People (Imaginary)
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The use of fictional people in TMBG's songs, either in TMBG's own world of characters or in reference to outside fictional characters.
Central theme[edit]
- Ana Ng
- The Ballad Of Timothy McSweeney
- Bastard Wants To Hit Me
- Bee Of The Bird Of The Moth
- Burnice
- Can't Keep Johnny Down
- Chainsaw Dick
- Chess Piece Face
- Chip The CHiP
- Corrupted Lyle
- Counterfeit Faker
- Crystal Fortress - Strong Bad (and also Davey and the other guy)
- Cyclops Rock - Chucky
- Different Town - The H*R.com characters
- Doris Cunningham
- Dr. Evil
- Dr. Kildare
- Dr. Sy Fly - Cavity Sam is also mentioned.
- Doctor Worm
- Exquisite Dead Guy
- Georgy Girl
- Goodbye From The Deranged Millionaire
- Greeting From The Deranged Millionaire
- Hello Mrs. Wheelyke
- Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal - Mr. DJ
- Hillbilly Drummer Girl
- House Of Mayors (Song) - The list of mayors near the middle of the song consists entirely of fictional people.
- Jackie The Clipper
- John Postal
- Lazyhead And Sleepybones
- The Life Of Doug
- Mario Speaks - Personal manager and stylist for They Might Be Giants
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme - "It's the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse roll call!" Immediately after that, they say the names of six Mickey Mouse Clubhouse characters.
- Mr. Klaw
- Mr. Me - Along with the title character, the song mentions Edward Ho (a pun on "Westward ho!")
- Mr. Mischief Night
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Mr. Xcitement
- Mrs. Bluebeard - The mythical figure Bluebeard was known for killing his spouses
- Mrs. Cinderella
- Mrs. Train
- My Evil Twin
- My Man
- New Hampshire
- Ondine
- Other Father Song
- Particle Man
- Peter Gunn
- Pirate Girls Nine
- Rabid Child
- Roy G. Biv
- (She Was A) Hotel Detective
- (She Was A) Hotel Detective In The Future
- She Was A Hotel Detective
- Sketchy Galore
- Skullivan
- Snapping Turtle - Stryker
- Somebody's Body
- Someone Keeps Moving My Chair - Mr. Horrible, the Ugliness Men
- Vancouver - "She's a different kind of girl," whose name (presumably) is Richards
- Wicked Little Critta
- Withered Hope - Very Sad Sack, Withered Hope, the soul mate, the beautiful crook
- Yeah, The Deranged Millionaire
Briefly mentioned[edit]
- Authenticity Trip - "I'm not Ichabod Crane"
- Birdhouse In Your Soul - "After killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts"
- Cloisonné - Sleestaks, creatures from Land of the Lost
- Darling, The Dose - Hamlet's Dad and Hercules
- Door To Door Minotaur - Frankenstein
- The Drinky Crow Show Theme (Demo 2) - "Uncle Gabby's on the poop deck"
- Everybody Knows It - "I only remember Steve"
- Great - "Hey, Dave"
- The Guitar - "Is it Jim? I don't know"
- Here In Higglytown - "Eubie, Wayne, Twinkle, Kip and Fran"
- How Now Dark Cloud? - "Wake up Miss Mysterious"
- Kings Of The Cave - references Friday from Robinson Crusoe
- Prevenge - Mr. Pupkin
- Rhythm Section Want Ad - Olive Oyl from Popeye
- Right Before Showtime - "Hour three: What about you, Zebediah?", "Hour eleven: What about you Mrs. Henderson?"
- Santa Cruz - Darth Vader
- The Second Longest Night - Emily, Rachel, Hank, and Paula
- Sold My Mind to The Kremlin - Yoda, Skeletor
- "The Great Walled City" - Richard, the presumed owner of Richard's on Richards
- They'll Need A Crane - Gal and Lad
- Weep Day - Tambo and Urine Man
- Zilch - "Mr. Dobolina, Mr. Bob Dobolina"
