"Children on the streets using guns and knives, taking drugs and each other's lives. Analogy Backfire: in "Rambling Through the Avenues of Time":.Alliterative Name: Bret's the " pretty Prince of Parties.".All Girls Want Bad Boys: Gender-flipped: Jemaine points out that Bret tends to be attracted to "bastard girls" who mistreat him.Affectionate Parody: "Bowie" is an over-the-top, yet still somehow spot-on parody of David Bowie "Inner City Pressure" takes on the Pet Shop Boys "Fashion Is Danger" - the entire New Romantic genre "You Don't Have to be a Prostitute" - "Roxanne" by The Police "Rambling through the Avenues of Time" - "Piano Man" by Billy Joel "I'm Not Crying" - "I'm Not In Love" by 10CC "Hurt Feelings (Reprise)" is a dead-on take of the "Wise Up" Aimee Mann montage in Magnolia.In "Wingmen," the first mugger comes back to help Bret with a very ill-advised scheme to impress his date. The quiet one returns Jemaine's camera phone, develops some of their pictures and on the whole seems like a very pleasant man.who just so happens to be a White Supremacist. The more vocal one is outraged at the thought of anyone running out on a friend and befriends Jemaine when Bret does this to him. Affably Evil: The two muggers that Bret and Jemaine encountered.They are repulsed by her advances, but can't spurn her outright because she's their only fan. Abhorrent Admirer: Mel has an insatiable lust for both members of the band.This duo (and their skits) provides examples of: They have had a BBC radio series and an HBO TV series. The group is made up of Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie. On the prospect of making ends meet via prostitution, "The New Cup"įlight of the Conchords are formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo, trying to make it big in America.
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