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  • The story of Taka's recruitment into the band: Toru saw him sing, decided it was either him as the band's vocalist or no one, didn't take no for an answer, and proceeded to stalk and pester him (first at the restaurant he worked at, then via e-mail) until Taka agreed to go to band practice just to shut him up. Even better? Toru didn't tell his other bandmates about any of this beforehand, he simply showed up with a stranger one day who terrified them with his Death Glare.
  • The entirety of the "Kanzen Zaitaku Dreamer" music video. Highlights include Tomoya playing on his toddlers' toy drum set, Ryota having fun with his costume (guest starring fake gag teeth), Taka pretending to work out at home and fail miserably, Toru sitting on the couch with messy hair and pajamas staring at the camera like he's having an existential crisis, and Toru Quinn.
  • The Pie in the Face birthday tradition.
    • One time Taka was supposed to throw a cake at Tomoya when the latter was coming through a doorframe. He threw it so hard that half the cake landed on Toru, who was following behind Tomoya.
    • For his thirty-first birthday, Ryota pretended to want to break with the tradition—only to throw the cake in his own face.
  • Basically every instance of Taka forgetting his lyrics during concerts.
    • "Must be something in the water, feel like I can—oh shit!"
    • The time he messes up the lyrics to "Wherever you are" and goes on to sing about how he got the lyrics wrong and wonder why he screwed up, all the while following the right melody, until the chorus.
  • "Does a bear shit in the woods?" Said by Tomoya at the end of a Digital Tour Bus video, with zero context except the bear costume he was wearing for no discernible reason.
  • The story of how Toru once fell off the stage during a concert—he miscalculated the size off the stage, stepped into thin air, and found himself on the ground. He kept playing for the whole time until he was back up.
  • The performance of "Push Back" where Taka spontaneously kisses Toru on the cheek becomes this thanks to Toru's reaction; going by his startled face, he was not warned ahead of time. The scene is made even funnier by Taka's self-satisfied grin as he walks away. Doubles with Heartwarming Moments considering what it says about their bond that Taka can randomly pull such a stunt in front of a huge crowd and a running camera.
  • The whole TV appearance where the band members each have to create a shaved ice dish to be sold at a festival is hilarious in its entirety. Highlights include:
    • Toru being completely lost in the kitchen and trying to wrap ham in watermelon (it should be melon in ham).
    • Toru's finished recipe, which combines such odd things as strawberry jam and squid (and some more completely random ingredients). His bandmates try it and declare it inedible.
    • Ryota entering the kitchen and choosing to make himself some food first because he's hungry.
    • Ryota somehow doing a better job than Toru despite never having cooked before at all.
    • The theme for the shaved ice dishes is "rock". Ryota winds up naming his creation "Sunflower". (It does actually look a bit like one.)
    • The loser's (i.e. Toru's) punishment: drinking a particularly nasty, foul-smelling drink. Made especially funny by Taka's gleeful announcement and Toru taking a few gulps, choking on the drink and declaring he can't do this. It's even funnier if you know that the same TV show made him drink the same drink under a different name in an earlier episode, also as part of a punishment game.
  • Ryota speaking English (which, at the time, he wasn't very fluent in) in an interview, resulting in this gem:
    Interviewer: Do you like cats?
    Ryota: I like cat. I like dog. I like food. I like everything.
  • Taka's remark after recording a line of the chorus for "Renegades" (complete with high notes and some difficult pronunciation)? "Easy, peasy, squeezy."

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