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* [[Double Entendre]]: Pervasive in Steinman's lyrics.
* [[Epic Instrumental Opener]]: "Bat Out Of Hell" and "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" both go about two minutes before the first vocals are heard.
* [[Epic Rocking]]: Many of Meat Loaf's songs (particularly those written by Jim Steinman) run considerably longer than the average pop tune and go through two or three [[Truck
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** The preceding content of the song suggests that the bagpipes might be there [[Bittersweet Ending|because of their common use at funerals]].
* [[The Fifties]]: "Paradise By the Dashboard Light", thanks to its "doo-wopping" backup singers.
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* [[Numbered Sequels]]: On ''records'', unusually enough.
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Ominous Spanish Chanting]]: "Monstro" from ''Bat Out Of Hell III''.
* [[One
** His role as Eddie in ''Rocky Horror''. He bursts out of a freezer (on a motorcycle, of course), sings a song, and is not seen or heard from again. Until the dinner guests realize that [[I'm a Humanitarian|he's become the main course.]] "[[Audience Participation Song|Meatloaf]] [[Actor Allusion|again?!]]"
** He appears as Jack Black's father in ''[[Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny]]'' and sings in "Kickapoo." It is awesome.
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* [[Recycled Soundtrack]]: "Seize the Night", from ''Bat Out Of Hell III''', features lyrics from the English version of ''[[Tanz Der Vampire]]'', a string intro borrowed from Steinman's ''Bad For Good'' album, and the guitar riff from "Good Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)."
* [[Rock Opera]]: "Bat Out of Hell" and "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" both tell a self-contained story. The remainder of the ''Bat Out Of Hell'' album, while not operatic in theme, certainly has a Wagnerian vibe to it.
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* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: "Wasted Youth", a spoken word piece on ''Bat Out of Hell II'' which parodies "The End" by [[The Doors]] and builds up to an epic punchline.
{{quote| {{spoiler|1=And just as I was about to bring the guitar crashing down upon the center of the bed, my father woke up, screaming "STOP! Wait a minute! Stop it, boy! What do you think you're doing? '''[[Completely Missing the Point|That's no way to treat an expensive musical instrument!]]'''" And I said "GODDAMNIT, daddy! You know I love you... but '''you've got a HELL of a lot to learn about [[The Power of Rock|ROCK AND ROLL!]]'''"}}}}
* [[Signature Song]]: "Bat Out of Hell", "Paradise By the Dashboard Light.", and most famously "I'll Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)".
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: "Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back" reaches ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion]]'' levels of cynicism.
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: "Meat Loaf" is always two words, always capitalized - not "Meatloaf", not "Meat loaf", not "Loaf." And [[Berserk Button|don't call him Marvin]]...he changed his name. He goes so far as to have himself credited as "Meat Loaf Aday" on the songs he's written.
** Hilariously invoked when Christopher Lee introduced him on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', mis-reading his cue cards; "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like you to meet... Loaf!"
** In concert, Meat Loaf introduced a man he claimed to be his brother to perform the spoken word track "Wasted Youth," introducing him as "Tony Loaf".
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