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Note: The name of the Hells Angels gang has no apostrophe.
Note: The name of the Hells Angels gang has no apostrophe.


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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==
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* ''[[Akira (Manga)|Akira]]'' features two violent outlaw biker gangs: Kaneda's gang of delinquents and the [[Evil Clown|Clowns]]. The [[Crapsack World|general suckiness]] of the world justifies the trope somewhat. Due to being set in Japan, they are based on Bouzoku gangs more than the actual Hells Angels.
* ''[[Akira (Manga)|Akira]]'' features two violent outlaw biker gangs: Kaneda's gang of delinquents and the [[Evil Clown|Clowns]]. The [[Crapsack World|general suckiness]] of the world justifies the trope somewhat. Due to being set in Japan, they are based on Bouzoku gangs more than the actual Hells Angels.
* Encountered in ''[[Cromartie High School]]'' on several occasions: Masked Takenouchi defeats a whole bike gang at Cromartie using the art of pillow-jutsu, and the real Takenouchi, on overcoming his own motion sickness, manages to devastate one of them, to the point where its leader quits and tries to get revenge on Takenouchi on his own.
* Encountered in ''[[Cromartie High School]]'' on several occasions: Masked Takenouchi defeats a whole bike gang at Cromartie using the art of pillow-jutsu, and the real Takenouchi, on overcoming his own motion sickness, manages to devastate one of them, to the point where its leader quits and tries to get revenge on Takenouchi on his own.
* While [[Ah My Goddess (Manga)|Keiichi Morisato]] is a motorcycle enthusiast, [[Nice Guy|this]] ''[[Nice Guy|is]]'' [[Nice Guy|Keiichi Morisato]] we're talking about. Of course, some argue he's [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass|a scary character]] for [[Magical Girlfriend|other reasons]].
* While [[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Keiichi Morisato]] is a motorcycle enthusiast, [[Nice Guy|this]] ''[[Nice Guy|is]]'' [[Nice Guy|Keiichi Morisato]] we're talking about. Of course, some argue he's [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|a scary character]] for [[Magical Girlfriend|other reasons]].
* Beelzebumon from ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' (irony included in his name). Leather jacket? Check. Monster motorcycle? Check. [[Badass]]? Check. Topping it off, he's got a pair of shotguns.
* Beelzebumon from ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' (irony included in his name). Leather jacket? Check. Monster motorcycle? Check. [[Badass]]? Check. Topping it off, he's got a pair of shotguns.
* Averted... oddly, in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''. When the Devil Bats are on their [[Training From Hell|Death March across America,]] Sena gets separated and meets up with a thuggish trio of bikers. Turns out the trio are actually middle-aged adults who love Asian dramas and take a liking to Sena because he reminds them of a certain Korean film, and are more than glad to take them to where (they think) he needs to be.
* Averted... oddly, in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''. When the Devil Bats are on their [[Training From Hell|Death March across America,]] Sena gets separated and meets up with a thuggish trio of bikers. Turns out the trio are actually middle-aged adults who love Asian dramas and take a liking to Sena because he reminds them of a certain Korean film, and are more than glad to take them to where (they think) he needs to be.
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* In ''Me and Joe Priest'', the bikers roving around [[After the End|infertile and slowly dying America]] are mostly former U.S. soldiers looking for "experiences". One of them is the narrator and co-protagonist (i.e., "Me").
* In ''Me and Joe Priest'', the bikers roving around [[After the End|infertile and slowly dying America]] are mostly former U.S. soldiers looking for "experiences". One of them is the narrator and co-protagonist (i.e., "Me").
* ''[[Lobo]]'' embraces this trope wholeheartedly, but in space!
* ''[[Lobo]]'' embraces this trope wholeheartedly, but in space!
* [[Wolverine]] of ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' rides a couple. In ''[[X-Men Evolution]]'' he has two that change with his costume. While he is an X-Man, he is an [[Anti Hero]] so he's no goody-toe-shoes, either.
* [[Wolverine]] of ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' rides a couple. In ''[[X-Men Evolution]]'' he has two that change with his costume. While he is an X-Man, he is an [[Anti-Hero]] so he's no goody-toe-shoes, either.
* [[Ghost Rider]] is a hellish incarnation of your basic motorbike thug.
* [[Ghost Rider]] is a hellish incarnation of your basic motorbike thug.
* [[Man-Thing]] has to fight a few of these when they threaten [[Steve Gerber]]'s unlucky [[Author Avatar]].
* [[Man-Thing]] has to fight a few of these when they threaten [[Steve Gerber]]'s unlucky [[Author Avatar]].
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* The 1976 Japanese documentary ''[[Godspeed You Black Emperor]]'' follows a young member of the Black Emperors Bōsōzoku gang after he gets in trouble with the police. The film provided the name of the Canadian post-rock band.
* The 1976 Japanese documentary ''[[Godspeed You Black Emperor]]'' follows a young member of the Black Emperors Bōsōzoku gang after he gets in trouble with the police. The film provided the name of the Canadian post-rock band.
* The Satan's Helpers in ''[[Pee Wees Big Adventure]]''. Pee-wee accidentally knocks over the entire gang's motorcycles like dominoes. They plan to "stomp him, tattoo him, hang him, and then kill him," until he wins them over with his Big Shoe Dance and makes friends.
* The Satan's Helpers in ''[[Pee Wees Big Adventure]]''. Pee-wee accidentally knocks over the entire gang's motorcycles like dominoes. They plan to "stomp him, tattoo him, hang him, and then kill him," until he wins them over with his Big Shoe Dance and makes friends.
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' featured several movies exploiting this trope: ''Hellcats'', ''The Sidehackers'', and [[Wild Rebels]] (featuring the "[[Bland Name Product|Satan's Angels]]").
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' featured several movies exploiting this trope: ''Hellcats'', ''The Sidehackers'', and [[Wild Rebels]] (featuring the "[[Bland-Name Product|Satan's Angels]]").
* Subverted with the boyfriend in ''[[Erin Brockovich]]'', who looks like a Hells Angel but is a nice guy with a steady, middle-class income.
* Subverted with the boyfriend in ''[[Erin Brockovich]]'', who looks like a Hells Angel but is a nice guy with a steady, middle-class income.
* In the Oscar-winning short film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177023/ "My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York"], a woman from the Midwestern U.S. visits her college-age daughter in New York's Lower East Side (where the real Hells Angels have their NY chapter).
* In the Oscar-winning short film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177023/ "My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York"], a woman from the Midwestern U.S. visits her college-age daughter in New York's Lower East Side (where the real Hells Angels have their NY chapter).
* Kinda subverted in the 1968 cult film ''Hells Angels on Wheels'' as it provides a pretty realistic portrayal of the Hells Angels: hard-partying, nihilistic and provocative outcasts who mean no harm but whose provocative behavior leads them into trouble, to which they immediately retaliate with fists and chains. Hells Angels president Sonny Barger even worked on the filming as an advisor.
* Kinda subverted in the 1968 cult film ''Hells Angels on Wheels'' as it provides a pretty realistic portrayal of the Hells Angels: hard-partying, nihilistic and provocative outcasts who mean no harm but whose provocative behavior leads them into trouble, to which they immediately retaliate with fists and chains. Hells Angels president Sonny Barger even worked on the filming as an advisor.
* The Satan's Messangers gang from ''[[A Bronx Tale]]'' is obviously based on this image and have a reputation for hellraising and breaking up bars. Unfortunately for them, they only appear in the movie long enough to try to wreck [[The Mafia|a Mafia bar]]. [[No Holds Barred Beatdown|It doesn't go well for them]].
* The Satan's Messangers gang from ''[[A Bronx Tale]]'' is obviously based on this image and have a reputation for hellraising and breaking up bars. Unfortunately for them, they only appear in the movie long enough to try to wreck [[The Mafia|a Mafia bar]]. [[No Holds Barred Beatdown|It doesn't go well for them]].
* Averted in one of the most famous motorcycle films, ''[[Easy Rider]]''. The two main characters are chopper-riding hippies who travel into the [[Deep South]] and run tragically afoul of violent [[Good Ol Boy|Good Ol Boys]].
* Averted in one of the most famous motorcycle films, ''[[Easy Rider]]''. The two main characters are chopper-riding hippies who travel into the [[Deep South]] and run tragically afoul of violent [[Good Ol' Boy|Good Ol Boys]].
* ''[[Hell Ride]]'', Quentin Tarantino produced, and very Tarantino-esque movie about a [[Mob War|Gang War]] between Victors MC and the 666ers MC.
* ''[[Hell Ride]]'', Quentin Tarantino produced, and very Tarantino-esque movie about a [[Mob War|Gang War]] between Victors MC and the 666ers MC.
* In ''Zombie Cult Massacre,'' a gang of bikers turns out to be as destructive and dangerous as the zombies.
* In ''Zombie Cult Massacre,'' a gang of bikers turns out to be as destructive and dangerous as the zombies.