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* ChaoticCarRide: "It's My Mother and My Father and My Sister and the Dog" is about the narrator's family going on a trip to visit their relatives, but the narrator (and his sister) keeps on getting into fights with their rambunctious brothers while spilling their food and drinks on each other, the dog drools and barks and throws up, which drives the parents crazy.
-->''My mom is screaming; she's really mad.''\\
''Dad's gonna have a heart attack.''\\
''My sister's crying, My mom is yelling,''\\
''My daddy stops the car.''\\
''They say they'll make us get out and walk,''\\
''Who do they think they are?''
-->''My mom is screaming; she's really mad.''\\
''Dad's gonna have a heart attack.''\\
''My sister's crying, My mom is yelling,''\\
''My daddy stops the car.''\\
''They say they'll make us get out and walk,''\\
''Who do they think they are?''
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* EscalatingBrawl: In "When Suzie Sneeze", the titular Suzie's sneeze caused Emily to accidentally push Debbie, which somehow escalated into a massive brawl between them, Tommy, Richard, Jack, Johnny, Laura, Steve, Billy and Timmy. Somehow tanks and guns got involved in the fight, and after the narrator declines his friend's invitation to join in the fun, he laments that he's the only one left to sing the song, implying that all the others have somehow killed each other over a sneeze.
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* EscalatingBrawl: In "When Suzie Sneeze", Sneezed", the titular Suzie's sneeze caused Emily to accidentally push Debbie, which somehow escalated into a massive brawl between them, Tommy, Richard, Jack, Johnny, Laura, Steve, Billy and Timmy. Somehow tanks and guns got involved in the fight, and after the narrator declines his friend's invitation to join in the fun, he laments that he's the only one left to sing the song, implying that all the others have somehow killed each other over a sneeze.sneeze.
* GirlsWithMoustaches: In "My Mommy Drives a Dump Truck", the titular mother apparently has a beard.
* GirlsWithMoustaches: In "My Mommy Drives a Dump Truck", the titular mother apparently has a beard.
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** There's also the people involved in the EscalatingBrawl in "When Suzie Sneeze". At first, it seems like a harmless playground fight between kids, but gets a lot more ambiguous when the narrator's friend start bringing up grenades and mines, tanks and guns (although he also mentions the war that "grown-ups" get themselves into, so they're probably not fully adults). In the end, it's implied that the all the people involved in the fight eventually killed each other.
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** There's also the people involved in the EscalatingBrawl in "When Suzie Sneeze".Sneezed". At first, it seems like a harmless playground fight between kids, but gets a lot more ambiguous when the narrator's friend start bringing up grenades and mines, tanks and guns (although he also mentions the war that "grown-ups" get themselves into, so they're probably not fully adults). In the end, it's implied that the all the people involved in the fight eventually killed each other.
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** The boy who lives next door from " He Eats Asparagus" is 34 years old, but apparently still goes to school. Of course, this could very well mean that the "boy" in question is a teacher, but narrator also mentions that he "loves to do his homework, especially maths", which makes that unlikely.
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** The boy who lives next door from " He "He Eats Asparagus" is 34 years old, but apparently still goes to school. Of course, this could very well mean that the "boy" in question is a teacher, but narrator also mentions that he "loves to do his homework, especially maths", which makes that unlikely.
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** The narrator of "I Don't Brush My Teeth", who has a beard but still lives with his mommy and goes to school.
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** The narrator of "I Don't Brush My Teeth", who has a full beard but still lives with his mommy and goes to school.
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** There's also the people involved in the EscalatingBrawl in "When Suzie Sneeze". At first, it seems like a harmless playground fight between, but gets a lot more ambiguous when the narrator's friend start bringing up grenades and mines, tanks and guns (although he also mentions the war that "grown-ups" get themselves into, so they're probably not fully adults). In the end, it's implied that the all the people involved in the fight eventually killed each other.
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** There's also the people involved in the EscalatingBrawl in "When Suzie Sneeze". At first, it seems like a harmless playground fight between, between kids, but gets a lot more ambiguous when the narrator's friend start bringing up grenades and mines, tanks and guns (although he also mentions the war that "grown-ups" get themselves into, so they're probably not fully adults). In the end, it's implied that the all the people involved in the fight eventually killed each other.
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* DotingGrandparents: In the song "I Can Do Anything", the narrator loves visiting his grandparents because they let him do anything he wants, such as roll around on the floor, play loud music on the radio, chew on cables, stay up late. etc., which his parents would almost certainly forbid. They also frequently take him for outings, such as visits to the zoo, and buy him anything he tells them to.
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* DotingGrandparents: DotingGrandparent: In the song "I Can Do Anything", the narrator loves visiting his grandparents because they let him do anything he wants, such as roll around on the floor, play loud music on the radio, chew on cables, stay up late. etc., which his parents would almost certainly forbid. They also frequently take him for outings, such as visits to the zoo, and buy him anything he tells them to.
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* DotingGrandparents: In the song "I Can Do Anything", the narrator loves visiting his grandparents because they let him do anything he wants, such as roll around on the floor, play loud music on the radio, chew on cables, stay up late. etc., which his parents would almost certainly forbid. They also frequently take him for outings, such as visits to the zoo, and buy him anything he tells them to.
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* {{Manchild}}: Tommy from "I Don't Wanna Go To School" hides under his covers while crying and whining about not wanting to go to school despite being said school's (presumably adult) Principal. His mother is suitably exasperated by his antics.
--> ''Only little boys and girls ever act like you do."
--> ''Only little boys and girls ever act like you do."
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* MotorMouth: Aunt Anna from "Aunt Anna Came To Our House" who incessantly talk and complain about the house and how messy it is, the quality of the food, the pets, etc. when she comes to visit for a week.
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* MotorMouth: Aunt Anna from "Aunt Anna Came To Our House" who incessantly talk talks and complain complains about the house and how messy it is, house, the mess, the quality of the food, the pets, etc. when she comes to visit for a week.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: In "Oh No, I Like My Sister!", the narrator is constantly bickering with his sister, but now that she's gone to Australia, he can't help but worry about her, and wishes that she comes back soon.
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** The narrator from "I Don't Brush My Teeth" is old enough to have a beard (whis is infested with flies), but he's still living his mommy and goes to school to learn grammar.
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** The narrator from "I Don't Brush My Teeth" is old enough to have a beard (whis (which is infested with flies), but he's still living his mommy and goes to school to learn grammar.
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* VagueAge: Polisar is an adult who writes children's songs, and usually narrates the songs from a child's perspective. But he has several songs where it is implied that the characters are actually older than they initially seem, this adds to the whimsiness and near-nonsensical nature of his songs.
** The narrator of "I Don't Brush My Teeth", who has a beard but still lives with his mommy and goes to school.
** The narrator of "I've Got a Teacher, She's so Mean", who has been held back in first grade--probably more than once--but with no indication of how long he's been there, so he could be anywhere between seven to actually a grown adult.
** There's also the people involved in the EscalatingBrawl in "When Suzie Sneeze". At first, it seems like a harmless playground fight between, but gets a lot more ambiguous when the narrator's friend start bringing up grenades and mines, tanks and guns (although he also mentions the war that "grown-ups" get themselves into, so they're probably not fully adults). In the end, it's implied that the all the people involved in the fight eventually killed each other.
** The narrator of "I Don't Brush My Teeth", who has a beard but still lives with his mommy and goes to school.
** The narrator of "I've Got a Teacher, She's so Mean", who has been held back in first grade--probably more than once--but with no indication of how long he's been there, so he could be anywhere between seven to actually a grown adult.
** There's also the people involved in the EscalatingBrawl in "When Suzie Sneeze". At first, it seems like a harmless playground fight between, but gets a lot more ambiguous when the narrator's friend start bringing up grenades and mines, tanks and guns (although he also mentions the war that "grown-ups" get themselves into, so they're probably not fully adults). In the end, it's implied that the all the people involved in the fight eventually killed each other.
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* EscalatingBrawl: In "When Suzie Sneeze", the titular Suzie's sneeze caused Emily to accidentally push Debbie, which somehow escalated into a massive brawl between them, Tommy, Richard, Jack, Johnny, Laura, Steve, Billy and Timmy. Somehow tanks and guns got involved in the fight, and after the narrator declines his friend's invitation to join in the fun, he laments that he's the only one left to sing the song, implying that all the others have somehow killed each other over a sneeze.
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* RhymingTitle:
** "I am very Sad to say that Cindy Won't Be Out to Play"
** "The Skatter Brak Flath Who Lives In My Bath"
** "Hey Jack, Whats in the Sack?"
** "I am very Sad to say that Cindy Won't Be Out to Play"
** "The Skatter Brak Flath Who Lives In My Bath"
** "Hey Jack, Whats in the Sack?"
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* BlackComedy: Some of Polisar's songs are rather dark/creepy, such as "I Eat Kids", but the tune and the lyrics make it clear that the whole thing is meant to be funny rather than disturbing.
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* BlackComedy: Some of Polisar's songs are rather dark/creepy, such as "I Eat Kids", Kids" (which is about the narrator switching his normal meat diet with children), but the tune and the lyrics make it clear that the whole thing is meant to be funny rather than disturbing.
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** The boy who lives next door from " He Eats Asparagus" is 34 years old, but apparently still goes to school. Of course, this could very well mean that the "boy" in question is a teacher, but narrator also mentions that he "loves to do his homework, especially maths".
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** The boy who lives next door from " He Eats Asparagus" is 34 years old, but apparently still goes to school. Of course, this could very well mean that the "boy" in question is a teacher, but narrator also mentions that he "loves to do his homework, especially maths".maths", which makes that unlikely.
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* NoNameGiven: The narrator of "I've Got A Dog And My Dog's Name Is Cat" actually have five pets, but his pet goose is never mentioned by name, and is only described by the sound it makes ("Hank hank").
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* MotorMouth: Aunt Anna from "Aunt Anna Came To Our House" who incessantly talk and complain about the house and how messy it is, the quality of the food, the pets, etc. when she comes to visit for a week.
--> ''She talked and talked and talked and talked''\\
''When she didn't talk she'd speak''
--> ''She talked and talked and talked and talked''\\
''When she didn't talk she'd speak''
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Barry Louis Polisar is an American singer/song-writer and author best known for his whimsical, often outrageous, and borderline nonsensical, children songs. A five-time winner of the Parents’ Choice Award, Polisar have written several songs for ''Series/SesameStreet'', and one of his songs, "All I Want Is You" is used in the opening credits in ''Film/{{Juno}}''. Polisar himself is a frequent guest on Creator/{{TLC}}.
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Barry Louis Polisar is an American singer/song-writer and author best known for his whimsical, often outrageous, and borderline nonsensical, children songs. A five-time winner of the Parents’ Choice Award, Polisar have written several songs for ''Series/SesameStreet'', ''Series/SesameStreet'' and one various TV commercials. The most famous of his songs, "All I Want Is You" is used in the opening credits in ''Film/{{Juno}}''. Polisar himself is a frequent guest on Creator/{{TLC}}.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: In "My Mommy Drives a Dump Truck", the narrator's mother is the breadwinner of the family and always drives the car, while the father is a HouseHusband who cooks, cleans, sews and takes care of the children. The mother even [[GirlsWithMoustaches grew a beard]] at some point.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: In "My Mommy Drives ElectiveUnintelligible: "I've Got a Dump Truck", Teacher, She's so Mean", the narrator's mother protagonist deliberately speaks in gibberish whenever his teacher asks him a question, but can otherwise speak coherently enough to sing the other verses.
--> ''She always calls on me when I don't raise my hand,''\\
''So I answer her in ways that she can't understand.''\\
''She says, "What is thebreadwinner of the family and always drives the car, while the father is a HouseHusband who cooks, cleans, sews and takes care of the children. The mother even [[GirlsWithMoustaches grew a beard]] at some point.answer to number two?"''\\
''I say, "Ock nock ditty wok, dickie pickie poo."''
--> ''She always calls on me when I don't raise my hand,''\\
''So I answer her in ways that she can't understand.''\\
''She says, "What is the
''I say, "Ock nock ditty wok, dickie pickie poo."''
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: In "My Mommy Drives a Dump Truck", the narrator's mother is the breadwinner of the family and always drives the car, while the father is a HouseHusband who cooks, cleans, sews and takes care of the children. The mother even [[GirlsWithMoustaches grew a beard]] at some point.
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* WitchWithACapitalB: "I've Got a Teacher, She's so Mean" has the narrator call the eponymous a witch after she calls him stupid. While this may be a child seeing his mean teacher as a WickedWitch, it is likely that he is actually using "witch" in place of the other slur, considering that he's much older than a first grader should be.
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* WitchWithACapitalB: "I've Got a Teacher, She's so Mean" has the narrator call the eponymous teacher a witch after she calls him stupid. While this may be a child seeing his mean teacher as a WickedWitch, it is likely that he is actually using "witch" in place of the other slur, considering that he's much older than a first grader should be.
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Barry Louis Polisar is an American singer/song-writer and author best known for his whimsical, often outrageous, and borderline nonsensical, children songs. Several of Polisar's works have been featured in ''Series/SesameStreet'', and one of his songs, "All I Want Is You" is used in the opening credits in ''Film/{{Juno}}''. Polisar himself is a frequent guest on Creator/{{TLC}}.
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Barry Louis Polisar is an American singer/song-writer and author best known for his whimsical, often outrageous, and borderline nonsensical, children songs. Several A five-time winner of Polisar's works the Parents’ Choice Award, Polisar have been featured in written several songs for ''Series/SesameStreet'', and one of his songs, "All I Want Is You" is used in the opening credits in ''Film/{{Juno}}''. Polisar himself is a frequent guest on Creator/{{TLC}}.
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* WitchWithACapitalB: "I've Got a Teacher, She's so Mean" has the narrator call the eponymous a witch after she calls him stupid. While this may be a child seeing his mean teacher as a WickedWitch, it is likely that he is actually using "witch" in place of the other slur, considering that he's much older than a first grader should be.
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** In "I've Got a Teacher, She's so Mean", the protagonist is still in first grade because he never answers his teachers' questions properly (speaking in gibberish whenever she calls on him) and he sees this as a proof that she secretly loves him because she keeps him around.
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* SequelSong: "With a Giggle and a Hug and a Tickle and a Kiss" is the direct continuation to "You're As Sweet As Sugar On a Stick", and the last verse of the latter is used as the chorus to the former song.
--> ''I never thought I'd fall again least not like this''\\
''With a giggle and a hug and a tickle and a kiss''\\
''It's hard to think I'd let myself be captured by your charms''\\
''In the middle of a snowstorm I'm melting in your arms''
--> ''I never thought I'd fall again least not like this''\\
''With a giggle and a hug and a tickle and a kiss''\\
''It's hard to think I'd let myself be captured by your charms''\\
''In the middle of a snowstorm I'm melting in your arms''
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Barry Louis Polisar is an American singer/song-writer and author best known for his whimsical, often outrageous, and borderline nonsensical, children songs. Several of Polisar's works have been featured in ''Series/SesameStreet'', and one of his songs, "All I Want Is You" is used in the opening credits in ''Film/{{Juno}}''. Polisar himself is a frequent guest in the Creator/{{TLC}}.
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Barry Louis Polisar is an American singer/song-writer and author best known for his whimsical, often outrageous, and borderline nonsensical, children songs. Several of Polisar's works have been featured in ''Series/SesameStreet'', and one of his songs, "All I Want Is You" is used in the opening credits in ''Film/{{Juno}}''. Polisar himself is a frequent guest in the on Creator/{{TLC}}.
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-->'' And Mommy wishes I was him and that he was me.''
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-->'' And Mommy wishes I was him and that he was me.''''
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Barry Louis Polisar is an American singer/song-writer and author best known for his whimsical, often outrageous, and borderline nonsensical, children songs. Several of Polisar's works have been featured in ''Series/SesameStreet'', and one of his songs, "All I Want Is You" is used in the opening credits in ''Film/{{Juno}}''. Polisar himself is a frequent guest in the Creator/{{TLC}}.
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!! Tropes found in Polisar's songs:
* BlackComedy: Some of Polisar's songs are rather dark/creepy, such as "I Eat Kids", but the tune and the lyrics make it clear that the whole thing is meant to be funny rather than disturbing.
* ADogNamedCat: Exaggerated in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly titled]] "I've Got A Dog And My Dog's Name Is Cat", where the narrator sings about having a dog named Cat, a cat named Dog, a fish named Bird and a bird named Fish.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: In "My Mommy Drives a Dump Truck", the narrator's mother is the breadwinner of the family and always drives the car, while the father is a HouseHusband who cooks, cleans, sews and takes care of the children. The mother even [[GirlsWithMoustaches grew a beard]] at some point.
* HeldBackInSchool: Mostly implied, due to the VagueAge of the various songs' characters when they mention about their school.
** The boy who lives next door from " He Eats Asparagus" is 34 years old, but apparently still goes to school. Of course, this could very well mean that the "boy" in question is a teacher, but narrator also mentions that he "loves to do his homework, especially maths".
** The narrator from "I Don't Brush My Teeth" is old enough to have a beard (whis is infested with flies), but he's still living his mommy and goes to school to learn grammar.
* ImAHumanitarian:
** In "I Eat Kids", the narrator decides to swear off eating animals, but doesn't want to become a vegetarian/vegan, so he eats children instead.
** In "I'm a 3-Toed Triple eyed Double-Jointed Dinosaur", the narrator can eat [[ExtremeOmnivore pretty much anything]]—from toast and roast to cars and airplanes—but claims that what he likes to eat the most is kids.
* PasteEater: PlayedForDrama in "I am very Sad to say that Cindy Won't Be Out to Play", where the eponymous Cindy decides to eat random household objects (which includes, among other things: the fish from the aquarium, the cat, rocks, sand, a hose and its clamp) when she gets hungry while her parents are away. She dies as a result.
* ThePigPen: The narrator in "I Don't Brush My Teeth" is an unhygienic man[[VagueAge (?)]] who never brush his teeth, comb his hair, change his clothes or generally clean himself up. Whenever he gets on a public ride, everyone moves aside because of the smell, and he says that even skunks run away from him.
* RoadTripPlot: "Its My Mother and my Father and My Sister and the Dog" is about a family going on a long car trip to visit relatives, and the chaos that happens throughout the journey, especially in the car. The protagonist gets into a fight with his two little brothers, and the dog keeps on making a mess. At one point, the father gets so fed up with the chaos that he threatens to send the kids out the car to walk to their destination. The song doesn't [[NoEnding end]] so much as it fades out while the chorus is being sung.
--> ''We're going on a trip''\\
''And we're riding in the car,''\\
''We've been driving all day it seems.''
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: In "He Eats Asparagus, Why Can't You Be That Way?", the narrator complains about his parents unfavorably comparing him to the boy who lives next door, who is apparently a perfectly well-behaved angel.
-->'' And Mommy wishes I was him and that he was me.''
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!! Tropes found in Polisar's songs:
* BlackComedy: Some of Polisar's songs are rather dark/creepy, such as "I Eat Kids", but the tune and the lyrics make it clear that the whole thing is meant to be funny rather than disturbing.
* ADogNamedCat: Exaggerated in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly titled]] "I've Got A Dog And My Dog's Name Is Cat", where the narrator sings about having a dog named Cat, a cat named Dog, a fish named Bird and a bird named Fish.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: In "My Mommy Drives a Dump Truck", the narrator's mother is the breadwinner of the family and always drives the car, while the father is a HouseHusband who cooks, cleans, sews and takes care of the children. The mother even [[GirlsWithMoustaches grew a beard]] at some point.
* HeldBackInSchool: Mostly implied, due to the VagueAge of the various songs' characters when they mention about their school.
** The boy who lives next door from " He Eats Asparagus" is 34 years old, but apparently still goes to school. Of course, this could very well mean that the "boy" in question is a teacher, but narrator also mentions that he "loves to do his homework, especially maths".
** The narrator from "I Don't Brush My Teeth" is old enough to have a beard (whis is infested with flies), but he's still living his mommy and goes to school to learn grammar.
* ImAHumanitarian:
** In "I Eat Kids", the narrator decides to swear off eating animals, but doesn't want to become a vegetarian/vegan, so he eats children instead.
** In "I'm a 3-Toed Triple eyed Double-Jointed Dinosaur", the narrator can eat [[ExtremeOmnivore pretty much anything]]—from toast and roast to cars and airplanes—but claims that what he likes to eat the most is kids.
* PasteEater: PlayedForDrama in "I am very Sad to say that Cindy Won't Be Out to Play", where the eponymous Cindy decides to eat random household objects (which includes, among other things: the fish from the aquarium, the cat, rocks, sand, a hose and its clamp) when she gets hungry while her parents are away. She dies as a result.
* ThePigPen: The narrator in "I Don't Brush My Teeth" is an unhygienic man[[VagueAge (?)]] who never brush his teeth, comb his hair, change his clothes or generally clean himself up. Whenever he gets on a public ride, everyone moves aside because of the smell, and he says that even skunks run away from him.
* RoadTripPlot: "Its My Mother and my Father and My Sister and the Dog" is about a family going on a long car trip to visit relatives, and the chaos that happens throughout the journey, especially in the car. The protagonist gets into a fight with his two little brothers, and the dog keeps on making a mess. At one point, the father gets so fed up with the chaos that he threatens to send the kids out the car to walk to their destination. The song doesn't [[NoEnding end]] so much as it fades out while the chorus is being sung.
--> ''We're going on a trip''\\
''And we're riding in the car,''\\
''We've been driving all day it seems.''
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: In "He Eats Asparagus, Why Can't You Be That Way?", the narrator complains about his parents unfavorably comparing him to the boy who lives next door, who is apparently a perfectly well-behaved angel.
-->'' And Mommy wishes I was him and that he was me.''
