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#TerryRichardson4Topps is a Twitter hashtag associated with hypothetical scenarios of raunchy photo shoots for Topps baseball trading cards if they were taken by Terry Richardson, a controversial fashion and portrait photographer best known for shooting Miley Cyrus' music video for "Wrecking Ball" and photographs of model Kate Upton.

Origin

On October 17th, 2013, Twitter user David Roth tweeted a joke about his excitement for new baseball cards shot my Terry Richardson.

Excited for these Terry Richardson For Donruss baseball cards. Greinke in poom-poom shorts and rollerskates. Teixeira licking a lollipop.
— David Roth (@david_j_roth) October 17, 2013

Spread

Following Roth's tweet, several other Twitter users began replying with other Richardson-style baseball cards, inspiring Twitter user netw3rk to suggest using the hashtag "#TerryRichardson4Topps."

TheTomasRios</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/patrickredford">patrickredford nocoastoffense</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/david_j_roth">david_j_roth We may have to take this to hashtag. #TerryRichardson4Topps?
— netw3rk (@netw3rk) October 17, 2013

According to the Twitter analytics site Topsy,^[2] tweets using the hashtag peaked on October 17th, 2013. On the following day, the Internet news blog UpRoxx^[1] published an article about the trending hashtag, which highlighted several notable tweet examples.

Tweets per day: #TerryRichardson4Topps September 18th-October 18th 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 9/24 9/29 10/5 #TerryRichardson4Topps 285 ANALYTICS BY TOPSY

Notable Examples

Jose Canseco riding a Mark McGuire Centaur eating a subway 5 dollar footlong #TerryRichardson4Topps
— Ryan Palmieri (@ryanppalmieri) October 18, 2013

Don Mattingly,sporting his 89 stache,nude eating a dill pickle while Sigourney Weaver, dressed as Zuul, is aroused #TerryRichardson4Topps

— Mr. Kitch (@MRKITCHFROMJERZ) October 18, 2013

Johnny Gomes, taping his beard hairs to Gabourey Sibide's love handles while she shoves a pomegranate in his mouth #TerryRichardson4Topps

— Mike Seely (@mdseely) October 18, 2013