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PCD
Since: May, 2021
27th Apr, 2022 09:19:56 AM
We have You Meddling Kids, which dervives from the Scooby Doo franchise.
ephun
Since: Dec, 2021
28th May, 2022 02:23:33 PM
Yeah, that's pretty close. I was thinking The Loser's Club from It specifically.
Note: I selected Film as the medium, but this trope (or sub-trope?) seemingly transcends all Western genres.
Is there a name for a young Ragtag Bunch of Misfits who usually live in a Close-Knit Community that is a Town with a Dark Secret? Maybe the New Exchange Student is inducted into the group (is there a name for this as well?) much to the reluctance of one of the Misfits (who can be represented in a variety of archetypes). This is usually supernatural horror, but can be found in lots of different 80s nostalgia-baity works. Everyone (Goes) To School Together, and the kids have to work together to defeat the Dragon and/or Big Bad. Possibly distinct from the sort of teenage summer-camp-oriented slasher horror (Friday the 13th, Fear Street: 1978, etc).
Maybe I'm being too specific or haven't looked long enough, but to me it seems that this kind of story is suuuper prevalent and distinct enough to at least be a sub-trope of something. Or this might be too general.
Examples: Spooksville, films of Steven Spielberg (Goonies, ET), writing of Stephen King (namely, It), My Babysitter's a Vampire, arguably Gravity Falls or most iterations of Scooby-Doo!, the works and film/TV adaptations of RL Stine, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Stranger Things, and many, many more.
Sorry if that was too long, I'm new here hahaha
Edited by ephun