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When they were young, everyone dreamed of being a Rock Star. They're living idols that people look up to. They follow every [[Rule of Cool]] and wear lots of tight leather and make up. They're loud. They're fun. They're rolling in girls and money. They're larger than life.
 
[[The Rock Star]] is often found around [[Sex, Drugs and Rock Andand Roll]], but on occasion this is subverted and they are found to actually be the character with their heads screwed on the best. If this character is an adventurer they tend to use [[The Power of Rock]] as their weapon, or failing that they will be a [[Musical Assassin]].
 
Not to be confused with [[Rockstar Song]] which is a song about being one of these. [[British Rock Star]] is a specific subtrope that tends to focus on the less likable and/or glamorous tendencies of rockers.
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* The comic ''[[wikipedia:Greatest Hits (comics)|Greatest Hits]]'' is about a [[Beatles]] [[Expy]] rock group called The Mates who also have superpowers, but those powers are unrelated to their rockstarness.
* Todd Ingram, in both the ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' graphic novels and [[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World|movie]], cites this as the reason why he's allowed to be a [[Karma Houdini]]. {{spoiler|It fails. Miserably.}}
* ''[[Two Thousand2000 AD (Comic Book)|2000AD]]'' had ''[[Zenith]]'', an 80s superhero who was also a [[New Wave (Music)|New Wave]]/Glam popstar.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* Quite a few in ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' but Envy Adams takes the cake easily.
* In the film ''[[Rockstar]]'' an average guy suddenly becomes the lead singer of a highly successful [[Heavy Metal (Music)|Heavy Metal]] band, and he finds himself unprepared for the debauchery and hedonism of the rock star lifestyle.
* Dewey Cox from ''[[Walk Hard]]'' is a vicious deconstruction.
 
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* Charlie from ''[[Lost]]'' was one of these.
* ''[[Quantum Leap]]'': Sam leaps into a Glam-rocker, complete with face paint (''a la'' [[Kiss]]).
* Mason of ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' is sort of a wannabe version of this. Never really got the fame, but definitely fits the [[Sex, Drugs and Rock Andand Roll|promiscuity and extreme substance abuse]].
* One episode of the ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' series centered around a rock star, played by that crazy wildman [[WTH Casting|Martin Mull]].
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Klavier Gavin in ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|Apollo Justice Ace Attorney]]'' is one of these in addition to being a prosecutor.
* Nikki from ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]''. One of his concerts is a plot event at one point in the game.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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