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[[File:~~liberty_city_rage~~.jpg|link=Grand Theft Auto III|frame|Welcome to the Big Apple!]]

[[File:liberty city rage.jpg|link=Grand Theft Auto III|frame|Welcome to the Big Apple!]]

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* In the novel ''The Fall of a Nation'' by Thomas Dixon (author of ''The Klansman'', aka ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]''), the combined European armies (save neutral Britain) invade America. New York City turns out to be somewhat more difficult to take than anticipated, not just because the NYPD fights to the last man, but all the immigrant neighborhoods are adamantly opposed to the invaders. They left Europe for a ''reason''.

* In ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'', the last book: "You don't mess with New Yorkers."

* In [[Harry Harrison]]'s ''[[The Technicolor Time Machine]]'', Tex and Dallas, two ''[[The Mafia|very heavily]]'' [[The Mafia|stereotyped]] Italian-American (despite their names) assistants of the main hero the director, are your typical New Yorkers (again, despite their names) and generally on par with the angriest [[Horny Vikings]] ~~available -- when~~ they aren't proverbial Italian momma's boys, that is.

* In [[Harry Harrison]]'s ''[[The Technicolor Time Machine]]'', Tex and Dallas, two ''[[The Mafia|very heavily]]'' [[The Mafia|stereotyped]] Italian-American (despite their names) assistants of the main hero the director, are your typical New Yorkers (again, despite their names) and generally on par with the angriest [[Horny Vikings]] available—when they aren't proverbial Italian momma's boys, that is.

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== Newspaper Comics ==

* One ''[[Dilbert]]'' strip involved the regular cast talking about a new ~~employee--they~~'re terrified of him because he's from New York. They all scatter upon hearing that he's walking their way. The final panel is the New Yorker, standing alone, saying "Well, I suppose I could hunt them down and kill them one by one."

* One ''[[Dilbert]]'' strip involved the regular cast talking about a new employee—they're terrified of him because he's from New York. They all scatter upon hearing that he's walking their way. The final panel is the New Yorker, standing alone, saying "Well, I suppose I could hunt them down and kill them one by one."

** In the anniversary edition, Scott Adams explained that people from Los Angeles fear New Yorkers.

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** An even better example is Mel's [[Bugs Bunny]] voice, which [[Word of God|he described]] as the voice of a tough, street-smart guy that was mixed together from Brooklyn and Bronx accents. Of course, Bugs only displays elements of this trope when somebody does something to earn his wrath.

* [[Super Mario Bros.|The Mario Brothers]], anyone? At least in the [[Super Mario Bros Super Show]], anyway...

** Gamespy wonders what the Mario Bros. would be like if they took their [[Brooklyn Rage]] from [[Grand Theft Auto]] and put in on Sunshine. One imagines him [[Goomba Stomp|curb stomping]] poor Goombas for their coins and mushrooms.

** Gamespy wonders what the Mario Bros. would be like if they took their Brooklyn Rage from [[Grand Theft Auto]] and put in on Sunshine. One imagines him [[Goomba Stomp|curb stomping]] poor Goombas for their coins and mushrooms.

* The Gashouse Gorillas from the [[Bugs Bunny]] short ''Baseball Bugs'', even though they're a parody of the St. Louis Cardinals.

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== Real Life ==

* Meet Anthony Weiner, Democratic Congressman from New York City, Brooklyn born and raised. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omM2s4wBPRQ Just look at this]. Long story short, New Yorker = [[Badass]] + [[Large Ham]] + [[Brooklyn Rage]], or at least that is Weiner's formula.

* Meet Anthony Weiner, Democratic Congressman from New York City, Brooklyn born and raised. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omM2s4wBPRQ Just look at this]. Long story short, New Yorker = [[Badass]] + [[Large Ham]] + Brooklyn Rage, or at least that is Weiner's formula.

* [[Monica Keena]], the [[Moe|cute]] and [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse|tiny]] blonde chick from ''[[Undeclared]]'' and ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]'', originally from Brooklyn, once almost got into a fist-fight with an [[Los Angeles|L.A.]] stripper over a piece of birthday cake.

* Inverted with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-6Tn0Ie-AQ this bawling Giants fan], played straight by everyone else, from the girl that stands behind him signaling that he's a pussy, to the girl arguing with him to calm down and accept it, and especially with his friend that pops in during the last ten seconds.

* [[Al Capone]], meet [[Brooklyn Rage]]. [[Brooklyn Rage]], meet [[Al Capone]]. I think this is the start of a very scary friendship...

* [[Al Capone]], meet Brooklyn Rage. Brooklyn Rage, meet [[Al Capone]]. I think this is the start of a very scary friendship...

* Averted in the section of Brooklyn known as Williamsburg which was gentrified by starving artists, making it friendly for trendy people who like to pretend to be starving artists but actually have a lot of cash and made it one of the nicer, more upscale sections of the entire city. If someone says boldly "I'm from Brooklyn!" and then asked which part, they will usually much more sheepishly and quietly remark "Williamsburg..." and be immediately marked as as a posing hipster attempting to be streetwise. Feel free to insult their choice of berets and show them a newer iPad then their's and send them into a deep, deep depression.

* Larry Merchant, longtime sportswriter and boxing analyst. In 2011 at age 80 he did a postfight interview with [[It's All About Me|Floyd]] [[The Fighting Narcissist|Mayweather]] about the controversial ending to a Mayweather fight where Mayweather twice sucker punched an opponent. Mayweather began cursing at Merchant an calling him, in essence, a [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]], while Merchant merely responded by growling "I wish I was 50 years younger and I'd kick your ass."