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* Robin's song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF1b1pf9DRY "Let's Go To the Mall"]<ref>...Today!</ref> on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', which she promoted by touring [[Canada, Eh?]]'s malls (a reference to Tiffany; see below). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U01hsTwtc-c She cites this] as the reason she has an aversion to malls, mentioning how she spent a year living on a diet of Orange Julius and Wetzel's Pretzels.

* The derisive term "mallcore" is often used to describe any genre of [[Heavy Metal (Music)|metal]] music (such as [[Nu-metal]], [[Metalcore]] and [[Deathcore]]) that is perceived as being "[[ItsIt's Popular, Now It Sucks|too mainstream]]." Whether this is a legitimate concern borne out of bad memories of [[Hair Metal]], or a case of elitism and snobbery, is [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|an argument best left for another article]].

* The [http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/ "mall ninja" thread] (which [[PoesPoe's Law|may or may not be]] a [[Stealth Parody]] or a [[Troll]]) is the stereotypical "tough guy" mall rent-a-cop turned [[Up to Eleven]]. It has spawned a [[Memetic Mutation]] among gun enthusiasts, with the term "mall ninja" being used to describe people who buy guns, blades and "tactical" gear (especially of the [[Awesome but Impractical|"flashy, but useless"]] variety) simply to look [[Badass]].