History Trivia / AmericanIdiot

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: All three bandmemebers have named "Jesus of Suburbia" as their favourite song to play live.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The title track captures a lot of the despair many young left-wingers felt at the seeming invincibility of the Republicans and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush in the '00s.
*** This has lessened after the election of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump resulted in similar feelings amongst left-wingers young and old in the late 2010s, creating a bit of ValuesResonance for those so politically inclined.
** "Homecoming" mentions Creator/SpikeTV. Spike abandoned the TV in its name in 2006, and it was rebranded as the Creator/ParamountNetwork in 2018.

* ApprovalOfGod: A theater group in Pennsylvania staged an all-black cast of the musical and incorporating the Black Lives Matter movement, citing that the lyrics deeply resonated with them. Billie Joe [[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/arts/music/billie-joe-armstrong-revolution-radio-ordinary-world.html?_r=0 stated]] that he loved the re-interpretation.

* SpecialGuest: Kathleen Hanna (of Music/BikiniKill and Le Tigre) sings the opening to "Letterbomb."

*** This has lessened after the election of Donald Trump resulted in similar feelings amongst left-wingers young and old in the late 2010s, creating a bit of ValuesResonance for those so politically inclined.
** "Homecoming" mentions Spike TV. Spike abandoned the TV in its name in 2006, and it was rebranded as the Creator/ParamountNetwork in 2018.

%%** Though, considering the 2016 election of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, this album will likely [[ValuesResonance resonate]] with similarly-minded people again in the coming years.

%%** Though, considering the 2016 election of Creator/DonaldTrump, this album will likely [[ValuesResonance resonate]] with similarly-minded people again in the coming years.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The title track captures a lot of the despair many young left-wingers felt at the seeming invincibility of the Republicans and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush in the '00s.
%%** Though, considering the 2016 election of Creator/DonaldTrump, this album will likely [[ValuesResonance resonate]] with similarly-minded people again in the coming years.

** Though, considering the 2016 election of Creator/DonaldTrump, this album will likely [[ValuesResonance resonate]] with similarly-minded people again in the coming years.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The title track captures a lot of the despair many young left-wingers felt at the seeming invincibility of the Republicans and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush in the '00s.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The title track captures a lot of the despair many young left-wingers felt at the seeming invincibility of the Republicans and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush in the '00s. However, see ValuesResonance on the YMMV page.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The title track captures a lot of the despair many young left-wingers felt at the seeming invincibility of the Republicans and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush in the '00s.
** ValuesResonance: After the surprise election of Donald Trump in 2016, many people found that the album resonated again with the despair felt towards the overtly racist and discriminatory campaign Trump ran on.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The title track captures a lot of the despair many young left-wingers felt at the seeming invincibility of the Republicans and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush in the '00s.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** The music video for "Wake Me Up When September Ends" stars Jaime Bell and Evan Rachel Wood.
** The video for "Jesus of Suburbia" has Lou Taylor Pucci and Kelli Garner from ''Thumbsucker'' as Jesus and Whatsername (Garner reprised the role for the unreleased video of Whatsername).
** The musical has John Gallagher Jr. from ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'' as Johnny/Jesus and Tony Vincent from ''Theatre/WeWillRockYou'' as St. Jimmy. Inverted when Billie Joe filled in for (and eventually replaced) Vincent as Jimmy. Davey Havok from Music/{{AFI}} also filled in for Billie Joe once.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Kathleen Hanna (of Music/BikiniKill and Le Tigre) sings the opening to "Letterbomb"

** The musical has John Gallagher Jr. from ''SpringAwakening'' as Johnny/Jesus and Tony Vincent from ''Theatre/WeWillRockYou'' as St. Jimmy. Inverted when Billie Joe filled in for (and eventually replaced) Vincent as Jimmy. Davey Havok from Music/{{AFI}} also filled in for Billie Joe once.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Kathleen Hanna (of Music/BikiniKill and Le Tigre) sings the opening to "Letterbomb"

** The musical has John Gallagher Jr. from ''SpringAwakening'' as Johnny/Jesus and Tony Vincent from ''WeWillRockYou'' as St. Jimmy. Inverted when Billie Joe filled in for (and eventually replaced) Vincent as Jimmy. Davey Havok from [[AFI]] also filled in for Billie Joe once.

** The musical has John Gallagher Jr. from ''SpringAwakening'' as Johnny/Jesus and Tony Vincent from ''WeWillRockYou'' as St. Jimmy. Inverted when Billie Joe filled in for (and eventually replaced) Vincent as Jimmy.

* HeyItsThatVoice - Kathleen Hanna (of BikiniKill and Le Tigre) sings the opening to "Letterbomb"