* AdaptationDisplacement: His song "Retard Bus" is more well known than the obscure punk band it is about. [[InconsistentSpelling Neither the exact name spelling of the band is known, since lyric sources differ.]]
* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** One of his better-known songs is "Rock N' Roll UsefulNotes/McDonalds" -- people outside of Chicago may be surprised that [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_N_Roll_McDonald%27s such a place actually existed]] .
** In "Vampire Bat," Wesley Willis talks about how he was assaulted by vampire birds. There are actual vampire birds in the real world, known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_finch vampire finches]], but good luck finding one outside of the Galápagos Islands.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Not just the song content, but the level of StrictlyFormula is taken up to eleven making something that otherwise would be a fault something he's praised for. Every song is nearly 2:50 after hearing that it was ideal length, follows the exact same pattern of verse, chorus (line repeated 4-6x), verse, chorus again, instrumental interlude for about a minute and a half, verse, chorus, "Rock over London, rock on Chicago" and an advertisement slogan. Many pre-programmed rhythm settings were reused quite a few times with a similar tempo.
* DancingBear: His "gimmick", if it can be called that, is that he was a diagnosed schizophrenic who created hundreds upon hundreds of StrictlyFormula songs where he rants over his keyboard's pre-programmed beats before singing an off-key TitleOnlyChorus. Both his fans and detractors acknowledge this.
* ParodyDisplacement: Many people didn't know the [[https://youtu.be/HaF-nRS_CWM infamous slogan from the software Winamp]] is actually a ShoutOut to [[https://youtu.be/JntDcqOxMsM a Wesley song]].
* SignatureSong: "Rock N' Roll [=McDonald=]'s", primarily because of it being used in ''Film/SuperSizeMe'' leading to RevivalByCommercialization.
* SoBadItsGood: Took this to an art form. His songs are [[StrictlyFormula ridiculously formulaic]], and his lyrics are basically schizophrenic ramblings, but this has made him one of the biggest names in OutsiderMusic.
* {{Squick}}: Willis has numerous songs which consist entirely of ordering the listener to [[BestialityIsDepraved perform oral sex on animals]]. He claims that he wrote these disgusting lyrics in order to gross out and scare away the demons haunting him.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The song "Kill Whitey" is about... a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin guy named Whitey who Wesley didn't like]].
* TheWoobie: Some of his more downtempo songs about his condition can elicit this response, like "Chronic Schizophrenia", "They Threw Me Out of Church", and especially "Outburst".
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