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A movie about a CloudCuckooLander, a Harvard-bound overachiever, a fun-loving [[TheVamp Vamp]], two stoners, a laid-back artist and a troubled young woman. They work at a record store under the aegis of a BenevolentBoss and a not-so-benevolent owner. An aging singer is visiting for the day. They must save the store, make discoveries about themselves, and rock out to the very best of mid-nineties alternative music.

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A movie 1995 dramedy directed by Allan Moyle, about a CloudCuckooLander, a Harvard-bound overachiever, a fun-loving [[TheVamp Vamp]], two stoners, a laid-back artist and a troubled young woman. They work at a record store under the aegis of a BenevolentBoss and a not-so-benevolent owner. An aging singer is visiting for the day. They must save the store, make discoveries about themselves, and rock out to the very best of mid-nineties alternative music.
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* RightThroughHisPants: When Rex and [[spoiker: Gina]] have sex, both of them inexplicably wear their underwear during the act.

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* RightThroughHisPants: When Rex and [[spoiker: [[spoiler: Gina]] have sex, both of them inexplicably wear their underwear during the act.
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* RightThroughHisPants: When Rex and [[spoiker: Gina]] have sex, both of them inexplicably wear their underwear during the act.
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* HadakaApron: Gina, natch, when she displays a problem with Tape Town's dress code...

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* HadakaApron: Gina, natch, when she displays a problem with Tape Music Town's dress code...
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* BenevelontBoss: Joe tries to be this, and the staff respect him for it even though it becomes clear during the movie that Joe is stressed out with how the store is struggling and may cave to the demands that he sell out to the record chain. [[spoiler:Even when Joe finally snaps at Lucas he's still being nice about it.]]

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* BenevelontBoss: BenevolentBoss: Joe tries to be this, and the staff respect him for it even though it becomes clear during the movie that Joe is stressed out with how the store is struggling and may cave to the demands that he sell out to the record chain. [[spoiler:Even when Joe finally snaps at Lucas he's still being nice about it.]]

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* BenevelontBoss: Joe tries to be this, and the staff respect him for it even though it becomes clear during the movie that Joe is stressed out with how the store is struggling and may cave to the demands that he sell out to the record chain. [[spoiler:Even when Joe finally snaps at Lucas he's still being nice about it.]]



%%** Debra and Lucas.

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%%** ** Debra and Lucas.



%%* EducationMama: Corey's father.

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%%* * EducationMama: Corey's father.father. [[spoiler:It's one of the reasons why Corey is stressed out on pills trying to over-achieve.]]



%%* GoodBadGirl: As mentioned above, Gina.
%%* HadakaApron: Gina, natch.
%%* IceCreamKoan: Lucas's wisdom.
%%* ImportantHaircut
%%* IronicEcho:
%%** "Take care of yourself, Warren. Don't let the Man get you down."
%%** "Not *entirely* perfect."
%%* LeParkour: Lucas
%%* MamaBear: Joe.
%%* MushroomSamba: "You play a mean guitar, Mark! It's really a shame that you must...DIE!"
%%* TheNineties: The movie just ''screams'' it.

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%%* * GoodBadGirl: As mentioned above, Gina.
%%* * HadakaApron: Gina, natch.
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natch, when she displays a problem with Tape Town's dress code...
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IceCreamKoan: Lucas's wisdom.
%%* ImportantHaircut
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* ImportantHaircut: Debra
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%%** ** "Take care of yourself, Warren. Don't let the Man get you down."
%%** ** "Not *entirely* perfect."
%%* * LeParkour: Lucas
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Lucas, masterfully chasing shoplifter Warren back and forth through the store.
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MamaBear: Joe.
%%* * MushroomSamba: "You play a mean guitar, Mark! It's really a shame that you must...DIE!"
%%* * TheNineties: The movie just ''screams'' it.it. Unavoidable considering when it came out...
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Already mad at Lucas for gambling away the store's money, Joe eventually snaps when Lucas overdoes his hipster wisdom act, and drags the teen into his office for an off-screen beating. [[spoiler:Subverted in that Joe doesn't leave any severe damage aside from a cut on Lucas' forehead, and they both act afterward as though they both knew it needed to be done.]] Joe [[spoiler:even hands Lucas a towel to take care of that cut.]]



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%%* ThePowerOfRock

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* ParentalAbandonment: Debra has no problem with Joe calling her mom about her failed suicide attempt, just as long as Joe can actually ''find'' Debra's mom.
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%%* StalkerWithACrush: Corey for Rex Manning.
%%* TheStoner: Eddie and Mark both fit.
%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Eddie and Mark again.
%%* StylisticSuck: Rex Manning's music video.

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%%* * StalkerWithACrush: Corey for Rex Manning.
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Manning. It doesn't end well for Corey when she finds out how much of a {{Jerkass}} Rex is.
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TheStoner: Eddie and Mark both fit.
%%* * ThoseTwoGuys: Eddie and Mark again.
%%* * StylisticSuck: Rex Manning's music video.video. Granted, it's very much in the style of [[TheEighties early MTV]].



%%* SweaterGirl: Corey.
%%* ToyotaTripwire

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%%* * SweaterGirl: Corey.
%%* * ToyotaTripwire



%%* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou

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%%* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: A nice version, when Joe finally confronts Lucas for losing the store's money on a foolish gambit.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: AJ tries to do this with Corey on the roof of the store, just when he thinks it's the right time for it. Corey, however, had just gone through an embarrassing moment with Rex Manning and isn't in the mood for it. [[spoiler:She calms down later and they hook up after all.]]
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* ADayInTheLife: The movie plays out as a SliceOfLife episode, a "Working At Empire Records" kind of day as we watch the employees cope being there. Subverted in that half the cast are going through personal dilemmas, the store itself is facing doom being overtaken by a corporate entity, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking it's Rex Manning Day]].
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* ReCut: A new version of the film was released on DVD in 2003 called the "Remix: Special Fan Edition" which was re-edited and extended.
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* CensorShadow: An odd distortion effect is used to obscure the phallic part of Gwar lead singer Dave Brockie's costume during the scene where Mark watches the band on TV.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Warren, whose real name is never revealed. He kind of brought it on himself by being a smart-ass and giving his name as "Creator/WarrenBeatty"... Then everyone who was present for his attempted shoplifting immediately started calling him Warren, and it caught on enough that people who weren't around at the time genuinely thought that was in fact his name.
** By the end of the movie, he's accepted it; the ID card the store issues him as a new employ reads "Hi, my name is Warren".

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Warren, whose real name is never revealed. He kind of brought it on himself by being a smart-ass and giving his name as "Creator/WarrenBeatty"... Then everyone who was present for his attempted shoplifting immediately started calling him Warren, and it caught on enough that people who weren't around at the time genuinely thought that was in fact his name.
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name. By the end of the movie, he's accepted it; the ID card the store issues him as a new employ reads "Hi, my name is Warren".



* DeadpanSnarker: Debra and Lucas.

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* DeadpanSnarker: DeadpanSnarker:
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Debra and Lucas.



* [[EducationMama Education Papa]]: Corey's father.

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* [[EducationMama Education Papa]]: %%* EducationMama: Corey's father.



* GoodBadGirl: As mentioned above, Gina.
* HadakaApron: Gina, natch.
* IceCreamKoan: Lucas's wisdom.
* ImportantHaircut
* IronicEcho: "Take care of yourself, Warren. Don't let the Man get you down."
** "Not *entirely* perfect."
* LeParkour: Lucas
* MamaBear: Joe.
* MushroomSamba: "You play a mean guitar, Mark! It's really a shame that you must...DIE!"
* TheNineties: The movie just ''screams'' it.

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* %%* GoodBadGirl: As mentioned above, Gina.
* %%* HadakaApron: Gina, natch.
* %%* IceCreamKoan: Lucas's wisdom.
* %%* ImportantHaircut
* IronicEcho: %%* IronicEcho:
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"Take care of yourself, Warren. Don't let the Man get you down."
** %%** "Not *entirely* perfect."
* %%* LeParkour: Lucas
* %%* MamaBear: Joe.
* %%* MushroomSamba: "You play a mean guitar, Mark! It's really a shame that you must...DIE!"
* %%* TheNineties: The movie just ''screams'' it.



* ParentalAbandonment
* ThePowerOfRock

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* RuleOfCool: Sure, in reality it's against the law to perform concerts on top of roofs in a public area and the fine for it would likely exceed the money they earned, but ''that doesn't matter because it was cool.''
** This is averted in an alternate ending on the DVD where everyone performing is arrested at the end. [[spoiler: Including Rex Manning.]]

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* RuleOfCool: Sure, in reality it's against the law to perform concerts on top of roofs in a public area and the fine for it would likely exceed the money they earned, but ''that doesn't matter because it was cool.''
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'' This is averted in an alternate ending on the DVD where everyone performing is arrested at the end. [[spoiler: Including Rex Manning.]]



* StalkerWithACrush: Corey for Rex Manning.
* TheStoner: Eddie and Mark both fit.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Eddie and Mark again.
* StylisticSuck: Rex Manning's music video.

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* %%* StalkerWithACrush: Corey for Rex Manning.
* %%* TheStoner: Eddie and Mark both fit.
* %%* ThoseTwoGuys: Eddie and Mark again.
* %%* StylisticSuck: Rex Manning's music video.



* SweaterGirl: Corey.
* ToyotaTripwire

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* %%* SweaterGirl: Corey.
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* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou

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* %%* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou
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* DeletedScene: A whole section on [[spoiler: Rex Manning]] coming back and [[spoiler: earning his redemption.]]



* FakeAmerican: Maxwell Caulfield as Rex Manning.
** Also, Anthony [=LaPaglia=] (He's Australian).
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* OnlySaneEmployee: Joe SCREAMS Liz Lemon Job, particularly when he breaks up the fight between Corey and Gina.

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* OnlySaneEmployee: Joe SCREAMS Liz Lemon Job, LizLemonJob, particularly when he breaks up the fight between Corey and Gina.

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* DeletedScene: A whole section on [[spoiler: Rex Manning]] coming back and [[spoiler: earning his redemption]]

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* DeletedScene: A whole section on [[spoiler: Rex Manning]] coming back and [[spoiler: earning his redemption]]redemption.]]


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* [[EducationMama Education Papa]]: Corey's father.
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* GirlfriendInCanada:
-->'''Lucas''': *upon noticing his one stolen CD* Whitney Houston?
-->'''Warren''': It's for my girlfriend.
-->'''Lucas''': Yeah, right.


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* SuddenlyShouting: "I'M BRINGING REX HIS LUNCH!!"
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* SavingTheWorldWithArt: The film ends with the teens planning a music concert to "damn the man, save The Empire", which will also raise enough funds to save the store.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Warren, whose real name is never revealed. He kind of brought it on himself by being a smart-ass and giving his name as "WarrenBeatty"... Then everyone who was present for his attempted shoplifting immediately started calling him Warren, and it caught on enough that people who weren't around at the time genuinely thought that was in fact his name.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Warren, whose real name is never revealed. He kind of brought it on himself by being a smart-ass and giving his name as "WarrenBeatty"..."Creator/WarrenBeatty"... Then everyone who was present for his attempted shoplifting immediately started calling him Warren, and it caught on enough that people who weren't around at the time genuinely thought that was in fact his name.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: The version of Coyote Shivers' "Sugarhigh" performed in the film includes a couple of significantly toned-down lyrics: "they all said she's just another groupie slut" becomes "they all say life's just a bowl of cherries, but..." and "when I lick between your thighs" becomes "I wanna kiss myself goodbye". The version included on the soundtrack album uses the uncensored lyrics.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Warren, whose real name is never revealed. He kind of brought it on himself by being a smart-ass and giving his name as "WarrenBeatty"... Then everyone who was present for his attempted shoplifting immediately started calling him Warren, and it caught on enough that people who weren't around at the time genuinely thought that was in fact his name.
** By the end of the movie, he's accepted it; the ID card the store issues him as a new employ reads "Hi, my name is Warren".



* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Warren, whose real name is never revealed. He kind of brought it on himself by being a smart-ass and giving his name as "WarrenBeatty"... Then everyone who was present for his attempted shoplifting immediately started calling him Warren, and it caught on enough that people who weren't around at the time genuinely thought that was in fact his name.
** By the end of the movie, he's accepted it; the ID card the store issues him as a new employ reads "Hi, my name is Warren".
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* DeletedScene: A whole section on [[spoiler: Rex Manning]] coming back and [[spoiler: earning his redemption]]
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* ExactWords: Joe sits Lucas down on a break-room couch and orders him not to leave said couch. So once Joe leaves the room, Lucas gets up and wanders the store freely... while carrying a couch cushion under his arm.

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* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Warren, whose real name is never revealed. He kind of brought it on himself by being a smart-ass and giving his name as "WarrenBeatty"... Then everyone who was present for his attempted shoplifting immediately started calling him Warren, and it caught on enough that people who weren't around at the time genuinely thought that was in fact his name.

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* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Warren, whose real name is never revealed. He kind of brought it on himself by being a smart-ass and giving his name as "WarrenBeatty"... Then everyone who was present for his attempted shoplifting immediately started calling him Warren, and it caught on enough that people who weren't around at the time genuinely thought that was in fact his name. name.
** By the end of the movie, he's accepted it; the ID card the store issues him as a new employ reads "Hi, my name is Warren".
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Sure, they saved the store that day. But in a few years, in all likelihood i-Tunes and mainstream big businesses would destroy the store's 'fight for your right to party' method.
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: Mark wants to start a band called [[MyspeldRökband Marc]].

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* MyNameIsNotDurwood

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* MyNameIsNotDurwoodMyNameIsNotDurwood: Warren, whose real name is never revealed. He kind of brought it on himself by being a smart-ass and giving his name as "WarrenBeatty"... Then everyone who was present for his attempted shoplifting immediately started calling him Warren, and it caught on enough that people who weren't around at the time genuinely thought that was in fact his name.
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** This is averted in an alternate ending on the DVD where everyone performing is arrested at the end. [[spoiler: Including Rex Manning.]]
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->'''Debra''': I guess nobody really has it all together.
->'''Corey''': No.
->'''Debra''': I feel like I should welcome you to the neighborhood or something.

A movie about a CloudCuckooLander, a Harvard-bound overachiever, a fun-loving [[TheVamp Vamp]], two stoners, a laid-back artist and a troubled young woman. They work at a record store under the aegis of a BenevolentBoss and a not-so-benevolent owner. An aging singer is visiting for the day. They must save the store, make discoveries about themselves, and rock out to the very best of mid-nineties alternative music.

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!!Tropes used in this film:
* AGoodNameForARockBand
* AsideGlance: At the beginning, just after Lucas loses the store's money at the craps table, he looks at the camera and asks aloud, "I wonder if I'll be held responsible for this?"
* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: The employees host a fake funeral for Debra to show how much they love her. It only sort of makes more sense in context.
* BareYourMidriff: Corey's sweater which shows off her midriff... rather contradicting when you think of it.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Lucas addresses the camera a few times throughout the movie.
* CloudCuckooLander: Mark and Lucas. (Although it's implied that Lucas's is a recent case.)
* CooldownHug: Happens twice, one right after the other. First while Gina the resident GoodBadGirl is freaking out. The second with Corey after her stress/revelation induced freakout. One of them is successful.
* DeadpanSnarker: Debra and Lucas.
** Even Joe has his moments:
-->(''Joe is talking to the police after Warren has been collared for shoplifting'')
-->'''Joe:''' (''to Warren'') How old are you?
-->'''Warren:''' Old enough to kick your butt through your skull and splatter your brains on the wall.
-->'''Joe:''' (''to the police'') Yeah, he's a juvenile.
* DrivenToSuicide: Debra tried to slit her wrists, rather half-heartedly, prior to the beginning of the film.
* FakeAmerican: Maxwell Caulfield as Rex Manning.
** Also, Anthony [=LaPaglia=] (He's Australian).
* GenderBlenderName: Yes, Corey can be a girl's name too.
* GoodBadGirl: As mentioned above, Gina.
* HadakaApron: Gina, natch.
* IceCreamKoan: Lucas's wisdom.
* ImportantHaircut
* IronicEcho: "Take care of yourself, Warren. Don't let the Man get you down."
** "Not *entirely* perfect."
* LeParkour: Lucas
* MamaBear: Joe.
* MushroomSamba: "You play a mean guitar, Mark! It's really a shame that you must...DIE!"
* MyNameIsNotDurwood
* TheNineties: The movie just ''screams'' it.
* OneHourWorkWeek: They seem to have incredibly long all day shifts, but at the same time, most of it is spent hanging out, dancing, listening to music, or performing grunge rock concerts on the roof.
** Semi-justified in that it's an event day, so it makes sense that every employee would be scheduled for at least part of the day (and some of them ''want'' to be there even if they don't have to be, and their manager is [[BenevolentBoss extremely lenient]]), and in that it's made clear that this is an atypical sort of work day in-universe.
* OnlySaneEmployee: Joe SCREAMS Liz Lemon Job, particularly when he breaks up the fight between Corey and Gina.
* ParentalAbandonment
* ThePowerOfRock
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: The 90's grunge version of the wangsta himself, Warren.
* RooftopConcert: The end of the movie features Coyote Shivers throwing a concert on the roof of the record store, giving Gina the chance to fulfill her dream of performing with a band.
* RuleOfCool: Sure, in reality it's against the law to perform concerts on top of roofs in a public area and the fine for it would likely exceed the money they earned, but ''that doesn't matter because it was cool.''
* StalkerWithACrush: Corey for Rex Manning.
* TheStoner: Eddie and Mark both fit.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Eddie and Mark again.
* StylisticSuck: Rex Manning's music video.
* SweaterGirl: Corey.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Sure, they saved the store that day. But in a few years, in all likelihood i-Tunes and mainstream big businesses would destroy the store's 'fight for your right to party' method.
* ToyotaTripwire
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Rex Manning, a male singer variation.
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou
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