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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Fish. An amiable Scot and by virtually all accounts a [[Gentle Giant]], but the backstory of the song "Incubus" reveals just how vindictive he can be. According to one account given by him at a concert, he met an ex at a pub six months after she had dumped him (the aftermath of said dumping detailed in an earlier song, "The Web") along with the ex's new boyfriend. After calmly sitting through 10-15 minutes of snide remarks from said ex, her boyfriend retreats to the toilet, and Fish produces a particularly racy Polaroid photo from their past. He hides it once her new boyfriend comes back, but she realises that if she doesn't cease the veiled hostilities, said Polaroid might start making the rounds... Hoo boy.

* [[The Big Guy]]: Steve Rothery

* [[Black Sheep Hit]]: "Kayleigh", to the point of [[One Hit Wonder]]-syndrome.

* [[Black Sheep Hit]]: "Kayleigh", to the point of [[One-Hit Wonder]]-syndrome.

* [[Blessed With Suck]]: Thanks to "Kayleigh", no matter how hard they try to reinvent themselves, the [[Mainstream Media]] will always view them as a [[One Hit Wonder]] from [[The Eighties]].

* [[Blessed With Suck]]: Thanks to "Kayleigh", no matter how hard they try to reinvent themselves, the [[Mainstream Media]] will always view them as a [[One-Hit Wonder]] from [[The Eighties]].

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Fish. He's a big guy in every way.

* [[BSOD Song]]: "The Invisible Man", complete with [[And I Must Scream]] imagery.

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* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Ian Mosley

* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Hogarth seems to suffer these on a regular basis, but the divorce that inspired half the songs on ''Somewhere Else'' stands out. A bit of a subversion as the album got a [[So Okay It's Average|lackluster response]]. Fish had his share of these as well; for example, ''Misplaced Childhood'' grew out of a difficult breakup he went through, while a number of the songs on ''Clutching at Straws'' were directly inspired by his alcoholism.

* [[The Eighties]]: Averted for the most part. Marillion were just about the only decent [[Progressive Rock]] group at a time in which it was considered a [[Dead Horse Genre]] (far more than it is now). They weren't immune to [[Eighties Hair]] though, and "Kayleigh" is a fairly typical '80s [[Synth Pop]] song despite being part of a much larger [[Concept Album]] (which is probably why it was by far their biggest hit and the media now think of them as [[One Hit Wonder|One Hit Wonders]]).

* [[The Eighties]]: Averted for the most part. Marillion were just about the only decent [[Progressive Rock]] group at a time in which it was considered a [[Dead Horse Genre]] (far more than it is now). They weren't immune to [[Eighties Hair]] though, and "Kayleigh" is a fairly typical '80s [[Synth Pop]] song despite being part of a much larger [[Concept Album]] (which is probably why it was by far their biggest hit and the media now think of them as [[One-Hit Wonder|One Hit Wonders]]).

* [[Epic Rocking]]: "Grendel", "This Strange Engine", "Interior Lulu", "Ocean Cloud", "The Invisible Man", "Neverland", "If My Heart Were a Ball It Would Roll Uphill"

* [[Epic Song]]: Many, but "The Space" in particular is this trope to a tee.

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** Among others. Specifically, Hogarth alludes to this lifestyle in songs like "80 days" and "Somewhere Else".

* [[Signature Song]]: Debatable, but either of the following: [[Epic Rocking|Script For A Jester's Tear]], [[Black Sheep Hit|Kayleigh]], [[Surprisingly Gentle Song|Easter]] or [[Peter Pan|Neverland]].

* [[Shout Out]]: "Neverland" contains many references to the [[Peter Pan]] novel.

* [[Shout-Out]]: "Neverland" contains many references to the [[Peter Pan]] novel.

{{quote| ''Wendy, darling, in the kitchen with your dreams''<br />

''Will you fly again, take to the sky again''<br />

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* [[Title-Only Chorus]]: This has become a bit of a habit of theirs recently: "See It Like A Baby", "Thank You Whoever You Are", "A State of Mind", "Happiness is the Road", "Whatever is Wrong With You", "Real Tears For Sale", "It's Not Your Fault" among others.

* [[Unfortunate Names]]: Fish' real name is Derek William Dick. No wonder he used a [[Stage Names|stage name]].

* [[Wham Line]]:

* [[Wham! Line]]:

** "Chelsea Monday": "Hello John, did you see the Standard about four hours ago? Fished a young chick out of the Old Father..."

** "Splintering Heart": "...but not as much as this!"