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* ColbertBump: The "Ive Been Waiting" music video helped to bring ''Anime/UruseiYatsura'' and anime as a whole increased exposure in the United States a few years before ''Anime/SailorMoon'' brought it into the mainstream.
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* NoHitWonder: While he has 2 Gold certified albums, none of his songs did particularly great as singles. ''Sick if Myself'' was the only one to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 (at 58). He did have better success on the Alternative Songs charts where he had 3 top 5 songs as well as 2 top 20 songs on the Mainstream Rock charts ("Girlfriend" even made it to the top 10)

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* NoHitWonder: While he has 2 Gold certified albums, none of his songs did particularly great as singles. ''Sick if Myself'' "Sick of Myself" was the only one to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 (at 58). He did have better success on the Alternative Songs charts where he had 3 top 5 songs as well as 2 top 20 songs on the Mainstream Rock charts ("Girlfriend" even made it to the top 10)10).
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* NoExportForYou: Averted with ''Kimi Ga Suki'', which was originally a Japan-only release until demand prompted a release in the U.S.
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* OneHitWonder: "Girlfriend"

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* OneHitWonder: "Girlfriend"NoHitWonder: While he has 2 Gold certified albums, none of his songs did particularly great as singles. ''Sick if Myself'' was the only one to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 (at 58). He did have better success on the Alternative Songs charts where he had 3 top 5 songs as well as 2 top 20 songs on the Mainstream Rock charts ("Girlfriend" even made it to the top 10)
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* OneOfUs: Aside from his love of anime and a tattoo of [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Lum]], ''Blue Sky on Mars''' title is a ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' reference, "Evangeline" is about the comic of the same name (specifically, it's from the point of view of the character Johnny 6) and ''Altered Beast'' is named after a Sega Mega Drive game.
** The video for "Girlfriend" uses footage from ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'', and the video for "I've Been Waiting" uses clips from ''Anime/UruseiYatsura''.
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* OneOfUs: Aside from his love of anime and a tattoo of [[UruseiYatsura Lum]], ''Blue Sky on Mars''' title is a ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' reference, "Evangeline" is about the comic of the same name (specifically, it's from the point of view of the character Johnny 6) and ''Altered Beast'' is named after a Sega Mega Drive game.
** The video for "Girlfriend" uses footage from ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'', and the video for "I've Been Waiting" uses clips from ''Main/UruseiYatsura''.

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* OneOfUs: Aside from his love of anime and a tattoo of [[UruseiYatsura [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Lum]], ''Blue Sky on Mars''' title is a ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' reference, "Evangeline" is about the comic of the same name (specifically, it's from the point of view of the character Johnny 6) and ''Altered Beast'' is named after a Sega Mega Drive game.
** The video for "Girlfriend" uses footage from ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'', and the video for "I've Been Waiting" uses clips from ''Main/UruseiYatsura''.''Anime/UruseiYatsura''.

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* OneOfUs: Aside from his love of anime and a tattoo of [[UruseiYatsura Lum]], ''Blue Sky on Mars''' title is a ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' reference, "Evangeline" is about the comic of the same name (specifically, it's from the point of view of the character Johnny 6) and ''Altered Beast'' is named after a Sega Mega Drive game. The video for "Girlfriend" used footage from ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra''

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* OneOfUs: Aside from his love of anime and a tattoo of [[UruseiYatsura Lum]], ''Blue Sky on Mars''' title is a ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' reference, "Evangeline" is about the comic of the same name (specifically, it's from the point of view of the character Johnny 6) and ''Altered Beast'' is named after a Sega Mega Drive game.
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The video for "Girlfriend" used uses footage from ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra''''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'', and the video for "I've Been Waiting" uses clips from ''Main/UruseiYatsura''.
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* OneOfUs: * OneOfUs: Aside from his love of anime and a tattoo of [[UruseiYatsura Lum]], ''Blue Sky on Mars''' title is a ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' reference, "Evangeline" is about the comic of the same name (specifically, it's from the point of view of the character Johnny 6) and ''Altered Beast'' is named after a Sega Mega Drive game. The video for "Girlfriend" used footage from ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra''

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* OneOfUs: * OneOfUs: Aside from his love of anime and a tattoo of [[UruseiYatsura Lum]], ''Blue Sky on Mars''' title is a ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' reference, "Evangeline" is about the comic of the same name (specifically, it's from the point of view of the character Johnny 6) and ''Altered Beast'' is named after a Sega Mega Drive game. The video for "Girlfriend" used footage from ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra''
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* OneOfUs: A huge anime and manga fan. The video for "Girlfriend" used footage from ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra''.

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* OneOfUs: A huge * OneOfUs: Aside from his love of anime and manga fan. a tattoo of [[UruseiYatsura Lum]], ''Blue Sky on Mars''' title is a ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' reference, "Evangeline" is about the comic of the same name (specifically, it's from the point of view of the character Johnny 6) and ''Altered Beast'' is named after a Sega Mega Drive game. The video for "Girlfriend" used footage from ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra''.''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra''
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* AscendedFanon: "Girlfriend" was originally named "Goodfriend", but Sweet changed the title after people misheard the lyric. Notably, both "girlfriend" and "good friend" are present in the song's lyrics.

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* AscendedFanon: "Girlfriend" was originally named "Goodfriend", but Sweet changed the title after people misheard the lyric. Notably, both "girlfriend" and "good friend" are present in the song's lyrics.lyrics.
* OneOfUs: A huge anime and manga fan. The video for "Girlfriend" used footage from ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra''.
* OneHitWonder: "Girlfriend"
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* AscendedFanon: "Girlfriend" was originally named "Goodfriend", but Sweet changed the title after people misheard the lyric. Notably, both "girlfriend" and "good friend" are present in the song's lyrics.

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