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Horror hippies are almost always portrayed as subordinates to a more able-minded, charismatic, and [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] leader who promises to lead them to revolution. with the hippies themselves either being drug-fueled savages, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed soldiers]], or anti-government terrorists/killers. Horror Hippies often spawn from {{commune}}s, with many of their [[StupidEvil stupid ideas stemming from a petri-dish of brain-cooking narcotics]] until they turn from quaint little clubs to [[ReligionOfEvil horrifying]] {{cult}}s.

* Parodied by Music/DeadKennedys in "California Uber Alles", which depicts a Main/{{Dystopia}} run by hippies and headed by then (1979) governor of California [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown Jerry Brown]]. Children are put to meditate and learn "Zen" philosophy, everyone is put to jog and [[HappinessIsMandatory put on a smiley face]], and concludes in the future [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]] with the roundup of all "uncool" people to [[FinalSolution be exterminated]] by "[[AllNaturalSnakeOil organic]] poison gas".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' episode "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS2E11VivaLosMuertos Viva los Muertos!]]" features {{Corrupted Character Cop|y}}ies of the [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby Gang]] named "the Groovy Gang". The Groovy Gang were a group of mentally disturbed amateur detectives that travel the world in a van to solve mysteries that may or may not exist. The group consists of the insane, violent-tempered, and self-righteous leader Ted (based on Fred and Ted Bundy), the weak-willed kidnapping victim Patty (Daphne and Patty Hearst), the angry, feminist-extremist lesbian Val (Velma and Valerie Solanas), the paranoid, jittery hippie Sonny (Shaggy and David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz) and the terrifying, possibly possessed dog Groovy (which may just be Sonny hallucinating him talking, Ted with-holding his meds from him). While the Gang purportedly existed to solve mysteries, Ted never seemed to have a clear definition of "mystery", and, in reality, the Gang seemed to make their living by looting the buildings they would break into during their adventures.

* Subverted in ''Series/VeronicaMars''. When she and Keith need to investigate a {{Cult}}-like group a boy from her school got involved with, they learn that the group is populated with animal loving, hard working, peace loving hippie types who are inspiring the boy to be a better person than the {{Jerkass}} he was before. Veronica and Keith expect that they have a darker side and it was played very dramatically when Veronica ended up hanging out with them herself, but this isn't the case; the group really is as genuinely kind as they seem, and any danger they presented was all imaginary.

Many examples of the trope borrow heavily from UsefulNotes/CharlesManson and the Manson Family's involvement in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate%E2%80%93LaBianca_murders Tate-LaBianca Murders,]] the various characters being [[{{Expy}} Expies]] and StockParodies of them and the event that made them so infamous.

* ''Fanfic/CodexEquus'': Princess Voľná Láska is a Deer goddess who embodies the negative aspects of the Second Age Hippie movement, which rose in response to the various wars that plagued Ponyland. She dresses like a hippie and is high all the time, but is also a depraved hedonist who gets pleasure from doing drugs, and believes there's no wrong time to get stoned. However, she's a NobleDemon who directs her evil towards constructive purposes like testing mortals with temptations of what they desired most to the point of addiction, and punishing those who died unrepentant for crimes relating to her portfolios. Ironically, Voľná's [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes genuine]] attempt to cure her [[{{Sleepyhead}} chronically-tired]] adoptive father using drugs led to him transforming into an EldritchAbomination and other disastrous consequences because the drug itself was too powerful.

* ''Film/TheBigCube'' (1969) also has a touch of hagsploitation, as it's one of Lana Turner's last films. She plays a wealthy woman whose daughter, under the influence of her hippie boyfriend, decides to speed up her inheritance by {{gaslighting}} her with the help of surreptious doses of LSD.

* ''Film/TheDeathmaster'' (1972) stars Robert Quarry as a ''Film/CountYorga''-esque vampire (with long hair) who takes over a group of hippies for his own sinister ends.

* One of the many antagonists that [[{{Music/Gorillaz}} Gorillaz]] had to deal with was a creepy hippy by the name of Wee Jimmy Manson, a LoonyFan of the band that tried to muscle his way into their favor with his wonky guitar music so he could turn it into his own personal cult. He continued to stalk the band for a few years until Murdoc finally had enough, lured him into the floating island prop from the Feel Good Inc music video and had it crash and burn in the El Manana music video - ''while he was still inside.'' And Murdoc brags about the murder because he's a ''cartoon.''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' episode "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS2E11VivaLosMuertos Viva los Muertos!]]" features StockParodies of the [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby Gang]] named "the Groovy Gang". The Groovy Gang were a group of mentally disturbed amateur detectives that travel the world in a van to solve mysteries that may or may not exist. The group consists of the insane, violent-tempered, and self-righteous leader Ted (based on Fred and Ted Bundy), the weak-willed kidnapping victim Patty (Daphne and Patty Hearst), the angry, feminist-extremist lesbian Val (Velma and Valerie Solanas), the paranoid, jittery hippie Sonny (Shaggy and David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz) and the terrifying, possibly possessed dog Groovy (which may just be Sonny hallucinating him talking, Ted with-holding his meds from him). While the Gang purportedly existed to solve mysteries, Ted never seemed to have a clear definition of "mystery", and, in reality, the Gang seemed to make their living by looting the buildings they would break into during their adventures.

Compare AnimalWrongsGroup, FolkHorror, HillbillyHorrors, and TheQuincyPunk. Contrast HippieTeacher and NewAgeRetroHippie. Often involves SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll.

Horror Hippies are often portrayed as [[AxCrazy drug fiends who are mainly addicted to psychedelics]], such as [[DrugsAreBad amphetamines and hallucinogenics (with LSD and marijuana being the main drugs), leading to a lot of drug-induced crimes]], i.e. kidnapping innocent people, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]], [[SerialKiller murder]], [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]]. Hippies were also said to be [[UncleanlinessIsNextToUngodliness very unhygienic]], leading to the spreading of all sorts of diseases, either through their dirty clothes, unwashed bodies, or through [[PsychosexualHorror unprotected sex]][[note]] the Manson Family were famously known to suffer from sexually transmitted infections, namely Gonorrhoea [[/note]].

Horror hippies are almost always portrayed as subordinates to a more able-minded, charismatic, and [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] leader who promises to lead them to revolution. with the hippies themselves either being drug-fueled savages, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed soldiers]], or anti-government terrorists/killers. Horror Hippies often spawn from {{commune}}s, with many of their [[ChemicallyInducedInsanity bad ideas stemming from a petri-dish of brain-cooking narcotics]] until they turn from quaint little clubs to [[ReligionOfEvil horrifying]] {{cult}}s

Horror Hippies often spawn from {{commune}}s, many of their bad ideas swimming in a petri-dish of [[DrugsAreBad brain-cooking narcotics]] until they turn from quaint little clubs to horrifying {{cult}}s, all under the service of a charismatic [[TheSociopath sociopath]] that would lead them to revolution. This "revolution" usually involves kidnapping innocent people, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]], [[SerialKiller murder]], [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]], and InsaneTrollLogic brought to boil by those very narcotics.

Horror Hippies are often portrayed as drug fiends who are mainly addicted to psychedelics, such as amphetamines and hallucinogenics, leading to a lot of drug-induced crimes. The more able-minded hippies are motivated by their anti-establishment goals, causing them to align themselves with someone who would promise them just that. The hippies are often portrayed as [[StupidEvil complete morons]] who need inspiration and leadership to commit their villainous acts, either because they are so drugged out of their minds that they can't think through the logistics of their plans or they are easily manipulated by someone smarter than them.

Hippies were also said to be [[UncleanlinessIsNextToUngodliness very unhygienic]], leading to the spreading of all sorts of diseases, either through their dirty clothes, unwashed bodies, or through [[PsychosexualHorror unprotected sex]] (as the Manson Family were famously known to suffer from sexually transmitted infections). Horror hippies are almost always portrayed as subordinates to a more able-minded leader, with the hippies themselves either being drug-fueled savages, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed soldiers]], or anti-government terrorists/killers.

Horror Hippies are often portrayed as drug fiends who are mainly addicted to psychedelics, such as amphetamines and hallucinogenics, leading to a lot of drug-induced crimes. The more able-minded hippies are motivated by their anti-establishment goals, causing them to align themselves with someone who would promise them just that. Hippies were also said to be [[UncleanlinessIsNextToUngodliness very unhygienic]], leading to the spreading of all sorts of diseases, either through their dirty clothes, unwashed bodies, or through [[PsychosexualHorror unprotected sex]] (as the Manson Family were famously known to suffer from sexually transmitted infections). Horror hippies are almost always portrayed as subordinates to a more able-minded leader, with the hippies themselves either being genuinely evil, so drugged out that they're incapable of discerning right from wrong, or are a group of loosely organized militant extremists under the influence of someone more level-headed.

* The ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E20TheWayToEden The Way to Eden]]" features a group of [[NewAgeRetroHippie space hippies]] who dress barefoot in free-flowing tie-died clothes and flowers, sing folk songs, and are led by the charismatic Dr. Sevrin (a pretty transparent [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Timothy Leary stand-in]]). They're a {{cult}} in search of the legendary planet Eden, which [[spoiler:turns out to be uninhabitable thanks to grass laced with acid -- [[ThisIsYourIndexOnDrugs no, not that kind of acid]] -- resulting in several deaths]].

* Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights: The 2023 Orlando event had the scarezone Vamp '69: Summer of Blood, in which [[ArcVillain Dr. Oddfellow]] unleashes a clan of vampires on a small town in upstate New York during [[UsefulNotes/{{Woodstock}} a hippie music festival in 1969]]. The result is a horde of vampire hippies running around killing everyone in sight and then dancing amidst the carnage. Several details, particularly references to a biker gang called the Blood Slayers, also allude to the [[Film/GimmeShelter1970 Altamont disaster]].

* Johnny Greenpeace in Gateway Championship Wrestling. He was a {{face}}, [[NobleDemon but didn't want to be]]. He was also a [[TheGiant gigantic]] blood drawing GarbageWrestler who happened to take to trees ([[CompanionCube and carry one around]]). The face status came from feuding with worse wrestlers, such as the equally giant Monster Clown Cabal, the [[ThePigPen literally]] unwashed Jackal, maniacal [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]] and ruthless Wrestling/MsChif([[NiceJobBreakingItHero who he trained and went on to train many of his enemies]])[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* Brandon Whittaker from ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' is a member of the C.U.R.E. ZombieAdvocate group with the appearance of a DreadlockRasta, who goes insane during a zombie outbreak and decides to help the zombies by capturing people and giving them to the zombies to turn them. When Chuck interrupts one of Brandon's attempted turnings and objects to it, Brandon responds by trying to stab him with [[GlassWeapon a large shard of broken glass]]. The ''Off The Record'' DLC gives him a more important role and makes him a bit more sympathetic by revealing [[spoiler:he was the one who started the outbreak in the first place after being manipulated into it by TK and Phenotrans, and he snapped from guilt and denial over being responsible for so many people's deaths]].
* Mariska from ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' is a member of the [[LegionOfDoom Dark Purveyors]], a group of {{Revenant Zombie}}s summoned to San Romero High School from [[{{Hell}} Rotten World]] by [[BigBad Swan]] to initiate the ZombieApocalypse. As her title - "The Queen of [[PsychedelicRock Psychedelia]]" - implies, Mariska is a zombie designed to look and behave like a GranolaGirl. She is armed with a sitar and her powers are based around [[MasterOfIllusion illusions]], a reference to the Hippie Movement's propensity for experimental narcotics.
--> '''Mariska''': Surrender your body to me, abandon what you call yourself, and rot to your very core...

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* In ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'', [[spoiler:the Church of the Aquarian Revelation appears to have been like this. They are portrayed as a bunch of New Age cultists who used drugs and conducted terrifying rituals under the influence of a sociopathic leader.]]

[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Olive Branch from ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'' was a Hippiemancer who specialised in Flower Power. Most Hippiemancers despise war, but Olive was perfectly happy to put her talents toward war and killing, and did so mainly out of spite. She killed at least ten of her siblings, tried to kill her father and took control of her side by getting her Ruler hooked on a horrific drug that she also used to kill off her fellow casters from spite. Olive was a master at poisons and drugs, and didn't discriminate, happily manipulating and torturing anyone she felt deserved it in her quest for dominance.

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': In "[[Recap/DarkwingDuckS1E35HeavyMental Heavy Mental]]", the F.O.W.L. psychic division consists of a disgraced major and two hippies, none of whom have powers. While the hippies don't appear aggressive on their own at first, they're willing to do whatever Major Synapse wants (as long as it lets them avoid latrine duty). After gaining psychic powers from a stolen SHUSH device, they get mad with power and gleefully help abduct Darkwing and almost crush him under a block of ice, becoming finally indistinguishable from their superior militaryofficer.
* Played with in the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S3E4TheLostHarpOfMervana The Lost Harp of Mervana!]]". When they discover a strange civilization of hippie merfolk, Louie and Beakley immediately jump to the conclusion that they're going to be sacrificed to some monster, king, or god. [[spoiler:There is a monster, but the hippies don't even know about it; they're harmless as they are now. The twist is that living underwater in idleness causes merfolk to turn ''into'' monsters, and their only escape is to return to the surface and build an actual civilization. As Scrooge [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]], the episode's [[AnAesop moral]] boils down to "get a job, hippie."]]
* A pair of terrorists who dressed and spoke like hippies (replete with frequent usage of terms like "baby" and "groovy") used sound-based weapons to go on a rampage at the World's Fair in the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticVoyage'' episode "The World's Fair Affair."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' episode "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS2E11VivaLosMuertos Viva los Muertos!]]" features StockParodies of the [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby Gang]] named "the Groovy Gang". The Groovy Gang were a group of mentally disturbed amateur detectives that travel the world in a van to solve mysteries that may or may not exist. The group consists of the insane, violent-tempered, and self-righteous leader Ted (based on Fred and Ted Bundy), the weak-willed kidnapping victim Patty (Daphne and Patty Hearst), the angry, feminist-extremist lesbian Val (Velma and Valerie Solanas), the paranoid, jittery hippie Sonny (Shaggy and David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz) and the terrifying, possibly possessed dog Groovy (which may just be Sonny hallucinating him talking, Ted with-holding his meds from him). While the Gang purportedly existed to solve mysteries, Ted never seemed to have a clear definition of "mystery", and, in reality, the Gang seemed to make their living by looting the buildings they would break into during their adventures.

* Brandon Whittaker from ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' is a member of the C.U.R.E. ZombieAdvocate group with the appearance of a DreadlockRasta, who goes insane during a zombie outbreak and decides to help the zombies by capturing people and giving them to the zombies to turn them. When Chuck interrupts one of Brandon's attempted turnings and objects to it, Brandon responds by trying to stab him with [[GlassWeapon a large shard of broken glass]].