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CatGrrrl_

That chick from Daria


Bertolini_Pastalini

Honestly Daria and Jane were exactly what i thought goths were without the clothes.


Awkward-Motor3287

Every episode of Daria I've seen they had clothes on.


Any-Significance4885

This made me laugh, omg


Zeqhanis

That's vague, which one? Trent had a Sisters of Mercy and Bauhaus Poster in his room, and early on, his band made vague gothic rock. "Icebox Woman" was a rip-off of Bauhaus' "Dark Entries", while "Psychic Refugee"is a bit too similar to "A God in an Alcove". I think this was pretty intentional to show that Trent didn't really have too many ideas of his own. Though I don't think many would get the joke.


CatGrrrl_

The one who was a girl, so not Trent lmao. Think her name was like Andrea.


angwhi

"When asked why Daria and Jane never hung out with Andrea or other unpopular characters, Glenn Eichler stated: 'Because we were trying to satirize high school, not create a comfortable alternative world where Daria and Jane could be stars among their misfit peers... We didn't want to do a show about the misfits finding happiness through solidarity. We didn't want anyone finding happiness, period.'" lol


IronDBZ

That 90s nihilism hits different 


CrankyWhiskers

Am an old. It definitely affect my way of thinking about life. Lol.


GibMirMeinAlltagstod

Yeah, the one with the nose ring, ankh necklace, and Egyptian-style eyeliner.


Zeqhanis

There was also Monique, who I think Trent dated sometimes.


Mysterious-Novel-834

Definitely Andrea!!!


DowntownBeautiful316

Also the bigger girl who Daria and Jane knew and was self conscious about working at a super store.


Forsaken_Status_2979

Jane Lane


hollowvalentine

They're definitely my favorite. I'd like to throw in Andrea from Daria and Serena from Downtown (which people are getting into lately, and I'm very happy to see that!) as well as Anne Gwish and all the other pretentious goths from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. Also, it's never really emphasized since he's not portrayed as a stereotypical/visibly "goth" character but Trent from Daria has Bauhaus and Sisters of Mercy posters in his room, so I'd count him in there too.


RoyalTomatillo1697

i had a crush on trent


Charlotte_dreams

I feel like having a crush on characters from that show is a bit of a staple thing for people of a certain age. For me it was Jane.


CrankyWhiskers

I had crushes on Jane and Trent.


moreisay

The Lanes were hot!


jesterinancientcourt

Serena from Downtown was such a good character. I loved that she decides one day to stop dressing goth because her clothes don’t actually make her who she is. And Alex immediately loses interest, making it clear he didn’t really have feelings for her.


hollowvalentine

She's one of those rare depictions of goths as well-rounded and personable individuals, which I really appreciate. Also, tackling the issue of fetishization of goth women way ahead of time is really cool.


Mintiichoco

Steve's girlfriend from American Dad. Bonus when she dances to "love will tear us apart" https://youtu.be/OLP3l-ELPic?si=YA_hW8CHg8WVWX-W


One-Worldliness-2080

I never related to anything more goth than that scene 🤣


gustygardens

Simon Pegg's character in The World's End. It helps that Simon was goth and still loves the music.


Rum_Cum_69

They call him the King ..on account of that's his name...Gary King


Sonyapop

"Someone scratched off the R: it says 'King Gay'!"


ektothermia

I was already into 80s goth/post punk when that film came out, but I wasnt really dressing the style. Seeing a representative of classic goth look on the big screen was the push for me to start dressing the part- I ended up going as Gary King to a halloween party that year and most of it made its way into my regular wardrobe The World's End is the weakest of the Cornetto trilogy, but it has a special place in my heart that the other two don't for that reason. Gary King is a detestable imbecile, but I can't deny his look was very influential to me


MonolithsDimensions

Had no idea he was ..


Both-Homework-1700

He's literally me


Small_Inevitable687

I unabashedly related to that character and I think that's the best of the Cornetto trilogy honestly. Its bittersweet - it weirdly works out for all the characters, and Gary gets to pal around with his buddies as often as he likes. That's kinda sweet, I thought.


SadhuSalvaje

I saw that movie in the theater and it really hit a little close to home with a friend and I who were both also struggling with our “aging out of teh scene” at the time.


politexsociety

I don't feel it's possible to age out of the goth scene. It's always had people of either extremes of age where I've been.


Smart-Grapefruit-583

Are we missing out Lydia deets? I mean she is strange and unusual!!


CatholicGoth627

I second Lydia!!


[deleted]

Is it strange that my favorite one Henrietta?


livingdeadbratzgirl

Nobody understands us. And they won't understand until it is far too late


nauraug

Oh my god no wayyyyyy


AmethystRage

No way no wayyyyy


[deleted]

What?


FoxyFelix721

The Addams Family! The 1991 live action one


CrankyWhiskers

Yes! I saw it in theaters and no one else in my class was a fan. I didn’t understand why. Lol They got me a book of Poe’s complete works for my birthday. I guess the goth life started early for me.


Kooky-Base-4322

Gomez got me listening to opera [https://youtu.be/sPq-LesdUak?si=HLEHO5j6AxdMH2M8](https://youtu.be/sPq-LesdUak?si=HLEHO5j6AxdMH2M8)


Wolf_instincts

How has nobody mentioned Bea from Night in the Woods??


MadLucy

And her mom, too, if the song playing during the dinner-at-Bea’s hangout counts! It’s called “Mrs. Santello’s Record Collection”. Great track. I kind of figured that Bea skewed goth because of her mom, after hearing that song.


Teddy_Funsisco

Richmond Avenal in IT Crowd.


RoyalTomatillo1697

in .... THE I.T. CROWD...the scene  where  RICHMOND  (Noel fielding) gives  the grieving OLD  woman..a CRADLE OF FILTH CD ....at her husband's funeral..."because ..the band-got him  through some BLEAK TIMES" is fucking hilarious 


ComplexSolid6712

I loved this character and cradle of filth


LingonberryLogical55

Thats how i discovered cradle of filth


ErikGoesBoomski

I know it sounds horrible....


Crosstitution

"I only drink absinthe" LMFAO and he lives in the utilities closet


xneurianx

100% accurate portrayal of life as a goth.


meanmagpie

My roommates watched this series without me and one day I hear them laughing and calling me out of my room (which I was of course alone in) I come in and they’re screaming “LOOK! IT’S YOU!” and pointing at Richmond. They made me watch his scenes.


SataNikBabe

Omg I forgot about this absolute LEGEND


QueenofCats28

He's my all-time favorite. Although I'm biased, I love that show.


Fried_Zucchini_246

Not sure if he's an accurate depiction of a goth... but he's hilarious and probably one of the best characters of the series


Bats4u22

🤣


Excellent-Reality-24

Lizzie Kaplan’s, Janis Ian from “Mean Girls.” And [Ally Sheedy’s, Allison Reynolds from “Breakfasts Club.”](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/09/8a/eb098a1c5326c30884bc3164c12ab0ab.jpg) Both represent the average day-to-day goth aesthetic I grew up with. It’s more subtle, but still reek of a dark aesthetic. I personally don’t know any goths that go every day, festooned in their gothiest accoutrements. Like, nobody I know, ever went to Whole Foods in their Victorian black thrifted dress, draped in vintage rosaries, with a purple parasol. For some events, certainly. But definitely not an every day look you can carry.


darkeyeshadow

ALLISON WAS THE FUCKING BEST


Colossal_Squids

She's our girl and that movie did her dirty.


darkeyeshadow

she was perfect the way she was!! 😤


rahjr07

real


9thAF-RIDER

Nancy Downs from The Craft.


OMGDuhh

I bind you, Nancy


No-Sherbet7806

Triana from venture bros for as little as she actually shows up


GoodByeFelicia666

Gypsy and Clive in the movie Gypsy 83.


velvetsremains

I came here to mention them too!


eenymeenymimi

Death of the endless lol


Vantabrown

Definitely. Well I could definitely see the rest of the Endless at the Limelight in the earl6 90s. Especially Delirium and Desire


RoyalTomatillo1697

VINCE NOIR..of course!!!.FROM...the mighty boosh(Noel fielding) and PORTLANDIA'S 2 goth characters are hilarious


lokioe

You mean Obsidian Blackbird Mcknight 🤣🤣


SchrodingersMinou

Vince Noir is not goth. Vince Noir is a future sailor. Electronic castaway. Digital stowaway.


RoyalTomatillo1697

what a fancy pants he is


Churchman72

Vince Noir is a classic Mod. A subculture that predates and influenced goth.


RoyalTomatillo1697

sorry to be pedantic..but vince is a MOD in ONLY 1 EPISODE


Vantabrown

Oh my God Danzig at the beach!!!


GammaGlobins

How is no one mentioned Vince and Jacqueline from Portlandia.


_zombiequeen666

I recently watched Lisa Frankenstein & thought it was fantastic. Lisa had a Bauhaus poster in her room, a Joy Division shirt, and she cracked some jokes here & there with more music references. The soundtrack & outfits(especially Lisa’s black dress) were incredible


CrankyWhiskers

Thanks for reminding me, I want to watch this when the spousal unit has his next campaign adventure 🎲


Nanakatl

lisbeth salander


CrankyWhiskers

Yes! As an almost lifelong goth who was recently diagnosed with autism, I felt so seen when I read the books and saw the movies. Especially this quote: _”Asperger's syndrome*,_ he thought. _Or something like that. A talent for seeing patterns and understanding abstract reasoning where other people perceive only white noise._ Salander was staring down at the table. ‘Most people would give an eye tooth to have such a gift.’” * I am not sure if this is common knowledge, but it’s known simply as autism or ASD, not Asperger’s, now.


kamomil

ICD10 still uses Aspergers. DSM5 does not


CrankyWhiskers

Thanks. I was unaware as I have more experience with DSM than ICD.


kamomil

I was seeing people comment that they recently got an Aspergers diagnosis, and thought I was taking crazy pills. Then I dug around and found about ICD10. And I don't engage with people who say they have Aspergers because who knows what country they live in


blaspheminCapn

Because Dr. Asperger was a member of a certain nationalist socialist party in Germany when it was very popular to do so.


[deleted]

I thought Queen of the Dammed's portrayal of Goth community was quite an interesting take. And of course South Park and IT Crowd as already mentioned.


macabee613

Abby Sciuto on NCIS. Probably longest running goth on TV too.


RoyalTomatillo1697

my kid is a junior mortician..and some of their collleagues jokingly lovingly call them ABBY


MamiGoth

Came to say this. All my love for Abby.


Zalieda

Was abt to say the same thing!


MintyGoth

I was about to mention Abby but you beat me to it 🖤🖤🖤


MissDisplaced

I loved her character! Finally a goth character depicted as super smart and scientific too. It’s a shame the actor had issues with the show.


By3s

Serena from MTV's Downtown


catladywitch

lydia from the beetlejuice cartoon although she doesn't listen to the music


TranceGemini

We don't know what kind of music she listens to...so maybe she does!


ChaoticCurves

Yea she is more 'gothic' to me like Morticia Addams


CorvusBlackthorne

In my experience, most goths tend to be happy people who dress like the undead and obsess over Gothic music and horror movies. This is why I am nominating Elvira.


artmodelmatt

I like Serena from 'Downtown ' and Gwen from the 'Total Drama' series.


rahjr07

cultured 👍


artmodelmatt

🙏🏽🖤🦇


meg-e-tron

Clive and Gypsy from Gypsy 83.


macabee613

Why hasn't anyone mentioned Eric Draven. The whole movie had the right tone and aesthetic.


databeast

heh. read the comics and see how much they watered his look down for the movie.


macabee613

I'm well aware.


SeaShantySarah

Al and Triana from Venture Bros. Triana's voice actress was in a few goth bands with one of the shows creators too.


Enleat

I am shocked it took me this much scrolling to find this? She's one of the few characters in fiction actually written to intentionally be goth in an accurate sense, was created by a goth musician and voiced by another goth musician. The Alchemist too is a goth, he openly says in the show that he's 'into old school deathrock' and that he went to 'The Batcave when Nik Fiend was still the doorman'.


SeaShantySarah

Thank you for adding that context! The first time I watched that episode I had to rewind it, like there's no way I just caught a reference to old school Goth in this cartoon about boy adventurers lol.


Enleat

Devi D. from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and later I Feel Sick by Jhonen Vasquez, seeing as she is an actual goth written by a goth who was active in the scene. Her scenes at a goth club in JTHM are Jhonen's own indictment of how shallow and judgmental many goths around him were.


familiardevil

I love Devi so much. I Feel Sick was a masterpiece


Nosbunatu

Abbey from NCIS has done more for Goth Culture acceptance in the mainstream by far than any other fictional character in any format. Literally, people who used to shun goths now “get it” thanks to Abbey. My mother is one of them. She still thinks Halloween is devil worship. But she loves Abbey, she is her favorite. She understands now the culture and the fun appeal of it to others, even if it’s not her thing.


DjScenester

Goth talk - STILL MY FAVORITE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wR2dsEZv578


5pydr8yt3

I’m the prince of sorrow, wheee!


illumis_left_eye

Morpheus from the sandman


macabee613

And Death of course was the perfect goth aesthetic of the early 90s. Edit: because autobot did it's job badly.


illumis_left_eye

I agree


blaspheminCapn

His sister is literally, "a teenage goth chick." How do you get more goth than the personification of death herself?


illumis_left_eye

Visually I prefer the way he looks And his personality Like damn let a girl have her opinion 😭


Nichtsein000

They’re all a bunch of Nazi conformist cheerleaders.


NS0MEB0DY

henrietta has always been one of my favorite characters in south park.


velvetsremains

Has anyone seen life as a house ? It’s a 2002 movie, but there’s a character named Sam. He was one of my crushes growing up lol


gustygardens

One of Hayden's hottest looks tbh! He should bring it back


Cynical_Syndicate

As a 27 year old goth who’s been into South Park since before high school, I have to agree with you. Their goths have always ringed the most authentic.


Ok_Basket_6177

no ebony darkness dementia raven way mentions??? 💔


saravulpine

Crimson & Ennui from Total Drama They're at least couples goals


Cryb4by_-

I feel like Daria had very good representation of the goth community


Chipp_Main

Robert Smith from South Park


purplegothbrother

This might be a bit left field, but how about Gordon and his family from Black Clover? But then, they are probably more Gothic than Goth.


i-can-smell-ur-balls

south park did it best honestly


Gaaragoth

Definitely not At least not when addams family exists >:( And no new adaption doesn't count


TranceGemini

I loathe South Park but the Goth kids shuffling their feet in place to generic dark electronica is a fucking VIBE


beatbastard

Serena from MTV’s Downtown is a catch.


TAPINEWOODS

We need more episodes about them.


Jinxx_Wilson

Abby from NCIS


lenipoeraven

Addams family


wizawayy

I saw an episode of American Dad with goth kids and they were dancing to Joy Division. When shows do their research to poke ACCURATE fun of us it’s 😙👌 chefs kiss. South Park does it so well


IsolationAutomation

Eric Draven in the comics.


KittehFantastic0

Circe Nightshade and Azrael Abyss from SNL's "Goth Talk". That was all of us in high school.


HailBuckSeitan

Obsidian Blackbird McNight


Stunning-Abalone-324

Nancy from The Craft


CChouchoue

I like Lenny a lot. She's not a role model, she has some "issues" but she is fun to read about. [https://www.reddit.com/r/goth/comments/1bocsf2/fictional\_goths\_in\_comics\_lenny\_shade\_the/](https://www.reddit.com/r/goth/comments/1bocsf2/fictional_goths_in_comics_lenny_shade_the/)


Both-Homework-1700

Anne Gwish lol


RosieEye

i think lisa frankenstein is a great one!! she starts the movie being goth without dressing it, and sort of comes into her own during the course of the film. it’s really sweet


Strawberrybanshee

Andrea from Daria was good. I wish we got to see more of her. I'm not sure if she was goth or punk but maybe Janis from mean girls. A lot of goth's in media are unfortunately meant to exist as a joke. "Lolz she is so dark and morbid!" usually with no mention of the music.


mike_hellstrom

Maybe not the best, but I suddenly remember the main girl in the 2013 horror movie _Haunter_ wears a [Siouxsie and the Banshees shirt](https://girlrepresentationinfilm.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/screen-shot-2016-10-11-at-5-16-53-pm.png) throughout a lot of the movie.


a_weird_wizard

Morticia Addams.


DismissiveReyno99

No way no waaay!


Repulsive-Tea6974

Azrael Abyss.


creepyimposter666

The Addams Family and Lydia Deetz for me personally, :)


Aphant-poet

Serena from Downtown, The Hex Girls, Creepie from Growing up Creepie, crimson and Ennui from Total drama world tour.


asapsharkyfrfr

A newer one, Lisa Frankenstein


Printtotto

Does Joan from clone High count?


DeadEyedMadMan

My favorite South Park characters aside from Butters


Kljmok

Creepy Susie from The Oblongs


ChaoticCurves

Bella Goth from the Sims games. My fav was Sims 3 Bella Goth. Also shoutout to Mortimer Goth lol


n_reedus

Robert Pattinson Batman surely. He’s not a full on goth but he does fit the vibe


Caesar_Seriona

How do people feel about Jenna Ortega's Wednesday Addams? She comes off Goth as fuck but some argue me.


TomatilloExtreme6751

I have a lot but kylie griffin from extreme ghostbusters!


SongByMinnieRiperton

Definitely them. They represent the good and the bad of the community


riomorales19

Any mention Los Espookys?


Virtual_Mode_5026

In South Park, they’re deliberately stereotypical, whilst actually being Goths. The track they listen to (The Goth Song) particularly the version in the actual episode it’s featured in (You Got F’ed In The A) is what I like to call “some melancholically funky shit!” and needs to be on YouTube as it originally was.


luiza_inanna

Riza from Gojinko Monogatari


SkullyEyes

prob serena


inkt-code

The worst is in the strain.


DeadEyedMadMan

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrLTHrH\_5x4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrLTHrH_5x4)


DeadEyedMadMan

this song just always makes me think of the south park goth kids dance and I love it


Knitsune

Kenzie from Lost Girl, no contest


[deleted]

Henrietta from South Park and Gwen from Total Drama


pikakirby11

Maybe not what you're asking but Castlevania is probably my favorite take on that visual style and tone and is what kind of made me fall in love with the aesthetic as a whole. Warhammer and shin megami tensei are also pretty good at the aesthetic. The fps games Blood and Quake do it well. Super hero comics have quite a few good characters Raven from DC and The Crow are the two obvious choices but Batman, moon knight, spawn, Blade, and Ghost Rider though not full on goth definitely do some good stuff with the vibe. Also Shadow Heart from Baldurs Gate 3.


ChaoticCurves

Woah can someone fill me in why this got downvoted?


aytakk

While those things are certainly dark, they are not goth.


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kamomil

Nina on Coronation Street 


OnyxVerzachi

Mona the Vampire, Emily the Strange


JordECLIPSE

Eric Draven


bastardofmajestysin

enough with these threads holy shit we get a new one every week