History YMMV / CheapTrick

* SignatureSong: "Surrender", the live version of "I Want You to Want Me", or [[BlackSheepHit "The Flame"]].

* SignatureSong: "Surrender", "I Want You to Want Me" or [[BlackSheepHit "The Flame"]].

-->'''Announcer''': ALL RIGHT TOE-KYO! ''[Screaming Japanese girls]'' ARE YOU READ-AY! ''[Screaming Japanese girls]'' WILL YOU WELCOME... EPIC RECORDING ARTISTS... ''CHEAP TRICK''!! ''[Frenetic opening riff]''.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "ELO Kiddies" from the first album is a playful send-up of Gary Glitter. A few decades later, kiddies became a career-killer for Gary.

* FaceOfTheBand: The band's lineup has pretty much stayed same for the most part.

** "This next one... Is the first song... On our new album... It just came out this week... It's called... ''[[EarWorm SURRENDER]]''!" ''At Budokan'' is pretty commonly referred to as their best album for a good reason.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "This next one... Is the first song... On our new album... It just came out this week... It's called... ''[[EarWorm SURRENDER]]''!" ''At Budokan'' is pretty commonly referred to as their best album for a good reason.

* ReplacementScrappy: Jon Brant replacing Tom Petersson on bass during TheEighties. Also counts as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute given their general resemblance to each other.

** Rick's son Daxx replacing Bun E. on drums since 2010 live.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "ELO Kiddies" from the first album is a playful send-up of Gary Glitter. A couple decades later, kiddies became a career-killer for Gary.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "This next one... Is the first song... On our new album... It just came out this week... And the song is called... ''[[EarWorm SURRENDER]]''!" ''At Budokan'' is pretty commonly referred to as their best album for a good reason.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "This next one... is the first song... on our new album... It just came out this week... and the song is called...''[[EarWorm SURRENDER]]''!" ''At Budokan'' is pretty commonly referred to as their best album for a good reason.

** The opening moments of the album, before the band even gets to play a note, are riveting: massed teenage screaming of Japanese girls, a couple of drum hits, a couple of purposeful chicken scratches on guitar, and then a stentorian American voice bellowing:
-->'''Announcer''': ALL RIGHT TOE-KYO! ''[Screaming Japanese girls]'' ARE YOU READ-AY! ''[Screaming Japanese girls]'' WILL YOU WELCOME ... EPIC RECORDING ARTISTS ... ''CHEAP TRICK''!! ''[Frenetic opening riff]''.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While the band is one of small few 70's power pop bands to maintain critical acclaim and moderate success with their new releases in the US (2009's ''The Latest'' being especially warmly received), the band has been absolutely massive in Japan since their debut album and have only seem to have grown in popularity since.
* MemeticMutation: Bun E. Carlos' chain-smoking before he quit. The band even once made a t-shirt featuring him with a cigarette in his mouth.

** Rick's son Daxx replacing Bun E. on drums since 2010 live.

* EpicRiff: ''Surrender,'' ''Dream Police,'' tons of others...

** For bonus points the ''very next song'', "Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School", is about a pedophile.

* ReplacementScrappy: Jon Brant replacing Tom Petersson on bass during TheEighties

** For bonus points the very next song, "Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School", is about a pedophile.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "This next one... is the first song... on our new album... It just came out this week... and the song is called...''[[{{Earworm}} SURRENDER]]''!" ''At Budokan'' is pretty commonly referred to as their best album for a good reason.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "ELO Kiddies" from the first album is a playful send-up of Music/GaryGlitter. A couple decades later, kiddies would become something of a career-killer for Gary.

* MemeticMutation: Bun E. Carlos' chain-smoking. The band even once made a t-shirt featuring him with a cigarette in his mouth.

* ReplacementScrappy: Jon Brant replacing Tom Petersson on bass during TheEighties

* EstrogenBrigade: Listen to ''At Budokon'' to hear just how popular these guys were with Japanese teenage girls.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While the band is one of small few 70's power pop bands to maintain critical acclaim and moderate success with their new releases in the US (2009's ''The Latest'' being especially warmly received), the band has been absolutely massive in Japan since their debut album and have only seem to have grown in popularity since

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic - "This next one... is the first song... on our new album... It just came out this week... and the song is called...''[[{{Earworm}} SURRENDER]]''!" ''At Budokan'' is pretty commonly referred to as their best album for a good reason.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff - While the band is one of small few 70's power pop bands to maintain critical acclaim and moderate success with their new releases in the US (2009's ''The Latest'' being especially warmly received), the band has been absolutely massive in Japan since their debut album and have only seem to have grown in popularity since
* ReplacementScrappy - Jon Brant replacing Tom Petersson on bass during TheEighties

* FaceOfTheBand - The band's lineup has pretty much stayed same for the most part.

* ReplacementScrappy - Jon Brant replacing Tom Petersson on bass during TheEighties

* HarsherInHindsight: "ELO Kiddies" from the first album plays like a send-up of Music/GaryGlitter. A couple decades later, kiddies would become something of a career-killer for Gary.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - "This next one... is the first song... on our new album... It just came out this week... and the song is called...''[[{{Earworm}} SURRENDER]]''!" ''At Budokan'' is pretty commonly referred to as their best album for a good reason.