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Napoleon XIV was the pseudonym of the American singer and songwriter Jerry Samuels (born 3 May 1938, New York). His novelty songs focus on mental illness[[note]]Those that don't focus on marijuana[[/note]]. They're about as entertaining as they are creepy. They can be pretty creepy.

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Napoleon XIV was the pseudonym of the American singer and songwriter Jerry Samuels (born 3 May 1938, New York). His Samuels started out writing normal pop songs; he released a pop record ("Puppy Love") under his own name in 1956, and Music/SammyDavisJr's version of his song "The Shelter of Your Arms" became a Top 20 hit in 1963. However, the material he recorded as Napoleon XIV is ''very'' different. It consists of agrrssively weird novelty songs focus focusing on mental illness[[note]]Those that don't focus on marijuana[[/note]]. They're illness[[note]]and in a few later numbers, marijuana[[/note]], often featuring unhinged vocals, atonal "melodies", and minimalistic accompaniment. These songs are about as entertaining as they are creepy. They creepy--and they can be pretty creepy.
creepy. One of them, his SignatureSong "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!", was actually a Top 5 hit in 1966. However, Napoleon XIV met his Waterloo when a follow-up single ("I'm in Love With My Little Red Tricycle") and an album (titled after "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!") both flopped, and a second album intended for 1968 release (which would have been titled ''For God's Sake, Stop the Feces!'') was canceled. Since then, Samuels has worked as a booking agent, although Napoleon XIV briefly resurfaced in TheNineties with ''The Second Coming'', a compilation that combined the 1966 album with tracks intended for ''Feces'' and a few new recordings.



* BestialityIsDepraved: "Let's Cuddle Up In a Security Blanket" is a love song to a ''cow''.

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* BestialityIsDepraved: "Let's Cuddle Up In a My Security Blanket" is a love song to a ''cow''.



* LaughingMad. Many of his songs.

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* LaughingMad. LaughingMad: Many of his songs.


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* OneHitWonder: As noted his attempts to follow up "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" didn't sell. Chances are you've never heard of his other songs unless you're a fan.


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* SecurityBlanket: {{Invoked}} by "Let's Cuddle Up In My Security Blanket".
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* TheStoner: "i Owe a Lot To Iowa Pot"

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* TheStoner: "i "I Owe a Lot To Iowa Pot"
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* TheStoner: "i Owe a Lot To Iowa Pot"
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* LastNoteNightmare: "Goofin' On the Job".
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Napoleon XIV was the pseudonym of the American singer and songwriter Jerry Samuels (born 3 May 1938, New York). His novelty songs focus on mental illness. They're about as entertaining as they are creepy. They can be pretty creepy.

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Napoleon XIV was the pseudonym of the American singer and songwriter Jerry Samuels (born 3 May 1938, New York). His novelty songs focus on mental illness.illness[[note]]Those that don't focus on marijuana[[/note]]. They're about as entertaining as they are creepy. They can be pretty creepy.
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* AnswerSong: Josephine XV [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m138-Fn5Tw replied]], "I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Ha!". Meanwhile, the dog got his own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3VCx4VSAwU response]] with "They Took You Away, I'm Glad, I'm Glad."

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* AnswerSong: Josephine XV [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m138-Fn5Tw replied]], "I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Ha!". Meanwhile, the dog got his own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3VCx4VSAwU response]] with "They Took You Away, I'm Glad, I'm Glad.""[[note]]It's possible that Josephine XV ''is'' the dog, too.[[/note]]
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* UnreliableNarrator: Since all of the songs are ThroughTheEyesOfMadness, this is a given.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: "The Nuts On My Family Tree".
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* WhosLaughingNow: "I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Ha!"

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* AnswerSong: Josephine XV [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m138-Fn5Tw replied]], "I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Ha!". Meanwhile, the dog got his own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3VCx4VSAwU response]] with "They Took You Away, I'm Glad, I'm Glad/"

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* AnswerSong: Josephine XV [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m138-Fn5Tw replied]], "I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Ha!". Meanwhile, the dog got his own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3VCx4VSAwU response]] with "They Took You Away, I'm Glad, I'm Glad/"Glad."
* BestialityIsDepraved: "Let's Cuddle Up In a Security Blanket" is a love song to a ''cow''.
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* MadnessMantra: ...[[CaptainObvious Yes.]]
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* NapoleonDelusion: Implied. After all, a man who calls himself Napoleon XIV writing novelty songs about insanity?

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* NapoleonDelusion: Implied. After all, a man who calls himself Napoleon XIV writing novelty songs about insanity?insanity? Two songs, "Do the Napoleon" and "The Nuts In My Family Tree" explicitly reference this.
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* OneHitWonder
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: "Goofin' On the Job"]]... ''maybe''.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: ''One'' interpretation of "The Explorer". The least disturbing, actually.
* LaughingMad. Many of his songs.
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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: ... ManiacalLaughter.

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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: ... ManiacalLaughter.[[LaughingMad Hee hee hah hah]].
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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: ... ManiacalLaughter.
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** FridgeHorror: Who says this is the ''backwards'' version?
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* AnswerSong: Josephine XV [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m138-Fn5Tw replied]], "I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Ha!". Meanwhile, the dog got his own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3VCx4VSAwU response]] with "They Took You Away, I'm Glad, I'm Glad/"
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->''[[HumanityIsInsane So who's there among us to say who is normal?]]''

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->''[[HumanityIsInsane So ->''So who's there among us to say who is normal?]]''normal?''
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->''[[HumanityIsInsane So whose there among us to say who is normal?]]''

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->''[[HumanityIsInsane So whose who's there among us to say who is normal?]]''
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* {{Yandere}}: "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!"
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* NapoleonDelusion: Implied. After all, a man who calls himself Napoleon XIV writing novelty songs about insanity?
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* ObfuscatingInsanity: Inverted in "They're Coming to Get Me Again, Ha-Haaa!".

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* ObfuscatingInsanity: Inverted in "They're Coming to Get Me Again, Ha-Haaa!".Ha-Haaa!"



* SequelSong: "They're Coming to Get Me Again, Ha-Haaa!".

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* SequelSong: "They're Coming to Get Me Again, Ha-Haaa!".Ha-Haaa!"
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* ObfuscatingInsanity: Inverted in "They're coming to get me again, Ha-Haaa!".

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* ObfuscatingInsanity: Inverted in "They're coming Coming to get me again, Get Me Again, Ha-Haaa!".



* PerspectiveFlip: "I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Haa!" by Josephine XV.



* SdrawkcabName: The original b-side to "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" was called "!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT" and credited to VIX Noelopan. It was in fact "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" played backwards.

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* SdrawkcabName: The original b-side to "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" was called "!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT" and credited to VIX Noelopan. It was in fact "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" played backwards. backwards.
* SequelSong: "They're Coming to Get Me Again, Ha-Haaa!".
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* LyricalDissonance: Every single thing he's ever done, with the possible exceptions of "Iowa Pot" and "The Explorer," and the definite exception of "Goofin' On The Job." The latter is sufficiently disturbing to him that he buried it in the middle of the CD release of his complete collection.
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Napoleon XIV was the pseudonym of the American singer and songwriter Jerry Samuels (born 3 May 1938, New York). His novelty songs focus on mental illness. They're about as entertaining as they are creepy. [[YourMileageMayVary They can be pretty creepy]].

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Napoleon XIV was the pseudonym of the American singer and songwriter Jerry Samuels (born 3 May 1938, New York). His novelty songs focus on mental illness. They're about as entertaining as they are creepy. [[YourMileageMayVary They can be pretty creepy]].
creepy.
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* {{Ramping}}: An auditory variant: his voice gets higher and higher pitched on the chorus to "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" thanks to a variable-frequency oscillator, allowing him to gain a chipmunk voice without changing the tempo.
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* PsychoPsychologist: "Dr. Psyche, the Cut-Rate Head-shrinker."

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