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* RefrainFromAssuming: It's ''very'' common for people to think the song "Jilted John" is called "Gordon Is A Moron", which isn't even the main refrain. Strangely, nobody ever calls it "Yeah Yeah, It's Not Fair", even though that's repeated considerably more.
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* RearrangeTheSong: The album version of "Jilted John" itself sounds quite different to the single, since it's done on keyboards rather than as a mock-punk guitar strum.
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--> And Music/MottTheHoople are really great!great!
* TheSomethingSong: "The Paperboy Song".
* TheSomethingSong: "The Paperboy Song".
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: The song "Fancy Mice" is essentially taken from real life, as John's adolescent hobby of breeding exhibition mice was also Fellows' hobby at that age.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: The song "Fancy Mice" is essentially taken from real life, as John's adolescent hobby of breeding exhibition mice was also Fellows' hobby at that age.
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--> And Music/MottTheHoople are really great!
* WriteWhatYouKnow: The song "Fancy Mice" is essentially taken from real life, as John's adolescent hobby of breeding exhibition mice was also Fellows' hobby at that age.great!
* WriteWhatYouKnow: The song "Fancy Mice" is essentially taken from real life, as John's adolescent hobby of breeding exhibition mice was also Fellows' hobby at that age.
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--> And Music/MottTheHoople are really great!great!
* WriteWhatYouKnow: The song "Fancy Mice" is essentially taken from real life, as John's adolescent hobby of breeding exhibition mice was also Fellows' hobby at that age.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: The song "Fancy Mice" is essentially taken from real life, as John's adolescent hobby of breeding exhibition mice was also Fellows' hobby at that age.
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* AgeProgressionSong: "I Was A Pre-Pubescent" tells us about John's life from birth to his early teens.
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* SelfDemonstratingSong: John's singing goes flat when he refers to voices breaking in "I Was A Pre-Pubescent".
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* SelfDemonstratingSong: SelfDemonstratingSong:
** John's singing goes flat when he refers to voices breaking in "I Was APre-Pubescent".Pre-Pubescent".
** He also calls out "interlude!" before the instrumental breaks in "Fancy Mice".
* ShoutOut: "Baz's Party" refers to bands of the glam rock era:
--> I love [[Music/MarcBolan T.Rex]], [[Music/{{Sweet}} The Sweet]] and Music/{{Slade}}
--> And Music/MottTheHoople are really great!
** John's singing goes flat when he refers to voices breaking in "I Was A
** He also calls out "interlude!" before the instrumental breaks in "Fancy Mice".
* ShoutOut: "Baz's Party" refers to bands of the glam rock era:
--> I love [[Music/MarcBolan T.Rex]], [[Music/{{Sweet}} The Sweet]] and Music/{{Slade}}
--> And Music/MottTheHoople are really great!
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The creaton of comedian Graham Fellows, Jilted John was the unlucky-in-love narrator of an eponymous 1978 hit single and its follow-up album ''True Love Stories''.
!Tropes:
*AntagonistTitle: "Shirley" is about a woman who all-but kidnaps John.
*ConceptAlbum: ''True Love Stories'' follows John's story from birth through to shortly after he leaves school.
*DearJohnLetter: Karen breaks up with John via one of these.
*DidNotGetTheGirl: He's called "Jilted" John for a reason.
*{{Ephebophile}}: The eponymous antagonist of the song "Shirley".
*GrowingUpSucks: A running theme in ''True Love Stories'', and addressed specifically in "I Was A Pre-Pubescent".
*NonAppearingTitle: "Jilted John".
*PackagedAsOtherMedium: The sleeve of ''True Love Stories'' is designed to resemble a teen romance comic.
*ProtagonistTitle: "Jilted John".
*RefrainFromAssuming: It's ''very'' common for people to think the song "Jilted John" is called "Gordon Is A Moron", which isn't even the main refrain. Strangely, nobody ever calls it "Yeah Yeah, It's Not Fair", even though that's repeated considerably more.
*SelfDemonstratingSong: John's singing goes flat when he refers to voices breaking in "I Was A Pre-Pubescent".
!Tropes:
*AntagonistTitle: "Shirley" is about a woman who all-but kidnaps John.
*ConceptAlbum: ''True Love Stories'' follows John's story from birth through to shortly after he leaves school.
*DearJohnLetter: Karen breaks up with John via one of these.
*DidNotGetTheGirl: He's called "Jilted" John for a reason.
*{{Ephebophile}}: The eponymous antagonist of the song "Shirley".
*GrowingUpSucks: A running theme in ''True Love Stories'', and addressed specifically in "I Was A Pre-Pubescent".
*NonAppearingTitle: "Jilted John".
*PackagedAsOtherMedium: The sleeve of ''True Love Stories'' is designed to resemble a teen romance comic.
*ProtagonistTitle: "Jilted John".
*RefrainFromAssuming: It's ''very'' common for people to think the song "Jilted John" is called "Gordon Is A Moron", which isn't even the main refrain. Strangely, nobody ever calls it "Yeah Yeah, It's Not Fair", even though that's repeated considerably more.
*SelfDemonstratingSong: John's singing goes flat when he refers to voices breaking in "I Was A Pre-Pubescent".
