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* AffectionateParody:
** "Handy" parodies "Fancy" by Music/IggyAzalea and Music/CharliXCX to tell the story of a particularly boastful handyman
** "Foil" starts out as a food-based parody of "Royals" by Music/{{Lorde}}, but veers into a SelfParody of "Weird Al"s own music, segueing away from food and into bizarre conspiracy theories.
** Music/RobinThicke's infamous "Blurred Lines" (featuring Music/PharrellWilliams and Music/{{TI}}) was spoofed as "Word Crimes," a song about grammar on the internet. Yankovic admitted to probably being the only person to make a "Blurred Lines" parody about grammar, since every other parody of the song he was aware of was about the original song's UnfortunateImplications.
** "Inactive" parodies "Radioactive" by Music/ImagineDragons to tell the tale of a spectacularly lazy person.
** "Tacky" spoofs Music/PharrellWilliams' "Happy" to be about all kinds of tacky behavior. This even extends to the music video, which does the same "[[TheOner one continuous shot]] of celebrity guest stars lip-syncing the song" schtick as Pharrell's "24 Hours of Happy" publicity stunt.
** "Handy" parodies "Fancy" by Music/IggyAzalea and Music/CharliXCX to tell the story of a particularly boastful handyman
** "Foil" starts out as a food-based parody of "Royals" by Music/{{Lorde}}, but veers into a SelfParody of "Weird Al"s own music, segueing away from food and into bizarre conspiracy theories.
** Music/RobinThicke's infamous "Blurred Lines" (featuring Music/PharrellWilliams and Music/{{TI}}) was spoofed as "Word Crimes," a song about grammar on the internet. Yankovic admitted to probably being the only person to make a "Blurred Lines" parody about grammar, since every other parody of the song he was aware of was about the original song's UnfortunateImplications.
** "Inactive" parodies "Radioactive" by Music/ImagineDragons to tell the tale of a spectacularly lazy person.
** "Tacky" spoofs Music/PharrellWilliams' "Happy" to be about all kinds of tacky behavior. This even extends to the music video, which does the same "[[TheOner one continuous shot]] of celebrity guest stars lip-syncing the song" schtick as Pharrell's "24 Hours of Happy" publicity stunt.
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* YouMakeMeSic: The entire premise of "Word Crimes":
-->I hate these word crimes\\
You really need a\\
Full time proofreader\\
You dumb mouth-breather\\
Well, you should hire\\
Some cunning linguist\\
To help you distinguish\\
What is proper English
-->I hate these word crimes\\
You really need a\\
Full time proofreader\\
You dumb mouth-breather\\
Well, you should hire\\
Some cunning linguist\\
To help you distinguish\\
What is proper English
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* TakeThat: In "Word Crimes", Al mentions
-->You should never write words using numbers, Unless you're seven or your name is Music/{{Prince}}.
** The rivalry between Weird Al and Prince was so tense that when they were assigned to seats in the same row at the American Music Awards, Al received a telegram from Prince's management [[DontLookAtMe demanding that Al was not to make any eye contact with Prince]].
-->You should never write words using numbers, Unless you're seven or your name is Music/{{Prince}}.
** The rivalry between Weird Al and Prince was so tense that when they were assigned to seats in the same row at the American Music Awards, Al received a telegram from Prince's management [[DontLookAtMe demanding that Al was not to make any eye contact with Prince]].
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* ConspiracyTheorist: The entire second verse of "Foil" talks about TheIlluminati finally being primed for world domination, black helicopters coming from across the border, and the government's refusal to admit to faking the Moon landing. Just in case aliens get involved, he's got a Tinfoil Hat to protect him, and someday he'll prove there's one giant conspiracy.
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* ConspiracyTheorist: The entire second verse of "Foil" talks about TheIlluminati finally being primed for world domination, black helicopters coming from across the border, and the government's refusal to admit to faking the Moon landing. Just in case aliens get involved, he's got a Tinfoil Hat to protect him, and someday he'll prove there's one giant conspiracy. The part at the end of the video where Creator/PattonOswalt [[LatexPerfection removes his face]] to reveal a lizard head underneath is also a reference to the conspiracy theory about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_conspiracy_theory shape-changing reptilian aliens who've taken over society]].
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** The part at the end of the video where Creator/PattonOswalt [[LatexPerfection removes his face]] to reveal a lizard head underneath might seem like a random gag, unless you know the conspiracy theory about shape-changing reptilian aliens who've taken over society.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: The narrator in "Tacky" regularly likes to get drunk at the bank and take off his shirt at least.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: The narrator in "Tacky" regularly likes to get drunk at the bank and take off his shirt shirt, at least.
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** When Al had finished recording "Mission Statement", a parody of "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" with a touch of ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}-style office humor, he encountered Graham Nash of Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung, who had coincidentally asked Al to do a parody of "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes". Al played "Mission Statement" over the phone, and Nash loved the song.
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%% ** When Al had finished recording "Mission Statement", a parody of "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" with a touch of ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}-style office humor, he encountered Graham Nash of Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung, who had coincidentally asked Al to do a parody of "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes". Al played "Mission Statement" over the phone, and Nash loved the song.
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** "Mission Statement" - Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash, particularly "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
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** "Mission Statement" - Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash, particularly "Carry On" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
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* Letters2Numbers: The narrator tells the student in "Word Crimes" to never write words using numbers "unless you're seven... or your name is Music/{{Prince}}".
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** "Word Crimes" has numerous examples. "Your participle's dangling" (with appropriate visual), "some {{cunning linguist}}", and the video ends with "'WEIRD AL' YANKOVIC HAS A BIG DIC... TIONARY".
** "Jackson Park Express" has "I like your boobs" and "I want you inside me [[spoiler:like a tapeworm]]."
** "Word Crimes" has numerous examples. "Your participle's dangling" (with appropriate visual), "some {{cunning linguist}}", and the video ends with "'WEIRD AL' YANKOVIC HAS A BIG DIC... TIONARY".
** "Jackson Park Express" has "I like your boobs" and "I want you inside me [[spoiler:like a tapeworm]]."
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** "Word Crimes" has numerous examples. "Your participle's dangling" (with appropriate visual), "some {{cunning linguist}}",GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the video ends with "'WEIRD AL' YANKOVIC HAS A BIG DIC... TIONARY".
** "Jackson Park Express" has "I likefuture, please check the trope page to make sure your boobs" and "I want you inside me [[spoiler:like a tapeworm]]."example fits the current definition.
** "Word Crimes" has numerous examples. "Your participle's dangling" (with appropriate visual), "some {{cunning linguist}}",
** "Jackson Park Express" has "I like
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* ThatsWhatICallX: "That’s What I Call Polka"
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* ThatsWhatICallX: "That’s What I Call Polka"Polka".
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* ThatsWhatICallX: "That’s What I Call Polka"
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* YouMakeMeSic: The entire premise of "Word Crimes":
-->I hate these word crimes\\
You really need a\\
Full time proofreader\\
You dumb mouth-breather\\
Well, you should hire\\
Some cunning linguist\\
To help you distinguish\\
What is proper English
-->I hate these word crimes\\
You really need a\\
Full time proofreader\\
You dumb mouth-breather\\
Well, you should hire\\
Some cunning linguist\\
To help you distinguish\\
What is proper English
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: A meta example; shortly after Al had finished recording "Mission Statement," Graham Nash of Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash reached out to Al and requested that he do a parody of "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes." Al responded by playing a snippet of "Mission Statement" on the spot, and Nash seemed satisfied with the result.
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* ToiletHumor: Al's version of "Scream and Shout"
--> ''I want to scream'' (Suzanne Yankovic screams), ''and shout'' ('''HEY!''') ''and let it all out'' ('''BLUGH!''')\\
''I want to scream'' (Suzanne screams again), ''and shout'' ('''HEY!''') ''and let it out!'' (''fart noise'')
--> ''I want to scream'' (Suzanne Yankovic screams), ''and shout'' ('''HEY!''') ''and let it all out'' ('''BLUGH!''')\\
''I want to scream'' (Suzanne screams again), ''and shout'' ('''HEY!''') ''and let it out!'' (''fart noise'')
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** "Mission Statement" - Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash
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** "Mission Statement" - Music/CrosbyStillsAndNashMusic/CrosbyStillsAndNash, particularly "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: "Mission Statement" is all about using all sorts of overly-sophisticated corporate buzzwords.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The lyrics of "Mission Statement" is all about using are strung together from all sorts of overly-sophisticated corporate buzzwords.buzzwords which roughly translate to "We need to make more money."
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[HappinessIsMandatory PREPДRE FOR MДNDДTORY FUN.]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[HappinessIsMandatory PREPДRE FOR MДNDДTORY FUN.]]]]
FUN]]]]
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* ZombieInfectee: The narrator of "Tacky" informs us that, if he gets bitten by a zombie, he probably won't tell anyone.
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* ZombieInfectee: The narrator of "Tacky" informs us that, if he gets bitten by a zombie, he probably won't tell anyone.anyone.
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[[TheStinger ''The pervasion of fun exists except for the lack of fun.'']]
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[[TheStinger ''The pervasion of fun exists except for the lack of fun.'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[HappinessIsMandatory PREP'Д'RE FOR M'Д'NDATORY FUN.]] ]]
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This was also Al's first album to utilize the internet for promotion. A week before the album's official release, eight of the album's twelve tracks has music videos released, each released on a different website.
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This was also Al's first album to utilize the internet for promotion. A week before the album's official release, eight of the album's twelve tracks has had music videos released, each released on a different website.
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"I'd like to remove all your skin, and wear your skin, over my own skin... [[BlatantLies but not in a creepy way]]!"
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--> "I'd like to remove all your skin, and wear your skin, over my own skin... [[BlatantLies but not in a creepy way]]!"
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--->''That just makes me '''want to "literally" smack''' a crowbar upside your stupid head!''\\
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--->''That just really makes me '''want to "literally" smack''' a crowbar upside your stupid head!''\\
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* BestialityIsDepraved: The narrator of “My Own Eyes” saw a stripper kiss a duck behind a dumpster in Aruba.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: The narrator in "Tacky" regularly likes to get drunk at the bank and take off his shirt at least.
--->''Be aware! There's always someone that's watching you!''
* EverybodyHatesMathematics: The narrator of "Jackson Park Express" considers trigonometry and prime numbers to be the greatest evils of the world.
* GenuineHumanHide: The protagonist of "Jackson Park Express" voices a desire to wear the object of his affection's skin like a costume...
"I'd like to remove all your skin, and wear your skin, over my own skin... [[BlatantLies but not in a creepy way]]!"
"I'd like to remove all your skin, and wear your skin, over my own skin... [[BlatantLies but not in a creepy way]]!"
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** "Word Crimes" has numerous examples. "Your participle's dangling" (with appropriate visual), "some cunning linguist", and the video ends with "'WEIRD AL' YANKOVIC HAS A BIG DIC... TIONARY".
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** "Word Crimes" has numerous examples. "Your participle's dangling" (with appropriate visual), "some cunning linguist", {{cunning linguist}}", and the video ends with "'WEIRD AL' YANKOVIC HAS A BIG DIC... TIONARY".
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I'll fix your plumbing when your toilets overflow.''
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I'll fix your plumbing when your toilets overflow.''\\
I'm so handy\\
I'll bring you up to code\\
When your dishwasher starts to explode!''
I'm so handy\\
I'll bring you up to code\\
When your dishwasher starts to explode!''
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* IntimateMarks: The video for "Tacky" has Kirsten Schaal living up to the title by wearing a top with hot pink handprints over the breasts.
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* IntimateMarks: The video for "Tacky" has Kirsten Schaal living up to the title by wearing a black top with hot pink handprints over the breasts.
-->''Wear a hat that's foil-lined\\
In case an alien's inclined\\
To [[AnalProbe probe your butt]] or read your mind
In case an alien's inclined\\
To [[AnalProbe probe your butt]] or read your mind
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-->''"By the way, I cracked the code"''
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-->''"By the way, I cracked the code"''code"''
* YourMimeMakesItReal: "My Own Eyes" gives us mimes being hacked to death by imaginary cleavers.
* ZombieInfectee: The narrator of "Tacky" informs us that, if he gets bitten by a zombie, he probably won't tell anyone.
* YourMimeMakesItReal: "My Own Eyes" gives us mimes being hacked to death by imaginary cleavers.
* ZombieInfectee: The narrator of "Tacky" informs us that, if he gets bitten by a zombie, he probably won't tell anyone.
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* CallBack: "Lame Claim to Fame" consists entirely of Al name-dropping celebrities with whom he's had tangential encounters. Later on, in "Tacky," we get this line:
--> Well, now I'm dropping names almost constantly\\
That's what Music/KanyeWest keeps telling me
--> Well, now I'm dropping names almost constantly\\
That's what Music/KanyeWest keeps telling me
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* HappinessIsMandatory: The album title and cover suggests this.
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* HappinessIsMandatory: The album title is titled "Mandatory Fun" and the cover suggests this.art and affiliated artwork depict Al as a ComicallySerious, AffablyEvil dictator.
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: In "Jackson Park Express":
-->''I glanced down at her shirt for a second, in a way that clearly implied... "I like your boobs!"''
-->''I glanced down at her shirt for a second, in a way that clearly implied... "I like your boobs!"''
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* AnalProbing: Mentioned in "Foil".
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* AnalProbing: Mentioned in "Foil"."Foil" as one of the things aliens can do, which can be avoided by wearing a foil hat.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: The narrator in "Jackson Park Express" instantly falls in love with the woman who sits across from him on the bus.
-->''I knew we had a special connection the second I saw her smile''
-->''I knew we had a special connection the second I saw her smile''
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** The rap verse of the same song contains a split infinitive, left in by Al to deliberately annoy grammar wonks.
--->''That just makes me '''want to "literally" smack''' a crowbar upside your stupid head!''
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** The rap verse Two segments of the same song contains a (the rap verse and the final chorus) contain split infinitive, infinitives, left in by Al to deliberately annoy grammar wonks.
--->''That just makes me '''want to "literally" smack''' a crowbar upside your stupidhead!''head!''\\
''Try your best '''to not drool.'''''
--->''That just makes me '''want to "literally" smack''' a crowbar upside your stupid
''Try your best '''to not drool.'''''
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-->''I pointed to the side of my mouth, as a way of indicating\\
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* LongestSongGoesLast: The album ends with "Jackson Park Express" (9:05)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Mandatory Fun'']]
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