History Main / SubcultureOfTheWeek

** Not even Bobby finding an honest and well-paying job that he actually enjoyed doing (and could do even if he was underage) was safe; because this job happened to be for-hire picking up of dog feces for rich guys who didn't care to do it themselves. Hank saw it as denigrating work, he said so to Bobby's boss Peter Sterling, and he eventually managed to guilt-talk the man into showcasing said denigration (by pointing out that Sterling can take the bullying and probably does not gets bullied much because he is a gorgeous man with lots of charisma while [[SociallyAwkwardHero Bobby]] is… [[FatAndProud Bobby]]) and convince Bobby to quit... by way of hiring some thugs to pretend to be bullies that mocked and then brutalized him by tossing him into a port-a-potty and send it rolling down a hill (Sterling only wanted them to mock him, but he had the bad luck of asking [[PsychoForHire Jimmy Pritchard]] to do it).

** Not even Bobby finding an honest and well-paying job that he actually enjoyed doing (and could do even if he was underage) was safe; because this job happened to be for-hire picking up of dog feces for rich guys who didn't care to do it themselves. Hank saw it as denigrating work, he said so to Bobby's boss Peter Sterling, and he eventually managed to guilt-talk the man into showcasing said denigration and convince Bobby to quit... by way of hiring some thugs to pretend to be bullies that mocked and then brutalized him by tossing him into a port-a-potty and send it rolling down a hill (Sterling only wanted them to mock him, but he had the bad luck of asking [[PsychoForHire Jimmy Pritchard]] to do it).

* ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'' pulls a Double Subversion with the UsefulNotes/Juggalo culture. The boys go to The Gathering of Juggalos after setting Jillian up with a blind date who turns out to be a Juggalo, and find themselves quite taken by the loving and raucous atmosphere of the event, but also at the end, realize that Adam's new love interest Juggalette can get violent when confronted.

* ''Series/ThisIsEngland'': The [Film/ThisISEngland original film]] follows a group of young Skinheads, dealing with the new political split as old gang leader Combo returns from jail, having become radicalized and joining the National Front. The following mini-series follow the same group over years, where in 1986, most have gotten into the Mod Revival movement, and in 1990, they have been swept up by the rave subculture.

*** Hank also shows Bobby a box filled with knick knacks from his many previous brief interests, and says he doesn't want religion to be just one of them, and hitching your wagon to a TotallyRadical subculture would mae it likely for him to get bored of it after a while.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has parodied and paid homage to various subcultures through out its run ranging from Pokémon fandom, Bikers, ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', paintball and even {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' has, so far, largely subverted the "horrifically stereotyped" part. Probably due in part to Creator/NathanFillion being a fan of several of the subcultures that have appeared so far. And him having a sizeable chunk of fans who are in one or more of those subcultures. The show actually tends to go the other direction with it, such as when Beckett was suspiciously knowledgeable about the BDSM scene, or Castle's fanboying over the whole concept of Steampunk.

** ''Series/{{Castle}}'' did a Halloween episode with the vampire subculture. The victim's family dislikes it, but the team treats it with respect. Ryan even admits to having dated a "vampire" in the past, and the only turnoff for him was having sex in a coffin. Otherwise, he describes it as a club like any other: "You like sports? I like sports. You like to drink blood? I like to drink blood."

** "Sex, Lies and Silicone" involves the owners of life-size adult dolls (although it turnes out that the doll ownership was irrelevant to the murder).

The subculture in question is most often presented as one cheap stereotype after another. They aren't just [[AcceptableTargets average people with non-mainstream interests]]. Rather, they are [[StrawLoser total creeps with no social skills unrelated to their subculture]], which dominates every aspect of their lives. If it's sexual, they'll wear fetish gear to the supermarket and make inappropriate come-ons to the main character. If it's gamers, they'll be 30-something {{basement dweller}}s who [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]]. If it's UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}}, they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. And if it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furries]], they'll be depraved borderline zoophiles (or not so borderline). To ''real'' people within these communities, the misconceptions and poor research on these shows can be either a source of mockery or a FandomEnragingMisconception.

** "Rich people doing crazy things for the sake of getting entertainment" was pretty much a constant AcceptableTarget on this series. As an example: a group of professionals that performed ''simulated kidnappings'' for hire--the idea is that the people who hired the group's services would go through the standard "rescue thriller" motions and get an adrenaline rush out of it, with a lampshade that RescueSex was a pretty typical aftermath of the service. Unfortunately, the guy who hired their services on the episode ended up deciding mid-RescueSex that it would be interesting to see what ''murder sex'' would feel like...

** "Slaves of Las Vegas" introduced viewers to Lady Heather and her BDSM club. Lady Heather actually became a well-developed (if only sporadically recurring) character.

The subculture in question is most often presented as one cheap stereotype after another. They aren't just [[AcceptableTargets average people with non-mainstream interests]]. Rather, they are [[StrawLoser total creeps with no social skills unrelated to their subculture]], which dominates every aspect of their lives. If it's sexual, they'll wear fetish gear to the supermarket and make inappropriate come-ons to the main character. If it's gamers, they'll be 30-something {{basement dweller}}s who [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]]. If it's UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}}, they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. And if it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furries]], they'll be depraved zoophiles engaging in the "next best thing" to bestiality. To ''real'' people within these communities, the misconceptions and poor research on these shows can be either a source of mockery or a FandomEnragingMisconception.

The subculture in question is most often presented as one cheap stereotype after another. They aren't just [[AcceptableTargets average people with non-mainstream interests]]. Rather, they are [[StrawLoser total creeps with no social skills unrelated to their subculture]], which dominates every aspect of their lives. If it's sexual, they'll wear fetish gear to the supermarket and make inappropriate come-ons to the main character. If it's gamers, they'll be 30-something {{basement dweller}}s who [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]]. If it's UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}}, they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. To ''real'' people within these subcultures, the misconceptions and poor research on these shows can be either a source of mockery or a FandomEnragingMisconception.

* The [[TheSixties late-60's]] revival of ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' used [[NewAgeRetroHippie the hippie counterculture]] as a recurring subculture-of-the-week in a number of episodes. The most infamous of these is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0zgIzqgxFU "Blue Boy" episode]], for its {{Narm}}y take on LSD. Joe Friday references in dialogue the notorious urban myth about teenagers tripping on acid blinding themselves by staring at the sun.

** An episode where the victim, a powerful casino owner, was an adult baby in his spare time.

* The ''Series/CSIMiami'' episode dealing with video games, in which the characters had to actually play the game in question to find out its plot, which was necessary for them to solve the case. Why they don't just look up its plot online is anyone's guess. There's also a notable level of NewMediaAreEvil, as in the episode, a video games company decides that a good advertising tactic for their GTA clone (which somehow [[PacmanFever still had "levels" and "points"]]) is to give teenagers submachine guns and have them rob a bank, with bonus points if there's a police officer inside and for rape.

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'':
** The episode dealing with Water Wars. Again, someone uses a realistic-looking water pistol.
** They also dealt with LeParkour.
** There was also the "Down the Rabbit Hole" episode which dealt with ''VideoGame/SecondLife''. This spanned over two episodes rather than the usual one. (Fame and relationships within the game had almost nothing to do with the murder, however. "Venus," or rather the girl dressed as her, was killed by [[spoiler:a professional assassin who was trying to take her real and online identity and use Second Life to gather information]].)
** And one about "vampire cults" who drink each others' blood. [[spoiler:Surprisingly, no vampires committed the crimes. The episode treated vampirism like an unpopular but venerable religion.]]
** Yet another episode involved the owners of adult dolls (although it turned out that the doll ownership was irrelevant to the murder). Basically, ''CSI: NY'', like all of the shows in the Series/CSIVerse, is pretty much in love with this trope.
** On one episode, the team investigates a murder at a gaming convention, and while there's some disparaging about people who play video games for a living, they still consider the motive (the multi-thousand-dollar grand prize of a gaming tournament and hacked consoles that allowed cheating) pretty seriously.

** Yet another episode involved the owners of [[TheDollEpisode adult dolls]] (although it turned out that the doll ownership was irrelevant to the murder). Basically, ''CSI: NY'', like all of the shows in the Series/CSIVerse, is pretty much in love with this trope.

** The 'armed police' problem also happened with Glasgow's Assassin's Guild.
** ''LARP/HumansVsZombies'' players have had basically the same problem.
** All this has led to something called Deathgame, practiced in Sweden, where you "kill" your opponent(s) with fruits and vegetables.
** The problems this can cause mean that most long-lasting Assassins Societies, such as [[OopNorth Durham University's]], have good relationships with the local police - normally informing before any game begins. The kill methods are also restricted to obviously unreal weapons (paper knives are fine, but not a LARP sword).