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* FaceOfTheBand: Ric, mostly because he wrote most of their songs, and also because of the videos. Ben comes in a close second courtesy of being a close friend of Ocasek and singing lead on half of the songs.
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Audience Alienating Era requires that audiences be, well, alienated. Rewriting as a Contested Sequel entry as it fits that better.
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* AudienceAlienatingEra: ''Heartbeat City'' to many fans, as they abandoned their trademark power pop/new wave sound for hi-tech AOR/pop rock to "update" their sound for the 80's. ''Door To Door'', [[FromBadToWorse well]]...
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* AudienceAlienatingEra: ContestedSequel: While ''Heartbeat City'' to marked a critical and commercial comeback for the band and spawned "Drive", one of the band's {{Signature Song}}s, many fans, as they abandoned fans are divided on how the album chalks up to their trademark power pop/new wave earlier material, especially after their second, third, and fourth albums got VindicatedByHistory. Some fans view ''Heartbeat City'' as an entertaining change of pace that effectively updates the band's sound for hi-tech AOR/pop rock to "update" their sound for a new era, while others consider it SellOut music that discards the 80's. ''Door To Door'', [[FromBadToWorse well]]...weirdness that made them appealing in the first place.
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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: The MusicVideo for "Magic" is utterly hilarious. Ric Ocasek manages to wow an entire costume party by somehow [[WalkOnWater walking on water]], and when the partygoers try to copy him, they all [[EpicFail fall into the pool]].
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* VindicatedByHistory: The band's second, third, and fourth albums were generally considered lackluster attempts at trying to recapture the magic of their debut record when they were initially released. Today however, they're much better-regarded and are widely considered classics in American NewWaveMusic, [[PosthumousPopularityPotential especially after Benjamin Orr and Ric Ocasek's untimely deaths in 2000 and 2019, respectively.]]
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* VindicatedByHistory: The band's second, third, and fourth albums were generally considered lackluster attempts at trying to recapture the magic of their debut record when they were initially released. Today however, they're much better-regarded and are widely considered classics in American NewWaveMusic, [[PosthumousPopularityPotential especially after Benjamin Orr and Ric Ocasek's untimely deaths in 2000 and 2019, respectively.]]respectively]].
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Were Still Relevant Dammit is not a trope anymore
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* AudienceAlienatingEra: ''Heartbeat City'' to many fans, as they abandoned their trademark power pop/new wave sound for hi-tech AOR/pop rock to "[[WereStillRelevantDammit update]]" their sound for the 80's. ''Door To Door'', [[FromBadToWorse well]]...
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* AudienceAlienatingEra: ''Heartbeat City'' to many fans, as they abandoned their trademark power pop/new wave sound for hi-tech AOR/pop rock to "[[WereStillRelevantDammit update]]" "update" their sound for the 80's. ''Door To Door'', [[FromBadToWorse well]]...
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* AudienceAlienatingEra: ''Heartbeat City'' to many fans, as they abandoned their trademark power pop/new wave sound for hi-tech AOR/pop rock to "[[WereStillRelevantDammit update]]" their sound for the 80's. ''Door To Door'', [[FromBadToWorse well]]...
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* DorkAge: ''Heartbeat City'' to many fans, as they abandoned their trademark power pop/new wave sound for hi-tech AOR/pop rock to "[[WereStillRelevantDammit update]]" their sound for the 80's. ''Door To Door'', [[FromBadToWorse well]]...
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* FandomEnragingMisconception: It's easy to tell who's a fan and who isn't by how they pronounce Ric's last name — "Ocasek" rhymes with "classic," not "basic." Also, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS don't spell his first name]] "O'''k'''asek". And ''there is no k'' in "Ric."
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* {{Adorkable}}: Ric practically [[UrExample invented]] the de facto "dork rock" look that took off in the '90s, due to this response to both his voice and his appearance. Especially on his less-cynical songs like "Victim of Love" and "Magic". He .
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* {{Adorkable}}: Ric practically [[UrExample invented]] the de facto "dork rock" look that took off in the '90s, due to this response to both his voice and his appearance. Especially on his less-cynical songs like "Victim of Love" and "Magic". He .
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* DorkAge: ''Heartbeat City'' to many fans, as they abandoned their trademark power pop/new wave sound for hi-tech AOR/pop rock to "[[WereStillRelevantDammit update]]" their sound for the 80's. "Door To Door", [[FromBadToWorse well]]...
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* DorkAge: ''Heartbeat City'' to many fans, as they abandoned their trademark power pop/new wave sound for hi-tech AOR/pop rock to "[[WereStillRelevantDammit update]]" their sound for the 80's. "Door ''Door To Door", Door'', [[FromBadToWorse well]]...
