History Music / CobraStarship

* BrickJoke: The description for the "Guilty Pleasure" home video says that the label gave them $650,000 to make the video, which they blew on a sports car. Afterwards, the official video for "Guilty Pleasure" was released, and we get to see that the car the band blew all that money on was a [[Film/BackToTheFuture [=DeLorean=].]]

** The [=DeLorean=] from ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' shows up in the "Guilty Pleasure" video.

** "Good Girls Go Bad" with [[GossipGirl Leighton Meester]]

* FiveManBand: Literally.
** TheHero: Gabe Saporta
** TheLancer: Nate Novarro
** TheBigGuy: Ryland Blackinton
** TheSmartGuy: Alex Suarez
** TheChick: Victoria Asher

* SignatureSong: "Good Girls Go Bad" or "You Make Me Feel", their two [[OneHitWonder One Hit Wonders]].

Hits include the aforementioned "Snakes on a Plane", "Guilty Pleasure", "Good Girls Go Bad", and "You Make Me Feel...". Notable for their music essentially being sarcasm set to a dance beat, and for being ridiculously tall[[note]]Gabe, Alex, and Ryland are all above 6' (6'4", 6'2", and 6'6", respectively,) and Victoria (5'10") and Nate (slightly shorter than Victoria) aren't that far behind. Compare this to the aforementioned Pete Wentz, who comes in at about 5'6", which is also just about the average height of Decaydance musicians.[[/note]].

Hits include the aforementioned "Snakes on a Plane", "Guilty Pleasure", "Good Girls Go Bad", and "You Make Me Feel...". Notable for their music essentially being sarcasm set to a dance beat, and for being ridiculously tall[[hottip:*:Gabe, Alex, and Ryland are all above 6' (6'4", 6'2", and 6'6", respectively,) and Victoria (5'10") and Nate (slightly shorter than Victoria) aren't that far behind. Compare this to the aforementioned Pete Wentz, who comes in at about 5'6", which is also just about the average height of Decaydance musicians.]].

Created in 2006 by Gabe Saporta (vocalist/writer), formerly of the band Midtown, under the Decaydance label owned by [[FallOutBoy Pete Wentz]], it featured Travis [=McCoy=] of Gym Class Heroes, William Beckett of TheAcademyIs, and Maja Ivarsson of The Sounds for the band's first song, "Snakes on a Plane" for the movie...SnakesOnAPlane.

* AGoodNameForARockBand: Named for its connection with ''SnakesOnAPlane''.

** "What Happens on the Dancefloor", an Alexandra Burke song featuring Gabe Saporta

** The entirety of "Living in the Sky with Diamonds" is a reference to[[TheBeatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"]].

Created in 2006 by Gabe Saporta (vocalist/writer), formerly of the band Midtown, under the Decaydance label owned by [[FallOutBoy Pete Wentz]], it featured Travis [=McCoy=] of Gym Class Heroes, William Beckett of The Academy Is, and Maja Ivarsson of The Sounds for the band's first song, "Snakes on a Plane" for the movie...SnakesOnAPlane.

** "It's Amateur Night at the Apollo Creed!"'s title is partly a reference to the eponymous ''[[{{Rocky}} Rocky]]'' character and the Apollo Theater, which was known for hosting an "Amateur Night".

* WildHair: Nate grows a beard after going mad while living in a cabin with the band in one episode of Cobra Cam.tv.

* BrickJoke: The description for the "Guilty Pleasure" home video says that the label gave them $650,000 to make the video, which they blew on a sports car. Afterwards, the official video for "Guilty Pleasure" was released, and we get to see that the car the band blew all that money on was a [[BackToTheFuture [=DeLorean=].]]

* {{Earworm}}

** "It's Amateur Night at the Apollo Creed"'s title is a reference to the eponymous ''[[{{Rocky}} Rocky character]]''.

** "Being From Jersey Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry" is a play on the quote, "Love means never having to say you're sorry" from LoveStory.

* EdibleAmmunition: The pies in the music video for "The City is At War."

* FauxYay: Also has plenty of stage gay with said [[FallOutBoy label boss]], to the delight of fans, and William Beckett of The Academy Is....

* GagBoobs: Jokes involving Victoria's boobs are abundant in CobraCam.tv. Tits ahoy!

Current members include Ryland Blackington (guitar), Alex Suarez (bass), Nate Novarro (drums), and Victoria Asher (keytar). They have four albums:

* GagBoobs: Jokes involving Victoria's boobs are abundant in [=CobraCam.TV=]

* LongTitle: The long song titles extend to their tours. Cobra Starship is noted as having taken a "Really Really Really Amazingly Beautiful People's Tour". They called it "The Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour" to give a nod to ''{{Zoolander}}''.

* CatchPhrase: Fangs up!

Current members include Ryland Blackington (guitar), Alex Suarez (bass), Nate Novarro (drums), and Victoria Asher (keytar). They have four albums, ''While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets'' (2006), ''¡Viva La Cobra!'' (2007), ''Hot Mess'' (2009), and '' Night Shades'' (2011), and hits include the aforementioned "Snakes on a Plane", "Guilty Pleasure", "Good Girls Go Bad", and "You Make Me Feel...". Notable for their music essentially being sarcasm set to a dance beat, and for being ridiculously tall[[hottip:*:Gabe, Alex, and Ryland are all above 6' (6'4", 6'2", and 6'6", respectively,) and Victoria (5'10") and Nate (slightly shorter than Victoria) aren't that far behind. Compare this to the aforementioned Pete Wentz, who comes in at about 5'6", which is also just about the average height of Decaydance musicians.]].

** "It's Amateur Night at the Apollo Creed"'s title is a reference to the eponymous [[{{Rocky}} ''Rocky'' character]].

* ObsessionSong: "It's Warmer In The Basement", in which the stalker has already kidnapped the object of their affections. In Gabe's words, "This is a song about when you love someone so much you have to tie them up in your basement".

* ShoutOut: The [=DeLorean=] from ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' shows up in the "Guilty Pleasure" video.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Travie [=McCoy=] does guest vocals on "Snakes On A Plane (Bring It)" and "Kiss My Sass".