History Music / NapoleonXIV

* WhosLaughingNow: "I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Haa!"

* GratuitousPanning: "I Live in a Split-Level Head", where the first round of lyrics are in both channels -- and then each channel simultaneously plays ''different'' lyrics.[[note]] Specifically, the song has eight four-line verses; after they are recited once, the left channel starts over from the first verse while the right channel picks up at the fifth verse, and both proceed to go through all eight verses a second time.[[/note]]

* TheStoner: "I Owe a Lot To Iowa Pot"

* SecurityBlanket: {{Invoked}} by "Let's Cuddle Up In My Security Blanket".

* SdrawkcabName: The original B-side to "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" was called "!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT" and credited to VIX Noelopan. It was in fact "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" played backwards.

* WordSaladLyrics: "Bats in my Belfry". That quote up there is probably the most sensible lyrics in the whole song.

* SdrawkcabName: The original b-side to "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" was called "!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT" and credited to VIX Noelopan. It was in fact "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" played backwards.

* PsychoPsychologist: "Dr. Psyche, the Cut-Rate Head-shrinker."

* BeenThereShapedHistory: "The Nuts On My Family Tree".

* NapoleonDelusion: Implied. After all, a man who calls himself Napoleon XIV writing novelty songs about insanity? Two songs, "Do the Napoleon" and "The Nuts In My Family Tree", explicitly reference this.

However, Napoleon XIV met his Waterloo when a follow-up single ("I'm in Love With My Little Red Tricycle") and an album (titled after "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!") both flopped, and a second album intended for 1968 release (which would have been titled ''For God's Sake, Stop the Feces!'') was canceled. Afterwards, Samuels found work as a booking agent, briefly resurfacing in TheNineties with ''The Second Coming'', a compilation that combined the 1966 album with tracks intended for ''Feces'' and a few new recordings.

* ManChild: "I'm In Love With My Little Red Tricycle". From the narrator's simple speaking patterns, silly rhymes, and obsession with riding around on his tricycle, it at first can be inferred that he is supposed to be a young child. But then this line comes in near the end of the song:

* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler: The narrator]] of "I'm In Love With My Little Red Tricycle". Music/WeirdAlYankovic called it an amazing song due to the PlotTwist.

* LyricalDissonance: Every single thing he's ever done, with the possible exceptions of "Iowa Pot" and "The Explorer," and the definite exception of "Goofin' on The Job." The latter is sufficiently disturbing to him that he buried it in the middle of the CD release of his complete collection.

* BestialityIsDepraved: "Let's Cuddle Up In My Security Blanket" is a love song to a ''cow''.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: "Goofin' On the Job"]]... ''maybe''.

* LastNoteNightmare: "Goofin' On the Job".

* LyricalDissonance: Every single thing he's ever done, with the possible exceptions of "Iowa Pot" and "The Explorer," and the definite exception of "Goofin' On The Job." The latter is sufficiently disturbing to him that he buried it in the middle of the CD release of his complete collection.

* BedlamHouse: The chorus of "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!":

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The accusation of "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"

* OhNoNotAgain: Invoked in a 1988 follow-up song, "They're Coming To Get Me Again, Ha-Haaa!", the fade-out lyrics [[CallBack reverting to "They're Coming To Take..."]].

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The accusation of "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!"

* PerspectiveFlip: "I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Haa!" by Josephine XV.

* WhosLaughingNow: "I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Ha!"

* {{Yandere}}: "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!"

* BedlamHouse: The chorus of "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Ha":

* AnswerSong: Josephine XV [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m138-Fn5Tw replied]], "I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Ha!". Meanwhile, the dog got his own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3VCx4VSAwU response]] with "They Took You Away, I'm Glad, I'm Glad."[[note]]It's possible that Josephine XV ''is'' the dog, too.[[/note]]

Samuels eventually passed away in March 2023, due to complications of Parkinson's disease dementia at the age of 84. Shortly before his death, he worked with Needlejuice Records to reissue his 1966 debut album, as well as finally give a release to ''For God's Sake, Stop the Feces!'' after being shelved for nearly 60 years. It was officially released one month after his death, marking one of the longest gaps between studio albums in history.

Napoleon XIV was the pseudonym of the American singer and songwriter Jerry Samuels (May 3, 1938- March 10, 2023).

Samuels eventually passed away in March 2023, due to complications of Parkinson's disease dementia at the age of 84. Shortly before his death, he worked with Needlejuice Records to reissue his 1966 debut album, as well as finally give a release to "For God's Sake, Stop the Feces!" after being shelved for nearly 60 years. It was officially released one month after his death, marking one of the longest gaps between studio albums in history.