History Main / TheQuincyPunk

* Wrestling/BullNakano combined violent punk with {{biker babe}} and [[WrestlingMonster inhumanly resilient monster]].

Every youth subculture gets its moment to be TheNewRockAndRoll -- [[GreaserDelinquents greasers]], [[ScooterRidingMod mods]], [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippies]], UsefulNotes/{{skinheads}}, {{goth}}s; hell, ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' proves that even the {{beatnik}}s got a [[Film/TheBeatniks good round of it]]. And when the late '70s and early '80s came around, the punks got it with both barrels. The subculture expressed their societal discontent and marginalization with strange spiky, colored hairstyles and a mix of ripped and provocative clothing that was often DIY, ripped, and edgy. Their [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth simple, raw-sounding, angry music]] was designed to shock. It was a veritable license to sow revulsion and [[YouCanPanicNow moral panic]] among the MoralGuardians of the day.

Every youth subculture gets its moment to be TheNewRockAndRoll -- [[GreaserDelinquents greasers]], [[ScooterRidingMod mods]], [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippies]], UsefulNotes/{{skinheads}}, {{goth}}s; hell, ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' proves that even the {{beatnik}}s got a [[Film/TheBeatniks good round of it]]. And when the late '70s and early '80s came around, the punks got it with both barrels. The subculture expressed their societal discontent and marginalization with strange spiky, colored hairstyles and a mix of ripped and provocative clothing that was often DIY, ripped, and edgy. Their [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth simple, raw-sounding, angry music]] was designed to shock. It was a veritable license to sow revulsion and MoralPanic among the MoralGuardians of the day.

Every youth subculture gets its moment to be TheNewRockAndRoll -- [[GreaserDelinquents greasers]], [[ScooterRidingMod mods]], [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippies]], UsefulNotes/{{skinheads}}, {{goth}}s; hell, ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' proves that even the {{beatnik}}s got a [[Film/TheBeatniks good round of it]]. And when the late '70s and early '80s came around, the punks got it with both barrels. The subculture relied on strange spiky, colored hair and ripped clothing a growing feeling of societal discontent and marginalization, and [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth simple, raw-sounding, angry music]]. It was a veritable license to sow revulsion and MoralPanic among the MoralGuardians of the day.

Every youth subculture gets its moment to be TheNewRockAndRoll -- [[GreaserDelinquents greasers]], [[ScooterRidingMod mods]], [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippies]], UsefulNotes/{{skinheads}}, {{goth}}s; hell, ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' proves that even the {{beatnik}}s got a [[Film/TheBeatniks good round of it]]. And when the late '70s and early '80s came around, the punks got it with both barrels. The subculture relied on brilliant and strange hair and clothing styles, a growing feeling of societal discontent and marginalization, and [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth simple, raw-sounding, angry music]]. It was a veritable license to sow revulsion and panic among the MoralGuardians of the day.

* In ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', Kirk and Spock encounter such a punk on a bus in 1980s UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. When he refuses to turn down the loud punk rock music he is playing, Spock nerve-pinches him into silence, and everyone else on the bus applauds. (The scene would much later be referenced and subverted in ''Series/StarTrekPicard''; see below.)

* ''Film/ClassOfNukeEmHigh'', which plays this trope UpToEleven.

* The horror film ''Film/{{Dolls}}'' features two punk girls who try to rob the house of the seemingly benevolent couple who let them stay the night. [[MuggingTheMonster Bad idea, girls]].

* On the same network as the infamous ''Quincy'' episode, ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' had a episode with a brief scene where Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan walk into a punk rock night club and one of the kids in the mosh pit gets up in Brosnan's character's face for no reason and shouts "YOU STINK!" at him.

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': In a ShoutOut to ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' (see above), the time-traveling Raffi and Seven encounter a stereotypical Quincy Punk playing his stereo annoyingly loud on a Californian bus. The trope and reference are then subverted; they ask him to turn the music down, and he apologises and does so.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In "Real Life", the Doctor decides to create his own holographic family, but they're so TastesLikeDiabetes that B'Elanna Torres reprograms them by randomizing their decisions. One of the changes involved turning the Doctor's son into a surly delinquent who hangs around [[ProudWarriorRace Klingon]] friends who might as well be this trope RecycledInSpace, right down to the DelinquentHair, obsession with violence, and loud music.

* The notoriously DarkerAndEdgier ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic story "Ravens" features a gang of devil-worshipping Goth-punks attempting a human sacrifice. The story's writer, Andrew Cartmel, actually apologised for the subcultural stereotyping in the 2016 TPB that contained it.

Punks themselves are also likely to cite the "trusty crusty" or "oogle", somebody, usually a young white man, with [[UpperClassTwit a substantial trust fund]] who embraces the [[WalkingTheEarth crust punk lifestyle]] while cherrypicking the most superficial aspects of it. This usually entails voluntary homelessness, deliberately attempting to become as filthy and repulsive as possible, and excessive drug and alcohol usage juxtaposed with [[SoapboxSadie obnoxious moral grandstanding]], often while secretly falling back on their trust funds whenever their efforts to generate income (typically through panhandling, busking, or bottle returns) or dumpster diving turn up short (or when they spend all of their money on alcohol and drugs), all while being completely and utterly blind to their own privilege.

->''"{{Punk|Rock}} is nothing but death and crime and the'' rage of a beast!"
-->-- ''Franchise/{{Batman}}: Fortunate Son''

* In ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', Kirk and Spock encounter such a punk on a bus in 1980s UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. When he refuses to turn down the loud punk rock music he is playing, Spock nerve-pinches him into silence, and everyone else on the bus applauds.

Hence, the Quincy Punk. The Quincy Punk looks for all the world like a stereotypical punk -- mohawk in all the colors of the Kool-Aid rainbow, studded leather jacket, and very uncomfortable piercings. The music he listens to is distorted and raw, like hardcore on PCP, and often doesn't much resemble actual punk rock. He's an anarchist, but it's more about [[BombThrowingAnarchists setting fire to a police station]] than [[UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies any sort of rational opinion on Kropotkin's]] ''[[UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies Mutual Aid]]''. Oh. And he hates you. The Quincy Punk is most often used as [[WhiteGangBangers a stock mugger, thug, or street tough]] for superheroes or other urban vigilantes to beat the shit out of, allowing for an intimidating image in an urban setting while avoiding the UnfortunateImplications of Franchise/{{Batman}} (or some other SuperHero or ActionHero) beating up more “ethnic” or racially-oriented street criminals.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': A flashback in "Be True To Your Fool" showed Hank and his friends celebrating Bill's last weekend before leaving for the army by traveling to Dallas and hanging out at a punk music club called "The Chainsaw" (Hank thought it was a bar for the lumber industry). Hank got too drunk and accidentally bumped into a couple punks, [[PunchCatch one of whom tried to punch Hank before the then-in-shape and badass Bill stopped the punch with his hands]] and physically held them off. Afterwards, [[EmbarrassingTattoo the drunken Hank decided to tattoo Bill's name onto his body as his way to show his appreciation]] (he was planning to tattoo it across his chest before Boomhauer talked the artist into putting it somewhere more discreet, specifically the back of his head). Since he was too drunk to remember, Hank only realized he had the tattoo when he was forced to shave his head after a sudden onset of lice.

** The punk trainer classes in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' definitely qualify. The Punk Guy favors a [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue mohawk]] and leather jacket; the Punk Girl has pink dreadlocks; and both have copious amounts of denim and oversized motorcycle boots. They're often seen in the Lost Hotel and in the alleys of Lumiose City; and speak in a manner befitting the stereotype. Oh, and they [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking also favor Dark-type and Fighting-type Pokémon in battle.]]

* A gag in ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' has David and Alex riding the London Tube surrounded by punks with MulticoloredHair.

* ''Film/ClassOf1984'' is all over this trope. The villains are a quintet of punks wearing black leather, dark make-up and MulticoloredHair in Patsi's case. They're dedicated to causing anarchy in school by selling drugs, killing animals and kidnapping the wife of the the new teacher that challenges them.

* Sydney from ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'', "The Anarchist", also has this sort of aesthetic, with a bright blue mohawk, spike-studded FingerlessGloves, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking rolled-up sleeves on her suit]]. Her Anarchist perk deck's unique perks are even all [[ShoutOut named after]] PunkRock songs.

* ''Film/ClassOf1984'' is all over this trope.

Incidentally, EmoMusic grew directly out of this trope, or more specifically, as [[SpiritualAntithesis a backlash against it]]. The roots of emo go back to the "Revolution Summer" in the UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC punk scene in 1985, when a group of musicians led by [=MacKaye=] clustered around Dischord Records felt that the scene had been overrun by violence, sexism, and people who came to shows just to [[FightClubbing fight in the mosh pit]]. Joining the PostHardcore scene, their more melodic sound and personal lyrics became an important forerunner to emo.

Incidentally, EmoMusic and UsefulNotes/StraightEdge both grew directly out of this trope, or more specifically, as [[SpiritualAntithesis a backlash against it]]. Straight edge was birthed by the Music/MinorThreat song of that name in which singer Ian [=MacKaye=] decried the rampant drug use in the scene, and the roots of emo go back to the "Revolution Summer" in the UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC punk scene in 1985, when a group of musicians led by [=MacKaye=] clustered around Dischord Records felt that the scene had been overrun by violence, sexism, and people who came to shows just to [[FightClubbing fight in the mosh pit]]. Joining the PostHardcore scene, their more melodic sound and personal lyrics became an important forerunner to emo.

* The ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series has Birdie... who is actually a subversion of this. He was originally depicted as a typical British headbanger thug, then in later games that feature him he became a ChaoticNeutral {{Chessmaster}}, infiltrating [[TheEmpire Shadaloo]] in the hopes of [[TheStarscream taking it over]], then realizing that [[EvenEvilHasStandards it is too evil to exist]] and destroying their headquarters.
* These guys were very common as {{Mooks}} in late '80s and early '90s BeatEmUp games.
* Razor from ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion''.

* The punk trainer classes in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' definitely qualify. The Punk Guy favors a [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue mohawk]] and leather jacket; the Punk Girl has pink dreadlocks; and both have copious amounts of denim and oversized motorcycle boots. They're often seen in the Lost Hotel and in the alleys of Lumiose City; and speak in a manner befitting the stereotype. Oh, and they [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking also favor Dark-type and Fighting-type Pokémon in battle.]]
** ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' feature the villainous Team Yell and the rival Marnie; as well as the Pokémon Obstagoon and Toxtricity.

* The back alleys of [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 2027]] UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' are filled with these types. Because the game averts NoNewFashionsInTheFuture though, their tastes have evolved slightly; the traditional mohawk, for instance, has largely been replaced with a clownish looking "reverse mohawk", with spiky dyed hair on the sides and a clean-shaven strip down the middle.

* Sydney from ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'', "The Anarchist", also has this sort of aesthetic, with a bright blue mohawk, spike-studded FingerlessGloves, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking rolled-up sleeves on her suit]]. Her Anarchist perk deck's unique perks are even all [[ShoutOut named after]] PunkRock songs.
* The Maribel Tribe in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' has this aesthetic, many of them mention being in punk bands and frequently have arguments with rock music fans. However, in contrast to this trope, they are only thuggish in their initial appearance because they are overcome by hunger.