History YMMV / TheBirthdayMassacre

* FandomBerserkButton:
** Bringing up Music/BlackVeilBrides.
** Also, if you know the band's real names, don't post them in public. The fans will ''not'' be amused.

* CrazyAwesome: Rainbow.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Hell hath no fury like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMpyK39KMOY a pissed-off Chibi]].
* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTq9a8WgYI This video]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mDBD6kfhw8 Chibi tries to convince an interviewer to take up knitting]].
** The scene in the video for "Looking Glass" where Chibi leads 6 to the teacher -- 6 is shuffling down the hallway while the band walk around her, trashing the corridor -- it's hilarious, really.
*** Especially when you know that a fan who'd played an extra in the video explained that the masks were almost impossible to see through, and thus poor 6 can't see a thing.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:
** Just about every damn song.
** Subjective of course but: "Red Stars" for the ethereal vocals and {{epic riff}}, "Holiday" for the tune, "Remember Me" for the [[TearJerker poignancy]], "Blue" for the epic {{mood whiplash}}, and "Looking Glass" for being [[EarWorm so damn catchy]].
** Have VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}? Have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqjsgSyx7y8 Nowhere]]? Play them together, the result is a bit [[strike:[[SurpriseDifficulty unexpected]]]] awesome.
** "And for the first time, she feels, just... ''fine''." Cue the epic ending.

* FridgeBrilliance: This Troper always felt that the vocal part of "Nevermind" ended rather abruptly, as if it needed another verse and chorus instead of the last instrumental part. Then they realised the last line of the song is "Has left me nothing kind to say." If you've got nothing kind to say, don't say anything at all!

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Does the "friend" from "Happy Birthday" actually exist, or is he just the hallucinatory manifestation of the speaker's [[AxCrazy homicidal]] [[KnifeNut urges]]?

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTq9a8WgYI This video]].

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Just about every damn song.

* EarWorm: Once you hear the opening riff to "Happy Birthday," you know you'll be hearing it in your head for days to come...

* FandomBerserkButton: Bringing up Music/BlackVeilBrides.

* NightmareFuel: "Blue" and "Looking Glass."

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Hell hath no fury like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMpyK39KMOY a pissed-off Chibi]].
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTq9a8WgYI This video]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mDBD6kfhw8 Chibi tries to convince an interviewer to take up knitting]].

** Have VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}? Have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqjsgSyx7y8 Nowhere]]? Play them together, the result is a bit [[strike:[[SurpriseDifficulty unexpected]]]] awesome.

* EpicRiff: "Nothing and Nowhere," "To Die For," "Blue," "The Dream," "Video Kid," "Science," "Always," "In the Dark," "Sleepwalking," "Sideways," "Two Hearts," "Pale"... the list goes on.

** "Kill the Lights": Deeply cynical song about how fairy tales are all fake, but we have to pretend that they're real so we don't realise how depressing our world really is and commit suicide, or a simple breakup song comparing the story of two lovers to fairy tales and how it didn't work out, unlike the tales?

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Hell hath no fury like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMpyK39KMOY a pissed-off Chibi.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTq9a8WgYI This video.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mDBD6kfhw8 Chibi tries to convince an interviewer to take up knitting.]]
** The scene in the video for "Looking Glass" where Chibi leads 6 to the teacher — 6 is shuffling down the hallway while the band walk around her, trashing the corridor — it's hilarious, really.

** Have VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}? Have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqjsgSyx7y8 Nowhere]]? Play them together, the result is a bit [[strike: [[SurpriseDifficulty unexpected]]]] awesome.

* EarWorm: Once you hear the opening riff to "Happy Birthday", you know you'll be hearing it in your head for days to come...

* EpicRiff: "Nothing and Nowhere", "To Die For", "Blue", "The Dream", "Video Kid", "Science", "Always", "In the Dark", "Sleepwalking", "Sideways", "Two Hearts", "Pale"... the list goes on.

* FandomBerserkButton: Bringing up Black Veil Brides.

* FandomRivalry: The Violet Prisoners versus the [[BlackVeilBrides BVB Army]].

* MemeticMolester: The teacher in "Looking Glass".
* MemeticMutation: Ending sentences with [[BlackVeilBrides 'And if you don't like it, fuck you!']] used to be a meme on their forum.
* NightmareFuel: "Blue" and "Looking Glass".
** TBM's NightmareFuel is intensified by the fact that occasionally, Chibi sounds like a prepubescent girl. With songs like "Under The Stairs" and "Blue", that freaks a lot of people out and gives the songs a very nasty edge.
* SignatureSong: "Happy Birthday" or "Blue".
* TearJerker: "To Die For".

* FandomRivalry: The Violet Prisoners versus the [[BlackVeilBrides BVB Army]]. It began when TBM did an American tour with three other bands: Black Veil Brides, Aural Vampire and Dommin. While the Violet Prisoners were delighted with Aural Vampire and Dommin, the general consensus was that BVB sucked and shouldn't be on the tour. Nobody liked their music and there was a lot of disdain for their fans. Things got heated when the tour turned from a TBM-headlining tour to a TBM and BVB co-headlining tour. Despite Chibi and Rhim attempting to calm the fans down, hatred for BVB got worse when news came in from concert-goers about Andy Biersack's bad behaviour. After that, the fans agreed that the rest of BVB were all right (despite the bad music) and focused their hatred on Andy, which accelerated when one VPer reported that Andy had exposed himself to the audience (which included many teenage girls) and especially after a rumour circulated that Andy had insulted Chibi. Finally, the tour ended, but the VPers aren't going to stop hating BVB and their fans for a while.

** "Kill the Lights": Deeply cynical song about how fairy tales are all fake, but we have to pretend that they're real so we don't realise how depressing our world really is and commit suicide, or a simple breakup song comparing the story of two lovers to fairy tales and how it didn't work out, unlike the tales?

** The scene in the video for "Looking Glass" where Chibi leads 6 to the teacher- 6 is shuffling down the hallway while the band walk around her, trashing the corridor- it's hilarious, really.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: just about every damn song.

* FaceOfTheBand: Chibi
* FanCommunityNickname: 'Violet Prisoners' or 'Murder Tramps'

* FandomRivalry: The Violet Prisoners versus the [[BlackVeilBrides BVB Army]]. It began when TBM did an American tour with three other bands: Black Veil Brides, Aural Vampire and Dommin. While the Violet Prisoners were delighted with Aural Vampire and Dommin, the general consensus was that BVB sucked and shouldn't be on the tour. Nobody liked their music and there was a lot of disdain for their fans. Things got heated when the tour turned from a TBM-headlining tour to a TBM and BVB co-headlining tour. Despite Chibi and Rhim attempting to calm the fans down, hatred for BVB got worse when news came in from concert-goers about Andy Biersack's bad behaviour. After that, the fans agreed that the rest of BVB were all right (despite the bad music) and focused their hatred on Andy, which accelerated when one VPer reported that Andy had exposed himself to the audience (which included many teenage girls) and especially after a rumour circulated that Andy had insulted Chibi. Finally, the tour ended, but the VPers aren't going to stop hating BVB and their fans for a while.

* MemeticMolester: the teacher in "Looking Glass".

* SignatureSong: "Happy Birthday" or "Blue"
* TearJerker: "To Die For"

* {{Mondegreen}}

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: this troper has heard of a video showing Chibi warming up by singing "[[Music/DragonForce Through The Fire And Flames]]" with Owen dancing crazily in the background. Unfortunately, the video was taken down.
** Hell hath no fury like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMpyK39KMOY a pissed-off Chibi.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: this troper has heard of a video showing Chibi warming up by singing "[[DragonForce Through The Fire And Flames]]" with Owen dancing crazily in the background. Unfortunately, the video was taken down.

** This troper has woken up ''four times'' with clips from ''Pins and Needles'' playing in her head.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: "Down" marks the return of the angry, ranting voice Chibi used in "Broken", "Last Daze", "Blue" and "Control". The fandom loved it instantly.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The "Blue" video.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: "Down" is the first song since "Broken" where Chibi breaks out her angry rant voice. The fans loved it instantly.

* CrazyAwesome: Rainbow

* MemeticMutation: Ending sentences with [[BlackVeilBrides 'And if you don't like it, fuck you!']] [[strike: has become]] used to be a meme on their forum.

* NightmareFuelUnleaded: "Blue" and "Looking Glass".

** Have {{Audiosurf}}? Have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqjsgSyx7y8 Nowhere]]? Play them together, the result is a bit [[strike: [[SurpriseDifficulty unexpected]]]] awesome.

* YourMileageMayVary: A lot of fans dislike "Movie". A lot of other fans love it.
** The main complaint seems to be that the song is quite slow (it's the slowest song TBM has ever done). [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6QcknQ1iCo&feature=player_embedded Still, it could be worse.]]
** The other great argument is whether the demos/''Nothing and Nowhere'' versions of "Happy Birthday", "Horror Show", "Video Kid", "The Dream", "Remember Me" and "To Die For" are better or worse than the ''Violet''/''Walking With Strangers'' remakes.

* BetterThanItSounds

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Does the "friend" from ''Happy Birthday'' actually exist, or is he just the hallucinatory manifestation of the speaker's [[AxCrazy homicidal]] [[KnifeNut urges]]?
** ''Kill the Lights'': Deeply cynical song about how fairy tales are all fake, but we have to pretend that they're real so we don't realise how depressing our world really is and commit suicide, or a simple breakup song comparing the story of two lovers to fairy tales and how it didn't work out, unlike the tales?

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: this troper has heard of a video showing Chibi warming up by singing ''[[DragonForce Through The Fire And Flames]]'' with Owen dancing crazily in the background. Unfortunately, the video was taken down.

** The scene in the video for ''Looking Glass'' where Chibi leads 6 to the teacher- 6 is shuffling down the hallway while the band walk around her, trashing the corridor- it's hilarious, really.

** Subjective of course but: ''Red Stars'' for the ethereal vocals and {{epic riff}}, ''Holiday'' for the tune, ''Remember Me'' for the [[TearJerker poignancy]], ''Blue'' for the epic {{mood whiplash}}, and ''Looking Glass'' for being [[EarWorm so damn catchy]].

* EarWorm: Once you hear the opening riff to ''Happy Birthday'', you know you'll be hearing it in your head for days to come...
** ''Red'' is ''so'' hard to get out of your head. Damn it!

* MemeticMolester: the teacher in ''Looking Glass''.

* YourMileageMayVary: A lot of fans dislike ''Movie''. A lot of other fans love it.

** The other great argument is whether the demos/''Nothing and Nowhere'' versions of ''Happy Birthday'', ''Horror Show'', ''Video Kid'', ''The Dream'', ''Remember Me'' and ''To Die For'' are better or worse than the ''Violet''/''Walking With Strangers'' remakes.