History Music / JonLajoie

** Most of the WTF Collective members are based on famous rappers, at least in their voices and delivery. For instance, MC Fatigue is Sean Paul and MC Final Verse is 50 Cent.

* CanadaEh: Jon Lajoie is Canadian, and while he himself is not that stereotypical, there is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOntheTin MC Canadian Stereotype]] from "WTF Collective 2."

%% * BeigeProse: The "Show Me Your Genitals" trilogy is built around this trope.

[[http://www.jonlajoie.com/ Jonathan "Jon" Lajoie]] (born August 21, 1980) is a Canadian comedian, actor, rapper, singer, musician and Internet celebrity from Montreal, Quebec.

* AudienceParticipationSong: At the end of his shows, he keeps [[{{Squick}} the chorus]] to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "2 Girls 1 Cup Song"]] going and invites the audience to sing along.

* BeigeProse: The "Show Me Your Genitals" trilogy is built around this trope.
* BlackComedy: The foundation of his humor, along with SelfDeprecation. '''Nothing''' is off-limits. Good examples are probably "Cold-Blooded X-Mas," "Mel Gibson Love Song," and "Rapist Glasses"/"Pedophile Beards."
* BlackComedyRape: At the end of "WTF Collective" [[spoiler:numbers 1 and 3 and "You Are Not Alone"]].
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Used frequently in songs.

** Inverted by Everyday Normal Guy from the song of the same name and "WTF Collective

* CreepyMonotone: MC Vagina.
* DeadpanSnarker: During the breaks between songs in his live performances, and his non-musical Website/YouTube sketches. But even some of his songs are bitingly sarcastic and incredibly cynical (see "Pop Song" and "Radio-Friendly Song").

* DullSurprise: MC Vagina.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The rapper names in his WTF Collective videos.

* GratuitousFrench: At the end of Very Super Famous we hear "For all you French ladies out there: Le feu sur le cheval était brisé" (meaning: The fire on the horse was broken).

* IAmTheBand: His "WTF Collective"s and "Pop Song" parody this.

* MindScrew: Visit his website. [[http://www.jonlajoie.com/ We DARE You]]. And in his commercial for hands.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Chorus Guy makes it clear that he's only singing the chorus because he can't find any other work. [[spoiler:Even then, it's not enough to keep him from killing himself.]]

* {{Pluralses}}: {{Inverted}} with MC Don't Know How to Pluraize Word.

* RefugeInAudacity: Cranked up to eleven

* SelfDeprecation: The foundation of his humor, along with BlackComedy. The best example is "Too Fast."
** Another example is his joke Kickstarter video, where he declares, after listing off people that make less than him (decorated war veterans, teachers, doctors), he declares that it's "because what I do is way more important." Cue clip from "Show Me Your Genitals."

* {{Stripperific}}: The girls in the video for "Pop Song".
* SoundtrackDissonance: His 2016 work with his new band, Wolfie's Just Fine, can be considered this. Especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG8iAtpavK4 the music video for A New Beginning,]] where relatively calm folk music is played while the video shows murder scenes reminiscent of a ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' movie.

* ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: The video for "Pop Song".

* TropeName: "Everyday Normal Guy," "Pop Song," "Radio-Friendly Song."

* Website/YouTube: How he became famous. The reason he routinely sells out comedy clubs, even thousands of miles away from his hometown, on weeknights.

* SoundtrackDissonance: His 2016 work with his new band, Wolfie's Just Fine, can be considered this. Especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG8iAtpavK4 the music video for A New Beginning,]] where relatively calm folk music music is played while the video shows murder scenes reminiscent of a ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' movie.

** Also "Pop Song" has some the typical BoyBand stereotypes, such as the good looking lead singer, and the effeminate one that is probably gay.

* LyricalDissonance: ''All'' of his songs. Special mention goes to "Stay at Home Dad," one of his very few songs with no dark humour or profanity, which is Music/RageAgainstTheMachine pastiche about how much he enjoys looking after his infant son.

* TalkingToHimself: Every member of the WTF Collective is played by Jon.

[[caption-width-right:300:He's pretty good at making paper planes]]

[[http://www.jonlajoie.com/ Jonathan "Jon" Lajoie]] (born August 21, 1980) is a Canadian comedian, actor, rapper, singer, musician and Internet celebrity from Montreal, Quebec. Lajoie first became popular through the music video "Everyday Normal Guy", in which he, in ironic contrast to typical rappers, sings about his bland, run-of-the-mill daily activities and his peaceful nature.

Lajoie has also worked on television; his main break was the character Taco [=MacArthur=] on ''Series/TheLeague''.

** In "Very Super Famous", he brags that "in Iraq they found WMD's -- Women on My Dick." As was widely reported in the media, and in a major embarrassment for the Bush administration, there were no WMDs[[note]]Weapons of mass destruction[[/note]] found in Iraq.

** In "Very Super Famous", he brags that "in Iraq they found WMD's -- Women on My Dick." As was widely reported in the media, and in a major embarrassment for the Bush administration, there were no WMD's[[note]]Weapons of mass destruction[[/note]] found in Iraq.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: MC Historical Inaccuracy in WTF Collective 2.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Zombie Chorus Guy in WTF Collective 3.]]

* BlackComedyRape: At the end of WTF Collective [[spoiler:Numbers 1 & 3 and You Are Not Alone]].

* BrickJoke: MC Fatigue, passing out (a-gain) in WTF Collective 2 [[spoiler: and finally waking up at the very end of WTF Collective 3.]]

** Turned up to eleven in "Very Super Famous"

-->Everyday Normal Guy here to get the track started
--> my average lyrics are between genius and retarded

* CanadaEh: Jon Lajoie is Canadian, and while he himself is not that stereotypical, there is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOntheTin MC Canadian Stereotype]] from WTF Collective 2.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Chorus Guy in WTF Collective 2]]
* DudeNotFunny: An "in-universe"- example He [[LampshadeHanging calls himself out in the lyrics]] to the final chapter of the "Show Me Your Genitals" trilogy, "I Kill People," after making an Anne Frank joke. This is something of a RunningGag with MC Vagina, whose raps tend to include incredibly tasteless comparisons (including 9-11, Hurricane Katrina, or the JFK assassination), which often results in a VerbalBackspace. Also used by MC Inappropriate Rhymes in WTF Collective 2 and {{Lampshaded}} again by [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin MC Extremely]] [[MoralGuardians Politically Correct]].
* DudeNotIronic: ''WTF Collective'' features MC Doesn't Know What Irony Is. In either context we hear him use the word, it's not clear exactly what he thinks it means -- the point is, he doesn't get it.

* GratuitousFrench: At the end of Very Super Famous we hear "For all you French ladies out there: Le feu sur le cheval était brisé" (Meaning: The fire on the horse was broken).

I-i mean I'll punch your nuts\\

I'm just repeatin' the same shit from Normal Guy 1 & 2\\

** "My love is like lightning. It gives girls orgasms. My dick is like an airplane. It gives girls orgasms."
** "Yeah, the Eiffel Tower is a lot like my dick, it's big and it stings when soap gets inside the tip."
** "Fame is like a tree. It helps you get pussy."

--> '''Jon''': This is my nigga KC--\\
'''KC''': What the fuck did you just call me?\\
'''Jon''': Sorry... I'll say friend. This is my friend KC, the only black one in the group.

** This is also the main joke of "Please Use This Song" - the singer creates the most commercial-friendly song ever, while spending the entire video begging a company to license the song out and give him some exposure.

** Also, arguably "Osama Is Dead."
* RedHerring: Before WTF Collective 3 was released, [[spoiler:MC Vagina appearing to sing the chorus at the end of WTF 2]]

(Uh uh)\\

-->''And fuck birth entering the world of space and time is a bitch\\

-->I'm bad, like the movie ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''

*** ''"...helps me forget about [[spoiler: my cancer.]]"''

-->"And I play air guitar with the tuba toothpaste, and I say, karate pencil case, and put it on tape."