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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/defendpoppunk1.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:The joke T-shirt that started a movement.]]
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4	A scene of {{Alternative Rock}} music that arose in the early 2010s that combines {{pop punk}} with elements of melodic hardcore and [[Music/{{Emo}} Emo]]'s dark but poppy aggression.
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6	Named after Man Overboard's (one of the key bands of the movement) joke motto to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin defend pop punk]] from all of its detractors and critics (starting from The Effort's joke slogan, "Destroy Pop Punk"). By 2010, the mainstream PopPunk and EmoMusic that had once reigned over the airwaves had become the butt of jokes. Bands in the movement sought to restore the punk credit and emotional core to PopPunk to make it worth defending.
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8	Though it never reached mainstream status, the movement was nonetheless influential in the Punk and Alternative Rock scenes, with several associated acts performing at the final Warped Tour shows.
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10	!!Bands in this genre:
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12	[[index]]
13	* Music/ManOverboard ({{trope namer}})
14	* Music/TheStorySoFar ({{trope codifier}})
15	* Music/TheWonderYears ({{trope maker}})
16	* Music/TigersJaw
17	* Music/ThisTimeNextYear
18	* Music/BalanceAndComposure (mixes this with {{Grunge}})
19	* Music/SetYourGoals
20	* Music/{{Transit}} (their recent albums mixes in more elements of Indie Emo, but is still very much close to the movement)
21	* Music/{{Basement}}
22	* Music/ModernBaseball
23	* Music/{{Fireworks}}
24	* Music/{{RealFriends}}
25	* Music/{{NeckDeep}}
26	* Music/MajorLeague
27	* Music/{{Citizen}}
28	* Music/TitleFight (Along with Citizen and Basement, one of the more Grungier bands in the genre)
29	* Music/KnucklePuck
30	* Music/TrophyEyes
31	[[/index]]

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