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True Art Is Incomprehensible is now an in-universe trope as per TRS.


* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Some of the Enz's earlier work.
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* NightmareFuel: While this is mostly averted with their later material during the late 70s and 80s, it tends to subverted with their first two albums in some cases. Soundtrack Dissonance at it's finest.

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* NightmareFuel: While this is mostly averted with their later material during the late 70s and 80s, it tends to subverted be true with their first two albums in some cases. Soundtrack Dissonance at it's finest.
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Some of the Enz's earlier work.

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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Some of the Enz's earlier work.work.
* NightmareFuel: While this is mostly averted with their later material during the late 70s and 80s, it tends to subverted with their first two albums in some cases. Soundtrack Dissonance at it's finest.
* TearJerker: "Charlie", from their second album. Counts as [[NightmareFuel Nightmare Fuel]] when the song goes very dissonant as [[spoiler:the protagonist realizes that he beat his wife to death the previous night.]]
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Some of the Enz's earlier work.
* WhatAnIdiot: Nathan Brenner's decision to pick a fight with A&M Records and Tommy Mottola was ill-advised, to say the least.
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Some of the Enz's earlier work.
* WhatAnIdiot: Nathan Brenner's decision to pick a fight with A&M Records and Tommy Mottola was ill-advised, to say the least.
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* CrazyAwesome: Again, the entire band, mainly thanks to [[CloudCuckooLander Noel Crombie]].

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* CrazyAwesome: %%* Crazy Awesome: Again, the entire band, mainly thanks to [[CloudCuckooLander Noel Crombie]].

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Oh come on, it's ''Split Enz''! Mike Chunn seems to particularly point out "Take A Walk", "Remember When", "Message To My Girl", "Kia Kaha" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPu2G-ECfI I Walk Away]]".
** As well as "Six Months in a Leaky Boat".



* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUC_jE78FNE Message To My Girl]]" in its entirety, along with Noel's closing words in the final chapter of the book.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Oh come on, it's ''Split Enz''! Mike Chunn seems to particularly point out "Take A Walk", "Remember When", "Message To My Girl", "Kia Kaha" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPu2G-ECfI I Walk Away]]".
** As well as "Six Months in a Leaky Boat".


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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUC_jE78FNE Message To My Girl]]" in its entirety, along with Noel's closing words in the final chapter of the book.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUC_jE78FNE Message To My Girl]]'' in its entirety, along with Noel's closing words in the final chapter of the book.

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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: ''[[https://www."[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUC_jE78FNE Message To My Girl]]'' Girl]]" in its entirety, along with Noel's closing words in the final chapter of the book.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Oh come on, it's ''Split Enz''! Mike Chunn seems to particularly point out ''Take A Walk'', ''Remember When'', ''Message To My Girl'', ''Kia Kaha'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPu2G-ECfI I Walk Away]]''.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Oh come on, it's ''Split Enz''! Mike Chunn seems to particularly point out ''Take "Take A Walk'', ''Remember When'', ''Message Walk", "Remember When", "Message To My Girl'', ''Kia Kaha'' Girl", "Kia Kaha" and ''[[https://www."[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPu2G-ECfI I Walk Away]]''.Away]]".
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What an idiot.

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* WhatAnIdiot: Nathan Brenner's decision to pick a fight with A&M Records and Tommy Mottola was ill-advised, to say the least.
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** As well as "Six Months in a Leaky Boat".
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* CreatorBreakdown - Tim Finn is no stranger to this: ''Time and Tide'' owed a lot to his depression. In particular, the opening track "Dirty Creature" is about his efforts to [[SadClown laugh off his demons]].
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* CrazyAwesome - Again, the entire band, mainly thanks to [[CloudCuckooLander Noel Crombie]].
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUC_jE78FNE Message To My Girl]]'' in its entirety, along with Noel's closing words in the final chapter of the book.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - Oh come on, it's ''Split Enz''! Mike Chunn seems to particularly point out ''Take A Walk'', ''Remember When'', ''Message To My Girl'', ''Kia Kaha'' and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPu2G-ECfI I Walk Away]]''.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff - Highly popular in Canada (something which also carried over to ''Crowded House'').
* MisaimedMarketing - Especially upon first arriving in Australia, including such gems as "The raunchiest band ever to come out of New Zealand" (used twice) and "New Zealand's answer to the ''Skyhooks''".
* NeedsMoreLove - The band themselves nowadays...
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible - Some of the Enz's earlier work.

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* CrazyAwesome - CrazyAwesome: Again, the entire band, mainly thanks to [[CloudCuckooLander Noel Crombie]].
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUC_jE78FNE Message To My Girl]]'' in its entirety, along with Noel's closing words in the final chapter of the book.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Oh come on, it's ''Split Enz''! Mike Chunn seems to particularly point out ''Take A Walk'', ''Remember When'', ''Message To My Girl'', ''Kia Kaha'' and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPu2G-ECfI I Walk Away]]''.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff - GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Highly popular in Canada (something which also carried over to ''Crowded House'').
* MisaimedMarketing - MisaimedMarketing: Especially upon first arriving in Australia, including such gems as "The raunchiest band ever to come out of New Zealand" (used twice) and "New Zealand's answer to the ''Skyhooks''".
* NeedsMoreLove - The band themselves nowadays...
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible -
TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Some of the Enz's earlier work.work.
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* ChaoticGood / ChaoticNeutral - Possibly the entire band.
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Missed Moment Of Awesome (now Offscreen Moment Of Awesome) is not \"they SHOULD have done it, it\'d be cool,\" or \"it wasn\'t cool ENOUGH.\" It\'s \"they DID do it, and you never got to see it.\"


* MissedMomentOfAwesome - Mike Chunn in regards to ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzUsj-5holk Never Ceases To Amaze Me]]'' being released as ''Time And Tide'''s third single instead of ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MIhbk__WlQ Take A Walk]]''.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - Oh come on, it's ''Split Enz''! Mike Chunn seems to particularly point out ''Take A Walk'', ''Message To My Girl'' and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPu2G-ECfI I Walk Away]]''.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - Oh come on, it's ''Split Enz''! Mike Chunn seems to particularly point out ''Take A Walk'', ''Remember When'', ''Message To My Girl'' Girl'', ''Kia Kaha'' and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPu2G-ECfI I Walk Away]]''.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - Oh come on, it's ''Split Enz''! Mike Chunn seems to particularly point out ''Take A Walk'', ''Message To My Girl'' and ''I Walk Away''.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - Oh come on, it's ''Split Enz''! Mike Chunn seems to particularly point out ''Take A Walk'', ''Message To My Girl'' and ''I ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPu2G-ECfI I Walk Away''.Away]]''.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - ''Message To My Girl'' in its entirety, along with Noel's closing words in the final chapter of the book.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - Oh come on, it's ''Split Enz''! Mike Chunn seems to particularly point out ''Take A Walk'', ''Message To My Girl''

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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - ''Message ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUC_jE78FNE Message To My Girl'' Girl]]'' in its entirety, along with Noel's closing words in the final chapter of the book.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - Oh come on, it's ''Split Enz''! Mike Chunn seems to particularly point out ''Take A Walk'', ''Message To My Girl''Girl'' and ''I Walk Away''.
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* MissedMomentOfAwesome - Mike Chunn in regards to ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzUsj-5holk Never Ceases To Amaze Me]]'' being released as ''Time And Tide'''s third single instead of ''Take A Walk''.

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* MissedMomentOfAwesome - Mike Chunn in regards to ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzUsj-5holk Never Ceases To Amaze Me]]'' being released as ''Time And Tide'''s third single instead of ''Take ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MIhbk__WlQ Take A Walk''.Walk]]''.
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* MisaimedMarketing - Especially upon first arriving in Australia, including such gems as "the raunchiest band ever to come out of New Zealand" (used twice) and "New Zealand's answer to the ''Skyhooks''".
* MissedMomentOfAwesome - Mike Chunn in regards to ''Never Ceases To Amaze Me'' being released as ''Time And Tide'''s third single instead of ''Take A Walk''.

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* MisaimedMarketing - Especially upon first arriving in Australia, including such gems as "the "The raunchiest band ever to come out of New Zealand" (used twice) and "New Zealand's answer to the ''Skyhooks''".
* MissedMomentOfAwesome - Mike Chunn in regards to ''Never ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzUsj-5holk Never Ceases To Amaze Me'' Me]]'' being released as ''Time And Tide'''s third single instead of ''Take A Walk''.

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* ChaoticGood / ChaoticNeutral - Possibly the entire band.



* ChaoticGood / ChaoticNeutral - Possibly the entire band.

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* ChaoticGood / ChaoticNeutral GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff - Possibly Highly popular in Canada (something which also carried over to ''Crowded House'').
* MisaimedMarketing - Especially upon first arriving in Australia, including such gems as "the raunchiest band ever to come out of New Zealand" (used twice) and "New Zealand's answer to
the entire band.''Skyhooks''".
* MissedMomentOfAwesome - Mike Chunn in regards to ''Never Ceases To Amaze Me'' being released as ''Time And Tide'''s third single instead of ''Take A Walk''.
* NeedsMoreLove - The band themselves nowadays...
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible - Some of the Enz's earlier work.

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