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This group provides examples of:
* [[The Adjectival Man]]/[[The Man Is Sticking It to
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: "It's Time to Start" parodies rock concerts by explaining what rock concert tropes the audience should carry out, ranging from the realistic ("Rock Concert Movement #1, the basic head bob", and "#2, the one-armed fist pump") to the ridiculous ("#4, the behind-the-head leg stretch", which the Blue Men proceed to actually do). #3 ("the up-and-down jumping motion") receives a step-by-step explanation, though in live performances it's been replaced with #10 ("getting a closer look at the audience") which involves footage from a miniature camera supposedly being shoved down an audience member's throat.
* [[Audience Participation]]: "Time to Start" again.
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* [[List Song]]: The new finale "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtz-P1XOlr4 Shake It]" mostly consists of (largely made-up) synonyms for the human rear end.
* [[Misattributed Song]]: "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 and "The Hamster Dance" have both been misattributed to Blue Man Group.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: About three quarters though The Complex Live Tour, the Blue Men perform Exhibit 13 -- a subdued, solemn piece that includes recitations from scorched documents found in Carroll Gardens during the aftermath of the [[The War
* [[The Mole]]: In the audience! During some concerts, a member of the BMG's crew will be planted into the audience with the express purpose of shouting 'FREE BIRD!' during the concert. The band will then start playing the beginning guitar riffs of Free Bird.
* [[Naked Blue People]]/[[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: The former is subverted because the Blue Men wear black head-to-toe.
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* [[Sorry, Billy, But You Just Don't Have Legs]]: Among the requirements to be a blue man are to be between 5'10" and 6'1" with an athletic build.
* [[Take That]]: Some of the things on the Rock Instruction stuff.
{{quote| If you don't have a lot of natural charisma, you can give yourself a descriptive name like [[Guns N' Roses
* [[Trash Can Band]]/[[Everything Is an Instrument]]: These guys make instruments out of PVC pipes, fiberglass boat antennae (Airpoles), and whatever else they can think of.
* [[Unreadably Fast Text]]: All three Blue Men simultaneously flash cue cards filled with lots of text to the audience, waiting just a few seconds before moving to the next one. One of the cards says you can't read all of them and should just pick one Blue Man and stick with him.
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