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Because of their popularity, shock sites have been mentioned or featured in some works of popular media. [[Lemon Party]] was mentioned on a sketch on ''Talkshow with Spike Feresten'', ''[[wikipedia:Archer|Archer]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The Cleveland Show|The Cleveland Show]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:30 Rock|30 Rock]]''. ''30 Rock'' made three allusions to "Lemon Party".
Because of their popularity, shock sites have been mentioned or featured in some works of popular media. [[Lemon Party]] was mentioned on a sketch on ''Talkshow with Spike Feresten'', ''[[wikipedia:Archer|Archer]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The Cleveland Show|The Cleveland Show]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:30 Rock|30 Rock]]''. ''30 Rock'' made three allusions to "Lemon Party".


The website has also been described by [[wikipedia:Jimmy Fallon|Jimmy Fallon]] on the ''Opie and Anthony'' radio show, on [[wikipedia:Chelsea Handler|Chelsea Handler]]'s TV show ''[[wikipedia:Chelsea Lately|Chelsea Lately]]'', [[wikipedia:Michael J. Nelson|Michael J. Nelson]] from RiffTrax.com during the [[wikipedia:RiffTrax|RiffTrax]] for ''Avatar'', by Jon Stewart on ''[[wikipedia:The Daily Show|The Daily Show]]'', ''[[wikipedia:American Dad|American Dad]]'', and by Michael Cera and Jonah Hill during promotion for the 2007 comedy film ''[[wikipedia:Superbad|Superbad]]''.
The website has also been described by [[wikipedia:Jimmy Fallon|Jimmy Fallon]] on the ''Opie and Anthony'' radio show, on [[wikipedia:Chelsea Handler|Chelsea Handler]]'s TV show ''[[wikipedia:Chelsea Lately|Chelsea Lately]]'', [[wikipedia:Michael J. Nelson|Michael J. Nelson]] from RiffTrax.com during the [[wikipedia:RiffTrax|RiffTrax]] for ''Avatar'', by Jon Stewart on ''[[wikipedia:The Daily Show|The Daily Show]]'', ''[[wikipedia:American Dad|American Dad]]'', and by [[wikipedia:Michael Cera|Michael Cera]] and [[wikipedia:Jonah Hill|Jonah Hill]] during promotion for the 2007 comedy film ''[[wikipedia:Superbad|Superbad]]''.


In the ''[[wikipedia:Family Guy|Family Guy]]'' [[wikipedia:Family Guy (season 6)|season 6]] episode ''Back to the Woods'', Brian asks Stewie for help getting unhitched to a pole, but Stewie refuses in retaliation for making him watch "that video with the 2 girls and a cup!" The episode then cuts to Brian filming Stewie sitting on by the computer and watching [[2 Girls 1 Cup]]. Stewie then proceeds to become surprised and shocked by the video.<ref><nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moHj6cIrmQ4</nowiki></ref>
In the ''[[wikipedia:Family Guy|Family Guy]]'' [[wikipedia:Family Guy (season 6)|season 6]] episode ''Back to the Woods'', Brian asks Stewie for help getting unhitched to a pole, but Stewie refuses in retaliation for making him watch "that video with the 2 girls and a cup!" The episode then cuts to Brian filming Stewie sitting by the computer and watching [[2 Girls 1 Cup]]. Stewie then proceeds to become surprised and shocked by the video.<ref><nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moHj6cIrmQ4</nowiki></ref>
=== Reactions ===
=== Reactions ===
[[File:Reaction 2.png|thumb|220x220px|A group of soldiers reacting to '''2 Girls 1 Cup'''.]]
[[File:Reaction 2.png|thumb|220x220px|A group of soldiers reacting to '''2 Girls 1 Cup'''.]]
<span>As shock sites made surface on the web, more reaction videos were being posted and eventually became a trend on the Internet. The concept of a reaction video </span>is to get someone to visit a shock site while recording their reaction. A good example of this is the ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doZnJSojBtw Marines 2 Girls 1 Cup Reactions]'' video, which has accumulated almost 11 million views since it was posted to YouTube in April 2008.
<span>As shock sites made surfaced on the web, more reaction videos were being posted and eventually became a trend on the Internet. The concept of a reaction video </span>is to get someone to visit a shock site while recording their reaction. A good example of this is the ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doZnJSojBtw Marines 2 Girls 1 Cup Reactions]'' video, which has accumulated almost 11 million views since it was posted to YouTube in April 2008.


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