History YMMV / Switchfoot

* ArchivePanic: Eleven full-length studio albums, five live albums, five video albums, four compilations, numerous obscure {{Music/EPs}} and unreleased/demo tracks and standalone singles, and on top of Jon Foreman's solo work...the guys have released a ''ton'' of music over the years and it takes a massive effort to catalogue all of it.

* ArchivePanic: Eleven full-length studio albums, five live albums, five video albums, four compilations, numerous obscure {{Music/EPs}} and unreleased/demo tracks, on top of Jon Foreman's solo work...the guys have released a ''ton'' of music over the years and it takes a massive effort to catalogue all of it.

* ArchivePanic: Eleven full-length studio albums, five live albums, four compilations, numerous obscure {{Music/EPs}} and unreleased/demo tracks, on top of Jon Foreman's solo work...the guys have released a ''ton'' of music over the years and it takes a massive effort to catalogue all of it.

* ArchivePanic: Eleven full-length studio albums, five live albums, four compilations, numerous obscure EPs and unreleased/demo tracks, on top of Jon Foreman's solo work...the guys have released a ''ton'' of music over the years and it takes a massive effort to library all of it.

* EarWorm: "Poparazzi" is this by design.
--> ''"Stuck in my heaAAAAaaaad!"''

** Some fans aren't quite happy with the post-''Hello Hurricane'' phase, feeling that the band lost the flavor that made them interesting prior to the release of ''Vice Verses''.

* TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn: "Sorry, I'm awesome." [[note]]Originated in their 6th podcast, when Drew Shirley randomly looked into the camera and uttered the phrase; it was a literal MomentOfAwesome, and the fans loved it so much that he ended up adopting it as his catch phrase.[[/note]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Quite a bit, with "Meant to Live," "Dare You to Move," "Stars," and "Only Hope" being the most notable examples.

* HilariousInHindsight: "Poparazzi" was written to make fun of the glut of teenybopper pop artists gaining popularity at around the turn of the century. Music/MandyMoore turned out to be a fan of their music, which gained enough exposure through her film ''AWalkToRemember'' to score the band a mainstream record deal... and the rest is history.

* HilariousInHindsight: "Poparazzi" was written to make fun of the glut of teenybopper pop artists gaining popularity at around the turn of the century. MandyMoore turned out to be a fan of their music, which gained enough exposure through her film ''AWalkToRemember'' to score the band a mainstream record deal... and the rest is history.

* TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn: "Sorry, I'm awesome." [[note]]Originated in their 6th podcast, when Drew Shirley randomly looked into the camera and uttered the phrase; it was a literal {{CMOA}}, and the fans loved it so much that he ended up adopting it as his catch phrase.[[/note]]

** There are also a ''lot'' of people who only know the Mandy Moore version song "Only Hope" from ''AWalkToRemember''.

* NightmareFuel: The "Faust" and "Midas" parts of the song "Faust, Midas, and Myself" are actually pretty creepy.

* TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn: "Sorry, I'm awesome." [[note]]Originated in their 6th podcast, when Drew Shirley randomly looked into the camera and coined the phrase; it was a literal CMOA, and the fans loved it so much that he ended up adopting it as his catch phrase.[[/note]]

* FaceOfTheBand: John and Tim are both really popular.

** This was hilariously lampshaded in one of their video podcasts, when a guest musician accidentally referred to "Only Hope" as "The Mandy Moore song" in front of Jon!

* UncannyValley: At the beginning of "Faust, Midas, and Myself", an old man (implied to be Satan) is described like this: "Something in his eyes, something in his laugh, something in his voice made my skin crawl off."

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The "Faust" and "Midas" parts of the song "Faust, Midas, and Myself" are actually pretty creepy.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel -- The "Faust" and "Midas" parts of the song "Faust, Midas, and Myself" are actually pretty creepy.
* BrokenBase -- Not as harsh as in most cases, but there's a notable divide between fans who like their pre-''Beautiful Letdown'' material, and those who like their more recent stuff.
* CoveredUp -- Their cover of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr4-86rwpwg Sabotage]] by the BeastieBoys. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And it's awesome!]]

* EpicRiff -- "Meant To Live"
* FaceOfTheBand -- John and Tim are both really popular.
* TearJerker -- Too many to count.
* UncannyValley -- At the beginning of "Faust, Midas, and Myself", an old man (implied to be Satan) is described like this: "Something in his eyes, something in his laugh, something in his voice made my skin crawl off."