We are your average ordinary, SUPERHUMAN Punishers of evil rock and roll band —The Aquabats!, "Awesome Forces!"

The Aquabats! (and yes,the exclamation mark is necessary) are a third-waveSka band formed in 1994 in Orange County, California. Their lineup has changed significantly over the years, but the two constants have been the MC Bat Commander as vocalist andFace of the Band and Crash McLarson on bass; Jimmy the Robot (joined in 1997) is also a fixture.

The most distinctive (andTroperiffic) aspect of The Aquabats! is their superhero mythos. They bill themselves as a group of superhero musicians, fighting evil and rocking out in equal proportion. Each member of the band takes onsuperhero persona (Christian Jacobs, for example, is better known by his moniker of the MC Bat Commander), and performances often involve choreographed combat against costumed characters. As with any good superhero group, the Aquabats have built up aRogues Gallery of their own.

Also notable is the fact that Christian Jacobs, the MC Bat Commander, is the co-creator and writer of the children's showYo Gabba Gabba!.

Now starring in their owntelevision show onThe Hub, afteryears of previous attempts.

The Aquabats! Members:

• The MC Bat Commander (Christian Jacobs) - lead vocals
• Crash McLarson (Chad Larson) - bass guitar, DJ
• Jimmy the Robot (James Briggs) - keyboards/saxophone
• Eaglebones Falconhawk (Ian Fowles) - guitar
• Ricky Fitness (Richard Falomir) - drums

Former members:

• Chainsaw, the Prince of Karate (Corey Pollock) - guitar
• Catboy (Boyd Terry) - trumpet
• Ultra Kyu (Charles Grey) - guitar/synth
• The Baron von Tito (Travis Barker) - drums
• Doctor Rock (Gabe Parkin) - drums
• Nacho (Chad Parkin) - keyboards
• Prince Adam (Adam Deibert) - trumpet/synth/guitar
• Ben the Brain (Ben Bergeson) - guitar
• Roddy B. (Rod Arellano) - drums

• 1996 -The Return of the Aquabats
• 1997 -The Fury of the Aquabats
• 1999 -The Aquabats vs. the Floating Eye of Death!
• 2005 -Charge!!
• 2011 -Hi-Five Soup!

• Animated Adaptation: As part ofThe Aquabats Super Show, featuring standalone shorts featuring their Lil' Bat mascot, Pablo and episodic shorts with the Aquabats animated like out of an oldschool anime (featuring character designs from long time fan, Pey)
• Ascended Extra: One of the monsters in their earlier videos shows up later as Muno inYo Gabba Gabba!, albeit bumpier.
• Badass Boast: In the song "Look at me, I'm a Winner!" Directed towards the Listener.

Four radios blastin' classic rock And they're pointing at you With your fist raised high and a hitch in your step You've got it all I've got no reason to lie

• • As noted before, "Awesome Forces".
• Crossover: Strong Bad andHomestar Runner both make an appearance in "Pink Pants!" Christian Jacobs and H*R co-creator Matt Chapman both work onYo Gabba Gabba! Matt is also one of the lead writers forThe Aquabats Super Show and portrays a live action Expy of Strong Bad in one of the later episodes of Season One.
• Excited Show Title!: The Aquabats! arealways excited. Basically all of their song and album titles (not to mention the name of the band itself) end with an exclamation point.
• Fat Best Friend: B.F.F. mixes this trope wthBig Fun andThe Big Guy
• Five-Man Band
• In Medias Res: The title of their first album, as well as the first episode of their TV series that references events in the "prior episode".
• Instrument of Murder: Used to fend off attacking monsters during their live shows. OnThe Aquabats! Super Show, Eaglebones Falconhawk's guitar can shootFrickin' Laser Beams.
• Keet: Much of their musical and lyrical themes invoke this trope.
• Mascot: Pablo the Aquabat, who even gets his own solo cartoons on the Supershow! Despite being non-vocal, he's aBadass Adorable little guy who does stuff like kicking sharks in the face and using their heads as surfboards after they break his original one.
• Musical Assassin: Former member the Baron von Tito, the mysterious drumming mercenary.
• The Power of Rock: One of the band's powers, naturally.
• Ridiculously Human Robot: Jimmy the Robot. HisDeadpan Snarker tendencies are considered a noteworthy breakthrough achievement in robotic technology.
• Self-Titled Album:The Return of the Aquabats (which was actually theirfirst album),The Fury of the Aquabats!, andThe Aquabats! vs the Floating Eye of Death
• Silly Love Songs: Emphasis on thesilly. The most blatant examples is probably "Lovers of Loving Love".
• Spoken Word in Music: Used a few times, notably in "Captain Hampton and the Midget Pirates!", which contains monologues regarding the eponymous group during breaks in the music.
• Stage Name: As mentioned, each member of the band adopts a superhero "character" upon joining. It's part of their thing.
• Take That, Audience!: Inverted in "Look at Me (I'm A Winner)", which seems to be mostly about how awesome the listener is.
• Took a Level in Badass: The band seems to have done this, in song. Compare "The Aquabat March!," where apparently there aren't quite so bulletproof, and so beg any villains with guns not to shoot them, to "Awesome Forces!" where, well, check the page quote.
• Wiki Rule:Check it, homies!

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