Soul Train/YMMV


 * Ensemble Darkhorse: Several, but the best known is Cheryl Song aka "the Asian chick with the hair".
 * Another famous example would be the other Asian chick with the long hair who replaced her, Sally "From the Valley" Achenbach.
 * Jump the Shark: Most people point to Cornelius giving up hosting duties.
 * Memetic Mutation: THE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUL TRAIN!
 * Also parodied was Cornelius' tendency to sway when MCing, lampshaded on Mad TV once.
 * Never Live It Down: Although outlasting the genre by two decades, the show couldn't escape its connection to disco (particularly big bellbottoms and bigger Afros).
 * Older Than They Think: Cheryl Song had been a Soul Train Dancer since at least the late 1970s.
 * Replacement Scrappy: After Don Cornelius stepped away from hosting, every subsequent host was tolerated at best by the fandom.
 * The Scrappy: Any white male dancer in the Soul Train Line. Bro, give it up — you can't dance.
 * White women tended to avoid this Trope, holding their own on the dance floor.
 * White singers were tolerated, but only a few of them (including Elton John, Michael McDonald and David Bowie ) were deemed worthy.