1 | ->'''Mon Mothma:''' On your own from the age of fifteen. Reckless, aggressive, and undisciplined.\ |
2 | '''Jyn Erso:''' This is a rebellion, isn’t it? I rebel. |
3 | -->-- ''Film/RogueOne'' ([[MissingTrailerScene teaser trailer]]) |
4 | |
5 | An attitude of defiance, rebellion, resistance, and revolution. These defy AuthorityTropes. Might be HelpHelpThisIndexIsBeingRepressed or CivilUnrestTropes, but just as easily applies to the young and rebellious with nothing but a bad attitude. |
6 | |
7 | See AReluctantIndex where characters do things even though they don't want to do it. See also MilitaryAndWarfareTropes and TerrorismTropes. |
8 | ---- |
9 | [[index]] |
10 | [floatboxright:'''Related indexes''' |
11 | * CivilUnrestTropes |
12 | * {{Criminals}} |
13 | * IndividualityIndex |
14 | * ScrewThisIndexIHaveTropes |
15 | * TerrorismTropes |
16 | ] |
17 | !!Political Rebels |
18 | * TheCoup: Overthrowing a government through illegal or underhanded means, without a full-scale revolution. |
19 | * DefectingForLove: A character working with the villains defects after falling in love with one of the heroes. |
20 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Someone who switches sides because they can't stomach the behavior of their former allies. |
21 | * DefectorFromParadise: A character who chooses to defect from a Utopian-like society. |
22 | * DefiantToTheEnd: Even when facing eminent defeat and death, a character remains defiant. |
23 | * DefiantStoneThrow: A comparatively weaker character publicly defies a more powerful character, often inspiring others to fight back too. |
24 | * FaustianRebellion: Someone uses power granted to them by another person to then rebel against them. |
25 | * FullCircleRevolution: The rebels successfully overthrow oppressive leadership but end up becoming just as tyrannical as they were. |
26 | * GladiatorRevolt: Gladiators rebel against those that force them to fight. |
27 | * HuntingTheRogue: A rogue agent deserts from an organization they served and they're chased as a result. |
28 | * IconOfRebellion: A symbol associated with a rebel movement. |
29 | * InternalReformist: Someone who tries to improve a corrupt system from within. |
30 | * ManifestoMakingMalcontent: A rebel writes and makes public a work expressing their subversive ideas and goals. |
31 | * MilitaryMaverick: A member of a service who is successful despite (or even ''because'' of) their flouting of the rules. |
32 | * OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: A revolution is started to drive foreign occupiers out of the rebels' country. |
33 | * TheParagonAlwaysRebels: An inspirational and heroic (or villainous) character defects, resulting in many others following their example. |
34 | * PhlebotinumRebel: Someone given powers/abilities by the bad guys via experimentation rebels against them. |
35 | * ProtestByObstruction: Protesting something being destroyed by physically blocking it or attaching yourself to it. |
36 | * RebelLeader: The leader of a group of rebels. |
37 | * RebelliousRebel: A rebel rebelling against other rebels. |
38 | * LaResistance: An organized group of rebels fighting against a tyrannical government. |
39 | * ResistanceAsPlanned: The supposed rebellion was actually all part of the villain's plan. |
40 | * RestrainedResistanceRecklessRebellion: The rebels are split between groups, some of which advocate a more controlled, restrained approach while others simply want to topple or do damage to their shared target at any cost. Alternatively, groups who are so risk-averse they don't take ''any'' action versus those willing to [[IDidWhatIHadToDo get their hands dirty]]. |
41 | * RevolutionariesWhoDontDoAnything: They're opposed to tyranny and oppression, but don't actually do very much to change this. |
42 | * TheRevolutionWillNotBeBureaucratized: The rebels are great at overthrowing the tyrannical government, but not so good at establishing an effective government themselves. |
43 | * TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The rebels are just as brutal as the oppressors they're fighting against. |
44 | * TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: The rebels have a clear moral high ground over the oppressors and don't fight dirty. |
45 | * RevolvingDoorRevolution: A country continually overthrows and installs governments. |
46 | * RichKidTurnedSocialActivist: An idealistic person from a wealthy family who helps oppressed and/or disadvantaged people personally, acknowledges the unfairness of their society and often advocates for systemic change. May be done to defy and annoy their parents and other authority figures. |
47 | * RobotWar: Robots rebel against their creators. |
48 | * SlaveLiberation: Type 1 (freeing other people's slaves, sometimes by force) and Type 3 (the slaves free themselves, sometimes via an uprising). |
49 | * TheSmartOneTurnsTraitor: The smartest or wisest of a group defects, deciding to use their intellect against the cause of their former group. |
50 | * SparkOfTheRebellion: One small act of defiance kickstarts a full-blown rebellion. |
51 | * SuffrageAndPoliticalLiberation: Groups fighting to gain political rights and equality, usually the right to vote. |
52 | * TheSuffragette: A woman who fights for women's right to vote. |
53 | * SymbolicWeaponDiscarding: Leaving behind, discarding, or destroying a weapon as an act of defiance. |
54 | * TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Artificial creations rebel against their creators. |
55 | * VelvetRevolution: A peaceful and non-violent revolution. |
56 | * VoiceOfTheResistance: The public face and spokesperson of a resistance movement. |
57 | * TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: Offworld colonies fight for independence from their home planet. |
58 | * WeAreStrugglingTogether: The rebels struggle to have a successful revolution because they can't cooperate with each other. |
59 | * YouCannotKillAnIdea: Even if someone kills a rebel, their ideas live on to inspire others. |
60 | * YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: How one views the rebels depends on what side you're on. |
61 | * YouRebelScum: Villains like to insult rebels with this line or variations thereof. |
62 | * ZerothLawRebellion: A character lacking free will manages to rebel within the confines of their programming/training. |
63 | |
64 | !!Social Rebels |
65 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: A woman dates or is attracted to a man specifically because he's a rebel (sometimes as an act of rebellion herself). |
66 | * ChafingAgainstTheDressCode: A character dislikes the dress code and probably moves to resist it in some way. |
67 | * CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: Characters who disobey and/or disrespect authority figures are depicted as cool. |
68 | * CultDefector: A person who defects from a religious cult. |
69 | * CulturalRebel: A character who rebels against the norms of their culture. |
70 | * DatingWhatDaddyHates: A person (usually a teen girl) intentionally pursues a relationship with someone their parents don't approve of. |
71 | * DefiantStrip: Removing your clothes as an act of defiance or protest. |
72 | * {{Delinquents}}: Youths who buck social expectations and break rules by skipping school, being violent, engaging in petty crime, etc. |
73 | * DelinquentHair: Some form of nonconformism or rebellion indicated by unconventional hairstyles. |
74 | * ForbiddenFruit: Being told you can't have or do something makes you want to have or do it even more. |
75 | * FormerTeenRebel: A character who was rebellious as a teen but mellowed out when they got older. |
76 | * JapaneseDelinquents: The specific depiction in Japan of delinquents and all related stereotypes. |
77 | * TheLastDJ: A character who values their personal integrity over career advancement, even if it means being demoted or fired. |
78 | * MisfitLabRat: The propensity for punks, goths, and other non-conformists to work as lab technicians and scientists. |
79 | * NonconformistDyedHair: Some form of nonconformism or rebellion indicated by unnatural hair color. |
80 | * PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: The hero in question is very rebellious towards the very system created by the villains with good public relations. |
81 | * RebelPrince: A prince who doesn't like being a prince and defies societal or familial expectations of his title. |
82 | * RebelRelaxation: Rebellious characters tend to lean against a flat surface with their arms folded. |
83 | * RebelliousPrincess: A princess who doesn't like being a princess and defies societal or familial expectations of her title. |
84 | * RebelliousSpirit: A character whose dislike of following rules or being told what to do is a major personality trait. |
85 | * RuleAbidingRebel: Outwardly, they appear to be a rebel, but in practice they're rather conventional. |
86 | * SmokingIsEdgy: Smoking makes you look edgy and mature because CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority. |
87 | * SneakingOutAtNight: Going on a late-night adventure against the rules. |
88 | * SneakingSnacks: Stealing snack foods you're not supposed to have. |
89 | * StrictParentsMakeSneakyKids: Children of overly-strict parents simply get better at hiding illicit activities from their parents. |
90 | * TeenRebellion: Teenagers are often stereotyped as rebellious in fiction. |
91 | * TemptingCookieJar: A hard-to-reach jar or container of cookies that a character tries to get even though they're not supposed to have them. |
92 | * VampireRefugee: A vampire (or werewolf, zombie etc.) infectee fights to retain their humanity and find a cure (often going head-to-head with the one who infected them). |
93 | * TheVoiceOfAGeneration: A rebel who speaks for a generation that can't talk for themselves. |
94 | [[/index]] |
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