I guess we could be a bit nicer and call this category "Hey, Man, Nice Try," but let's be realistic. These are kind of sad. Unlike the winners from the other categories, the "winner" of this award loses 5 points on their grade. (Just kidding.)

Calling Dr. Quad

(Parody of "Calling Dr. Love" by KISS)

Justin Koh, Garion Washam, and Anthony Roth-Giacinto

HK TS Quadratic Parody Music Video

(Parody of "CoCo" by O.T. Genasis NSFW)

Hyun-Jae Kim and Thositha Soysa

MathWorks

(Parody of "Fireworks" by Katy Perry")

Kaylin Ware and Autumn Eustache

The Parabola

(Parody of "The Motto" by Drake featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga NSFW)

Arbi Sulollari, Harshal Patel, and Andrew Singer

What Makes the Quad Formula

(Parody of "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction)

Jane Igbeka, Isabel Mireles, and Sercy Sullivan