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''"Larger than Life"''
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{{quote|''"It's the Story of my Life!"''|'''[[Titled After the Song|Stranger Than Fiction]]''', ''Split Enz''}}
''Stranger Than Fiction: The Life And Times Of Split Enz'' ([[
Chronicling their beginnings from an Auckland flat (and even further back in the case of the Finn and Chunn brothers) to their final (non-reunion) concert and even [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue|beyond]], the original book is now long out of print but with the author's permission can now be read online [https://web.archive.org/web/20130204065106/http://www.book.russells.id.au/ here].
* ''Mental Notes'' (1976)
* ''Dizzrhythmia'' (1977)
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* ''See Ya Round'' (1984)
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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]] - Gender Inverted with Liz Malam in regards to Tim. Didn't end well though.
* [[Ascended Fanboy]] - Tim Finn actually meeting up with [[Paul McCartney]] and arguably ever getting to London itself. The former though was a partial example of [[Broken Pedestal]] learning about how musical idols aren't gods, just people.
** [[Promoted Fanboy]] - Neil for ''Split Enz'', even though he surprisingly didn't appear all that enthusiastic about it upon being offered (on the surface anyway).
* [[Badass Mustache]] / [[Badass Beard]] - Noel Crombie for ''Waiata'' and ''Time and Tide''.
* [[The Band Minus the Face]] - Subverted, as Neil was just as equally known ([[
* [[Banned in China]] - ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeKdUeb1InI Six Months In A Leaky Boat]'' in England, due to [[Unfortunate Implications]] with the Falklands War.
* [[Biography]] - Apart from the obvious example, there was also Tim Finn's ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aZ54yEZOTI Haul Away]''.
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* [[Cool Teacher]]
* [[Country Mouse]] - Tim Finn (technically Neil as well, though it's brought up more often with Tim). Notably lampshaded in the song ''Maybe'', from early in their career:
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* [[Creator Breakdown]] - Tim Finn is no stranger to this: ''Time and Tide'' owed a lot to his depression.
* [[Cultural Cringe]] - Played straight, then later inverted. Split Enz had to travel overseas in the 1970s and 1980s to make it big. Today, they're fondly remembered as one of NZ's first bands to take on the world.
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* [[Magnum Opus Dissonance]] - Neil Finn never originally thought much of ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkPaj0ttjbc I Got You]''. arguably the Enz's [[Signature Song]].
* [[Meaningful Rename]] - The Enz all adopting their middle names as their stage names, except Phil, which Chunn suggests may have been a sign of his discomfort within the band. Also changing the band's name from 'Ends' to 'En''z''' for patriotic reasons.
* [[
* [[Non Fiction Literature]]
* [[Only Sane Man]] - Nigel Griggs' (Mike Chunn's replacement) first reaction upon meeting the band (due to not being completely informed), though he adjusted.
* [[The Pete Best]] - ...It'd be easier to list the band members that weren't.
* [[Precision F
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]] - The winner of the (otherwise a total failure) look-alike contest, in Chunn's own words "He looked more like me than me".
* [[Sadist Teacher]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]] - Raewyn Turner (resident lighting expert) to the rest of the band. Later joined by Liz and Sharon, though none of them were technically members of the core band.
* [[Stalker
* [[Starving Artist]] - The Enz quickly fell into this after first coming to Australia.
* [[Teens Are Monsters]] - How the Enz felt after their first two performances up against teenagers (their third performance thankfully went over much better). Arguably the Finn brothers themselves back in the day.
* [[That's All Folks]]: ''See Ya Round'' was clearly intended as a send-off for the band, after Tim Finn's departure.
* [[Titled After the Song]]
* [[Troubled Production]] - ''Waiata'', the follow-up to their breakout album ''True Colours'', was dogged by conflicts with their producer after he [[Took a Level
* [[True Companions]] - The Enz themselves... a few firings aside.
* [[Wacky College]] - The university which housed Room 129, even though Tim was there for only about a year. Practically the [[Character Alignment|Chaotic to Sacred Heart's Lawful]].
* [[Wacky Fratboy Hijinks]] - Even after their fratboy years.
* [[What Could Have Been]] - Neil leaving proto-band ''After Hours'' after only two performances.
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]
* [[Where It All Began]] - Their final concert in Auckland.
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