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* Regan, a suicidal teenager, is talked out of jumping off a skyscraper by [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} the Big Blue himself]] in ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman''. She's got choppy short hair and wears all black, which [[https://twitter.com/thebravestheart/status/1297545065020248064 has been criticized for perpetuating stereotypes about mental health]].

* Severus Snape from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is the very meaning of this trope. This is a man who just wanted to be loved, but fate denied him on numerous occasions. Never mind that people neglected and bullied him in his youth, only for his true love, to date and later marry his most egregious bully. In his own way, Snape cared for Harry, because he was the only thing left of his mother that remains.

* Played slightly more realistically in ''Series/TheFall''. Teenager Katie has been traumatized by the death of her father, and falls in love/lust with Paul, which leads to her becoming even more obsessed after she learns he's a serial killer. In Series 2, she starts dressing far more gothically, wearing all black, and fetishizing violence and death. However, this is pretty clearly self-aware posturing on her part.

The {{Goth}} subculture, the {{emo}} subculture, and other related subcultures originated from a genre of music.[[note]]The goth subculture started with fans of "[[GothRock gothic rock]]", a variation on punk music. Meanwhile, the emo subculture began with fans of a certain type of rock music, "[[EmoMusic emotive hardcore]]."[[/note]] Now, both subcultures have expanded to include any music, fashion, or media that celebrates the morbid, dark, and spooky. Goths and emos may have a dark aesthetic, enjoy reading GothicHorror stories, enjoy listening to sad songs about death, etc., but that doesn't mean they ''want'' pain, suffering, or death. [[note]] In fact, most of them listen to this music as a form of [[CatharsisFactor therapy]], using the music to help them through life[[/note]]

** Parodied. While the goth kids complain about the problems and drama that they suffer from, it's shown that they live comfortable lives. For instance, one episode had goth girl Henrietta claim her mother abuses her. However, the audience is shown that her mother is very nice and supportive to her; the worst thing she did was [[YouAreFat call her daughter fat]], and that was only after a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Henrietta).

** Parodied. While the goth kids complain about the problems and drama that they suffer from, it's shown that they live comfortable lives. For instance, one episode had goth girl Henrietta claim her mother abuses her. However, the audience is shown that her mother is very nice and supportive to her.

* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse'': Both teenagers Tate and Violet are modelled quite purposefully on the goth/emo subcultures. Violet was actually initially written as a goth, and Tate often dresses in quite a goth style, but also both have distinct crossover with emo culture, such as listening to sad music (Music/KurtCobain is a favorite), chain-smoking, and both are shown being fascinated (rather than scared) of the ghosts in the house. Both are self-harmers, and Violet is a depressed teenager who [[spoiler:commits suicide]], while Tate is [[spoiler:a psychopath who burned his stepfather alive, committed a mass shooting, and raped and impregnated Vivien]] from a combination of MommyIssues and the OedipusComplex.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** The Sand Siblings (especially Gaara) had a particularly rough and bitter childhood. Being raised by a strict, inconsiderate father, who only cared rather they'd be useful to him or not? Luckily they grew to [[TookALevelInKindness look past their neglect.]]

* Eric in ComicBook/TheCrow. Eric’s a goth guy who receives superpowers in a very gothic way, having received them from a magical crow after being brought back from the dead. He’s consistently depressed and often mourns his dead girlfriend Shelly.

* ''Series/MadTV'' has a 2006 ParodyCommercial for the "Tickle Me Emo" doll, Hot Topic's black-clad, {{Self Harm}}ing answer to the [[Franchise/SesameStreet Tickle Me Elmo]].

-->-- '''Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way''' (referring to Harry "Vampire" Potter), ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''

* In ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'' and its 2011 adaptation, ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'', Lisbeth Salander is a goth, dressing exclusively in black or grey, listens to heavy metal, and dabbles in "alternate" communities. She is also a highly troubled BrokenBird and SociopathicHero who [[spoiler:burned her father alive, but didn't kill him, after he beat and eventually killed her mother, was nearly starved in a hospital, was raped by her social worker and so raped ''him''...]]

The {{Goth}} subculture, the {{emo}} subculture, and other related subcultures originated from a genre of music.[[note]]The goth subculture started with fans of "[[GothRock gothic rock]]", a variation on punk music. Meanwhile, the emo subculture began with fans of a certain type of rock music, "emotional hardcore."[[/note]] Now, both subcultures have expanded to include any music, fashion, or media that celebrates the morbid, dark, and spooky. Goths and emos may have a dark aesthetic, enjoy reading GothicHorror stories, enjoy listening to sad songs about death, etc., but that doesn't mean they ''want'' pain, suffering, or death. [[note]] In fact, most of them listen to this music as a form of [[CatharsisFactor therapy]], using the music to help them through life[[/note]]

The {{Goth}} subculture, the {{emo}} subculture, and other related subcultures originated from a genre of music.[[note]]The goth subculture started with fans of "gothic rock", a variation on punk music. Meanwhile, the emo subculture began with fans of a certain type of rock music, "emotional hardcore."[[/note]] Now, both subcultures have expanded to include any music, fashion, or media that celebrates the morbid, dark, and spooky. Goths and emos may have a dark aesthetic, enjoy reading GothicHorror stories, enjoy listening to sad songs about death, etc., but that doesn't mean they ''want'' pain, suffering, or death. [[note]] In fact, most of them listen to this music as a form of [[CatharsisFactor therapy]], using the music to help them through life[[/note]]

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}: