Action Movie Hero Boy is a cautionary tale about imitating action movie clichés.
Lyrics[]
I’m bad!
I gotta figure out where mommy keeps the dynamite.
I’ll get some measuring tape so I can time it right.
I know it’s dangerous, I know you’re thinking I am a fool,
But it’s the only chance I’ll ever get to look so cool. (Look so cool.)
- Hey, look at me, casually
- Walking away like Action Movie Hero Boy
- In slow-mo, everything glowing and
- Blowing to bits right behind me.
You see it all the time in theatres on the silver screen,
Like when the good guy blows the bad guy’s house to smithereens.
I’ve got a movie-making camera and a dozen grenades.
I’m looking tough, I’ve got the stuff, I’ve got the spiffy shades. (Spiffy shades.)
- Hey, look at me, casually
- Walking away like Action Movie Hero Boy
- In slow-mo, everything glowing and
- Blowing to bits right behind me.
I am aware it’s just a movie. I’m aware it’s a cliché.
I am aware I’m being stupid. I’m aware of that, but hey,
This is just something that I gotta do.
Yeah. (Yeah.)
- Hey, look at me, casually
- Stumbling down like Action Movie Blooper Reels
- In slow-mo, everything glowing and
- Blowing to bits including me.
Trivia[]
- The “I’m bad” sound clip at the very beginning of the song is from the video game Bad Dudes, which, incidentally, Neil has never played.
- AltF4 was working on a flash animation for this song. He has stated that he is not likely to finish it, however.
- This song is a kid trying to look cool but he kills himself.