History Trivia / TheOffspring

** There exists an alternate version of "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" with extra words in the chorus. It's never been publicly released, but it can be heard on the radio. One station that airs this version is CFWF-FM (104.9 The Wolf, "Regina's Rock Station").

* TropeNamer: PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy

* ChartDisplacement: Their breakout singles from ''Smash'' only entered the Airplay charts. One of their #1 hits in the Alternative Charts, "Hit That", is not as big as the other two ("Come Out and Play" and "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid"). And their Mainstream #1's are a much sadder song ("Gone Away") and two that came late in their career ("Coming For You" and "Let the Bad Times Roll").

* DevelopmentHell: The band began working on a follow-up to ''Days Go By'' as early as 2013, just a year after the album had come out. A single was released in 2015, along with the promise of an album later that year. Then 2016. Then 2017. Then 2018, 2019, and 2020 went by with promised release dates coming and going before ''Let the Bad Times Roll'' finally released in April 2021, a full eight years after development began. Among smaller things, the band dealt with record label shakeups, the acrimonious departure of founding bassist Greg K., and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic pushed the album back multiple times while forcing rewrites and re-recordings.

** There exists an alternate version of "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" with extra words in the chorus. One station that airs this version is CFWF-FM (104.9 The Wolf, "Regina's Rock Station").

* DevelopmentHell: The band began working on a follow-up to ''Days Go By'' as early as 2013, just a year after the album had come out. A single was released in 2015, along with the promise of an album later that year. Then 2016. Then 2017. Then 2018, 2019, and 2020 went by with promised release dates coming and going before ''Let the Bad Times Roll'' finally released in April 2021, a full eight years after development began. Among smaller things, the band dealt with record label shakeups, the acrimonious departure of founding bassist Greg K., and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic pushed the album back multiple times while forcing rewrites and rerecordings.

* FanNickname: Fans generally refer to the nameless protagonist of the ''Dividing by Zero/Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell'' video as, well, Slim Pickens. His ordeal in the latter half seems apt enough.

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* QuoteSource: UnwantedSpouse and AxesAtSchool.

* FanNickname: Fans generally refer to the nameless protagonist of the Dividing by Zero/Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell video as, well, Slim Pickens. His ordeal in the latter half seems apt enough.

* ChartDisplacement: Their breakout singles from ''Smash'' only entered the Airplay charts. One of their #1 hits in the Alternative Charts, "Hit That", is not as big as the other two ("Come Out and Play" and "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid"). And their Mainstream #1's are a much sadder song ("Gone Away") and one that came late in their career ("Coming For You").

* TheCameo: Guy Cohen, who played the titular role in "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" music video makes a brief appearance as this character towards the end of "Why Don't You Get a Job?".

* QuoteSource: UnwantedSpouse.

* TheCameo: Guy Cohen, who played the titular role in "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" music video makes a bried appearance as this character towards the end of "Why Don't You Get a Job?".

* TheCameo: Guy Cohen, who played the titular role in "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" music video makes a bried appearance as this character towards the end of "Why Don't You Get a Job?".

* BreakthroughHit: Album-wise, ''Smash''. Single-wise, "Come Out and Play".