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{{quote|''Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone...'' |'''[[Skid Row]]''', "18 and Life" }}
The formal adjective definition of the word "delinquent" describes something or someone who fails in their duty. This sums up its more popular usuage quite nicely; a delinquent is someone (generally a young person) who fails in their "duty to society" by being anti-social. They won't be plotting to take over the world or rob banks and they're more likely to be an [[Asshole Victim]] of [[The Aggressive Drug Dealer]] than an example. They are, however, likely to refuse to turn up to school (or are [[Class Clown|disruptive]] of they do), harass people in the street, [[Five
If the protagonist encounters them, they're probably going to either be bullied by them, or fall in with them. In the later case they'll serve as [[Poisonous Friend|Poisonous Friends]] who use [[Peer Pressure Makes You Evil|peer pressure]] to encourage the protagonist to join them in their misdeeds (naturally this "friendship" will be short lived, as the protagonist [[Can't Get Away With Nuthin'|will be caught the moment they try it]] and subsequantly be abandoned by them at best or made their [[Scapegoat]] at worst). Alternatively, the trope can be played more lightly, with a delinquant acting as a sort of [[Token Evil Teammate]], or as an outright [[Anti-Hero]].
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Alex of ''[[TCTRPG|The Colour Tuesday]]'', mostly due to no one taking her [
* The [[Mooks]] of the school level in ''[[No More Heroes]]''.
* Riki and Kunio (Ryan and Alex) from the ''Kunio-kun'' (''[[River City Ransom]]'') series, including ''Super Dodgeball''. Also about everyone else. Well, except the shop keepers, waiters, children, the old man at the sauna, Roxy, and Ryan. But still!
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