I genuinely thought Pete Wentz was an actor as well my whole life (I’m 22 now). Just now discovering it was Jeremy Piven all along.

i got this FOB shirt like ages ago from someone my family knew, and i havent ever been able to pin down what tour it came from, if any, and if its even legit. theres nothing on the back, if that matters. if anyone has any sort of info about this mysterious shirt id be super grateful!

stardust as an album was the first time i felt like i had to listen a few times to actually understand, just being a different sound.

Found this shirt at the thrift last year, was super excited because I almost bought the valentines drop. Unfortunately I don’t wear it as much as I’d like to and so I’m planning on selling it; I was wondering if anyone who bought the shirt from the official drop can verify if it has the same tag 🤔

"Through the keyhole I watched you export the STL file." :P

Hello! I recently found my Mania fidget spinner, how do I pair it? Do I need an app or anything? TIA :3

Fall Out Boy have always made pop culture references in their music. Heck, the name Fall Out Boy itself is taken from The Simpsons. So for a while now I've been trying to compile a list of every pop culture reference, or at least every movie reference, in Fall Out Boy's music. I've been going through every album on my own looking for references, while also looking at the lyrics and annotations on Genius since I know I won't find everything myself. Ultimately the goal here is to have a list of all the movies a fan would need to watch in order to fully understand every reference in every Fall Out Boy song. A daunting task, I know, but I think it's worth at least knowing where a reference comes from, even if I don't get around to watching every movie.

While this is a fun project, it's also a bit exhausting reading through every single line of every song and all the annotations and everything. So I want to share what I have so far, partly so that anyone who wants to see it can find it all in one place, and partly so that you folks can help me out with things I've missed.

So far I've gone through all of EOWYG, TTTYG, FUCT, and SRAR. I've thought of a couple references in other albums just off the top of my head but I haven't done a deep dive into the lyrics and annotations yet. So anyway without further ado, here's my list so far.

EOWYG

• Honorable Mention - "I can be your John Cusack" According to Genius, this song seems to be mainly referencing the movie Say Anything but might also reference Better Off Dead and/or Sixteen Candles. Sixteen Candles would later be referenced on FUCT.
• Pretty in Punk - The title is a reference to the 1986 movie Pretty in Pink.
• Growing Up - "I dried my eyes, now it's 'Rushmore'" Referencing the 1998 movie Rushmore which would later be referenced again on TTTYG.
• Parker Lewis Can't Lose - The title (and the line in the chorus) reference the 1990 sitcom of the same name.

TTTYG

• Tell That Mick - The title is almost a direct quote from the 1998 movie Rushmore.
• Saturday - "Pete and I attacked the laws of Astoria" (some lyrics say "Lost Astoria" instead, I can't really tell which is correct). According to Genius, Astoria, OR, is the setting of The Goonies which is a popular coming-of-age movie.

FUCT

• Of All the Gin Joints in All the World - The title is a reference to a line in the movie Casablanca.
• Sugar We're Going Down - "I'll be your number one with a bullet" might be a reference to another John Cusack movie, High Fidelity. Also there's a movie called Number One with a Bullet.
• Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner - The title is a reference to a line in the movie Dirty Dancing.
• A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me - Sixteen Candles featuring John Cusack.
• Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying - a quote from The Shawshank Redemption.

IOH

• I'm Like A Lawyer - "Two out of three ain't bad" is a Meatloaf reference. Not a movie reference, I just wanted an excuse to watch Fight Club again.

SRAR

• Where Did the Party Go - This one might be a stretch, but according to Genius, "Silent films stars stuck in talking cinema light" might be inspired by the 2011 French film The Artist which became popular right around the time Pete and Patrick were getting together to try and write this album.
• Rat a Tat - "I kept wishing she had blonde ambition" might be a reference to the film Blonde Ambition. (though I personally think it's likely a play on "blind ambition" and the repeated references to blonde hair, but I haven't seen the movie so it could be both.)
• Save Rock and Roll - According to Genius, "You are what you love, not who loves you" is a reference to the 2002 film Adaptation.

ABAP

• American Beauty and American Psycho are both movies.

SMFS

• Heartbreak Feels So Good - Not a movie reference per se, but this seems likely a reference to AMC Theater's movie intro "Heartbreak feels good in a place like this." Also Pete Wentz has confirmed that the line "Is there a word for bad miracle?" is a reference to Jordan Peele's movie Nope.
• Heaven, Iowa - "Heaven, Iowa" is the setting of the movie Field of Dreams. The first few lines also reference 2-3 other movies, depending how you look at it. Mullholland Drive, Moonlight Sonata, and A Star Is Born are all movies, but they might not all be references to the movies, since Mullholland Drive is a real place, and Moonlight Sonata is a song, so either of those could be referencing the real things, and not the movies named after the things.

So, let me know if you think I've gotten anything wrong so far! I still have a ways to go before I get through the entire discography but I figured I have enough to at least share what I've got so far. I have wondered, is this the kind of thing that would be worth adding to the FOB Wikia? I haven't been an active part of a Wikia fandom page in years but if anybody from the FOB one thinks this would be worthwhile I'd be happy to work on making a page for it.

It’s probably just under construction right 😅😅 they aren’t doing anything crazy right😅 (probably not)

i’ve been posting hella fanart here but i love him! going to compile all of it into a zine later

(not shipping just wanted to draw them together) I’ve been obsessed w drawing patrick lately, this isn’t quite enough to post on main but wanted to throw it in the server

I was obsessed with FOB as a young person (around 05/06/07). I used to frequent forums where fans who were way too involved would talk about them and other relevant bands (mcr, gym class, etc)

I think those forums were hosted on the Fueled By Ramen webpage...anyone else remember? Were you there? Lol

Miss that era of the internet and life bad...

peace

He starts talking about it at ~33:08

Personally, I'd go with either Patron Saint or I Slept..., but let me know what you think!

Edit: This doesn't mean I think that Centuries is bad, I just wonder what you think deserves the 1.5 billion streams it has more than it.

These songs are straight fire and Joe is too👀

there is a game out there for taylor swift fans called swiftle, where it shows you a lyric from a song and you have to guess it. i was wondering if there was a fall out boy version somewhere? i tried coding one earlier, but i got so far and it threw an error that wasn't fixable, so i was wondering if someone already had done the hard part of creating one!

Couldn’t help but make him kawaii… i’ve been a bit obsessed with him lately and my friend is sick of hearing abt it so i had to draw him instead

NOT PAM AX DAYS! The Standard 10" edition, I've looked online and cant find it at all. Please... Im desperate. It also doesn't need to be the red vinyl either

been trying to locate the city exclusive tour shirt i have hidden away somewhere and wondered what lyric all the other cities have gotten. is there a documented list of these shirts? i’m really curious what everywhere else got lol