Fall Out Boy are being sued for llama overuse

Fall Out Boy are reportedly being sued for overusing the ‘Young and Menace’ llama puppets that featured in the song’s music video.

Following the release of their album, MANIA. the band created a series of music videos which recurrently featured puppet llamas.

First seen in the ‘Young & Menace’ video and again in the visuals for ‘Bishop’s Knife’, the furry fellas cropped up several times across the band’s marketing campaign for the record, in the forms of merchandise, within live shows, television appearances, and emojis.

Now, the Chicagoan four-piece’s extensive llama use has lead Furry Puppet Studio Inc., the company who built the puppets, to take legal action against them.

The llama’s creators are seeking damages and a court order that would stop Fall Out Boy from using the puppets outside of the agreed license.

The lawsuit states that the puppets were reportedly only licensed for use in the initial ‘Young And Menace’ video, and that all further marketing uses were “so far beyond the scope of the initial project” that Furry Puppet Studio would need “omniscient clairvoyance” to have known they would be used to such an extent.

“At no point was the plaintiff ever told that the puppets would be consistently performing on stage, or for all 80 concerts on the tour,” the suit reads, as reported by Billboard. “And it certainly could not be inferred that they were being used for merchandise (t-shirts, key chains, stuffed animals), GIFs, television appearances, emojis, apps, and social media

“At no point did plaintiff give permission for the puppets to be used/exploited in the widespread way they were.”

Fall Out Boy have yet to respond to the lawsuit.