Line #47 Music/LMFAO


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3	-> ''"I work out."''
4	-->-- '''Redfoo''', ''"Sexy and I Know It"''
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6	LMFAO was an electro pop group consisting of Redfoo and Skyblu (respectively Stefan Kendal Gordy and his 10-years-younger half-nephew Skyler Austen Gordy). The group was originally created in 2006, and named "Sexe Dude", but they changed it on advice from their grandmother.
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8	In 2011 their single "Party Rock Anthem" hit the charts, peaking at number one. The group proved to be popular enough to get a quick cameo in Music/{{Madonna}}'s UsefulNotes/SuperBowl XLVI halftime show.
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10	The duo announced an indefinite hiatus in 2012.
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12	!! "Party Troping":
13	* AffectionateParody: A running theme is taking everything they love about party music and pushing it to absurd levels with just a touch of self-awareness.
14	* AttentiveShadeLowering: In "I'm Sexy and I Know It," a guy lowers his shades while awkwardly looking at the band making their entrance on the beach.
15	* AutoTune: Almost all of the vocals on "Champagne Showers".
16	* BandOfRelatives: Redfoo is Skyblu's paternal half-uncle, and he party rocks like the best of them. (Redfoo's father/Skyblu's grandfather is Berry Gordy, the founder of Creator/{{Motown}}.)
17	* BoastfulRap: Tons of them, including "Yes", "Sexy and I Know It", etc.
18	* {{Bowdlerize}}:
19	** "I'm in Miami Trick" [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch is not the song's real name.]]
20	** Most of their references to fellatio, etc. get censored for airplay, but somehow entire songs about hard drinking and partying are okay.
21	* TheCameo: Most prevalent in "Sexy and I Know It" with Wilmer Valderama and Ron Jeremy. "Yes" also has a major appearance by Jamie Foxx.
22	* CatchPhrase: They use the phrase "Party Rocking" everywhere (both album titles, some of their songs, their clothing line...).
23	* CityShoutOuts: The {{Bowdlerize}}d version "I'm In Miami Trick" had [[http://www.last.fm/music/LMFAO/I%27m+In+Your+City+Trick an album's worth of changing the city name.]]
24	* CoolShades: Redfoo tends to wear them most of the time.
25	* ContinuityNod:
26	** The end of the music video for "Sorry For Party Rocking" leads up to the beginning of the music video for "Party Rock Anthem".
27	** Then the video for "Champagne Showers" seems to pick up at some point after the video for "Party Rock Anthem".
28	* EuropeansAreKinky:
29	-->''In Europe, they show titties all the time...''
30	* {{Expy}}: The guy at the beginning of "Party Rock Anthem" looks like [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Another businessman facing zombies]].
31	* FanDisservice: The video for "Sexy and I Know It", especially Ron Jeremy.
32	* {{Fanservice}}: Just about any of their videos contains plenty of barely-clothed women, but especially the videos for "Shots" and "Sexy And I Know It".
33	* FanVid: "Sexy and I know it" is ''very'' popular for fans' re-cut videos.
34	* GirlOnGirlIsHot:
35	-->''And that's what I'm talking about,''\
36	''Two girls at the club, mouth to mouth...''
37	* HiddenDepths: Redfoo is a former stock market day trader and once appeared on ''Mad Money'' with Jim Cramer. He is also an avid UsefulNotes/{{Tennis}} fan, going so far as to sponsor the prize money for some of the WTA tournaments in 2012. In unrelated news, he revealed he was romantically involved with world no. 1 Victoria Azarenka in January 2013.
38	* {{Hipster}}:
39	** Skyblu describes his entire shtick as being "dressed like it's the 80s".
40	** There's also the song "Lil' Hipster Girl".
41	* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Which are even [[http://www.partyrockclothing.com/ for sale!]]
42	* {{Irony}}: Tons of it, to the point that their entire first album was accused of being a StealthParody. [[AwesomeButImpractical You didn't seriously think they sat around all day drinking Corona with bikini models, did you?]]
43	* LegacyCharacter: The cardboard box robot head is typically played by a different person for every video.
44	* LyricalColdOpen: "Shots".
45	* MundaneMadeAwesome: The ten-minute music video for "Yes" makes curling look (more) like SeriousBusiness while the song brags about life as a celebrity. What's not awesome about that?
46	%%* NWordPrivileges: All over the place.
47	%%-->''I'm Skyblu and that's my nigga Redfoo.''
48	* OdeToIntoxication: ''Shots.''
49	* OlderThanTheyLook: With the group being popular in 2012, fans can be forgiven for thinking LMFAO are young bucks. However Redfoo was born in 1975 and already approaching 40 by then.
50	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The shuffling zombies in the music video for "Party Rock Anthem", of the Plague (the actual song being the plague), Revenant (not prone to have body parts falling apart) and the Technically Living (they aren't (un)dead) types.
51	* ProductPlacement: In "Sorry for Party Rocking", "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It", you'll see Beats by Music/DrDre headphones/earphones at least once.
52	* ProudBeauty: "Sexy and I Know It" is this trope in song form.
53	* RecurringCharacter: Alongside the cardboard head shuffling robot, there are a few other people that appear alongside the band. A guy wearing a "HI MOM!" shirt, a man wearing a large Q necklace, and the turtle backpack shuffler are the most prominent.
54	* RedOniBlueOni: Reversed in their case, since Redfoo tends to be the more reserved one and Skyblu dresses more outrageously.
55	* RefugeInAudacity: And how. Pretty much every video (and song, for that matter) fits this trope.
56	* ShoutOut
57	** In "Party Rock Anthem."
58	-->''On the rise to the top, no [[{{Music/LedZeppelin}} lead in our zeppelin]]''
59	** Also, in the music video for "Sorry For Party Rocking", there is a guy in an ambulance with--wait for it--an [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim arrow in his knee]].
60	** "Every day I'm shuffling" is one to Rick Ross' "Hustlin'".
61	* SillyLoveSongs: "La La La", "Scream My Name", "Lil' Hipster Girl".
62	* SingerNamedrop: In "With You" and "Sexy and I Know It."
63	* SoleSurvivor: The [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Louis]] {{Expy}} from "Party Rock Anthem" is the only character who escapes infection during the video.
64	* StealthParody: "[[PunBasedTitle I'm In Miami]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Bitch]]"
65	* TechnicallyLivingZombie: Inspired by ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', the music video for "[[http://youtu.be/KQ6zr6kCPj8 Party Rock Anthem]]" has music-crazed "shufflers."[[note]]''every day they're shufflin', shufflin'''[[/note]]
66	* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: The rival gang leader in "Sexy and I Know It", pushing Redfoo off the bar and taking over the chorus.
67	* UnusualEuphemism:
68	-->''Girl, you hot, your body's on [[GratuitousSpanish fuego]]''
69	-->''We fit together like we was two Legos''
70	* VocalTagTeam
71	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
72	** By the end of the video for "Party Rock Anthem", the story that zombie dancers have taken over is never resolved.
73	** In the video for "''Champagne Showers''", it's revealed that Redfoo and Sky Blu have become Shufflin' Zombies, and are now looking for the "perfect party". This leads them to one [[spoiler:thrown by FemmeFatale vampires]], and thrown by Music/NataliaKills.
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