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--> "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]]."

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--> "Maybe you're right: We've had a good time. [[TearJerker I'll sit around]], around, you get yourself a new life. Go get your spark, go find your smile, and [[TitleDrop get happy]]."
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* ChangingChorus: "Highschool Never Ends" makes minor shifts to the chorus.
** It starts out as:
---> ''You still don't have the right look, and you don't have the right friends; Nothing changes but the faces, the names, and the trends, Highschool Never Ends''
** Then changes to:
---> ''You still don't have the right look, and you don't have the right friends, and you still listen to the same shit you did back then, Highschool Never Ends''
** Which finally becomes:
---> ''And I still don't have the right look, and I still have the same three friends, and I'm pretty much the same as I was back then, Highschool Never Ends''
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* DrunkRolling: In "I Think You Like Me Too", the singer initially claims that he got jukebox money from a friendly biker. In one of the later verses, he admits:
-->''That biker guy was passed out on the floor\\
We took his wallet and the keys to his Harley\\
And now he doesn't have them anymore''
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They also do the opening theme song for ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (frontman Jaret Reddick also voiced a recurring character, Danny, in the series), the movie theme for "Jimmy Neutron", the main theme for ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', a cover of Modern English's "I Melt With You" for Disney's ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', and a cover of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" for the opening of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'''s English dub. As of 2012, Jaret Reddick is the new voice of Chuck E. Cheese.

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They also do the opening theme song for ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (frontman Jaret Reddick also voiced a recurring character, Danny, in the series), the movie theme for "Jimmy Neutron", Neutron," the main theme for ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', a cover of Modern English's "I Melt With You" for Disney's ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', and a cover of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" for the opening of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'''s English dub. As of 2012, Jaret Reddick is the new voice of Chuck E. Cheese.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Are they bowling to ''get'' soup, or bowling ''on behalf'' of soup?]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Are they bowling to ''get'' soup, or bowling ''on behalf'' ''[[AmbiguousSyntax on behalf]]'' of soup?]]
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* IHateSong: "I Can't Stand L.A." is, well... about how the band can't stand Los Angeles, while mentioning other cities they do enjoy.
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* ClothingConcealedInjury: "99 Biker Friends" discusses how their female friend is being [[DomesticAbuse beaten by her husband]]. In addition to her wearing "seven pounds of makeup just to hide her beat-up face", the chorus mentions:
-->''She's wearing shades\\
But we all see\\
Behind the tinted glass''
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* HatesTheirParent: PlayedForLaughs and mentioned in "I'm Gay":
--> ''Well, we've all heard about how the guys in the band''
--> ''Weren't the popular kids in school''
--> ''And you hate your parents 'cuz the way it turned out''
--> ''But in the end, the blame's on you''
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They also do the opening theme song for ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', the movie theme for "Jimmy Neutron", the main theme for ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', a cover of Modern English's "I Melt With You" for Disney's ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', and a cover of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" for the opening of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'''s English dub. As of 2012, lead singer Jaret Reddick is the new voice of Chuck E. Cheese.

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They also do the opening theme song for ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (frontman Jaret Reddick also voiced a recurring character, Danny, in the series), the movie theme for "Jimmy Neutron", the main theme for ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', a cover of Modern English's "I Melt With You" for Disney's ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', and a cover of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" for the opening of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'''s English dub. As of 2012, lead singer Jaret Reddick is the new voice of Chuck E. Cheese.
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* ''Drunk Dynasty'' (2016)
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[[caption-width-right:350:Are they bowling to ''get'' soup, or bowling ''on behalf'' of soup?]]
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* RefrainFromAssuming: It's called "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)," not just "Come Back to Texas."
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* SnubByOmission: "My Hometown," which very pointedly avoids ''naming'' the town they started in.[[note]]The band is originally from Wichita Falls, Texas, a town whose biggest selling point is that Fort Worth is only a couple of hours away by car.[[/note]]


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** "My Hometown" has more than a few disses to [[FairWeatherFriend people from their home town]] who didn't support the band until they got popular. In particular, the song goes out of its way not to ''name'' the home town.
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** "Punk Rock 101" has one to Music/BonJovi:
-->''"Like Tommy and Gina, they're living on a prayer."''
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* ContinuityNod: In their music video for their song, 'S-S-S-Saturday,' they wear the blue tuxes from their earlier album cover for ''Drunk Enough to Dance''
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: "99 Biker Friends" combines with with a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. The entire song is about the band gathering up as many people as they can find to go beat the everloving crap out of a [[DomesticAbuse domestic abuser]].
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-->"Girl All The Bad Guys Want"

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-->"Girl -->--"Girl All The Bad Guys Want"



They also do the opening theme song for ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', the movie theme for "Jimmy Neutron", the main theme for ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', a cover of Modern English's "I Melt With You" for the Disney's ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', and a cover of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" for the opening of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'''s English dub. As of 2012, lead singer Jaret Reddick is the new voice of Chuck E. Cheese.

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They also do the opening theme song for ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', the movie theme for "Jimmy Neutron", the main theme for ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', a cover of Modern English's "I Melt With You" for the Disney's ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', and a cover of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" for the opening of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'''s English dub. As of 2012, lead singer Jaret Reddick is the new voice of Chuck E. Cheese.
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** Also "Girl All The Bad Guys Want has one to Music/TheRamones:
-->"She broke my heart, I wanna be sedated...all I wanted was to see her naked!"

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** Also "Girl All The Bad Guys Want Want" has one to Music/TheRamones:
-->"She -->''"She broke my heart, I wanna be sedated...all I wanted was to see her naked!"naked!"''
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**Also "Girl All The Bad Guys Want has one to Music/TheRamones:
-->"She broke my heart, I wanna be sedated...all I wanted was to see her naked!"

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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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* BreakUpSong: 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.



* GagCensor: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrxI_euTX4A Blocking a jock's penis]] in the video for "High School Never Ends." It's labelled "[[TeenyWeenie Too small for TV]]."

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* GagCensor: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrxI_euTX4A Blocking a jock's penis]] in the video for "High School Never Ends." It's labelled "[[TeenyWeenie Too small for TV]]."TV.]]"



* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: "Get Happy", possibly, depending on whether you think they're being [[SarcasmMode sarcastic]] or not.

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: "Get Happy", possibly, depending on whether you think they're being [[SarcasmMode sarcastic]] {{sarcas|mMode}}tic or not.



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

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



* {{Subject 101}}: "Punk Rock 101", their ode to the Hot Topic generation.



* RealSongThemeTune: "Knights of the Zodiac", the [[{{Bowdlerise}} DiC dub]] of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', used the Bowling for Soup cover of Music/AFlockOfSeagulls song "I Ran (So Far Away)", and [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb "Today is Gonna Be a Great Day".]]

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* RealSongThemeTune: "Knights of the Zodiac", the [[{{Bowdlerise}} DiC dub]] of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', used the Bowling for Soup cover of Music/AFlockOfSeagulls song "I Ran (So Far Away)", and [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb "Today is Gonna Be a Great Day".]]Day"]].



* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: see LastSecondWordSwap. There's also another one leading up to the second example in "99 Biker Friends".

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* {{Subject 101}}: "Punk Rock 101", their ode to the Hot Topic generation.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: see See LastSecondWordSwap. There's also another one leading up to the second example in "99 Biker Friends".
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-->''Now I'm watchin' wrestling, trying to be a tough guy''\\
''Listening to rap metal, turntables in my eyes''\\
''I can grow a mustache, but I got no season pass''\\
''All I got's a moped''
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* RealSongThemeTune: "Knights of the Zodiac", the [[{{Bowdlerise}} DiC dub]] of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', used the Bowling for Soup cover of AFlockOfSeagulls song "I Ran (So Far Away)", and [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb "Today is Gonna Be a Great Day".]]

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* RealSongThemeTune: "Knights of the Zodiac", the [[{{Bowdlerise}} DiC dub]] of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', used the Bowling for Soup cover of AFlockOfSeagulls Music/AFlockOfSeagulls song "I Ran (So Far Away)", and [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb "Today is Gonna Be a Great Day".]]
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* TakeThat: Towards Music/{{Staind}} and Music/LimpBizkit in the music video for "Girl All the Bad Guys Want," in particular making fun of the Fred Durst directed music videos for "It's Been a While" by Staind and "Break Stuff" by Limp Bizkit. Near the end of the video is a scene of Music/{{Slipknot}} lookalikes beating up a parody of Fred Durst as a reference to a feud Slipknot had with Limp Bizkit in the late 90s.
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* ShoutOut: "1985" is packed full of them - (deep breath) - Music/{{Whitesnake}}, Music/BruceSpringsteen, {{Music/Madonna}}, {{Music/Nirvana}}, Music/{{U2}}, Music/{{Blondie}}, Creator/{{MTV}}, Film/TheBreakfastClub, Film/PrettyInPink, Film/StElmosFire, [[Music/GeorgeMichael Wham!]], Music/LimpBizkit, Music/DuranDuran, Music/VanHalen, Music/MotleyCrue and Music/OzzyOsbourne (phew!).

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* ShoutOut: "1985" is packed full of them - (deep breath) - Music/{{Whitesnake}}, Music/BruceSpringsteen, {{Music/Madonna}}, {{Music/Nirvana}}, Music/{{U2}}, Music/{{Blondie}}, Creator/{{MTV}}, Film/TheBreakfastClub, Film/PrettyInPink, Film/StElmosFire, ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', ''Film/PrettyInPink'', ''Film/StElmosFire'', [[Music/GeorgeMichael Wham!]], Music/LimpBizkit, Music/DuranDuran, Music/VanHalen, Music/MotleyCrue and Music/OzzyOsbourne (phew!).
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->''"It's like a bad movie,\\
She is lookin' through me,\\
If you were me, then you'd be,\\
Screamin' "Someone shoot me!",\\
As I fail miserably,\\
Tryin' to get the girl all the bad guys want."''
-->"Girl All The Bad Guys Want"
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Bowling For Soup (also known as BFS) is an American pop-punk band started in 1994 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Their songs focus on drinking, partying, peppy songs about being a high school ButtMonkey and teenaged debauchery, and ones that are almost a deconstruction and analysis of the UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (the song A-hole). Other times they talk about the band being high school buddies and the GirlOfTheWeek. Basically the kind of themes you'd find in an average Blink 182 song or a high school freshman's journal.

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Bowling For Soup (also known as BFS) is an American pop-punk band started in 1994 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Their songs focus on drinking, partying, peppy songs about being a high school ButtMonkey and teenaged debauchery, debauchery (the song High School Never Ends), and ones that are almost a deconstruction and analysis of the UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (the song A-hole). Other times they talk about the band being high school buddies and the GirlOfTheWeek. Basically the kind of themes you'd find in an average Blink 182 song or a high school freshman's journal.
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Bowling For Soup (also known as BFS) is an American pop-punk band started in 1994 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Their songs focus on drinking, partying, peppy songs about being a high school ButtMonkey and teenaged debauchery, and ones that are almost a deconstruction and analysis of the UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (the song A-hole). Other times they talk about the band being high school buddies and GirlOfTheWeek. Basically the kind of themes you'd find in an average Blink 182 song or a high school freshman's journal.

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Bowling For Soup (also known as BFS) is an American pop-punk band started in 1994 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Their songs focus on drinking, partying, peppy songs about being a high school ButtMonkey and teenaged debauchery, and ones that are almost a deconstruction and analysis of the UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (the song A-hole). Other times they talk about the band being high school buddies and the GirlOfTheWeek. Basically the kind of themes you'd find in an average Blink 182 song or a high school freshman's journal.

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