Line #17 YMMV/Jellyfish


1	* AudienceAlienatingPremise: [[VindicatedByHistory For it's time, at least.]] The band had the misfortune of existing during the {{Grunge}} era, meaning they were making whimsical, intricately produced music at a time when the Rock music scene was largely taking a more serious, [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth back-to-basics]] approach. This greatly hindered their chances of success and all but guaranteed [[ShortRunners a short lifespan]] for the band.
2	** Roger Manning's [[SpiritualSuccessor follow-up band]] Imperial Drag failed to take off for similar reasons, in addition to [[TheBandMinusTheFace the lack of Andy Sturmer]].
3	* EvenBetterSequel: While ''Bellybutton'' is already considered a really good album, the band's follow-up ''Spilt Milk'' is considered one of the greatest PowerPop albums ever made due to its lush production and whimsical melodies.
4	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The band had a pretty sizable following in Japan, even before Andy Sturmer's work with Music/PuffyAmiYumi.
5	** In a 1993 interview, Andy mentioned that they were also fairly popular in England and in Sweden, attributing it in part due to singles being a more popular music format in those countries than the United States..
6	* HamAndCheese: Andy Sturmer is certainly having fun singing as [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]] in "Ignorance Is Bliss".
7	* HilariousInHindsight: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros "Ignorance Is Bliss"]] wouldn't seem too out of place on a Music/{{Starbomb}} album.
8	* HoYay: "Joining A Fan Club" from ''Spilt Milk'' has the line "He looks so dreamy, I'm in love from afar" - the first verse of the song describes a teen girl with a crush on a rock star in the third person, but from there the lyrics seem to shift to her POV. For obvious reasons, the Music/PuffyAmiYumi cover doesn't invoke this trope.
9	* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: During a concert the band was performing in Frankfurt, the band kept getting hassled by a particularly obnoxious [[{{Eagleland}} American]] member of the audience who kept shouting things at the band between songs until near the end of the show (timestamped [[https://youtu.be/BxxtXjxUk-M?t=3960 here]]), when Andy Sturmer puts the guy in his place.
10	--> '''Andy:''' Look, dude. I know you're an American and everything, but shut the [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] up.
11	* NarmCharm: [[https://youtu.be/WHyXhu3dRKA The music video]] for Beatnik Beatch.
12	* PeripheryDemographic: The band is very well liked by even non-PowerPop fans due to their lush production and the sheer ambition present in their songwriting.
13	* RefrainFromAssuming: "Joining A Fan Club" isn't called "Picking Up A Fallen Star".
14	* SignatureSong: "New Mistake"
15	** ''Bellybutton'': "The King Is Half-Undressed" and "Baby's Coming Back"
16	** ''Spilt Milk'': "Joining a Fan Club" and "The Ghost at Number One"
17	%%** SpecialEffectsFailure: During the [[RogerRabbitEffect live action portion]] of the "Baby's Coming Back" music video, the ChromaKey used for the background seems to make the entire lower half of Andy Sturmer's body invisible.
18	* SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel: The entirety of ''Spilt Milk'' is full of so much lush production, dream-like and whimsical melodies, and beautiful harmonies to make even the most cynical and jaded listeners have a smile on their face.
19	* TooGoodToLast: The band, as a whole. They only released two, [[AcclaimedFlop commercially ignored, but highly acclaimed]] and influential PowerPop albums and then broke up. Under better circumstances, they'd probably have had more success.
20	* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Other than being the only song made for the project, the song [[https://youtu.be/cEVeto3LQxg "Ignorance Is Bliss'']] from [[SoBadItsGood/VideoGames ''White Knuckle Scorin[='=]'']] stands out because of the amount of work the band put into making it sound as good as possible.

Context YMMV / Jellyfish