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* [[Album Filler]]: ''Rosenrot'' as a whole. In fact, most of it is composed by leftover material of the recordings for ''Reise, Reise''. Aside from "Mann Gegen Mann", "Rosenrot", "Benzin" and "Te Quiero Puta", no songs from ''Rosenrot'' were played in concerts.
* [[All Germans Are Nazis]]: The band wrote "Links 2-3-4" as their counterarguement to this accusation. They've even said on interviews that they hate Nazis as well.
* [[Anti
* [[Audience Participation Song]]: "Ich Will", "Ohne Dich", "Du Hast", "Engel"...
* [[Author Vocabulary Calendar]]: The sun shining is referenced in some way in "Rammstein," "Engel," "Küss Mich (Fellfrosch)," "Mein Herz Brennt," "[[Captain Obvious|Sonne]]," "Mutter," "[[Captain Obvious|Morgenstern]]," "Mann Gegen Mann" and "Hilf Mir." ''Liebe Ist Für Alle Da'' is the only album where this theme does not come up.
* [[Based on a True Story]]: "Rammstein" (the song), "Mein Teil" and "Wiener Blut" were based on true events, the first on [
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: "Moskau" has parts sung in Russian; "Amerika", "Pussy" and "Stirb Nicht Vor Mir" have parts sung in English; (there're also English versions of "Du Hast", "Engel" and "Amerika" among the singles) "Amour" and "Frühling in Paris" have some parts sung in French; and "Te Quiero Puta!" is sung entirely in Spanish.
** Also, an astounding amount of wordplay in their songs, just in general.
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* [[Lighter and Softer]]: A surprising number of their remixes are almost ambient sounding.
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: "Der Meister" qualifies, with happy-sounding keyboards and riffs in a song about a predicted apocalypse.
* [[Magic Realism]]: "Dalai Lama" is a modern reworking of [
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Dalai Lama" refers to the 14th Dalai Lama's fear of flying, and the song is "Der Erlkönig" on a plane.
* [[Metal Scream]]: Used (to an extent) in the chorus of "Wiener Blut", and at a few points in "Mann Gegen Mann". The [[Careful With That Axe|ending]] of "Stein um Stein" also counts... doubly reinforced by the final word meaning "scream."
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* [[Rape Is Love]]: Horrifically deconstructed in "Liebe ist für alle da", at least according to one interpretation.
* [[Rule 34]]: "Pussy". The video premiered on a porn site. [[Ho Yay|And that's]] [[Yaoi Fangirl|just the]] [[Real Person Slash|canon example]].
* [[Shout
* [[Soprano and Gravel]]: "Engel", "Moskau", to some extent "Spieluhr" (which features vocals from [[Real Life Relative|Khira Li, Richard's daughter]]), and "Stirb Nicht Vor Mir (Don't Die Before I Do)" (featuring vocals from Sharleen Spiteri of Texas). Also "Halleluja", the hidden track from Mutter.
* [[Split Personality]]: "Führe Mich".
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** "Pussy" is a mockery of sexual tourism, with lines like "I can't get laid in Germany!".
** "Mein Land" is an anti-nationalism song.
* [[Take That, Critics!]]: "Links 2-3-4" was written as a counterargument against those who [[All Germans Are Nazis|accuse the band of having Nazi sympathies]].
* [[This Is Sparta]]: "RAMM! STEIN!"
* [[Title-Only Chorus]]: "Herzeleid", "Heirate Mich", "Links 2-3-4", "Mutter", "Rein Raus", "Benzin".
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* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Schneider makes a surprisingly convincing woman in "Mein Teil".
* [[Easter Egg]]: The "Ich tu dir weh" video. {{spoiler|If you keep an eye on Richard's hands, you'll see a ring from his other band, Emigrate.}}
* [[Fan Service]]: The "Mein Land" video features the entire band shirtless and in beach wear for most of it (and Till as a lifeguard), not to mention a lot of bikini-clad women. Towards the end, there are very quick shots of topless women and [[Girl
* [[Fille Fatale]]: In the "Rosenrot" video. Emphasis on "fatale".
* [[
* [[Firemen Are Hot]]: The "Benzin" video.
* [[Foot Focus]]: "Engel," in a [[Shout
* [[The Fun in Funeral]]: The "Haifisch" video.
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] / [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: In "Du Riechst So Gut '98".
* [[Grimmification]]: The video for "Sonne" is a rather dark take on Disney's version of ''[[Snow White (Disney)|Snow White]]'', featuring the band members as masochistic dwarves working for a gold dust-addicted Snow White.
* [[Hermaphrodite]]: Flake's character in "Pussy".
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* [[Shirtless Scene]]: "Mann Gegen Mann" is a ''Clothingless'' Scene.
** "Mein Land" has the band shirtless for most of it.
* [[Shout
** "Engel" plays heavy homage to ''[[From Dusk Till Dawn]]''.
** And "Du Hast" homages ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''.
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* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: The "Mein Land" video is set at a 60s beach party, despite being for an [[Industrial Metal]] song. {{spoiler|The end of the video is more Rammstein-ish, however.}}
* [[Worst Aid]]: As [[Tear Jerker|tearjerking]] and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] the "Ohne Dich" video is, isn't it a ''bad'' idea to move someone with a broken bone? (Come to think of it, what the hell DID he break? Leg? Back?)
** Possibly justified. The video is not particularly clear about the extent of the injuries, only showing a iffy-looking feet at one point which [[The Other Wiki]] claims is gangrene. In any case, leaving someone exposed to the elements is not the best of ideas either, and avoiding leaving Till there to get hypothermic and whatever other complications would probably trump avoiding the possibility of doing anymore damage by moving him somewhere safer. {{spoiler|And with Till dying in the end, it probably doesn't matter too much anyway. Still, radioing for help may have been a nice idea.}} Related, [[Cool, Clear Water|drinking water straight from a mountain stream]] might not be the the thing to do.
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* [[Creator Backlash]]: Schneider made it clear [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqFvjWBXvic in an interview] that he finds "Pussy" to be "completely stupid", and, in a 2010 ''Metal Hammer'' interview, he thought the same of the deluxe dildo boxset of ''Liebe ist für alle da''.
* [[East Germany]]: All of the band's members hail from here, though it had ceased to exist by the time the band was formed.
* [[Easter Egg]]: The voice clip hidden either in the pregap of ''Reise, Reise'' for European pressings or at the start of the song for the US pressings. The clip itself is the last 38 seconds of the cockpit voice recording from the [
* [[Gag Penis]]: The cannon used during live performances of "Pussy".
* [[A Good Name for A Rock Band]]: The band took their name from the Ramstein airshow disaster in 1988 and added an extra M.
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** Till has gotten [[Man On Fire|burnt a few times]] though.
* [[Pyromaniac]]: The concerts and the songs. About the former, they routinely fire a flamethrower just above the mosh pit. About the latter, there are about as many songs about fire as there are about sex.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: And nothing epitomized it more than the [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/Rammstein_Herzeleid_cover.jpg original ''Herzeleid'' cover.] Of course, that also started the [[All Germans Are Nazis|Nazi accusations]]. Go figure.
* [[Real Person Slash]]: [[Rule 34|Don't even act surprised.]]
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Quite often. ''Bück dich'' live is one of the more memorable examples.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: When it comes to live shows, it's not a matter of whether this trope will happen or not, it's ''who specifically'' will invoke this trope. Take Volkerball, Ollie and Paul both end up shirtless by the end of the show.
** And, as mentioned above, the original "Herzeleid" cover.
* [[Shout
* [[Transvestite]]: [http://www.neo-rammstein.com/site/medias/galerie/motor.php This photoshoot].
** Also, [[Attractive Bent Gender|Frau Schneider]] makes a reappearance in the ''Made in Germany'' tour.
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