History WebAnimation / YourFavoriteMartian

** This also applies to "Verified",as the last minutes of the song are Puff's grandma telling him to wake up. The Music Video even shows Puffs phone was really just at 1%.

** In "Eff This Job",the manager of La Merde is named Mr.Maker,as a reference to Maker Studios and their involvement in YFM's cancellation. Wax even mentions in his Yelp review a rumor that Mr.Maker takes away things from people and doesn't give them back after 10 years or so.
--> '''Wax,in his review'''': "Hope he can 'manage' my ass walking out the door!"

* BastardBoyfriend: It's sort of implied that the boyfriend from "Friend Zone" is this, considering that he's the douche bag from one of their previous songs and because Puff explicitly calls him a douche.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Benatar and Axel started off looking very similarly, with the same features, facial expressions, same hairdo (except Benatar's was blonde and had shorter hair) and the fact they were both just background characters. With the new art style, Axel retained the hairstyle, facial expression and background character status but his muscles grew larger, while Benatar turned into a more PrettyBoy type with softened features and also gained more prominence in the band.

* DoubleSubversion: Puff may have made up the story of "Robot Bar Fight", but as the lights were turn off in the video, his eyes light up.

%%* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: "Booty Store", natch.

* BiggerIsBetter: "My Balls" is a song where Puff brags that his balls can win back his ex-girlfriend (the person he's singing to)
* BlindingBangs: The entire backup.[[note]]Although fanart depicts Benatar as having PeekABangs.[[/note]] Even [=DeeJay=] with his afro. Although we see his eyes starting in "Transphobic Techno". Seems to be largely averted post-reboot, however.

** "Love the Way It Hurts" by Music/{{Eminem}}

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[[caption-width-right:350:Members from left to right: Axel Chains (drums), Benatar (guitar), Puff-Puff Humbert (lead vocals)[[note]]Ray William Johnson himself, also the only "real" person in the band[[/note]], [=DeeJay=] (DJ)]]

** The original (since retconned into part 1) "Orphan Tears" was a silly song about a MushroomSamba caused by the titular FantasticDrug, and left some room to interpret it as a normal hallicinogen with a BlackComedy name and jingle attached to it (especially as the main charcaters don't seem too concerned about where it comes from). Parts 2 and 3 make it clear that it is in fact made of tears from caged orphans, and have the main characters decide to save them.

** The original (since retconned into part 1) "Orphan Tears" was a goofy song about a MushroomSamba caused by thr titular FantasticDrug and left some room to interpret it as a normal hallicinogen with a BlackComedy name and jingle attached to it (especially as the main charcaters don't seem too concerned about where it comes from). Parts 2 and 3 make it clear that it is in fact made of tears from caged orphans, and have the main characters try to save them.

* FoodPowerUp: In "Orphan Tears Part 3", Puff discovers that Creator/BillCosby eating pudding gives him super strength and super strong.

%%* DisneyAcidSequence: "Orphan Tears".

* BlindingBangs: The entire backup.[[note]]Although fanart depicts Benatar as having PeekABangs.[[/note]] Even [=DeeJay=] with his afro. Although we see his eyes starting in "Transphobic Techno".

Until eventually, on May 15th 2022, Ray William Johnson announced a revival on "Your Favorite Martian", later revealing the group's redesigns with a sequel to Orphan Tears titled "Orphan Tears Part 2" which was uploaded to Youtube on May 31, 2022.

On May 27, 2022, Ray William Johnson announced a revival on "Your Favorite Martin" by revealing the group's redesigns with a sequel to Orphan Tears titled "Orphan Tears 2" which as uploaded to Youtube on May 31, 2022.

On May 27, 2022, Ray William Johnson announced a revival on "Your Favorite Martin" by revealing the group's redesigns with a sequel to Orphan Tears titled "Orphan Tears 2" premiering on June 1st, 2022.

** "Transphobic Techno" is one for [=DeeJay=]- no one else in the band makes an appearance.

* DanBrowned: Scottish people are not really stereotyped for humping sheep, despite Ray insisting in the original video's description that it is an actual stereotype.

* PantyShot: Happens to the Japanese and Indian girls when they jump around in 'The Stereotype Song."

* ShownTheirWork:
** The sole annotation in "The Stereotypes Song" says "Yes, the Scottish are known for humping sheep. Google it before you start arguing with me about it. :)"
** Referring to "The Unofficial Smithers Love Song": "Yes, that familiar progression you're hearing is Pachelbel's Canon in E. It's commonly used as a wedding song. Get it? :)"

* AffablyEvil: Exploited in ''Club Villain''. Puff is allowed into the titular club, and uses his politeness to [[spoiler:get himself laid.]]

* ArtEvolution: The video for ''Whip Yo Kids'' and the videos onward have much better animation and art than the previous music videos.

** ''Puppet Break-Up'' was an actual live-action video but with the band members as puppets similar to something like Jeff Dunham.

* AscendedExtra: Benatar went from being the band's silent guitarist to getting as much singing time as Puff himself, singing more than Puff in ''Friend Zone'', ''Complicated'', ''Jupiter'', ''Somebody That I Used to Know'', and ''Bartender Song''. According to [[WordofGod Ray himself,]] Axel is expected to be singing at some point as well.

* BandToon: ''Your Favorite Martian: The Series'' is now being run on Website/YouTube. The series is a parody of more traditional band toons, only with a lot more sexual jokes and NSFW language.

* BestialityIsDepraved: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCgx8zM3woQ The Stereotypes Song]] in which he jokingly [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sings about stereotypes]], he mentions Scotsmen humping sheep.
* BiggerIsBetter: ''My Balls'' is a song where Puff brags that his balls can win back his ex-girlfriend (the person he's singing to)

* BuxomIsBetter: The subject of ''Tig Ol' Bitties.''

* ColossusClimb: ''Booty Store'' has a moment near the end of the video where they are standing on a giant woman while she's propped up on all fours. Considering the subject matter of the song, it should come as no surprise that they are specifically perched on her butt.

* CoverVersion: Of one of the ending themes to Equals Three, "Stalkin' Your Mom". They even did covers leading up to the January 2013 release of their album. They've done:
** ''Just a Friend'' by Biz Markie
** ''Somebody That I Used To Know'' by Music/{{Gotye}}
** ''Fight For Your Right (To Party)'' by Music/BeastieBoys
** ''Love the Way It Hurts'' by Music/{{Eminem}}
** ''My Balls'' and ''Alien'' by...themselves...
** ''Jump Around'' by Music/HouseOfPain
** ''Bartender Song'' by Rehab
** ''High Voltage'' by Music/LinkinPark
* CrazyJealousGuy: Superman is this in "Text Me Back."
* DanBrowned: Scottish people are not really stereotyped for humping sheep.

%%* FantasticDrug: "Orphan Tears".

%%* GargleBlaster: The titular "Orphan Tears".

** [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons To]] [[WesternAnimation/WallE a]] [[{{Transformers}} bunch]] [[Franchise/RoboCop of]] [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} robots]] [[VideoGame/MegaMan in]] "Robot Bar Fight".

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** Compared to a lot of their other work, "Alien" is a lot less funny and a lot more serious.
** Same goes for "Friend Zone" and "Complicated". "Friend Zone" has the occasional sight gag and one or two amusing lines, but "Complicated" has neither - both are songs about unrequited love.
** Same also goes for "Take Over the World". Like "Friend Zone", it has one or two sight gags and amusing lines, but it's mainly about being stuck a job you hate and dreaming about chasing your own goals.

* StylisticSuck: It's actually ''intentional'' that the lyrics of "Bitch Got a Penis" repeat over and over and over and over and ''[[HypocriticalHumor over and over and over and]]''...

** In "Tig Ol' Bitties", DJ saw ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' - immediately afterards, he says "Bummer!"

* BlindingBangs: The entire backup.[[note]]Although fanart depicts Benatar as having PeekABangs.[[/note]] Even [=DeeJay=] with his afro. Although we see his eyes starting in ''Transphobic Techno''.

* CallBack:
** ''Tig Ol' Bitties'' makes a reference to ''My Balls''. "Like my balls--real big!"
** And in ''Whip Yo Kids'', a call back ''even further'', to the very first song his earlier band, Music/FattySpins, put on [=YouTube=] [[note]]This song was used in Ray's old show, Capitol Hill Gangsta, as well as for much of the early =3 episodes[[/note]] titled "Doin' Your Mom".:

** In ''Grandma Got a Facebook'', all of the people that Puff's Grandma friends are from ''Club Villain'' and ''The Stereotypes Song''.
** Mr. Douchebag shows up in ''Friend Zone'' and ''Just A Friend''.
** In ''Robot Bar Fight'', the Terminator does a dance we first saw on Mr. Douchebag.
** In the remix for the Mike Posner song ''She Looks Like Sex'', among the ugly woman in the place is Oprah and a fat trucker from ''Epileptic Techno'' and the Wet-Dog-headed girl from ''Dookie Fresh''.

* CoverVersion: Of one of the ending themes to Equals Three, ''Stalkin' Your Mom''. They even did covers leading up to the January 2013 release of their album. They've done:

On December 24th, a song, released under the same artist name as the channel, titled "My Balls" was released on [=iTunes=] with little fanfare. It wasn't until a fully animated music video came out, released on January 26th 2011, that "My Balls" became a viral hit overnight. In it, fans of ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'' were introduced to a fictitious animated band, a-la Music/{{Gorillaz}}, that sang absurd, irreverent, raunchy and, above all else, ''vulgar'' songs.

During its first (and eventually only active) two years of existence, it was one of ''the'' biggest music channels on [=YouTube=] for its time, reaching 2 million subscribers in a time in which you could count the number of channels with more than 1 million subscribers with ''your fingers''. Unfortunately, however, the project eventually was retired in September 2012 due to Maker Studios restricting Ray's musical creativity and threatening to stop funding his music if he decided to make a new album away from Maker Studios. Ray stated that his band did plan to make new music over the next 8 months, but nothing ever came of it after their final music video: ''BOOM HEADSHOT''.

* CallBack: ''Tig Ol' Bitties'' makes a reference to ''My Balls''. "Like my balls--real big!"

* ContinuityNod: In ''Grandma Got a Facebook'', all of the people that Puff's Grandma friends are from ''Club Villain'' and ''The Stereotypes Song''.
** Also Mr. Douchebag, who also shows up in ''Friend Zone'' and ''Just A Friend''.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Transphobic Techno" is one for [=DeeJay=]- no one else in the band makes an appearance.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Transphobic Techno seems to offer a suggestion to why club music repeats the same words over and over again.

* MoodWhiplash: "Alien" is not a comedic song at all, it's an anti-bullying song.

* PrecisionFStrike: Oprah's purpose when she appeared in "Epileptic Techno".

* VocalTagTeam: Puff and Benatar.