Line #10 Music/PoodleHat


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poodle_hat_album_cover.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:"Sign my poodle, ''[[GratuitousFrench s'il vous plaît]]''."]]
3	''Poodle Hat'' is the eleventh studio album by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, released in 2003 through Volcano Entertainment and Way Moby Records.
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5	The album was unfortunately the beginning of a brief career slump for Al at the beginning of the New Millennium, largely due to Music/{{Eminem}} revoking permission to shoot a video for "Couch Potato" (his parody of "Lose Yourself") at the last minute, therefore robbing the album of much promotion. A video for "Bob" was shot for that year's ''Al TV'' special, but did not receive rotation on MTV. Critical reception wasn't much better.
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7	Luckily for Al, he would bounce back a few years later with [[Music/StraightOuttaLynwood his next album]].
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9	!!Tracklist:
10	# "Couch Potato"[[note]]Parody of Eminem's "Lose Yourself"[[/note]] (4:18)
11	# "Hardware Store" (3:44)
12	# "Trash Day"[[note]]Parody of Nelly's "Hot In Herre"[[/note]] (3:12)
13	# "Party at the Leper Colony" (3:38)
14	# "Angry White Boy Polka" (5:04)
15	# "Wanna B Ur Lovr" (6:14)
16	# "A Complicated Song"[[note]]Parody of Avril Lavigne's "Complicated"[[/note]] (3:40)
17	# "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?" (4:52)
18	# "Ode to a Superhero"[[note]]Parody of Billy Joel's "Piano Man"[[/note]] (4:53)
19	# "Bob" (2:29)
20	# "eBay"[[note]]Parody of Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way"[[/note]] (3:36)
21	# "Genius in France" (8:58)
22	----
23	!!''Write us some tropes, you're the Troperman.''
24	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The first line of "Ode to a Superhero": "'''P'''oor '''P'''eter '''P'''arker was '''p'''itiful."
25	* AnAesop: Invoked in "Ode to a Superhero":
26	-->''"With Great Power ComesGreatResponsibility"\
27	That's the catchphrase of old Uncle Ben\
28	If you missed it, don't worry; they'll say the line\
29	Again and again and again''
30	* AffectionateParody:
31	** "Couch Potato" parodies "Lose Yourself" by Music/{{Eminem}}, changing the lyrics to be about a guy who watches far too much TV. Eminem gave Al permission to do the parody... but then refused to give him permission to do a music video to the song.
32	** "Trash Day" is a parody of "Hot in Herre" by Music/{{Nelly}} about a guy who treats his home like a landfill.
33	** "A Complicated Song" parodies "Complicated" by Music/AvrilLavigne. Hilariously, Al couldn't decide whether he wanted the parody to be about constipation, SurpriseIncest, or an accidental beheading, so [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs he went with all three at once]].
34	** "Ode to a Superhero" spoofs "Piano Man" by Music/BillyJoel as a tribute to ''Film/SpiderMan1''.
35	** "eBay" is a takeoff of "I Want it That Way" by Music/BackstreetBoys about a guy who can't stop buying stuff off eBay.
36	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The compulsive shopper from "eBay" buys licensed merchandise, jewelry, memorabilia, collectibles, items used by celebrities and a toaster.
37	* AwesomeButImpractical: Al doesn't perform the song "Hardware Store" because he isn't sure he could pull the coda off again, especially live.
38	* BigEater: In "A Complicated Song" the singer eats so much pizza (nineteen extra-larges with extra cheese!) he gets severely constipated.
39	* BoDiddleyBeat: "Party at the Leper Colony" is built around the Bo Diddley beat in the verses.
40	* BookEnds: "Hardware Store" begins with the sound of a hand saw cutting wood and ends with the sound of various power tools.
41	* CollectorOfTheStrange: The protagonist of "eBay" collects all sorts of odd things from the titular website. A used pink bathrobe, a rare mint snow globe, and a [[Franchise/TheSmurfs Smurf]] TV tray are just the start.
42	-->''Junk keeps arriving in the mail\
43	From that worldwide garage sale''
44	* CultureEqualsCostume: The narrator of "Genius in France" describes wearing a stripy shirt and a "stupid beret" when he's in France.
45	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: From "Bob": "Ah, Satan sees Natasha/No devil lived on."
46	* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Parodied with Al's commentary on the home movies included in the data portion of the CD, where he thanks the viewer for buying the album "instead of downloading it like a ''hooligan''!"
47	* DisproportionateRetribution: The narrator of "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?" stabs his boss in the face for... asking him to get some more toner for the copy machine.
48	* DontExplainTheJoke: From "Wanna B Ur Lover":
49	-->''I wanna be your Krakatoa\
50	Let my lava flow all over you\
51	I wanna be your anaconda\
52	And your heat-seeking missile too\
53	I wanna be your beef burrito\
54	Am I making this perfectly clear?\
55	I wanna be your love torpedo\
56	Are you picking up the subtle innuendo here?''
57	* EasterEgg: Playing the CD in a computer allows one to access a video file stored on it where Al playfully riffs on his home movies.
58	* EpicRocking: "Genius In France" clocks in at 9 minutes.
59	* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: The protagonist of "Genius in France" is such a loser that even the {{Trekkie}}s want nothing to do with him.
60	* EverythingIsAnInstrument: "Hardware Store" has the sound of various hardware tools used in its intro and outro.
61	* FaceOnTheCover: "Weird Al" in a subway car, wearing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a poodle for a hat]].
62	* FMinusMinus: The narrator of "Genius in France" somehow got a negative number on his [=SATs=], which is impossible in real life.
63	* FrenchJerk: "Genius in France" doesn't describe French people in very flattering terms.
64	-->''People in France have lots of attitude\
65	They're snotty and rude; [[ForeignQueasine they like disgusting food]]''
66	* FunWithPalindromes: "Bob" is an entire song filled with palindromes, based on Music/BobDylan's music. Fittingly Al wrote and recorded the song in 2002. (The album came out in 2003.)
67	* GeekPhysiques: The narrator of "Genius in France" describes himself as "an annoying pipsqueak with an unfortunate physique."
68	* GenreRoulette: This album has rap, speed metal, classic rock, polka, funk rock, pop rock, alternative rock, folk rock, boy band pop, and [[BuffySpeak Zappa rock]], ''in that order'' minus repeating genres.
69	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: InUniverse, "Genius in France" is about a StrawLoser who was NeverAcceptedInHisHometown but finds himself inexplicably beloved by the population of France.
70	-->''I'm about as sharp as a bowling ball\
71	But they like me better than UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle\
72	Entre nous, it's very true\
73	The room temperature's higher than my IQ\
74	But they love me more than Creator/GerardDepardieu\
75	How did this happen? I don't have a clue!''
76	* {{Gorn}}: "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?" is surprisingly violent, with mentions of people being crushed and BuriedAlive in an earthquake, the narrator's boss getting stabbed in the face, and a 12-car pileup with no survivors.
77	-->''I saw brains and guts and vital organs splattered everywhere\
78	As well as my friend Robert's disembodied head''
79	* GratuitousFrench: "Genius in France" is chock full of it.
80	* HillbillyIncest: In "A Complicated Song," the narrator [[SurpriseIncest discovers that his beloved girlfriend is also his cousin]], and he worries that he'll have to "move to Alabama where that kind of thing is tolerated."
81	* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: "Genius in France" is full to the brim with adjectives describing the narrator's idiocy.
82	-->''Folks in my hometown think I'm a fool\
83	Got too much chlorine in my gene pool\
84	A few peas short of a casserole\
85	A few buttons missing on my remote control\
86	A few fries short of a Happy Meal\
87	I couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel!''
88	* IChooseToStay: The protagonist of "Genius in France" decides that he loves the adulation of the French people so much that he never wants to go back to his home country.
89	* IKissYourFoot: In "Genius in France":
90	-->''Every Frenchie that I meet\
91	Just can't wait to kiss my feet\
92	Get in line; pucker up, tout suite!''
93	* IncrediblyLameFun: "Hardware Store", where the singer treats going to a newly opened hardware store as the best thing ever.
94	* IntercourseWithYou: "Wanna B Ur Lovr", with "Weird Al" reciting a lot of ridiculous and sometimes unsubtle pickup lines.
95	* InTheStyleOf:
96	** "Wanna B Ur Lovr" - Music/{{Prince}} (lyrics), Music/{{Beck\|Musician}} (music)
97	** "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?" - [[Music/BenFolds Ben Folds Five]]
98	** "Bob" - Music/BobDylan, in palindromes
99	** "Genius In France" - Music/FrankZappa
100	* ItsAllAboutMe: The narrator of "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?" sees horrible tragedies every day, but couldn't care less about the innocent lives lost. His only concern is how the tragedies have caused him minor inconveniences.
101	* JumpingTheShark: InUniverse: A line in "Couch Potato" says that ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' did this. In the first minute.
102	* KissingCousins: "A Complicated Song" includes a man inadvertently dating his cousin.
103	* KitchenSinkIncluded: Kitchen faucets are among the items listed in the bridge section of "Hardware Store."
104	* LastNoteHilarity: He extends the last note of "eBay". "On eBayyyyyyy-y-y-y-y. Y. Y. Y. Y."
105	* LazyBum: The narrator of "Trash Day" lets garbage pile up around his house because he's too lazy to take out the trash and expects his wife to do all the cleaning for him.
106	* ListSong: The bridge section of "Hardware Store". Also "eBay" and "Bob".
107	* LongestSongGoesLast: The album ends with "Genius In France" (8:58)
108	* LosingYourHead: The third verse of "A Complicated Song" has the narrator losing his head and not only surviving but somehow being able to talk out of his neck (it's a rare instance where the decapitated body stays alive and conscious instead of the head.)
109	-->''Haven't been the same since my head and I were separated''
110	* LoveAtFirstSight: One of Al's pickup lines in "Wanna B Ur Lovr" is "Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again?"
111	* LyricalDissonance: "The Angry White Boy Polka" has angry, depressing, and/or irreverent lyrics originally from rap, punk, and nü metal acts incorporated into a polka with an upbeat melody.
112	** "Why Does This Happen To Me" is a relaxed piano-driven rock number with lyrics that depict a deadly 12 car pileup and the narrator violently stabbing his boss in the face.
113	* OneManSong: "Bob," named so because it's done InTheStyleOf Music/BobDylan.
114	* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In "A Complicated Song", he is merely frustrated about being beheaded.
115	-->''Why'd I have to go and get myself decapitated?\
116	This really is a major inconvenience; oh man, I really hate it''
117	* {{Medley}}: "Angry White Boy Polka". Songs featured, in order:
118	** "Last Resort" by Music/PapaRoach
119	** "Chop Suey!" by Music/SystemOfADown
120	** "Get Free" by Music/TheVines
121	** "Hate to Say I Told You So" by Music/TheHives
122	** "Fell in Love with a Girl" by Music/TheWhiteStripes
123	** "Last Nite" by Music/TheStrokes
124	** "Down with the Sickness" by Music/{{Disturbed}}
125	** "Renegades of Funk" [[CoverVersion by]] Music/RageAgainstTheMachine
126	** "My Way" by Music/LimpBizkit
127	** "Outside" by Music/{{Staind}}
128	** "Bawitdaba" by Music/KidRock
129	** "Youth of the Nation" by Music/{{POD}}
130	** "The Real Slim Shady" by Music/{{Eminem}}
131	** [[CouchGag "Poodle Hat Polka" by Al Yankovic]]
132	* MisplacedSorrow: "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?" is all about a guy bemoaning the minor inconveniences that happen to him as a result of horrible tragedies that others have died from.
133	* MistakenForGay: The narrator of "Couch Potato" complains that "[=TiVo=] now thinks I'm gay" because he watched one episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace''.
134	* MoodWhiplash: "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?" is of the "serious to silly" variety. It first appears to be a very straight account of a tragic earthquake in Peru, sung in a very earnest fashion in a song whose melody and tempo is quite fitting to the sad mood... then he reveals himself to be a jerk who's mad that this special report about the Peruvian earthquake interrupted his watching and taping of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
135	-->''I was watching my TV one night when they broke in with a special report\
136	About some devastating earthquake in Peru\
137	There were thirty thousand crushed to death, even more were buried alive\
138	On the Richter scale it measured 8.2\
139	And I said, "God, please answer me one question...\
140	[[WhamLine Why'd they have to interrupt The Simpsons just for this?"]]\
141	What a drag, 'cause I was taping it and everything\
142	And now I'll have to wait for the rerun to see the part of the show I missed''
143	* MotorMouth: The bridge of "Hardware Store". He speaks at a rate of ''242 words per minute'', or all of the below in 30 seconds and in one breath. To date, Weird Al has never performed the song live because he doesn't think he can pull it off again.
144	-->''They've got Allen wrenches, gerbil feeders, toilet seats, electric heaters\
145	Trash compactors, juice extractors, shower rods and water meters\
146	Walkie-talkies, copper wires, safety goggles, radial tires\
147	BB pellets, rubber mallets, fans and dehumidifiers\
148	Picture hangers, paper cutters, waffle irons, window shutters\
149	Paint removers, window louvers, masking tape and plastic gutters\
150	Kitchen faucets, folding tables, weather stripping, jumper cables\
151	Hooks and tackle, grout and spackle, power foggers, spoons and ladles\
152	Pesticides for fumigation, high-performance lubrication\
153	Metal roofing, waterproofing, multi-purpose insulation\
154	Air compressors, brass connectors, wrecking chisels, smoke detectors\
155	Tire gauges, hamster cages, thermostats and bug deflectors\
156	Trailer hitch demagnetizers, automatic circumcisers\
157	Tennis rackets, angle brackets, Duracells and Energizers\
158	Soffit panels, circuit breakers, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers\
159	Calculators, generators, matching salt and pepper shakers...''
160	* MundaneMadeAwesome: "Hardware Store" treats the opening of a hardware store like the Second Coming of Jesus.
161	* MythologyGag: One of the lines in "Ode to a Superhero" - ''and now Peter crawls over everyone's walls'' - is a reference to Spider-Man's nickname "wallcrawler"
162	* {{Nerdgasm}}: [[InUniverse The singer]] in "Hardware Store" can't resist geeking out at the titular store.
163	* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: The narrator of "Genius in France" makes a point of emphasizing how he never got acceptance in his place of origin, but found himself very popular in France.
164	-->''People say I'm a geek, a moronic little freak\
165	An annoying pipsqueak with an unfortunate physique\
166	If I was any dumber, they'd have to water me twice a week\
167	But when mademoiselles see me, they all swoon and shriek\
168	They dig my mystique, they think I'm [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign c'est magnifique]]\
169	When I'm in Paris, I'm the chicest of the chic!''
170	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The narrator of "Genius in France" is a riff on comedian Creator/JerryLewis, who genuinely was hugely popular and highly acclaimed in France despite his kitschy image in the United States.
171	* NonAppearingTitle: "Couch Potato", "Angry White Boy Polka", "A Complicated Song", "Ode to a Superhero", and "Bob".
172	* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Part of the reason [[InUniverse the singer]] in "Hardware Store" is so excited is because he lives in a boring town where nothing unusual happens.
173	* OffWithHisHead:
174	** The singer in "A Complicated Song" gets his head knocked off after standing up on a roller coaster.
175	** In "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?," the singer’s friend Robert gets decapitated in a car crash.
176	* OverlyLongGag: The end of "eBay" with him stretching out singing the last note for as long as possible.
177	* ParodyAssistance
178	** "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?", a pastiche of Ben Folds Five, features Music/BenFolds himself on piano, returning the favor for Al directing his video for "Rockin' The Suburbs."
179	** Music/FrankZappa's son Dweezil plays guitar and sings backup on "Genius in France," a stylistic parody of his father's work.
180	* PatterSong: "Hardware Store," with the middle eight being ''so'' fast and wordy that Al has never attempted to sing it live.
181	* {{Pun}}: Most of "Party at the Leper Colony", but especially:
182	-->''There's a guy in the hot tub, I don't know who\
183	Wait a minute, it looks like Stu!''
184	* QuestioningTitle: "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?"
185	* RecordProducer: "Weird Al" Yankovic.
186	* SelfBackingVocalist: He does all of the vocals on "eBay".
187	* SequelSnark: In "Ode to a Superhero," after Peter turns down Mary Jane, Al remarks that MJ "can give it a try again when [[Film/SpiderMan2 the sequel]] comes 'round."
188	* ShapedLikeItself: From "Bob": "'Naomi', I moan, 'a Toyota's a Toyota'."
189	* ShoddyShindig: In "A Complicated Song", the singer attends a pizza party thrown by his friend, but no one else shows up. The two are left to sit and sadly eat pizza by themselves, and the singer takes the leftovers home; eating pizza at every meal for the next few days gives him constipation.
190	* SoundEffectBleep: In "Angry White Boy Polka"'s cover of Papa Roach's "Last Resort":
191	-->''Suffication, no breathing\
192	Don't give a (cartoony whistle) if I cut my arm bleeding''
193	* SpeakIllOfTheDead: The narrator of "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?" finds out that his friend Rob died in a twelve-car pileup. The narrator is sad at first... but then remembers that Rob owed him five dollars and berates his deceased friend, noting afterward that the aforementioned car wreck made him late for work.
194	* SpecialGuest: Ben Folds of Ben Folds Five plays piano in "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?", and Dweezil Zappa plays guitar on "Genius In France".
195	* StrawLoser: The protagonist of "Genius in France" is a loser with a capital L: said to be extremely stupid, unattractive, dorky, has body odor, wears a bad toupee, and is completely lacking in any talents or charm, yet is inexplicably popular in France.
196	* SurpriseIncest: The narrator of "A Complicated Song" is aghast to discover that his new girlfriend is his cousin.
197	* TakeThat: Creator/WillemDafoe gets a gentle ribbing in "Ode To A Superhero," when Al sings that Green Goblin from ''Film/SpiderMan1'' is scarier ''without'' his mask.
198	* ToiletHumor: In "A Complicated Song," the narrator gets severely constipated after eating nothing but pizza for several days straight.
199	-->''Why'd you have to go and make me so constipated?\
200	'Cause right now I'd do anything to just get my bowels evacuated\
201	[[LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun In the bathroom]]''
202	* TrashOfTheTitans: "Trash Day" is about a lazy slob who refuses to clean up after himself and treats his home like a landfill.
203	-->''Think something's rotten here; you'd better hold your nose\
204	(Hey, you disgusting slob! You'd better take the trash out!)''
205	* UmpteenthCustomer: From "Hardware Store:
206	-->''"Every [[ArcNumber twenty-seventh]] customer will get a ball peen hammer free!"''
207	* UncommonTime: "Genius in France" shifts time signatures and rhythms incessantly, naturally enough since it's a style parody of Frank Zappa (and quite an impressive one at that).
208	* {{Understatement}}: This bit of "A Complicated Song":
209	-->''I gotta tell ya, life without a head kinda makes me irritated\
210	What a bummer''
211	* WeSellEverything: The titular Hardware Store seems to sell anything and everything one could need for their household; take a look at the MotorMouth section above for an incomplete list.
212	* WreckedWeapon: After stabbing his boss in the face, the narrator of "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?" complains that the tip of his knife bent slightly and will probably never straighten out.

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