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Dethklok has a bad case of the blues, and it's up to an old blues musician to help them get out of their funk.

* AtTheCrossroads: The band meets the Blues Devil at the Crossroads.
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Skwisgaar and Toki have cinderblocks tied to their wrists so they can play "grandpa's guitars" (acoustic) at a non-metal pace.
* DealWithTheDevil: Every blues musician makes a deal with the Blues Devil. Dethklok talk him down from selling their souls to giving him a $5 Hot Topic gift card.
* TheDeepSouth: Most of the episode takes place in the South, the birthplace of the blues. Specifically, in Mississippi.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Mustard Tits "the Murder Master" Brown killed 22 men just for being ugly. He then recorded "Here Come That Train A-Coming Blues."
* EyeScream: During Dethklok's concert, one woman pulls her eyes out.
* GroinAttack: Skwisgaar and Toki ahave cinderblocks tied to their wrists to have them be able to play acoustic guitars. Toki smacks himself with one of the blocks.
-->'''Toki:''' Oh! I gots the hit in the balls with the train cinderblock right in the balls!
* HeartbreakAndIceCream: Murderface is eating a tub of ice cream with Prozac sprinkles.
* HeroicBSOD: The episode starts with Dethklok so depressed they can't perform any shows.
* LuridTalesOfDoom: The tabloid Nathan throws down is reporting he's getting fatter after the blue concert.
* MagicalNegro: Mashed Potato Johnson manages to get inside Mordhaus, to the band's surprise. He explains he's a blues man, and a blues man can get in anywhere. He's also responsible for teaching Dethklok about the blues.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Dethklok's blues concert summons tornadoes that blow the audience around, as well as make people suicidally depressed.
* NoSell: The Blues Devil is the only person standing on his feet watching Dethklok's show while everyone else is blown away.
* OffWithHisHead: Shorty Turnytop was run over by a train. While his head was traveling in the air, he wrote "Blues Train Blues."
* ProneToSunburn: Pickles asks if anyone has any sunblock, since he's very Irish and sunburns easily. Mashed Potato Johnson tells him and the band a real blues man gets a sunburn.
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: Blind Harlan Davenport was shot in the eye 52 times. During the concert, a hipppie is blown onto a tree branch and impaled, followed by a fat man landing on him.
* TilMurderDoUsPart: Blind Harlan Davenport killed his wife, buried her in a chicken coop, and wrote "Wife Gone on the Funeral Train Blues."
* TrainSong: The running theme is that most blues songs are about trains. When Dethklok perform their first metal/blues concert, their song is "Murder Train A-Coming."
* WalkingShirtlessScene: The band takes their shirts off to deal with the oppressive southern heat. Toki's ripped physique is revealed for the first time.

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