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* {{Retraux}}: "Bleak December" has instrumentals that mimic the style of 90s/early 2000s boy bands like Music/{{NSYNC}} and Music/BackstreetBoys.
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* IronicNurseryTune: "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" has twisted versions of "Jack Be Nimble" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep" sung before the chorus, in addition to a twisted version of the famous line from "Jack and the Beanstalk" and a small reference to "Jack and Jill".


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* SubvertedKidsShow: "Barbie & Ken", a metal track which features Cody playing as Ken, is about the titular dolls having a violently abusive relationship in which they talk about wanting to murder each other. The music video takes place in a brightly-colored pink dream house.
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* Cody Carson - lead vocals, guitar, piano/keyboards
* Zach [=DeWall=] - guitar, bass (2015 onwards), backing vocals
* Maxx Danziger - drums

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* Cody Carson - -- lead vocals, guitar, piano/keyboards
* Zach [=DeWall=] - -- guitar, bass (2015 onwards), backing vocals
* Maxx Danziger - -- drums
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* CallBack: "Miss Mysterious" references multiple other songs from ''Duality'' in its outro.
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* AlbumClosure: At the end of ''Cinematics'' is "The Grand Finale", a song about [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end of the world]].
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* ChangingChorus: The final chorus in "Partners in Crime" is sung in past tense because [[spoiler:the protagonists are shot dead]].
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Good GOD does this band count. There are times when Cody starts dishing out literary-level words, historical references and poetic language to the point where things will start bordering on Shakespearean for several stanzas or at least until he starts shouting swear words again. A notable example can be found in "I'd Rather Drown":

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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Good GOD does this band count. There are times when Cody starts dishing out literary-level words, historical references references, and poetic language to the point where things will start bordering on Shakespearean for several stanzas or at least until he starts shouting swear words again. A notable example can be found in "I'd Rather Drown":
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Good GOD does this band count. There are times when Cody starts dishing out literary-level words, historical references and poetic language to the point where things will start bordering on Shakespearean for several stanzas or until he starts shouting swear words again. A notable example can be found in "I'd Rather Drown":

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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Good GOD does this band count. There are times when Cody starts dishing out literary-level words, historical references and poetic language to the point where things will start bordering on Shakespearean for several stanzas or at least until he starts shouting swear words again. A notable example can be found in "I'd Rather Drown":
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*SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Good GOD does this band count. There are times when Cody starts dishing out literary-level words, historical references and poetic language to the point where things will start bordering on Shakespearean for several stanzas or until he starts shouting swear words again. A notable example can be found in "I'd Rather Drown":
-->I'm the master of construction\\
Because I'm building walls like it's my occupation\\
If you portray a liar,\\
I'll shut you out without hesitation\\
It's an art form of consummate skill\\
O, how she plays them like the pawn!\\
Making boys drool at her will\\
Like [[AllBehaviourismIsPavlovian Pavlov to the dogs!]]\\
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* WouldRatherSuffer: "I'd Rather Drown", which is about a girl who treats her partners, including the narrator, like objects, says that the narrator would rather drown than interact with the girl again.
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* LastNoteNightmare:
** "Plastic Promises" ends with creepy nursery music and an echoing baby laugh, completely out of nowhere.
** "Skeleton" ends with a mostly calm instrumental that suddenly starts to build up and get louder before the song abruptly ends.
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** Fearless Records' ''Punk Goes Acoustic Vol. 3'' includes an acoustic version of "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing".
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* SiameseTwinSongs: The end of "Plastic Promises" leads directly into "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead".

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* MinisculeRocking: "Thoughts That Breathe", the [[AlbumIntroTrack intro track]] for ''Cinematics'', is only 28 seconds long.



* UnpluggedVersion: ''Duality: Stories Unplugged'' mostly consists of acoustic versions of songs from ''Duality'', with the exception of one new song.

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''Duality: Stories Unplugged'' mostly consists of acoustic versions of songs from ''Duality'', with the exception of one new song.song.
** ''Cinematics (Expanded Edition)'' features an acoustic version of "Dream Catcher".
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* UnpluggedVersion: ''Duality: Stories Unplugged'' mostly consists of acoustic versions of songs from ''Duality'', with the exception of one new song.
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* StudioChatter: "Happy All the Time" ends with a post-recording voice memo of Cody saying to the backing choir's lead vocalist, "I had to let you get that last one in, I'll never do that shit", with them laughing at the end of it.

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* GriefSong: "Dad's Song" was written as a tribute to Cody Carson's dad, who died of cancer. Most of the lyrics are direct references to him, such as memories Cody remembers sharing with him.

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* GriefSong: "Dad's Song" was written as a tribute to Cody Carson's Cody's dad, who died of cancer. Most of the lyrics are direct references to him, such as memories Cody remembers sharing with him.


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* PerformanceVideo: The music video for "The Haunting" is mostly the band performing on a stage, including scenes of the audience members singing parts of the song.

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* DeathByMusicVideo:
** In "Partners in Crime", Cody, [[Music/NewYearsDay Ash Costello]], Maxx, and Dan are all shot dead in a police standoff.
** In "Lonely Dance", Zach, Dan, and Maxx are killed off one by one by [[spoiler:Cody, who got attacked by an alien and subsequently infected]].



* TitleTrack: Horrible Kids, Duality, and Upside Down all have songs named after them.

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* TitleTrack: Horrible Kids, Duality, ''Horrible Kids'', ''Duality'', and Upside Down ''Upside Down'' all have songs named after them.

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** "Midnight Thoughts" is a softer version of "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead", since they both cover the topic of insomnia, but the former does not cover the [[SanitySlippageSong sanity slippage]] involved in the latter.

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** "Midnight Thoughts" is a softer version of "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead", since they both cover the topic of insomnia, but the former does not cover the [[SanitySlippageSong sanity slippage]] involved in is less harsh than the latter.


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* TitleTrack: Horrible Kids, Duality, and Upside Down all have songs named after them.
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Set It Off is a PopPunk band that was formed in 2008 in Tampa Bay, Florida.

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Set It Off is a PopPunk band that was formed in 2008 in Tampa Bay, Florida.
Florida. In their earlier days, their music style consisted solely of pop-punk, but later on, they started introducing elements from other genres, such as pop-rock.
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** "Tomorrow" is a sequel song to Dream Catcher, and encourages the listener to do what they want in life without letting people stop them.

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** "Tomorrow" is a sequel song SequelSong to Dream Catcher, and encourages the listener to do what they want in life without letting people stop them.
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Set It Off is a PopPunk band that was formed in 2008 in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Their current lineup of members includes:
* Cody Carson - lead vocals, guitar, piano/keyboards
* Zach [=DeWall=] - guitar, bass (2015 onwards), backing vocals
* Maxx Danziger - drums

Notable former members include Austin Kerr, who was on bass until 2015, and Dan Clermont, who was on backing vocals, piano/keyboards, and guitar until 2019.

They were formerly signed to Equal Vision Records, but later signed to Fearless Records in 2018, then announced they would be going independent in 2023.

!!Discography:
!!!Studio albums:
* ''Cinematics'' (2012)
* ''Duality'' (2014)
* ''Upside Down'' (2016)
* ''Midnight'' (2018)
* ''Elsewhere'' (2022)
!!![=EPs=]:
* ''Baby, You Don't Tripajaharda'' (2008)
* ''Calm Before the Storm'' (2009)
* ''Horrible Kids'' (2011)
* ''Duality: Stories Unplugged'' (2015)
* ''After Midnight'' (2020)

!!Set It Off provides examples of:
* AntiChristmasSong: "This Christmas (I'll Burn It To The Ground)" is about the narrator planning to ruin Christmas for all of his snobby neighbors, by stealing their gifts and trees and setting them all on fire.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" is about the singer calling out a person who's manipulating others while posing as a nice person.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "The Grand Finale" shows two different perspectives on what people would do if the world was about to end: one accepts his fate and waits for it to be over, and one tries to figure out how to stop it, but gives up.
-->While finding shelter for the end\\
they begin reflecting on everything\\
I mean everything\\
Of the life they spent till then\\
As rock and ash fall from the sky\\
So surreal, they hold onto anything\\
I mean anything\\
Hoping life won't pass them by
* FollowYourHeart:
** "Dream Catcher" is about encouraging the listener to follow their dreams and not let skeptics and cynics slow them down.
** "Tomorrow" is a sequel song to Dream Catcher, and encourages the listener to do what they want in life without letting people stop them.
* GriefSong: "Dad's Song" was written as a tribute to Cody Carson's dad, who died of cancer. Most of the lyrics are direct references to him, such as memories Cody remembers sharing with him.
* TheInsomniac: The narrator of "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" is unable to sleep and is [[SanitySlippageSong slowly going insane]] because of it.
-->Cause I'm stuck self-torturing\\
My meds are failing me\\
Internal clock in smithereens\\
Can't fix this, I'm hopeless\\
My eyes are stapled open wide\\
As I lay down on my side\\
I am bouncing off these walls
* OutlawCouple: "Partners in Crime" is about a couple that lives a life of crime on the run, with the chorus making references to them being inseparable. [[spoiler:They both get shot dead near the end]].
* SequelSong:
** "Tomorrow" is a sequel to "Dream Catcher", with them both having the same message of [[FollowYourHeart following your dreams]].
** "Midnight Thoughts" is a softer version of "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead", since they both cover the topic of insomnia, but the former does not cover the [[SanitySlippageSong sanity slippage]] involved in the latter.
* SingerNamedrop: "Hypnotized" has a line that directly references Cody's name:
-->Oh, me? Cody died, and it's no more nice guy season
* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: "N.M.E", which is about the narrator trying to convince someone to leave a controlling partner, references this in the bridge, with a priest asking who still objects to the couple being married. The narrator immediately speaks up.
-->"If anyone should object to this marriage\\
Please speak now or forever hold your peace"\\
Yeah, I got something to say
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