History Main / GangBangers

* The {{spicy latin|a}}o? It is seemingly becoming a forgotten trope in the continental United States. The MaskedLuchador, those have been on the decline since the [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} largest company in the country]] set out to unmask them all. ''This'' is/was the most common gimmick of 2000-2010+, going through at least one angle with a gangster vibe seems to be a right of passage among Latin Americans who work in USA. As the page quote shows, not even Latino Heat was immune.

** Former Mistico/Sin Cara Negro Hunico and Kamacho. The even briefly brought in Primo and Epico.

** Homicide of Ring of Honor and Rottweiler fame

** In ''SaintsRowTheThird'' the Third Street Sainst move to a new city run by a group called TheSyndicate, which itself is composed of three groups that act like street gangs. Morning Star acts like TheMafia, the Deckers are hackers who dress like they're from {{Tron}} and the Luchadores are, well, you can probably [[MaskedLuchador guess.]]

Mafias will typically be composed of [[TheMafia Italians]], [[TheMafiya Russians]] ([[{{Ruritania}} or some other post-soviet Ethnic nationality]]), or occasionally [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Chinese]] or [[{{Yakuza}} Japanese]], whereas as the Street Gang is made up of [[ScaryBlackMan Blacks]] and [[LatinLand Hispanics]], with UnfortunateImplications all around (although American producers can be forgiven, as this is often TruthInTelevision for the most infamous gangs, especially since an all white gang fitting this description would almost certainly be labeled as Skinheads or something similar instead). May occasionally overlap with [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels Biker gangs]], though they usually fall into their own category.

** In ''SaintsRowTheThird'' the Third Street Sainst move to a new city run by a group called TheSyndicate, which itself is composed of three groups that act like street gangs. Morning Star acts like TheMafia, the Deckers are high tech guys who dress like they're from {{Tron}} and the Luchadores are, well, you can probably [[MaskedLuchador guess.]]
* The Manhattan subways of VideoGame/DeusEx are ruled by a gang called the Rooks.
** [[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution Human Revolution]] shows two rival Detroit gangs, the Motor City Bangers and the Derelect Row Ballers; as well as the [[UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}} Hengsha]] based Harvesters.

** [[VideoGame/SaintsRow The first game]] features a four way [[MobWar gang war]] between the protangonist Third Street Saints, the car enthusiast Westside Rollerz, the [[TheCartel Columbian backed]] Los Carnales and the the Vice Kings, who run the gambling, prostitution and pornography rings.

* Don't forget that ''SaintsRow'' is a game where you actually become a Gang Banger.

->I keep ya weak! Comin' from the streets of the ghetto,\\

I don't care if you don't like me, everybody wanna fight me.
-->-- '''Opening of ''Can you feel the heat?'', known to Wrestling/{{WWE}} fans as Wrestling/EddieGuerrero's theme music'''

* Similarly for ''TheShield''.

* Seriously common in ''{{Southland}}''.

* ''LincolnHeights'' has a black gang and a Latino gang. There was even one episode that had a white supremacist street gang based on the Aryan Brotherhood. Most likely an honest mistake, since the Aryans are a prison gang, not a street gang, and the fact that no white surpremacist gang would EVER set up operations in a black and Latino neighborhood.

* The One-Niners in ''SonsOfAnarchy'', a series centering around a California based Outlaw Motorcycle Club.

* ''{{CSI NY}}'' had the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucchese_crime_family#Family_crews Tanglewood Boys]] on two occasions. They're the sons of mafia members and still rather connected to it, but tend more toward typical gangbanger tendancies themselves. Based on a real group, though they're now pretty much defunct.

* This is the point in films like ''Film/MenaceIISociety'' and ''BoyzNTheHood''.

* Mr.Nice Guy, starring Jackie Chan, had a posse of gang bangers called the 'Demons' that run afoul of Jackie and the Mafia, getting their asses kicked by the first, and then ground up by the latter over a dispute of some stolen merchandise.
* Subverted with CMB from ''NewJackCity'' as well.
* ''SinCity'' TheMovie even has a gang of hookers.

** Not to mention the wide variety of differently-themed NPC street gangs like the Hellions, [[CastingAShadow the Skulls]], [[ElementalPowers the Outcasts]], [[OurTrollsAreDifferent the Trolls]], [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs the Tsoo]], [[AncientGrome the Warriors]], and [[CyberPunk the Freakshow]].

** Not to mention the wide variety of differently-themed NPC street gangs like [[HollywoodSatanism the Hellions]], [[CastingAShadow the Skulls]], [[ElementalPowers the Outcasts]], [[OurTrollsAreDifferent the Trolls]], [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs the Tsoo]], [[AncientGrome the Warriors]], and [[CyberPunk the Freakshow]].

As a nod to the lack of precision or training, they will typically use their weapons GangstaStyle. White Gangbangers is what happens when the UnfortunateImplications are avoided intentionally, though often unrealistically (unless it's not America but an all-white country with white gangbangers, like Russia).

-->-- '''Opening of ''Can you feel the heat?'', known to Wrestling/{{WWE}} fans as Eddie Guerrero's theme music'''

As a nod to the lack of precision or training, they will typically use their weapons GangstaStyle. WhiteGangBangers is what happens when the UnfortunateImplications are avoided intentionally, though often unrealistically (unless it's not America but an all-white country with white gangbangers, like Russia).

-->-- '''Opening of ''Can you feel the heat?'', known to Wrestling/{{WWE}} fans as Wrestling/EddieGuerrero's theme music'''

-->-- '''Opening of ''Can you feel the heat?'', known to WWE fans as Wrestling/EddieGuerrero's theme music'''

** [[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution Human Revolution]] shows two rival [[TheWindyCity Chicago]] gangs, the Motor City Bangers and the Derelect Row Ballers; as well as the [[UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}} Hengsha]] based Harvesters.

* Mr.Nice Guy, starring Jackie Chan, had a posse of gang bangers that first run afoul of Jackie, and later the Mafia.

TheIrishMob can be either depicted as period-appropriate GangBangers or as a kind of [[TheMafia Mafia]] (though don't ever call them that), depending on time period, location, and the creator's opinions. For instance, the Irish gangs (and all the other gangs, for that matter) in ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' were the 19th-century equivalent of today's Bloods and Crips. The Irish Mob in ''Film/TheDeparted'', however, was much more Mafia-like.

* The History Channel has a semi-documentary series called ''Gangland'' devoted to GangBangers.

* Summon your own! Masterminds in ''[[CityOfHeroes City of Villains]]'' can choose to major in Thugs, which gives the PlayerCharacter the ability to command multiethnic GangBangers in combat.

* The whole web game ''Videogame/UrbanRivals'' is about gang wars, but the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bangers clan]] fits most of the GangBangers tropes.

* This is the point in ''Film/MenaceIISociety'',

* The Kings in [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas]] could count as one of these, as well as any of the raider groups.

* The Kings in [[VideoGame/Fallout:NewVegas]] could count as one of these, as well as any of the raider groups.

* CJ and his crew, as well as most of the early antagonists in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''. Grove Street Families is loosely based on Crips, Ballaz is based on Bloods, Vagos on 18th Street Gang.