- Alternate Aesop Interpretation: In context, his cover of "You Don't Own Me" can be interpreted as a plea for tolerance rather than its original connotation of defiance against a possessive lover
- Just Here for Godzilla: More like "Just Here for the Opera-Singing German Mime From Space": Most people cite Klaus Nomi as the most memorable act in Urgh! A Music War, and this is coming from a movie that includes Gary Numan in cars on stage and The Cramps' Lux Interior in a pair of pants that just shouldn't stay on naturally.
- Nightmare Fuel: Much of his work, but the video for "Lightning Strikes" is particularly eerie.
- Signature Song: "Total Eclipse", "Nomi Song", or "Samson and Delilah (Aria)", all from Klaus Nomi.
- Tear Jerker: The rendition of "The Cold Song" with a full orchestra, performed just before his early death from AIDS, makes the line "let me freeze again to death" much more haunting.
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