pretender A pretender is someone who claims to be the rightful ruler of a country although not recognized as such by the current government. The term is often used to suggest that a claim is not legitimate.Curley Jr., Walter J. P. ''Monarchs-in-Waiting'' ...

is a claimant to an abolished throne or to a throne already occupied by somebody else. Pretender or The Pretender may also refer to:

Film and television

* The Pretender (film), ''The Pretender'' (film), a 1947 American crime film * The Pretender (TV series), ''The Pretender'' (TV series), a 1996–2000 American television series ** ''The Pretender 2001'', a January 2001 TV movie ** ''The Pretender: Island of the Haunted'', a December 2001 TV movie * The Pretender (New Zealand TV series), ''The Pretender'' (New Zealand TV series) (2005), directed by Jonathan Brough * The Pretender (Code Lyoko), "The Pretender" (''Code Lyoko''), an episode of ''Code Lyoko''

Novels

* The Pretender (Animorphs), ''The Pretender'' (Animorphs), a novel by K. A. Applegate * ''The Pretender'', a 2008 novel about literary forgery by David Belbin * Pretender (C. J. Cherryh novel), ''Pretender'' (C. J. Cherryh novel), a 2006 novel set in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner universe * ''The Pretender'', a novel by Lion Feuchtwanger * ''The Pretender: A Story of the Latin Quarter'', a novel by Robert W. Service#Publications, Robert W. Service * ''The Pretender: Rebirth'', a first of many novels by Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle based on cult television show ''The Pretender''

Music

* The Pretender (album), ''The Pretender'' (album), a 1976 album by Jackson Browne ** The Pretender (Jackson Browne song), "The Pretender" (Jackson Browne song), a song from the album * The Pretender (Foo Fighters song), "The Pretender" (Foo Fighters song), 2007 * "The Pretender", a song by Datarock from ''Red (Datarock album), Red'', 2009 * Pretender (Official Hige Dandism song), "Pretender" (Official Hige Dandism song), 2019 * Pretender (Lillasyster song), "Pretender" (Lillasyster song), 2021 * "Pretender", a song by Madonna from ''Like a Virgin (album), Like a Virgin'', 1984 * "Pretender", a song by Miike Snow from ''Happy to You'', 2012 * "Pretender", a song by Steve Aoki, Lil Yachty, and AJR from ''Neon Future III'', 2018 ** "Pretender (acoustic)", acoustic version by AJR from ''The Click (album), The Click (Deluxe)''

Other uses

* Pretender (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1869 Epsom Derby

Film and television

Novels

Music

Other uses

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