back after 10 years or so.
--> '''Wax, in his review'''': "Hope he can 'manage' my ass walking out the door!"

* WhamLine: "Those aren't pigs,those are actually...[[spoiler:little children?]]"
* WeaksauceWeakness: Implied to be a shared one among douchebags. Should a douchebag want to revert to a normal person, they must read the entirety of a hard book such as ''Harry Potter'', from cover to cover.

** "Brain Rave" pretty much overdoses on this tropes, the thought's displaying multiple characters and moments from YFM's past and present.

** Cartoon Wax only appeared in two music videos ("Orphan Tears" and "Stalkin' Your Mom") during YFM's original run. When YFM was revived in 2023, he not only appeared in six music videos. But was given a very prominent role alongside Puff when it comes to a specific song's topics.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Puff-Puff Humbert (Choleric)
** DeeJay (Melancholic)
** Benatar (Phlegmatic)
** Axel Chains (Sanguine)

* MadnessMantra: "''[[BrainBleach Bitch got a penis... Bitch got a penis... Bitch got a penis... Bitch got a penis...]]''"

** Cartoon Wax only appeared in two music videos ("Orphan Tears" and "White Boy Wasted") during YFM's original run. When YFM was revived in 2023, he not only appeared in six music videos. But was given a very prominent role alongside Puff when it comes to a specific song's topics.

** Cartoon Wax only appeared in three music videos ("Orphan Tears", "Stalkin' Your Mom", and "White Boy Wasted") during YFM's original run. When YFM was revived in 2023, he not only appeared in six music videos. But was given a very prominent role alongside Puff when it comes to a specific song's topics.

* ChekovsGun: Benatars "unholy acoustic diarrhea song" in episode 3 of [=YFMTS=]; it's usage as a BrownNote to the band is rebrought up when Puff orders Benatar to play the song when there cornered; because not even ''the undead'' can stand it, allowing the band to escape.

[[caption-width-right:350: Members from left to right: Axel Chains (drums), Puff-Puff Humbert (lead vocals)[[note]]Ray William Johnson himself, also the only "real" person in the band[[/note]], [=DeeJay=] (DJ), Benatar (guitar)]]

-->-- '''Former Channel Description'''

In 2010, Ray William Johnson was a juggernaut on the internet thanks to his show ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', with his channel quickly approaching the title of the most subscribed channel on Website/YouTube. On June 30th, a channel under the name [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Yourfavoritemartian "Your Favorite Martian"]] uploaded a mysterious video titled "be patient", suggesting Johnson was planning something big.

On December 24th, a song, released under the same artist name as the channel, titled "My Balls" was released on [=iTunes=] with little fanfare. It wasn't until a fully animated music video came out, released on January 26th, 2011, that "My Balls" became a viral hit overnight. In it, fans of ''Equals Three'' were introduced to a fictitious animated band similar to Music/{{Gorillaz}} that sang absurd, irreverent, raunchy and, above all else, ''vulgar'' songs. The band would go on to release a new music video every other Wednesday for nearly two years.

Until eventually, on May 15th, 2022, Ray William Johnson announced that he had reacquired the rights to Your Favorite Martian and would be reviving the band, later revealing the group's redesigns with a sequel to "Orphan Tears" titled "Orphan Tears Part 2" which was uploaded to [=YouTube=] on May 31st, 2022.

* DanBrowned: The sole annotation in "The Stereotypes Song" says "Yes, the Scottish are known for humping sheep. Google it before you start arguing with me about it. :)" Despite Ray insisting this, Scottish people are not really stereotyped for humping sheep, when it's actually a stereotype towards Welsh people.

** Cartoon Wax only appeared in three music videos ("Orphan Tears", "Stalkin' Your Mom", and "White Boy Wasted") during YFM's original run. When YFM was relaunch in 2023, he not only appeared in six music videos. But was given a very prominent role alongside Puff when it comes to a specific song's topics.

* AscendedExtra: Benatar went from being the band's silent guitarist to getting as much singing time as Puff himself, singing more than Puff in "Friend Zone", "Complicated", "Jupiter", "Somebody That I Used to Know", and "Bartender Song". According to [[WordofGod Ray himself,]] Axel was expected to sing at some point as well before the project ended.

* BuxomIsBetter: The subject of "Tig Ol' Bitties".

* PowerUpFood: In "Orphan Tears Part 3", Puff discovers that Creator/BillCosby eating pudding gives him super strength and super strong.

* ArtEvolution: The video for "Whip Yo Kids" and the videos onward have much more fluid animation and professional art than the previous music videos.

* DanBrowned: The sole annotation in "The Stereotypes Song" says "Yes, the Scottish are known for humping sheep. Google it before you start arguing with me about it. :)" Despite Ray insisting this, Scottish people are not really stereotyped for humping sheep.

In 2010, Ray William Johnson was a juggernaut on the internet thanks to his show ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', with his channel quickly approaching the title of the most subscribed channel on Website/YouTube. On June 30, a channel under the name [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Yourfavoritemartian "Your Favorite Martian"]] uploaded a mysterious video titled "be patient", suggesting Johnson was planning something big.

On December 24th, a song, released under the same artist name as the channel, titled "My Balls" was released on [=iTunes=] with little fanfare. It wasn't until a fully animated music video came out, released on January 26th 2011, that "My Balls" became a viral hit overnight. In it, fans of ''Equals Three'' were introduced to a fictitious animated band, a-la Music/{{Gorillaz}}, that sang absurd, irreverent, raunchy and, above all else, ''vulgar'' songs. The band would go on to release a new music video every other Wednesday for nearly two years.

Until eventually, on May 15th, 2022, Ray William Johnson announced that he had reacquired the rights to Your Favorite Martian and would be reviving the band, later revealing the group's redesigns with a sequel to Orphan Tears titled "Orphan Tears Part 2" which was uploaded to [=YouTube=] on May 31, 2022.

The year is 2010. Ray William Johnson is a juggernaut on the internet thanks to his show ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', with his channel quickly approaching the title of the most subscribed channel on Website/YouTube. On June 30, a channel under the name [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Yourfavoritemartian "Your Favorite Martian"]] uploaded a mysterious video titled "be patient", suggesting Johnson was planning something big.

Until eventually, on May 15th, 2022, Ray William Johnson announced the return of Your Favorite Martian, later revealing the group's redesigns with a sequel to Orphan Tears titled "Orphan Tears Part 2" which was uploaded to [=YouTube=] on May 31, 2022.

On December 24th, a song, released under the same artist name as the channel, titled "My Balls" was released on [=iTunes=] with little fanfare. It wasn't until a fully animated music video came out, released on January 26th 2011, that "My Balls" became a viral hit overnight. In it, fans of ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'' were introduced to a fictitious animated band, a-la Music/{{Gorillaz}}, that sang absurd, irreverent, raunchy and, above all else, ''vulgar'' songs. The band would go on to release a new music video every other Wednesday for nearly two years.

During its first (and eventually only active) two years of existence, it was one of ''the'' biggest music channels on [=YouTube=] for its time, reaching 2 million subscribers in a time in which you could count the number of channels with more than 1 million subscribers with ''your fingers''. Unfortunately, however, the project eventually was retired in September 2012 due to Maker Studios restricting Ray's musical creativity and threatening to stop funding his music if he decided to make a new album away from Maker Studios. Ray stated that his band did plan to make new music over the next 8 months, but nothing ever came of it after their final music video: "BOOM HEADSHOT".

Until eventually, on May 15th 2022, Ray William Johnson announced the return of "Your Favorite Martian", later revealing the group's redesigns with a sequel to Orphan Tears titled "Orphan Tears Part 2" which was uploaded to Youtube on May 31, 2022.