In the '80s, semi-nihilistic visionaries like WilliamGibson and BruceSterling wrote a lot of dystopian novels set {{twenty minutes into the future}}, where they explored the dehumanizing effects of technology and the growing class divide. They called this {{Cyberpunk}}, and it was good.

The stories also had a lot of {{badass longcoat}}s running around wearing [[CoolShades mirrorshades]] and [[RuleOfCool other cool things]]. Other authors latched onto these elements, first turning {{cyberpunk}} away from the vision the original authors had, then applying the aesthetic to other time periods, creating PunkPunk settings.

A PunkPunk setting is generally based on either a historical period or another genre. The technology ([[MagicVersusScience and/or magic]]) level is turned way up, an ultra-modern sensibility is grafted on, and things are a lot more {{badass}}. This [[TropesAreNotBad isn't to say they're necessarily ''bad'']], of course; some of the works are quite poignant in their own right, or at the very least quite fun, but they do bandy the "Punk" ethos around like a fashion statement.

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!!Examples
* [[index]]AtomPunk[[/index]]: The world of pulp sci-fi of the 1940s and 50s where everything from inter-galactic space ships to pens is atomic powered (Atomic is just, you know, BETTER!); i.e. before we discovered atomics actually make your hair fall out and force you to vomit up your lungs. We now know its pure silly fantasy as the science makes absolutely no sense but so what, lets regard it as atom punk and enjoy it anyway!

* [[index]]BioPunk[[/index]]: Punk with [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetic engineering]] instead of computing. Lots of self-modification, GattacaBabies and OrganicTechnology. Bio Punk tends to either take a "[[RuleOfCool that's so cool!"]] attitude and have things like TalkingAnimals, [[WombLevel living buildings]] and {{Living Ship}}s, or {{Green Aesop}}s about creating what you can't control. It often explores both WhatMeasureIsANonHuman and WhatMeasureIsANonSuper, sometimes in the same story.
** Also note that BioPunk is often held to, specifically, be a sub-genre of Cyberpunk.

* [[index]]CattlePunk[[/index]]: PunkPunk in the WildWest. A lot of high-tech involved, whether it's SteamPunk tech or modern tech depends on the individual author. Shares a lot of flavor with TheWestern, since there's plenty of {{badass}} flavor already present. There is considerable overlap here with the SpaceWestern. ''WildArms'' is mostly this with a bit of DesertPunk, as is ''{{Trigun}}''. ''BriscoCountyJr'' and ''TheWildWildWest'' movie were both CattlePunk.

* [[index]]ClockPunk[[/index]]: Relies on artsy clockwork mechanica; may have a Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci kind of flavor.
** A TabletopRPG example is ''{{Deadlands}}: The Weird West'', though it seems to slide between CattlePunk and ClockPunk as the players demand.
** Later {{Discworld}} novels combine this with some DungeonPunk tropes.
** The ''{{Syberia}}'' AdventureGame duology ''revels'' in all kinds of clockwork mechanisms: from a CoolTrain that has to be rewound at each station, to [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots quasi-sentient clockwork robots]]... uh, I mean ''[[NotUsingTheZedWord automatons]]''.
*** The word Robot didn't exist until the 20th Century. Not sure why they wanted to avoid an anachronism by that point, though.
** ''DeadlyRoomsOfDeath'' has no form of power generation and no large beasts of burden, so the weights that power the clockworks of various machinery have to be rewound by human work.
** ''Pasquale's Angel'' by Paul J. [=McAuley=] is set in a Clockpunk-Rennaisance Florence with some {{Steampunk}} elements where Leonardo Di Vinci is an engineer instead of an artist. The protagonist teams up with investigative reporter [[MachiavelliWasWrong Niccolo Machiavelli]] to solve a LockedRoom murder and [[GonnaNeedABiggerWarrant uncover a wider conspiracy]].
** {{Gormenghast}}

* [[index]]{{Cyberpunk}}[[/index]]: The first PunkPunk setting, set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture. It generally includes advanced cybernetics, ultra-powerful, totalitarian entities controlling the world with an iron fist (either [[TheGovernment governments]] or [[CorruptCorporateExecutive megacorporations]]), and a shockingly low value on human life.
** The definitive works are probably ''{{Neuromancer}}'' and ''BladeRunner'' from literature and film respectively. TheMatrix is often suggested, but the fact that the protagonists are idealistic freedom-fighters disqualifies it.

*[[index]][[strike:DaftPunk: A couple of french robots who make techno music.]][[/index]]

* [[index]]DesertPunk[[/index]]: The PunkPunk take on an AfterTheEnd setting. Generally features lots of deserts (hence the name) and ruins, and LostTechnology being used to be even more {{Badass}}. {{Mutants}} and/or [[AliensAndMonsters aliens]] are also a staple. ''{{Fallout}}'' is an example.
** TabletopRPG example: ''{{Deadlands}}: Wasted West'', made more obvious by listening to the soundtrack, which includes such tracks as "The Last War", "The Ruins" and "The Fight Goes On".
** ''MadMax'' is probably worth a mention...
** ''TankGirl''
** '''[[Series/DesertPunk DESERT. PUNK.]]'''

* [[index]]DieselPunk[[/index]]: Chronologically between SteamPunk and CyberPunk, or roughly between 1900-1970, with a strong Art Deco influence. Automobiles and gasoline are widespread, and electricity is the main energy source, though electronics are usually limited to radios, televisions, movie theaters and home appliances. A fairly rare setting, the most famous example is probably ''{{Metropolis}}'' (the book, movie and, to a much lesser extent, anime [[InNameOnly of the same name]]). ''SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'' (2004) and the comic book series ''Iron and the Maiden'' qualify, and perhaps BatmanTheAnimatedSeries. Tends to crop up in [[TwoFistedTales modern attempts at recreating the old pulp stories from the 1920s-1940s]]. [[StupidJetpackHitler Nazi super-science]] tends to have echoes of this.
** DieselPunk + mind-croggling levels of ''electricity'' = [[NikolaTesla Tesla Punk]]. ''[[CommandAndConquer Command and Conquer: Red Alert]]'', obviously, as well as other bits of ''[[SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow Sky Captain]]''. The darker bits of ''{{Lensman}}'' show it too -- of course, vacuum tubes are very, very power-hungry. Hints of it tend to show up whenever someone near the Cynical end of the [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism Sliding Scale]] tries their hand at pulp.
** Also known as RaygunGothic = DieselPunk [[RecycledInSpace In SPACE!]]
** For a Japanese example, LastExile. To some degree even stuff like FullMetalAlchemist.
** ''{{Texhnolyze}}'' is also an example of Deisel Punk, mixed with {{Cyberpunk}} - the only technology available even to the upper classes of the Lukuss society more advanced than a telephone are the titular Texhnolyze-prosthestics. The only computers seen are in the use of Doc, a former member of the Class, a distinct and technologically superior society, and among the Theonormals, another similar group.
** BioShock is DieselPunk with gooey BioPunk chunks and a heavy topping of AynRand. Evolve Today!

* [[index]]DungeonPunk[[/index]]: The logical extension of the MedievalEuropeanFantasy. A heavily magical world where spells and enchanted artifacts [[{{Magitek}} take the place of modern technology]].
** A similar case is the [=XCrawl=] setting for ''DungeonsAndDragons'', though it has actual modern technology. Essentially, it is a horrible fusion of ''AmericanGladiators'' and the standard dungeon-crawl as the penultimate reality TV show, but with a surprising amount of effort put into explaining why there is a never-ending supply of goblins, etc., for the dungeons. Oh, and the North American Emperor is "Ronald I", so there are little bits of social commentary available for those who care about such things.
** {{Eberron}}, too.

* [[index]]GothicPunk[[/index]]: Like the modern-day real world, only a lot more {{goth}} and {{emo}}. Various supernatural creatures control the world [[{{Masquerade}} just below the surface]], treating humans as at best cattle, and at worst expendable. There's also usually pandemic angst.
** There are currently too many TabletopRPG examples to list them all, but arguably the first was the original ''WorldOfDarkness'' from White Wolf Game Studios, some editions of which even use the actual term.
** ''TheCrow'' was probably the first noteworthy {{film}} example. Since then we've seen numerous examples in film (''Blade'', ''Underworld''), television (''Blood Ties'', ''Moonlight''), in print (the ''AnitaBlake'' books, ''TheDresdenFiles'', and dozens of other vampire romances) and occasionally in manga/anime (''DeathNote'').
** ''JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'' is all over this.

* [[index]]OceanPunk[[/index]]: aka PiratePunk. Where, in contrast to DesertPunk, the whole world has been entirely or almost entirely engulfed in water, causing inhabitants to either evolve and live underwater or fight to the death over the few patches of dirt left. Usually comes with a massively {{Anvilicious}} [[GreenAesop anti-global-warming]] [[AnAesop Aesop]]. See ''WaterWorld'', parts of ''MegaManLegends'' and ''TheLegendOfZelda: The Wind Waker''. ''Tales of Legendia'' plays with this trope, but leaves a lot more land intact than usual for an OceanPunk setting. ''Jabberjaw'' was an early, less dystopian take on OceanPunk.
**The settings of ''ThePiratesOfDarkWater'' could be called "Island Punk", as there is no mainland, just seas and tiny islands; you have to sail to get anywhere. ''OnePiece'' may also be considered Island Punk.
** ''SkiesOfArcadia'' takes it up to SkyPunk.

* Splatterpunk: A horror subgenre with emphasis on graphic violence and on driving ordinary people to psychotic brutality. An obsolescent term for extreme horror (or whatever the kids are calling it these days).
** ''RepoTheGeneticOpera'' blends this with BioPunk and CrowningMusicOfAwesome.

* [[index]]SteamPunk[[/index]]: The second PunkPunk setting, SteamPunk was originally an affectionate {{Deconstruction}} of the dismal {{Cyberpunk}} future. Typical plots are set during some period of the Industrial Revolution, especially the Victorian era, and, in imitation of the fantastic futuristic tech from {{Cyberpunk}}, includes incredible steam-powered machinery in the vein of [[HGWells H.G. Wells]] and JulesVerne. This setting tends to be more romantic and heroic than most PunkPunk settings. Many animated movies by {{Hayao Miyazaki}} are prominent examples. For other examples, check out Phil and Kaja Foglio's ''GirlGenius'' or William Gibson's ''The Difference Engine''. Kaja Foglio coined the term "Gaslamp Fantasy", both because SteamPunk is fundamentally different from all the other Faux Punks, and because there was already a comic which used "Steampunk" as the name.

* MashUpPunk: Taking a usable-sized chunk of the world outside your window (such as your hometown and a reasonable portion of the surrounding countryside) and [[IslandInTheSeaOfTime hurling it through time and space]] to some-''when'' else. Most effectively used in the ''RingOfFire'' SharedUniverse created by Eric Flint (in which a small West Virginia town is ripped from its time/space coordinates and plopped down into Germany, 1631).

* [[index]]PostCyberPunk[[/index]] is a kinder, gentler version of Cyber Punk. The protagonist tends to have higher social status, and computers are not seen as a tool of corporate domination.

* SumerPunk, or SandalPunk: Splice "AncientAstronauts" with CyberPunk and BambooTechnology at the dawn of classical civilization, and you come close to this.
** Snow Crash falls just short of this in saying that an ancient human/god programmed people like computers, in order to save the very GraffitiPunk world from a neurovirus
** Closer examples would be any kind of pseudo-dystopian world set on earth in prehistory, especially with absurd levels of technology. In the Illuminatus! trilogy, some descriptions of Atlantis and Mu fit this, but for most circumstances they are too utopian.
** The SCPFoundation's [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-348 SCP-348]] is an Aztec analytic engine, containing a sapient AI of superhuman intelligence.
** L. Neil Smith's ''Crystal Empire'' combines a Clock Punk hero with an Aztec Empire that has advanced tech [[spoiler: thanks to a drug that enables it's enslaved savants to mentally travel across dimensions and steal their tech.]]
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism The Antikythera mechanism]] is a RealLife SandalPunk device.

* [[http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Stonepunk Stonepunk]], which focuses on pre-technological developments in pre-historic times, its juxtapositions of the modern world with the primitive; with action and adventure. The effects of an early form of 'advanced' technology on society, [[BambooTechnology based on primitive materials]] such as rock, fire, clay, rope, wood and water. Unlike most classic steampunk influenced fiction, there is a modern template of technology inspired through the primitive base of material that is supplied by the elements and environment during the Stone Age.

A full list of PunkPunk settings is [[http://diewachen.com/2007/07/punk-subgenre.html here]].

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