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* "Today" by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]. Song: a cheery-sounding song about suicidal thoughts. Video: Billy Corgan driving around in an ice cream truck, picking up James Iha in a dress, and then running into Jimmy and D'arcy at a gas station and they all paint the truck. And there's a whole lot of random people making out everywhere.
** "Tonight, Tonight". Song; Time passes and the world changes, but your memories will never fade. Video; A Victorian couple (played by [[Tom Kenny]] and Jill Talley) travel to the Moon on a zeppelin and fight aliens. Influenced by the early silent film ''A Trip to the Moon''.
* "Take on Me" by [[A-ha]]. Song: A guy will be gone soon, so he wants to sleep with this girl. Video: A girl visits a comic book land, and meets a biker guy. {{spoiler|He somehow becomes real... until their next video.}} The [https://web.archive.org/web/20131008075528/http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/e062d7b4d5/take-on-me-literal-video-version-from-dustfilms "Literal Version"] rewrites the lyrics to match the footage.
* "Mr. Hurricane" by Beast. Song: An emotionally disturbed young woman loves someone she calls Mr. Hurricane, who is trying to help her. However she's also attached to her own rage, which she equates with the beast from What Rough Beast. Video: A man made out of bees. Bees. Beast. Get it? Get it? Don't mess with the "bees", Mr. Hurricane...
* "DVNO" by Justice. Song: The pretentious club scene (and the title is a reference to the club El Divino). Video: The lyrics presented in the form of epic parodies of [[Vanity Plate]]s and other logos.
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