History Music / TheArrogantWorms

* EveryoneHatesMimes: The narrator of "Mime Abduction" is [[HumiliationConga kidnapped and then tortured and then forced to jam Cajun music and then after a breif altercation, escape from]] a gang of angry mimes. They force him to perform skits (including the Invisible Box Routine) and play the accordion for them while they sit in invisible chairs drinking imaginary tea.

So go to sleep, go to sleep\\
Little leech!\\

Go to sleep little leech

So go to sleep, go to sleep,
Little leech\\

But you're old enough now to get thrown out on the street!\\

Little leech!"''

* ChildrenAreAWaste: With a title like "Go to Sleep Little Leech," was there ever any doubt? It's sung from the perspective of the child too, for added hilarity.

* 1997 ''Live Bait'' (live album)
* 1997 ''Christmas Turkey''

* 2002 ''Gift Wrapped'' (compilation album)
* 2003 ''Semi-Conducted'' (live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
* 2004 ''Toast!'' (live album)
* 2006 ''Beige''
* 2008 ''Torpid'' (live album)

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* LosingYourHead: ''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.

* OdeToIntoxication: "Drink With Me' from the ''Idiot Road'' album, "Bottle of Booze" from ''Toast''

* SquashedFlat: "Tokyo Love Song".

* 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 more well-known than the original.

* 1992 The Arrogant Worms
* 1994 Russell's Shorts
* 1995 C'est Cheese
* 1997 Live Bait (live album)
* 1997 Christmas Turkey
* 1999 Dirt!
* 2001 Idiot Road
* 2002 Gift Wrapped (compilation album)
* 2003 Semi-Conducted (live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
* 2004 Toast! (live album)
* 2006 Beige
* 2008 Torpid (live album)

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 activism ("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.

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_pirate River pirates]] have been a thing on many rivers, including the Yangtse, Mississippi, Volga and Rhine. Probably not the Saskatchewan, though...

-->'''Lead''': Carrot juice constitutes murder
-->'''Background''': ''And that's a real crime''

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In "I Ran Away", the insults thrown at the protagonist's girlfriend include "She's a fat ugly tramp", "She smells like peanut butter", "She's a loser", "She's pedantic", and "She's a mediocre [[UsefulNotes/TheBeautifulGame Soccer]] player".

--> Farmers, bar your doors / When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!

* AudienceParticipationSong: "Rippy the Gator" and "Rocks and Trees" are straight examples. "Jesus Brother Bob" has a couple of lines 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.

* DisproportionateRetribution: ''Carrot Juice is Murder'' mentions assaulting a man for eating celery and murdering five farmers.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Pretty much everyone in the song "Idiot Road."
* EverythingsBetterWithCows: "I Am Cow."
* FoodSongsAreFunny: "Carrot Juice is Murder."
* HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: "Jesus' Brother Bob".
* HurricaneOfPuns: ''Jerry Came Home Headless'' is this.
* IncrediblyLongNote: Trevor Strong at the end of "Dangerous."

* KillItWithWater: "Pressure Washer."
--> I got a Pressure Washer, I like it a lot, [[MundaneMadeAwesome Cause it makes cleaning Destructive!]]

* LyricalDissonance

-->''If you haven't heard of me, I wouldn't be surprised.''\\

* ProtestSong: Parodied with "Carrot Juice is Murder."
* SelfDemonstratingSong: The aforementioned "Song Inside My Head."
* SelfDeprecation: Often in their live acts, but the song "Steel-Drivin' Man" is notable because even in the album version the title character - a lazy, alcoholic railroad worker who never actually works and only keeps his job because he works for his father - has is named "Mike [=McCormick=]," and performed by singer...Mike [=McCormick=].

* SquashedFlat: 'Tokyo Love Song'

* 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 more well-known than the original.

The Arrogant Worms are a three-man comedy folk band from [[strike: Alberta, Canada]] Kingston, Ontario. They gained massive popularity on the internet in the early 2000s, with their catchy tunes and hilarious jabs at Canadian culture. They got so popular that another Canadian comedy group, Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, has had the misfortune of their entire catalog being attributed to the Worms.

* 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]].

''MagicTheGathering'' did a ShoutOut to them in the form of the card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=12623 Arrogant Wurm]].

* OvershadowedByAwesome: The title character of "Jesus' Brother Bob", "nobody relative of the son of God".

The Arrogant Worms are a three-man comedy folk band from [[strike: Alberta, Canada]] Kingston, Ontario. They gained massive popularity on the internet in the early 2000s, with their catchy tunes and hilarious jabs at Canadian culture. They got so popular that another Canadian comedy group, Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, has had the misfortune of their entire catalog being attributed to the Worms.\\
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The Arrogant Worms are a three man comedy folk band from [[strike:Alberta, Canada]] Kingston, Ontario. They gained massive popularity on the internet in the early 2000s, with their catchy tunes and hilarious jabs at Canadian culture. They got so popular that another Canadian comedy group, Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, has had the misfortune of their entire catalogue being attributed to the Worms.

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.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In "I Ran Away", the insults thrown at the protagonist's girlfriend include "She's a fat ugly tramp", "She smells like peanut butter", "She's a loser", "She's pedantic", and "She's a mediocre [[TheBeautifulGame Soccer]] player".

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In "I Ran Away", the insults thrown at the protagonist's girlfriend include "She's a fat ugly tramp", "She smells like peanut butter", "She's a loser", "She's pedantic", and "She's a mediocre Soccer player".

* Everythings Better With Bob: "Jesus' Brother Bob," "A Dog Named Bob."