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* [[Nubile Savage]]: The video for "Walk The Dinosaur" includes four of them dancing to the song.
* [[Nubile Savage]]: The video for "Walk The Dinosaur" includes four of them dancing to the song.
* [[One Phone Call]]: "Dad I'm In Jail"
* [[One Phone Call]]: "Dad I'm In Jail"
* [[Open-Heart Dentistry]]: literally in "I Feel Better Than James Brown".
* [[Open-Heart Dentistry]]: Literally in "I Feel Better Than James Brown".
{{quote|I went to my dentist and told him, "Take out my heart."}}
{{quote|I went to my dentist and told him, "Take out my heart."}}
* [[Rearrange the Song]]: Most obviously "Out Come The Freaks", but others get the treatment too. Their 1992 UK hit "Shake Your Head" was completely reworked from the original 1983 version.
* [[Rearrange the Song]]: Most obviously "Out Come The Freaks", but others get the treatment too. Their 1992 UK hit "Shake Your Head" was completely reworked from the original 1983 version.
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* [[Self-Titled Album]]: Their debut, though its expanded reissue was retitled ''Out Come The Freaks''.
* [[Self-Titled Album]]: Their debut, though its expanded reissue was retitled ''Out Come The Freaks''.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Tends strongly toward the cynical end.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Tends strongly toward the cynical end.
* [[Soprano and Gravel]]: the 1992 remake of "Shake Your Head" is a duet between [[Ozzy Osbourne]] and Kim Basinger.
* [[Soprano and Gravel]]: The 1992 remake of "Shake Your Head" is a duet between [[Ozzy Osbourne]] and Kim Basinger.
* [[Spoken Word in Music]]: "I Feel Better Than James Brown".
* [[Surreal Humor]]: One of the things they're particularly known for.
* [[Surreal Humor]]: One of the things they're particularly known for.
* [[Unplugged Version]]: Their [[Greatest Hits]] album ''Hello Dad... I'm In Jail'' includes an acoustic demo of "How The Heart Behaves".
* [[Unplugged Version]]: Their [[Greatest Hits]] album ''Hello Dad... I'm In Jail'' includes an acoustic demo of "How The Heart Behaves".

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Experimental pop/funk ensemble created by Don Was (Don Fagenson) and David Was (David Weiss).


Was (Not Was) provides examples of the following tropes:

I went to my dentist and told him, "Take out my heart."