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1[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the-naked-brothers-band.jpg]]
2-> ''"If that's not love, then what is?\
3If that's not friendship, then what is?\
4If that's not music, then what is?"''
5-->-- "If That's Not Love", the show's theme song
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7''The Naked Brothers Band'' (2007-2009) is a {{Mockumentary}} Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} show about two boys, Creator/{{Nat|Wolff}} and Creator/AlexWolff, who have a successful band. Most of the episodes feature the boys' music. It started out as a 2005 independent film which became highly successful at film festivals, leading to Nick approaching the boys' mom, Polly Draper, to commission a TV series out of it with her as its producer and head writer.
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9As a side note, Draper wrote herself out of an on-camera role by making the boys' "mother" "dead", despite [[TheDanza her husband and sons using their real names]]. Thus, she is possibly the first person in the history of the entertainment industry to ''literally'' commit career suicide.
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11And no, none of the characters are naked. The band name was made up on the fly when Nat and Alex were [[SingingInTheShower singing in the bathtub]].
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13Can be argued to be part of the Series/NickVerse due to Creator/MirandaCosgrove showing up AsHerself. That would mean Polly Draper has written her death into over half a dozen other series.
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16!!This series provides examples of:
17* AdultsAreUseless: To the point where ''every adult'' seems to be mentally challenged.
18* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: As a meta-example a serious candidate for the all-time record.
19* BiggerThanJesus: In the season 3 episode titled "Polar Bears", the reporters hear Alex say that the band is "bigger than Santa Claus." However, Alex was referring to the sizes of their pictures rather than their fame.
20* ChildPopstar: The eponymous band.
21* ChildProdigy: The entire band, especially Rosalina as she plays a wide range of instruments.
22* GrowingUpSucks: Remember that sweet little indie movie? What's cute when you're eight and your "fans" are grown-up is annoying when you're 13 and your ''real'' fans are mostly eight.
23* HilarityEnsues: Boy, does it ever.
24* KidAnova
25* MerchandiseDriven: The band actually had their music and merchandise out in stores.
26* {{Mockumentary}}: Though most of the CameraTricks tropes that would be used in a mockumentary or TheDocumentary have been averted.
27* NonIndicativeName: Had nothing to do with nudity.
28* OlderThanTheyLook: Nat was 13-15 when the show aired, but looked about 10.
29* ParentalAbandonment: Nat and Alex's dad is the only parent around, and he's absent in favor of doing other things.
30* PrecociousCrush: Alex's crush on his babysitter Jesse, who is significantly older than he is.
31* PrinceAndPauper: In "Bar Mitzvah"
32* SamusIsAGirl: Juanita.
33* StageMom: The writer herself (their mother) defied this by writing herself as dead in-series.
34* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: The band plays many songs throughout the show, many of the songs reflecting the characters' feelings or revolving around the episode's conflict.
35* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Alex's durag.
36* WordSaladTitle

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