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A Canadian show aired by MuchMusic (and recently picked up by Fuse in 2011; they actually ''used'' to be the official American version of said channel way back when), where 5 different comedians give their reviews and critiques to 5 different music videos. Of course, because these are [[Rule of Funny|comedians]] we're dealing with, this will often involve trying to [[MST|make a mockery]] out of what happens in the video, and [[Acceptable Targets|trying to find a real-life occurrence to connect it to]].

Given the title of the show and its structure, the show does use some justice system-based motifs and imagery, including referring to the panelists as the jury and songs as cases, the introduction to a case featuring what they were "accused" of (followed by a humorous "sentencing" at the conclusion of the case), and more. The fifth season dropped the court room "look" from the show (and the accusations/verdicts), but most of the formula still there, at least.

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'''This show provides examples of:'''
* [[Broken Aesop]]: During [[Lady Gaga|"Born This Way,"]] Trevor Boris points out that Lady Gaga wasn't born Lady Gaga, and that her real name is Stephanie.
* [[Canada, Eh?]]: There have been a few specials featuring only Canadian music and lots of stereotyping to go around. Fortunately, there are
* [[Cultural Cringe]]: Videos featuring [[Canadian Music|Canadian artists]] of course get their [[Incredibly Lame Pun|day in court]] quite often here, since mocking them still gets the show Cancon credit.
* [[Christmas Episode]]: The "Holiday Crap" specials.
* [[Halloween Episode]]: One such episode featured "Thriller", "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'", and "Ghostbusters"
* [[Mondegreen]]: No, the first case isn't actually named "Katy Swan", though the voiceover makes it sounds like it is.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: 
** MuchMusic used to have the yearly "Fromage" specials with Ed the Sock during the channel's year-end programming, where he reviewed the cheesiest or worst music videos of the past year, in a similarly comedic style.
** Beginning in 2008, a direct successor to the later format used by Fromage (a countdown) was created for a new series of year-end specials, "Video on Trial: Best of the Worst"
** Oddly on Fuse, the 2011 [[Bot W]] premiered at [[Not a Morning Person|6am on a random Thursday]], four days before the Canadian premiere (though it did get a re-air later at a saner time).
* [[This Trope Is Bleep]]: Most of the time the show doesn't bother to bleep [[Incredibly Lame Pun|much for Much]] because of Canada's looser stance on profanity on television. The Fuse version reverses the audio of the swear words, but they're still easily understood.
* [[Toilet Humor]]: Once in a while. A noted instance came in "Opposites Attract" by Paula Abdul, where a panelist [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] the peculiarity of her interacting with a [[Roger Rabbit Effect|cartoon character]] named MC [[Have a Gay Old Time|Skat]] Kat. Much of the following "review" ended up being sprinkled with jokes about litter boxes.

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