History Main / ScooterRidingMod

* "Flash" Morgan Webster, from Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT UK]] brand, also known as "The Modfather", is a [[FragileSpeedster cruiserweight]] wrestling mod. His CatchPhrase is "In mod we trust!", and during his stance in the indies he was known to come to the ring at the sound of Music/TheJam's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1XyBXpEy1U "In The City"]].

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The subculture died out in the late 1960s (although its more working-class and aggressive strand mutated into UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} while the more stylish and less agressive elements evolved into the counterculture), experienced a revival in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and subsequently influenced the {{Britpop}} explosion in the 1990s and the IndieRock and PopRevival movements in the early-mid 2010s.

The mods were the teenaged sons and daughters of working-class class parents who didn't want to grow up to be like mum and dad, wearing grimy work clothes, working long hours at a dreary job, and then drinking at the local pub in their off-hours to numb their unhappiness. Young mods wanted to look stylish and smart and be connoisseurs of cool new music. They didn't want to stagger home drunkenly from the pub like dad did. Even though mods worked as cashiers or clerks by day, at night they dressed up and enjoyed going to nightclubs and riding their Vespa scooters. Morning shift at 7 am and you want to keep dancing? No problem, take a handful of amphetamine pills and dance all night.

A sort of precursor to the 2010s-era {{Hipster}}, only with far more amphetamines and street fights, the Mod subculture emerged in England in the early 1960s[[note]]the name referred to fans of "modern" jazz as opposed to the Dixieland-listening "trad" fandom[[/note]]. Characteristics included wearing tailor-made Italian suits and long British army jackets, sporting glasses with thick square frames, listening to "beat" music, soul, ska, and R&B as well as bands such as Music/TheBeatles, Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, Music/TheWho, Music/TheKinks and Music/TheSmallFaces, riding Italian scooters customized with extra chrome mirrors, all-night dancing, and fighting with TheRival Rocker subculture, who preferred the leather-jacketed, motorcycle-riding "{{Greaser|Delinquents}}" look and listened to American rock and roll music like Music/ChuckBerry and Music/ElvisPresley. This rivalry came to a head at the Brighton Beach Riots of 1964, as shown in the film ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''. The mods and rockers fights led to a [[MediaScaremongering moral panic]] and columnists clutched their pearls in terror. The subculture died out in the late 1960s (although it's more working-class and aggressive strand mutated into UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} while the more stylish and less agressive elements evolved into the counterculture), experienced a revival in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and subsequently influenced the {{Britpop}} explosion in the 1990s and the IndieRock and PopRevival movements in the early-mid 2010s.

* In TheSeventies, Music/TheJam directed its style and output towards mod revivalists.
* Music/TheWho's concept album ''Music/{{Quadrophenia}}'' is a rock opera based on the lives of scooter-riding mods; the Who, in Their beginnings in TheSixties, were a band whose music and style was crafted to appeal to a mod fanbase

* In the third episode of ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', Boba recruits a gang of cyborgs who ride colorful hoverbikes with lots of rearview mirrors. One of them wears a gray BadassLongcoat and a shirt with a vertical stripe that looks like a tie, making him resemble Ace Face in ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''. They're even referred to as "The Mods" in-universe, which turns out to be a general term for cyborgs, from "modified". Unlike most of the rest of the gang who dress like '60s Mods, Drash ironically dresses like a Rocker, the enemies of the '60s Mods
* In ''Series/DoctorWho''

** As an AgentPeacock, the Third Doctor's costume was inspired by the Swinging London look of the late 1960s.
** "The War Machines" features a scene in a nightclub full of mods, although none of the major characters really adopt the style.

* In the third episode of ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', Boba recruits a gang of cyborgs who ride colorful hoverbikes with lots of rearview mirrors. One of them wears a gray BadassLongcoat and a shirt with a vertical stripe that looks like a tie, making him resemble Ace Face in ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''. They're even referred to as "The Mods" in-universe, which turns out to be a general term for cyborgs, from "modified".

* In the third episode of ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', Boba recruits a gang of cyborgs who ride colorful hoverbikes with lots of rearview mirrors. One of them wears a gray BadassLongcoat and a shirt with a vertical stripe that looks like a tie, making him resemble Ace Face in ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''. They're even referred to as "The Mods" in-universe, alluding to their cybernetic modifications. It turns out this is a general term for cyborgs, from "modified".

A sort of precursor to the 2010s-era {{Hipster}}, only with far more amphetamines and street fights, the Mod subculture emerged in England in the early 1960s[[note]]the name referred to fans of "modern" jazz as opposed to the Dixieland-listening "trad" fandom[[/note]]. Characteristics included wearing tailor-made suits and army jackets, sporting glasses with thick square frames, listening to "beat" music, soul, ska, and R&B as well as bands such as Music/TheBeatles, Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, Music/TheWho, Music/TheKinks and Music/TheSmallFaces, riding Italian scooters customized with extra chrome mirrors, all-night dancing, and fighting with TheRival Rocker subculture, who preferred the leather-jacketed "{{Greaser|Delinquents}}" look and listened to American rock and roll music like Music/ChuckBerry and Music/ElvisPresley. This rivalry came to a head at the Brighton Beach Riots of 1964, as shown in the film ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''. The mods and rockers fights led to a [[MediaScaremongering moral panic]] and columnists clutched their pearls in terror. The subculture died out in the late 1960s (although it's more working-class and aggressive strand mutated into UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} while the more stylish and less agressive elements evolved into the counterculture), experienced a revival in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and subsequently influenced the {{Britpop}} explosion in the 1990s and the IndieRock and PopRevival movements in the early-mid 2010s.

* ''Long Hot Summer,'' by Eric Stephenson and artist Creator/JamieMcKelvie, follows a young mod in Southern UsefulNotes/{{California}} during the subculture's revival in the early 1980s.
* Although she's technically the goddess of {{Britpop}}, the Goddess Britannia in ''ComicBook/{{Phonogram}}'' sports a mod look. (She's also drawn by Jamie [=McKelvie=].)
* The 2003 Creator/OniPress miniseries ''ComicBook/ScooterGirl''. Both Ashton and Margaret are members of the Mod Revival subculture, as are most of their friends.

* Creator/DCComics 1960s teen humour title ''Swing With Scooter'' centred around a scooter riding Mod.
* Dave Gibbons' graphic novel ''The Originals'' is about [[RecycledInSpace futuristic]] hover-bike-riding mods in a dystopian society.
* The Mad Mod was a FadSuper who fought the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' in the 60s.

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* Most of the cast of ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''. The film, based on [[Music/{{Quadrophenia}} the album]] by Music/TheWho, follows Jimmy Cooper, a young mod, as he pops pills, rides his scooter, and stares aimlessly out at the ocean trying to find himself.
* There is a gang of Mods in ''Film/SLCPunk''. They are portrayed as the punks' rivals, excepting one who moves freely between social groups.

* The rivalry between Mods and Rockers featured prominently in one episode of ''Series/InspectorGeorgeGently''.
* In an episode of ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'', our heroes are confronted by suit-clad Mod Wolves. Vince has declared himself King of the Mods, so the wolves are no threat.

* In the third episode of ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', Boba recruits a gang of cyborgs who ride colorful hoverbikes with lots of rearview mirrors. One of them wears a gray BadassLongcoat and a shirt with a vertical stripe that looks like a tie, making him resemble Ace Face in ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''. They're even referred to as "The Mods" in-universe, alluding to their cybernetic modifications. It turns out this is a general term for cyborgs, from "modified".

* In TheSeventies, Music/TheJam directed its style and output towards mod revivalists.

A sort of precursor to the 2010s-era {{Hipster}}, only with far more amphetamines and street fights, the Mod subculture emerged in England in the early 1960s[[note]]the name referred to fans of "modern" jazz as opposed to the Dixieland-listening "trad" fandom[[/note]]. Characteristics included wearing tailor-made suits and army jackets, sporting glasses with thick square frames, listening to "beat" music, soul, ska, and R&B as well as bands such as Music/TheBeatles, Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheWho, Music/TheKinks and Music/TheSmallFaces, riding Italian scooters customized with extra chrome mirrors, all-night dancing, and fighting with TheRival Rocker subculture, who preferred the leather-jacketed "{{Greaser|Delinquents}}" look and listened to American rock and roll music like Music/ChuckBerry and Music/ElvisPresley. This rivalry came to a head at the Brighton Beach Riots of 1964, as shown in the film ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''. The mods and rockers fights led to a [[MediaScaremongering moral panic]] and columnists clutched their pearls in terror. The subculture died out in the late 1960s (although it's more working-class and aggressive strand mutated into UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} while the more stylish and less agressive elements evolved into the counterculture), experienced a revival in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and subsequently influenced the {{Britpop}} explosion in the 1990s and the IndieRock and PopRevival movements in the early-mid 2010s.

* Although she's technically the godess of {{Britpop}}, the Goddess Britannia in ''ComicBook/{{Phonogram}}'' sports a mod look. (She's also drawn by Jamie [=McKelvie=].)

A sort of precursor to the 2010s-era {{Hipster}}, only with far more amphetamines and street fights, the Mod subculture emerged in England in the early 1960s[[note]]the name referred to fans of "modern" jazz as opposed to the Dixieland-listening "trad" fandom[[/note]]. Characteristics included wearing tailor-made suits and army jackets, sporting glasses with thick square frames, listening to "beat" music, soul, ska, and R&B as well as bands such as Music/TheBeatles, Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheWho, Music/TheKinks and Music/TheSmallFaces, riding Italian scooters customized with extra chrome mirrors, all-night dancing, and fighting with TheRival Rocker subculture, who preferred the leather-jacketed "{{Greaser|Delinquents}}" look and listened to American rock and roll music like Music/ChuckBerry and Music/ElvisPresley. This rivalry came to a head at the Brighton Beach Riots of 1964, as shown in the film ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''. The mods and rockers fights led to a [[YouCanPanicNow moral panic]] and columnists clutched their pearls in terror. The subculture died out in the late 1960s (although it's more working-class and aggressive strand mutated into UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} while the more stylish and less agressive elements evolved into the counterculture), experienced a revival in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and subsequently influenced the {{Britpop}} explosion in the 1990s and the IndieRock and PopRevival movements in the early-mid 2010s.

* In the third episode of ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', Boba recruits a gang of cyborgs who ride colorful hoverbikes with lots of rearview mirrors. One of them wears a gray BadassLongcoat and a shirt with a vertical stripe that looks like a tie, making him resemble Ace Face in ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''. They're even referred to as "The Mods" in-universe, alluding to their cybernetic modifications.

* Most of the cast of ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''. The film, based on [[Music/{{Quadrophenia}} the album]] by Music/TheWho, follows Jimmy, a young mod, as he pops pills, rides his scooter, and stares aimlessly out at the ocean trying to find himself.

* In the ''Series/TopGearUK'' UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} Special, Jeremy Clarkson purchases a Vespa scooter for the challenge (riding from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi in eight days) and embraces the mod aesthetic thereafter; he attaches a bunch of mirrors to the scooter "''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}'' style". Later on, he acquires a very flashy tailored suit which he calls "full Phil Daniels", referencing the actor who played Jimmy the mod in the aforementioned movie.

A sort of precursor to the 2010s-era {{Hipster}}, only with far more amphetamines and street fights, the Mod subculture emerged in England in the early 1960s[[note]]the name referred to fans of "modern" jazz as opposed to the Dixieland-listening "trad" fandom[[/note]]. Characteristics included wearing tailor-made suits and army jackets, sporting glasses with thick square frames, listening to "beat" music, soul, ska, and R&B as well as bands such as Music/TheBeatles, Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheWho, Music/TheKinks and Music/TheSmallFaces, riding Italian scooters, and fighting with TheRival Rocker subculture, who preferred the leather-jacketed "{{Greaser|Delinquents}}" look and listened to American rock and roll music like Music/ChuckBerry and Music/ElvisPresley. This rivalry came to a head at the Brighton Beach Riots of 1964, as shown in the film ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''. The subculture died out in the late 1960s (although its more working-class and aggressive strand mutated into UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} while the more stylish and less agressive elements evolved into the counterculture), experienced a revival in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and subsequently influenced the {{Britpop}} explosion in the 1990s and the IndieRock and PopRevival movements in the early-mid 2010s.

* ''Long Hot Summer,'' by Eric Stephenson and artist Creator/JamieMcKelvie, follows a young mod in Southern California during the subculture's revival in the early 1980s.
* Although she's technically the godess of Britpop, the Goddess Britannia in ''ComicBook/{{Phonogram}}'' sports a mod look. (She's also drawn by Jamie [=McKelvie=].)

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' villain Mad Mod, voiced by Creator/MalcolmMcDowell.

* In the ''Series/TopGearUK'' Vietnam Special, Jeremy Clarkson purchases a Vespa scooter for the challenge (riding from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi in eight days) and embraces the mod aesthetic thereafter; he attaches a bunch of mirrors to the scooter "''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}'' style". Later on, he acquires a very flashy tailored suit which he calls "full Phil Daniels", referencing the actor who played Jimmy the mod in the aforementioned movie.

* 2003 Creator/OniPress miniseries ''Scooter Girl''.
* ''ComicBook/BlueMonday'', by the same writer as ''Scooter Girl''.

* During the Series/TopGear Vietnam Special, Jeremy Clarkson purchases a Vespa scooter for the challenge (riding from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi in eight days) and embraces the mod aesthetic thereafter; he attaches a bunch of mirrors to the scooter "''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}'' style". Later on, he acquires a very flashy tailored suit which he calls "full Phil Daniels", referencing the actor who played Jimmy the mod in the aforementioned movie.

* In the third episode of ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', Boba recruits a gang of cyborgs who ride colorful hoverbikes with lots of rearview mirrors. One of them wears a gray BadassLongcoat and a shirt with a vertical stripe that looks like a tie, making him resemble Ace Face in ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''.

* In the third episode of ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', Boba recruits a gang of cyborgs who ride colorful hoverbikes with lots of rear-view mirrors. One of them wears a gray BadassLongcoat and a tie, much like Ace Face in ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''.