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* WolvesAlwaysHowlAtTheMoon: When Matt turns into a werewolf in "Something Human"'s music video briefly, he does this.
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* WolvesAlwaysHowlAtTheMoon: When Matt turns into a werewolf in "Something Human"'s music video briefly, he does this.this.
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-->''They'll say, no one will find us''\\
''That we're estranged and all alone''\\
''They believe nothing can reach us''\\
''And pull us out of the boundless gloom''\\
''They're wrong''
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-->''They'll say, no one will find us''\\
''That we're estranged and all alone''\\
''They believe nothing can reach us''\\
''And pull us out of the boundless gloom''\\
''They're wrong''
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** In the music video for "Something Human", Dom and Chris appear at a run-down Blockbuster store in a [[Series/DoctorWho telephone booth that warps into the area]].
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** In the music video for "Something Human", Dom and Chris appear at a run-down Blockbuster store in a [[Series/DoctorWho [[Franchise/BillAndTed telephone booth that warps into the area]].
** The music video for "Thought Contagion" includes a recreation of the group dance scene from ''[[Music/MichaelJacksonsThriller Thriller]]''area]].
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* TrickedOutGloves: The Power Glove that Matt uses, introduced in the video for "Behold, the Glove". As seen in the ''Simulation Theory'' concert film, it can also absorb energy beams from [[spoiler:Murph]].
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It is noteworthy for its music videos comprising [[SharedUniverse a loose sci-fi canon and mythology when viewed together]], culminating in that era's concert film (see TrippyFinaleSyndrome below).
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The album has a more [[LighterAndSofter ligher]] lighter]] approach in comparison to previous albums, featuring more [[TheEighties eighties]] synthwave elements combined with modern {{pop}} sound and {{arena rock}}, and much less darker lyrical content. ScienceFiction is also a huge influence for the era, being noticeable on the sound and lyrical themes.
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The album has a more [[LighterAndSofter ligher]] approach in comparison to previous albums, featuring more [[TheEighties eighties]] synthwave elements combined with modern {{pop}} sound and {{arena rock}}, and much less darker lyrical content. ScienceFiction is also a huge influence for the era, being noticeable on the sound and lyrical themes.
It is noteworthy for its music videos comprising [[SharedUniverse a loose sci-fi canon and mythology when viewed together]], culminating in that era's concert film (see TrippyFinaleSyndrome below).
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* HighSchoolDance: The setting of the "Pressure" music video is inspired by the "Enchantment Under The Sea" dance in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.... with a few twists.
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* HighSchoolDance: The setting of the "Pressure" music video is inspired by the "Enchantment Under The Sea" dance in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''....''Film/BackToTheFuture1''.... with a few twists.
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* ArmedLegs: The protagonist's prosthetic leg shoots flames in the "Dig Down" video.
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* TronLines: A subtle version in the video for "The Dark Side", where the Lamborghini Countach's tires light up when speeding through cyberspace. The same happens to [[spoiler:Terry Crews' motorcycle]] in "Algorithm".
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* ChekhovsGunman: Dom plays a policeman who appears briefly in the "Thought Contagion" video, then later becomes one of the primary antagonists of the "Something Human" video.
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* NeonCity: Matt drives through one in the video for "The Dark Side".
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* ConspiracyTheorist: The [[spoiler:school principal]] in the "Pressure" music video becomes one by the time we reach the "Algorithm" video.
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* ClipShow: The music video for "Blockades" is this for the rest of the ''Simulation Theory'' videos released before it.
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* RecursiveReality: The events of the "Dig Down" music video are revealed to be an [[FictionalVideoGame arcade game]] within the "Thought Contagion" video's universe. Later it's revealed that [[spoiler:''the events of "Thought Contagion" itself'' are a video game as well]].
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* HomesicknessHymn: The main premise of "Something Human".
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* RearrangeTheSong: Most of the Alternate Reality versions are these.
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* HurtingHero: The protagonist of "The Dark Side", implied to be suffering from depression.
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-> ''You will find a way''
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->''When they’ve left you for dead''
->''And you can only see red''
->''You must find a way''
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->''When you’re close to the edge''\\
''With a gun to your head''\\
''You must find a way''
-->-- '''Dig Down'''
->''When you’re close to the edge''\\
''With a gun to your head''\\
''You must find a way''
-->-- '''Dig Down'''
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''You must find
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''Algorithms evolve, push us aside, render us obsolete''
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!!GET UP AND TROPE!
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''PRESSURE BUILDING!''"]]
->''When you’re close to the edge''\\
''With a gun to your head''\\
''You must find a way''
-->-- '''Dig Down'''
'''Simulation Theory''' is the eighth studio album by the English AlternativeRock band Music/{{Muse}}, released in 9 November 2018.
!!Tracklist:
# "Algorithm" (4:05)
# "The Dark Side" (3:47)
# "Pressure" (3:55)
# "Propaganda" (3:00)
# "Break It to Me" (3:37)
# "Something Human" (3:46)
# "Thought Contagion" (3:26)
# "Get Up and Fight" (4:04)
# "Blockades" (3:50)
# "Dig Down" (3:48
# "The Void" (4:44)
!!GET UP AND TROPE!
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''D'''ig '''D'''own".
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Murph and the giant robots in ''The Dark Side'''s music video and the ''Simulation Theory'' concert film.
** Murph in particular [[spoiler:guards the exit to the Simulation]]. He can fire a massive beam of energy out of his mouth. At live shows, the band has a giant prop of him.
* AwfulTruth: [[PlatonicCave The main premise of the album]].
* BrutalHonesty: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] with "Break It To Me."
* TheCameo: Creator/TerryCrews in the music video for "Pressure" as the school principal and as the protagonist of "Algorithm".
* ContinuityNod: The video to "Pressure" starts with one; namely to ''themselves''. The school principal[[note]]Played by Terry Crews, no less.[[/note]] announces the band as ''hometown heroes'' and the ''local Battle Of The Bands winners'', Rocket Baby Dolls. As well as the three of them attending college together - initially in separate bands - they gradually gravitated to one another[[note]]Matt auditioned for Dominic's band as a new singer/songwriter, before the two of ''them'' later approached Chris to join them, but switching from drumming to bass.[[/note]] where they became the Rocket Baby Dolls; the precursor to Muse who ''won a local Battle Of The Bands contest in 1994''.
* CoolCar: The Lamborghini Countach featured in the music videos. [[GenreThrowback A fitting car for what they were trying to accomplish in this era]].
* {{Cyberspace}}: The primary setting of the ''Simulation Theory'' videos. Best exemplified in "The Dark Side".
* EatMe: Matt seemingly does this on purpose in The Dark Side's music video, driving straight into the mouth of a robot, through its brain, and out the back of its head.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Matt, known for having this, deliberately weaponizes this in "Propaganda".
* FaceOnTheCover: Excluding singles and live albums, ''Simulation Theory'' is the first studio album to feature the band's faces on the cover, albeit illustrated in the style of an [[GenreThrowback eighties movie poster.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: The ''Simulation Theory'' concert film features [[FutureSpandex dancers in skintight bodysuits]] fumigating the audience during "Propaganda".
* FinalSolution: Referenced by name in "Thought Contagion". In the music video, the protagonist, a young man bitten by his vampire girlfriend, approaches a pair of GasMaskMooks struggling to contain the girl, seeking help. They turn to look at him; the light makes their masks' eyes shine a sickly green and they start dancing in sync with the vampires.
-->''It's too late for a revolution / Brace for the final solution.''
* HighSchoolDance: The setting of the "Pressure" music video is inspired by the "Enchantment Under The Sea" dance in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.... with a few twists.
* HurtingHero: The protagonist of "The Dark Side", implied to be suffering from depression.
* ImprovisedWeapon: The protagonist in the music video for "Dig Down" grabs a wall-mounted flat screen and swings it at the end of its cables as an improvised flail.
* LighterAndSofter: The album as a whole has a lighter soundscape in comparison to the previous albums, dominated by synths and an far more optimistic tone overall. Of course, it doesn't last.
* NonAppearingTitle: "The Void".
* OneWordTitle: "Algorithm", "Pressure", "Propaganda" and "Blockades".
* OurWormholesAreDifferent: They seemingly appear at random throughout the "Something Human" and "The Dark Side" videos so that Matt can continually evade danger [[ContrivedCoincidence by dumb luck]].
* PlatonicCave: The main theme of ''Simulation Theory''.
* ShoutOut:
** In the music video for "Something Human", Dom and Chris appear at a run-down Blockbuster store in a [[Series/DoctorWho telephone booth that warps into the area]].
** The music video for "Thought Contagion" includes a recreation of the group dance scene from ''[[Music/MichaelJacksonsThriller Thriller]]''
** The music video for "Dig Down" features Matt as Series/MaxHeadroom.
* StockDesertInterstate: The video for "Something Human" has a seemingly endless and straight road out in a desert.
* TrippyFinaleSyndrome: The ''Simulation Theory'' concert film is this for that entire album era.[[note]]Not unless you count the epilogue music videos Matt made for "[[https://youtu.be/SI4g0Sxs1jA Behold the Glove]]" and the [[https://youtu.be/G8WWmOoTiNU Simulation Theory Theme]], which push this more into GainaxEnding territory.[[/note]]
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: "Algorithm"
-->"This means war with your creator!"
* TheVirus: There's one throughout the ''Simulation Theory'' music videos that turns people into vampires, best seen in "Thought Contagion". There also may be one that turned Matt into a werewolf in "Something Human".
* WolvesAlwaysHowlAtTheMoon: When Matt turns into a werewolf in "Something Human"'s music video briefly, he does this.
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->''When you’re close to the edge''\\
''With a gun to your head''\\
''You must find a way''
-->-- '''Dig Down'''
'''Simulation Theory''' is the eighth studio album by the English AlternativeRock band Music/{{Muse}}, released in 9 November 2018.
!!Tracklist:
# "Algorithm" (4:05)
# "The Dark Side" (3:47)
# "Pressure" (3:55)
# "Propaganda" (3:00)
# "Break It to Me" (3:37)
# "Something Human" (3:46)
# "Thought Contagion" (3:26)
# "Get Up and Fight" (4:04)
# "Blockades" (3:50)
# "Dig Down" (3:48
# "The Void" (4:44)
!!GET UP AND TROPE!
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''D'''ig '''D'''own".
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Murph and the giant robots in ''The Dark Side'''s music video and the ''Simulation Theory'' concert film.
** Murph in particular [[spoiler:guards the exit to the Simulation]]. He can fire a massive beam of energy out of his mouth. At live shows, the band has a giant prop of him.
* AwfulTruth: [[PlatonicCave The main premise of the album]].
* BrutalHonesty: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] with "Break It To Me."
* TheCameo: Creator/TerryCrews in the music video for "Pressure" as the school principal and as the protagonist of "Algorithm".
* ContinuityNod: The video to "Pressure" starts with one; namely to ''themselves''. The school principal[[note]]Played by Terry Crews, no less.[[/note]] announces the band as ''hometown heroes'' and the ''local Battle Of The Bands winners'', Rocket Baby Dolls. As well as the three of them attending college together - initially in separate bands - they gradually gravitated to one another[[note]]Matt auditioned for Dominic's band as a new singer/songwriter, before the two of ''them'' later approached Chris to join them, but switching from drumming to bass.[[/note]] where they became the Rocket Baby Dolls; the precursor to Muse who ''won a local Battle Of The Bands contest in 1994''.
* CoolCar: The Lamborghini Countach featured in the music videos. [[GenreThrowback A fitting car for what they were trying to accomplish in this era]].
* {{Cyberspace}}: The primary setting of the ''Simulation Theory'' videos. Best exemplified in "The Dark Side".
* EatMe: Matt seemingly does this on purpose in The Dark Side's music video, driving straight into the mouth of a robot, through its brain, and out the back of its head.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Matt, known for having this, deliberately weaponizes this in "Propaganda".
* FaceOnTheCover: Excluding singles and live albums, ''Simulation Theory'' is the first studio album to feature the band's faces on the cover, albeit illustrated in the style of an [[GenreThrowback eighties movie poster.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: The ''Simulation Theory'' concert film features [[FutureSpandex dancers in skintight bodysuits]] fumigating the audience during "Propaganda".
* FinalSolution: Referenced by name in "Thought Contagion". In the music video, the protagonist, a young man bitten by his vampire girlfriend, approaches a pair of GasMaskMooks struggling to contain the girl, seeking help. They turn to look at him; the light makes their masks' eyes shine a sickly green and they start dancing in sync with the vampires.
-->''It's too late for a revolution / Brace for the final solution.''
* HighSchoolDance: The setting of the "Pressure" music video is inspired by the "Enchantment Under The Sea" dance in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.... with a few twists.
* HurtingHero: The protagonist of "The Dark Side", implied to be suffering from depression.
* ImprovisedWeapon: The protagonist in the music video for "Dig Down" grabs a wall-mounted flat screen and swings it at the end of its cables as an improvised flail.
* LighterAndSofter: The album as a whole has a lighter soundscape in comparison to the previous albums, dominated by synths and an far more optimistic tone overall. Of course, it doesn't last.
* NonAppearingTitle: "The Void".
* OneWordTitle: "Algorithm", "Pressure", "Propaganda" and "Blockades".
* OurWormholesAreDifferent: They seemingly appear at random throughout the "Something Human" and "The Dark Side" videos so that Matt can continually evade danger [[ContrivedCoincidence by dumb luck]].
* PlatonicCave: The main theme of ''Simulation Theory''.
* ShoutOut:
** In the music video for "Something Human", Dom and Chris appear at a run-down Blockbuster store in a [[Series/DoctorWho telephone booth that warps into the area]].
** The music video for "Thought Contagion" includes a recreation of the group dance scene from ''[[Music/MichaelJacksonsThriller Thriller]]''
** The music video for "Dig Down" features Matt as Series/MaxHeadroom.
* StockDesertInterstate: The video for "Something Human" has a seemingly endless and straight road out in a desert.
* TrippyFinaleSyndrome: The ''Simulation Theory'' concert film is this for that entire album era.[[note]]Not unless you count the epilogue music videos Matt made for "[[https://youtu.be/SI4g0Sxs1jA Behold the Glove]]" and the [[https://youtu.be/G8WWmOoTiNU Simulation Theory Theme]], which push this more into GainaxEnding territory.[[/note]]
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: "Algorithm"
-->"This means war with your creator!"
* TheVirus: There's one throughout the ''Simulation Theory'' music videos that turns people into vampires, best seen in "Thought Contagion". There also may be one that turned Matt into a werewolf in "Something Human".
* WolvesAlwaysHowlAtTheMoon: When Matt turns into a werewolf in "Something Human"'s music video briefly, he does this.
