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* RogerRabbitEffect: The live-action music video for "Omobolasire" (the one with the sped-up footage of people raving) ends with a shot of Simon & Milo in a live-action mirror preparing to go onstage.
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* RogerRabbitEffect: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUzqWCUcGao The live-action "rave" music video for "Omobolasire" (the one with the sped-up footage of people raving) "Omobolasire"]] ends with a shot of Simon & Milo in a live-action mirror preparing to go onstage.
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Prozzäk are a Canadian [[VirtualCelebrity virtual pop band]] comprised of hopeless romantic Simon and "musical wizard" Milo.
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Prozzäk are a Canadian [[VirtualCelebrity virtual pop band]] comprised of hopeless romantic Simon and "musical wizard" Milo.
Milo, known for their extremely bleak love songs and [[DerangedAnimation trippy]] {{AnimatedMusicVideo}}s
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The ''actual'' story behind the band lies with a different due, Jason Levine and James McCollum, formerly of the fusion jazz group The Philosopher Kings. Despite not getting along, they both agreed that they did not like the direction in which the band was going. Their proposal for a more traditional pop sound came in the form of "Europa," which Levine sang in a broad English accept. The rest of the band turned it down, but liked it and suggested that the two of them steak out on their own, with Prozzäk being the result.
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The ''actual'' story behind the band lies with a different due, Jason Levine and James McCollum, formerly of the fusion jazz group The Philosopher Kings. Despite not getting along, they both agreed that they did not like the direction in which the band was going. Their proposal for a more traditional pop sound came in the form of "Europa," which Levine sang in a broad English accept.accent. The rest of the band turned it down, but liked it and suggested that the two of them steak out on their own, with Prozzäk being the result.
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According to the band's mythology, the two were originally the last surviving soldiers for opposing armies during a great European war. During their final confrontation, a great heavenly light defended upon them and decreed that they must walk the earth in search of true love before zapping them into the late 90s. [[EasilyForgiven Immediately putting aside their differences]], the duo began writing and recording music to document their oft-vain attempt to find the girls of their dreams, with Simon [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption always on the receiving]] end of [[DidNotGetTheGirl a breakup]].
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According to the band's mythology, the two were originally the last surviving soldiers for opposing armies during a great European war. During their final confrontation, a great heavenly light defended descended upon them and decreed that they must walk the earth in search of true love before zapping them into the late 90s. [[EasilyForgiven Immediately putting aside their differences]], the duo began writing and recording music to document their oft-vain attempt to find the girls of their dreams, with Simon [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption always on the receiving]] end of [[DidNotGetTheGirl a breakup]].
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Known for their extremely bleak love songs and [[DerangedAnimation trippy]] {{AnimatedMusicVideo}}s, the act was moderately successful in their home country with two albums, 1998's ''Hot Shot'' and 2000's ''Saturday People'', after which they had a huge ScheduleSlip, save for the title song to the DisneyChannel movie ''Get A Clue'' where they were credited as Simon & Milo. They eventually returned in 2005 with the widely ignored ''[[DarkerAndEdgier Cruel Cruel World]]''.
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Known for their extremely bleak love songs and [[DerangedAnimation trippy]] {{AnimatedMusicVideo}}s, the act was moderately successful in their home country with two albums, 1998's ''Hot Shot'' and 2000's ''Saturday People'', after which they had a huge ScheduleSlip, save for the title song to the DisneyChannel movie ''Get A Clue'' ''GetAClue'' where they were credited as Simon & Milo. They eventually returned in 2005 with the widely ignored ''[[DarkerAndEdgier Cruel Cruel World]]''.
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* BilingualBonus: "Usted Es Muy Loco."[[lablenote: Translation]]"You're crazy."[[/lablenote]]
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* BilingualBonus: "Usted Es Muy Loco."[[lablenote: "[[labelnote: Translation]]"You're crazy."[[/lablenote]]"[[/labelnote]]
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* BilingualBonus: "Usted Es Muy Loco."[[Translation]]"You're crazy."[[/Translation]]
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* BilingualBonus: "Usted Es Muy Loco."[[Translation]]"You're "[[lablenote: Translation]]"You're crazy."[[/Translation]]"[[/lablenote]]
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* BilingualBonus: "Usted Es Muy Loco."[[Translation]]"You're crazy."[[/Translation]]
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* ReallyGetsAround: Simon. He may be a hopeless romantic, but at least he's [[NoManIsAVirgin not a virgin]].
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* ReallyGetsAround: Simon. He may be a hopeless romantic, but at least he's [[NoManIsAVirgin [[AManIsNotAVirgin not a virgin]].
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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: "Wild Thing/Poor Boy" takes an almost childishly simple rock n roll song about a pretty girl and, with an added verse, changes it to yet another song about unrequited love.
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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: "Wild Thing/Poor Boy" takes an almost childishly simple rock n roll song about a pretty girl and, with an added verse, changes it to yet another a song about unrequited love.a guy who expects a woman to jump into bed with him just because he thinks she's pretty.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Poor Simon.
* AngstWhatAngst: The duo don't seem to be too shaken up by the fact that they've been transported hundreds of years into the future with little to no pretense.
* AngstWhatAngst: The duo don't seem to be too shaken up by the fact that they've been transported hundreds of years into the future with little to no pretense.
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* EasilyForgiven: From being at one another's throats to forming a band within a matter of seconds [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext after a time warp]].
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* InformedAbility: Milo's "musical wizardry is mentioned exactly once and never comes up again.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Simon. He may be a hopeless romantic, but at least he's [[NoManIsAVirgin not a virgin]].
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* MeaningfulName: James McCollum said that the name Prozzäk refers to how their music is supposed to make people feel the kind of bliss they have when they take prozac.
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* {{Adorable}}: {{Adorkable}}: Simon.
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* CannotSpitItOut: "Pretty Girls" is all about the different careers Simon could have in order to tell a girl that he loves her because "pretty girls make him nervous when they're as pretty as you."
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* CallBack: "Tsunami" has one to "Europa":
--> "I told 'ya 'bout Europa and me/And how she haunted every memory."
--> "I told 'ya 'bout Europa and me/And how she haunted every memory."
** The CallBack to "Europa" in "Tsunami" seems to be one to the numerous callbacks in [[TheBeatles "Glass Onion"]].
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* TearJerker: "Anna Lisa."
** Even sadder when you realize that [[RealitySubtext Levine write it about his parents' divorce]].
** Even sadder when you realize that [[RealitySubtext Levine write it about his parents' divorce]].
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* TearJerker: "Anna Lisa."
**" Even sadder when you realize that [[RealitySubtext Levine write it about his parents' divorce]].
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* SesameStreetCred: The last song they ever released was "Chloe The Chicken" for the preschooler show "Roll Play."
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* KickTheDog: Most of Simon's dates don't let him down... gently. The worst probably being all of the girls in "It's Not Me It's You."
--> '''Simon''': "Minnie, if we don't make it out of this thing, I want you do know that I really did love you."
--> '''Minnie''': "I know, Simon. It's just that..."
--> '''Simon''': "Minnie, if we don't make it out of this thing, I want you do know that I really did love you."
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* SingleStanzaSong: "Sucks To Be You," "If You're Ready."
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Averted with the music, which is all on iTunes, but played straight with the music video compilation "Simon & Milo present Prozzäk's Hot Show."
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* RogerRabbitEffect: The live-action music video for "Omobolasire" (the one with the sped-up footage of people raving) ends with a shot of Simon & Milo in a live-action mirror preparing to go onstage.
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* BigApplesauce: "NYC."
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* ShoutOut: The skit that precedes "Introduction To A Broken Heart" has Milo telling Simon about how, once he finds true love, they'll [[OfMiceAndMen buy that ranch that they always talk about]].
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* {{Bowledrize}}: On the title song for the DisneyChannel movie ''Get A Clue'', they were credited as Simon and Milo, Prozzäk being a reference to the drug prozac.
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* EarWorm: Oh geez, all of it?
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* FourChordsOfPop: The chorus of "www.nevergetoveryou."
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* FourChordsOfPop: TheFourChordsOfPop: The chorus of "www.nevergetoveryou."
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* IntercorseWithYou: Most of their songs that aren't about getting dumped are this. Special mention goes to "Shag Tag (You're It)."
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* IntercorseWithYou: IntercourseWithYou: Most of their songs that aren't about getting dumped are this. Special mention goes to "Shag Tag (You're It)."
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* NecklessWonder: Simon
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: All over the place. While the music on their first album was, as one review put it, "as much for children as ''[[AustinPowers The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'', the animation for their music videos might as well be part something out of a SaturdayMorningCartoon! The second was completely in the ghetto, with songs like "Be As" and "It's Not Me It's You" featuring children's voices. Then there's "Get A Clue," recorded for a DisneyChannel movie, and "Chloe The Chicken", recorded for a ''preschooler show''! The music and art for ''Cruel Cruel World'' thankful avert this.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: All over the place. While the music on their first album was, as one review put it, "as much for children as ''[[AustinPowers The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'', Me]]''", the animation for their music videos might as well be part something out of a SaturdayMorningCartoon! The second was completely in the ghetto, with songs like "Be As" and "It's Not Me It's You" featuring children's voices. Then there's "Get A Clue," recorded for a DisneyChannel movie, and "Chloe The Chicken", recorded for a ''preschooler show''! The music and art for ''Cruel Cruel World'' thankful avert this.
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Known for their extremely bleak love songs and trippy AnimatedMusicVideos, [[DerangedAnimation trippy]] {{AnimatedMusicVideo}}s, the act was moderately successful in their home country with two albums, 1998's ''Hot Shot'' and 2000's ''Saturday People'', after which they had a huge ScheduleSlip, save for the title song to the DisneyChannel movie ''Get A Clue'' where they were credited as Simon & Milo. They eventually returned in 2005 with the widely ignored ''[[DarkerAndEdgier Cruel Cruel World]]''.
* AggressiveCategorism: "Be As" is the deliberate antithesis of this.
** "Clothes We Wear" is a more cynical take on this.
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* AggressiveCategorism: "Be As" is ArtEvolution: The first two albums featured similar character designs with the deliberate antithesis of this.
** "Clothes We Wear" is aonly major different being the more cynical take on this.pastel artwork for ''Hot Show''. The video for the Disney-produced "Get A Clue" featured a much more conventionally attractive Milo, doing away with his squinty eyes and big lips. ''Cruel Cruel World'' deliberately looks [[DeliberatelyMonochrome nothing like any of their previous incarnations]], most noticeable being Simon has a neck.
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Prozzäk are a Canadian [[VirtualCelebrity virtual pop band]] comprised of hopeless romantic Simon and "musical wizard" Milo.
According to the band's mythology, the two were originally the last surviving soldiers for opposing armies during a great European war. During their final confrontation, a great heavenly light defended upon them and decreed that they must walk the earth in search of true love before zapping them into the late 90s. [[EasilyForgiven Immediately putting aside their differences]], the duo began writing and recording music to document their oft-vain attempt to find the girls of their dreams, with Simon [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption always on the receiving]] end of [[DidNotGetTheGirl a breakup]].
The ''actual'' story behind the band lies with a different due, Jason Levine and James McCollum, formerly of the fusion jazz group The Philosopher Kings. Despite not getting along, they both agreed that they did not like the direction in which the band was going. Their proposal for a more traditional pop sound came in the form of "Europa," which Levine sang in a broad English accept. The rest of the band turned it down, but liked it and suggested that the two of them steak out on their own, with Prozzäk being the result.
Known for their extremely bleak love songs and trippy AnimatedMusicVideos, the act was moderately successful in their home country with two albums, 1998's ''Hot Shot'' and 2000's ''Saturday People'', after which they had a huge ScheduleSlip, save for the title song to the DisneyChannel movie ''Get A Clue'' where they were credited as Simon & Milo. They eventually returned in 2005 with the widely ignored ''[[DarkerAndEdgier Cruel Cruel World]]''.
After recording one more song for the Canadian children's show "Roll Play," the duo went on an indefinite hiatus, with Levine recording under the name Today Kid and McCollum serving as NellyFurtado's touring guitarist. At this point, [[DownerEnding a reunion seems unlikely]].
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!!Discography:
* ''Hot Show'' (1998)
* ''Saturday People'' (2000)
* ''Ready Ready Set Go'' (as Simon & Milo) (2002)[[note]]Technically a GreatestHitsAlbum, the only new song being "Get A Clue"[[/note]]
* ''Cruel Cruel World'' (2005)
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!!Ready Ready Set Tropes:
* AnimationAgeGhetto: All over the place. While the music on their first album was, as one review put it, "as much for children as ''[[AustinPowers The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'', the animation for their music videos might as well be part something out of a SaturdayMorningCartoon! The second was completely in the ghetto, with songs like "Be As" and "It's Not Me It's You" featuring children's voices. Then there's "Get A Clue," recorded for a DisneyChannel movie, and "Chloe The Chicken", recorded for a ''preschooler show''! The music and art for ''Cruel Cruel World'' thankful avert this.
* AnimationBump: The video for "Get A Clue," funded by Disney, looks ''fantastic''!
* AggressiveCategorism: "Be As" is the deliberate antithesis of this.
** "Clothes We Wear" is a more cynical take on this.
* {{Bowledrize}}: On the title song for the DisneyChannel movie ''Get A Clue'', they were credited as Simon and Milo, Prozzäk being a reference to the drug prozac.
** However, in a really weird aversion, none of the more risqué songs selected for "Ready Ready Set Go" are censored in any way, suggesting that TheyJustDidntCare.
* CerebusRollercoaster: Their albums go, in order, from sombre to bittersweet to nihilistic.
* CrossdressingVoices: Jason Levine sings the female parts on "Strange Disease" and "Wild Thing/Poor Boy" in an unconvincing falsetto.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The artwork for ''Cruel Cruel World''.
** Same goes for the mythology surrounding the album, which states that Simon & Milo have "wound up in a colorless world where love may not exist."
* FakeBrit: The Cockney-accented Simon is voiced by the Canadian Jason Levine.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: 90% of their catalog is Simon bemoaning how he DidNotGetTheGirl.
* FourChordsOfPop: The chorus of "www.nevergetoveryou."
* GetBackInTheCloset: One of the characters in "Be As" is going through this.
--> "Lisa just had to get away/Nothing could make her stay/Tired of living under cover"
* IntercorseWithYou: Most of their songs that aren't about getting dumped are this. Special mention goes to "Shag Tag (You're It)."
* LyricalDissonance: "Monday Morning" is a rave song about finding out that your best friend died.
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Hot Show'' was primarily Europop with the occasional psychedelic rock song; ''Saturday People'' moved more towards pop/rock and rave; and ''Cruel Cruel World'' was most-modern indie.
* TheSilentBob: Milo, save for [[StepUpToTheMicrophone "I Like To Watch" and "Feed The Night."]]
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Closer to, but not entirely, cynical.
* TearJerker: "Anna Lisa."
** Even sadder when you realize that [[RealitySubtext Levine write it about his parents' divorce]].
* UnusualEuphemism: From "Tsunami":
--> "And like the South China Sea, [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Tsunami rolled over me]]."
* VocalEvolution: Simon projects far more on ''Saturday People'' than on ''Hot Show'', where he was more moaning than singing, meeting somewhere in the middle by ''Cruel Cruel World.''
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Milo. {{Lampshaded}} in the video for "Be As" where his tag at the UN lists him as "Somewhere in Europe."
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Jason Levine hasn't had much more luck with the ladies than his animated counterpart.
* WTHCastingAgency: Nothing about "Get A Clue" makes sense: it's the theme to a DisneyChannel movie written and performed by an act known for frank lyrics about sex and loneliness. It also sounds more like a punk pop song than their usual pho-Europop style.
According to the band's mythology, the two were originally the last surviving soldiers for opposing armies during a great European war. During their final confrontation, a great heavenly light defended upon them and decreed that they must walk the earth in search of true love before zapping them into the late 90s. [[EasilyForgiven Immediately putting aside their differences]], the duo began writing and recording music to document their oft-vain attempt to find the girls of their dreams, with Simon [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption always on the receiving]] end of [[DidNotGetTheGirl a breakup]].
The ''actual'' story behind the band lies with a different due, Jason Levine and James McCollum, formerly of the fusion jazz group The Philosopher Kings. Despite not getting along, they both agreed that they did not like the direction in which the band was going. Their proposal for a more traditional pop sound came in the form of "Europa," which Levine sang in a broad English accept. The rest of the band turned it down, but liked it and suggested that the two of them steak out on their own, with Prozzäk being the result.
Known for their extremely bleak love songs and trippy AnimatedMusicVideos, the act was moderately successful in their home country with two albums, 1998's ''Hot Shot'' and 2000's ''Saturday People'', after which they had a huge ScheduleSlip, save for the title song to the DisneyChannel movie ''Get A Clue'' where they were credited as Simon & Milo. They eventually returned in 2005 with the widely ignored ''[[DarkerAndEdgier Cruel Cruel World]]''.
After recording one more song for the Canadian children's show "Roll Play," the duo went on an indefinite hiatus, with Levine recording under the name Today Kid and McCollum serving as NellyFurtado's touring guitarist. At this point, [[DownerEnding a reunion seems unlikely]].
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!!Discography:
* ''Hot Show'' (1998)
* ''Saturday People'' (2000)
* ''Ready Ready Set Go'' (as Simon & Milo) (2002)[[note]]Technically a GreatestHitsAlbum, the only new song being "Get A Clue"[[/note]]
* ''Cruel Cruel World'' (2005)
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!!Ready Ready Set Tropes:
* AnimationAgeGhetto: All over the place. While the music on their first album was, as one review put it, "as much for children as ''[[AustinPowers The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'', the animation for their music videos might as well be part something out of a SaturdayMorningCartoon! The second was completely in the ghetto, with songs like "Be As" and "It's Not Me It's You" featuring children's voices. Then there's "Get A Clue," recorded for a DisneyChannel movie, and "Chloe The Chicken", recorded for a ''preschooler show''! The music and art for ''Cruel Cruel World'' thankful avert this.
* AnimationBump: The video for "Get A Clue," funded by Disney, looks ''fantastic''!
* AggressiveCategorism: "Be As" is the deliberate antithesis of this.
** "Clothes We Wear" is a more cynical take on this.
* {{Bowledrize}}: On the title song for the DisneyChannel movie ''Get A Clue'', they were credited as Simon and Milo, Prozzäk being a reference to the drug prozac.
** However, in a really weird aversion, none of the more risqué songs selected for "Ready Ready Set Go" are censored in any way, suggesting that TheyJustDidntCare.
* CerebusRollercoaster: Their albums go, in order, from sombre to bittersweet to nihilistic.
* CrossdressingVoices: Jason Levine sings the female parts on "Strange Disease" and "Wild Thing/Poor Boy" in an unconvincing falsetto.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The artwork for ''Cruel Cruel World''.
** Same goes for the mythology surrounding the album, which states that Simon & Milo have "wound up in a colorless world where love may not exist."
* FakeBrit: The Cockney-accented Simon is voiced by the Canadian Jason Levine.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: 90% of their catalog is Simon bemoaning how he DidNotGetTheGirl.
* FourChordsOfPop: The chorus of "www.nevergetoveryou."
* GetBackInTheCloset: One of the characters in "Be As" is going through this.
--> "Lisa just had to get away/Nothing could make her stay/Tired of living under cover"
* IntercorseWithYou: Most of their songs that aren't about getting dumped are this. Special mention goes to "Shag Tag (You're It)."
* LyricalDissonance: "Monday Morning" is a rave song about finding out that your best friend died.
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Hot Show'' was primarily Europop with the occasional psychedelic rock song; ''Saturday People'' moved more towards pop/rock and rave; and ''Cruel Cruel World'' was most-modern indie.
* TheSilentBob: Milo, save for [[StepUpToTheMicrophone "I Like To Watch" and "Feed The Night."]]
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Closer to, but not entirely, cynical.
* TearJerker: "Anna Lisa."
** Even sadder when you realize that [[RealitySubtext Levine write it about his parents' divorce]].
* UnusualEuphemism: From "Tsunami":
--> "And like the South China Sea, [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Tsunami rolled over me]]."
* VocalEvolution: Simon projects far more on ''Saturday People'' than on ''Hot Show'', where he was more moaning than singing, meeting somewhere in the middle by ''Cruel Cruel World.''
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Milo. {{Lampshaded}} in the video for "Be As" where his tag at the UN lists him as "Somewhere in Europe."
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Jason Levine hasn't had much more luck with the ladies than his animated counterpart.
* WTHCastingAgency: Nothing about "Get A Clue" makes sense: it's the theme to a DisneyChannel movie written and performed by an act known for frank lyrics about sex and loneliness. It also sounds more like a punk pop song than their usual pho-Europop style.
