History Music / AmericanIdiot

* OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby: PlayedForLaughs in the musical when the visibly pregnant Heather drinks Will's beer during "Give Me Novocain".

* OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby: PlayedForLaughs in the musical when the visibly pregnant Heather drinks Will's beer during "Give Me Novocain".

* BittersweetEnding: The musical. [[spoiler: Tunny loses his leg in the war but falls in love with the Extraordinary Girl. Johnny and Will have lost the women they love but are finally getting off their asses, have their friends back and Heather is letting Will see his baby again.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: The musical adds onto the JOS plot with stories of his two best friends. There's Will who wants to leave but has to stay home with his pregnant girlfriend and Tunny who initially goes to the city with JOS but then ends up joining the army.

* BreakUpBonfire: Mentioned in "Whatshername".

* "II. City of the Damned" also sounds a lot like "Summer of 69" by Bryan Adams.

* AntiHero: According to WordOfGod, JOS. A [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes type 1]] to be precise.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is uncomfortably close to Music/{{Oasis}}' most famous hit "Wonderwall". At least one mashup between the two exists, and Noel Gallagher [[http://www.gigwise.com/news/26170/Noel-Gallagher-Accuses-Green-Day-Of-Stealing-An-Oasis-Song complained]], saying he at least plagiarizes from dead people.

* IAmSong: "Jesus of Suburbia" (doubles as an IWantSong) , "St. Jimmy", "She's A Rebel".

* EternalSeptember: "Wake Me Up When September Ends".

* CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority

Now a ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGkclalr4fU Broadway Musical]].'' An Avant-Garde Broadway Musical?

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is uncomfortably close to Music/{{Oasis}}' most famous hit "Wonderwall". At least one mashup between the two exists.

* ToTheTuneOf: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is uncomfortably close to Music/{{Oasis}}' most famous hit "Wonderwall". At least one mashup between the two exists.

''American Idiot'' is the RockOpera album responsible for {{Green Day}}'s comeback in 2004. The plot is a ComingOfAgeStory, following the [[AntiHero antihero]] protagonist, Jesus of Suburbia (JOS), as he matures from a rebellious youth to a [[JadeColoredGlasses jaded adult]].

Also provided the basis for the MashUp album "American Edit" by "Dean Gray", which remixes tracks from the album with an extremely diverse range of other songs, ranging from Music/BryanAdams and TheOffspring to Music/TheBeatles, the Bangles, {{Queen}} and the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme. It's surprisingly good and expands on the plot of the album. The band's label objected to the mash-up, but Billie Joe Armstrong supposedly heard it and approved.

!This [[RockOpera rock opera]] provides examples of:

* AdaptationExpansion - The musical adds onto the JOS plot with stories of his two best friends. There's Will who wants to leave but has to stay home with his pregnant girlfriend and Tunny who initially goes to the city with JOS but then ends up joining the army.
** The musical also has many songs from the sucessor ''[[TwentyFirstCenturyBreakdown 21st Century Breakdown]]''.
* AntiHero - According to WordOfGod, JOS. A [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes type 1]] to be precise.
* BreakupBonfire - Mentioned in "Whatshername"
* BreakupSong - "Letterbomb"
* CerebusSyndrome - Who knew the punks from "Basket Case" and "Longview" were so serious!

* CoverDrop - "She's a Rebel" ("She's a symbol of resistance, and she's holding on my heart like a hand grenade".)
* DreamSequence - "Extraordinary Girl" in the musical.
* DrivenToSuicide - St Jimmy in "Homecoming".
* DoubleConsciousness - depending on interpretation
* EpicRocking - the two multipart tracks

* EternalSeptember - "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
* FadingIntoTheNextSong - "Holiday"/"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (the music videos also follow this, since the former's - produced later - ends where the latter begins) and "Are We the Waiting"/"St. Jimmy". "Give Me Novocaine" -> "She's A Rebel" "Extraordinary Girl" -> "Letterbomb" are lesser examples.
* FormerTeenRebel - JOS in "Homecoming"

* IAmSong: "Jesus of Suburbia" (doubles as an IWantSong) , "St. Jimmy", "She's A Rebel"

* LovesMyAlterEgo: depending on interpretation

* ProtestSong - "American Idiot" is the most obvious one. "Holiday" is one, too.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The intro to "Letterbomb" (later quoted in "Homecoming"). [[LyricalDissonance Set to a cheery, almost nursery rhyme-like tune]].

* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll - The music video for Jesus of Suburbia

* SubduedSection - the "Dearly Beloved" section of "Jesus of Suburbia", "Nobody Likes You" in "Homecoming".
* SurprisinglyGentleSong - "Wake Me Up When September Ends".
* StepUpToTheMicrophone - Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt sing the parts of "Homecoming" they wrote.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth - "American Idiot", "St. Jimmy" and "Shes A Rebel" are on par with previous Green Day songs.
* ToTheTuneOf - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is uncomfortably close to {{Oasis}}' most famous hit "Wonderwall". At least one mashup between the two exists.
* TroubledButCute - Everyone.

* WanderlustSong - The last section of Jesus of Suburbia.

Also provided the basis for the MashUp album "American Edit" by "Dean Gray", which remixes tracks from the album with an extremely diverse range of other songs, ranging from Music/BryanAdams and TheOffspring to Music/TheBeatles, the Bangles, {{Queen}} and the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme. It's surprisingly good and expands on the plot of the album. The band's label objected to the mash-up, but Billie Joe Armstrong supposedly heard it and approved. It can be found on the web; I'm not going to tell you where to look.

AmericanIdiot is the RockOpera album responsible for {{Green Day}}'s comeback in 2004. The plot is a ComingOfAgeStory, following the [[AntiHero antihero]] protagonist, Jesus of Suburbia (JOS), as he matures from a rebellious youth to a [[JadeColoredGlasses jaded adult]].

* LoudnessWar: Pretty badly.

* CoverDrop - "Shes A Rebel" ("Shes a symbol of resistance, and shes holding on my heart like a handgrenade".)

* HoYay - If you consider Jimmy a separate person to JOS, there's some of this as subtext, especially in Give Me Novocaine.
--> Out of body and out of mind
--> Kiss the demons out of my dreams
--> [[IfItsYouItsOkay I get the funny feeling thats alright]]
--> Jimmy says its better than here,
** In the musical it gets a little more explicit - while JOS and Whatsername serenade each other, Jimmy leans mournfully over the balcony and sings to JOS,
--->I text a postcard, sent to you
--->Did it go through?
--->Sending all my love to you.
--->You are the moonlight of my life every night
--->Giving all my love to you
*** It could likely be interpreted as JOS' thoughts/feelings about Whatsername at the time, considering the DoubleConsciousness interpretation.

* AntiHero: According to WordOfGod, JOS. A [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes type 1]] to be precise.
* BreakupBonfire: Mentioned in "Whatshername"

* EpicRiff - "Holiday"

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Although fairly popular in the US, the album was much more successful overseas. Three guesses as to why.

---> Out of body and out of mind
---> Kiss the demons out of my dreams
---> [[IfItsYouItsOkay I get the funny feeling thats alright]]
---> Jimmy says its better than here,

Also provided the basis for the MashUp album "American Edit" by "Dean Gray", which remixes tracks from the album with an extremely diverse range of other songs, ranging from Music/BryanAdams and TheOffspring to TheBeatles, the Bangles, {{Queen}} and the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme. It's surprisingly good and expands on the plot of the album. The band's label objected to the mash-up, but Billie Joe Armstrong supposedly heard it and approved. It can be found on the web; I'm not going to tell you where to look.