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[[File:Dieselpunk_by_hayenmill2_8470Dieselpunk by hayenmill2 8470.jpg|frame| Because [[Steampunk]] isn't [[Used Future|dirty]] enough. [http://lipatov.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d26l35e Dieselpunk hovercraft] by Alexey Lipatov.]]
 
A [[Punk Punk]] genre of [[Speculative Fiction]] based on the [[The Roaring Twenties|1920s]]
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A common point of divergence from our timeline is that [[The Great Depression]] never happened, leading to further economic and technological growth and less of the warmongering typical of the inter-war era. [[World War II]] may still happen in some Dieselpunk settings, see below.
 
The term Dieselpunk was popularized by Lewis Pollak and Dan Ross in 2001 as the genre for their RPG ''Children of the Sun''. Pollak stated that it was intended to be on the "darker, dirtier side of [[Steampunk]]" and should be considered a "continuum between steampunk and [[Cyberpunk]]."[https://web.archive.org/web/20171106172944/http://wikibin.org/articles/dieselpunk.html\]. (On the other hand, noted reviewer [[Kenneth Hite|Ken Hite]] described ''Children'' as "Not really diesel, and not really punk.")
 
[[Useful Notes|To be noted]]: unlike [[Turn of the Millennium|the 2000s]], the Diesel-powered car in the 1930s was a rare curiosity, only a single model being put into small-scale production [[Nazi Germany|in Germany]] during that age, but on the other side [[Values Dissonance|the vast majority of the population could not afford cars back then]]. The life of an ordinary citizen was far deeper influenced by the oil-burning [[Cool Train|locomotive]], bus, [[Cool Ship|ocean liner]] or neighborhood power plant. Still, during this period steam engines ''were'' gradually being replaced by diesel engines in many areas.
 
=== Dieselpunk settings ===
 
==== General ====
 
Vastness is key. This was the age of the zeppelin, the ocean liner, the flying-boat airliner, and the skyscraper. It also saw the first multinational corporations, large-scale social engineering, and mass political movements. [[World War I]] was still fresh in memory as the Great War, the most colossal conflict in the history of mankind. Man is dwarfed by his creations and things are subsumed into abstractions.
 
Period technology encompasses everything found in [[Steampunk]], but internal combustion and electric power in combination with new materials (better alloys, plastics, etc) makes machinery lighter, stronger, and more versatile. The airliner is the prime example of this, but cars, trucks, tractors, and diesel-powered electrical generators are even more important in reshaping the world. Armored vehicles and useable submarines are less common but still important innovations. Wireless radio leads to the rise of broadcasting as an information medium. Anachronistic super-advanced technology, often of the [[Awesome but Impractical]] variety, such as [[Giant Flyer]], [[Spider Tank]], [[Disintegrator Ray]] might occur. Such technology might be secret super weapons of a villain, or [[Homemade Inventions]] by the hero or his friends.
Period technology encompasses everything found in [[Steampunk]], but
internal combustion and electric power in combination with new materials
(better alloys, plastics, etc) makes machinery lighter, stronger, and more
versatile. The airliner is the prime example of this, but cars, trucks,
tractors, and diesel-powered electrical generators are even more important
in reshaping the world. Armored vehicles and useable submarines are less
common but still important innovations. Wireless radio leads to the rise of
broadcasting as an information medium. Anachronistic super-advanced
technology, often of the [[Awesome but Impractical]] variety, such as [[Giant Flyer]],
[[Spider Tank]], [[Disintegrator Ray]] might occur. Such technology might be secret
super weapons of a villain, or [[Homemade Inventions]] by the hero or his friends.
 
Although the dieselpunk aesthetic can overlap with [[Raygun Gothic]], and though dieselpunk is known for featuring Tesla technology and Wunderwaffen-style super-weapons, dieselpunk typically does ''not'' include transistor-based technology, other electronics or atomic power. In fact, another [[Punk Punk]] genre, Atompunk, was coined to describe fiction in this mode. Atompunk (such as the Fallout series and the comic book Fear Agent) takes inspiration from 1950s-era aesthetics and fashions such as Googie architecture and Jetsons-style technology, which typically lie outside the bounds of dieselpunk. The analogue sci-fi of Metropolis and Things To Come are closer to the dieselpunk tradition as it stands.
 
Dieselpunk often focuses upon air travel and combat, including such ideas as literal "flying fortresses", air pirates, dirigibles, early UFOs, hotshot flyboy pilots, etc. Fascination for military hardware, weaponry and uniforms of the early 20th century is also often in evidence and a great amount of dieselpunk media is concerned with war, especially the Second World War and and fictional variations upon it. Owing to its pulp roots, dieselpunk is often very adventure-based, full of exotic locales such as
[[Mysterious Antarctica]], [[ShamgriShangri La]], [[Hollow Earth]] etc. Some [[Geographic Flexibility]] is to be expected.
 
Dieselpunk fiction can encompass the supernatural as well. In [[Diesel Punk]] adventure, occult practices are [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]], and
maybe [[Magicians Are Wizards]]. The works of [[HPH.P. Lovecraft]], tales of Nazi occult research, contemporary expeditions to 'mystical' places such as Egypt, and early research into relativity and quantum physics have greatly contributed to the occult mystique that informs Dieselpunk. This tends to contrast with the 19th-century [[Gothic Horror|Gothic]] themes and spiritualism that show up in [[Steampunk]].
 
As Dieselpunk is a post-modern look at the past, it is not limited to the tropes and stereotypes that characterized fiction of the day -- insteadday—instead, it can use these tropes to comment upon the past and reinvent it. Dieselpunk (along with steampunk) can encompass a range of authorial voices and themes. Female characters in Dieselpunk tend to be strong, encompassing flappers to pin-up girls and much more, and can include [[Wrench Wench|Rosie the Riveter]]-type [[Action Girl|action heroines]], glamourous [[Femme Fatale|femme fatales]], [[Superhero Tropes|costumed crusaders]], [[Adventurer Archaeologist|archaeologist badasses]], [[Dragon Lady|dragon ladies]], [[Intrepid Reporter|tough-talking reporters]] and other types common to pulp fiction of the era. Both male and female characters are typically [[Badass Normal|Badass Normals]]s with [[Universal Driver's License|universal drivers' licenses]].
 
Sub-subgenres are listed below as possible options of exploration, but as these categorizations may only describe one or two works, if any, they should be taken with a grain of salt.
 
==== Diesel Deco ====
 
Also called "Ottensian" Dieselpunk after Nick Ottens, some guy on the Internet, who postulated it. This is the most optimistic form of [[Diesel Punk]]. Progress seems unstoppable and the future is bright. Things are designed to be stylish and opulent, ornamental and efficient at the same time. Think Bauhaus architecture and design, Art Deco, Expressionism, the 1939 New York World Fair. A good setting for a [[Science Hero]].
and the future is bright. Things are designed to be stylish and opulent, ornamental and
efficient at the same time. Think Bauhaus architecture and design, Art
Deco, Expressionism, the 1939 New York World Fair. A good setting for a [[Science Hero]].
 
==== Diesel Noir ====
 
Similar to Diesel Deco, but generally [[Darker and Edgier]]. Emphasizes the downside of economic and technological progress. Society is plagued by crime and corruption, technology seems to be at its most effective in producing increasingly effective weaponry. The occult basically amounts to [[Black Magic]] (including [[Religion Is Magic|exotic religions]]), [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] might turn up in an archeological dig and subsequently have to be stopped to avoid [[The End of the World as We Know It]].
Similar to Diesel Deco, but generally [[Darker and Edgier]]. Emphasizes the
downside of economic and technological progress. Society is plagued by
crime and corruption, technology seems to be at its most effective in
producing increasingly effective weaponry. The occult basically amounts to
[[Black Magic]] (including [[Religion Is Magic|exotic religions]]),
[[Sealed Evil in A Can]] might turn up in an archeological dig and subsequently
have to be stopped to avoid [[The End of the World As We Know It]].
 
==== Diesel Weird War ====
 
[[World War II]] is being waged (or [[World War I]] in some instances), but one or both sides are introducing [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|superweapons]], [[Imported Alien Phlebotinum|alien technology]] and/or [[Ghostapo|occult forces]] into the mix, often with one or more [[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]]s behind it all. For a less extreme variant, something like the real-life exploits of the nascent Special Air Service in collaboration with the Long Range Desert Group (briefly, [[Lawrence of Arabia]] upgraded with blast-incendiary explosives and "gunship jeeps").
 
==== Diesel Dystopia ====
 
Also called "Piecraftian" Diesel Punk, again named for some guy on the Internet. [[World War II]] did start and may still be in progress; if it isn't, either some kind of [[Cold War]] is being waged, or a [[One World Order]] has been established. Either way, [[The Government]] is [[Big Brother Is Watching|intrusive]] and [[Police State|ruthless]], ostensibly to protect the citizens. The political ideology might be any kind of totalitarianism, either one of the many real life examples of the period, a [[Commie Nazis|mashup]] of those, or a completely fictional [[A Nazi Byby Any Other Name|analogue]].
 
==== Diesel Desolation ====
 
[[World War II]] did start and ended because there isn't anything left to fight over, and very few resources left to fight with, or even to sustain civilization. It's essentially a post-apocalyptic milieu, and certainly not a very common Diesel Punk flavor.
over, and very few resources left to fight with, or even to sustain
civilization. It's essentially a post-apocalyptic milieu, and certainly not a very common [[Diesel Punk]] flavor.
 
See also the article [http://people.howstuffworks.com/dieselpunk.htm How Dieselpunk Works].
 
{{examples|Examples: }}
 
==== Period Works ====
Dieselpunk is a modern genre, but some of the films and books of the period fit well, in the same fashion that [[Jules Verne]]'s books can be posed as [[Steampunk]].
 
* ''[[Metropolis (Film)|Metropolis]]'' (1927), also a novel
* ''[[The Shape of Things to Come]]'' (1933) by [[HGH. G. Wells]] and its 1936 film adaptation ''Things To Come''
* Pretty much any [[Film Noir]] or crime film of the period
* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' by [[George Orwell (Creator)|George Orwell]]
* James Whale's ''[[Frankenstein (Filmfilm)|Frankenstein]]'' films of the 1930s
* The surreal dystopian writing of [[Franz Kafka]]
* ''[[RUR (Theatre)R.U.R.|RUR]]'' and ''[[War With the Newts (Literature)|War Withwith the Newts]]'' by Karel Čapek
* [[H.P. Lovecraft (Creator)|HP Lovecraft]] and his ''[[Cthulhu Mythos]]'' crop up frequently in dieselpunk.
* The ''[[Biggles]]'' books
* The earlier ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)]]'' graphic novels
* ''[[The Phantom (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|The Phantom]]'' comic.
* ''[[Dick Tracy]]'' comic.
* The [[Mandrake the Magician]] comic.
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* The [http://www.luft46.com/ Luft '46] and [http://www.unrealaircraft.com/ UnrealAircraft] websites offer some pretty stunning examples of the aviation technology innovations that inspired futurists of that time and dieselpunk authors of our time.
 
==== {{smallcaps|[[Film]]}} ====
* The ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'' films
* ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Hellboy (Filmfilm)|Hellboy]]''
* ''[[The Rocketeer (Filmfilm)|The Rocketeer]]'' (1991)
* ''[[The Shadow (Filmfilm)|The Shadow]]'' (1994)
* ''[[The Phantom (Filmfilm)|The Phantom]]'' (1996)
* ''The Call of Cthulhu'' (2005)
* ''[[The Mummy Trilogy]]''
* ''[[Dark City]]''
* ''[[Batman (Filmfilm)|Batman]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Cast a Deadly Spell (Film)|Cast a Deadly Spell]]''
* ''[[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'' (1971) is either very early Diesel Punk or very late Pulp Horror.
* ''[[Brazil (Filmfilm)|Brazil]]''
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6_j3sgfaGg The 1995 film adaptation] of Shakespeare's ''[[Richard III]]'', [[Setting Update|set in 1930s Britain]] (coupling [[Day of the Jackboot|Diesel Dystopia]] with [[Putting Onon the Reich]] and numerous [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'')
* Similarly to the above, 1999's ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120866/ Titus]'' adapts Shakespeare's play to a surreal version of [[Fascist Italy]], that seems trapped between dieselpunk and ancient Rome.
* ''[[The Element of Crime]]'' combines Diesel Noir and Diesel Desolation, for very grim results.
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* The film ''[[Sucker Punch]]'' is '''heavy''' on the dieselpunk.
* The titular city in ''[[City of Ember]]'' (at least in the film) is hinted to have significant dieselpunk influences in its heyday. Of course, it's all decaying now...
* ''[[Captain America: theThe First Avenger]]'' arguably qualifies under the Diesel Weird War heading, as it is set during the 1940's and plays the original comic (Cap versus Nazis) straight. It plays straight the trope in regards to technology used - creations of the 1940s blown [[Up to Eleven]].
* The Polish film ''Hardkor 44'', currently in development, is heavily dieselpunk. Set in Warsaw in the summer of 1944, as the Soviet army bears down on Warsaw, it recounts the Warsaw Uprising by the Polish Resistance, to liberate the city before the Russians get there. Then things get weird. As in "[[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|The Nazis have cyborgs and mecha]]" weird.
* The Firesign Theater's ''J-Men Forver'' parodies this.
* ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]''.
* In ''[[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]]'', parts of the O.Z. (especially Central City) have a strongly dieselpunk aesthetic.
* ''Mutant Chronicles''
* ''[[Watchmen (Filmfilm)|Watchmen]]'' - the parts set in the 1930s and 1940s.
* ''[[The City of Lost Children]]'' is heavily dieselpunkish in design, in a dark and ominous way. The same goes for the Playstation game based on it.
* An upcoming Hungarian film starring Mark Hamill, ''Thelomeris'', is a mix of dieselpunk and [[Clock Punk]].
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* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''
* ''[[Sin City]]'' - Doesn't actually include dieselpunk tech elements (although an incredibly high-tech medical science is at least hinted at), but as a revisionist neo-noir, it's definitely got a dieselpunk attitude.
* ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' - Does to the interbellum/Depression period what other dieselpunk films do to the deco and war periods.
* Elements of ''[[Up]]'', especially the younger days of Carl and his hero, explorer Charles F. Muntz.
 
==== {{smallcaps|[[Anime]]}} =and [[Manga]] ===
* Some of the [[Studio Ghibli]] films take place in a mythical Diesel Deco-style Europe: ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]'' and ''[[Film/HowlsHowl's Moving Castle (anime)|HowlsHowl's Moving Castle]]'', for example. ''[[Porco Rosso]]'' takes place in a fictionalized Mediterranean setting between [[WWI]] and [[WWII]]. Besides (possibly) fictional use of air pirates and the magical realist-style presentation of Porco's being a pig, ''[[Porco Rosso]]'' incorporates historically accurate cues that indicate Italy is about to come under [[Benito Mussolini]]'s leadership.
* ''[[Metropolis (Animeanime)|Metropolis]]'' (2001), also the manga by [[Osamu Tezuka]].
* ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano!]]!'', also the book.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Franchise)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', a rare combination of [[Diesel Punk]] and [[Magitek]].
* ''[[Last Exile (Anime)|Last Exile]]'' combines [[Diesel Punk]] with [[Steampunk]].
* ''[[The Sky Crawlers]]''
* ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Anime)|Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]''
* ''[[Wings of Honneamise Royal Space Force: The (Anime)|Wings of Honneamise Royal Space ForceHonnêamise]]'' shows a post-[[World War II]]-flavoured version of this trope.
* ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]''
* ''[[XamdXam'd: Lost Memories (Anime)|Xamd Lost Memories]]''
* ''[[Black Cat (Mangamanga)|Black Cat]]'' has modern technology pop up, but the setting overall has a very Diesel Punk aesthetic and feel to it.
* [[RedlineRed Line]] is a mix of [[Space Opera]] and a load of [[Diesel Punk]] elements.
 
==== {{smallcaps|[[Comic Books]]}} ====
* ''Hellboy'' and its spinoffs such as ''[[Lobster Johnson]]''.
* ''[[Dick Tracy]]'', even at the time of its creation, included sci-fi elements that made it influential on dieselpunk.
* ''[[Astro City]]''
* ''[[Ignition City]]''
* ''Iron and the Maiden''
* Yoshitoshi Abe's current project ''Despera'' seems to be taking place in a setting like this.
* Several comics by Dean Motter including ''Mister X'', ''Terminal City'', and ''Elektropolis''.
* ''[[Atomic Robo]]'' is a walking incarnation of this trope who's matured over the decades (he's been punching all kinds of strangeness in the face since the 30's) into an all-around [[Science Hero]].
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* ''Sandman'' Mystery Theater brought us a [[Grimdark]] pulp superhero fighting serial killers and bizarre menaces in a 1930s [[City Noir]].
* ''Iron Man Noir'', featuring Tony Stark's "repulsor pump" pacemaker, the Iron Man armor itself, and Baron Stucker's lightning-hurling [[Power Fist]] - not to mention background stuff like the sleek super zeppelins. It's unique among the ''Noir'' stories for not even trying to be realistic.
* ''[[Super Atragon]]'': The [[Military Mashup Machine|undersea-battleship ''Ra'']] is a superbly rendered piece of [[Diesel Punk]] technology and style, plowing the seas of the modern world.
* [[First Wave DCU]] is a cross between dieselnoir and [[Two-Fisted Tales]], with many of the [[Pulp Magazine]] heroes crossing over with newspaper comics' [[The Spirit]] and [[Batman|another guy from the Thirties]].
 
==== {{smallcaps|[[Literature]]}} ====
* The planet Saraksh in ''[[Prisoners of Power (Literature)|Prisoners of Power]]'', one of the [[Noon Universe]] novels of the [[Strugatsky Brothers (Creator)|Strugatsky Brothers]]. There are several [[Diesel Punk]] [[Human Aliens]] civilizations in the series. Practically all of them are [[Fantastic Aesop]] attempts at [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] about the state of Soviet society and the military during the [[Cold War]] era. One particularly disturbing case was the ironically-codenamed planet "Hope", which suffered from a severely polluted environment for years and was struck one day by a mysterious [[Depopulation Bomb]]. It's been a [[Ruins of the Modern Age]] [[Scavenger World]] ever since.
* ''[[The Iron Dream (Literature)|The Iron Dream]]'' by Norman Spinrad
* Ian MacDonald's ''Desolation Road'' and ''Ares Express'' are a mix of this, [[Desert Punk]] and Cyberpunk with the non-city areas being Desert Punk and the cities being a mix of Diesel and Cyber.
* Arguably, ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' - which seems to be taking place in an [[Alternate Universe]] Forties where WWII never happened, most of the world went Communist, and ''someone'' invented, then destroyed, a futuristic power generator that converts atmospheric static electricity into direct current. The setting qualifies, but the theme is D'Punk inside out, with typical protagonist/antagonist roles reversed.
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* Ian Tregillis novel ''Bitter Seeds'', which is set during a [[WW 2]] where psychic Nazi supers fight demon-summoning British blood-sorcerers. Quite [[Darker and Edgier|GrimDark]].
* ''Ghosts of Manhattan'' takes place in a world that is moving from [[Steampunk]] (coal driven cars, airships) to this (biplanes with rocket boosters) with hints of [[Raygun Gothic]] (holographic statues and videophones).
* Though ''[[Leviathan]]'' by Scott Westerfeld is definitely in the [[Steampunk]] genre by how it's presented and what kind of story it is, the Clanker technology is more [[Diesel Punk]], as they frequently use gas, oil, kerosene, and diesel, not just steam. Also, the Darwist's "beasties" are a good example of [[Bio PunkBiopunk]].
* ''[[Dreadnought]]'' by Cherie Priest. Thanks to the Republic of Texas discovering oil fifty years early, the Confederates are quite proud of their '[[Humongous Mecha|walker]]' which runs on diesel as opposed to the steam-driven Union mecha. Coal-diesel engines are also used by paddlesteamers and the eponymous [[Cool Train]].
* Jonathan L. Howard's ''Johannes Cabal'' series straddles this and Steam Punk. The first book, ''[[Johannes CabaltheCabal the Necromancer]]'' is more Steam, the second, ''[[Johannes Cabal the Detective]]'' more Deco Diesel.
* Swedish SF author Anders Blixt's ''Iskriget (The Ice War)'' is an "antarctic" spy adventure taking place in an alternate 1940, in which German and Czech republicans rebel against the heavy-handed rule of the Habsburg emperor. It includes, among other genre attributes, diesel-electric Miyazaki-style cloudships and ice juggernauts.
* ''[[Doc Sidhe]]''
 
==== {{smallcaps|[[Live Action TV]]}} ====
* ''[[Caprica]]'' : The [[Sy FySyfy]] channel's [[Battlestar Galactica]] [[Spin-Off]] is a mix of dieselpunk and [[Cyberpunk]]. The in-story virtual game "New Cap City", which plays an important role in the series is pure Diesel Punk of the Noir variety.
* In 2010, Toyota created an ad series for their Avalon series that were decidedly dieselpunk. The first, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7fgIQatJlo "Train"], was set in an art deco train station (complete with a Twentieth Century Limited-inspired locomotive), where the characters are wearing 40's-inspired clothes and a cover of Mr. Sandman by Pomplamoose plays in the background. The second, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGn09UWkjyE "Plane"], depicted men and women in 40's-inspired aviation uniforms as a Douglas DC-3 flew in the background.
* ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]'', a single-season series from [[The Eighties]] of the Deco and [[Two-Fisted Tales]] variety.
* ''[[Fringe]]'' episode Brown Betty had a world straight out of the 1920s, yet everyone was using ([[Retraux]]) cell phones and computers. And Walter's lap took it [[Up to Eleven]].
 
==== {{smallcaps| [[Music]]}} ====
* The emerging musical genre known as electro-swing captures the essence of dieselpunk through remixing vintage jazz-style music and swing with modern technology and house beats.
 
==== {{smallcaps| [[Tabletop RPG]]}} ====
* ''[[wikipedia:Children of the Sun chr(28)role-playing gamechr(29game)|Children of the Sun]]''
* ''Eberron'' has a [[Magitek]] version.
* ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]''
* ''[[Cosmopol]]''... and how.
* ''[[Daredevils]]'' by FGU.
* ''[[Pulp Hero]]'' by Hero Games.
* ''GURPS Cliffhangers'' by Steve Jackson Games.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120430065930/http://www.fallen.se/ Operation: Fallen Reich]'' by Fallen Publishing.
* ''[httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20131029102902/http://rollspel.com/ravspel/r6.htm Lemuria]'' by Rävspel (written for ''d20 Modern'')
* ''Secrets of the Third Reich'', a [[World War Two]] wargame by Westwind Productions, which has, amongst other things, mecha, powered armour, and vampires. To say nothing of the werewolves.
* ''Weird Wars'', a little-known [[World War Two]] equivalent of ''[[Deadlands]]'' .
* ''Weird WWII'', [[World War Two]] with Mecha
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* Thanks to its [[Schizo-Tech]] setting, the machines and equipment of the Imperial forces in ''Warhammer 40,000'' can have a very dieselpunky feel to them. For example, the [[Imperial Guard]] [http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/963/ryzalrtcomp.jpg Leman Russ battle tank] and the Imperial Navy [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101101065235/warhammer40k/images/d/dc/Imperial_Navy_Lightning.jpg Lightning] fighter.
 
==== {{smallcaps|Toys}} ====
* [[LEGO Adventurers]]
 
==== {{smallcaps|[[Video Games]]}} ====
* ''[[BioBioShock Shock(series)]]'' and ''Bioshock II'' take place in a very distinctly dieselpunk world, complete with analogue vacuum-tube computers/robots and a jaw-dropping Art Deco setting. It does not entirely fit any of the types above, as it is set in an abandoned (well, by anything we could reasonably call inhabitants) underwater Gulch (a la Galt) and we do not know how different the surface is. However, the setting does apply.
** ''Bioshock : Infinite'': is set on an Flying City. In 1912. It is more of a straight-up steampunk vision, though Americanized as opposed to Victorian.
* ''[[Crimson Skies]]'' all the way, to the point of being the [[Trope Codifier]] of this style in [[Video Games]]. Emphasis on dieselpunk [[Sky Pirate|Sky Pirates]]s, [[Cool Plane|Cool Planes]]s and [[Cool Airship|Cool Airships]]s.
* The various ''[[Wolfenstein (Video2009 Gamevideo game)|Wolfenstein]]'' games.
* ''Airfix Dogfighter''
* ''[[Fallout]]'' - Usually classified as Atompunk, but takes place in a retrograde enough world to qualify (a world with atomic power but without the transistor).
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* ''[[Silent Storm]]''
* ''[[Steel Battalion]]: Heavy Armor'' [[Continuity Reboot|shifts]] to a WWII Punk setting...in 2082. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that microprocessors are no longer in production due to silicon-eating microbes appearing as early as 2020, hence the technological regression.
* ''[[Command and& Conquer|Command and Conquer : Red Alert]]''
* ''[[Gadget Past As Future|Gadget : Past as Future]]''
* ''Turning Point: Fall of Liberty''
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* Outerlight Ltd.'s ''[[The Ship]]'', a very warped tale set in an art deco cruise liner.
* ''Nocturne'' revolved around 1930s pulp heroes fighting off mad science and Lovecraftian monsters in a very dieselpunk mode.
* ''Dino D-Day'': World War 2 meets ''[[Everything's Better Withwith Dinosaurs|Jurassic Park]]''.
* ''[[Progear]]'' has technology somewhere between [[World War OneI]] and [[World War Two]]
* ''[[Akai Katana]]'' takes place before or during [[World War Two]]
* ''Power Strike II'', a [[Sega Master System]] [[Vertical Scrolling Shooter]] by [[Compile]], released only in Europe and Australia (not to be confused with the [[Game Gear]] title of the same name, also by Compile, which is a completely different, more conventional space shooter). The main character is a bounty hunter, whose job is to shoot down [[Sky Pirates]] in an alternate 1930s setting.
* ''[[Skullgirls (Video Game)|Skullgirls]]'' definitely draws on the [[Diesel Punk]] aesthetic, although the makers prefer to call it Dark Deco.
 
==== {{smallcaps| [[Western Animation]]}} ====
* ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'', a sequel series to [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]], takes place in Republic City, a [[Culture Chop Suey]] of various depression-era metropolises and Asian aesthetics. The music has been described as "1920s New Orleans jazz but if it were invented in China".
* ''[[Batman: theThe Animated Series]]''.
* ''[[George Shrinks]]'' nails the look, and is about as punk as a kids show gets.
* The Disney cartoon ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'' and its 1930s pulp adventure style was a high-flying, lighthearted brand of diesel.
* ''[[My Life Asas a Teenage Robot]]''
 
==== {{smallcaps| [[Web Comics]]}} ====
* ''[http://www.kopetkai.com/adventures/ Adventures of the 19XX]'' - A [[Heroes-R-Us|secret society]] protecting the world from occult villains.
* ''[http://athenavoltaire.blogspot.com/ Athena Voltaire]'' - A female Indiana Jones much cooler and better-dressed than Lara Croft.
* ''[http://www.captainspectre.com/ Captain Spectre and the Lightning Legion]'' A Rocketeer-style hero done in a retro serial style.
* ''[http://www.femme-noir.com/ Femme Noir]'' - A sexy P.I. solves mysteries in a shady neo-noir fashion.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20161117050803/http://strangeaeons.comicdish.com/ Strange Aeons]'' - Nazis, Lovecraft, noir and pulpy intrigue set in a crazy-ass Art Deco [[Mega City|mega city]].
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140408030741/http://www.bombshelterzine.com/wordpress/ Warbirds of Mars]'' - Diesel-fied America at war with Nazis, alien invaders and (maybe?) Nazi aliens.
* Anathema, hosted on [[Slipshine]].
 
==== {{smallcaps| [[Web Original]]}} ====
* ''[httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20131029034405/http://ryannagata.com/films/1945a/ 1945A]''
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/battlejitni The Danger Element] (The Adventures of Battle Jitni)''
* ''[http://www.decoderringtheatre.com Decoder Ring Theatre] has [[Decoder Ring Theatre|a whole tropes section to itself]].
* ''[[The Mercury Men]]'', recently picked up by the [[Sy FySyfy]] channel.
 
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