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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Part of the reason the show ended so quickly is because HBO, when offering them more episodes, wanted to remove Gass and Black as executive producers. Balking at this, they instead decided to record an album, and then produce a movie (which became ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'').

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Part of the reason the show ended so quickly is because HBO, when offering them more episodes, wanted to remove Gass and Black as executive producers. Balking at this, they instead decided to record an album, and then produce a movie (which became ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'').''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'').
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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Music/TheKinks also have a song called "Wonderboy", released as a single in 1968.
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* SequelGap: Barring their debut, every one of the band's albums released 5 or 6 years after its predecessor.
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* SavedForTheSequel: "History" did not appear on the band's first album despite being effectively the theme song to their TV series. It is likely that this was purposefully done so they could recreate their first open mic scene in the movie without repeating any songs from said album.

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* SavedForTheSequel: "History" did not appear on the band's first album despite being effectively the theme song to their TV series.series, but it was used on "The Pick Of Destiny". It is likely that this was purposefully done so they could recreate their first open mic scene in the movie without repeating any songs from said album.
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* SavedForTheSequel: "History" did not appear on the band's first album despite being effectively the theme song to their TV series. It is likely that this was purposefully done so they could recreate their first open mic scene in the movie without repeating any songs from said album.
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* ActingForTwo: Scott Adsit's appearance in "The Greatest Song In The World" where he plays both a grumpy neighbour and [[{{Satan}} the Devil]].
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* ApprovalOfGod: Music/RonnieJamesDio was very flattered by the band's song about him, to the point where he agreed to cameo in ''The Pick of Destiny''. While it's true that the song tells Dio to retire because he's "too old to rock", Dio was apparently nonetheless flattered that Kage and Jables wanted to take up ''his'' mantle specifically.
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* HeAlsoDid: Kyle Gass had a few noteworthy bit parts throughout the 2000s: he was the lawyer in Music/GoodCharlotte's video for "Lifestyles of The Rich and Famous," one of two staff writers at Walter's publishing company in ''Film/{{Elf}}'' and cameoed in ''Film/WildHogs'' as a karaoke singer.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The release of their song "5 Needs" from Film/{{Biodome}} only got a release through pre-orders of Rize of the Fenix on iTunes, so unless you pre-ordered it, you're shit out of luck finding a good quality version of the song.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The KeepCirculatingTheTapes
** "5 Needs," featured in the band's cameo in ''Film/{{Biodome}}'', didn't see an official
release until ''Rize of their song "5 Needs" from Film/{{Biodome}} only got the Fenix'' in 2012, and ''only'' through a limited-time pre-order offer on [=iTunes=]. It wouldn't see a proper wide release through pre-orders until 2020.
** Their EP, ''D Fun Pak'', only had one print run and now goes for close to a thousand dollars on resale sites, though bootlegs
of Rize of the Fenix it appear on iTunes, so unless you pre-ordered it, you're shit out of luck finding a good quality version of the song.[=YouTube=] from time to time.

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* TheCastShowOff: The snippets of classical music that occasionally pop up aren't ''just'' SophisticatedAsHell. Kyle Gass has a degree in classical guitar.



* TheCastShowOff: The snippets of classical music in "Classico" aren't ''just'' SophisticatedAsHell. Kyle Gass has a degree in classical music.
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!!Trivia about the [[Music/TenaciousD band]]:
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The release of their song "5 Needs" from Film/{{Biodome}} only got a release through pre-orders of Rize of the Fenix on iTunes, so unless you pre-ordered it, you're shit out of luck finding a good quality version of the song.
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* TheCastShowOff: The snippets of classical music in "Classico" aren't ''just'' SophistocatedAsHell. Kyle Gass has a degree in classical music.

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* TheCastShowOff: The snippets of classical music in "Classico" aren't ''just'' SophistocatedAsHell.SophisticatedAsHell. Kyle Gass has a degree in classical music.
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* TheCastShowOff: The snippets of classical music in "Classico" aren't ''just'' SophistocatedAsHell. Kyle Gass has a degree in classical music.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Part of the reason the [[Series/TenaciousD show]] ended so quickly is because HBO, when offering them more episodes, wanted to remove Gass and Black as executive producers. Balking at this, they instead decided to record an album, and then produce a movie (which became ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'').

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!!Trivia about the [[Series/TenaciousD TV series]]:
* TheDanza: Paul, the open mic host, played by Paul F. Tompkins. And of course, Jack Black and Kyle Gass are also their real names.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Part of the reason the [[Series/TenaciousD show]] show ended so quickly is because HBO, when offering them more episodes, wanted to remove Gass and Black as executive producers. Balking at this, they instead decided to record an album, and then produce a movie (which became ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'').
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Part of the reason the [[Series/TenaciousD show]] ended so quickly is because HBO, when offering them more episodes, wanted to remove Gass and Black as executive producers. Balking at this, they instead decided to record an album, and then produce a movie (which became ''Film/TenaciousDThePickOfDestiny'').

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Part of the reason the [[Series/TenaciousD show]] ended so quickly is because HBO, when offering them more episodes, wanted to remove Gass and Black as executive producers. Balking at this, they instead decided to record an album, and then produce a movie (which became ''Film/TenaciousDThePickOfDestiny'').''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'').
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Part of the reason the [[Series/TenaciousD show]] ended so quickly is because HBO, when offering them more episodes, wanted to remove Gass and Black as executive producers. Balking at this, they instead decided to record an album, and then produce a movie (which became ''Film/TenaciousDThePickOfDestiny'').

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