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* AffectionateNickname: "Chicken Little" for Benny.

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* AffectionateNickname: "Chicken Little" for Benny.[[ButtMonkey Benny]].
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* BlatantLies: "We've been a comedy rock sensation for forty years now."

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* BlatantLies: "We've been a comedy rock sensation for forty years now."" They've been saying this since less than a year after their formation.



* ButtMonkey: Benny, generally.

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* ButtMonkey: Benny, generally. Jordan and Lee sometimes introduce themselves as The Axis of Awesome, forcing Benny to then say "[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And I'm Benny]]".
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In ''The Holy Trinity'', Jordan and Lee interpret the Holy Ghost as a [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal spectral rapist]].

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: InUniverse: In ''The Holy Trinity'', Jordan and Lee interpret the Holy Ghost as a [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal spectral rapist]].
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* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: "What Would Jesus Do" has the following:

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* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Non-explicit performances of "What Would Jesus Do" has have the following:
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Redundant link - Trivia is linked at the top so replace with something useful


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Trivia.TheAxisOfAwesomeNot to be confused with The WebVideo/KeyOfAwesome

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** Most notably, the official video for ''Four Chords'' parodies every single one of the music videos for the songs they do.

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** Most notably, the official video for ''Four Chords'' parodies every single one of the music videos for the songs they do.do.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In ''The Holy Trinity'', Jordan and Lee interpret the Holy Ghost as a [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal spectral rapist]].
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* TooDumbToLive: In "One in Three," Lee lights Jordan's pants on fire when he trips over the heater, then leaves the pants burning when he leaves for the video store. It's implied that he burned down their apartment.
** Lee also is [[NoodleIncident not allowed to use the stove]]
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* SophisticatedAsFuck: This verse of "Glorious Epic:
-->''And in the misty halls of Asgard\\
Where the gods watch over man\\
They tried to curse the Axis for our pride\\
But alas, we were too awesome\\
Their powers weak against our might\\
So we [[GroinAttack kicked them in the balls]] and then they cried.''
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* GroinAttack: A pretty [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu epic one]] in "The Glorious Epic of Three Men Who are Awesome".
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** In that same song, the "4 Chords" song, Benny says that the reason they've never had a hit is because they've never used the same 4 chords as used by all the popular songs. Later, one of the examples of a song that uses the 4 chords is ''their own song'', Birdplane.

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It\'s preferable here on TV Tropes to list the sub-trope, not the super-trope.


* LastSecondWordSwap: "What Would Jesus Do" has the following:
--> Did you give your life up to save humans from bad luck?\\
Were you born a virgin birth or did your parents... have sex?


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* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: "What Would Jesus Do" has the following:
--> Did you give your life up to save humans from bad luck?\\
Were you born a virgin birth or did your parents... have sex?
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* DemBones: Averted with Skeleton Man, who is "part-man, part-skeleton" and looks like a regular man.
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* IWantMyJetpack: "Why Aren't Lasers Doing Cool Shit" is about lasers not living up to the hype because we don't have EyeBeams, FrickinLaserBeams and {{Laser Blade}}s yet.
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* ShaggyDogStory: "Titty Bar" is a two and a half minute set up to a [[spoiler: Your Mom]] joke.

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* ShaggyDogStory: "Titty Bar" is a two and a half minute set up to a [[spoiler: Your Mom]] YourMom]] joke.



* Your Mom: [[spoiler: the punchline of "Titty Bar"]]

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* Your Mom: YourMom: [[spoiler: the punchline of "Titty Bar"]]
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* InDaClub: "In The Club Tonight", where Lee styles himself after Music/{{Pitbull}}, the song has a Dubstep break, and it has a shout out to 17-year-olds who snuck into the club.
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--> '''Jordan:''' ''WELL I READ THE ''FUCKING'' BOOKS!''
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* FandomBerserkButton[[invoked]]: "Rage of Thrones" is all about this in regards to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fans and their relationship with ''Series/GameOfThones'' viewers.

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* FandomBerserkButton[[invoked]]: "Rage of Thrones" is all about this in regards to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fans and their relationship with ''Series/GameOfThones'' ''Series/GameOfThrones'' viewers.
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* FandomBerserkButton[[invoked]]: "Rage of Thrones" is all about this in regards to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fans and their relationship with ''Series/GameOfThones'' viewers.
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--->''I'm more than bird, I'm more than a plane''
--->''I'm a birdplane! I'm a birdplane! Check me out, I'm a birdplane''

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--->''I'm -->''I'm more than bird, I'm more than a plane''
--->''I'm
plane''\\
''I'm
a birdplane! I'm a birdplane! Check me out, I'm a birdplane''



---> Did you give your life up to save humans from bad luck?
---> Were you born a virgin birth or did your parents... have sex?

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---> --> Did you give your life up to save humans from bad luck?
--->
luck?\\
Were you born a virgin birth or did your parents... have sex?



---> Don't tell me about "spoilers!" ''Winter has been coming for '''sixteen fucking years!'''''"

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---> --> Don't tell me about "spoilers!" ''Winter has been coming for '''sixteen fucking years!'''''"



--->'''Jordan''':''I'm Jordan''
--->'''Lee''':''I'm Lee''
--->'''Jordan and Lee''':''(Cutting off Benny) And We are The Axis of Awesome''
--->'''Benny''':''And I'm Benny!''
* OneOfUs: Jordan has the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Triforce]] tattooed on his left shoulder and they had a whole song about how Franchise/HarryPotter would fix everything.

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--->'''Jordan''':''I'm Jordan''
--->'''Lee''':''I'm Lee''
--->'''Jordan
-->'''Jordan''':''I'm Jordan''\\
'''Lee''':''I'm Lee''\\
'''Jordan
and Lee''':''(Cutting off Benny) And We are The Axis of Awesome''
--->'''Benny''':''And
Awesome''\\
'''Benny''':''And
I'm Benny!''
* OneOfUs: Jordan has the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Triforce]] tattooed on his left shoulder and they had a whole song about how Franchise/HarryPotter would fix everything.
Benny!''



* Your Mom: [[spoiler: the punchline of "Titty Bar"]]

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* Your Mom: [[spoiler: the punchline of "Titty Bar"]]Bar"]]
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: Part of the point of "Rage of Thrones".
---> Don't tell me about "spoilers!" ''Winter has been coming for '''sixteen fucking years!'''''"
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* TruckDriversGearChange: Parodied in "How to Write a Love Song".

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* TruckDriversGearChange: Parodied in "How to Write a Love Song".Song".
* Your Mom: [[spoiler: the punchline of "Titty Bar"]]
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* ShaggyDogStory: "Titty Bar" is a two and a half minute set up to a [[Spoiler: Your Mom]] joke.

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* ShaggyDogStory: "Titty Bar" is a two and a half minute set up to a [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Your Mom]] joke.
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* ShaggyDogStory: "Titty Bar" is a two and a half minute set up to a [[Spoiler: Your Mom]] joke.
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Jordan, Benny, and Lee, [[FantasticMrFox one fat, one short, one lean,]] are a comedy trio with original songs, pop parodies, and hilarious live performances. Founded in 2006, they were primarily involved in improv theatre until they decided to try the same thing in music and thus the Axis was born.

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Jordan, Benny, and Lee, [[FantasticMrFox [[Literature/FantasticMrFox one fat, one short, one lean,]] are a comedy trio with original songs, pop parodies, and hilarious live performances. Founded in 2006, they were primarily involved in improv theatre until they decided to try the same thing in music and thus the Axis was born.
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* OnlySaneMan: Benny regularly serves as this on the Animal Vehicle album, particularly during "Skeleton Man" and "Harry Potter and the Drunk Teenage Animals Escaping from Zoos"

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* JesusWasWayCool: Their song ''What Would Jesus Do'' is dedicated to why Jesus is a bazillion jillion times more awesome than you.

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* JesusWasWayCool: Their song ''What Would Jesus Do'' is Do'', dedicated to why Jesus is a bazillion jillion times more awesome than you.you, starts out as this, then turns into KungFuJesus at the end.
* LastSecondWordSwap: "What Would Jesus Do" has the following:
---> Did you give your life up to save humans from bad luck?
---> Were you born a virgin birth or did your parents... have sex?
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* OneOfUs: Jordan has the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Triforce]] tattooed on his left shoulder and they had a whole song about how HarryPotter would fix everything.

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* OneOfUs: Jordan has the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Triforce]] tattooed on his left shoulder and they had a whole song about how HarryPotter Franchise/HarryPotter would fix everything.
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** "Rage of Thrones" qualifies as well.
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* ''Cry YOURSELF A River'' (2012)

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