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* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Several, but the best known is Carol Song aka "the Asian chick with the hair".
* [[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.
* [[Jump the Shark]]: Most people point to Cornelius giving up hosting duties.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: ''THE '''SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUL''' TRAIN!''
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: ''THE '''SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUL''' TRAIN!''
** Also parodied was Cornelius' tendency to sway when MCing, lampshaded on ''[[Mad TV]]'' once.
** 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).
* [[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]]: Carol Song had been a ''Soul Train'' Dancer since at least the late 1970s.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Any white male dancer in the ''Soul Train'' Line. Bro, give it up — you can't dance.

Latest revision as of 07:58, 28 October 2014


  • 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[1]) were deemed worthy.
  1. ↑ hilariously, as he was transitioning to his aristocratic, "emotionless Aryan superman" "Thin White Duke" phase
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