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== [[How I Met Your Mother (TV)|Robin Scherbatsky]] is an [[Alternate Universe]] version of Alanis. ==

Both were [[Canada Eh|Canadian]] [[Teen Idol|teen idols]] in the early '90s. They both had over-the-top [[The Eighties|'80s]] fashion when they were famous ([[The Eighties]] reached Canada late). Both have [[Canon Dis Continuity|disowned their teen pop pasts]] and become a lot darker and [[Deadpan Snarker|snarkier]] since. Robin was in a relationship with a man who appeared in one of her music videos, and the man that inspired Alanis to write ''Jagged Little Pill'' was (according to rumor; see above) someone who appeared in one of her videos. Robin is basically Alanis if she didn't continue making music.

Both were [[Canada, Eh?|Canadian]] [[Teen Idol|teen idols]] in the early '90s. They both had over-the-top [[The Eighties|'80s]] fashion when they were famous ([[The Eighties]] reached Canada late). Both have [[Canon Dis Continuity|disowned their teen pop pasts]] and become a lot darker and [[Deadpan Snarker|snarkier]] since. Robin was in a relationship with a man who appeared in one of her music videos, and the man that inspired Alanis to write ''Jagged Little Pill'' was (according to rumor; see above) someone who appeared in one of her videos. Robin is basically Alanis if she didn't continue making music.

* This is verified by the commentary on [[How I Met Your Mother (TV)|How I Met Your Mother]], when the writers say in the Robin Sparkles episode they were thinking about bringing Alanis on and having them be a pop duo together in Canada, but it never worked out.

== [[Isn't It Ironic]] IS actually ironic. ==

== [[Isn't It Ironic?]] IS actually ironic. ==

The lyrics are decidedly ''not'' ironic, even though the song suggests that they ''are''. This was her goal all along: ironically, the song that is so often called out for not being ironic when it is supposed to be ironic ''is'' ironic simply because the song is a failed attempt at irony. After all, [[Isn't It Ironic]] that "rain on your wedding day" isn't ironic even though she claims it is? [[The Chessmaster|Well played]], [[Alanis Morissette]].

The lyrics are decidedly ''not'' ironic, even though the song suggests that they ''are''. This was her goal all along: ironically, the song that is so often called out for not being ironic when it is supposed to be ironic ''is'' ironic simply because the song is a failed attempt at irony. After all, [[Isn't It Ironic?]] that "rain on your wedding day" isn't ironic even though she claims it is? [[The Chessmaster|Well played]], [[Alanis Morissette]].