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The band maintains an official website that can be visited [[https://wheatus.com/home here]].


Asides from "Teenage Dirtbag", the band is mostly known for their self-titled first album (the only one to make any real headway in the charts), where the song came from. Their songs follow a hyperactive style and are often vulgar. Brendan is also known for his fondness for sunglasses and hats.

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Asides from "Teenage Dirtbag", the band is mostly known for their self-titled first debut album (the only one to make any real headway in the charts), where the song came from. Their songs follow a hyperactive style and are often vulgar. Brendan is also known for his fondness for sunglasses and hats.


* ZombieApocalypse: The digital release of ''The Valentine LP'' includes aPDF comic titled "Valentine Comic", which, asides from romance, is centered around a zombie apocalypse.

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* ZombieApocalypse: The digital release of ''The Valentine LP'' includes aPDF a PDF comic titled "Valentine Comic", which, asides from the album's signature romance, is centered around a zombie apocalypse.



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* {{Spoonerism}}: The re-release title of ''Hand Over Your Loved Ones'', ''Suck Fony'' ("Fuck Sony"), meant to be a TakeThat to the owner of their former record label Columbia Records, Sony Music Entertainment.

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* {{Spoonerism}}: The re-release title of ''Hand Over Your Loved Ones'', ''Suck Fony'' ("Fuck Sony"), meant to be a TakeThat to the owner of their former record label Columbia Records, Sony Music Entertainment.


* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "Teenage Dirtbag" uses clips from ''Film/Loser2000''. They managed to still make the video follow the plot of the song's lyrics, by deliberately taking scenes out of context and adding new footage of the film's lead actors, Jason Biggs and Mina Suvari. In the end the whole video is implied to be JustADream / hallucination Paul (Jason's character in the movie) has after bumping his head and passing out.

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* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "Teenage Dirtbag" uses clips from ''Film/Loser2000''. They managed to still make the video follow the plot of the song's lyrics, by deliberately taking scenes out of context and adding new footage of the film's lead actors, Jason Biggs and Mina Suvari. In the end the whole video is implied to be JustADream / hallucination Paul (Jason's character in the movie) has after bumping his head and passing out.


* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "Teenage Dirtbag" uses clips from ''Film/Loser2000''. They managed to still make the video follow the plot of the song's lyrics, by deliberately taking scenes out of context and adding new footage of the film's lead actors, Jason Biggs and Mina Suvari.

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* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "Teenage Dirtbag" uses clips from ''Film/Loser2000''. They managed to still make the video follow the plot of the song's lyrics, by deliberately taking scenes out of context and adding new footage of the film's lead actors, Jason Biggs and Mina Suvari. In the end the whole video is implied to be JustADream / hallucination Paul (Jason's character in the movie) has after bumping his head and passing out.


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* CoolShades[=/=]NiceHat: Brendan sports these in the videos for "Teenage Dirtbag" and "Wannabe Gangstar".

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* CoolShades[=/=]NiceHat: CoolShades: Brendan sports these in the videos for "Teenage Dirtbag" and "Wannabe Gangstar".


* CoverVersion: Of "A Little Respect" by Music/{{Erasure}}.

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* CoverVersion: Of "A Little Respect" by Music/{{Erasure}}.Music/{{Erasure}} which actually charted one place higher than the original in the UK.

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* CoverVersion: Of "A Little Respect" by Music/{{Erasure}}.


** "Punk Ass Bitch" was given a new set of lyrics to become the
"Chan's The Man" Bragging Theme Tune for ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''.

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** "Punk Ass Bitch" was given a new set of lyrics to become the
the "Chan's The Man" Bragging Theme Tune BraggingThemeTune for ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''.


* {{Bowdlerize}}: The line "He brings a gun to school" in "Teenage Dirtbag" was muted in most early releases of the song, because, according to Brendan, it was written and recorded barely a year after the UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} massacre.

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* {{Bowdlerize}}: AllJustADream: The VideoFullOfFilmClips for "Teenage Dirtbag" ends with the protagonist of ''[[Film/Loser2000 Loser]]'' getting the girl before waking up at his desk.
* {{Bowdlerize}}:
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The line "He brings a gun to school" in "Teenage Dirtbag" was muted in most early releases of the song, because, according to Brendan, it was written and recorded barely a year after the UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} massacre.massacre.
** "Punk Ass Bitch" was given a new set of lyrics to become the
"Chan's The Man" Bragging Theme Tune for ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''.


* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "Teenage Dirtbag" uses clips from ''Film/{{Loser}}''. They managed to still make the video follow the plot of the song's lyrics, by deliberately taking scenes out of context and adding new footage of the film's lead actors, Jason Biggs and Mina Suvari.

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* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "Teenage Dirtbag" uses clips from ''Film/{{Loser}}''.''Film/Loser2000''. They managed to still make the video follow the plot of the song's lyrics, by deliberately taking scenes out of context and adding new footage of the film's lead actors, Jason Biggs and Mina Suvari.


* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "Teenage Dirtbag" uses clips from ''Film/{{Loser}}''. They managed to still make the video follow the plot of the song's lyrics, by deliberately taking scenes out of context and adding new footage of Jason Biggs and Mina Suvari.

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* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "Teenage Dirtbag" uses clips from ''Film/{{Loser}}''. They managed to still make the video follow the plot of the song's lyrics, by deliberately taking scenes out of context and adding new footage of the film's lead actors, Jason Biggs and Mina Suvari.

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