History Main / Delinquents

** Courtney Woods, a [[TheNewTens New Tens]] deliquient who travelled with the Twelfth Doctor.

* [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]] with ''RebelWithoutACause'', in which the teens act the way they do because they lack competent guidance from adults. In fact, the main character of the film, Jim, ''wants'' to be a good person, except society - including his own parents - is keeping him form being so.

* The main characters of the book ''TheOutsiders'' are a typical greaser gang.

The formal adjective definition of the word "delinquent" describes something or someone who fails in their duty. This sums up its more popular usuage quite nicely; a delinquent is someone (generally a young person) who fails in their "duty to society" by being anti-social. They won't be plotting to take over the world or rob banks and they're more likely to be an AssholeVictim of TheAggressiveDrugDealer than an example. They are, however, likely to refuse to turn up to school (or are [[ClassClown disruptive]] if they do), harass people in the street, [[FiveFingerDiscount shoplift]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking drink or smoke]] ([[AndThatsTerrible possibly even both!]]).

* ''SailorMoon'': Sailor Jupiter (aka Makoto Kino)]] has this reputation at her school, because she is so tall that she couldn't get a uniform in her size, and because she's the new kid. She's not actually a delinquent, though, just has the reputation. [[spoiler: In actuality, she was not expelled from another school for fighting, but left voluntarily because she couldn't deal with seeing her ex after a bad breakup.]]
** It should be mentioned, however, that according to WordOfGod she was ''supposed'' to be an actual delinquent (a leader of a girl-gang, specifically), but the creator changed her mind about that.

* Terry, the new Batman from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', is a former delinquent.

** It should be mentioned, however, that according to WordOfGod she was ''supposed'' to be an actual delinquent (a leader of a girl-gang, specifically), but the creator changed her mind about that.

->''Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town\\

He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone''
-->-- '''SkidRow''', "18 and Life"

* England from ''AxisPowersHetalia'' was said to be quite the delinquent as a teen, something which he fervently denies due to his current status as a (self-proclaimed) gentleman. This is also touched in [[HighSchoolAU Gakuen Hetalia]] where in England's official bio it mentions how he had been given such a reputation in the past.
* ''HarlemBeat'': Kiriko, Kosuke, Sawamura love to smoke, gamble and skip school. And then there's the Kyan team.

* [[SailorMoon Sailor Jupiter (aka Makoto Kino)]] has this reputation at her school, because she is so tall that she couldn't get a uniform in her size, and because she's the new kid. She's not actually a delinquent, though, just has the reputation. [[spoiler: In actuality, she was not expelled from another school for fighting, but left voluntarily because she couldn't deal with seeing her ex after a bad breakup.]]

If the protagonist encounters them, they're probably going to either be bullied by them, or fall in with them. In the later case they'll serve as {{Poisonous Friend}}s who use [[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil peer pressure]] to encourage the protagonist to join them in their misdeeds (naturally this "friendship" will be short lived, as the protagonist [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin will be caught the moment they try it]] and subsequantly be abandoned by them at best or made their {{scapegoat}} at worst). Alternatively, the trope can be played more lightly, with a delinquant acting as a sort of TokenEvilTeammate, or as an outright AntiHero.

** Tatsumi Oga is such a badass and rotten delinquent that the son of Satan himself chooses him to be his guardian. Naturally, the people he associates with are delinquents as well.

* ''Inverted'' in ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice''. The term is used to describe demons who attend the school that do... "odd" things. [[FelonyMisdemeanor Donating blood, picking up trash, attending classes, and even doing]] ''[[FelonyMisdemeanor homework]].'' Honor Students are the real delinquents; they skip class, cause fights, and so on. Of course this still fits the formal description of the term, as most of the students are aspiring {{Card Carrying Villain}}s.

* ''Inverted'' in ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice''. The term is used to describe demons who attend the school that do... "odd" things. [[FelonyMisdemeanor Donating blood, picking up trash, attending classes, and even doing]] ''[[FelonyMisdemeanor homework]].'' Honor Students are the real delinquents; they skip class, cause fights, and so on. Of course this still fits the formal description of the term.

* ''Inverted'' in ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice''. The term is used to describe demons who attend the school that do... "odd" things. [[FelonyMisdemeanor Donating blood, picking up trash, attending classes, and even doing]] ''[[FelonyMisdemeanor homework]].'' Honor Students are the real delinquents; they skip class, cause fights, and so on.

* G-Bankaran in ''{{Super Robot Wars Original Generation}}s 2'' is a HumongousMecha shaped like a stereotypical delinquent, piloted by an ''actual'' stereotypical delinquent.

* ''KamenRiderFourze'' has an interesting subversion: Gentarou dresses up like one, but he's the most likable guy out there!

* ''Inverted'' in ''Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice''. The term is used to describe demons who attend the school that do... "odd" things. [[FelonyMisdemeanor Donating blood, picking up trash, attending classes, and even doing]] ''[[FelonyMisdemeanor homework]].'' Honor Students are the real delinquents; they skip class, cause fights, and so on.

Delinquents have come in many types in different times and places, but the stereotype tends to attach itself to whatever scary new subculture the kids have come up with recently: greasers in [[TheFifties 1950s]] America, mods and rockers in [[TheSixties 1960s]] Britain, punks everywhere since the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].

* CromartieHighSchool has an entire cast of delinquents (and a robot delinquent...and a gorilla...and Freddie Mercury), though they mostly spend their time [[BadassOnPaper talking about who they think is the toughest, rather than proving it by having a brawl]]. If you haven't guessed it yet, this is one great big parody of delinquent manga.

** Hell, the school he attends, Ishiyama High, is repeatedly stated to have a delinquency rate of [[UpToEleven 120%]]. Everyone there is a delinquent, it's a [[TwoTeacherSchool No Teacher School]] ruled by the pseudo-AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil known as the Tohoushinki (no relation to [[Music/DongBangShinKi the band]]), with Oga himself being the technical StudentCouncilPresident, as he defeated all of the Tohoushinki.

* Tom and Huck of MarkTwain's ''TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer'' and ''TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'', making this one OlderThanRadio.