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The Pretty Reckless (2009-present) is a alternative rock band created by Creator/TaylorMomsen, formerly of Series/GossipGirl. Their hit songs include "Make Me Wanna Die", "Miss Nothing" and "Just Tonight".

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The Pretty Reckless (2009-present) is a alternative rock band created by Creator/TaylorMomsen, formerly of Series/GossipGirl. Their hit songs include "Make Me Wanna Die", "Heaven Knows", "Miss Nothing" and "Just Tonight".
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Influenced by:
+ Music/{{ACDC}}, Music/TheBeatles, Music/{{Hole}}, Music/{{Oasis}}, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/TheRunaways, Music/TheWho, Music/LedZeppelin
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* LongTitle: "Why'd You Bring a Shotgun to the Party?"

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%%* ManOnFire: Taylor's ultimate fate in the "Make Me Wanna Die" music video.
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** The music video of "Going to Hell" features a shot of a naked Taylor with a big snake slithering all over her body as she sings that she's a sinner and doesn't want God to bless her. This is a recreation of ''Art/TheSin'' {{painting|s}}.
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* WildTeenParty: Implied with the "My Medicine" music video. Taylor was 18 (turning 19 in a few months) when the video was released, though PlayingGertrude might be in play.

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* WildTeenParty: Implied with the "My Medicine" music video. Taylor was 18 (turning 19 in a few months) when the video was released, though PlayingGertrude might be in play.released.
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* RefrainFromAssuming:
** "A.D.D." is not "I'm Young and Easily Bored" though stated all over Website/YouTube to be so.
** "Blender" is the real title of "I Really Fucking Love You."
** The real title of "Fuck Conformity" is "Sleeze Sister."

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* AbusiveParents: "Under the Water".
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: "Superhero", "Just Tonight", "Blender", "Sleeze Sister".

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* %%* AbusiveParents: "Under the Water".
* %%* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: "Superhero", "Just Tonight", "Blender", "Sleeze Sister".



* AuthorAppeal: Religion and drugs, basically.

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* %%* AuthorAppeal: Religion and drugs, basically.



* BoobsAndButtPose: The cover of "Going to Hell".
* BreakUpSong: "Just Tonight", "Since You're Gone", "Nothing Left to Lose", "Far From Never", "Cold Blooded Man", "Void and Null", "Panic", and "You".
* CarefulWithThatAxe: "Panic" and "Hit Me Like a Man" .
* TheCasanova: Both female and male variants in "Cold Blooded Man" and the female version in "S. U. S."
* CoolBike: As seen in the single cover for "Death by Rock and Roll".

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* %%* BoobsAndButtPose: The cover of "Going to Hell".
* %%* BreakUpSong: "Just Tonight", "Since You're Gone", "Nothing Left to Lose", "Far From Never", "Cold Blooded Man", "Void and Null", "Panic", and "You".
* %%* CarefulWithThatAxe: "Panic" and "Hit Me Like a Man" .
* %%* TheCasanova: Both female and male variants in "Cold Blooded Man" and the female version in "S. U. S."
* %%* CoolBike: As seen in the single cover for "Death by Rock and Roll".



* DaddyIssues: Present in the non-album tracks.
* DrivenToSuicide: "Make Me Wanna Die", "Under the Water", "Panic", "Nothing Left to Lose", "Kill Me".
* EvilLaugh: At the end of "Going to Hell".

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* %%* DaddyIssues: Present in the non-album tracks.
* %%* DrivenToSuicide: "Make Me Wanna Die", "Under the Water", "Panic", "Nothing Left to Lose", "Kill Me".
* %%* EvilLaugh: At the end of "Going to Hell".



* GreenEyedMonster: The reason for "He Loves You".

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* %%* GreenEyedMonster: The reason for "He Loves You".



* GrowingUpSucks: "Under the Water".
* IntercourseWithYou: "Goin' Down", "Everybody Wants Something From Me", "Hit Me Like a Man", "Follow Me Down".[[note]]Complete with [[TheImmodestOrgasm an orgasm at the start of the song, courtesy of Jenna Haze.]][[/note]]

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* %%* GrowingUpSucks: "Under the Water".
* %%* IntercourseWithYou: "Goin' Down", "Everybody Wants Something From Me", "Hit Me Like a Man", "Follow Me Down".[[note]]Complete with [[TheImmodestOrgasm an orgasm at the start of the song, courtesy of Jenna Haze.]][[/note]]



* LoveIsADrug: Subverted with "Panic", played straight in "Hit Me Like a Man" and "Miss Nothing".
* LoveNostalgiaSong: "Nothing Left to Lose."
* LoveWillLeadYouBack: Mocked in "Since You're Gone", played straight in "Nothing Left to Lose".
* MaleBandFemaleSinger: Taylor as the lead vocalist of the group.
* ManOnFire: Taylor's ultimate fate in the "Make Me Wanna Die" music video.

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* %%* LoveIsADrug: Subverted with "Panic", played straight in "Hit Me Like a Man" and "Miss Nothing".
* %%* LoveNostalgiaSong: "Nothing Left to Lose."
* %%* LoveWillLeadYouBack: Mocked in "Since You're Gone", played straight in "Nothing Left to Lose".
* %%* MaleBandFemaleSinger: Taylor as the lead vocalist of the group.
* %%* ManOnFire: Taylor's ultimate fate in the "Make Me Wanna Die" music video.



* MsFanservice: Taylor is about as straight an example as you can get in modern rock music, and a lot of the promotion/music videos build around her sex appeal.
* MurderBallad: "Going Down."

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* %%* MsFanservice: Taylor is about as straight an example as you can get in modern rock music, and a lot of the promotion/music videos build around her sex appeal.
* %%* MurderBallad: "Going Down."



* ObsessionSong: "Makes Me Wanna Die", "Miss Nothing", "Only You", "You", "Far From Never" are extremely passive. "Everybody Wants Something From Me" and "Blender" are rather aggressive.
* OdeToIntoxication: "My Medicine."
* TheOphelia: "Under the Water".
* PantyShot: Taylor is wearing nothing but this and a white tank-top in the "You" music video.
* PerkyGoth: Taylor is this.
* PrecisionFStrike: "Void and Null", "Blender" and "And So It Went".
* RecordProducer: Kato Khandwala on all their releases.

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* %%* ObsessionSong: "Makes Me Wanna Die", "Miss Nothing", "Only You", "You", "Far From Never" are extremely passive. "Everybody Wants Something From Me" and "Blender" are rather aggressive.
* %%* OdeToIntoxication: "My Medicine."
* %%* TheOphelia: "Under the Water".
* PantyShot: Taylor is wearing nothing but this and a white tank-top in the "You" music video.
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%%* PerkyGoth: Taylor is this.
* %%* PrecisionFStrike: "Void and Null", "Blender" and "And So It Went".
* %%* RecordProducer: Kato Khandwala on all their releases.



* RockstarSong: "Factory Girl", "Everybody Wants Something From Me", "Zombie", "A.D.D."
* SanitySlippageSong: "Make Me Wanna Die", "Just Tonight", "Panic" among others...

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* %%* RockstarSong: "Factory Girl", "Everybody Wants Something From Me", "Zombie", "A.D.D."
* %%* SanitySlippageSong: "Make Me Wanna Die", "Just Tonight", "Panic" among others...



* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Both "Make Me Wanna Die" and "You" are about the LoveInterest rather than the one singing.
* SequelSong: "Going to Hell" refers to the "father" in "Goin' Down".
* SexyCoatFlashing: Taylor did this in the "Heaven Knows" music video.
* ShockRock: Taylor Momsen has grown up in show business, and it's obvious - any chance she gets to provoke/titillate her audience, she ''will'' take it.

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* %%* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Both "Make Me Wanna Die" and "You" are about the LoveInterest rather than the one singing.
* %%* SequelSong: "Going to Hell" refers to the "father" in "Goin' Down".
* %%* SexyCoatFlashing: Taylor did this in the "Heaven Knows" music video.
* ShockRock: Taylor Momsen has grown up in show business, and it's obvious - -- any chance she gets to provoke/titillate her audience, she ''will'' take it.



* SlapSlapKiss[=/=]BelligerentSexualTension: "Blender."
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Taylor is the only female member of the band.
* SopranoAndGravel: Taylor does both of these vocals, and more, an example of this would be "Panic".
* StalkerWithACrush: A big part of the concept of "Make Me Wanna Die" and [[WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}} "Only You".]]
* StudioChatter: "My Medicine" contains a fair amount of this.
* SubduedSection: "Hit Me Like a Man."
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "You."
* {{Tsundere}}: "Blender", equal parts angry and sweet.

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* %%* SlapSlapKiss[=/=]BelligerentSexualTension: "Blender."
* %%* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Taylor is the only female member of the band.
* %%* SopranoAndGravel: Taylor does both of these vocals, and more, an example of this would be "Panic".
* %%* StalkerWithACrush: A big part of the concept of "Make Me Wanna Die" and [[WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}} "Only You".]]
* %%* StudioChatter: "My Medicine" contains a fair amount of this.
* %%* SubduedSection: "Hit Me Like a Man."
* %%* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "You."
* %%* {{Tsundere}}: "Blender", equal parts angry and sweet.



* WomanScorned: "Since You're Gone," "Void and Null", "Goin' Down"
* WordSaladLyrics: "Hit Me Like a Man."
* {{Yandere}}: "Goin' Down".

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* %%* WomanScorned: "Since You're Gone," "Void and Null", "Goin' Down"
* %%* WordSaladLyrics: "Hit Me Like a Man."
* %%* {{Yandere}}: "Goin' Down".
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: "Light Me Up" the album ends on a classical violin sample/solo, after an acoustic intimate love song.
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* CreepyCoolCrosses: Taylor constantly wears a cross in the music videos, be it necklaces or body paints.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Around a hard 5-standard 6.
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* GriefSong: Much of ''Death by Rock and Roll'', especially "Harley Darling"; the album was written in response to producer Kato Khandwala's death in a motorcycle accident.

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* GriefSong: Much of ''Death by Rock and Roll'', especially "Harley Darling"; the album was written in response to producer Kato Khandwala's death in a motorcycle accident. It's also possibly about Music/ChrisCornell, as TPR opened for Soundgarden in Detroit the night before his death.
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* GriefSong: Much of ''Death by Rock and Roll'', especially "Harley Darling"; the album was written in response to producer Kato Khandwala's death in a motorcycle accident.
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* PrecisionFStrike: "Void and Null" and "Blender".

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* PrecisionFStrike: "Void and Null" Null", "Blender" and "Blender"."And So It Went".
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* NotAfraidOfHell: "Going To Hell'' is about how the singer knows she's going to Hell and doesn't care because she has no interest in being a good Christian girl and intends to marry the Devil.

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