History YMMV / Blink182

** Many people consider Travis to be the most famous (and talented) member. He's fairly well-known outside of the pop punk scene, as he can often be found collaborating with hip hop artists since recent years.

** Most other joke songs also qualify as this, especially Family Reunion, Happy Holidays You Bastard, and Depends.

** Subjective; both Tom and Mark sing an equal number of songs, with Mark being known for "Dammit" and "What's My Age Again" and Tom for "All the Small Things". Travis meanwhile is known mainly for his overall drumming talent, his reality TV show, and his near-death experience.
** Most older fans however, consider Mark to be the "true" face of the band; in part because Mark is "more punk" than Tom, whose tendency towards the emo-sound (and aesthetics; mind you, he had an emo fringe long before the emo trend went big all over the world, with fringes and all!) alienated some fans. Not to mention that all of their earlier singles (and as a result, videos) were written and sung by Mark ("M&Ms", "Dammit", "Josie" and "What's My Age Again"). It was only with "All the Small Things" that the tables were turned singles-wise (which is also video-wise). Album-wise, they tended to have opening and closing tracks written and sung by Tom most of the time, which hasn't changed so far.
** Many people consider Travis to be the most famous (and talented) member. He is fairly well-known even outside of the pop punk scene, as he can often be found collaborating with rap and hip hop artists in recent years.

* EpilepticTrees: Debates on whether or not Tom is ''really'' out of blink-182 seems to be the case despite Matt being in the band now. This is not helped by Tom's insistence that he still is a member and his peace with Travis seem to imply this, but Mark's implied animosity towards Tom makes it debatable.
** As of 2019, Mark and Tom have been seen lightly interacting with each other over social media which has only fueled the flames more. Mark has also given Tom a small shout-out before Aliens Exist is played live. Many now believe there is at least no ill will from either side, but the question of whether Tom will ever return to the band is still uncertain.
* FaceOfTheBand: Subjective; both Tom and Mark sing an equal number of songs, with Mark being known for "Dammit" and "What's My Age Again" and Tom for "All the Small Things". Travis meanwhile is known mainly for his overall drumming talent, his reality TV show, and his near death experience.
** Most older fans however, consider Mark to be the "true" face of the band however; in part because Mark is "more punk" than Tom, whose tendency towards the emo-sound (and aesthetics; mind you, he had an emo fringe long before the emo trend went big all over the world, with fringes and all!) alienated some fans.
** Not to mention that all of their earlier singles (and as a result, videos) were written and sung by Mark ("M&Ms", "Dammit", "Josie" and "What's My Age Again"). It was only with "All the Small Things" that the tables were turned singles-wise (which is also video-wise). Album-wise, they tended to have opening and closing tracks written and sung by Tom most of the time, which hasn't changed so far.

* {{Mondegreen}}: "I walk alone, to get the feeling right." from What's My Age Again. The real lyric is "I wore cologne, to get the feeling right."

* NeverLiveItDown: The general public's first impression of them was as a psudo-joke band who wrote songs about juvenile things and seemed to deliberately resist maturing (one of their songs is [[GrowingUpSucks called "What's My Age Again?" for a reason]]), and to most who knew them from their mainstream breakthrough, they'll always be the band with [[BestKnownForTheFanservice the stripper prepping for an anal probe]] on the album cover and not the more emotionally mature band they eventually became.

** "All the Small Things" and "First Date" have become this, in light of Tom's divorce from his wife Jennifer. Both songs heavily allude to her and were core hits of their respective albums, so knowing both the songs' context and the divorce makes them a bit harder to listen to.

** "All The Small Things" and "First Date" have become this, in light of Tom's divorce from his wife Jennifer. Both songs heavily allude to her and were core parts of the Enema of the State & Take Off Your Pants and Jacket era, so the divorce makes the songs a bit harder to listen to in light of this.

** A huge chunk of the stage banter in ''The Mark, Tom & Travis Show'' has become this in light of Tom's split from the band and the subsequent fracturing of friendships, particularly noteworthy is Tom's declaration that the trio love each other and are the best of friends, which probably falls into TemptingFate territory given that the album came out in 2000, and the rift in the band would begin just a few years later when Box Car Racer took off.

** A huge chunk of the stage banter in ''The Mark, Tom And Travis Show'' has become this in light of Tom's split from the band and the subsequent fracturing of friendships, particularly noteworthy is Tom's declaration that the trio love each other and are the best of friends, which probably falls into TemptingFate territory given that the album came out in 2000, and the rift in the band would begin just a few years later when Box Car Racer took off.

** ''Neighborhoods'', although less in regards to the emo style and more of a "let's take blink-182 and elements from all the other bands we did during the breakup, put 'em and a blender and see what comes out of it" kind of way. Putting the DarkerAndEdgier feel of the self-titled and the directions of +44 and AVA into consideration, it's hard to see how plenty of people didn't see the album's style coming.

* OlderThanTheyThink: ''Enema of the State'', the album that broke them into the mainstream, was their ''third'' album, released seven years after the band came together proper.

*** ''Enema of the State'' - "What's My Age Again?"/"All The Small Things"

*** ''California'' - "She's Out Of Her Mind"

** To a much lesser extent, ''Enema of the State'' and ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'', the albums that marked their mainstream breakthrough. Both albums have their own large numbers of fans (with good reason), but a decent chunk of old-school Blink-182 listeners hate both (more so ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'').

** ''Neighborhoods'', although less in regards to the emo-sounding direction and more of a "let's take blink-182 and elements from all the other bands we did during the breakup, put 'em and a blender and see what comes out of it" kind of way. Putting the DarkerAndEdgier feel of the self-titled and the directions of +44 and AVA into consideration, it's hard to see how plenty of people didn't see the album's style coming.

*** ''Nine'' - "I Really Wish I Hated You"/"Darkside"

** "All the Small Things", first and foremost. "What's My Age Again?" is a runner-up, and if you want to go for the serious era of the band, "I Miss You".

*** ''Dude Ranch'' - "Dammit"

*** Self-titled - "Always" / "I Miss You"

** ''Many'' fans have turned Tom into this, especially on {{Website/Reddit}} and {{Website/tumblr}} ever since Mark and Travis blasted Tom out on their interview.
** ''Mark'' himself has become this for fans in recent years, mainly due to the fact people feel Mark has been bitter (and arguably ''still is'') at Tom, in particular whenever he announces new projects that seem to allude to Tom (such as the dead project "Nothing and Nobody" being an implied reference to Music/AngelsAndAirwaves or his new project's debut album being called "Strange Love", all too similar to ''Strange Times'', the film Tom is working on). Coincidental or not, it's out of nowhere.
* SignatureSong: "All the Small Things", first and foremost. "What's My Age Again" is runner-up, and if you want to go for the serious era of the band "I Miss You".
** Though album-wise, it goes a bit like this.
*** Cheshire Cat - M&Ms or Carousel
*** Dude Ranch - Dammit
*** Enema Of The State - What's My Age Again / All The Small Things
*** Take Off Your Pants And Jacket - First Date / The Rock Show
*** The Self-Titled Album - Always / I Miss You
*** Neighborhoods - Wishing Well
*** California - She's Out Of Her Mind

** The group's self-titled album took them into an emo-sounding direction, which didn't go over well with a decent number of fans.
** ''Neighborhoods'', although less in an emo-sounding direction and more of a "let's take blink-182 and elements from all the other bands we did during the breakup, put 'em and a blender and see what comes out of it" kind of way. Putting the DarkerAndEdgier feel of the self-titled and the directions of +44 and AVA into consideration, it's hard to see how some people didn't see it coming.
** Tom himself, according to many fans. YMMV whether these are legitimate concerns, knee-jerk reactions to his attempting to grow as an artist, continued resentment towards his partially painkiller addiction induced Jerkass stint right before and halfway through the hiatus, or just plain complaining for the sake of complaining.
*** Then there are some fans that will complain about ''his singing''. Again that could be because of the painkiller addiction.
** And then there is ''Enema of the State''/''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'', the albums that marked their mainstream breakthrough. ''Enema'' has its fans (with good reason), but a decent chunk of old school Blink fans hate both (more so ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'')
** ''California'' seems to be equally as divisive for the fans as ''Neighborhoods'' was, with many seeing it as boring with overwrought production and trying too hard to appeal to 90s nostalgia song-wise.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "What's My Age Again?" references sodomy laws in the US, which, while already gone in some states at the time of the song's release, would be entirely struck down in 2003's Lawrence v. Texas decision. Additionally, the narrator is unfamiliar with Caller ID when he calls the girl's mom "from a pay phone". The ability to see what number is calling you would become ubiquitous within a decade of the song's release, as almost all pay phones would be phased out in favor of cell phones.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "What's My Age Again?" references sodomy laws, which would be struck down in 2003's Lawrence v. Texas decision. Additionally, the narrator is unfamiliar with Caller ID when he called the girl's mom "from a pay phone". The ability to see what number is calling you would become ubiquitous within a decade of the song's release, and almost all pay phones would be phased out in favor of cell phones.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "What's My Age Again?" references sodomy laws, which would be struck down in 2003's Lawrence v. Texas decision. Additionally, the narrator is unfamiliar with Caller ID. The ability to see what number is calling you would become ubiquitous within a decade of the song's release.

** The group's self-titled album took them into an emo-sounding direction, which didn't go over well with fans.

* HilariousInHindsight: Early in their history when they were still called Blink, the band was threatened with a lawsuit by an Irish band of the same name, forcing them to append the 182 suffix. As history will tell you, Blink-182 went onto mega-stardom and still continues to this very day after one break-up period, while the original Blink fell apart and never achieved even remotely the same fame that their counterparts did.

** Some old school fans who loved the skate punk sound of the early albums detest the commercialization of Enema of the State and everything afterwards, feeling that the band "sold out".
** Some fans who gravitate towards everything from Enema to self-titled/untitled stopped paying attention to anything released after the original breakup in 2005.
** The largest of these groups is made up of those who dislike the California era and everything onwards. This group tends to feel that Blink is not complete without Tom and that the sound of the newer albums is overproduced, lacking the punch of the earlier albums.
** ''Nine'' tends to get this treatment from some older fans due to the GenreShift into a heavily poppy, TrapMusic-inspired sound, with some decrying the album as not being one by the band, and others even deriding it as a case of Travis' side projects bleeding into the band.

* GrowingTheBeard: Most people would think they began to do this around ''Enema of the State'', as when they went on, the band became less about making dick jokes and toilet humor and more serious topics such as suicide ("Adam's Song" off of ''Enema of the State'') and broken homes ("Stay Together for the Kids" off ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket''). The self titled/untitled album on the other hand, showcases the band's maturity in music, being a record completely devoid of comedic songs and more about broken relationships, growth in families, and darker types of feelings. Tom's work on Box Car Racer and Travis' contributions on Transplants helped matters as well.

* HilariousInHindsight: Early in their history when they were still called ''Blink'', the band was threatened with a lawsuit by an Irish band of the same name, forcing them to append the 182 suffix. As history will tell you, ''Blink-182'' went onto mega-stardom and still continues to this very day, while the original ''Blink'' fell apart and never achieved even remotely the same fame that their counterparts did.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: For a pop-punk band, they seem to hold a lot of regard for people. ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'', ''Enema of the State'' and ''especially'' [[GrowingTheBeard the untitled/self-titled album]] all do a great job at encapsulating the band's career as a whole.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Subverted, although we wouldn't blame you [[RefugeInAudacity for thinking otherwise]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Early in their history when they were still called ''Blink'', the band was threatened with a lawsuit by an Irish band of the same name, forcing them to append the 182 suffix. As history will tell you, ''Blink-182'' went onto mega-stardom and still continues to this very day, while the original ''Blink'' fell apart and never achieved even remotely the same fame that their counterparts did.

* IKnewIt: After spending ''months'' prancing about how awesome he was, Mark and Travis ''finally'' confirmed Matt Skiba is a part of blink-182, to the annoyance of a subset of fans.

* SignatureSong: "All the Small Things", "What's My Age Again", and if you want to go for the serious era of the band "I Miss You".

** "Stay Together for the Kids", a song about a child's angst over his parents divorcing, was written in parallel to Delonge's own feelings of his parents divorce. Nearly two decades after the song's inception (2001), Delonge and his wife Jennifer Delonge would later divorce, leaving their two kids possibly in the position of the song's narrator.

** A vast chunk of the stage banter in ''The Mark, Tom And Travis Show'' has become this in light of Tom's split from the band and the subsequent fracturing of friendships, particularly noteworthy is Tom's declaration that the trio love each other and are the best of friends, which probably falls into TemptingFate territory given that the album came out in 2000, and the rift in the band would begin just a few years later when Box Car Racer took off.
** "All The Small Things" and "First Date" have become this, in light of Tom's divorce from his wife Jennifer. Both songs heavily allude to her and were core parts of the Enema Of the State & Take Off Your Pants And Jacket era, so the divorce makes the songs a bit harder to listen to in light of this.

** "Quarantine", released in August 2020, has the line "some people storm the capitol". In January 2021 a large group of Trump supporters actually stormed the US Capitol.

** The banter between their live album, released in 2000. Tom loudly proclaims for all the world to hear that he loves Mark and Tom and that they're the very best of friends. The band would begin the worst of their infighting a couple of years later, and the scars of their breakup remain to this day.