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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: They formed out of a small town in Germany in 1992, at the height of the grunge era, when very few record labels would touch a metal act with a ten foot pole. Twenty five years later, they're one of the most successful German power metal bands in the business today.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Lucifer in Love". While Edguy is not above joke songs, they are usually saved until the end of the album. This one occurs at the three-quarters point and the sheer [=WTFness=] of it all is...better yet, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hj51KRQric listen for yourself.]]

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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: They formed out of a small town in Germany in 1992, at the height of the grunge era, when very few record labels would touch a metal act with a ten foot pole. Twenty five years later, they're one of the most successful German power metal bands in the business today.
today. "Catch of the Century" even builds itself around this in retaliation to all the labels who refused to touch them.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
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"Lucifer in Love". While Edguy is not above joke songs, they are usually saved until Love", the end of the album. This one occurs at the three-quarters point 32-second interlude on ''Hellfire Club'', with soulful piano and the sheer [=WTFness=] of it all is...better yet, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hj51KRQric listen for yourself.]]a downwards pitch-shifted [[TheImmodestOrgasm woman moaning]]. It immediately segues into "Navigator" as if nothing happened.



* HoYay: To the point that Tobi sometimes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yNQO9LGpVY changes the line "What's night without the day?" to "What's Edguy without the gays?"]] in concerts.
* TearJerker: Several of Edguy's ballads, such as "Scarlet Rose" and "The Spirit Will Remain."

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* HoYay: To the point that Tobi sometimes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yNQO9LGpVY changes the line "What's night without the day?" in "Every Night Without You" to "What's Edguy without the gays?"]] in concerts.
gays?" when performing it live.
* TearJerker: Several of Edguy's ballads, such as "Scarlet Rose" and "The Spirit Will Remain."Remain".
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** The "Progressive" version of "Space Police" - it's exactly the same as the original, apart from when Tobi sings in an even sillier falsetto than normal solely during the second verse.
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* CrazyAwesome: Even by PowerMetal standards. They're a band full of [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Cloudcuckoolanders]] with over the top performances and hilarious music vidoes. And they are awesome.



* TearJerker: Several of Edguy's ballads, such as "Scarlet Rose" and "The Spirit Will Remain."
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A common complaint on more recent albums, especially with Edguy's veering from power metal to hard rock.

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* TearJerker: Several of Edguy's ballads, such as "Scarlet Rose" and "The Spirit Will Remain."
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A common complaint on more recent albums, especially with Edguy's veering from power metal to hard rock.
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* CrazyAwesome

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* CrazyAwesomeCrazyAwesome: Even by PowerMetal standards. They're a band full of [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Cloudcuckoolanders]] with over the top performances and hilarious music vidoes. And they are awesome.
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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: They formed out of a small town in Germany in 1992, at the height of the grunge era, when very few record labels would touch a metal act with a ten foot pole. Twenty five years later, they're one of the most successful German power metal bands in the business today.
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* LargeHam: In a [[PowerMetal genre]] practically ''defined'' by OTT, Tobias Sammet is unquestionably one of the largest hams in the business, arguably topped only by [[RhapsodyOfFire Fabio Lione]].
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* LargeHam: In a [[PowerMetal genre]] practically ''defined'' by OTT, Tobias Sammet is unquestionably one of the largest hams in the business, arguably topped only by [[RhapsodyOfFire Fabio]] [[{{Kamelot}} Lione]].

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* LargeHam: In a [[PowerMetal genre]] practically ''defined'' by OTT, Tobias Sammet is unquestionably one of the largest hams in the business, arguably topped only by [[RhapsodyOfFire Fabio]] [[{{Kamelot}} Fabio Lione]].
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* LargeHam: In a [[PowerMetal genre]] practically ''defined'' by OTT, Tobias Sammet is unquestionably one of the largest hams in the business, arguably topped only by [[RhapsodyOfFire Fabio]] [[{{Kamelot}} Lione]].
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* CrazyAwesome
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A common complaint on more recent albums, especially with Edguy's veering from power metal to hard rock. Of course, YourMileageMayVary.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A common complaint on more recent albums, especially with Edguy's veering from power metal to hard rock. Of course, YourMileageMayVary.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Lucifer in Love". While Edguy is not above joke songs, they are usually saved until the end of the album. This one occurs at the three-quarters point and the sheer [=WTFness=] of it all is...better yet, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hj51KRQric listen for yourself.]]
* HoYay: To the point that Tobi sometimes [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yNQO9LGpVY changes the line "What's night without the day?" to "What's Edguy without the gays?"]] in concerts.
* TearJerker: Several of Edguy's ballads, such as "Scarlet Rose" and "The Spirit Will Remain."
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A common complaint on more recent albums, especially with Edguy's veering from power metal to hard rock. Of course, YourMileageMayVary.

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