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1	The Amateur Transplants are a British duo consisting of Adam Kay and Suman Biswas, both of whom are practising doctors. Parodies and {{List Song}}s make up the vast majority of their output, with medical themes and VulgarHumor present in almost equal proportions. They are best known for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYVJSOFZxDE London Underground]]", a parody of Music/TheJam's "Going Underground".
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4	!!Tropes associated with the Amateur Transplants include:
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6	* AssShove: "London Underground" ends with the line: "Take your [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_card Oyster card]] and shove it up your arsehole..."
7	* BlandNameProduct: Adam Kay states that the album ''Fitness To Practice'' is sponsored by "[=SmaxoGlithKline=]".
8	* ClusterFBomb
9	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: several of the drugs in "The Drugs Song" are listed twice, either by the same name or a different one.
10	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The entire premise of A Beautiful Song.
11	* EverybodysDeadDave: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQhiNDQeYm0 King of the Dead]]
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13	* ListSong:
14	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXROnzpsrlg The Drugs Song]]", a homage to Tom Lehrer's "[[Music/AnEveningWastedWithTomLehrer The Elements]]"
15	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGXn6HuCodE Dorsal Horn Concerto]]", to the tune of Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4
16	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bygOaphU4o Finals Countdown]]", to the [[WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire"]]
17	* TheMasochismTango: created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdDxjeccjmI a updated version]] of the Music/TomLehrer classic, making ol' Tom look like a relative prude.
18	* MisogynySong: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzFXkVpaSfo Northern Birds]]", "[[http://youtu.be/b90BRBx5mY0 Sheila's Wheels]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pXDCTbUtRY Nothing At All]]"
19	* {{Pun}}: The punchline to many of their songs, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0LxMT112ME at one point]]:
20	-->I'll tell you about [[Creator/HalleBerry a person]] who
21	-->was fairly good in ''[[Film/X2XMenUnited X-Men 2]]''
22	-->And you'll guess this now that you have had some practice
23	* SideEffectsInclude: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcrijUrDDiI Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin]]"
24	* TheSomethingSong: "The Drugs Song", "Beautiful Song"
25	* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twifP-eFEsM Beautiful Song]]"
26	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The whole point of "What I went to SKL 4"
27	* TakeThat: "These are the words that we use, but surgeons of course are excused, we can't have them getting confused!" from "In Theatre: Part One." Snippets mock those who went to rival school King's College London, while Careless Surgeon mocks Imperial College London's (which both members attended) other rival, Barts and The London. Always Look On The Bright Side of Life" mocks almost every other medical school in London not already mentioned.
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29	* VulgarHumor: as well as all the swearing, there are many mentions of bodily and sexual functions, usually from a medical perspective.
30	* WomenDrivers: "Sheila's Wheels"
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