About

Select your X refers to a style of YTPMVs using the character select theme from the Bandai's 1996 game for Japanese SNES console Gekisou Sentai Carranger: Zenkai! Racer Senshi^[1], the licensed video game of the Carranger series^[2] which action footage is used in Power Rangers Turbo.^[3]

Origin

The first instance of this fad was "Select your Paperweight" by a YouTube user KYerp123.^[4] This video posted on October 14th, 2009 was also the original starter of a YouTube Poop fad called Sonic Says.

Spread

As the video gained popularity among YTPMV creators, they started making their own versions and titled their videos like "Select Your X". Those videos on YouTube are listed in the video response page for "Select your Paperweight".^[5]

Examples

For more videos, check out the videos section in this entry.

Angry german kid: Select your keyboard

Pretty Much everywhere it's gonna be Hot: Select your Weatherman

The Angry Video Game Nerd:Select your Nerd

Nostalgia Critic: Select your Critic

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