Line #13 Main/TheQuincyPunk


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Well, when [[Series/TheLoveBoat you spend all your time at sea on a cruise ship]], these things will happen.]]
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4	->''"{{Punk\|Rock}} is nothing but death and crime and the ''rage of a beast!''"''
5	-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''', ''ComicBook/BatmanFortunateSon''
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7	Every youth subculture gets its moment to be TheNewRockAndRoll -- [[GreaserDelinquents greasers]], [[ScooterRidingMod mods]], [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippies]], UsefulNotes/{{skinheads}}, {{goth}}s; hell, ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E15TheBeatniks 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 [[MediaScaremongering moral panic]] among the MoralGuardians of the day. TV stations dutifully produced {{Very Special Episode}}s and newscasts about the punk movement's menace to [[{{Suburbia}} good suburbian society's]] peace, law and order. Hollywood's efforts to depict punks showed a lack of effort to research the actual subculture or music; instead, creators tended to use cartoonish, simplistic stereotypes of punks as violent, nihilistic and dangerous.
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9	But whereas the general societal backlash to a subculture tends to abate over time, there's ''still'' this idea, decades later, that punk is violent and nihilistic. Maybe it's the pervasive nature of the admittedly shocking album and lyrical imagery, which aimed to "épater les Bourgeois"[[note]]French for "shock the [well-off] bourgeois"[[/note]]. Maybe it was the hardcore seeding of memetics that painted punks as angry rebels who wanted to tear the system down and piss on the ashes. Or maybe it was because [[Music/SexPistols Sid Vicious]]' crashing and burning ruined punk's reputation for everyone.
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11	Hence, the Quincy Punk. The Quincy Punk looks like a stereotypical punk -- mohawk in all the colors of the Kool-Aid rainbow, [[HellBentForLeather studded leather jacket]] painted with band names, t-shirts with offensive slogans, and uncomfortable piercings. The music he listens to is distorted, noisy 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 and the rest of society. 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. A post-apocalypse setting [[TheApunkalypse will likely be infested with punks]] as a sign of how [[WretchedHive lawless and desperate the world has become]].
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13	The TropeNamer is an infamous episode of ''Series/QuincyME'' called "Next Stop, Nowhere," where the titular M.E. tries to save the youth of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles from the moral scourge that is punk rock. For years, "Quincy punk" came to be used in the Southern Californian punk scene to describe a punk who cares more about the rebellious image than anything else. [[https://youtu.be/TZU4XXalNys The promo]] for the episode shows a good example of Quincy punk in its natural habitat.
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15	Later works occasionally feature the "hardcore bro", who, while differing in attire (usually preferring band shirts or sports jerseys, snapback hats, skate shoes, buzzed hair, and gauged earlobes), acts largely the same: rude, obnoxious, aggressive, and prone to violent and destructive behavior for stupid, petty, and often nonsensical reasons. Portrayals of the latter are most likely influenced by the behavior of [[https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/punk-rock-fight-club-190267/ FSUs]], short for "Friends Stand United" or "Fuck Shit Up" depending on who you ask. They started out as a legitimate (albeit extremely violent) anti-racist UsefulNotes/StraightEdge group who aimed at driving neo-Nazis and drug dealers out of UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}'s HardcorePunk scene, before gradually devolving into one of the nastier real-life examples of this trope, becoming infamous for invading shows, starting fights, and staging multi-man ambushes on disliked individuals to the point where the FBI eventually declared them a street gang in 2009. Many of their early members eventually wound up in [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels biker gangs]].
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17	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 [[SecretlyWealthy 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.
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19	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" movement in the UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC punk scene in 1985, when a group of musicians led by Music/MinorThreat vocalist Ian [=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.
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21	For actual information on Punk rock, see UsefulNotes/{{Punk}} or the PunkRock page. Nothing to do with President UsefulNotes/JohnQuincyAdams, unless some tell-all biography reveals his youthful radicalism. [[http://www.amazon.com/Destroy-Movies-Complete-Guide-Punks/dp/1606993631/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293676826&sr=8-1 There's now a book out that's a field guide to these sorts of portrayals]], paired with the rare cases where the creators actually knew what the hell they were doing when they depicted the punk scene.
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23	HorrorHippies is another trope based on demonizing a youth subculture.
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25	Not to be confused with the actual clan of Quincies from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. Or one of the first suburbs {{Southies}} escaped to (though they may overlap due to their LowerClassLout nature).
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27	!!Examples:
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32	* Subverted hilariously by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvt42zWzjQc this Chips Ahoy! ad.]] "Jam-packed with chocolate/ We’re really neat/All the mommies love us ’cuz we’re nice and sweet!"
33	* This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0yYGmRUOaA sherry ad]] also subverts it nicely. It also scores a few bonus points by actually naming the punk Quincy.
34	* PlayedForLaughs in the [=DirectTV=] ad, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9XUHi_LinQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player Don't Have a Grandson with a Dog Collar]], where the protagonist's daughter gets herself expelled from school, marries a Quincy Punk boy she meets at the [[PacmanFever video game arcade]], and ends up having a Quincy Punk ''baby''.
35	* Parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_cZ8vYRTU this]] Post Fruity Pebbles commercial with [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred, Barney, and Dino]].
36	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqXOhcTkfUw This cinema advert]] for National Westminster Bank.
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39	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
40	* The mohawk-wearing, murderous kidnapping [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels biker gangs]] of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', who terrorized the wastelands and were always the first to get their [[YourHeadASplode heads popped]] by Kenshiro. No music though.
41	* Parodied in the ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' anime, in the episode that was a direct spoof of ''Fist of the North Star''.
42	* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'': Onizuka dresses like one, complete with a mohawk and studded jacket, to teach Urumi a lesson.
43	* ''Manga/LiarGame'' subverts this -- a character who dresses and is initially assumed to be this way turns out to be one of the nicest people in the cast.
44	* Bartolomeo from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is like a mix of this and a good ol' {{Troll}} -- he has the style and certainly seems to have some anarchistic tendencies, but also spends a lot of time provoking people for fun.
45	* Bazz-B from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' fits the trope to a T, with his hot-pink mohawk, PunkRock variation of the Wandenreich uniform, and bad attitude. And of course, he's a Quincy... which pretty much makes him a ''literal'' [[{{Pun}} Quincy Punk]].
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49	* As Linkara from ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' has covered, there was an infamous ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' graphic novel called "Fortunate Son" about Batman's strange relationship with rock and roll. In flashback, Bruce Wayne reveals that as an angry young man, he went to Europe and fell in with the punk scene -- here represented by paper-thin {{Exp\|y}}ies of [[Music/SexPistols Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen]]. You can probably guess how this ended.
50	* The notoriously DarkerAndEdgier ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic story "Ravens" features a gang of devil-worshipping Goth-punks attempting a human sacrifice. The story's writer, Creator/AndrewCartmel, actually apologised for the subcultural stereotyping in the 2016 TPB that contained it.
51	* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'', at least in its early days, depicted most of Mega-City One's civilians as wearing punk hair and clothes; Dredd himself seems to imply this is the mainstream fashion, with everyone being weirded out by Max Normal, a punk who deliberately dresses like a QuintessentialBritishGentleman.
52	* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Before the X-Men found her, Dazzler was the leader of a PunkRock band. And she kept her "Fuck the authority" attitude while in the team, much to the dismay of the formal and polite leader Charles Xavier.
53	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'': Surge the Tenrec's design invokes this. The quills on her head are bent forward similar to a mohawk, a black shirt with [[SleevesAreForWimps torn-off sleeves]], a metal ring on each of her index and ring fingers, metal earrings and studded bracelets. She is also bloodthirsty, arrogant and foul-tempered.
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57	* ''Fanfic/CodexEquus'' has Prince Dissonant Tune, the Alicorn god of Music, Vice, Corruption, and Revelry. He usually appears as a Punk with a [[DelinquentHair Death Hawk-style mohawk]], a [[HellBentForLeather leather jacket]], a white 'Anarchy' T-shirt, a [[SpikesOfVillainy studded bracelet]] on his left foreleg, and ear/facial piercings. Fittingly, he is quite rude, loud, wild, hot-tempered, and rebellious, which reflects in his music. And like his friend, 'Princess' Cold Heart, he [[{{Jerkass}} enjoys being as unpleasant to people as possible]], and has behaved antagonistically towards fellow, benevolent musicians. This has led to his career being rocked with multiple scandals, but he is unapologetic towards his actions. It's subverted since he acts this way as part of his constructive villainy, so outside of it he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who loves and is loyal to his family/friends, and is a FriendToAllChildren. Much of his behavior also stems from personal reasons such as an [[AbusiveParents abusive upbringing]] or public mistreatment simply for [[LoserSonOfLoserDad being a supervillain's bastard son]].
58	* PlayedForLaughs in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/GodSaveTheEsteem'', where Jake, Helen, and Quinn are all stereotypical punks while Daria remains more or less [[TheSnarkKnight her usual self]].
59	* Scarface from ''FanFic/TheDarkAngel'' is a typical street punk:prominent dragon tattoo on his arm, spiked blonde hair with red and black streaks, and various punkish attire. Not to mention a violent streak.
60	* The Sarutobi siblings and Molly in ''Fanfic/OnePieceParallelWorks''.
61	* From the ParodyFic ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace'':
62	--> {{Steampunk}}s wielding clockwork-activated switchblades got into futile staring contests with {{cyberpunk}}s in their surgically-implanted mirrorshades.
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66	* PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' with Spider-Punk, a CompositeCharacter of Spider-UK whose general appearance and behavior evoke the British punk movement. He loudly boasts that "no one tells him what to do" and generally [[CommanderContrarian makes a nuisance]] as a [[AllianceOfAlternates Spider-Society]] operative. [[spoiler:Hobie does have strong political beliefs rather than [[BombThrowingAnarchists mindless destruction]]. His main reason for joining the Society largely appears to be to keep an eye on it while making his own plans and [[StealthMentor subtle comments to members like Miles to help them determine their own opinions]] on ComicBook/SpiderMan2099's philosophy.]]
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71	* A gag in ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' has David and Alex riding the London Tube surrounded by punks with multi-colored hair.
72	* ''Film/ClassOfNukeEmHigh'': The Cretins are possibly the Quinciest Punks who ever Quincy Punked.
73	* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''
74	** ''Film/TheTerminator'' opens with three stereotypical punks smashing up the Griffith Park Observatory. And then they [[MuggingTheMonster try to mug the T-800]].
75	** The scene is later homaged in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'', largely [[TimeyWimeyBall due to the]] [[GenreThrowback nature of the plot]].
76	* ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' uses a group of mohawked, leather-clad [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels bikers]] as its stock baddies.
77	* ''Film/{{Doomsday}}'', as an homage to all the post-apocalypse flicks of the '80s, does the same. Oh, and they're [[ImAHumanitarian cannibals]].
78	* 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.) According to Creator/LeonardNimoy, [[WriteWhatYouKnow this was inspired by an actual incident while visiting New York City]], where he saw a punk loudly playing his music while walking in the street, saying afterwards, "[I was struck] by the arrogance of it, the aggressiveness of it, and I thought if I was Spock I'd pinch his brains out!".
79	* A lot of movies by Cannon Films. Most notably the ''Film/DeathWish'' series.
80	* ''Film/ClassOf1984'' is all over this trope. The villains are a quintet of punks wearing black leather, dark make-up and multi-colored hair 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.
81	%%* ''Film/ClassOfNukeEmHigh''.
82	* To some degree the punk rock skinhead gang the Turnbull [=ACs=] from the 1979 movie ''Film/TheWarriors'' counts.
83	* The punks who briefly appear to get scared away by [[NightmareFace Jason showing his face to them]] in ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIIIJasonTakesManhattan'' look and act the part.
84	* ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' and its sequel ''Film/EscapeFromLA''.
85	* A mohawked example appears briefly in ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'', of all movies. He's shown getting booked during a brief scene in a UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco police station.
86	* In ''Film/LevyAndGoliath'' (set in Paris in TheEighties), BigBad Goliath is a ruthless punk-dressed drug dealing gang leader who's armed with a [[SinisterSwitchblade switchblade]].
87	* In the 1989 movie ''Night Children'', David Carradine plays a veteran cop who fights a street gang of nihilistic punks that cause chaos wherever they go.
88	* ''Film/PoliceAcademy 2'' features a gang of these as villains. Their leader returns in the subsequent films as a new police academy recruit.
89	* ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' has the titular mallard almost getting mugged and killed by stereotypical punks the second he arrives in UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}.
90	* Splatterpunks in ''Film/RoboCop3'' are a gang of [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment violent punks who love violence]].
91	* In ''Film/HardcoreHenry'', the title character encounters many versions of a character calling himself Jimmy. One of them is a violent, harshly-speaking punk who has a mohawk and is dressed in leather. [[spoiler:He eventually loses his life during a desperate last stand against Akan's mooks, appropriately with punk music blaring in the background]].
92	* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', which is set in the '80s, gives Storm a punk rock makeover as part of her EvilCostumeSwitch when she becomes one of Apocalypse's horsemen.
93	* The horror film ''Film/Dolls1987'' 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]].
94	* ''Film/GorillaInterrupted'': Sid is an angry and irreverent British punk rocker with green hair, a studded leather jacket, and a name obviously referencing Sid Vicious.
95	* Freddy in ''Film/SchoolOfRock'' takes an interest in punk, and opts for SpikyHair and referencing the Sex Pistols. His costume for the Battle of the Bands has a mild punk influence too. Of course he's also the most rebellious and aggressive child in the cast.
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99	* Discussed in ''Pax Britannia: Gods of Manhattan'' by Al Ewing, in which the introduction to {{Steampunk}} New York says that while the "Futureheads", with their dyed "Injun" haircuts, peculiar piercings, and cries of "[[Music/SexPistols No future for me, and no future for you!]]" might ''look'' scary, most of them will glare at you with contempt, maybe spit at you, and then move on. It's the gangs who look like ordinary kids on bicycles you have to watch out for...
100	* Creator/DanBrown's ''Literature/DigitalFortress'' has a particularly ridiculous case of this. The punks David comes across in Spain are almost a parody of the stereotype in both appearance and behaviour. This holds even though there's at least a hundred of them- as far as the reader can tell, they all have identical personalities. They also seem to be cast as uneducated and/or criminal dropouts, as they're somehow the first punks the university lecturer has ever met.
101	* Invoked in ''Disco's Out...Murder's In!'', which features tales of teenagers joining a punk rock gang in Los Angeles from the late-'70s to the mid-'80s, where they begin drinking and abusing drugs, fighting (and sometimes killing) random people and rival punk gang members, and getting into various shenanigans of questionable morality and legality. For bonus points, the TropeNamer is discussed by the gang, with one member bragging that his TV cop antics would have resulted in a potentially fatal assault had he applied them in real life. Ultimately, the portrayal is justified, as it's an autobiography from a former member of said punk gang who went straight and ultimately laments his role in shaping punk's reputation as an egregiously violent subculture and forcing people to "quit" punk out of fear of the violence his gang brought to the scene.
102	* Leila in ''[[Literature/KinseyMillhone P is for Peril]]'' is a mix of this and BrattyTeenageDaughter. Her first appearance consisted of black and/or leather, with bleach blonde hair that's short and spiky on one side and dreadlocks on the other, and when her mother, [[RichBitch Crystal]], disapproves of this, Leila lashes out vulgar insults towards her. It's also been stated that she hangs out with her older teen friend, [[LadyLooksLikeADude Paulie]], late at night--most likely doing drugs--and has gone to juvenile prison at least once.
103	* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': Chosovi Naha, one of the new recruits at an evil WizardingSchool, is depicted as this. She has torn clothes and a dyed mohawk, and she's also a sadistic monster who revels in violence and bloodshed.
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106	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
107	* The TropeNamer is an infamous episode of ''Series/QuincyME'' called "Next Stop, Nowhere," where the titular M.E. tries to save the youth of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles from the moral scourge that is punk rock. For years, "Quincy punk" came to be used in Southern California's scene to describe a punk who cares more about the rebellious image than anything else. [[https://youtu.be/TZU4XXalNys The promo]] for the episode shows a good example of Quincy punk in its natural habitat.
108	* There was an episode of ''Series/{{CHIPS}}'' ("Battle of the Bands") about the rivalry between a violent band of punks called Pain, and Snow Pink, a peaceful band of new wave kids.
109	* ''Series/{{House}}'', "Games". The gang treats an old, bitter "punk" musician whose music sounds [[HarshNoise like a rabid cougar humping a PA.]] This is put into contrast later in the episode with an earlier melodic folk recording he made, showing he can produce something of beauty (because we all know punk rock can not produce harmonious songs). It seems like he was supposed to be a shout-out to Music/GGAllin, who created harsh, dissonant punk music; however, he also created touching country/folk music. Subverted somewhat, when the punk character was shown to be a FriendToAllChildren. As well as a possible Music/GGAllin reference, the grinding noise recording may also be a reference to Music/LouReed's infamous ''Music/MetalMachineMusic''.
110	* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
111	** In a first season episode of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', "Power Ranger Punks", the villains had a scheme to slip Billy and Kimberly some "punk potion" before unleashing the MonsterOfTheWeek on Angel Grove. Needless to say, the potion turned them into Quincy Punks who didn't give a damn about the monster.
112	** Bulk and Skull had shades of this as well.
113	* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': In a ShoutOut to ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' (see above), the time-traveling Raffi and Seven encounter a stereotypical Quincy Punk ([[CastingGag played by the same actor]] from ''Star Trek IV'', Kirk Thatcher!) 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.
114	* On ''Series/NewsRadio'', Matthew starts acting like a stereotypical British punk, accent and all, after turning thirty and having an identity crisis. However, he doesn't do much research and thinks [[HairMetal '80s hair bands]] like Winger and Music/{{Whitesnake}} classify as punk rock.
115	* Vyvyan on ''Series/TheYoungOnes''. His main motivation is destroying things around the house. Not especially egregious, because the show paints all its characters in broad strokes.
116	* On the same network as the infamous ''Quincy'' episode, ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' had an episode with a brief scene where Laura and Steele walk into a punk rock night club and one of the kids in the mosh pit gets up in Steele's face for no reason and shouts "YOU STINK!" at him.
117	* The 80s sitcom ''Easy Street,'' starring Loni Anderson as heiress L. K. Maguire, featured an episode where a stereotypical punk rocker (played by Herman's Hermits singer Peter Noone, of all people) moves into the upscale neighborhood. L. K.'s stuffy sister-in-law (Dana Ivey) is alarmed and calls a neighborhood meeting. As testimony to his subversive nature, she reads them the lyrics to one of his songs ("the only ballad on the album"), called "Squash the Puppy." She then drives her point home by [[SubliminalSeduction playing the song backward]], then interpreting the total cacophony as, "Howdy-do, Satan, have a cup of tea."
118	* An early episode of ''Series/CharlesInCharge'' featured the archetypal punk-rock boyfriend, a jerkass loser who played in a band called The Scuzz.
119	* The ''Series/BlakesSeven'' episode "Stardrive" has the Space Rats, a gang of far-future outlaw bikers [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]] who dress in leather and have gigantic mohawks, but match the costume and hair with Music/RoyWood-style GlamRock face paint.
120	* Quinn from ''Series/{{Glee}}'' adapted this look during her "bad girl" phase in the first half of the third season, but she succeeded only in looking like an outdated cliche.
121	* ''Series/HunterNBC''. In "Death Machine", a robber dressed up like this trope turns out to be doing it as a disguise. However the CorruptCorporateExecutive he robbed doesn't know this, and gets a punk PsychoForHire to get his stuff back. He commits several murders in the process, so we then have Creator/FredDryer dressing up as a Quincy Punk to lure the psycho out.
122	* On ''Series/NightCourt'', these stereotypical punks can sometimes be seen as the crowd in the courtroom. In an early episode when Harry finds himself in a romance with a punk-rock star, the singer herself is shown to have great hidden depths beneath the stereotypical punk facade, but her many fans which mob the courthouse are playing this trope straight.
123	* An episode of ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' had the station book an on-air appearance by a "hoodlum rock" band named Scum of the Earth. When they appear, the band is obstreperous and uncooperative, refusing to perform until the staff bands together to give them a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown(!). Subverted in that the band dress in 3-piece suits and affect posh accents instead of punk gear and slang.
124	* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In "Real Life", the Doctor decides to create his own holographic family, but they're so SickeninglySweet 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.
125	* Kali's gang in episode seven of ''Series/StrangerThings'', season 2. Most notably Axel and Kali herself, and El when they give her a makeover.
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129	* "Punk Rock Girl" by Music/TheDeadMilkmen describes antics closely resembling this trope, including causing a ruckus in a pizza place for not having hot tea, causing a ruckus in a record store for not having Music/MojoNixon records, causing a ruckus in a shopping mall just to laugh at shoppers, and stealing a car.
130	* Weekend Nachos frequently targeted these in their songs, particularly hardcore bros and "trusty crusties", and none were more direct or vicious than "Fashionable Poverty", which outlined the stereotypical "trusty crusty": a young white person from a wealthy and privileged background with an enormous trust fund, who gave up their cushy gated community existence on a whim (without ''really'' giving it up), and who lives their life as [[ThePigPen a physically repulsive and foul individual]] prone to obnoxious, self-serving virtue signaling, with absolutely zero self-awareness.
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133	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
134	* Wrestling/BullNakano combined violent punk with BadassBiker and [[WrestlingMonster inhumanly resilient monster]].
135	* Psycho Clown, often seen in Wrestling/{{AAA}}, though he wears much brighter colors than most other examples since he combines this trope with CircusOfFear.
136	* "Jezebel" Eden Black, Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie and [[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace]] in descending levels (Lovelace being the furthest from this trope), particularly in Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}[==]SHINE, where their paths are most likely to cross.
137	* [[Wrestling/ArikCannon "The Anarchist" Arik Cannon]] applies the look of an eighties punk, especially regarding his mohawk and jacket. Amusingly enough, he teamed for a time with Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli, who for a time had a gimmick of a rich foreign banker.
138	* Dave Crist of The Irish Airborne and Ohio Is For Killers has sported this look and attitude. His brother Jake and the other [=Oi4K=] members don't have the look or persona but strive to live up to the "killer" reputation all the same.
139	* The Devil himself, Derek Drexl, who has been seen in The North West Wrestling Alliance and Don't Own Anyone Pro Wrestling as part of the Clan and Illuminati stables (the Clan being a trio within the Illuminati including drunkard Wade Hess and Dr. Kliever)
140	* The entire point of the FEST music festivals is to avert this trope by bringing people together through the positive aspects of punk culture. And when FEST decided to go a step further for punk wrestlers, side shows to the music, and give them their own promotion even Arik Cannon was relatively well behaved.
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144	* In ''[[http://misspentyouthgame.com/ Misspent Youth]]'' by Robert Bohl, the protagonist characters are often a bunch of bomb-throwing anarchists.
145	* {{Inverted}} in Matt Forbeck's ''TabletopGame/PunkRockSavesTheWorld'', in which punk rockers are the heroes.
146	* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'''s ''Guilds of Ravnica'' storyline basically reinvents the Gruul clans as such. Already anarcho-primitivists whose oppression by other guilds prompted them to violently attack civilisation, they now bear punk-esque aesthetics and even have Cockney accents.
147	* Most street gangs, and more than a few player characters, in ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' have a rather punk look. Among the fanbase "pink mohawk" has become shorthand for runners who prefer to go in guns blazing and fireballs flying, in contrast to the stealthier "black trenchcoats."
148	* On the other hand, many elements of ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' are quite punkish - most notably Dwarven Slayers who are usually solid antiheroes sport impressive mohawks.
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152	%%* These guys were very common as {{Mooks}} in late '80s and early '90s BeatEmUp games.
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154	* The ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' universe features various mooks who fit the description.
155	* 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.
156	* 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.
157	* An undercover cop is disguised as one in ''VideoGame/HopkinsFBI''.
158	* Zed from ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw''. He's a loud, aggressive, foul-mouthed, and sexist zombie who dresses like a British punk and [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals likes torturing small animals]]. He's also a Dark Purveyor who helped [[BigBad Swan]] unleash a ZombieApocalypse for no reason other than [[ForTheEvulz because he could]]. Fittingly, he's voiced by Jimmy Euringer of Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence, who's known for his screeching, intense, profanity-laden vocals.
159	* Razor from ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion''.
160	* Sydney from ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'', "The Anarchist", also has this sort of aesthetic, with a bright blue mohawk, spike-studded fingerless gloves, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking rolled-up sleeves on her suit]]. Her Anarchist perk deck's unique perks are even all [[ShoutOut named after]] PunkRock songs.
161	* In ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'', the Punk Zombie has so many piercings that his head can be torn off by a Magnet-shroom.
162	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
163	** The punk trainer classes in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' definitely qualify. The Punk Guy favors a 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.]]
164	** ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' feature the villainous Team Yell and the rival Marnie; as well as the Pokémon Obstagoon and Toxtricity.
165	* Roxy from ''VideoGame/RenegadeOps'' has this aesthetic, complete with a TotallyRadical mohawk and shades of BombThrowingAnarchist with her unique [[DeathFromAbove Air Strike]] special.
166	* ''VideoGame/RobocopRogueCity'': The Torch Heads have a punk aesthetic and are a bunch of psychopathic drug addicted monsters. They even listen to their leader, Soot's, incredibly bad punk music.
167	* 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.
168	* ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeRedemption'' features Pink, a British Brujah vampire who dresses and acts like a classic punk. It turns out that [[spoiler:it's actually a cover identity. He's really a monk-like Assamite assassin]].
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172	* In ''Webcomic/AquaRegia'', [[{{Deuteragonist}} Anahí O'Riordan]] is a punk through and through sporting a more modern undercut and mohawk, or sporting torn jean vests or pants; Bonus points for also having quite the temper and being a MilitaryBrat.
173	* In ''Webcomic/DarwinCarmichaelIsGoingToHell'', Darwin and his girlfriend Mina sported the look as teens, with mohawks, black lipstick, and combat boots. They also had the attitude, as they didn't seem to care about following the rules and were neglectful babysitters.
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177	* The shortlived cartoon version of ''WesternAnimation/TeenWolf'' had a subversion. The straitlaced main characters are freaked out by the appearance of some stereotypical-looking mohawked punks in their neighborhood, assuming the worst. But when they attend a punk club, the cast ends up having a huge amount of fun dancing, dressing up in punk gear, and rocking out with the punk crowd... to the point that the ''punks'' are the ones politely lecturing the main characters that the party eventually needs to be cut short, so that people can get home safely, do their homework, and get to school the next day.
178	* Bebop and Rocksteady from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' sported this look before (and to some extent after) being exposed to the mutagen.
179	* Mad Dog from ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' is another villain with this look.
180	* Birch Badboy in the ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' remake is a punk villain (the archenemy of "Danger K" back in TheEighties -- don't ask how that fits with the original series still being canon)... but the worst he does is make rude noises and insult people, and encourage others to do the same. Sometimes with MindControl technology, admittedly.
181	* Ice Bear from ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' meets a group of these in his backstory.
182	* [[Characters/TotalDramaDuncan Duncan]] from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' is a modernized example, being an in-and-out-of-jail juvenile delinquent with numerous piercings, a green Mohawk, a fondness for punk rock and heavy metal, and an obsession with being seen as tough, masculine, and rebellious to the point where he gets offended when people accuse him of being nice.
183	* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp''. Chuckie gets worried when Kimi starts hanging around with Z - a green-haired, leather-clad, piercing-wearing bad boy. He especially panics when Kimi gives herself a pink mohawk. It turns out Z is actually a ChildProdigy and NiceGuy, and actually gets excused from school to do charity work. Of course, he hides the latter so as not to ruin the rebellious image.
184	* ''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 bare 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.
185	* One of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' {{Vignette Episode}}s features Lisa and Nelson as Film/SidAndNancy. Music/SidVicious[=/=]Nelson and the Music/SexPistols (made up of the Springfield Bullies and Bart) are an AffectionateParody of punk on the cusp of the mainstream. The lyrics of their hit song "Education's Bollocks" just consist of Music/JohnnyRotten[=/=]Bart loudly declaring things to be "bollocks".
186	-->Education's bollocks!\
187	Bollocks! America is bollocks!\
188	Bollocks! Politeness is bollocks!\
189	Bollocks! Bollocks!
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