History Music / Aqua

* GratuitousFrench: The subtitles put on the speech of the cannibal tribe in the "Doctor Jones" video. ("Guys, we eat at 8 pm... And you are the dinner! As for appetizers, we have VOODOO!")
* GratuitousJapanese: The opening of the "Barbie Girl" video contains a few Japanese kana. They have never used this trope since.

* {{Pirate}}: The video to "My Oh My" has a pirate theme. A group of pirates abduct Lene, who plays a noblewoman/princess, but after being mistreated and humiliated, she defeats the captain in a swashbuckling swordfight, forces him to surrender, and takes over the ship, becoming a full-fledged PirateGirl in the process.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Megalomania, again.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: "How R U Doin" video. Okay, they are miniature cars, but toppling mini electrical poles and back-flipping midair is still pretty crazy.

** ''Halloween'' is an {{Homage}} to the SlasherMovie genre, complete with [[HellIsThatNoise creepy killer breathing]], HarassingPhoneCall [[TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse Coming from Inside the House]], EvilLaugh, StockSoundEffects of DramaticThunder, and eerie, ominous music (including [[StandardSnippet a brief snippet of]] [[OminousPipeOrgan organ music]] [[StandardSnippet playing chords from Bach's Toccata and Fugue]], or a sound-alike), topped off with TheScream. Toes the line between AffectionateParody and NightmareFuel.

* HotterAndSexier: Any subtext from their previous songs has pretty much become, well, text as of ''Megalomania''.

* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: From the album ''Megalomania'' we have this verse of ''sucker for a superstar'' :
-->''loves to ride in a limosine,
-->Goes downtown if you know what I mean''
* LyricsVideoMismatch: Most prominent on ''My Oh My'', whose lyrics is about Robin Hood-esque fantasy but given a pirate video. The song even begins with a horse sound (implying a chivalry theme), but the video just pairs it with a mechanical toy horse on the pirate ship.

* {{Pirate}}: "My oh My" video.
** PirateGirl: What Lene becomes in this same video.

* ScreamingWoman: Lene does this at the end of "Halloween", an example that is especially effective and chilling.
** A lesser version in ''Dr. Jones'' video, where she freaks out upon seeing a GiantSpider before punching it away.

* SopranoAndGravel: Lene and René respectively.

* ''RuderAndCruder'': After a ten-year SequelGap, the band released ''Megalomania'', their first album to have [[LyricalDissonance an explicit language warning]]. However, there isn't much on the album that wasn't presented as subtext in their earlier albums; it just says it much more ''directly''.

* MulticoloredHair: During "Aquarium" era, Lene had the front part of her hair dyed red while the rest was black.

* BaldOfAwesome: René, who often plays heroic roles in the music videos, and sings with his famous growly deep voice.

* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: From the album' 'Megalomania'' we have this verse of ''sucker for a superstar '' :

* GratuitousJapanese: The opening of the "Barbie Girl" video. They have never used this trope since.

* LyricalDissonance: "My Mamma Said", despite its fast pace and its unassuming title, it talks about ''death'', plus in the song itself, there is a MoodWhiplash between the emotional, grieving female narrator and the oddly-scientific male narrator.

** A lesser version in ''Dr. Jones'' video, where she freaks out upon seeing a GiantSpider, before punching it away.

* ''RuderAndCruder'': After a ten-year SequelGap, the band released ''Megalomania'', their first album to have [[LyricalDissonance an explicit language warning]]. However, there isn't much on the album that wasn't presented as [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar subtext in their earlier albums]]; it just says it much more ''directly''.

-->"Turn Back Time"

* LyricsVideoMismatch: Most prominent on ''My Oh My'', whose lyrics is about Robin Hood-esque fantasy but given a pirate video.

* SelfParody: "Bumble Bees" video.

''loves to ride in a limosine,
Goes downtown if you know what I mean''

The band's members are Norwegian vocalist Lene Nystrøm and Rene Dif, guitarist Søren Rasted, and keyboardist Claus Norreen. During their split, Nystrøm, Dif and Rasted have all achieved solo chart success, and Norreen has continued in the music industry remixing other artists' material.

* BaldOfAwesome: Rene, who often plays heroic roles in the music videos, and sings with his famous growly deep voice.
* BigDamnHeroes: Rene as Dr. Jones in "Dr. Jones", the robot C.A.N.D.Y. in "Lollipop (Candyman)" video, the whole band in "Cartoon Heroes".

* JustLikeRobinHood: Rene's lines in "My Oh My". ''"Gotta steal from the rich ... Gotta give to the poor."''

* PointyEars: Candyman (Rene) in the "Lollipop (Candyman)" music video.

* SopranoAndGravel: Lene and Rene respectively.

* AWildRapperAppears: Rene in ''Good Morning Sunshine''.

* MoodWhiplash: Each of their albums contains at least one song which is more serious than the rest, such as ''Turn Back Time'' (from ''Aquarium'') and ''Aquarius'' (a TitleTrack). ''My Mamma Said'' (from their GreatestHitsAlbum) takes the cake as, despite its fast pace and its unassuming title, it talks about ''death'', plus in the song itself, there is a MoodWhiplash between the emotional, grieving female narrator and the oddly-scientific male narrator.

Goes downtown if you know what I mean''

* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: From the album''Megalomania'' we have this verse of ''sucker for a superstar '' ''loves to ride in a limosine,

* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: From the album ''Megalomania''
''Goes downtown if you know what I mean''

* Lampshaded Double Entendre:

In their prime, Aqua's singles managed to chart top ten in a number of countries where European pop acts would not normally succeed, including the United States, Australia, and Japan. The group also caused controversy with the double entendres in their "Barbie Girl" single, with the Barbie doll makers Creator/{{Mattel}} filing a lawsuit against the group (or rather their American record label, EMI). The lawsuit was finally dismissed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2002; the opinion, written by Judge [[CoolOldGuy Alex Kozinski]], ruled "[[SophisticatedAsHell The parties are advised]] [[BuffySpeak to chill.]]"

* CannibalTribe: Doctor Jones video. Not racist at all, because these black cannibals are so un-primitive that they [[BilingualBonus speak French.]]

* ShoutOut: Plenty. "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Barbie Girl]]" is half ShoutOut, half TakeThat to {{Franchise/Barbie}}, "Doctor Jones" is a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', "Cartoon Heroes" references {{Superhero}} comics among other things, and "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Back to the 80's]]" is full of {{Shout Out}}s to pop culture from TheEighties, such as Music/MichaelJackson, Creator/MrT, and {{MTV}}.