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* HeelRealization: Subverted in "Fishin' Hole". After calling everyone he meets an asshole, the singer wonders "are there really assholes everywhere I look, or am I the one to blame?" He takes a good hard look at himself in the mirror (complete with a {{Beat}}), then calls the guy who sold him the mirror an asshole, because the "son of a bitch said it was antique" when it clearly isn't.

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* HeelRealization: Subverted in "Fishin' Hole". After calling everyone he meets an asshole, the singer wonders "are there really assholes everywhere I look, or am I the one to blame?" in the song's final verse. He takes a good hard look at himself in the mirror (complete with a {{Beat}}), then calls the guy who sold him the mirror an asshole, because the "son of a bitch said it was antique" when it clearly isn't.
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* BeerGoggles: The "big fat friend" of the subject of "She Gotta Smile" "loses a couple of pounds" with every shot of alcohol consumed by the "non-discriminating friend."

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--> Well it seems last night you caught me [[ADateWithRosiePalms spankin' it]] // No use denyin' it, I was really crankin' it...

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--> Well it seems last night you caught me [[ADateWithRosiePalms spankin' it]] // it\\
No use denyin' it, I was really crankin' it...
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* PragmaticVillainy: Played for laughs in "Fishin' Hole". The singer calls everyone around him an asshole, and fantasizes about punching them. However, when he calls a bar an asshole (because it's closed for renevations), he admits that he can't punch the bar because he'd hurt his hand.
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* HeelRealization: Subverted in "Fishin' Hole". After calling everyone he meets an asshole, the singer wonders "are there really assholes everywhere I look, or am I the one to blame?" He takes a good hard look at himself in the mirror (complete with a {{Beat}}), then calls the guy who sold him the mirror an asshole, because the "son of a bitch said it was antique" when it clearly isn't.
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* EmbarrassingTattoo: "Queer Tattoo," which is all about queer tattoos. And by "queer", Stephen means "bad tattoo," not gay. Unless you get a tattoo of a pink triangle on a rainbow flag with a bear wearing leather and a ball gag.

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* EmbarrassingTattoo: "Queer Tattoo," which is all about queer tattoos. And by "queer", Stephen means "bad tattoo," not gay. Unless you get a tattoo of a pink triangle on a rainbow flag with [[TheBear a bear wearing leather leather]] and a ball gag.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "What if that guy from Music/TheSmashingPumpkins lost his car keys"

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "What if that guy from If That Guy From Music/TheSmashingPumpkins lost his car keys"Lost His Car Keys?"
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "What if that guy from Music/TheSmashingPumpkins lost his car keys"
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* ParentalFavoritism: The eponymous "Craig" claims Jesus was Mary's favorite, and this is clearly a source of Craig's resentment of Jesus.
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* SiblingRivalry: "Craig" is largely about how much the titular character despises his brother, Jesus Christ, and how much cooler he is than said brother.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: "Tennessee" claims Music/BBKing, UsefulNotes/AlGore and Music/ArethaFranklin were all born in Tennessee. Only Franklin was actually born there of the three, though Gore's dad was a Congressman from Tennessee, and the younger Gore did spend his summers there.

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-->'''Stephen''': "Valtrex Man"? Isn't that the herpes medicine?

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-->'''Stephen''': "Valtrex Man"? Isn't that the herpes medicine?medicine? ''(beat)'' Notice how nobody said "Yes, it is!"



* [[GoodAngelBadAngel Bad Angel, Bad Angel]]: "Voices In My Head"


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* GoodAngelBadAngel: "Voices In My Head" parodies this. The two voices in Stephen's head are both bad, with one being rather violent ("I hope that guy who heckled me gets hit by a school bus, that fucker") and the other being obsessed with sex ("Go on, ask that girl up front to come backstage and show her thong"). Also, both of them suggest that Stephen is a mess and that he should do a ton of cocaine.
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* NerdsAreVirgins: "D&D" ends with the line "Virgins till the day we die!"

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* NerdsAreVirgins: "D&D" mocks people who play ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', saying they've "never kissed a lady before", has one of the singers lie about having a girlfriend, and ends with the line "Virgins till the day we die!"



* StarbucksSkinScale: Used in the song "Vanilla Ice Cream".

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* StarbucksSkinScale: Used in the song "Vanilla Ice Cream". Stephen says he only likes girls with dark shades of skin, and if you're too light, he's not interested. The chorus always starts with the lines "I only like black girls, the brown girls, the café au lait; caramel girls and mocha girls just blow me away".
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** "D&D" makes fun of players of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', saying that [[NerdsAreVirgins players will be virgins until they day they die]] and that they look like massive dorks to people who don't play the game.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: "Fishin' Hole" has the singer call everyone an asshole around him. Eventually, he decides to literally take a long look in the mirror, having realized that [[JerkassRealization maybe the big problem is him]]… only to call the guy who sold him the mirror an asshole, since it's clearly not an antique.

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* IgnoredEpiphany: "Fishin' Hole" has the singer call everyone an asshole around him.him an asshole. Eventually, he decides to literally take a long look in the mirror, having realized that [[JerkassRealization maybe the big problem is him]]… only to call the guy who sold him the mirror an asshole, since it's clearly not an antique.



* WorldOfJerkass: "Fishin Hole," which is all about how the singer thinks everyone in the world is an asshole.

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* WorldOfJerkass: "Fishin Hole," which is all about how the singer thinks everyone in the world except him is an asshole.

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* TakeThat: Pretty much all of "Beelz".

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* TakeThat: Pretty much all of "Beelz".TakeThat:
** "Beelz" contains shots at Rush Limbaugh and the Boston Red Sox. One version also adds "I'm the reason that UsefulNotes/BarackObama even had a chance".
** "America" contains shots at UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush and his "great rolling war machine".

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* EmbarrassingTattoo: "Queer Tattoo," which is all about queer tattoos. And by "queer", Stephen means "bad tattoo," not gay. Unless you get a tattoo of a pink triangle on a rainbow flag with a bear wearing leather and a ball gag.



* IgnoredEpiphany: "Fishin' Hole" has the singer call everyone an asshole around him. Eventually, he decides to literally take long look in the mirror, having realized that [[JerkassRealization maybe the big problem is him]]… only to call the guy who sold him the mirror an asshole, since it's clearly not an antique.

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* IgnoredEpiphany: "Fishin' Hole" has the singer call everyone an asshole around him. Eventually, he decides to literally take a long look in the mirror, having realized that [[JerkassRealization maybe the big problem is him]]… only to call the guy who sold him the mirror an asshole, since it's clearly not an antique.

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* AntiLoveSong

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* AntiLoveSongAntiLoveSong: "Hey Love," which is about how Stephen hates loving hating love.



* [[CainAndAbel Craig And Jesus]]: Evidently, Jesus had a brother named Craig, a party animal and BFF of Judas.

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* [[CainAndAbel Craig And Jesus]]: CainAndAbel: Evidently, Jesus had a brother named Craig, a party animal and BFF of Judas.



* IgnoredEpiphany: "Fishin' Hole" has the singer call everyone an asshole around him. Eventually, he decides to literally take long look in the mirror, having realized that [[JerkassRealization maybe the big problem is him]]… only to call the guy who sold him the mirror an asshole, since it's clearly not an antique.



* LyricalDissonance: Every. Fucking. Song.

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* LyricalDissonance: Every. Fucking. Song. A major source of Lynch's humor is his choir boy and slow songwriting contrasting some pretty dark lyrics.



* MushroomSamba: Outer Space is about a man unaware he's high and thinks he's in outer space

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* MushroomSamba: "So This is Outer Space Space" is about a man unaware he's high and thinks he's in outer spacespace. He starts to come down from a bad trip, but gets some for the alien who sold him the drugs.



* ProtestSong: Played with in "America."

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* ProtestSong: Played with in "America."" It sounds like PatrioticFervor at first, but then turns against UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush in the last verse. However, it still ends on a hopeful note about America.


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* WorldOfJerkass: "Fishin Hole," which is all about how the singer thinks everyone in the world is an asshole.
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** Also, from "Whittlin' Man."
-->He'll whittle if it's new, he'll whittle if it's old\\
Whittle something hot, and he'll whittle something rather chilly
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*MushroomSamba: Outer Space is about a man unaware he's high and thinks he's in outer space
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* PerishingAltRockVoice: Parodied in "What If That Guy From Music/SmashingPumpkins Lost His Car Keys."

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* PerishingAltRockVoice: Parodied in "What If That Guy From Music/SmashingPumpkins [[Music/TheSmashingPumpkins Smashing Pumpkins]] Lost His Car Keys."
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* WhyWontYouDie: The singer of "Grandfather" is rather annoyed his elderly grandpa won't croak already.

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* WhyWontYouDie: The singer of "Grandfather" is rather annoyed his elderly grandpa won't croak already.already, even name-dropping the trope.
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--> ''YOU OLD MOTHERFUCKER, JUST WALK TOWARDS THE GODDAMN LIGHT!''

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--> -->Oh why won't you die, Grandpa, why must you fight?! // ''YOU OLD MOTHERFUCKER, JUST WALK TOWARDS THE GODDAMN LIGHT!''

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