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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]])
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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.
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7	See AReluctantIndex where characters do things even though they don't want to do it. See also MilitaryAndWarfareTropes and TerrorismTropes.
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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.
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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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