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** Also, he has a ''literal'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck66ML-ByrM flying fuck]].
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* LiteralMinded: Very much so. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jB0yFPkUsI Upon seeing Lady Gaga's album cover for "Born This Way"]] (for the uninitiated, she's a "Transformer-beast-mode-motorcycle-Gaga") and remarking that he can't badmouth her because she was "born that way", he then states that he "would hate to give birth to that motorcycle-thing, that's big".
**Likewise, he has stated that when told not to curse, he literally thinks of it as not cursing someone, as in hexes and such.
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*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTFpMYhRbkQ His sundays involve]] making {{Castlevania}} midis.

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* {{Irony}}: A house producer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFDTm88CjC8 complaining about how obnoxiously loud his neighbors are]].
** For extra irony, they even play ''his own music''.


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* {{Irony}}: A house producer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFDTm88CjC8 complaining about how obnoxiously loud his neighbors are]].
** For extra irony, they even play ''his own music''.
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*** There are some pictures of him playing the {{Final Fantasy IV}} remake on his DS, too.
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* PerpetualFrowner: It is ''really difficult'' to find a picture of him outright smiling. Sad thing is, he is noticeably cuter {{When He Smiles}}...

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* PerpetualFrowner: It is ''really difficult'' to find a picture of him outright outright, genuinely smiling. Sad thing is, he is noticeably cuter {{When He Smiles}}...



* TattooedCrook: Looks the part with the many, many tattoos he has, but [[SubvertedTrope the most trouble he ever seems to get into is silly stuff like driving golf carts]].

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* TattooedCrook: Looks the part with the many, many tattoos he has, but [[SubvertedTrope the most trouble he ever seems to get into is silly stuff like driving golf carts]].carts without a license]].
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* PerpetualFrowner: It is ''really difficult'' to find a picture of him outright smiling. Sad thing is, he is noticeably cuter {{When He Smiles}}...
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** The concept art for his upcoming graphic novel is often full of them, but [[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150374596361806&set=a.100357766805.100899.9980651805&type=3&theater this image]] of his tank takes the cake. For one, it's very clearly a souped-up [[GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Tachikoma]]. Others have noted similarities to {{StarCraft}} and {{Tank Girl}}.
** In earlier shows, [[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=385179301805&set=a.385178291805.171699.9980651805&type=3&theater the LED Mau5head]] would occasionally have the face of a [[BattlestarGalactica Cylon]].
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* HeroicRROD: In July 2010, he collapsed on stage while performing at the 9:30 Club, resulting in hospitalization of all of the shows on that tour. [[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150242849007527 It's still a sore spot for him.]]
--> "I pass out from over exhaustion in DC. YES 2 month long tours of playing shows back to fucking back MIGHT ACTUALLY DO THAT TO A HUMAN. dear media, get off my case and move on."

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* HeroicRROD: In July 2010, he collapsed on stage while performing at the 9:30 Club, resulting in hospitalization and the cancellation of all of the other shows on that tour. [[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150242849007527 It's still a sore spot for him.]]
--> "I pass out from over exhaustion in DC. YES YES 2 month long tours of playing shows back to fucking back MIGHT ACTUALLY DO THAT TO A HUMAN. dear media, get off my case and move on."
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* HeroicRROD: In July 2010, he collapsed on stage while performing at the 9:30 Club, resulting in hospitalization of all of the shows on that tour. [[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150242849007527 It's still a sore spot for him.]]
--> "I pass out from over exhaustion in DC. YES 2 month long tours of playing shows back to fucking back MIGHT ACTUALLY DO THAT TO A HUMAN. dear media, get off my case and move on."
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* TattooedCrook: Looks the part with the many, many tattoos he has, but [[SubvertedTrope the most trouble he ever seems to get into is silly stuff like driving golf carts]].
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* OutOfGenreExperience: So you go into ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnwfTHpnGLY Raise Your Weapon]]'' thinking that it's yet another standard deadmau5 electro house song...and then the [[{{Dubstep}} drop happens]].
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* ImageBoards: Goes on /b/, but has a mutual hatred of /mu/.

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* ImageBoards: Goes on on, and is well-liked by, /b/, but has a mutual hatred of /mu/.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Acts brash and cusses a lot...and loves his fans. [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/kids-today.html And kids]]. [[AndZoidberg And his cat]]. Half of his YouTube videos are about his cat!

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Acts brash and cusses JerkassWoobie: He's a lot...and loves his fans. "cranky", [[ClusterFBomb cussing]], often [[PerpetualFrowner frowning]], somewhat immature, tattooed "scrawny miscreant"...who [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/kids-today.html And kids]]. [[AndZoidberg And his cat]]. Half of his YouTube videos are loves kids]], is "obsessed" about his cat!cat Professor Meowingtons, and has signs of serious self-loathing. One Facebook post has him stating that he is a "bad parody of himself" and wanting to "smash my head in with a stick". In the aforementioned link to his post about kids, he regrets not being a good role-model and refers to himself as a "terrible human being". He has also [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/discontentment-and-spellchecking.html considered therapy]], and is [[http://choleric-mau5.blogspot.com/2010/08/falling-up.html terrified of failure]]. Want to give him a hug? Too bad he {{Hates Being Touched}}.



* NerdsAreSexy: If his female fans didn't clue you in, the fact that his girlfriend is a ''{{Playboy}} model'' should.

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* NerdsAreSexy: If his female fans didn't clue you in, the fact that his girlfriend ex-girlfriend is a ''{{Playboy}} model'' should.



* RenaissanceMan: On top of making awesome electronica music, he skateboards, wakeboards, plays video games, does web design and web programming, 3D modeling and animation, Flash animation, plays the piano and is learning the guitar, and ''[[HiddenDepths photography]]''.

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* RenaissanceMan: On top of making awesome electronica music, he skateboards, wakeboards, plays video games, does web design and web programming, computer programming, 3D modeling and animation, Flash animation, plays the piano and is learning the guitar, and ''[[HiddenDepths photography]]''.photography]]''. The best part? All of that is ''self-taught''.



* TakeThat: One of his earliest hits, a collaboration with Steve Duda under the [=B.S.O.D=] alias titled ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo9wJaFl1Ww This Is The Hook]]'', is a Take That against how formulaic House music is.

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* TakeThat: One of his earliest hits, His first hit, a collaboration with Steve Duda under the [=B.S.O.D=] alias titled ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo9wJaFl1Ww This Is The Hook]]'', is a Take That against how formulaic House music is.
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* ImageBoards: Goes on /b/, but has a mutual hatred of /mu/.
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* TakeThat: One of his earliest hits, a collaboration with Steve Duda under the [=B.S.O.D=] alias, is called ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo9wJaFl1Ww This Is The Hook]]'', a Take That against how formulaic House music is.

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* TakeThat: One of his earliest hits, a collaboration with Steve Duda under the [=B.S.O.D=] alias, is called alias titled ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo9wJaFl1Ww This Is The Hook]]'', is a Take That against how formulaic House music is.
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* TakeThat: One of his earliest hits, a collaboration with Steve Duda under the [=B.S.O.D=] alias, is called ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo9wJaFl1Ww This Is The Hook]]'', a Take That against how formulaic House music is.
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*** He's also a fan of ''{{Uncharted}}''.

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*** He's also a fan of ''{{Uncharted}}''.{{Uncharted}}.
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*** He's also a fan of ''{{Uncharted}}''.
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* BookDumb: "Barely" got through high school, but is ''incredibly'' tech-savvy and started his own design business before starting his full-time music career.

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* BookDumb: "Barely" got through high school, school (he finished it later after he dropped out), but is ''incredibly'' tech-savvy and started his own design business before starting his full-time music career.
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* OneOfUs: [[{{Understatement}} Where do we even start?]]

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* OneOfUs: [[{{Understatement}} Where do we even start?]]start?

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** [[ExactWords Technically]], he is a producer since he makes his own music, but [=DJs=] his own stuff at his live shows.

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** [[ExactWords Technically]], Technically, he is a producer since he makes his own music, but [=DJs=] his own stuff at his live shows.shows.
* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: The average person would likely pronounce his stage name "dead-mau-five", while the "correct" pronunciation is "dead mouse". This isn't enforced that strictly, as the man himself doesn't care and even occasionally pronounces it "dead-mau-five" himself.

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* NerdsAreSexy: If his female fans didn't clue you in, the fact that his girlfriend is a ''{{Playboy}} model'' should.
* NiceHat: The giant helmets he wears, called "mau5head"s. He has several of them, including an LED one that serves as an {{Expressive Mask}}.
** The baseball caps he ''always'' wears could qualify, too.



* NiceHat: The giant helmets he wears, called "mau5head"s. He has several of them, including an LED one that serves as an {{Expressive Mask}}.
** The baseball caps he ''always'' wears could qualify, too.
* NerdsAreSexy: If his female fans didn't clue you in, the fact that his girlfriend is a ''{{Playboy}} model'' should.
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* LimitedWardrobe: Only has about four or five shirts and three hats or so.

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* LimitedWardrobe: Only has about four or five shirts and three hats or so.shirts, which is really evident in compilations of UStream clips. He apparently has around 40 [[NiceHat hats]], though.
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* ButtMonkey: {{Skrillex}} is often the [[StealthPun butt]] of deadmau5's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhRbpMspDsw jokes]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHeuAp0Tll8 pranks]].
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* HurricaneOfPuns: ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXq8lSUKG9I Squirrel]]'' puns.
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* ExactWords: When asked by a fan on Twitter to take a picture of a pixel after showing off his new camera lenses, he [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHy-D2ubpDk decides to take a picture of the word "pixel" instead]].
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** [[ExactWords Technically]], he is a producer since he makes his own music, but DJs his own stuff at his live shows.

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** [[ExactWords Technically]], he is a producer since he makes his own music, but DJs [=DJs=] his own stuff at his live shows.
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* CanadaEh: He's Canadian, and he really does say "Eh".

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* CanadaEh: He's Canadian, and he really does say "Eh". His Canadian accent is much more prominent in his earlier online videos.



* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: CrowningMusicOfAwesome


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*** He has a replica [[LegendOfZelda Master Sword and Hylian Shield]].


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* RenaissanceMan: On top of making awesome electronica music, he skateboards, wakeboards, plays video games, does web design and web programming, 3D modeling and animation, Flash animation, plays the piano and is learning the guitar, and ''[[HiddenDepths photography]]''.
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* AccentOnTheWrongSyllable: The lyrics in ''Sofi Needs a Ladder'' start out with "LET'S play musiCAL chairs one of my favorite gaaaaames~"

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