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[[caption-width-right:300:Thomas Anders (left) and Dieter Bohlen (right)]]
German pop duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen, formed in 1984, disbanded in 1987, before reuniting from 1998-2003, remixing some of the most successful hits from their original run like "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" and "Brother Louie", and regaining their popularity as Germany's top music group.

An African-American rapper, Eric Singleton, occasionally appeared in some of their music videos.

A few years after the group split up again, Bohlen was the subject of an animated film called ''Dieter: Der Film'', with Bohlen narrating and his cartoon self voiced by Bertram Hiese. The film focuses on Bohlen's career in music and personal life, with Anders also making an appearance.

!!This provides examples of the following:

* EightiesHair: Bohlen's mullet in the 80's.
* AfterTheEnd: Implied in the music video to "Don't Take Away My Heart".
* BadassLongcoat: Relatively uncommon during their second stint.
* CoolCar: Some of the cars featured in their music videos include a Porsche, a Jaguar, a Cadillac, a Mercedes Benz convertible, a Ford Mustang and a Limousine, to name a few.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** On the first album, "There's Too Much Blue in Missing You" has Dieter Bohlen singing the song.
** The first music video to "You're My Heart You're My Soul" features Bohlen before his mullet.
* {{Europop}}: Eurodisco in their first stint, Eurodance in their second stint.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: The man present in the "You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98" video entered a series of clubs around the world with the goggles while the song was playing.
* HellBentForLeather: Their second stint (1998-2003) saw them exchange their colorful fashion from the '80s from all-black leather ensembles.
* IHaveManyNames: Initially during the first run, Dieter Bohlen went under the aliases of Steve Benson (who 'wrote' "You're My Heart, You're My Soul") and Ryan Simmons early on.
* IdiosyncraticWipes: "Juliet" has plenty of transitional wipes for some reason, most of them being stars and a predominantly gold-ish flashing light.
* IntercourseWithYou: Some of their songs do fall into this, including "Sexy, Sexy Lover".
* ItaloDisco: Their first incarnation.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Anders, during the first stint.
* LoveIsACrime: "In 100 Years" implies that love will be illegal by then.
* PepTalkSong: "Win the Race" is full of this trope.
* PerpetualSmiler: Virtually most of their albums in their second run feature both or at least one of them smiling.
* SharpDressedMan:
** Their album "Back for Good" features Anders and Bohlen respectively wearing white and black suits.
** When you watch any of their music videos in the second stint, expect to see either one of them in a suit.
* SillyLoveSongs: They have a good list of songs that fall under this trope; "You're My Heart, You're My Soul", "Cheri, Cheri Lady", "Atlantis is Calling"...
* TheStinger:
** In the music video to "You Can Win if You Want", both Anders and Bohlen leave the film set of the music video and drive off in separate cars. Bohlen does so after signing an autograph for a fangirl.
** The music video to "You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98" shows the man getting out of the booth with the song over... [[HereWeGoAgain while another enters moments before the music video ends]].
* VideoFullOfFilmClips: The "Brother Louie" video, besides footage of Anders and Bohlen playing at a party, heavily features clips from ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica''.
* TakeOffYourClothes: "Sexy Sexy Lover".
* AWildRapperAppears: During the duo's second stint together, rapper Eric Singleton made several appearances, notably on the remixed hits and Maxi single versions of Modern Talking songs.
* YouAreNotAlone: In fact, it's one of their titled songs.

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