Meet Ridiculously Average Guy Ryan Peters, aka white rapper Spose from Maine with more than a ridiculous amount of talent. Known for the theme song of Canadian TV show "Mr. D" and underground hit, "I'm Awesome". Also known for doing an album based around Outkast samples and for being/referencing his status as The Stoner and Nice Guy.
Spose provides examples of tropes such as:
- Added Alliterative Appeal: He has a song where every. Single. Word. Starts. With. R. It's as impressive as it sounds.
- Doing It for the Art: In universe, executives want him to be like "3oh3, Flo Rida, mixed with B.O.B." in his song.. well, "Pop Song" but he is achieving this instead while he also invokes the Be Yourself trope.
- Gosh Darn It to Heck!: His song "Gee Wilikers", subverts this.Gee Willikers, fuck that shit, I bet he doesn't know any black kids.
- Informed Poverty: Despite having a hit song, he claims he still can't afford Subway and prefers Mc Donald's.
- Lovable Coward: In the song "I'm Awesome", he says that he will run away from a brawl. He might also be a Miles Gloriosus because he is the "most obnoxious guest up at the sausage fest" in the same song.
- Piss-Take Rap: Ryan makes fun of his status as a white rapper, who are often perceived as less than adept rappers.
- Plagiarism in Fiction: He jokes that if you enjoy his lyrics, it's probably because they were written by his little sister.
- Pretty Fly for a White Guy: He says his "pants sag low even thought that went out of style like 10 years ago".
- Self-Deprecation: The whole idea behind "I'm Awesome" is to mock the Boastful Rap formula popular since the dawn of Hip Hop practically... while mocking himself.
- Shout-Out:
- In "Blow My Candle Out", he has a "list" sequence just like in Eminem's "Till I Collapse".
"I got a list, here's the order of my list that it's in..."- "Alternative Radio" is one long love song to the genre, complete with an Affectionate Parody musical and lyrical style. Noting some of the many shout-outs:
- Bands mentioned by name: Weezer, The Pixies, The Offspring, Lit, Rage, tool
- Band members mentioned: Kurt Cobain, Billy Corgan, Eddie Vedder
- Song Titles/Lyrics mentioned: "Interstate Love Song", "Loving is what I got", "Bittersweet Symphony"
- The Slacker: in "The King of Maine" he says he slacks off and watches porn. The introduction to one says, "Guess who's back off the couch?"
