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* [[One Hit Wonder]] - there were a lot, both because there were a lot of bands with not much talent and because bands didn't tend to last very long.

** A few of the bigger names managed to become One Hit Wonders in the United States, either on the pop charts (The Verve, with "Bittersweet Symphony") or on the usually Alternative-friendly Modern Rock Charts (Supergrass, who had a minor alternative radio hit with "Cheapskate")

* [[One Book Author]]: The La's, who basically imploded on themselves after releasing their self-titled album, an important influence on the Britpop bands that came only a few years later.

* [[One-Book Author]]: The La's, who basically imploded on themselves after releasing their self-titled album, an important influence on the Britpop bands that came only a few years later.

* [[Perishing Alt Rock Voice]]: A lot.

* [[Quietly Performing Sister Show]]: Well, a Quietly Performing Sister ''Scene'' anyway: the "Cool Cymru" movement of Welsh bands that ran alongside Britpop in its last few years. The most famous of these bands, Super Furry Animals, despite never really having a huge hit single like [[Oasis]] or [[Blur (Music)|Blur]], released many critically acclaimed albums and managed to outlive most of their Britpop peers. Psychedelic folk band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci also had critical acclaim and were favourites of BBC Radio indie tastemaker [[The Last DJ|John Peel]], but [[No Hit Wonder|they never even managed a Top 40]] single despite ''eight'' of their singles making the UK Top 75.

* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: Oasis (Red Oni) and Blur (Blue Oni).

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Oasis (Red Oni) and Blur (Blue Oni).

* [[Sex Drugs and Rock And Roll]] - extremely prevalent, and one of the reasons everything collapsed.

* [[Sex, Drugs and Rock And Roll]] - extremely prevalent, and one of the reasons everything collapsed.

* [[Shout Out]]: Now defunct magazine ''Select'' fired an early shot in the Britpop wars with a cover feature about Suede, with the headline {{smallcaps|Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mister Cobain?}} This was a reference to the theme song of the sitcom [[Dads Army]]:

{{quote| Who do you think you are kidding Mister Hitler?<br />

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* [[Trope Codifier]] - Oasis

* [[Trope Maker]] - "Popscene" by Blur is sometimes considered the first Britpop single.

* [[Truck ~~Drivers~~ Gear Change]] - only to be expected in such populist music and sometimes invoked deliberately; see "Inbetweener" by Sleeper for a particularly neat example.

* [[Truck Driver's Gear Change]] - only to be expected in such populist music and sometimes invoked deliberately; see "Inbetweener" by Sleeper for a particularly neat example.

* [[Vindicated By History]] - In the past decade, music critics have realized that [[Blur (Music)|Blur]] - sometimes considered inferior to Oasis - were one of the finest singles acts of the 1990's.

* [[Younger Than They Look|Younger Than They Sound]] - Ash and Supergrass were both formed by teenagers during Britpop's heyday and as mentioned above, managed to outlast most of the older, more popular bands.