History YMMV / Busted

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Busted enjoyed a lot of popularity with children and tweens, getting featured on Nickelodeon and recording songs for family movies such as ''{{Film/Thunderbirds 2003}}''. However, lyrics involved ogling a teacher's ass and spying on her in her underwear ("What I Go to School For") or having ADateWithRosiePalms ("Air Hostess").

** It's not so much that American audiences ''hated'' them per se, but the climate of the American music scene had changed by the time they tried to break through. By then, Boy Band Pop was a dead art form and Pop Punk had begun getting more serious, with the emerging Emo Pop on the horizon with Music/FallOutBoy emerging as a Pop Punk band, Music/GreenDay released their Pop Punk Rock Opera ''American Idiot,'' and Music/Blink182, whom Busted obviously drew a lot of inspiration from, had begun making more serious music. Had they tried earlier, they might've made it, but the changing attitudes of the American music scene to a more serious one caused them to fail. Regrettably, it was at a time where they seemed to be progressing to mature their writing more.

* CoveredUp: Music/TheJonasBrothers versions of "Year 3000" and "What I go to School For" are more well-known in America than the Busted versions.

** Lampshaded by James on Website/{{Twitter}} after it was officially announced that the band had returned.

** It's not even the Jonas Brothers' faults either. Busted really don't market themselves well in America, though not for a lack of trying mind you (see AmericansHateTingle above), though it doesn't stop a ''lot'' of Busted fans from getting ''really'' mad at the fact that these guys got the song popular overseas and when they see people crediting the song to them instead of Busted. Granted, this is only a one-sided thing, as the Jonas Brothers' fans generally don't care and, in fact, are pleasantly surprised most of the time when they find the original version of the song. James Bourne and Matt Willis have even commented that they don't mind their cover, though James initially didn't like the changed lyrics, due to all the good it's done, like getting their original version of the song in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.'' The two bands performing the song live in 2019 also clearly shows that there's no bad feelings between them.

* FairForItsDay: Their first album. While some of the songs hold up; "Year 3000", "Sleeping With the Light On", and the like, it ''reeks'' of the early-2000s, mainly the trademark songs of boybands from that time. Some of the other songs, like "You Said No," don't really hold up too well either with the bad lyrics in them. And don't even get someone started on "Dawson's Geek", which is a song about someone who's obsessed with the show, ''Series/DawsonsCreek''.

* HilariousInHindsight: In 'Year 3000,' the band brag: "Everybody bought our seventh album/It had outsold Michael Jackson". Busted then split up after only releasing two albums. But they still have most of the millennium to make good on it.

* BrokenBase: Which is better, the [=McBusted=] version of 'What Happened to Your Band?', or the rerecorded version these guys did for their 4th album?
* CoveredUp: Music/TheJonasBrothers versions of 'Year 3000' and 'What I go to School For' are more well-known in America than the Busted versions.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Busted was originally a five piece band, with Matt Willis as the band's drummer instead of the band's bassist. He didn't switch to bass until 2002, when Owen Doyle left.
** There's an old Top Of The Pops performance of 'You Said No' from 2002 where Charlie mimed (nobody performed live on Top of the Pops as a general rule) the drum parts. Considering that Charlie is a very accomplished drummer himself, this is a bit of FridgeBrilliance on the part of the band.

* FairForItsDay: Their first album. While some of the songs hold up; 'Year 3000,' 'Sleeping With the Light On,' and the like, it ''reeks'' of the early-2000s, mainly the trademark songs of boybands from that time. Some of the other songs, like 'You Said No,' don't really hold up too well either with the bad lyrics in them. And don't even get someone started on 'Dawson's Geek,' which is a song about someone who's obsessed with the show, ''Dawson's Creek.''

** Lampshaded by James on twitter after it was officially announced that the band had returned.

* ManOfAThousandVoices: Charlie, although he doesn't get to showcase it very much in Busted. In Fightstar it's not uncommon for him to be [[MetalScream screaming his ass off]] one line and then [[SopranoAndGravel performing an angelic chorus]] the next.
* MoodWhiplash: 'What Happened to Your Band' is ''very'' out of place on [=McBusted's=] album, being the only serious song on an album of light-hearted Pop Punk and Pop Rock music. Hell, it's sandwiched in between 'Hate Your Guts' and 'Get Over It.' ''That'' should sum up the point right there. However, it fits better on Busted's 4th album, which is composed mostly of serious Nostalgia songs.

* ThePeteBest: Founding members Ki Fitzgerald and Owen Doyle.
** Averted with Ki's replacement Tom Fletcher, as he achieved a lot of success with Music/McFly.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Their song 'Beautiful Mess' uses the exact same rhythm and melody as James Bourne's demo song, 'Gone.'
** 'Shipwrecked in Atlantis' also clearly took a lot of cues from Music/Blink182's 'The Rock Show.'
* UnexpectedCharacter:
** Ok, who in the hell saw them being invited by Music/TheJonasBrothers to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEERYu22tb8 this concert for Capital FM]] to perform 'Year 3000'?

** It's really funny how Charlie ended up singing the parts in 'What Happened to Your Band' considering ''he's'' the reason Busted broke up int he first place.

* EarWorm: 'Year 3000'
** 'She Wants To Be Me'
** 'Thunderbirds Are Go'
** '3AM'

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QclbaDc_Kdc The music video for 'Crashed the Wedding']] has some pretty impressive green screen and multiple angle camera work for a mid-2000s British music video. It's all presented as one shot with a roaming camera, the guys all play at least 5-6 characters each, they interact with some of them each, and there's no obvious chroma keying, or anything. There's some obvious places where they clearly change camera shots, or cover up where two characters played by one of the band members interact, but it's all done really well. One might wonder how long it took to shoot and edit and how they accomplished it.

** It's not even the Jonas Brothers' faults either. Busted really don't market themselves well in America, though not for a lack of trying mind you (see AmericansHateTingle above), though it doesn't stop a ''lot'' of Busted fans from getting ''really'' mad at the fact that these guys got the song popular overseas and when they see people crediting the song to them instead of Busted. Granted, this is only a one-sided, as the Jonas Brothers' fans generally don't care and, in fact, are pleasantly surprised most of the time when they find the original version of the song. James Bourne and Matt Willis have even commented that they don't mind their cover, though James initially didn't like the changed lyrics, due to all the good it's done, like getting their original version of the song in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.'' The two bands performing the song live in 2019 also clearly shows that there's no bad feelings between them.

** It's not even the Jonas Brothers' faults either. Busted really don't market themselves well in America, though not for a lack of trying. See AmericansHateTingle above.

** It's not even the Jonas Brothers' faults either. Busted really don't market themselves well in America, though not for a lack of trying. It really speaks that their Website/YouTube channels (both official and Vevo) don't have more than a few of their music videos each, and not even those for two songs either. You'll either have to watch fan uploads, track down the songs on other sites, or download the vast majority of their catalogue illegally, since iTunes doesn't have more than their second and live album either for some reason.

* FandomBerserkButton: Busted fans tend to get ''very'' angry at the Jonas Brothers for covering 'Year 3000' and making it popular in the rest of the world over the original version. They even get mad at them for not mentioning it's a cover until 2019, despite the fact that the Jonas Brothers had no reason to, since Busted were disbanded from 2005-2015.

** The music video for 'Nineties' premiered on YouTube on the same day Creator/StanLee died.

* MoodWhiplash: 'What Happened to Your Band' is ''very'' out of place on [=McBusted's=] album, being the only serious song on an album of light-hearted Pop Punk and Pop Rock music. Hell, it's sandwiched in between 'Hate Your Guts' and 'Get Over It.' ''That'' should sum up the point right there.

** It's not so much that American audiences ''hated'' tham per se, but the climate of the American music scene had changed by the time they tried to break through. By then, Boy Band Pop was a dead art form and Pop Punk had begun getting more serious, with the emerging Emo Pop on the horizon with Music/FallOutBoy emerging as a Pop Punk band, Music/GreenDay released their Pop Punk Rock Opera ''American Idiot,'' and Music/Blink182, whom Busted obviously drew a lot of inspiration from, had begun making more serious music. Had they tried earlier, they might've made it, but the changing attitudes of the American music scene to a more serious one caused them to fail. Regrettably, it was at a time where they seemed to be progressing to mature their writing more.
* BrokenBase: Which is better, the [=McBusted=] version of 'What Happened to Your Band?', or the rerecorded version these guys did?

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXwq_XmSz-I The music video for 'Crashed the Wedding']] has some pretty impressive green screen and multiple angle camera work for a mid-2000s British music video. It's all presented as one shot with a roaming camera, the guys all play at least 5-6 characters each, they interact with some of them each, and there's no obvious chroma keying, or anything. There's some obvious places where they clearly change camera shots, or cover up where two characters played by one of the band members interact, but it's all done really well. One might wonder how long it took to shoot and edit and how they accomplished it.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Charlie was this to the fans during the time he considered the band to be his OldShame and to fans of Fightstar and his solo material for choosing to rejoin Busted.
* BrokenBase: Don't ever, '''''EVER''''', try to argue that Fightstar or Charlie's solo work is better than Busted.

* BaseBreaker: Charlie was this to the fans during the time he considered the band to be his OldShame and to fans of Fightstar and his solo material for choosing to rejoin Busted.

* SignatureSong: 'Year 3000.'
** 'What I Go to School For.'