History YMMV / SimplePlan

* SignatureSong: "I'd Do Anything", "Shut Up", and especially "Welcome To My Life" and "I'm Just a Kid" are some of the most iconic Simple Plan songs that sound like, well... Simple Plan songs. "Perfect" and "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me)" are very well known songs - however neither of them reflects the rest of Simple Plan's catalogue.
* SpecialEffectFailure: The music video for "When I'm Gone" features Pierre's ex seeing his face on various billboards and bystanders. During the bridge, the focus is placed on a magazine stand, where a tennis ball is launched from the cover of a tennis magazine and ricochets to various other magazine covers featuring the rest of the band, with the member in question reacting on their respective cover - however, when the shot cuts to Patrick and (more noticeably) Chuck, they wind up moving off their magazine instead of remaining confined to the frame.

** "Save You" - a song about wanting to help someone but being powerless to do so. More so than on first appearance, as it was written after Pierre's brother had been diagnosed with cancer.
** "Perfect", about [[WellDoneSonGuy a boy who failed to live up to his father's expectations]], leading to a falling out between them. What's worse, the lyrics ("Now it's just too late and we can't go back...") make it very clear that the protagonist's relationship with his father has been irreparably destroyed--either because the father refuses to accept him or is absent/[[PartingWordsRegret dead]]. [[TruthInTelevision Depressingly relatable for some people, too]]. There's a bit of FridgeHorror in it too; at one point, the singer declares to his father [[ThisIsUnforgivable "Nothing's gonna change the things that you said/Nothing's gonna make this right again"]]. What happened [[AbusiveParents there?]]

* FriendlyFandoms: with Music/GoodCharlotte.

* MemeticMutation
** "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)" is often used to describe {{Wangst}}, similar to [[Music/LinkinPark "Crawling"]]. It's often used to make fun of whining about things in an over the top manner online.

** The music video for "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)" reveals what it's ''really'' about. It turns out it's not so much about angsting about how terrible your life is, but more about driving drunk, killing someone, getting a prison sentence, and ruining your own life and future.

* SignatureSong:
** "Perfect" and "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me)" are very well known songs - however neither song reflects the rest of Simple Plan’s catalogue.
** "I’d Do Anything", "Shut Up", "I'm Just a Kid" and especially "Welcome To My Life" are some of the most iconic Simple Plan songs that sound like, well... Simple Plan songs.

** The self titled definitely had some more darker themes, such as "Your Love is a Lie", a pretty ''blunt'' angry song about the narrator learning about his girlfriend's infedility, complete with a rare PrecisionFStrike from the band and "What If", a somber lament about the narrator graduating (either from college or high school) and hoping to be reunited with a lover who never calls them back.

** David’s character of Captain Rider getting slapped by a female beach goer in the video for "I Don’t Wanna Go To Bed" isn’t as funny following accusations against David over sexual misconduct.

** "Untitled (How Could This Happen To Me?)" is often used to describe {{Wangst}}, similar to [[Music/LinkinPark "Crawling"]]. It's often used to make fun of whining about things in an over the top manner online.

** "I’m Just A Kid" became the soundtrack to a popular trend on [=TikTok=] where people got into a certain pose to recreate an old family photo of theirs by before {{smash cut}}ting to the photo they're recreating on the downbeat of the first chorus.

* NeverLiveItDown: "Untitled", "Welcome to my Life" and "I'm Just a Kid" will forever mean they're remembered as the most 'emo' band in history, even though they've got plenty of non-{{Wangst}} filled hits like "When I'm Gone".

** The music video for "Untitled" reveals what it's ''really'' about. It turns out it's not so much about angsting about how terrible your life is, but more about driving drunk, killing someone, getting a prison sentence, and pretty much a ruined future.

** "Perfect" and "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me)" are very well known songs - however neither song accurately reflects the rest of Simple Plan’s catalogue.
** "I’d Do Anything", "Shut Up", "I'm Just a Kid" and especially "Welcome To My Life" are arguably the most iconic Simple Plan songs that sound like, well... Simple Plan songs.

* BizarroEpisode: "Perfect", or "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me)" are arguably their SignatureSong, despite neither song is really an accurate reflection of Simple Plan's sound.

** Three of the band members came from the band Reset, and Simple Plan is much more well known and popular than Reset.

* HarsherInHindsight: Songs like "I Don’t Wanna Be Sad" & the accusations that half of their songs seem to be aimed at people with depression become this in light of bass player David taking a two year break from touring to battle depression & focus on his mental health.

** "Just A Kid" became the soundtrack to a popular trend on [=TikTok=] where people get into a certain pose to recreate an old family photo of theirs by before {{smash cut}}ting to the photo they're recreating on the downbeat of the first chorus.

-->"I'm sorry I can't be perfect..."

** "This Song Saved My Life", full stop. Also edges into TearJerker territory, but it's mostly happy and hopeful and uplifting.

* SignatureSong: "Welcome to My Life" overall, very probably.