History Creator / TomCardy

* RuleOfFunny: "Perception Check" does away with ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition'' rules (and real-world statistics/common sense) for hilarity. The odds of rolling 3 natural 20s (rolling a 20 on a 20-sided dice) in a row is .0125%. Most importantly, the bard wouldn't be rolling for Vicious Mockery - the cloaked figure would. If ''they'' had rolled a natural 20, the attack wouldn't have landed at all.

* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: A variation occurs in "The Ballad of Smokin' Joe Rudeboy"

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The entire premise of "Bill and Ben" is that Ben is this to Bill.

* RuleOfFunny: "Perception Check" does away with ''TabletopGaming/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition'' rules (and real-world statistics/common sense) for hilarity. The odds of rolling 3 natural 20s (rolling a 20 on a 20-sided dice) in a row is .0125%. Most importantly, the bard wouldn't be rolling for Vicious Mockery - the cloaked figure would. If ''they'' had rolled a natural 20, the attack wouldn't have landed at all.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw In his video on the Voice referendum, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the Australian Constitution asking the "No" campaigner to name one part of it, if he cares so much about it not changing. All the campaigner can come up with is the right to free speech, which is part of the American, not the Australian, Constitution[[note]]parts of the First Amendment, such as separation of church and state, do appear in the Australian Constitution, just not all at once as a "right to free speech"[[/note]].

* WouldHurtAChild: Zig-zagged. Tom's bard in "Perception Check" ends up [[spoiler: destroying the mind of a child through a CriticalHit with Vicious Mockery. While Tom didn't know he was attacking a child beforehand (the kid was wearing an AllEncompassingMantle and was accompanied to by other sinister figures who were clearly adults), Tom's reaction implies this isn't the first time this happened. He also shows no hesitation to loot the dead kid's body afterward.]]

* AnAesop:
** "Red Flags" has a BeYourself aesop to it. Someone may be passionate about things that are traditionally considered "weird", but so long as it's self-moderated and isn't harming anyone, you shouldn't let it cloud your opinion on them. That said, the point is muddied into SpoofAesop territory due to both parties being on board with creating a real Human Centipede out of their wedding guests by the end of the song.
--->''Stop hiding behind your silly made-up'' ''[[TitleDrop red flags]]\\
To not take a chance on the best relationship you never had\\
Maybe you're right, and I'm looking for excuses\\
My heart's got bruises, but I'm ready to choose this love!''
** "Call Your Mother" says that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you should call your mother]]. Also, you'd be surprised how much of a positive influence you can make on the world by [[SmallStepsHero just doing small acts of kindness]].
--->''If you still do small things, even though big things exist, you're on your way to crushing it!''

* RuleOfThree: In "Hey, I Don't Work Here" the narrator is mistaken for an employee a total of three times; first by a lady at the store, then by a man at the beach, and finally [[spoiler: by aliens]].

* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Tom's bard in "Perception Check" interrupts the DM partway through his description of a short bandit. Before the DM can finish, Tom ends up casting Vicious Mockery, gets a CriticalHit, and gives a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech by insulting their height, which is so devastating that it shatters the short person's mind. [[spoiler:Turns out that it was the kid that the party was searching for and hoping to rescue, and now they're dead. Undaunted, [[BlackComedy Tom loots the kid's body]].]]

* GroinAttack: Repeatedly, in "Mixed Messages", where Tom hits a girl's dad repeatedly in the dick.

* AndThenWhat: The bad guy in "Level Clear" pulled this on the narrator before his demise, causing the narrator's spiral throughout the song.

* BaitAndSwitch: It seems like the main character of "H.Y.C.Y.B.H." ''isn't'' going to ask the guy [[EveryoneHasStandards who's lost his grandmother]] if he's checked his butthole... and then he does anyway.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: The main character in "Business Man" simply cannot stop talking about all the highly specific ways he isn't a cop (see below), no matter how bad things get.

* MasochistsMeal: The song "Big Breakfast" characterizes the classic English [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin big breakfast]] as this, not because the components themselves are particularly bad but because there's just ''so much''.

* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Mercilessly parodied in "Mixed Messages" where the narrator does all kinds of ludicrous things to confuse his girlfriend, up to and including ''repeatedly punching her dad in the dick''. She seems to be into it, if the MV is any indication.

** "Red Flags" says that even if someone's into something that's kind of "weird" or even off-putting, you shouldn't let that affect your perception of people as long as it's self-moderated and not hurting anyone.

* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Tom's bard in "Perception Check" ends up [[spoiler:killing the kid the party had been looking for]] by interrupting the DM partway through his description and casting vicious mockery.