History Music / TheArrogantWorms

* TitleConfusion: Some people think that "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" is called "Pirates of the Saskatchewan." Despite the [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean obvious pun]], this is not the case.

* LoosingYourHead: ''Jerry Came Home Headless''. Jerry got decapitated while bumbling around town one day and didn't notice until he came home and tried to fix his hair.

* InherentlyFunnyWords: "A Night On Dildo". Seriously, with Newfoundland place names like that, how could they resist?

* TitleConfusion: Some people think that "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" is called "Pirates of the Saskatchewan." Despite the [[Francise/{{PiratesOfTheCarribean}} obvious pun]], this is not the case.

* TitleConfusion: Some people think that "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" is called "Pirates of the Saskatchewan." Despite the [[PiratesOfTheCarribean obvious pun]], this is not the case.

* EverythingsBetterWithBob: "Jesus' Brother Bob," "A Dog Named Bob."

While their songs about Canada, such as Canada's Really Big or We Are The Beaver, are among their most popular, they've also had hits with songs about other subjects, such as vegetable rights activitism (Carrot Juice is Murder), sports (Me Like Hockey), various animals (I Am Cow, Billy The Theme Park Shark), and little-known relatives of famous Biblical people (Jesus' Brother Bob), to name a few. Their music consists of style parodies of nearly every music genre one can think of, from folk to Eighties pop to country to Celtic, and even children's music (Rippy The Gator). Arrogant Worms concerts are always somewhere between jam session and stand up comedy.

* AntiLoveSong: 'New Car Smell' qualifies.

* AudienceParticipationSong: 'Rippy the Gator' and 'Rocks and Trees' are straight examples. 'Jesus Brother Bob' has a couple of line that tends to be spoken by the audience. 'Mounted Animal Nature Trail' is a bizarre example, as the animals in the song are dead and shouldn't make noise, but the crowd will make the noises anyway just so the Worms will make fun of them for doing so.
* BalladOfX: 'The Ballad of Dan'.

* ChainsawGood: 'Malcolm solves his problems with a chainsaw'.

* DirtyCoward: The protagonist of 'I Ran Away'.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Pretty much everyone in the song 'Idiot Road.'
* EverythingsBetterWithBob: 'Jesus' Brother Bob', 'A Dog Named Bob'.
* EverythingsBetterWithCows: 'I Am Cow'.

* IntercourseWithYou: 'Log In To You' is this done in computer geek jargon.
* KillItWithWater: 'Pressure Washer'

* NonAppearingTitle: 'The Last Saskatchewan Pirate' and 'Tokyo Love Song' are two examples.
* OdeToIntoxication: 'Drink With Me' from the ''Idiot Road'' album, 'Bottle of Booze' from ''Toast''
* ProtestSong: Parodied with 'Carrot Juice is Murder'.
* SelfDemonstratingSong: The aforementioned 'Song Inside My Head'.

* TakeThat: On their live DVD, ''Semi-Conducted'', a performance of "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" with full symphony back-up concludes with Mike saying, "Let's see Captain Tractor cover that!" referring to the cover version that is now [[CoveredUp more well-known than the original]].

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!!'''The Arrogant Worms contains examples of:'''

--> I got a Pressure Washer, I like it a lot, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Cause it makes cleaning Destructive!]]

* LongRunnerLineUp: The Worms have been a group since 1991, and Trevor Strong, Mike McCormick and Chris Patterson have all been there since 1995 (Patterson joined that year, and John Whytock left). This is not counting backup musicians, of which there have been several in the years between 1995 and 2010.

* EarWorm: Lots of them. 'We Are The Beaver', 'Log In To You', 'Idiot Road', 'The Last Saskatchewan Pirate', 'Wolf Island Ferry', among others.
** 'Song In My Head', a bonus track from their 'Gift Wrapped' compilation album, is a song ''about'' an EarWorm (in the trope sense), and it's an EarWorm itself.

* MisattributedSong: The Arrogant Worms are sometimes mistakingly credited with the ''War of 1812'' song and 'The Toronto Song' (also known as 'The Ontario Song' among other titles), both of which were actually written by Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie. They've also been linked to the "Assumption Song" by Vito Petroccitto Jr.

* AudienceParticipationSong: 'Rippy the Gator' and 'Rocks and Trees' are straight examples. 'Mounted Animal Nature Trail' is a bizarre example, as the animals in the song are dead and shouldn't make noise, but the crowd will make the noises anyway just so the Worms will make fun of them for doing so.

* MisattributedSong: The Arrogant Worms are sometimes mistakingly credited with the ''War of 1812'' song and 'The Toronto Song' (also known as 'The Ontario Song' among other titles), both of which were actually written by Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie.

* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: 'The Assumption Song' is ''built'' on this trope.