History Main / SubcultureOfTheWeek

** "Unleashed" dealt with [[note]]some silly over-exaggeration of[[/note]] HumanPet role play [[note]]that was however completely devoid of nudity[[/note]]. The (accidental) murderer was a woman that was trying to "[[UnwantedRescue rescue]]" the pet roleplayer, believing that the "poor girl" was suffering a strange type of spousal abuse.

** Roleplayers in particular were compared to school shooters.
** They applied the zero-research attitude to Wicca.
** This also gets annoying when Sweets (the psychiatrist) "analyzes" the subculture in question, and ends up pretty much generalizing the entire subculture and assuming everyone who's a part of it thinks and acts exactly the same.
** Doomsday preppers, of all groups, were declared freaks. Even Sweets declared them irredeemably freakish. Just being part of a doomsday prepper group makes you a viable murder suspect.

* An episode of ''Series/TheMentalist'' featured a young Wiccan, who naturally came under suspicion when one of her peers was killed in a ritualistic fashion. An especially aggravating case as half the facts spouted about Wicca were blatantly wrong. Contemporary Pagan religions often appear in shows like this, and rarely do the writing staff seem to feel any compulsion to actually research them first.

* 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 in the episode. 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.

* 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 cause. Why they don't just look up its plot online is anyone's guess. There's also a notable level of NewMediaAreEvil in the episode. 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.

** 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.]]

** ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' also did an episode about vampire wannabes. [[spoiler: In it, Dean discovers that vampires are pushing the vampire obsession started by media such as ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' to get more willing victims for a vampire army]].

** A sixth season episode used ''bloggers'' as the Sick Sad Subculture. Seeing as everyone and their grandmother has a blog these days, seeing it portrayed as a crazy new subculture was... odd. The show wasn't explicit that ''all'' bloggers were exhibitionist freaks, but it was pretty clear that the particular patient was taking it waaaaaaay too far (compulsively documenting literally everything except her bowel movements and even leaving her medical decisions up to popular polling among her readers)

* Many of the cases on ''Series/{{CSI}}'' have dealt with some sexual fetish, subculture, or hobby.

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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's {{hipster}}s, they're pretentious college grads who eat avocado toast and ride penny farthings, and listen to obscure-as-all-hell indie artists. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight degenerate perverts who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's (western) anime & manga fans, they'll be OccidentalOtaku who speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". If it's metalheads, they're {{Satan}}-worshipping freaks who are complete jerks to everyone outside of their friend groups. In works made in the 2000s, expect {{emo}}[=/=]scene kids or {{Juggalo}}s to be the target of this trope as well. In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom as well, while expect to see pop music "stans" and members of the era's youth subcultures used as targets for this trope in works made in the second half of TheNewTens. To ''real'' people within these subcultures, the misconceptions and poor research on these shows can be either a source of mockery or a FandomEnragingMisconception.

* UK series ''Series/TheBill'' featured a guy playing an "Assassins"-style game using a realistic-looking paint gun in public. People who play these sort of games do not use realistic weapons. [[WhatAnIdiot One guy from the Oxford University Assassin's Guild did that and encountered some armed police]].

* 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 cause. Why they don't just look up its plot online is anyone's guess. There's also a notable level of NewMediaAreEvil in the episode. 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 [[WhatAnIdiot give teenagers submachine guns and have them rob a bank]], with bonus points if there's a police officer inside and for rape.

See TheQuincyPunk, SmallReferencePools, PublicMediumIgnorance, DropInCharacter, and the GhettoIndex. Compare MistakenForSubculture and ExtremeSportExcusePlot.

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' has a lot of examples for their serial killer rampage targets: swingers, spring breakers, religious fundamentalists, those with an obsession for First Person Shooters, ''{{Jackass}}''-style dares, BDSM, [[MusicIsPolitics the music industry]], HorribleHollywood, FightClubbing, StepfordSuburbia (and how far it's willing to go to keep being such), hobos, gambling addicts, absurdly corrupt politicians, {{ConspiracyTheorist}}s, the comic book industry... the Gothic culture (or at least the "Hollywood" emo, "life sucks so bad I may as well kill myself and wearing dark clothes is how I am screaming for help" kind) has been either the target or the RedHerring of at least three cases and toxic school environments (of the "you guys know that being bullied [[LonersAreFreaks and ostracized]] like this is one of the leading reasons for UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} copy-cats, right?" type) was an important factor in the snapping of two killers so far.

** In "Reborn Again to be Wild", Bobby joins a youth group that consists of a [[TheMoralSubstitute Christian]] [[GangOfHats skater punk gang]] with a radical young priest as a leader. The group suddenly becomes big in their area and Bobby starts listening to Christian Rock and is even seen playing a Bible video game, but Hank quickly comes to detest the group because (as he eventually explains to Bobby at the end of the episode when the poor kid goes all "you wanted me to love God more and here I am loving God more ''and you're still pulling the same crap on me as usual'', so ''what gives''?") he dislikes the idea of Christianity being treated so irreverently and is afraid that Bobby will eventually come to see religion as yet another fad that he will just drop when he becomes bored of it. Memorably skewered by Hank telling the priest:
--> "You aren't making Christianity better -- you're only making rock 'n' and roll ''worse!''"

** There was a RippedFromTheHeadlines episode inspired by Gamergate called "Intimidation Game". It depicted a group of male gamers as insane freaks unable to tell the difference between video games and real life and Gamergate as an ISIS-esque group who routinely kidnap, torture, and rape women(though given some of the extremely disturbing shit said by some of their more prominent members of the movement online especially towards marginalized individuals, one can hardly blame at least some of the people routinely harassed by GG members for not finding that depiction too far-fetched). The episode received [[https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/02/16/law-order-svu-intimidation-game-review-ice-t-goes-gangsta-on-gamergate some positive reviews]]unsurprisingly gamergaters did not like it, though more surprising is some of those who were firmly anti-gamergate also disliked it because of how the female creator was treated and the DownerEnding.

* ComicBook/JudgeDredd has this kind of format, but taken to the point of parody because of the goofy new subcultures that exist in Mega-City One, including Fatties (eating contest jocks), Uglies (go out of their way to look unattractive as possible) and Normals (basically just Young Republican types; sober, conservative, and sensibly dressed, and treated as the most bizarre of the lot).

** "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 episode dealing with Water Wars. Again, someone uses a realistic looking water pistol.

* Most crime shows had a vampire-related episode at some point of time.

** There was a RippedFromTheHeadlines episode inspired by Gamergate called "Intimidation Game". It depicted a group of male gamers as insane freaks unable to tell the difference between video games and real life and Gamergate as an ISIS-esque group who routinely kidnap, torture and rape women(though given some of the extremely disturbing shit said by some of their more prominent members of the movement online especially towards marginalized individuals, one can hardly blame at least some of the people routinely harassed by GG members for not finding that depiction too far-fetched). The episode received [[https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/02/16/law-order-svu-intimidation-game-review-ice-t-goes-gangsta-on-gamergate some positive reviews]]unsurprisingly gamergaters did not like it, though more surprising is some of those who were firmly anti-gamergate also disliked it because of how the female creator was treated and the DownerEnding.

* Pretty much every episode in the Dutch reality-TV show ''Valerio Duikt Onder''. The premise of the show is after all that the presentator ''Valerio Zeno'' would go towards members of a particular subculture and engage in their activities so that he and all the people who were watching could understand what the subculture was about. Unlike most other examples however most members of the subcultures he talks about seem to enjoy it. Probably because he only acts out on the people in front of him and not on media stereotypes.

* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' frequently has cases where the victim has an an unusual hobby or interest (maker subculture, superhero copycat, and math hunts, to name but three). Generally, the subculture in question is portrayed fairly positively (Sherlock himself having a variety of weird interests and being disinclined to judge others if they aren't hurting anyone), and is very rarely the ''direct'' motive for the murder, with the point being made that these people do have ''other'' things going on in their lives.

An episode of a TV show, especially a CrimeAndPunishmentSeries, focusing on a particular subculture. Accuracy is optional since the only research that goes into the episode is [[RippedFromTheHeadlines reading the paper]]...especially when [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer even the paper isn't right]]. This is also common on [[MedicalDrama Medical Dramas]] with the subculture having a connection to the PatientOfTheWeek, and {{Sitcom}}s when one of the main characters becomes involved with a strange new crowd.

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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's {{hipster}}s, they're pretentious college grads who eat avocado toast and ride penny farthings, and listen to obscure-as-all-hell indie artists. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight degenerate perverts who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's anime & manga fans, they'll be OccidentalOtaku who speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". If it's metalheads, they're {{Satan}}-worshipping freaks who are complete jerks to everyone outside of their friend groups. In works made in the 2000s, expect {{emo}}[=/=]scene kids or {{Juggalo}}s to be the target of this trope as well. In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom as well, while expect to see pop music "stans" and members of the era's youth subcultures used as targets for this trope in works made in the second half of TheNewTens. 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 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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight degenerate perverts who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's anime & manga fans, they'll be OccidentalOtaku who speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". If it's metalheads, they're {{Satan}}-worshipping freaks who are complete jerks to everyone outside of their friend groups. In works made in the 2000s, expect {{emo}}[=/=]scene kids or {{Juggalo}}s to be the target of this trope as well. In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom as well, while expect to see pop music "stans" and members of the era's youth subcultures used as targets for this trope in works made in the second half of TheNewTens. 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 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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight degenerate perverts who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's anime & manga fans, they'll be OccidentalOtaku who speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". If it's metalheads, they're {{Satan}}-worshipping freaks who are complete jerks to everyone outside of their friend groups. In works made in the 2000s, expect {{emo}}[=/=]scene kids to be the target of this trope as well. In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom as well, while expect to see pop music "stans" and members of the era's youth subcultures used as targets for this trope in works made in the second half of TheNewTens. To ''real'' people within these subcultures, the misconceptions and poor research on these shows can be either a source of mockery or a FandomEnragingMisconception.

* ''Series/TheBill'' featured a guy playing an "Assassins"-style game using a realistic-looking paint gun in public. People who play these sort of games do not use realistic weapons. [[WhatAnIdiot One guy from the Oxford University Assassin's Guild did that and encountered some armed police]].

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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight degenerate perverts who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's anime fans, they'll be OccidentalOtaku who speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". In works made in the 2000s, expect {{emo}}[=/=]scene kids to be the target of this trope as well. In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom as well, while expect to see pop music "stans" and members of the era's youth subcultures used as targets for this trope in works made in the second half of TheNewTens. 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 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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight degenerate perverts who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's {{Otaku}}, they speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". If it's {{emo}}[=/=]scene kids, they all dress in black and moan about their inconveniences constantly. In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom as well, while expect to see pop music "stans" and members of the era's youth subcultures used as targets for this trope in works made in the second half of TheNewTens. 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 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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight degenerate perverts who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's {{Otaku}}, they speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". If it's {{emo}}[=/=] scene kids, they all dress in black and moan about their inconveniences constantly. In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom as well, while expect to see pop music "stans" and members of the era's youth subcultures used as targets for this trope in works made in the second half of TheNewTens. 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 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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight degenerate perverts who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's {{Otaku}}, they speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom as well, while expect to see pop music "stans" and members of the era's youth subcultures used as targets for this trope in works made in the second half of TheNewTens. 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 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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight degenerate perverts who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's {{Otaku}}, they speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom as well, while expect to see pop music "stans" and members of modern youth subcultures used as targets for this trope in works made in the second half of TheNewTens. 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 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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight degenerate perverts who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's {{Otaku}}, they speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom as well, while expect to see pop music "stans" and members of youth subcultures used for this trope in works made in the second half of TheNewTens. 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 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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight degenerate perverts who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's {{Otaku}}, they speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom as well, while expect to see pop music "stans" and members of politically-charged youth subcultures used for this trope in works made in the second half of TheNewTens. 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 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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight degenerate perverts who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's {{Otaku}}, they speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom, also. 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 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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight men who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. If it's {{Otaku}}, they speak nothing but broken Japanese, wear cat ear headbands at all times, do the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' run everywhere, and sleep with body pillows of their "waifus". In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom, also. 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 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. For example, 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 play to the point of addiction, [[BasementDweller live with their parents]] well into their 30s, possibly [[MurderSimulators imitate the violence they commit in the game]], and are probably [[NerdsAreVirgins virgins]]. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{NeoPaganism}} Paganism]], they'll wear ridiculous Goth or Hippy-ish clothing and talk about casting spells and "cursing" people they don't like. If it's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], they'll be creepy overweight men who commit indecent acts both in and out of their fursuits. In works made in the first half of TheNewTens, expect [[MyLittlePhony some stand-ins]] for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fandom, also. To ''real'' people within these subcultures, the misconceptions and poor research on these shows can be either a source of mockery or a FandomEnragingMisconception.

** There was a RippedFromTheHeadlines episode inspired by Gamergate called "Intimidation Game". It depicted a group of male gamers as insane freaks unable to tell the difference between video games and real life and Gamergate as an ISIS-esque group who routinely kidnap, torture and rape women(though given some of the extremely disturbing shit said by some of their more prominent members of the movement online especially towards marginalized individuals, one can hardly blame at least some of the people routinely harassed by GG members for not finding that depiction too far-fetched). The episode received [[http://badassdigest.com/2015/02/16/law-order-svu-intimidation-game-review-ice-t-goes-gangsta-on-gamergate/ some positive reviews]]unsurprisingly gamergaters did not like it, though more surprising is some of those who were firmly anti-gamergate also disliked it because of how the female creator was treated and the DownerEnding.

** There was a RippedFromTheHeadlines episode inspired by Gamergate called "Intimidation Game". It depicted a group of male gamers as insane freaks unable to tell the difference between video games and real life and Gamergate as an ISIS-esque group who routinely kidnap, torture and rape women(though given some of the extremely disturbing shit said by some of their more prominent members online one can hardly blame at least some of the people routinely harassed by GG for not finding that depiction too farfetched). The episode received [[http://badassdigest.com/2015/02/16/law-order-svu-intimidation-game-review-ice-t-goes-gangsta-on-gamergate/ some positive reviews]]unsurprisingly gamergaters did not like it, though more surprising is some anti-GGers also disliked it because of how the female creator was treated and the DownerEnding.