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* ''Lunch. Drunk. Love'' (2013)
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* BreakUpSong: A-Hole. Different from most in that the singer feels bad about not having done more to make the relationship work, and features an IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy.
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* ShoutOut: "1985" is packed full of them - (deep breath) - {{Whitesnake}}, BruceSpringsteen, {{Madonna}}, {{Nirvana}}, {{U2}}, {{Blondie}}, {{MTV}}, TheBreakfastClub, PrettyInPink, StElmosFire, {{Wham}}, LimpBizkit, DuranDuran, VanHalen, MotleyCrue and OzzyOsbourne (phew!).
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* DeadpanSnarker: Their songs are normally quite cheerful, but they can also get ''impressively'' sarcastic.
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* CensorBar: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrxI_euTX4A Blocking a jock's penis]] in the video for "High School Never Ends." It's labeled "Too small for TV."

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* CensorBar: CensorBox: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrxI_euTX4A Blocking a jock's penis]] in the video for "High School Never Ends." It's labeled "Too small for TV."
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* BittersweetEnding: "Graduation Trip" ends with the singer and his girlfriend ultimately drifting apart, due to them getting together on a four-day-long trip and living in separate states, but it's clear there's no bitterness on either sad, and the singer is glad to hear the girl is doing well.

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* BittersweetEnding: "Graduation Trip" ends with the singer and his girlfriend ultimately drifting apart, due to them getting together on a four-day-long trip and living in separate states, but it's clear there's no bitterness on either sad, end, and the singer is glad to hear the girl is doing well.
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* BittersweetEnding: "Graduation Trip" ends with the singer and his girlfriend ultimately drifting apart, due to them getting together on a four-day-long trip and living in separate states, but it's clear there's no bitterness on either sad, and the singer is glad to hear the girl is doing well.

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: "Get Happy", possibly, depending on whether you think they're being [[SarcasmMode sarcastic]] or not.
--> "Maybe you're right: We've had a good time. [[TearJerker I'll sit around]], you get yourself a new life. Go get your spark, go find your smile, and [[TitleDrop get happy]]."



* SignatureSong: "1985" or "High School Never Ends". ''Girl All The Bad Guys Want'' is also one of heir more popular songs, being their first song to really hit big.
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They also do the opening theme song for ''PhineasAndFerb'', the movie theme for "Jimmy Neutron", the main theme for ''SonicUnleashed'', a cover of Modern English's "I Melt With You" for the Disney's ''SkyHigh'', and a cover of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" for the opening of ''[[SaintSeiya Saint Seiya's]]'' English dub.

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They also do the opening theme song for ''PhineasAndFerb'', the movie theme for "Jimmy Neutron", the main theme for ''SonicUnleashed'', a cover of Modern English's "I Melt With You" for the Disney's ''SkyHigh'', and a cover of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" for the opening of ''[[SaintSeiya Saint Seiya's]]'' English dub.
dub. As of 2012, lead singer Jaret Reddick is the new voice of Chuck E. Cheese.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: "Much More Beautiful Person."
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* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: The chorus of "BFFF:"
-->''And you're probably gonna say I'm gay / when I tell you I really a truly feel this way. / Not that there's anything wrong with being gay.''
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: "Girl All The Bad Guys Want", despite the title making it sound like an InvertedTrope.
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* GoodOlBoy: Averted; the band are from Texas, but despite the majority of Texas being infamously homophobic, they, at multiple points throughout several songs, make it clear they love gay people. From wishing they were gay to avoid girl troubles to stating they have no problem with gay people while singing about how a friend calls them such when he comments how he loves him.
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* SignatureSong: "1985" or "High School Never Ends".

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* SignatureSong: "1985" or "High School Never Ends". ''Girl All The Bad Guys Want'' is also one of heir more popular songs, being their first song to really hit big.
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* JadedWashout: Rare female example with Debbie, the protagonist of "1985."
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* MoneyDearBoy: Invoked InUniverse in "Really Cool Dance Song", which is about a band that writes a dance song for no other reason than the fact that dance songs sell albums.


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* WifeBasherBasher: The target of the song "99 Biker Friends" is ordered to stop beating his wife/girlfriend on pain of the aforementioned bikers coming over to return the favor.
* WildTeenParty: The focus characters of "Friends Chicks Guitars" would ''like'' to have one, but they failed to get enough beer, so it fizzled out.
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They also do the opening theme song for ''PhineasAndFerb'', the main theme for ''SonicUnleashed'', a cover of Modern English's "I Melt With You" for the Disney's ''SkyHigh'', and a cover of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" for the opening of ''[[SaintSeiya Saint Seiya's]]'' English dub.

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They also do the opening theme song for ''PhineasAndFerb'', the movie theme for "Jimmy Neutron", the main theme for ''SonicUnleashed'', a cover of Modern English's "I Melt With You" for the Disney's ''SkyHigh'', and a cover of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" for the opening of ''[[SaintSeiya Saint Seiya's]]'' English dub.
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* AntiLoveSong: Many.
* CallBack: The hidden outro track on ''Great Burrito Extortion Case'' fades in after about a minute of silence at the end of "If You Come Back To Me", and consists of StudioChatter discussing the subject of every other track on the album, over a loop of the jaunty "la-la-la-laaaaaa" chorus from "I'm Gay". Also, arguably, the reprise of "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)" on ''A Hangover You Don't Deserve'', which continues the LongList of famous Texans who miss the singer's girlfriend from that song's breakdown.
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* RealSongThemeTune: "Knights of the Zodiac", the [[{{Bowdlerise}} DiC dub]] of ''SaintSeiya'', used the Bowling for Soup cover of AFlockOfSeagulls song "I Ran (So Far Away)" and [[PhineasAndFerb "Today is Gonna Be a Great Day".]]

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* RealSongThemeTune: "Knights of the Zodiac", the [[{{Bowdlerise}} DiC dub]] of ''SaintSeiya'', used the Bowling for Soup cover of AFlockOfSeagulls song "I Ran (So Far Away)" Away)", and [[PhineasAndFerb "Today is Gonna Be a Great Day".]]
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** "Stacy's Mom:" Because everbody thought they sung it anyway.

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** "Stacy's Mom:" Because everbody everyone thought they sung did it anyway.
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** "Stacy's Mom:" Because everbody thought they sung it anyway.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "The Bitch Song"
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* NetworkDecay: Referenced in "1985": "There was U2,and Blondie/And music still on MTV".[[invoked]]
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: A lot of their songs count, but special mention goes to their cover of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXbgSMT-0j4 London Bridge]]
--->Erick: "HOW COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!"
--->Jarret: "I DON'T KNOW!"
--->Erick: "HOW COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!"
--->Jarret: "I HAVE NO EARTHLY IDEA!"



* NetworkDecay: Referenced in "1985": "There was U2,and Blondie/And music still on MTV".



* TrueArtIsAngsty: Half the point of "I'm Gay" is to argue against this. (The other half is, well, [[HaveAGayOldTime you know]] . . .)



* {{Wangst}}: Mocked quite spectacularly in "Self-Centered".
-->''I'm gonna feel sorry for myself/I want to blame it on everyone else/I want to be self-centered/and make everybody feel sorry for me''
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* NetworkDecay: Referenced in "1985": "There was U2,and Blondie/And music still on MTV".
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* WhosLaughingNow: The premise of the video to "High School Never Ends", where the band gets karmic revenge on several {{Jerk Jock}}s that picked on them as kids in a high school renuion.

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* {{Troperiffic}}: They hang many [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]].

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* {{Troperiffic}}: They hang many [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]].TheSomethingSong: "The Bitch Song".



* TheTropeSong: "The Bitch Song".
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* Wangst: Mocked quite spectacularly in "Self-Centered".

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* Wangst: {{Wangst}}: Mocked quite spectacularly in "Self-Centered".
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* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: see LastSecondWordSwap. There's also another one leading up to the second example in "99 Biker Friends".
--> ''You tell her that you're sorry/Blame it on the beer/Your dad was mean to you/Your friends think you're/An asshole''


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* Wangst: Mocked quite spectacularly in "Self-Centered".
-->''I'm gonna feel sorry for myself/I want to blame it on everyone else/I want to be self-centered/and make everybody feel sorry for me''

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