History Music / MarianasTrench

* OrangeBlueContrast: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qta36qcILSo “This Is War”]] music video has blue and orange as the signature colours of the boy and girl gangs, respectively, which is based on the hair colours of the gang leaders--Josh has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair his usual blue streak]] and the female lead [[HeroesWantRedheads is a redhead]]. Most of their “fighting” is just each gang trying to paint their own colour on the other.

* SkywardScream: Josh in the "Shake Tramp" video. [[LargeHam Done for]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments humor]].

* StalkingIsLove: The "Cross My Heart" video. See ObliviousToLove above.

** Again, the "Cross My Heart" video. Happens again in the video for "Beside You". The band [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this trend in a behind-the-scenes video.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: In the video for "Desperate Measures", Josh gets a really cute female one, who follows him through various scenes - much to his annoyance.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: "Good to You"

* IndecipherableLyrics: Parts of the pre-chorus to Celebrity Status and the chorus to Vertigo are almost completely indecipherable without checking the lyric booklet. ("Ditzy oven mike... something some... VERTIGO!")

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: "Toy Soldiers"

* OrangeBlueContrast: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qta36qcILSo “This Is War”]] music video has blue and orange as the signature colours of the boy and girl gangs, respectively, which is based on the hair colours of the gang leaders – Josh has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair his usual blue streak]] and the female lead [[HeroesWantRedheads is a redhead]]. Most of their “fighting” is just each gang trying to paint their own colour on the other.

* StalkerWithACrush: Again, the "Cross My Heart" video. Happens again in the video for "Beside You". The band [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this trend in a behind-the-scenes video.

* HappilyEverAfter: How the ''Ever After'' story ends.

* ObsessionSong: "Toy Soldiers"
* OfficeRomance: The "All to Myself" video.
* TheOneThatGotAway: "One Love"
* OneTrueLove: What "One Love" is about.

* SexySecretary: In the "All to Myself" video.

* TogetherInDeath: Referenced a couple times on ''Phantoms'', hence the title.

* YouAreNotAlone: "Beside You"
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: "Porcelain"

* LyricsVideoMismatch: "Say Anything" is about self-harm and self-loathing, but the video is a [[LargeHam hammy]] story about Josh selling the embarrassing secrets of his bandmates to the press. "Shake Tramp" is about what [[SlapSlapKiss may or may not be]] [[UnfortunateImplications an abusive relationship]], and the video is... about Josh hallucinating being a smooth operator? “Don’t Miss Me?” Follows the same premise as well, where Josh wanted to make a stupid silly video for the serious song; explained in the behind the scenes.

* LyricsVideoMismatch: "Say Anything" is about self-harm and self-loathing, but the video is a [[LargeHam hammy]] story about Josh selling the embarrassing secrets of his bandmates to the press. "Shake Tramp" is about what [[SlapSlapKiss may or may not be]] [[UnfortunateImplications an abusive relationship]], and the video is... about Josh hallucinating being a smooth operator? “Don’t Miss Me?” Follows the same premise as well.

* LyricsVideoMismatch: "Say Anything" is about self-harm and self-loathing, but the video is a [[LargeHam hammy]] story about Josh selling the embarrassing secrets of his bandmates to the press. "Shake Tramp" is about what [[SlapSlapKiss may or may not be]] [[UnfortunateImplications an abusive relationship]], and the video is... about Josh hallucinating being a smooth operator?

* LongestSongGoesLast: ''Masterpiece Theatre'' ends with "Masterpiece Theatre III" (6:40), a medley of all the other songs on the album. ''Ever After'' ends with "No Place Like Home" (6:41), and ''Astoria" ends with "End of an Era" (7:40).

A [[CanadianMusic Canadian]] pop-punk band, consisting of lead singer Josh Ramsay, guitarist Matt Webb, bassist Mike Ayley, and drummer Ian Casselman. So far they have released four albums, and are pretty well known within their home country.

* SkywardScream: Josh in the "Shake Tramp" video. [[LargeHam Done for]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny humor]].

* LongestSongGoesLast: ''Masterpiece Theatre'' ends with "Masterpiece Theatre III" (6:40), a medley of all the other songs on the album.

** In "Pop 101", the lyrics directly reference TheBlackEyedPeas, ImogenHeap, and MumfordAndSons and indirectly reference JustinBieber. The music video references Music/{{Kesha}} and Robin Thicke, among others. Given the [[SarcasmMode sarcastic]] tone of the song, it may qualify as more of a TakeThat.

** In "Pop 101", the lyrics directly reference TheBlackEyedPeas, ImogenHeap, and MumfordAndSons and indirectly reference JustinBieber. The music video references [[{{Kesha}} Ke$ha]] and Robin Thicke, among others. Given the [[SarcasmMode sarcastic]] tone of the song, it may qualify as more of a TakeThat.
** "Here's to the Zeros" mentions [[CarlyRaeJepsen "Call Me Maybe"]], for which Josh Ramsay wrote the music.

* {{Adorkable}}: Everyone in the band has shades of this.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Josh refers to himself as "The gayest straight boy ever" on [[https://twitter.com/JoshRamsay his Twitter]].
* AwesomeMcCoolName:
** Josh frequently changes his name on Twitter to something bizarre; as of Spring 2016, it's "Rosh Jamsay".
** He named his dog [[ShoutOut Bennie and]] [[Music/EltonJohn the Jets]] Ramsay.

* DeadpanSnarker: Josh, especially on his Twitter. This has earned him the FanNickname "Ramsassy".

* IAmNotPretty: Josh apparently considers himself very unattractive.

* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Bennie to Josh. [[https://twitter.com/JoshRamsay/status/647241563995664385 She even waited for him at the door until he got back from a video shoot]].

* SelfDeprecation: Josh is ''very'' hard on himself, even apologizing to someone who noted that they look alike.

* InJoke: The beginning of the "Celebrity Status" video includes what looks like a ''That70sShow'' take-off in which Josh falls over a couch and yells, "Pomegranate?! Aw, man!" According to one Behind-the-Scenes video, this was reference to a stay at a lousy hotel the band had where one of their drunk neighbors kept retelling a joke where the punchline was "Pomegranate."

* MrFanservice: Josh comes out in in his underwear and a shirt in one scene of the "Desperate Measures" video. The whole band would also perform that song live in the same outfits.

--> ''Hey kids, do you wanna do what I do? / I got sick, got kicked outta high school / just then, I kinda got arrested / with a car and a chase and a drug test.''
* LyricsVideoMismatch: "Say Anything" is about self-harm and self-loathing, but the video is a [[LargeHam hammy]] story about Josh selling the embarrassing secrets of his bandmates to the press. "Shake Tramp" is about what [[SlapSlapKiss may or may not be]] [[UnfortunateImplications an abusive relationship]], and the video is...about Josh hallucinating being a smooth operator?
* MrFanservice: Josh comes out in in his underwear in one scene of the "Desperate Measures" video.

--> ''They say "Where's the next hit baby?"/ God [[SarcasmMode how could I top]] [[OldShame Call Me Maybe?]]''

* ObliviousToLove: The girl in the "Cross My Heart" video. Josh spends the whole video following just behind her, singing to her, even forming a ''parade'' and she doesn't even turn around to notice until the end of the video.

--> ''So they say, "Where's the next hit, baby?" / God how could I top "Call Me Maybe"?''

* StalkingIsLove: The "Cross My Heart" video. See "Oblivious to Love" above.

** This trope is used again in "Toy Soldiers" with the chorus repeating "I'll follow you like [[TitleDrop toy soldiers]]."

[[caption-width-right:350:from left to right, Ian Casselman, Matt Webb, Josh Ramsay, Mike Ayley]]

* DyeHard: Josh usually had streaks of blue in his hair.

A [[CanadianMusic Canadian]] pop-punk band, consisting of lead singer Josh Ramsay, guitarist Matt Webb, bassist Mike Ayley, and drummer Ian Casselman. So far they have produced three albums (''Fix Me'', ''Masterpiece Theatre'', and ''Ever After'') with a fourth (''Astoria'') being released on October 23, 2015.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Josh often has streaks of blue in his hair.

** Josh frequently changes his name on Twitter to something bizarre; as of Spring 2016, it's "Ol' Saint Pinky".

* IndecipherableLyrics: Parts of the chorus to Celebrity Status and the pre-chorus to Vertigo are almost completely indecipherable without checking the lyric booklet. ("Ditzy oven mike... something some... VERTIGO!")

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Josh frequently changes his name on Twitter to something bizarre; as of Fall 2015, it's "Detective Mittens".
** He named his dog [[ShoutOut Bennie and]] [[EltonJohn the Jets]] Ramsay.

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[[caption-width-right:350:from left to right, Ian Casselman, Matt Webb, Josh Ramsay, Mike Ayley]]