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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Christian a righteous soul who is fighting for the common man, or a WellIntentionedExtremist who needs to gain more control over his inner demons. If one only looks at "Peacemaker" and "East Jesus Nowhere", one could go with the latter, but in the other songs he seems more sympathetic.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "21 Guns," "Know Your Enemy," "East Jesus Nowhere.", "Little Girl" and "Restless Heart Syndrome".
** What? No love for "Static Age?"
** "Viva La Gloria", anyone?
*** How has the epic American Eulogy not been mentioned?
*** Or the amazing Peacemaker?
** The ending of "Last Night On Earth" absolutely never fails to give chills. Especially given that it comes right on the heels of the certifiably insane "Christian's Inferno," and closes act 1 of the album.
* BrokenBase: Some love Green Day for continuing their political opera style, while others hate it.
** The usage of [[NWordPrivileges the N-Word]] in "American Eulogy", while not as prevalent as the usage of "faggot" off of ''American Idiot'', still can get some people irked.
* ContestedSequel: Is it better, as good, or not as good as ''Music/AmericanIdiot''? People have a hard time deciding.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** The mindless, violent rage of Christian is much harder to sympathize with after the January 2011 [[WesternTerrorists shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, wounding and killing others]] (including a nine year old girl born on September 11, 2001) by Jared Loughner, [[TerroristsWithoutACause a psychotic "rebel" whose ideology is still unclear and, perhaps,]] does not exist.
** Could also be viewed as HilariousInHindsight: This album dropped before the Occupy movement started, and the "Take down the whole entire system" persona of Christian that is without a clearly-defined message of positive change is highly reflective of the Occupy movement as a whole, though they are clearly less violent.
* MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: Tons. "American Eulogy" is nothing but this.
---> I want to take a walk to the great divide
---> Beyond the up-to-date and the neo-gentrified
---> The high-definition for the low resident
---> Where the value of your mind is not held in contempt
** "East Jesus Nowhere" may be an even worse offender, once you get past the blatant iconoclasm.
--->A fire burns today
--->Of blasphemy and genocide
--->The sirens of decay
--->Will infiltrate the faith fanatics
** “Peacemaker” gets this treatment on occasion, too.
--->Vendetta, sweet vendetta
--->This Beretta of the night
--->This fire, and the desire
--->Shots ringing out like a holy parasite
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: People have noticed the similarity between the chorus of "21 Guns" and, of all things, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAH6hNFkHTw "Route 209"]] from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokémon]]''. For examples predating ''Pokémon'', the chorus also sounds suspiciously similar to those of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVd-n3e7QLo ELO's "Telephone Line"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-9F_z0B2TA "All the Young Dudes"]], the latter which even resulted in a songwriting credit for Music/DavidBowie.
* TearJerker:
** "21 Guns".
** If "Song of the Century" isn't the most heartrending opening track on an album ever recorded, I don't know what is.
** "See the Light" closes the story with an anthem of uncertainty and frustration.
* ToughActToFollow: On the receiving end of one from American Idiot.
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