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* The Platinum Hunnies usually live up to their name with bleached hair, and also wear HotterAndSexier versions the 1980s LeotardOfPower that are solid pink with white lettering or adorned with stripes, flower petals or peaches. When Ava Everett operates independently of Angel Sinclair though her appearance takes a far more gothic slant with black on silver or bright puprle, mismatched kneepads, over turned crosses taking replacing her 't's, green paint around her eyes and more unnatural shades of brown and yellow hair. She sometimes goes so far as to dress as a CreepyUndertaker, sexy undertaker, ButterflyOfDeathandrebirth or a [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Power Ranger]] all very out of line with the 80s Northeast lady wrestler/work out girl look of the Hunnies.
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* The Platinum Hunnies usually live up to their name with bleached hair, and also wear HotterAndSexier versions the 1980s LeotardOfPower that are solid pink with white lettering or adorned with stripes, flower petals or peaches. When Ava Everett operates independently of Angel Sinclair though her appearance takes a far more gothic slant with black on silver or bright puprle, mismatched kneepads, over turned crosses taking replacing her 't's, green paint around her eyes and more unnatural shades of brown and yellow hair. She sometimes goes so far as to dress as a CreepyUndertaker, CreepyMortician, sexy undertaker, ButterflyOfDeathandrebirth or a [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Power Ranger]] all very out of line with the 80s '80s Northeast lady wrestler/work out girl look of the Hunnies.
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*''Manga/{{Lady}}'': Peter Pan (yes, that Peter Pan), despite being a fairy, is depicted as this. He has messy dark hair and wears skintight black clothes that cover his entire body, even if he's a cheery guy who adores children.
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* Kyōtarō Ichikawa from ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'' usually wears dark and punkish clothing outside of school. He claims it's out of convenience that he gets dark clothes, but his stuff usually has skull prints and accessories; His shirt, one of his pants, his phone case (With a blood stain too), etc. He's also a moody teen prone to dramatic inner monologues about how live sucks, has some admiration and ability for art, and interests that lean towards "dark", like non-fiction novels about murderers.
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* Kyōtarō Ichikawa from ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'' usually wears dark and punkish clothing outside of school. He claims it's out of convenience that he gets dark clothes, but his stuff usually has skull prints and accessories; His shirt, one of his pants, his phone case (With a blood stain too), etc. He's also a moody teen prone to dramatic inner monologues about how live life sucks, has some admiration and ability for art, and interests that lean towards "dark", like non-fiction novels about murderers.murderers. He outgrows the first part, but his taste in fashion stay.
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* Stokely in ''Film/TheFaculty'', whose hatred of her classmates is such that it leads her to [[SorryImGay tell everybody she's a lesbian]] just to get them to stop talking to her. Her outcast status is part of the reason why she's among the last students at the school who isn't infected by [[PuppeteerParasite alien brain slugs]], which started by assimilating the popular kids after going through the teachers. [[spoiler:At the end, she largely drops the goth look (or at least becomes a PerkyGoth) and starts dating Casey.]]
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* Stokely in ''Film/TheFaculty'', whose hatred of her classmates is such that it leads her to [[SorryImGay tell everybody she's a lesbian]] just to get them to stop talking to her. Her outcast status is part of the reason why she's among the last students at the school who isn't infected by [[PuppeteerParasite alien brain slugs]], which started by assimilating the popular kids after going through the teachers. [[spoiler:At the end, she largely drops the goth look (or at least becomes a PerkyGoth) and starts dating Casey.Stan.]]
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* ''Film/TheCraft'': One of the four witches is a very archtypical goth, who eventually turns into the primary antagonist.
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* Another early example is in ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn''. See Huck's description of (the late) Emmeline Grangerford in Chapter XVII.
* The "[[Theatre/{{Ruddigore}} murgatroyds]]" in ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' are a parody of fashion-goths. And are seen as poseurs despite ''actually being vampires'', most of all by [[StopBeingStereotypical other vampires]].
* Lydia of ''Literature/CaughtInTheAct'' by Creator/PeterMoore.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has Molly Carpenter, a WellIntentionedExtremist HotWitch who turns to goth subculture as a way of rebelling against her religious parents.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** While Susan Sto Helit may be [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] about "idiots who write poetry in their rooms and dress like vampires and are vegetarians really," she certainly fits elements of the trope herself. The young witches of Diamanda Tockley's coven in ''Lords and Ladies'' (referred to as "necro-nerds" in the ''Companion'') might count, although they seem to be more the "fashion statement" type.
** And let's not forget the young vampires in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', who try to freak out their elders by wearing bright clothes, stay up 'til noon, and call themselves names like "Henry" or "Pam." They even pretend to drink... [[IDoNotDrinkWine wine]], although only "real weirdos who file their teeth blunt" actually do. They also spend their days dressing up as accountants...
* The titular character of ''Literature/GothGirlRising'', Kyra Sellers, is one, but she doesn't believe in labels and considers calling herself "post-Goth" since {{emo}} has pretty much replaced goth in the minds of most.
* Severus Snape in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. DeadpanSnarker? Check. Family drama (namely, abusive father and (possibly) negligent mother)? Check. Nihilist? Check... As a teenager. ([[AlternateCharacterInterpretation At least, he comes off as one at times.]]) Wears all black and is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette? Double-check; cosmetic though they may be, they certainly help qualify him. And if the sub-plot with [[spoiler:Lily being his lost love]] doesn't do it, nothing does.
** Lucius Malfoy could also fit this trope.
** Voldemort himself holds a high regard to this trope. Even as Tom Riddle he was eerie and creepy despite only being a student at the time. The Death Eaters (especially Bellatrix Lestrange) followed his style down to every sinister cranny.
* Daniel Gonzalez' ''Leonor'' in the eponymous children's novel.
* Lu, the main protagonist of ''Literature/{{Murderess}}'', is of the gloomy variety, although she keeps her [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] and [[SelfDeprecation self-loathing]] to herself.
* Similar to the Discworld example above, the rebellious kids of the vampire dimension in Creator/RobertAsprin's ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series express themselves by wearing bright colors and partying in brightly lit clubs. There's also a market for plastic-human teeth, if you want to scare somebody.
%%* Four of the five ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' novels by Creator/BlackFlame featured them as main characters.
* Aster from the Petal Pushers series by Catherine R. Daly, [[PolarOppositeTwins in stark contrast to her twin sister Rose.]]
%%* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Thalia Grace, of the EmoTeen variety. She's got her reasons
%%* Raven of ''Literature/VampireKisses''.
* One of the [[OlderThanTheyThink earlier literary examples]] of the Gloomy Goth as a social fad can be found in, of all places, ''Literature/WarAndPeace''. See Julia's thoughts on the smile of melancholy in Chapter V.
* In the children's chapter book ''Waylon! One Awesome Thing'', Waylon's sister, Charlotte, has taken to calling herself "Neon," dying her hair and painting her nails black and generally behaving as a gloomy, nihilistic goth. [[spoiler:However, it's all an act so that she can get some peace from the cliques that have started forming at her school. Things get a lot more comfortable for her and her family once she admits to them that it's all an act and they agree to keep her secret.]]
* Another early example is in ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn''. See Huck's description of (the late) Emmeline Grangerford in Chapter XVII.
* The "[[Theatre/{{Ruddigore}} murgatroyds]]" in ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' are a parody of fashion-goths. And are seen as poseurs despite ''actually being vampires'', most of all by [[StopBeingStereotypical other vampires]].
* Lydia of ''Literature/CaughtInTheAct'' by Creator/PeterMoore.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has Molly Carpenter, a WellIntentionedExtremist HotWitch who turns to goth subculture as a way of rebelling against her religious parents.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** While Susan Sto Helit may be [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] about "idiots who write poetry in their rooms and dress like vampires and are vegetarians really," she certainly fits elements of the trope herself. The young witches of Diamanda Tockley's coven in ''Lords and Ladies'' (referred to as "necro-nerds" in the ''Companion'') might count, although they seem to be more the "fashion statement" type.
** And let's not forget the young vampires in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', who try to freak out their elders by wearing bright clothes, stay up 'til noon, and call themselves names like "Henry" or "Pam." They even pretend to drink... [[IDoNotDrinkWine wine]], although only "real weirdos who file their teeth blunt" actually do. They also spend their days dressing up as accountants...
* The titular character of ''Literature/GothGirlRising'', Kyra Sellers, is one, but she doesn't believe in labels and considers calling herself "post-Goth" since {{emo}} has pretty much replaced goth in the minds of most.
* Severus Snape in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. DeadpanSnarker? Check. Family drama (namely, abusive father and (possibly) negligent mother)? Check. Nihilist? Check... As a teenager. ([[AlternateCharacterInterpretation At least, he comes off as one at times.]]) Wears all black and is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette? Double-check; cosmetic though they may be, they certainly help qualify him. And if the sub-plot with [[spoiler:Lily being his lost love]] doesn't do it, nothing does.
** Lucius Malfoy could also fit this trope.
** Voldemort himself holds a high regard to this trope. Even as Tom Riddle he was eerie and creepy despite only being a student at the time. The Death Eaters (especially Bellatrix Lestrange) followed his style down to every sinister cranny.
* Daniel Gonzalez' ''Leonor'' in the eponymous children's novel.
* Lu, the main protagonist of ''Literature/{{Murderess}}'', is of the gloomy variety, although she keeps her [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] and [[SelfDeprecation self-loathing]] to herself.
* Similar to the Discworld example above, the rebellious kids of the vampire dimension in Creator/RobertAsprin's ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series express themselves by wearing bright colors and partying in brightly lit clubs. There's also a market for plastic-human teeth, if you want to scare somebody.
%%* Four of the five ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' novels by Creator/BlackFlame featured them as main characters.
* Aster from the Petal Pushers series by Catherine R. Daly, [[PolarOppositeTwins in stark contrast to her twin sister Rose.]]
%%* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Thalia Grace, of the EmoTeen variety. She's got her reasons
%%* Raven of ''Literature/VampireKisses''.
* One of the [[OlderThanTheyThink earlier literary examples]] of the Gloomy Goth as a social fad can be found in, of all places, ''Literature/WarAndPeace''. See Julia's thoughts on the smile of melancholy in Chapter V.
* In the children's chapter book ''Waylon! One Awesome Thing'', Waylon's sister, Charlotte, has taken to calling herself "Neon," dying her hair and painting her nails black and generally behaving as a gloomy, nihilistic goth. [[spoiler:However, it's all an act so that she can get some peace from the cliques that have started forming at her school. Things get a lot more comfortable for her and her family once she admits to them that it's all an act and they agree to keep her secret.]]
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* The "[[Theatre/{{Ruddigore}} murgatroyds]]" in ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' are a parody of fashion-goths. And are seen as poseurs despite ''actually being vampires'', most of all by [[StopBeingStereotypical other vampires]].
* Lydia of ''Literature/CaughtInTheAct'' by Creator/PeterMoore.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** While Susan Sto Helit may be [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] about "idiots who write poetry in their rooms
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', while Priya does not dress
** And let's not forget the young
* The titular character of ''Literature/GothGirlRising'', Kyra Sellers, is one, but she doesn't believe in labels and considers calling herself "post-Goth" since {{emo}} has pretty much replaced goth in the minds of most.
* Severus Snape in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. DeadpanSnarker? Check. Family drama (namely, abusive father and (possibly) negligent mother)? Check. Nihilist? Check... As a teenager. ([[AlternateCharacterInterpretation At least, he comes off as one at times.]]) Wears all black and is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette? Double-check; cosmetic though they may be, they certainly help qualify him. And if the sub-plot with [[spoiler:Lily being his lost love]] doesn't do it, nothing does.
** Lucius Malfoy could also fit this trope.
** Voldemort himself holds a high regard to this trope. Even as Tom Riddle he was eerie and creepy despite only being a student at the time. The Death Eaters (especially Bellatrix Lestrange) followed his style down to every sinister cranny.
* Daniel Gonzalez' ''Leonor'' in the eponymous children's novel.
* Lu, the main protagonist of ''Literature/{{Murderess}}'', is of the gloomy variety, although she keeps
* Similar to the Discworld example above, the rebellious kids of the
%%* Four of the five ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' novels by Creator/BlackFlame featured them as main characters.
* Aster from the Petal Pushers series by Catherine R. Daly, [[PolarOppositeTwins in stark contrast to her twin sister Rose.]]
%%* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Thalia Grace, of the EmoTeen variety. She's got her reasons
%%* Raven of ''Literature/VampireKisses''.
* One of the [[OlderThanTheyThink earlier literary examples]] of the Gloomy Goth as a social fad can be found in, of all places, ''Literature/WarAndPeace''. See Julia's thoughts
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* See GothRock
* Music/ArcticMonkeys' "You're So Dark" is about pining for a gothic woman.
* See GothRock
* Music/ArcticMonkeys' "You're So Dark" is about pining for a gothic woman.
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* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'': Lydia is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who says things like, "My life is a darkroom. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis One. Big. Dark. Room]]." Because she's so "strange and unusual," she's able to see the ghosts of the main characters. By the end of the film, however, she's seen wearing a normal schoolgirl uniform and has become much more perky.
* Sinaed Laren from ''Film/ButImACheerleader'', including stereotyped speech and an obsession with self-inflicted pain.
* Ren and Star in ''Film/TheButchers'' are a boyfriend/girlfriend pair of angry goths. They spent most of the bus trip deliberately antagonising the other passengers. When stranded in the GhostTown, they wander off from the others and then decide it would be fun to read aloud a spell from a TomeOfEldritchLore they find. Unsurprisingly, they are the first to fall victim to the {{Serial Killer}}s.
* ''Film/TheCraft'': One of the four witches is a very archtypical goth, who eventually turns into the primary antagonist.
* Stokely in ''Film/TheFaculty'', whose hatred of her classmates is such that it leads her to [[SorryImGay tell everybody she's a lesbian]] just to get them to stop talking to her. Her outcast status is part of the reason why she's among the last students at the school who isn't infected by [[PuppeteerParasite alien brain slugs]], which started by assimilating the popular kids after going through the teachers. [[spoiler:At the end, she largely drops the goth look (or at least becomes a PerkyGoth) and starts dating Casey.]]
%%* Violet from ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning''.
* In ''Film/GhostRider2007'', Johnny rescues a rather ample girl who is a stereotypical goth. She mostly accurately describes him as a really thin guy with his hair on fire, but since she looks like a loony, nobody believes her. Right before the camera pans away from her, she makes a gesture which some have identified as a gesture from a vampire {{LARP}}.
* ''Film/TheGuestHouse'': Rachel starts out with this style, wearing black eyeshadow and largely black leather clothes. She's also got the pale skin that's stereotypical, plus a depressed, bitter attitude at first. It's revealed she took up the style after her mom's death, as home videos from before it show her with a more standard look.
* The title character Gypsy Vale from ''Film/Gypsy83'' and her best friend Clive are both goths. The plot revolves around their road trip to see Gypsy's idol Music/StevieNicks in concert.
* In ''Film/HangmansCurse'', a group of goth kids are suspected of summoning a ghost to get revenge on their JerkJock bullies. [[spoiler:It turns out that they were pawns of a nerdy kid who [[DoingInTheWizard used far more mundane means]] to poison the jocks, and led them to believe that they had actual powers.]]
* Harold from ''Film/HaroldAndMaude'' dresses and acts not unlike a kind of proto-Gloomy Goth. He's obsessed with death, wears black, plays pranks by simulating suicide, and converts his car into a hearse. His character development in the film is learning to embrace the joys of life.
* Colin from ''Film/JennifersBody''. While on his way to a date with Jen, he's seen listening to a punk-rock cover of "I Can See
%%* Sam from ''Film/LifeAsAHouse''.
%%* Lisbeth from ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy''.
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%%* ''Film/MouthToMouth'': Sherry is a Gloomy Goth turned Crust Punk.
%%* Fang from ''Film/MySoulToTake'' is a paradoxical Goth AlphaBitch, complete with GirlPosse.
%%* Kelly from ''Film/MysteryTeam'' is an ex-goth; she hates shopping.
* ''Film/NotLikeEveryoneElse'': Brandi wears all black and writes horror stories. This is enough, along with her reading about
* ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' pretty much summarizes all the goth types, even the poseur ones as the female protagonist dresses up in a rather obviously fake attire to attract the attention of Lestat the vampire.
* Rachel Lang in ''Film/TheRageCarrie2''. Particularly notable because Carrie White from the original [[Film/Carrie1976 film]] and [[Literature/{{Carrie}} book]] wasn't a goth, despite being a similar outcast loner, with this film making Rachel into such reflecting how stereotypes had evolved by TheNineties.
* In the Creator/HilaryDuff film ''Film/RaiseYourVoice'', a gloomy goth girl (Creator/KatDennings) and a nerd (Creator/JohnnyLewis) were paired as the BetaCouple.
* In ''Film/SerialKilling4Dummys'', Sasha is the goth girl Casey is crushing on. The bond over a shared love of Marilyn Manson and an interest in {{Serial Killer}}s.
* ''Film/Series7TheContender'' has a [[StylisticSuck hilariously accurate]] {{parody}} of [[LeFilmArtistique artsy-fartsy student films]], in this case a music video to "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. This establishes that two of the main characters, in their {{backstory}} went through a goth phase together.
%%* Magenta from ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', possibly a PerkyGoth.
* ''Film/SonOfTheMask'': Loki, Norse Night God of Mischief, His gothic
* The bipolar Tosh from ''Film/UrbanLegend'', though her main characteristic is being [[ReallyGetsAround the Campus Bicycle]].
* ''Film/WeAreTheNight'':
** Lena has a somewhat goth style haircut, plus black or dark clothes, with a lot of piercings and tattoos. Initially she's a grungy pickpocket.
** Meanwhile, Nora has a similar hairstyle, with goth style clothing but in bright colors, as a very [[PerkyGoth perky example]].
* In ''Film/TheWitchFiles'', Jules is the goth girl who [[GothGirlsKnowMagic introduces the other girls to magic]], and induces them to form a coven. She claims the women in her family have a history of spell casting stretching back to pre-Revolutionary times. [[spoiler:Being goth is just a cover, so the other girls don't consider her interest in magic unusual.]]
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* Another early example is in ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn''. See Huck's description of (the late) Emmeline Grangerford in Chapter XVII.
* The "[[Theatre/{{Ruddigore}} murgatroyds]]" in ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' are a parody of fashion-goths. And are seen as poseurs despite ''actually being vampires'', most of all by [[StopBeingStereotypical other vampires]].
* Lydia of ''Literature/CaughtInTheAct'' by Creator/PeterMoore.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has Molly Carpenter, a WellIntentionedExtremist HotWitch who turns to goth subculture as a way of rebelling against her religious parents.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** While Susan Sto Helit may be [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] about "idiots who write poetry in their rooms and dress like vampires and are vegetarians really," she certainly fits elements of the trope herself. The young witches of Diamanda Tockley's coven in ''Lords and Ladies'' (referred to as "necro-nerds" in the ''Companion'') might count, although they seem to be more the "fashion statement" type.
** And let's not forget the young vampires in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', who try to freak out their elders by wearing bright clothes, stay up 'til noon, and call themselves names like "Henry" or "Pam." They even pretend to drink... [[IDoNotDrinkWine wine]], although only "real weirdos who file their teeth blunt" actually do. They also spend their days dressing up as accountants...
* The titular character of ''Literature/GothGirlRising'', Kyra Sellers, is one, but she doesn't believe in labels and considers calling herself "post-Goth" since {{emo}} has pretty much replaced goth in the minds of most.
* Severus Snape in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. DeadpanSnarker? Check. Family drama (namely, abusive father and (possibly) negligent mother)? Check. Nihilist? Check... As a teenager. ([[AlternateCharacterInterpretation At least, he comes off as one at times.]]) Wears all black and is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette? Double-check; cosmetic though they may be, they certainly help qualify him. And if the sub-plot with [[spoiler:Lily being his lost love]] doesn't do it, nothing does.
** Lucius Malfoy could also fit this trope.
** Voldemort himself holds a high regard to this trope. Even as Tom Riddle he was eerie and creepy despite only being a student at the time. The Death Eaters (especially Bellatrix Lestrange) followed his style down to every sinister cranny.
* Daniel Gonzalez' ''Leonor'' in the eponymous children's novel.
* Lu, the main protagonist of ''Literature/{{Murderess}}'', is of the gloomy variety, although she keeps her [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] and [[SelfDeprecation self-loathing]] to herself.
* Similar to the Discworld example above, the rebellious kids of the vampire dimension in Creator/RobertAsprin's ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series express themselves by wearing bright colors and partying in brightly lit clubs. There's also a market for plastic-human teeth, if you want to scare somebody.
%%* Four of the five ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' novels by Creator/BlackFlame featured them as main characters.
* Aster from the Petal Pushers series by Catherine R. Daly, [[PolarOppositeTwins in stark contrast to her twin sister Rose.]]
%%* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Thalia Grace, of the EmoTeen variety. She's got her reasons
%%* Raven of ''Literature/VampireKisses''.
* One of the [[OlderThanTheyThink earlier literary examples]] of the Gloomy Goth as a social fad can be found in, of all places, ''Literature/WarAndPeace''. See Julia's thoughts on the smile of melancholy in Chapter V.
* In the children's chapter book ''Waylon! One Awesome Thing'', Waylon's sister, Charlotte, has taken to calling herself "Neon," dying her hair and painting her nails black and generally behaving as a gloomy, nihilistic goth. [[spoiler:However, it's all an act so that she can get some peace from the cliques that have started forming at her school. Things get a lot more comfortable for her and her family once she admits to them that it's all an act and they agree to keep her secret.]]
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[[folder:Music]]
* See GothRock
* Music/ArcticMonkeys' "You're So Dark" is about pining for a gothic woman.
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* Another early example is in ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn''. See Huck's description of (the late) Emmeline Grangerford in Chapter XVII.
* The "[[Theatre/{{Ruddigore}} murgatroyds]]" in ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' are a parody of fashion-goths. And are seen as poseurs despite ''actually being vampires'', most of all by [[StopBeingStereotypical other vampires]].
* Lydia of ''Literature/CaughtInTheAct'' by Creator/PeterMoore.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has Molly Carpenter, a WellIntentionedExtremist HotWitch who turns to goth subculture as a way of rebelling against her religious parents.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** While Susan Sto Helit may be [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] about "idiots who write poetry in their rooms and dress like vampires and are vegetarians really," she certainly fits elements of the trope herself. The young witches of Diamanda Tockley's coven in ''Lords and Ladies'' (referred to as "necro-nerds" in the ''Companion'') might count, although they seem to be more the "fashion statement" type.
** And let's not forget the young vampires in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', who try to freak out their elders by wearing bright clothes, stay up 'til noon, and call themselves names like "Henry" or "Pam." They even pretend to drink... [[IDoNotDrinkWine wine]], although only "real weirdos who file their teeth blunt" actually do. They also spend their days dressing up as accountants...
* The titular character of ''Literature/GothGirlRising'', Kyra Sellers, is one, but she doesn't believe in labels and considers calling herself "post-Goth" since {{emo}} has pretty much replaced goth in the minds of most.
* Severus Snape in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. DeadpanSnarker? Check. Family drama (namely, abusive father and (possibly) negligent mother)? Check. Nihilist? Check... As a teenager. ([[AlternateCharacterInterpretation At least, he comes off as one at times.]]) Wears all black and is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette? Double-check; cosmetic though they may be, they certainly help qualify him. And if the sub-plot with [[spoiler:Lily being his lost love]] doesn't do it, nothing does.
** Lucius Malfoy could also fit this trope.
** Voldemort himself holds a high regard to this trope. Even as Tom Riddle he was eerie and creepy despite only being a student at the time. The Death Eaters (especially Bellatrix Lestrange) followed his style down to every sinister cranny.
* Daniel Gonzalez' ''Leonor'' in the eponymous children's novel.
* Lu, the main protagonist of ''Literature/{{Murderess}}'', is of the gloomy variety, although she keeps her [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] and [[SelfDeprecation self-loathing]] to herself.
* Similar to the Discworld example above, the rebellious kids of the vampire dimension in Creator/RobertAsprin's ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series express themselves by wearing bright colors and partying in brightly lit clubs. There's also a market for plastic-human teeth, if you want to scare somebody.
%%* Four of the five ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' novels by Creator/BlackFlame featured them as main characters.
* Aster from the Petal Pushers series by Catherine R. Daly, [[PolarOppositeTwins in stark contrast to her twin sister Rose.]]
%%* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Thalia Grace, of the EmoTeen variety. She's got her reasons
%%* Raven of ''Literature/VampireKisses''.
* One of the [[OlderThanTheyThink earlier literary examples]] of the Gloomy Goth as a social fad can be found in, of all places, ''Literature/WarAndPeace''. See Julia's thoughts on the smile of melancholy in Chapter V.
* In the children's chapter book ''Waylon! One Awesome Thing'', Waylon's sister, Charlotte, has taken to calling herself "Neon," dying her hair and painting her nails black and generally behaving as a gloomy, nihilistic goth. [[spoiler:However, it's all an act so that she can get some peace from the cliques that have started forming at her school. Things get a lot more comfortable for her and her family once she admits to them that it's all an act and they agree to keep her secret.]]
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* See GothRock
* Music/ArcticMonkeys' "You're So Dark" is about pining for a gothic woman.
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* Goth-kid from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', has dyed hair, wears black wrists cuffs, and is called ''Goth-kid''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', while Priya does not dress in typical goth clothing, besides black nail polish, her personality and interests match. She acts seemingly disinterested even if she isn't and has dark eyelids. During the game of charades, she chooses to act out "mortality", which only the goth chick among the group can guess. She is a fan of the series ''Nightfall'' (a pastiche of ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'') and vampires in general, as she's shown to try intimidating people by putting her hands in a scary vampire pose, and when she's resting on the roof, she has her arms crossed over her chest. She also expresses an interest in werewolves, asking Mei if she is one and saying she's always wanted a tail, and the Literature/CthulhuMythos, as she is faintly heard muttering "Thank Cthulhu" when Mei arrives at Tyler's party.
* Goth-kid from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', has dyed hair, wears black wrists cuffs, and is called ''Goth-kid''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', while Priya does not dress in typical goth clothing, besides black nail polish, her personality and interests match. She acts seemingly disinterested even if she isn't and has dark eyelids. During the game of charades, she chooses to act out "mortality", which only the goth chick among the group can guess. She is a fan of the series ''Nightfall'' (a pastiche of ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'') and vampires in general, as she's shown to try intimidating people by putting her hands in a scary vampire pose, and when she's resting on the roof, she has her arms crossed over her chest. She also expresses an interest in werewolves, asking Mei if she is one and saying she's always wanted a tail, and the Literature/CthulhuMythos, as she is faintly heard muttering "Thank Cthulhu" when Mei arrives at Tyler's party.
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* The "[[Theatre/{{Ruddigore}} murgatroyds]]" in ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' are a parody of fashion-goths. And are seen as poseurs despite ''actually being vampires'', most of all by [[StopBeingStereotypical other vampires]].
* Lydia of ''Literature/CaughtInTheAct'' by Creator/PeterMoore.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** While Susan Sto Helit may be [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] about "idiots who write poetry in their rooms and
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', while Priya does not
** And let's not forget the young vampires in
* The titular character of ''Literature/GothGirlRising'', Kyra Sellers, is one, but she doesn't believe in labels and considers calling herself "post-Goth" since {{emo}} has pretty much replaced goth in the minds of most.
* Severus Snape in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. DeadpanSnarker? Check. Family drama (namely, abusive father and (possibly) negligent mother)? Check. Nihilist? Check... As a teenager. ([[AlternateCharacterInterpretation At least, he comes off as one at times.]]) Wears all black and is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette? Double-check; cosmetic though they may be, they certainly help qualify him. And if the sub-plot with [[spoiler:Lily being his lost love]] doesn't do it, nothing does.
** Lucius Malfoy could also fit this trope.
** Voldemort himself holds a high regard to this trope. Even as Tom Riddle he was eerie and creepy despite only being a student at the time. The Death Eaters (especially Bellatrix Lestrange) followed his style down to every sinister cranny.
* Daniel Gonzalez' ''Leonor'' in the eponymous children's novel.
* Lu, the main protagonist of ''Literature/{{Murderess}}'', is of the gloomy variety, although she keeps her
* Similar to the Discworld example above, the rebellious kids of the vampire
%%* Four of the five ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' novels by Creator/BlackFlame featured them as main characters.
* Aster from the Petal Pushers series by Catherine R. Daly, [[PolarOppositeTwins in stark contrast to her twin sister Rose.]]
%%* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Thalia Grace, of the EmoTeen variety. She's got her reasons
%%* Raven of ''Literature/VampireKisses''.
* One of the [[OlderThanTheyThink earlier literary examples]] of the Gloomy Goth as a social fad can be found in, of all places, ''Literature/WarAndPeace''. See Julia's thoughts on the
* In the children's chapter book ''Waylon! One Awesome Thing'', Waylon's sister, Charlotte, has taken to calling herself "Neon," dying her hair and painting her nails black and generally behaving as a gloomy, nihilistic goth. [[spoiler:However, it's all an act so that she
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* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'': Lydia is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who says things like, "My life is a darkroom. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis One. Big. Dark. Room]]." Because she's so "strange and unusual," she's able to see the ghosts of the main characters. By the end of the film, however, she's seen wearing a normal schoolgirl uniform and has become much more perky.
* Sinaed Laren from ''Film/ButImACheerleader'', including stereotyped speech and an obsession with self-inflicted pain.
* Ren and Star in ''Film/TheButchers'' are a boyfriend/girlfriend pair of angry goths. They spent most of the bus trip deliberately antagonising the other passengers. When stranded in the GhostTown, they wander off from the others and then decide it would be fun to read aloud a spell from a TomeOfEldritchLore they find. Unsurprisingly, they are the first to fall victim to the {{Serial Killer}}s.
* ''Film/TheCraft'': One of the four witches is a very archtypical goth, who eventually turns into the primary antagonist.
* Stokely in ''Film/TheFaculty'', whose hatred of her classmates is such that it leads her to [[SorryImGay tell everybody she's a lesbian]] just to get them to stop talking to her. Her outcast status is part of the reason why she's among the last students at the school who isn't infected by [[PuppeteerParasite alien brain slugs]], which started by assimilating the popular kids after going through the teachers. [[spoiler:At the end, she largely drops the goth look (or at least becomes a PerkyGoth) and starts dating Casey.]]
* Violet from ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning''.
* In ''Film/GhostRider2007'', Johnny rescues a rather ample girl who is a stereotypical goth. She mostly accurately describes him as a really thin guy with his hair on fire, but since she looks like a loony, nobody believes her. Right before the camera pans away from her, she makes a gesture which some have identified as a gesture from a vampire {{LARP}}.
* ''Film/TheGuestHouse'': Rachel starts out with this style, wearing black eyeshadow and largely black leather clothes. She's also got the pale skin that's stereotypical, plus a depressed, bitter attitude at first. It's revealed she took up the style after her mom's death, as home videos from before it show her with a more standard look.
* The title character Gypsy Vale from ''Film/Gypsy83'' and her best friend Clive are both goths. The plot revolves around their road trip to see Gypsy's idol Music/StevieNicks in concert.
* In ''Film/HangmansCurse'', a group of goth kids are suspected of summoning a ghost to get revenge on their JerkJock bullies. [[spoiler:It turns out that they were pawns of a nerdy kid who [[DoingInTheWizard used far more mundane means]] to poison the jocks, and led them to believe that they had actual powers.]]
* Harold from ''Film/HaroldAndMaude'' dresses and acts not unlike a kind of proto-Gloomy Goth. He's obsessed with death, wears black, plays pranks by simulating suicide, and converts his car into a hearse. His character development in the film is learning to embrace the joys of life.
* Colin from ''Film/JennifersBody''. While on his way to a date with Jen, he's seen listening to a punk-rock cover of "I Can See Clearly Now."
* Sam from ''Film/LifeAsAHouse''.
* Lisbeth from ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy''.
* Megan in ''Film/MirrorMirror1990'' is a goth girl from Los Angles who has just moved to Iowa and her fashion choices make her an immediate for the AlphaBitch of her new school.
* ''Film/MouthToMouth'': Sherry is a Gloomy Goth turned Crust Punk.
* Fang from ''Film/MySoulToTake'' is a paradoxical Goth AlphaBitch, complete with GirlPosse.
* Kelly from ''Film/MysteryTeam'' is an ex-goth; she hates shopping.
* ''Film/NotLikeEveryoneElse'': Brandi wears all black and writes horror stories. This is enough, along with her reading about Wicca to make her demonized by other students and even teachers.
* ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' pretty much summarizes all the goth types, even the poseur ones as the female protagonist dresses up in a rather obviously fake attire to attract the attention of Lestat the vampire.
* Rachel Lang in ''Film/TheRageCarrie2''. Particularly notable because Carrie White from the original [[Film/Carrie1976 film]] and [[Literature/{{Carrie}} book]] wasn't a goth, despite being a similar outcast loner, with this film making Rachel into such reflecting how stereotypes had evolved by TheNineties.
* In the Creator/HilaryDuff film ''Film/RaiseYourVoice'', a gloomy goth girl (Creator/KatDennings) and a nerd (Creator/JohnnyLewis) were paired as the BetaCouple.
* In ''Film/SerialKilling4Dummys'', Sasha is the goth girl Casey is crushing on. The bond over a shared love of Marilyn Manson and an interest in {{Serial Killer}}s.
* ''Film/Series7TheContender'' has a [[StylisticSuck hilariously accurate]] {{parody}} of [[LeFilmArtistique artsy-fartsy student films]], in this case a music video to "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. This establishes that two of the main characters, in their {{backstory}} went through a goth phase together.
* Magenta from ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', possibly a PerkyGoth.
* ''Film/SonOfTheMask'': Loki, Norse Night God of Mischief, His gothic attire is mostly black. He also sports a [[BadassLongCoat Black Longcoat]]. His clothing is as black as the clear night sky itself.
* The bipolar Tosh from ''Film/UrbanLegend'', though her main characteristic is being [[ReallyGetsAround the Campus Bicycle]].
* ''Film/WeAreTheNight'':
** Lena has a somewhat goth style haircut, plus black or dark clothes, with a lot of piercings and tattoos. Initially she's a grungy pickpocket.
** Meanwhile, Nora has a similar hairstyle, with goth style clothing but in bright colors, as a very [[PerkyGoth perky example]].
* In ''Film/TheWitchFiles'', Jules is the goth girl who [[GothGirlsKnowMagic introduces the other girls to magic]], and induces them to form a coven. She claims the women in her family have a history of spell casting stretching back to pre-Revolutionary times. [[spoiler:Being goth is just a cover, so the other girls don't consider her interest in magic unusual.]]
* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'': Lydia is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who says things like, "My life is a darkroom. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis One. Big. Dark. Room]]." Because she's so "strange and unusual," she's able to see the ghosts of the main characters. By the end of the film, however, she's seen wearing a normal schoolgirl uniform and has become much more perky.
* Sinaed Laren from ''Film/ButImACheerleader'', including stereotyped speech and an obsession with self-inflicted pain.
* Ren and Star in ''Film/TheButchers'' are a boyfriend/girlfriend pair of angry goths. They spent most of the bus trip deliberately antagonising the other passengers. When stranded in the GhostTown, they wander off from the others and then decide it would be fun to read aloud a spell from a TomeOfEldritchLore they find. Unsurprisingly, they are the first to fall victim to the {{Serial Killer}}s.
* ''Film/TheCraft'': One of the four witches is a very archtypical goth, who eventually turns into the primary antagonist.
* Stokely in ''Film/TheFaculty'', whose hatred of her classmates is such that it leads her to [[SorryImGay tell everybody she's a lesbian]] just to get them to stop talking to her. Her outcast status is part of the reason why she's among the last students at the school who isn't infected by [[PuppeteerParasite alien brain slugs]], which started by assimilating the popular kids after going through the teachers. [[spoiler:At the end, she largely drops the goth look (or at least becomes a PerkyGoth) and starts dating Casey.]]
* Violet from ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning''.
* In ''Film/GhostRider2007'', Johnny rescues a rather ample girl who is a stereotypical goth. She mostly accurately describes him as a really thin guy with his hair on fire, but since she looks like a loony, nobody believes her. Right before the camera pans away from her, she makes a gesture which some have identified as a gesture from a vampire {{LARP}}.
* ''Film/TheGuestHouse'': Rachel starts out with this style, wearing black eyeshadow and largely black leather clothes. She's also got the pale skin that's stereotypical, plus a depressed, bitter attitude at first. It's revealed she took up the style after her mom's death, as home videos from before it show her with a more standard look.
* The title character Gypsy Vale from ''Film/Gypsy83'' and her best friend Clive are both goths. The plot revolves around their road trip to see Gypsy's idol Music/StevieNicks in concert.
* In ''Film/HangmansCurse'', a group of goth kids are suspected of summoning a ghost to get revenge on their JerkJock bullies. [[spoiler:It turns out that they were pawns of a nerdy kid who [[DoingInTheWizard used far more mundane means]] to poison the jocks, and led them to believe that they had actual powers.]]
* Harold from ''Film/HaroldAndMaude'' dresses and acts not unlike a kind of proto-Gloomy Goth. He's obsessed with death, wears black, plays pranks by simulating suicide, and converts his car into a hearse. His character development in the film is learning to embrace the joys of life.
* Colin from ''Film/JennifersBody''. While on his way to a date with Jen, he's seen listening to a punk-rock cover of "I Can See Clearly Now."
* Sam from ''Film/LifeAsAHouse''.
* Lisbeth from ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy''.
* Megan in ''Film/MirrorMirror1990'' is a goth girl from Los Angles who has just moved to Iowa and her fashion choices make her an immediate for the AlphaBitch of her new school.
* ''Film/MouthToMouth'': Sherry is a Gloomy Goth turned Crust Punk.
* Fang from ''Film/MySoulToTake'' is a paradoxical Goth AlphaBitch, complete with GirlPosse.
* Kelly from ''Film/MysteryTeam'' is an ex-goth; she hates shopping.
* ''Film/NotLikeEveryoneElse'': Brandi wears all black and writes horror stories. This is enough, along with her reading about Wicca to make her demonized by other students and even teachers.
* ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' pretty much summarizes all the goth types, even the poseur ones as the female protagonist dresses up in a rather obviously fake attire to attract the attention of Lestat the vampire.
* Rachel Lang in ''Film/TheRageCarrie2''. Particularly notable because Carrie White from the original [[Film/Carrie1976 film]] and [[Literature/{{Carrie}} book]] wasn't a goth, despite being a similar outcast loner, with this film making Rachel into such reflecting how stereotypes had evolved by TheNineties.
* In the Creator/HilaryDuff film ''Film/RaiseYourVoice'', a gloomy goth girl (Creator/KatDennings) and a nerd (Creator/JohnnyLewis) were paired as the BetaCouple.
* In ''Film/SerialKilling4Dummys'', Sasha is the goth girl Casey is crushing on. The bond over a shared love of Marilyn Manson and an interest in {{Serial Killer}}s.
* ''Film/Series7TheContender'' has a [[StylisticSuck hilariously accurate]] {{parody}} of [[LeFilmArtistique artsy-fartsy student films]], in this case a music video to "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. This establishes that two of the main characters, in their {{backstory}} went through a goth phase together.
* Magenta from ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', possibly a PerkyGoth.
* ''Film/SonOfTheMask'': Loki, Norse Night God of Mischief, His gothic attire is mostly black. He also sports a [[BadassLongCoat Black Longcoat]]. His clothing is as black as the clear night sky itself.
* The bipolar Tosh from ''Film/UrbanLegend'', though her main characteristic is being [[ReallyGetsAround the Campus Bicycle]].
* ''Film/WeAreTheNight'':
** Lena has a somewhat goth style haircut, plus black or dark clothes, with a lot of piercings and tattoos. Initially she's a grungy pickpocket.
** Meanwhile, Nora has a similar hairstyle, with goth style clothing but in bright colors, as a very [[PerkyGoth perky example]].
* In ''Film/TheWitchFiles'', Jules is the goth girl who [[GothGirlsKnowMagic introduces the other girls to magic]], and induces them to form a coven. She claims the women in her family have a history of spell casting stretching back to pre-Revolutionary times. [[spoiler:Being goth is just a cover, so the other girls don't consider her interest in magic unusual.]]
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*
* Sinaed Laren from ''Film/ButImACheerleader'', including stereotyped speech and an obsession with self-inflicted pain.
* Ren and Star in ''Film/TheButchers'' are a boyfriend/girlfriend pair of angry goths. They spent most of the bus trip deliberately antagonising the other passengers. When stranded in the GhostTown, they wander off from the others and then decide it would be fun to read aloud a spell from a TomeOfEldritchLore they find. Unsurprisingly, they are the first to fall victim to the {{Serial Killer}}s.
* ''Film/TheCraft'': One of the four witches is a very archtypical goth, who eventually turns into the primary antagonist.
* Stokely in ''Film/TheFaculty'', whose hatred of her classmates is such that it leads her to [[SorryImGay tell everybody she's a lesbian]] just to get them to stop talking to her. Her outcast status is part of the reason why she's among the last students at the school who isn't infected by [[PuppeteerParasite alien brain slugs]], which started by assimilating the popular kids after going through the teachers. [[spoiler:At the end, she largely drops the goth look (or at least becomes a PerkyGoth) and starts dating Casey.]]
* Violet from ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning''.
* In ''Film/GhostRider2007'', Johnny rescues a rather ample girl who is a stereotypical goth. She mostly accurately describes him as a really thin guy with his hair on fire, but since she looks like a loony, nobody believes her. Right before the camera pans away from her, she makes a gesture which some have identified as a gesture from a vampire {{LARP}}.
* ''Film/TheGuestHouse'': Rachel starts out with this style, wearing black eyeshadow and largely black leather clothes. She's also got the pale skin that's stereotypical, plus a depressed, bitter attitude at first. It's revealed she took up the style after her mom's death, as home videos from before it show her with a more standard look.
* The title character Gypsy Vale from ''Film/Gypsy83'' and her best friend Clive are both goths. The plot revolves around their road trip to see Gypsy's idol Music/StevieNicks in concert.
* In ''Film/HangmansCurse'', a group of goth kids are suspected of summoning a ghost to get revenge on their JerkJock bullies. [[spoiler:It turns out that they were pawns of a nerdy kid who [[DoingInTheWizard used far more mundane means]] to poison the jocks, and led them to believe that they had actual powers.]]
* Harold from ''Film/HaroldAndMaude'' dresses and acts not unlike a kind of proto-Gloomy Goth. He's obsessed with death, wears black, plays pranks by simulating suicide, and converts his car into a hearse. His character development in the film is learning to embrace the joys of life.
* Colin from ''Film/JennifersBody''. While on his way to a date with Jen, he's seen listening to a punk-rock cover of "I Can
*
* Lisbeth from ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy''.
* Megan in ''Film/MirrorMirror1990''
* ''Film/MouthToMouth'': Sherry is a Gloomy Goth turned Crust Punk.
* Fang from ''Film/MySoulToTake'' is a paradoxical Goth AlphaBitch, complete with GirlPosse.
* Kelly from ''Film/MysteryTeam'' is an ex-goth; she hates shopping.
* ''Film/NotLikeEveryoneElse'': Brandi wears all black and writes horror stories. This is enough, along with her reading
* ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' pretty much summarizes all the goth types, even the poseur ones as the female protagonist dresses up in
* Rachel Lang in ''Film/TheRageCarrie2''. Particularly notable because Carrie White from the original [[Film/Carrie1976 film]] and [[Literature/{{Carrie}} book]] wasn't a goth, despite being a similar outcast loner, with this film making Rachel into such reflecting how stereotypes had evolved by TheNineties.
* In the Creator/HilaryDuff film ''Film/RaiseYourVoice'', a gloomy goth girl (Creator/KatDennings) and a nerd (Creator/JohnnyLewis) were paired as the BetaCouple.
* In ''Film/SerialKilling4Dummys'', Sasha is the goth girl Casey is crushing on. The bond over a shared love of Marilyn Manson and an interest in {{Serial Killer}}s.
* ''Film/Series7TheContender'' has a [[StylisticSuck hilariously accurate]] {{parody}} of [[LeFilmArtistique artsy-fartsy student films]], in this case a music video to "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. This establishes that two of the main characters, in their {{backstory}} went through a goth phase together.
* Magenta from ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', possibly a PerkyGoth.
* ''Film/SonOfTheMask'': Loki, Norse Night God of Mischief, His
* The bipolar Tosh from ''Film/UrbanLegend'', though her main characteristic is being [[ReallyGetsAround the Campus Bicycle]].
* ''Film/WeAreTheNight'':
** Lena has a somewhat goth style haircut, plus black or dark clothes, with a lot of piercings and tattoos. Initially she's a grungy pickpocket.
** Meanwhile, Nora has a similar hairstyle, with goth style clothing but in bright colors, as a very [[PerkyGoth perky example]].
* In ''Film/TheWitchFiles'', Jules is the goth girl who [[GothGirlsKnowMagic introduces the other girls to magic]], and induces them to form a coven. She claims the women in her family have a history of spell casting stretching back to pre-Revolutionary times. [[spoiler:Being goth is just a cover, so the other girls don't consider her interest in magic unusual.]]
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* Another early example is in ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn''. See Huck's description of (the late) Emmeline Grangerford in Chapter XVII.
* The "[[Theatre/{{Ruddigore}} murgatroyds]]" in ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' are a parody of fashion-goths. And are seen as poseurs despite ''actually being vampires'', most of all by [[StopBeingStereotypical other vampires]].
* Lydia of ''Literature/CaughtInTheAct'' by Creator/PeterMoore.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has Molly Carpenter, a WellIntentionedExtremist HotWitch who turns to goth subculture as a way of rebelling against her religious parents.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** While Susan Sto Helit may be [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] about "idiots who write poetry in their rooms and dress like vampires and are vegetarians really," she certainly fits elements of the trope herself. The young witches of Diamanda Tockley's coven in ''Lords and Ladies'' (referred to as "necro-nerds" in the ''Companion'') might count, although they seem to be more the "fashion statement" type.
** And let's not forget the young vampires in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', who try to freak out their elders by wearing bright clothes, stay up 'til noon, and call themselves names like "Henry" or "Pam." They even pretend to drink... [[IDoNotDrinkWine wine]], although only "real weirdos who file their teeth blunt" actually do. They also spend their days dressing up as accountants...
* The titular character of ''Literature/GothGirlRising'', Kyra Sellers, is one, but she doesn't believe in labels and considers calling herself "post-Goth" since {{emo}} has pretty much replaced goth in the minds of most.
* Severus Snape in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. DeadpanSnarker? Check. Family drama (namely, abusive father and (possibly) negligent mother)? Check. Nihilist? Check... As a teenager. ([[AlternateCharacterInterpretation At least, he comes off as one at times.]]) Wears all black and is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette? Double-check; cosmetic though they may be, they certainly help qualify him. And if the sub-plot with [[spoiler:Lily being his lost love]] doesn't do it, nothing does.
** Lucius Malfoy could also fit this trope.
** Voldemort himself holds a high regard to this trope. Even as Tom Riddle he was eerie and creepy despite only being a student at the time. The Death Eaters (especially Bellatrix Lestrange) followed his style down to every sinister cranny.
* Daniel Gonzalez' ''Leonor'' in the eponymous children's novel.
* Lu, the main protagonist of ''Literature/{{Murderess}}'', is of the gloomy variety, although she keeps her [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] and [[SelfDeprecation self-loathing]] to herself.
* Similar to the Discworld example above, the rebellious kids of the vampire dimension in Creator/RobertAsprin's ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series express themselves by wearing bright colors and partying in brightly lit clubs. There's also a market for plastic-human teeth, if you want to scare somebody.
%%* Four of the five ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' novels by Creator/BlackFlame featured them as main characters.
* Aster from the Petal Pushers series by Catherine R. Daly, [[PolarOppositeTwins in stark contrast to her twin sister Rose.]]
%%* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Thalia Grace, of the EmoTeen variety. She's got her reasons
%%* Raven of ''Literature/VampireKisses''.
* One of the [[OlderThanTheyThink earlier literary examples]] of the Gloomy Goth as a social fad can be found in, of all places, ''Literature/WarAndPeace''. See Julia's thoughts on the smile of melancholy in Chapter V.
* In the children's chapter book ''Waylon! One Awesome Thing'', Waylon's sister, Charlotte, has taken to calling herself "Neon," dying her hair and painting her nails black and generally behaving as a gloomy, nihilistic goth. [[spoiler:However, it's all an act so that she can get some peace from the cliques that have started forming at her school. Things get a lot more comfortable for her and her family once she admits to them that it's all an act and they agree to keep her secret.]]
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[[folder:Music]]
* See GothRock
* Music/ArcticMonkeys' "You're So Dark" is about pining for a gothic woman.
[[/folder]]
* Another early example is in ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn''. See Huck's description of (the late) Emmeline Grangerford in Chapter XVII.
* The "[[Theatre/{{Ruddigore}} murgatroyds]]" in ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' are a parody of fashion-goths. And are seen as poseurs despite ''actually being vampires'', most of all by [[StopBeingStereotypical other vampires]].
* Lydia of ''Literature/CaughtInTheAct'' by Creator/PeterMoore.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has Molly Carpenter, a WellIntentionedExtremist HotWitch who turns to goth subculture as a way of rebelling against her religious parents.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** While Susan Sto Helit may be [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] about "idiots who write poetry in their rooms and dress like vampires and are vegetarians really," she certainly fits elements of the trope herself. The young witches of Diamanda Tockley's coven in ''Lords and Ladies'' (referred to as "necro-nerds" in the ''Companion'') might count, although they seem to be more the "fashion statement" type.
** And let's not forget the young vampires in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', who try to freak out their elders by wearing bright clothes, stay up 'til noon, and call themselves names like "Henry" or "Pam." They even pretend to drink... [[IDoNotDrinkWine wine]], although only "real weirdos who file their teeth blunt" actually do. They also spend their days dressing up as accountants...
* The titular character of ''Literature/GothGirlRising'', Kyra Sellers, is one, but she doesn't believe in labels and considers calling herself "post-Goth" since {{emo}} has pretty much replaced goth in the minds of most.
* Severus Snape in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. DeadpanSnarker? Check. Family drama (namely, abusive father and (possibly) negligent mother)? Check. Nihilist? Check... As a teenager. ([[AlternateCharacterInterpretation At least, he comes off as one at times.]]) Wears all black and is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette? Double-check; cosmetic though they may be, they certainly help qualify him. And if the sub-plot with [[spoiler:Lily being his lost love]] doesn't do it, nothing does.
** Lucius Malfoy could also fit this trope.
** Voldemort himself holds a high regard to this trope. Even as Tom Riddle he was eerie and creepy despite only being a student at the time. The Death Eaters (especially Bellatrix Lestrange) followed his style down to every sinister cranny.
* Daniel Gonzalez' ''Leonor'' in the eponymous children's novel.
* Lu, the main protagonist of ''Literature/{{Murderess}}'', is of the gloomy variety, although she keeps her [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] and [[SelfDeprecation self-loathing]] to herself.
* Similar to the Discworld example above, the rebellious kids of the vampire dimension in Creator/RobertAsprin's ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series express themselves by wearing bright colors and partying in brightly lit clubs. There's also a market for plastic-human teeth, if you want to scare somebody.
%%* Four of the five ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' novels by Creator/BlackFlame featured them as main characters.
* Aster from the Petal Pushers series by Catherine R. Daly, [[PolarOppositeTwins in stark contrast to her twin sister Rose.]]
%%* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Thalia Grace, of the EmoTeen variety. She's got her reasons
%%* Raven of ''Literature/VampireKisses''.
* One of the [[OlderThanTheyThink earlier literary examples]] of the Gloomy Goth as a social fad can be found in, of all places, ''Literature/WarAndPeace''. See Julia's thoughts on the smile of melancholy in Chapter V.
* In the children's chapter book ''Waylon! One Awesome Thing'', Waylon's sister, Charlotte, has taken to calling herself "Neon," dying her hair and painting her nails black and generally behaving as a gloomy, nihilistic goth. [[spoiler:However, it's all an act so that she can get some peace from the cliques that have started forming at her school. Things get a lot more comfortable for her and her family once she admits to them that it's all an act and they agree to keep her secret.]]
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* Music/ArcticMonkeys' "You're So Dark" is about pining for a gothic woman.
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* The goth subculture began with a certain genre of music, which we now recognize as GothRock but was originally considered no different than other PostPunk before Gothic Rock became its own music style with its own subgenres. Listening to goth rock is a basic requirement for participation within the subculture. Examples of goth rock bands include Music/{{Bauhaus}}, Music/TheSistersOfMercy, Music/FieldsOfTheNephilim, and Music/{{The Cure|Band}}. Gothic Rock has four subgenres which include Deathrock, Cold Wave, Dark Wave, and Ethereal Wave. Certain other groups are sometimes seen as being goth, such as Music/MarilynManson or Music/{{Evanescence}}, but these bands do not do Gothic Rock or any of it’s four subgenres.
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* The goth subculture began with a certain genre of music, which we now recognize as GothRock but was originally considered no different than other PostPunk before Gothic Rock became its own music style with its own subgenres. Listening to goth rock is a basic requirement for participation within the subculture. Examples of goth rock bands include Music/{{Bauhaus}}, Music/TheSistersOfMercy, Music/FieldsOfTheNephilim, and Music/{{The Cure|Band}}. Gothic Rock has four subgenres which include Deathrock, Cold Wave, Dark Wave, and Ethereal Wave. Certain other groups are sometimes seen as being goth, such as Music/MarilynManson or Music/{{Evanescence}}, but these bands do not do Gothic Rock or any of it’s its four subgenres.
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** Beauty: [[ElegantGothicLolita Elegant Gothic Lolitas]], [[VampireLolitaArchetype Vampire Lolita Archetypes]], [[{{UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain}} Victorian Goths]] etc.
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** Beauty: [[ElegantGothicLolita Elegant Gothic Lolitas]], [[VampireLolitaArchetype Vampire Lolita Archetypes]], Archetypes]] (and [[Main/OurVampiresAreDifferent Vamp Goths]]), [[{{UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain}} Victorian Goths]] etc.
