History Music / CrashTestDummies

* CanadaEh: The video for "The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead" starts with Harry from ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' saying "Bonjour, eh" to a passerby and complaining that he thought Canadians were friendly when he doesn't reply.

* CanadaEh: The video for "The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead" starts with Lloyd from ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' saying "Bonjour, eh" to a passerby and complaining that he thought Canadians were friendly when he doesn't reply.

* PumpkinPerson: The video for "The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead" has Lloyd from ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' accidentally stopping a bank robbery with a jack-o'-lantern on his head and a religious cult of people wearing jack-o'-lantern masks spawning around him.

* CanadaEh: The video for "The Ballad Of Pumpkinhead" starts with Lloyd from ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' saying "Bonjour, eh" to a passerby and complaining that he thought Canadians were friendly when he doesn't reply.
* CoverVersion: They released a cover of [[Music/{{XTC}} XTC's]] "The Ballad Of Pumpkinhead" as part of the ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' soundtrack.

* PumpkinPerson: The video for "The Ballad Of Pumpkinhead" has Lloyd from ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' accidentally stopping a bank robbery with a jack-o'-lantern on his head and a religious cult of people wearing jack-o'-lantern masks spawning around him.

* OurHeroIsDead: "Superman's Song": "I despair the world will never see another man like him."

* {{Scatting}}: "Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm."

** Franchise/{{Superman}} in "Superman's Song."
** The title of "Afternoons & Coffeespoons" is one to Creator/TSEliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
* SillyLoveSongs: Averted. Brad Roberts has gone out of his way not to write any of these, as he feels they're too easy and that there are far too many of them. They do occasionally pop up, such as "And It's Beautiful."

* BadassBaritone: One of the bands trademarks is Brad Roberts' deep, resonant bass voice, which he jokingly attributes to having a third testicle. He would later use it to take up Tuvan throat singing.

* NotChristianRock: Despite the occasional references to God and Christianity, they aren't actually a Christian rock band. Most of these deal with Brad Roberts' whimsical views on the subject and even deconstruct it. If anything, the band might be considered Agnostic rock. "God Shuffled His Feet" is a good example, where God can't answer some questions himself.
** "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" discusses a bizarre variation of Christianity[[note]]Pentecostal[[/note]] where people "shook and lurched all over the church floor".
** Two other examples are "Here On Earth" and "Fundies Never Have Fun On Sundays". In "Here On Earth" Brad discusses how his grandfather was a Christian and was happy living a strict hardworking existence in the knowledge that he'd go to heaven when he died. Brad uses this to contrast his own beliefs of living life to the full whilst he's alive and not worrying about it. In Fundies, Ellen says roughly the same thing about her own grandfather, but explains how he tried to force his religion on her.
*** "In The Days Of The Caveman" shows belief in evolution.
*** The song "How Does A Duck Know?" seems to say that everything on earth seems to be nicely designed, but that it doesn't matter because of the destructive nature of man.
*** The band haven't written too many songs on the subject in recent years possibly because of being stereotyped.

Crash Test Dummies is a {{Canadian|Music}} AlternativeRock/{{Folk|Music}} rock band. Although they first hit it big in Canada with the mournful "Franchise/{{Superman}}'s Song," they are best known for their hit "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm", a song that showcases lead singer Brad Roberts' distinctive bass voice, as well as his frequently bizarre lyrical subject matter and style.

Crash Test Dummies is a {{Canadian|Music}} AlternativeRock band with a definitely folksy bent, especially in their early albums. Although they first hit it big in Canada with the mournful "Franchise/{{Superman}}'s Song," they are best known for their hit "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm", a song that showcases lead singer Brad Roberts' distinctive bass voice, as well as his frequently bizarre lyrical subject matter and style.

* PuttingTheMedicInComedic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0YeGv5xHUU music video]] to "Afternoons & Coffeespoons" starts off with a HospitalGurneyScene of Brad Roberts being rushed into a hospital for surgery while the lyrics muse about being "a little bit queasy" and "breathing not so easy". While he sings, the rest of the band members appear in an ImagineSpot as the surgeons operating on him. Eventually, a HospitalEpilogue ensues as the entire band plays outdoors, surrounded by the dancing patients and doctors (as well as TheGrimReaper, who ultimately [[DontFearTheReaper never gets to claim anyone]]).

* RevolvingDoorBand: At this point, the "Dummies" moniker is really just [[IAmTheBand Brad Roberts and whomever feels like playing with him at the moment]].

* {{Scatting}}: "Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm."

->''Once, there was this kid who,\\
Got into an accident and couldn't come to school but,\\
When he finally came back,\\
His, hair, had turned from black into bright white.\\

Crash Test Dummies is a [[CanadianMusic Canadian]] AlternativeRock band with a definitely folksy bent, especially in their early albums. Although they first hit it big in Canada with the mournful "Franchise/{{Superman}}'s Song," they are best known for their hit "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm", a song that showcases lead singer Brad Roberts' distinctive bass voice, as well as his frequently bizarre lyrical subject matter and style.

* TheDeadCanDance: the music video for "The Ghosts That Haunt Me".

* SingingSimlish: "Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm."

* BadassBaritone: One of the bands trademarks is Brad Roberts' deep, resonant bass voice, which he jokingly attributes to having a third testicle. He would later use it to take up Inuit throat singing.

* LargeHam: Brad Roberts, especially on his solo live album Crash Test Dude which may be amongst the hammiest live albums ever made.

* NotChristianRock: Despite the occasional references to God and Christianity, they aren't actually a Christian rock band. Most of these deal with Brad Roberts' whimsical views on the subject and even deconstruct it. If anything, the band might be considered Agnostic rock. God Shuffled His Feet is a good example, where God can't answer some questions himself.

* LyricalDissonance: ''There Are Many Dangers'' has somber music. The first line of the song? "If your toast gets stuck in the toaster, do not put a fork in the toaster, while it is hooked up". Brad goes to mournfully croon his experience doing just this.

'''Crash Test Dummies''' is a Canadian AlternativeRock band with a definitely folksy bent, especially in their early albums. Although they first hit it big in Canada with the mournful "{{Superman}}'s Song," they are best known for their hit "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm", a song that showcases lead singer Brad Robert's distinctive bass voice, as well as his frequently bizarre lyrical subject matter and style.

Not to be confused with TheIncredibleCrashDummies

** Comicbook/{{Superman}} in "Superman's Song."

** As well as ''[[Music/{{XTC}} The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead]]'' and ''Fundies Never Have Fun On Sundays''.
** And a few on Demo-Litions, which were recorded between ''A Worm's Life'' and ''Give Yourself A Hand''.

* BadassBaritone: One of the bands trademarks is Brad Roberts' deep, resonant bass voice. He would later use it to take up Inuit throat singing. Brad Roberts would joke that's his deep voice was because he had a third testicle.

* BadassBaritone: One of the bands trademarks is Brad Roberts' deep, resonant bass voice. He would later use it to take up Inuit throat singing.

* ShoutOut: Comicbook/{{Superman}} in "Superman's Song."