- Archive Panic: Twenty-one studio albums, three compilations, numerous singles and EP releases, many tour-exclusive or otherwise rare, some exclusive to music streaming sites, some only released through his tumblr, as well as multiple songs never officially recorded...
- To add to it, Darnielle will occasionally do things like hold auctions to sell cassettes that have no copies to raise money for charity.
- Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: The rarely-performed "Going to Dade County", in which the husband of the Alpha Couple watches the wife turn into a housecat. You think that we're making this up to amuse ourselves, or to amuse you, but you are wrong
. - Broken Base: A dwindling but still-vocal contingent holds the early super-lo-fi recordings above latter-day studio work.
- Covered Up: Some fans may not realize live favourite "Houseguest" is actually by keyboardist Franklin Bruno's other band, Nothing Painted Blue.
- Funny Moments: Seeing John dressed up as CM Punk in the video for "The Legend of Chavo Guerrero" is pretty damn hilarious.
- Someone from the US House Of Representatives edited the Mountain Goat's Wikipedia page to describe the band as "nice boys who make the good, rocking tunes". It's now their bio on Twitter.
- "Signal Flare #4 - Ballad of the Errant Scallop" is a mini-tune about John Darnielle's new mug, which shows all the fish you can get at a sushi bar...except for scallops, which he attributes to a malicious anti-scallop guild.
- Genius Bonus: John Darnielle is one of the most well-read singers in music. He's written songs about everything from HP Lovecraft to obscure boxing champs to ancient Roman politics.note
- Growing the Beard: The Hound Chronicles is considered (even by Darnielle himself) to be the beginning of the signature Mountain Goats style, while Taboo VI: The Homecoming is... rougher.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: One of the names that protagonists Cyrus and Jeff consider for their group, the titular "Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton", is The Killers. A few years later, a band in Las Vegas that most decidedly did not play death metal would pick up the name and make it famous.
- Signature Song: "This Year" and "No Children".
- Sweet Dreams Fuel: When their songs are not Nightmare Fuel or steer too far into being Tear Jerker, a good chunk of their catalog is calming and life-affirming. Even the songs that Word of God doesn't find heartwarming (such as "Going to Georgia" and "Never Quite Free"), fans manage to find them to be touching, something which John nevertheless supports.
- Tear Jerker: Dozens.
- They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: See Broken Base.
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