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* [[Fanfic/AfterTheJungleSeries Thaddeus]] [[Creator/Flowerprincess11 Gammelthorpe]] [[W esternAnimation/HeyArnold (aka, "Curly")]] adopts this kind of look as an adult--he's still pretty eccentric as an adult but has long since mellowed out from when he, Arnold and the rest of their old friends/classmates were in elementary school (he apparently had a bunch of counseling in middle and high school). Also as an adult, Thaddeus becomes an extremely successful artist/photographer--he also ends up marrying Rhonda[[note]]According to Helga in "The Wedding Day" (the one-shot that's about when she and Arnold got married), Curly and Rhonda started dating in high school and people were arguably more shocked by them becoming a couple than they were by Arnold and Helga becoming a couple[[/note]], with whom he has a daughter named Courtney[[note]]She's described as looking like a younger of her mom, but inherited a lot of her dad's eccentricities[[/note]].

* Lester of the ''Coolman!'' shorts. Only in his imagination.

[[caption-width-right:350:Cool it daddio, your poetry's so hip it's melting my bongos!]]

* In the early days of the Franchise/XMen, Iceman and the Beast liked to hang out at the Coffee-A-Go-Go, which catered to a stereotypical Beatnik crowd headed by Bernard the Poet. Many years later, in ''X-Men First Class Special'' #1 (2007), he would be revealed as - what else? - a latent mutant.
* Johnny Beyond, a character from Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/NineteenSixtyThree'' comics, is a Beatnik version of Comicbook/DoctorStrange.
** The Bouncing Beatnik in ComicBook/AstroCity. Both of these are based on Ditko characters due to the popularity his work had with the '60s counterculture.
* A group of Beatniks showed up frequently in the comic series ''ComicBook/{{Madman}}'' as antagonists at first and later, allies.
* One issue of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' has the characters acting like beatniks.
* ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' Magazine frequently poked fun at beatniks, pointing out that structured nonconformity was a form of conformity itself. The "MAD Nonconformist" eschewed beatnik gear like berets and sweaters in favour of pith helmets and straitjackets.

[[JiveTurkey Hey there, daddy-o.]] [[SelfDemonstratingArticle We're]] what you call Beatniks. Cool it, cool it, let me explain. You'll often see us wearing [[CoolShades shady sunglasses]], black sweaters and pants, [[ArtsyBeret a beret]], sandals, with women wearing leotards. We carry bongos, read edgy poetry and banned novels, and listen to modern Bebop jazz at smoky nightclubs. We try out marijuana and free love, dabble in avant-garde art, and discuss left-wing politics, Buddhism, and enlightenment. We were probably the badass of our time because we are so [[TotallyRadical hip]], but this isn't TheFifties anymore, dig? So if you'll excuse me, I have to cut out now.

* In ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'', there's a beatnik bar called the Blue Casket containing some very hip skeletons. Manny can get up on stage and read seemingly random poetry to them. He also refers to them as 'Deadbeats'.

* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'': In "Cat Gone Bad," [=CatDog=]'s block gets overtaken by beatnik alley cats. Although the rule-abiding Cat denounces them at first, he soon gives into the urge to join them and gains a new irresponsible lease on life, as well as a beret, goatee, shades, and the nickname "Scat Cat." Dog once even refers to him as "Jack Cat-ouac."

-->'''Ned's Dad:''' Aw, ''maaaaan!'' Ned spilled ink all over my poems! He's a real flat tie! I mean, ''a cube'', man! He's puttin' us on the train to Squaresville, Mona!\\

-->'''Ned:''' Well, I may go a little bit easy on the old hickory dickory stick... but that's just because my dad was so hard on ''me'' when I was a boy.\\
''(flashback to young Ned spilling ink on his father's desk)''\\
'''Young Ned:''' Whoopsy-doodle!\\
'''Ned's Dad:''' Aw, ''maaaaan!'' Ned spillled ink all over my poems! He's a real flat tie! I mean, ''a cube'', man! He's putting us on the train to Squaresville, Mona!\\
''(back in the present, Ned wistfully fells a SingleTear)''

* Ding Dong Daddy ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' talks like he's from the 1950s daddy-o.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' DVD includes a bonus feature "The Adventures of Mr. Incredible and Friends," a poorly done cartoon featuring Mr. Incredible and Frozone--[[ButNotTooBlack who is lighter skinned than he really is]], and speaks in a forced 'hip' manner. On the commentary track, Frozone complains that he sounds like a beatnik.

* A [[WackyWaysideTribe short diversion]] in the original ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' has the kids ducking into a pair of beatniks' apartment / studio briefly with much trepidation. At the suggestion "lets get naked and smoke," they decide to leave.

** The "Three Little Bops," a standalone short from 1957 recasts the fairy tale pigs as a trio with the Big Bad Wolf ruining things by blowing his horn. Narrated by StanFreberg, the short has a cool jazz score by Shorty Rogers. It also features an early example of someone tracing a "square" in the air with their fingers.

* The "Three Little Bops," a LooneyTunes short from 1957 recasts the fairy tale pigs as a trio with the Big Bad Wolf ruining things by blowing his horn. Narrated by creator/StanFreberg, the short has a cool jazz score by Shorty Rogers.

* The "Three Little Bops" from 1957 recasts the fairy tale pigs as a trio with the Big Bad Wolf ruining things by blowing his horn. Narrated by [[creator/StanFreberg]], the short has a cool jazz score by Shorty Rogers.

* Magazine/Mad frequently poked fun at beatniks, pointing out that structured nonconformity was a form of conformity itself. The "MAD Nonconformist" eschewed beatnik gear like berets and sweaters in favour of pith helmets and straitjackets.

* [[Fanfic/AfterTheJungleSeries Thaddeus]] [[Creator/Flowerprincess11 Gammelthorpe]] [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold (aka, "Curly")]] adopts this kind of look as an adult--he's still pretty eccentric as an adult but has long since mellowed out from when he, Arnold and the rest of their old friends/classmates were in elementary school (he apparently had a bunch of counseling in middle and high school). Also as an adult, Thaddeus becomes an extremely successful artist/photographer--he also ends up marrying Rhonda[[note]]According to Helga in "The Wedding Day" (the one-shot that's about when she and Arnold got married), Curly and Rhonda started dating in high school and people were arguably more shocked by them becoming a couple than they were by Arnold and Helga becoming a couple[[/note]], with whom he has a daughter named Courtney[[note]]She's described as looking like a younger of her mom, but inherited a lot of her dad's eccentricities[[/note]].