Line #9 Music/Ratt


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ratt.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:The band during their 80s heyday.]]
3	->''"I knew right from the beginning,\
4	That you would end up winning,\
5	I knew right from the start,\
6	You'd put an arrow through my heart.''"
7	-->-- "Round and Round"
8
9	Ratt are an American HairMetal[=/=]HardRock band from San Diego, UsefulNotes/{{California}}. They are best known for their 1984 hit single, "Round and Round," from their debut full-length album ''Out of the Cellar.''
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11	!!!The following tropes really want to lay it down, right now:
12	* {{Animal Motif\|s}}: The rats on the album covers, in the videos, and even in the lyrics. ("This rat cage" is mentioned in "Wanted Man.")
13	* TheBigGuy: Robbin Crosby stood 6-foot-6 and weighed around 250 pounds in his prime. At the time of his death, he had reportedly ballooned to 400 pounds due to a pancreatic condition.
14	* TheCameo[=/=]CelebrityStar:
15	** Milton [=Berle=] appeared in the video for "Round and Round" since his (real life) nephew[[note]]Milton Berle was also known as "Uncle Miltie".[[/note]] was the band's manager at the time.
16	** Also, that's Tawny [=Kitaen=] (Of "[[Music/{{Whitesnake}} Here I Go Again]]" video fame) on the cover of ''Out of the Cellar.''
17	** The band itself was the star in a Advertising/{{Geico}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o5cpVdaO0A commercial]] about a family complaining about a "rat problem" in the house -- which turned out to be the band continually playing "Round and Round."
18	* DisappearedDad: "Mother Blues"
19	* DrugsAreBad: Robbin Crosby was excruciatingly honest about what his substance abuse did for him - it forced him to leave Ratt, burned up most of the money he had earned in their heyday, left him constantly in and out of rehab, and caused him to contract HIV. It also eventually cost him his life, as he died of an overdose.
20	* TheEighties
21	* FriendsWithBenefits: "Round and Round"
22	* {{Golddigger}}: "She Wants Money"
23	* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Ratt 'n Roll 81-91''
24	* HairMetal: One of the best examples.
25	* HandOrObjectUnderwear: The video for "Way Cool Jr." ends with a naked woman walking away from the camera down a sidewalk with a guitar covering her butt.
26	* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: There is a song with this title on ''Detonator.''
27	* HeavyMeta: "Dr. Rock"
28	* IWantSong: "I Want a Woman," "I Want to Love You Tonight," "I Want It All"
29	* IntercourseWithYou: "I Want a Woman," "Lay It Down," "Round and Round," "Body Talk," "Slip of the Lip," it doesn't end.
30	* LooseLips: The Trope Naming phrase ("Loose lips sink ships") is mentioned in the chorus of "Slip of the Lip."
31	* {{Outlaw}}: "Wanted Man"
32	* PoorCommunicationKills: "Lack of Communication"
33	* RepurposedPopSong: "Round and Round" has been featured in ''Film/TheWrestler'' and in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories''.
34	* RevolvingDoorBand: 29 different members covering two separate versions of the band going back to 1976.
35	* SanitySlippageSong[=/=]IAmSong: "I'm Insane."
36	* SelfTitledAlbum: Their debut EP and their 1999 album.
37	* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll:
38	** Yes to all.
39	** Sadly, guitarist Robbin Crosby died of a heroin overdose after developing [=AIDS=].
40	* {{Sexophone}}: "Way Cool Jr."
41	* SillyLoveSongs: "You're in Love"
42	* SingerNamedrop:
43	** "Ratt Madness"
44	** From "Chain Reaction":
45	--->"[=RATT=]s and Abbott tell no tales"
46	** From "Steel River":
47	--->"This one [=ratt=] is one to say"
48	* SomethingBlues: "Mother Blues"
49	* TakeThat: After Stephen Pearcy unsuccessfully sued Bobby Blotzer and Juan Croucier for the rights to the name "Ratt," he toured as a solo and nicknamed his band the Rat Bastards.
50	* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Warren [=DeMartini=] (technician) and Robbin Crosby (performer) had this dynamic. Warren was the melodic and refined lead player with lots of clean legato and wide, lyrical bends, as well as a notable aversion to overtly flashy playing (he could and sometimes did play fast runs, but by his own admission, he wasn't a fan of cheap crowd-pleasing moments and liked being a more subtle player), while Robbin was the more traditional blues-rock player with a style heavily influenced by Jimi Hendrix and Michael Schenker.
51	* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: From the chorus for "Scene of the Crime," which is sung seven times:
52	-->"Cold blooded bitch goin' out on me"
53	* UndergroundComics: Originally named Mickey Ratt, after the underground comic ''Mickey Rat.''
54	* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "You're In Love" includes clips from ''Brother Rat'' and ''Film/LoveHappy'', with the famous scene between [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Groucho Marx]] and Creator/MarilynMonroe in one of her first roles.
55	* XtremeKoolLetterz: ''Ratt''

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