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''A "Night of the Unicorns" is a curious YTMND phenomenon in which the actual website is profoundly, yet temporarily, changed.''
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==The Incident==
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The first so-called "Night of the Unicorns" (coined by [[User:ubermann|ubermann]] in his site {{ytmnd|isurvivedunicorns|isurvivedunicorns.ytmnd.com}}) occurred on the night of Sunday, April 22 - Monday, April 23, 2007.  This was the same night and some time after the creator of YTMND, [[User:max|Max Goldberg]], introduced the "YFLY" top-right corner ads for a week.  For a short time, max even applied [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/right_corner.gif a large bottom-right corner ad]
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and [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/left_corner.gif a bottom-left corner ad].
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This strange night was so named for the [http://content.ytmnd.com/content/2/0/7/207dcdc4e223b361d2a723a95e98c8ae.gif short-lived unicorns from 'My Little Pony'] in the background of the actual YTMND website, along with the song [http://content.ytmnd.com/content/9/5/c/95c7e7910a49e14aafd0e5a51b2df7fa.wav "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne] in the background, essentially briefly making YTMND.COM an actual YTMND.  Early in the morning max decided to have some fun with the front page and YTMNDongs ventrilo users suggested using the Avril Lavigne song Girlfriend in the background of every site. [[User:BTape|BTape]] quickly made and hosted a loop at the following site: {{ytmnd|heyheyyouyou|heyheyyouyou.ytmnd.com}} and max soon after made the image tile and the sound play on every page, including the news posts, site profiles, front page, etc. This change lasted nearly two hours.
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During the madness of the Night of the Unicorns, and forever after, Max made the profile page for shadydragon's site {{ytmnd|popupsplz|popupsplz.ytmnd.com}} produce five pop-ups for anyone who clicks it!
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In addition, "YFLY" is automatically wordfiltered to "BILBO BAGGINS" in links other than the official YFly reference. It was also filtered to numerous words such as:
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*BASKET WEAVING
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*LOLICON
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*HAM SANDWICH
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*ASSORTMENT OF LOTIONS
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Theorists suggest that this was the night the max broke, some even going so far as saying that it was the night YTMND started to fall. Some say it kicked ass and people really need to stop whining about everything new. The [[PTKFGS]] community was hit particularly hard by the emergence of the YFly ads.
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==Recurrences==
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By the [http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Night_of_the_Unicorns#FOURTH:__Juicy_Juice fourth Night of the Unicorns], it had become fairly clear that the world would be seeing many more such Nights.
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==='''SECOND: Ween Mollusk'''===
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The next night, April 23-24, 2007, the song [http://content.ytmnd.com/content/b/6/6/b66f3a241c2d9466a5f52eb086597390.mp3 "The Mollusk" by the rock group Ween] came to be in the background of YTMND.COM much like Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" on the previous night.  You can experience the thrill of "round two" of the Night of the Unicorns at {{ytmnd|maxwhatthefuck|maxwhatthef*ck.ytmnd.com}}.
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==='''THIRD:  The Night of the Bold Text'''===
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On May 24-25, 2007, max added [http://content.ytmnd.com/content/d/5/1/d518c11fc1f0afdc4445120fbc77bba0.png his own opinions] to the front page, sans music, which inspired [[User:ubermann|ubermann]] to name this third Night "The Night of the Bold Text." Later in the night he changed YTMND.com and all of its subsites (excluding, of course, wiki.ytmnd.com and some other [[YTMND Easter Eggs]]) briefly to his own YTMND, {{ytmnd|banned|banned.ytmnd.com}}, causing severe confusion among YTMNDers, thinking they were banned.
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max changed the YTMND watermark to a diet Pepsi can (a Dasyati reference to Ray Charles' pepsi commercials) http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/lolcorner.gif Many YTMNDers bitched to max about the bans: http://ytmnd.com/lol.png
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==='''FOURTH:  Juicy Juice'''===
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During the fourth "Night of the Unicorns," on the night of May 28-29, 2007, max had a [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/juice.gif silent "Juicy Juice" image] in the back of YTMND.com, much like the image of the unicorns from the original Night of the Unicorns.
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==='''FIFTH: Potter Spoilers'''===
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The fifth "Night of the Unicorns" lasted from Sunday, June 10th, 2007 to Tuesday, June 12th 2007.  The title bar of YTMND was replaced with a [http://wiki.ytmnd.com/images/c/c9/SnapeDiedHarryLives.JPG made-up spoiler for the 7th book of Harry Potter].'''<span style="color: #ba0000">!!CAUTION: FAKE HARRY POTTER SPOILER!!</span>'''
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==='''SIXTH: The Sparkle Puppy'''===
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The night after max terminated the "spoiler" titlebar, on the night of Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - Wednesday, June 13, 2007,[http://content.ytmnd.com/content/b/3/0/b30af287be07fb69967ea8304ab0f724.gif a puppy wearing a YTMND logo] was tiled in the background in the classic Night of the Unicorns manner.  Once again coined by ubermann, it was "{{ytmnd|nightofsparklepuppy|Night of the Sparkle Puppy}}" because "[http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/sparkle.gif sparkles]" were seen falling (in the manner that snow falls) on YTMND.com.  This time, the song playing in the background was [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/flash/gaga.swf Alpha Beta Gaga] by Air.  However, this time the phenomenon was only seen on the front page, and not on the profiles, comments, etc.
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This was done in reference to a comment made by [http://www.ytmnd.com/users/Kaizen666 Kaizen666] on Max's latest [http://ytmnd.com/news/?news_id=72 news item] announcing the implementation of pink names for "featured users".
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Kaizen666's comment was:
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First f*ggy blue comments and now pink names. Why don't you have sparkles falling from the top of the page
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and a puppy running across the screen with flowers in his mouth.
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Max promptly replied:
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k
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==='''SEVENTH: Unicorn Urinating Rainbows'''===
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On the morning of June 26 the front page was changed again. This time, the Top Viewed list was covered partially by a picture of a [http://www.ytmnd.com/unicorn.gif Unicorn], who's urine was colored like a rainbow.  The picture is by "Aaaamory Raven", of the character "Starlite", and is available on her webpage [http://www.peledragon.com Peledragon].
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It happened to have [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/flash/fire.swf music] as well, called The Ink Spots - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire.<br>
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Read more about the event [http://wiki.ytmnd.com/%3F%21#Unicorns here] or [http://ytmnd.com/index.lol.html click here] to see a still existing version of the unicorn front page.  The song playing is Heartaches by Marcels.
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==='''EIGHTH: Harry Potter Spoilers'''===
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On July 18th, leading up to the release of the 7th and final Harry Potter book, the Featured Users box was changed to a "HARRY POTTER SPOILERS" box, showing spoilers of the 7th book, and all linking to {{ytmnd|machodance|machodance.ytmnd.com}}
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==='''NINTH: Spinning Peppermints'''===
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On September 4th, Max changed the background to [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/peppermint.gif another animated gif], this time being a swirling peppermint, and changed the song to [http://ytmnd.com/assets/c1c28b9b762de0053c426fcccd690163 Incense and Peppermints] by Strawberry Alarm Clock.
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==='''TENTH: Princess Party'''===
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Just a few days later, on September 7th, in an effort to make YTMND appeal to more "young girls," Max changed the front page background to a silent [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/wat wallpaper] saying "Princess Party" and pictures of six Disney Princesses in three hearts:  Belle, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Jasmine, and Ariel (the only REAL princess the rest are just wannabes). 
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[http://ytmnd.com/users/icenine0/ icenine0] subsequently created {{ytmnd|subpoena|Uh oh, Disney!}} in order to warn the YTMND community of a possible addition to [http://wiki.ytmnd.com/YTMND_Easter_Eggs#Legal_Issues YTMND's legal issues] with other companies and people.
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On April 25, 2009, Princess Party appeared again.
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==='''ELEVENTH: Remember 9/11'''===
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Max shows his patriotism towards America and remembers 9/11 by setting the YTMND's background to [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/neverforget.gif this], which is the flag of the United States of America in the background, a bald eagle in the foreground, with the world trade center buildings in between the two. There used to be background music until later in the afternoon. The music is currently unknown.
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There could also be a reference to the news A News Broadcast by Rubycalaber, where he repeatedly said JEWS DID 9/11.
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==='''TWELFTH: Top Viewed Pig'''===
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Much like Unicorns Urinating Rainbows, Max places a [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/pig.gif picture of a pig] on the front page blocking the Top Viewed with the section of the song [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/flash/star.swf Frank Sinatra's Swingin' on a Star] that is about pigs playing in the background.  This, and also the actual Unicorn Urinating Rainbows page, was shown randomly on the night of October 13-14, 2007. The unicorn had a [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/flash/yip.swf new song].
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==='''THIRTEENTH: Mambo Number Five'''===
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In the morning of November 1, Max made YTMNDers listen to [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/flash/mambo.swf Mambo Number Five] who are browsing the front page of YTMND.
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==='''FOURTEENTH: Heath Ledger Day'''===
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Shortly after news broke that Heath Ledger OD'd on sleeping pills, max tiled the background of YTMND with [http://www.ytmnd.com/heathback.png Heath Ledger] as he appearded in Brokeback Mountain, with the [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/flash/wings.swf Brokeback Mountain theme song] playing in the background.
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==='''FIFTEENTH: Puppy'''===
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The morning of August 28 There is a dog currently in the the background with "I Know Who" repeating from a song.
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DAMMIT IT IS ANNOYING!
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Audio: http://content.ytmnd.com/content/5/4/c/54c3bbdc3b7e299d17fa24c6e3e0285f.mp3
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Image: http://content.ytmnd.com/content/0/2/7/027b64079df2bc3d19b8a3ba5cdb7795.png
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also http://ytmnd.com/iknow.swf
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==='''SIXTEENTH: Rolos'''===
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The afternoon of August 28, there were 2 rolo bar moving and part of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim's Rolo jingle
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Is Max Drunk?
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Audio: http://content.ytmnd.com/content/0/6/6/06665bfecc2d8213f80bb107de66af40.mp3
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Image: http://content.ytmnd.com/content/8/6/9/869af4cc7da3e1cbb5b2ebc6eff0724b.gif
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also http://ytmnd.com/rolos.swf
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==='''SEVENTEENTH: Love is Gone'''===
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The morning of August 29 there is a cat waving in the background with the song "Love is Gone".
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The Gif looks sparkly
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Audio: http://www.ytmnd.com/yeah.swf
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Image: http://www.ytmnd.com/wave.gif
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==='''EIGHTEENTH: Franks'''===
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The evening of August 29, there are silent moving hot dogs in the background
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Is this his flash skills he's been talking about?
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Image: http://www.ytmnd.com/hotdogs.gif
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==='''NINETEENTH: Tacos and Ortega Taco Sauce'''===
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August 30 in the afternoon, there is silent taco and taco sauce in the background.
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Ok, I like what he is doing, he is making the front page new and exciting.
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Image: http://www.ytmnd.com/tacoback.gif
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==='''TWENTIETH: Return of the Sparkle Puppy'''===
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August 31 in the morning, the sparkling puppy is back.
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Audio: http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/flash/gaga.swf
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Image: http://content.ytmnd.com/content/b/3/0/b30af287be07fb69967ea8304ab0f724.gif
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==='''TWENTY-FIRST: Meat===
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April 30 in the evening, there is a picture of meat with the audio coming from a commercial for a Oklahoma BBQ restaurant titled "Mr. Spriggs BBQ".
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http://ytmnd.com/spriggs.swf
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==='''TWENTY-SECOND: Meat again===
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In the evening on September 30, 2009, max basically did the same thing as "TWENTY-FIRST".  This happened after he logged in to Gabbly Chat (http://gabbly.com/ytmnd.com); when the other chatters were skeptical as to whether or not it was "the real max" (users will often log in as "max" and imitate him), he presumably did this to prove his identity.  Wow, that was a long sentence.
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==Related Sites==
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{{ytmnd|heyheyyouyou|heyheyyouyou.ytmnd.com}} <br>
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{{ytmnd|isurvivedunicorns|isurvivedunicorns.ytmnd.com}} <br>
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{{ytmnd|maxwhatthefuck|maxwhatthef*ck.ytmnd.com}} <br>
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{{ytmnd|popupsplz|popupsplz.ytmnd.com}} <br>
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{{ytmnd|nightoftheunicorns|night of the unicorns : 28 hours later}} <br>
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{{ytmnd|banned|banned.ytmnd.com}} <br>
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{{ytmnd|snapediesinbook7|????diesinbook7.ytmnd.com}} <br>
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{{ytmnd|peppermintz|Peppermints!.ytmnd.com}} <br>
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{{ytmnd|subpoena|subpoena.ytmnd.com}} <br>
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==See Also==
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[[George Zimmer]]
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[[Category:April 2007]]
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