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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} * [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: Ever since his death, Anthony Sullivan has been wearing his trademark blue shirt. It clearly shows just how close friends they were. * [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: The season finale of ''Pitchmen,'' where a pitch off is had between Billy and Sully, Billy wins said pitch off even with Sully using shills and trying to mess with him, and reclaims the shammy and chopping market from [[Vince Offer]]. All the while Sully claiming that [[The Determinator\|he's unstoppable.]] Damn... He also did a few commercials for various life insurance companies, one which featured his [[Tear Jerker\|twenty-something son and three year old daughter]] was first broadcast a few days before he died. And of course, if you happened to see one of his commercials on TV after he died... Line 10: * [[Memetic Mutation]]: Many, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrnVNZpnvRI#t=33s "you shittin' me?"] probably takes the cake. ** Since his death, some believe [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHUMnKQb8oQ&feature=channel_page it was all being part of a] [[Xanatos Gambit]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHUMnKQb8oQ&feature=channel_page to get early retirement and ruin Vince's career.] * [[Rescued ~~From~~from the Scrappy Heap]]: While there were a large number of people that disliked Billy for his "annoying voice," additional exposure on Jay Leno and the show Pitchmen did a lot for changing that image. Not to mention the fact that he had rather high standards for what he put his name to and the products he sold actually ''worked.'' His death also helped...unfortunately * [[Too Cool to Live]] * [[Watch It for ~~The~~the Meme]]: His [[Memetic Mutation\|memetic]] popularity in Internet culture (especially [[~~Youtube Poop (Web Animation)\|Youtube~~YouTube Poop]]) is arguably what introduced many to him in the first place. {{reflist}} [[Category:Billy Mays]]▼ [[Category:YMMV]] ▲[[Category:~~Billy Mays~~{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]