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** "I called 911, but [[Music/PublicEnemy it was a joke]]. They were no help at all."
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** "I called 911, but From "Gingerbread Knocked Me Out:" "When I dialed 911 for help, [[Music/PublicEnemy it was a joke]]. They were no joke]]. I'm sorry that I couldn't get help at all."
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* AdaptationDisplacement: His song "Retard Bus" is more well known than the obscure punk band it is about.
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** He'd occasionally include specific products in rather unflattering places, such as:
--> "Suck a golden lion tamarind's dick with Price Chopper imitation vanilla extract!"
--> "Suck a golden lion tamarind's dick with Price Chopper imitation vanilla extract!"
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* WoundThatWillNotHeal: That bruise on his forehead technically healed, but he kept on headbutting his fans, which kept it coming back. It's hard to find a photo of him without the bruise.
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* WoundThatWillNotHeal: That bruise on his forehead technically healed, but he kept on [[HeadbuttOfLove headbutting his fans, fans]], which kept it coming back. It's hard to find a photo of him without the bruise.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: His song "Retard Bus" is more well known than the obscure punk band it is about.
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** In the New52 WonderWoman comic, the character Milan is an {{Expy}} of Wesley, with his manners, speech pattern and even appareance been very close to the real person.
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** In the New52 WonderWoman comic, the character Milan is an {{Expy}} of Wesley, with his manners, speech pattern and even appareance been very close to the real person.**
** From "Feel The Power Of Rock N Roll": "[[Music/TheClash Rock the casbah]] [[{{Music/Scorpions}} like a hurricane]]".
** From "Feel The Power Of Rock N Roll": "[[Music/TheClash Rock the casbah]] [[{{Music/Scorpions}} like a hurricane]]".
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** Subverted in "Birdman Kicked My Ass" - Birdman attacks Wesley for trespassing on his yard, and then comes after him again for throwing a brick through his window. For once it's not the superhero who's being the dick.
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* WoundThatWillNotHeal: That bruise on his forehead technically healed, but he kept on headbutting his fans, which kept it coming back. It's hard to find a photo of him without the bruise.
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* BlessedWithSuck: His schizophrenia caused huge problems in his life and made it difficult for him to go out to art stores and ride the bus as he loved to do, but everyone can agree his circumstances made him a unique musician.
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* CursedWithAwesome: His schizophrenia caused huge problems in his life and made it difficult for him to go out to art stores and ride the bus as he loved to do, but everyone can agree his circumstances made him a unique musician.
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* SmugSuper: Pretty much every superhero Wesley ends up fighting. Spider-Man was kissing Wesley's girlfriend. Mighty Thor mugged his girlfriend with a baseball bat. Superman was "being such a roughneck."
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* BlessedWithSuck: His schizophrenia caused huge problems in his life and made it difficult for him to go out to art stores and ride the bus as he loved to do, but everyone can agree his circumstances made him a unique musician.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: Sometimes ''combined'' with ClusterFBomb, as he was prone to saying things like "Suck a pygmy marmoset's dick, you dad-blasted motherfucker!"
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-->''"The triangle car went off the road. It fell in the water. I was running the show."''
* WordSaladTitle: Most of his albums that aren't just named after one of the songs.
* WordSaladTitle: Most of his albums that aren't just named after one of the songs.
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* AnimalsHateHim: In his songs, at least, Wesley has been harassed or attacked by horses, vultures, termites, dogs, vampire bats and more.
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* TakeThat: "I Whupped {{Franchise/Batman}}'s Ass" and "I Whupped {{Franchise/Superman}}'s Ass."
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* TakeThat: "I Whupped {{Franchise/Batman}}'s Ass" and "I Whupped {{Franchise/Superman}}'s Ass."" Oddly enough, Birdman is the only one who can kick Wesley's ass.
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* UnreliableNarrator: Goes without saying.
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** "I called 911, but [[Music/PublicEnemy it was a joke]]. They were no help at all."
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* RefugeInAudacity: It helps being insane.
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* RefugeInVulgarity: Some of his songs had titles like, "Suck My Dog's Dick", and "Lick A Bulldog's Nasty Asshole".
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* VulgarHumor: Some of his songs had titles like, "Suck My Dog's Dick", and "Lick A Bulldog's Nasty Asshole".
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* EightiesHair: Wesley was not a fan of this, if his song "Cut the Mullet" is any indication.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Songs like "Al Capone" and "They Threw Me Out of Church."
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* WordSaladLyricsWordSaladLyrics: Most often to be found in his ClusterFBomb songs.
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* AffectionateParody: By a ''[[ChristianRock Christian ska band]]'', of all things. The W's had a HiddenTrack on their first album that was a tribute to FiveIronFrenzy, done InTheStyleOf Wesley Willis. Presumably very few people got the joke.
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* ConceptAlbum: Sort of - ''Rock N' Roll Will Never Die'' consists entirely of songs about other musicians (such as {{Nirvana}}, TheRollingStones, AlanisMorissette, and [[DeadKennedys Jello Biafra]]), ending with a song about his own band, The Wesley Willis Fiasco.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: One of his better-known songs is "Rock N' Roll McDonalds" - people outside of Chicago may be surprised that [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_N_Roll_McDonald%27s such a place actually exists.]]
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** In the New52 WonderWoman comic, the character Milan is an {{Expy}} of Wesley, with his manners, speech pattern and even appareance been very close to the real person.
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** He was also fond of various permutations of "Rock Saddam Hussein's ass to Russia!" and ""
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** He was also fond of various permutations of "Rock Saddam Hussein's ass to Russia!" and ""Russia!"
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* CoverVersion: DuranDuran's "Girls on Film." For [[TitleOnlyChorus obvious reasons]].
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** From "Fuck You:" "TakeThisJobAndShoveIt! I'm not working for you anymore!"
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* TakeThatCritics: "Make Sure I'm Out Screwing Up"
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* BestialityIsDepraved: He wrote many songs about bestiality. Apparently, he believed he was being tormented by demons, and that writing these songs would gross them out enough to leave him alone.
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* ButYouScrewOneGoat: He wrote many songs about bestiality. Apparently, these were targeted at his demons, who he believed would be too grossed out to bother him.
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** He had an astounding gift for hyperbole, too. Check out his song for Alanis Morrisette:
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** He had an astounding gift for hyperbole, too. Check out his song for Alanis Morrisette: AlanisMorrisette:
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*** When it comes to hyperbole about Alanis, I think KevinSmith whooped Wesley's ass though....
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* TakeThat: "I Whupped {{Franchise/Batman}}'s Ass" and "I Whupped {{Franchise/Superman}}'s Ass."
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** Jick, creator of ''KingdomOfLoathing'', was a huge fan of his, and the game is liberally studded with references to Willis - Heartbreaker, Meansucker, and Nervewrecker themselves even show up in Hey Deze.
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* ButYouScrewOneGoat: He wrote many songs about bestiality. Apparently, these were targeted at his demons, who he believed would be too grossed out to bother him.
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Rock over London. Rock on Chicago. EA Sports, it's in the game.
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Rockover London. Rock on Chicago. EA Sports, it's in the game.
on, Chicago!\\
[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TV Tropes! It will ruin your life!]]'''''
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[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TV Tropes! It will ruin your life!]]'''''
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* CloudCuckoolander: Was diagnosed as schizophrenic.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Was diagnosed as schizophrenic.
** He had an astounding gift for hyperbole, too. Check out his song for Alanis Morrisette:
-->''"You are a rocking maniac! You are a singing hyena! You are a rock star in Jesus' name! You really rock Saddam Hussein's ass!"''
** He had an astounding gift for hyperbole, too. Check out his song for Alanis Morrisette:
-->''"You are a rocking maniac! You are a singing hyena! You are a rock star in Jesus' name! You really rock Saddam Hussein's ass!"''
* {{Documentary}}: ''The Daddy Of Rock N' Roll.'' Filmed in 2000, it was finally released in 2003, mere months before his passing.
* TitleOnlyChorus: Of course.
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Rock on, Chicago!\\
[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TV Tropes! It will ruin your life!]]'''''
Rock on, Chicago!\\
[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TV Tropes! It will ruin your life!]]'''''
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He had psychotic episodes on the Chicago CTA bus lines!\\
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He had psychotic episodes on the Chicago UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} CTA bus lines!\\
