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* {{Retraux}}: The music video for "Why Aren't Lasers Doing Cool Shit?" is in the style of an ultra low-budged sci-fi film from the late 1970s or early '80s.

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* {{Retraux}}: The music video for "Why Aren't Lasers Doing Cool Shit?" is in the style of an ultra low-budged low-budget sci-fi film from the late 1970s or early '80s.

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* HitlerAteSugar: According to "Do They Know It's Pizza?", Joseph Kony cuts pizzas into 8 slices.

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* HitlerAteSugar: According to "Do They Know It's Pizza?", Joseph Kony cuts pizzas into 8 eight slices.



* 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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* 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"Zoos."
* {{Retraux}}: The music video for "Why Aren't Lasers Doing Cool Shit?" is in the style of an ultra low-budged sci-fi film from the late 1970s or early '80s.
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* TakeThat: Getting beaten up and thrown out into the back alley of the titular "Titty Bar" is compared to season 7 of Series/{{Friends}}.

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* TakeThat: Getting beaten up and thrown out into the back alley of the titular "Titty Bar" is compared to season 7 of Series/{{Friends}}.''Series/{{Friends}}''.
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* FanDisservice: Jordan (pre-transition) occasionally appeared [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]], such as in "The Glorious Epic of Three Men Who Are Awesome", looking pretty much like what a stereotypical flabby, pasty D&D player would look like dressed as a BarbarianHero.
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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: The end of "Can You Hear the Fucking Music Coming Out Of My Car?". Presumably because [[spoiler:the car thief turned off the stereo]].
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* AffectionateNickname: "Chicken Little" for [[TheShortGuyWithTheGlasses Benny]].

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* AffectionateNickname: "Chicken Little" for [[TheShortGuyWithTheGlasses [[ButtMonkey Benny]].
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* AffectionateNickname: "Chicken Little" for [[ButtMonkey Benny]].

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* AffectionateNickname: "Chicken Little" for [[ButtMonkey [[TheShortGuyWithTheGlasses Benny]].
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Adorkable TRS. Also ZCE.


* {{Adorkable}}: All three count, but Benny is definitely this. Example [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC-2NidqkUA here]].
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Frickin' Laser Beams entry amended in accordance with this Trope Repair Shop Thread.


* 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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* IWantMyJetpack: "Why Aren't Lasers Doing Cool Shit" is about lasers not living up to the hype because we don't have EyeBeams, FrickinLaserBeams [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]] and {{Laser Blade}}s yet.
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* ShoutOut: To Disney/SnowWhite in "The Glorious Epic Of Three Men Who Are Awesome". Benny is established as a dwarf with six brothers who saw a fair maiden running away from a magic mirror.

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* ShoutOut: To Disney/SnowWhite WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs in "The Glorious Epic Of Three Men Who Are Awesome". Benny is established as a dwarf with six brothers who saw a fair maiden running away from a magic mirror.

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Jordan, Benny, and Lee, [[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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Jordan, Benny, and Lee, [[Literature/FantasticMrFox one fat, one short, one lean,]] are made up 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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In 2018, the band announced that they had broken up after about 18 months on hiatus.
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* FandomBerserkButton[[invoked]]: "Rage of Thrones" is all about this in regards to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fans and their relationship with ''Series/GameOfThrones'' viewers.

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* FandomBerserkButton[[invoked]]: FandomEnragingMisconception[[invoked]]: "Rage of Thrones" is all about this in regards to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fans and their relationship with ''Series/GameOfThrones'' viewers.
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Linking directly instead of through redirect.


* SophisticatedAsFuck: This verse of "Glorious Epic:

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* SophisticatedAsFuck: SophisticatedAsHell: This verse of "Glorious Epic:
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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Benny and Lee with Jordan.
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Not to be confused with The WebVideo/KeyOfAwesome

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Not to be confused with The WebVideo/KeyOfAwesomeWebVideo/TheKeyOfAwesome.
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* ActorAllusion: A song about ''Series/DoctorWho'' to the tune of the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' theme, inspired by ''Creator/DavidTennant'' being announced as the voice of Uncle Scrooge in the revival of ''Duck Tales''.

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* ActorAllusion: A song about ''Series/DoctorWho'' to the tune of the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' theme, inspired by ''Creator/DavidTennant'' being announced as the voice of Uncle Scrooge in the revival of ''Duck Tales''.''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''
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* ActorAllusion: A song about ''Series/DoctorWho'' to the tune of the ''DuckTales'' theme, inspired by DavidTennant being announced as the voice of Uncle Scrooge in the revival of ''Duck Tales''.

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* ActorAllusion: A song about ''Series/DoctorWho'' to the tune of the ''DuckTales'' ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' theme, inspired by DavidTennant ''Creator/DavidTennant'' being announced as the voice of Uncle Scrooge in the revival of ''Duck Tales''.
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* ActorAllusion: A song about ''DoctorWho'' to the tune of the ''DuckTales'' theme, inspired by DavidTennant being announced as the voice of Uncle Scrooge in the revival of ''Duck Tales''.

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* ActorAllusion: A song about ''DoctorWho'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' to the tune of the ''DuckTales'' theme, inspired by DavidTennant being announced as the voice of Uncle Scrooge in the revival of ''Duck Tales''.
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* ActorAllusion: A song about ''DoctorWho'' to the tune of the ''DuckTales'' theme, inspired by DavidTennant being announced as the voice of Uncle Scrooge in the revival of ''Duck Tales''.

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-->'''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!''

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-->'''Jordan''':''I'm Jordan''\\
'''Lee''':''I'm Lee''\\
-->'''Jordan''': I'm Jordan.\\
'''Lee''': I'm Lee.\\
'''Jordan and Lee''':''(Cutting Lee''': (cutting off Benny) And We are The Axis of Awesome''\\
'''Benny''':''And
Awesome!\\
'''Benny''': And
I'm Benny!''Benny!


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* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: The joke of "Songs To Sing Along To": stylized as an advertisement for the titular CD, we keep being presented with samples of the songs on it... with Benny and Jordan attempting to sing them.
-->'''Benny''': ''Blinded by the light... / Reb blup like a douche in a nunna unna night!''
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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]]". Notably in "The Glorious Epic of Three Men Who Are Awesome", where everyone gets to design their character for a TabletopRPG, Benny is forced against his will to play a dwarf and have a giant chicken for mount.

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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]]". Notably in "The Glorious Epic of Three Men Who Are Awesome", where everyone gets to design their character for a TabletopRPG, Benny is forced against his will to play a dwarf and have a giant chicken for a mount.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When Jordan came out as transgender, the group published The Elephant In The Room, a song about the drastic change of... Lee going bald.
--> '''Jordan:''' Ever since he was a child, Lee's been thoroughly aware that he's been a bald man all along trapped inside a man with hair.
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* CoverVersion: The final track of ''Viva la Vida Loca Las Vegas'' is a dead-serious cover of Music/AgainstMe's "Transgender Dysphoria Blues", prefaced by an announcement from Jordan that she is transgender.

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* CoverVersion: The final track of ''Viva la Vida Loca Las Vegas'' is a dead-serious cover of Music/AgainstMe's "Transgender "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grJeGZtJEc8 Transgender Dysphoria Blues", Blues]]", prefaced by an announcement from Jordan that she is transgender.
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* TakeThat: Getting beaten up and thrown out into the back alley of the titular "Titty Bar" is compared to season 7 of Series/{{Friends}}.
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* ComicTrio: Jordan is the [[TheLeader Leader]], Lee is the [[TheFool Fool]] and Benny is the [[OnlySaneMan Complainer]].

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* ''Viva la Vida Loca Las Vegas'' (2016)


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* CoverVersion: The final track of ''Viva la Vida Loca Las Vegas'' is a dead-serious cover of Music/AgainstMe's "Transgender Dysphoria Blues", prefaced by an announcement from Jordan that she is transgender.

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* FlatWhat: "The Glorius Epic of the Three Men Who Are Awesome"

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* FlatWhat: In "The Glorius Epic of the Three Men Who Are Awesome"Awesome", Lee says one when he realises that all his character can do is play the guitar.


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* ShoutOut: To Disney/SnowWhite in "The Glorious Epic Of Three Men Who Are Awesome". Benny is established as a dwarf with six brothers who saw a fair maiden running away from a magic mirror.

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* BigThinShortTrio

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* BigThinShortTrioBigThinShortTrio: Jordan, Lee, and Benny, respectively.



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Birdplane".
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Birdplane".
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"Birdplane". "Rage of Thrones" qualifies as well.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Benny notes on "Skeleton Man" that everyone is part-man, part-skeleton, and literally anyone listening to the song could be Skeleton Man.
-->"Skeleton Man's listening to our song!"
-->"He bought our album!"
-->"Or stole it off the internet."
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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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* ButtMonkey: Benny, generally. Jordan and Lee sometimes introduce themselves as The Axis of Awesome, forcing Benny to then say "[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And I'm Benny]]". Notably in "The Glorious Epic of Three Men Who Are Awesome", where everyone gets to design their character for a TabletopRPG, Benny is forced against his will to play a dwarf and have a giant chicken for mount.

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