History Main / BombThrowingAnarchists

Traditionally equipped with a CartoonBomb, described by one stock image-hosting site as an "[[http://www.fotosearch.com/STK009/app1006/ old-fashioned anarchist-style round bomb with burning fuse]]." Modern depictions favor dynamite sticks[[note]]Actually sort of accurate; one of People's Will's much-copied innovations was using dynamite as a tool of assassination[[/note]] and Molotov cocktails.

* The Cubby family in ''WebVideo/Dimension20'' are a very nice working-class halfling couple with their three children who happily help the main characters out whenever they can. They are also extremely anti-authoritarian, advocate violent revolution and carry around lit Molotovs [[CrazyPrepared just in case they need to kill come cops]]. Ally calls them Anarcho-Socialists.

The "bomb-throwing" image of the anarchist developed in the last quarter of the 19th century. Left-wing terrorism first made a serious mark in UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia during the reign of Emperor Alexander II (r. 1855-1881), who, ironically, was targeted because he was a ''liberal(ish) reformist'' rather than an arch-conservative. The "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_reforms_of_Alexander_II_of_Russia Great Reform]]" of the "Tsar Liberator"[[note]]Which included, among other things, the abolition of serfdom, rationalization of the Russian judiciary and introduction of something resembling due process, introduction of the ''zemstva'' (partly-elected local government councils), educational reforms, and relaxation of censorship. The Tsar himself also indicated this was all just buildup to introduction of full constitutional semi-parliamentary monarchy in Russia, probably on the German and Austro-Hungarian model (in which the monarch wielded substantial but legally limited executive power).[[/note]] scared the pants off Russia's community of agrarian socialists (whose ideology was essentially anarchist, being heavily influenced by Mikhail Bakunin's anarcho-collectivism), who feared that the resultant improvements would sap support for their more radical agenda. In 1879, they established a loose organization called ''Narodnaya Volya'' or "People's Will", which started assassination attempts on various Tsarist officials, including several on the Tsar himself. They eventually succeeding in killing the Tsar in 1881 by literally throwing a bomb at him--well, two bombs.[[note]]The first bomb damaged the Emperor's bulletproof carriage, leaving him unharmed but forcing him to exit; the second, thrown at his feet, tore the lower half of his body to shreds. He was taken back to the Winter Palace, where he died of blood loss.[[/note]] This was highly publicized around the world (not that it did them much good domestically; the organization dissolved in 1884 and the Russian Left went into exile or hibernation for 20 years).

The "bomb-throwing" image of the anarchist developed in the last quarter of the 19th century. Left-wing terrorism first made a serious mark in UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia during the reign of Emperor Alexander II (r. 1855-1881). The reforms of the "Tsar Liberator" scared the pants off Russia's community of agrarian socialists (whose ideology was essentially anarchist, being heavily influenced by Mikhail Bakunin's anarcho-collectivism), who feared that the resultant improvements would sap support for their more radical agenda. In 1879, they established a loose organization called ''Narodnaya Volya'' or "People's Will", which started assassination attempts on various Tsarist officials, including several on the Tsar himself. They eventually succeeding in killing the Tsar in 1881 by literally throwing a bomb at him--well, two bombs.[[note]]The first bomb damaged the Emperor's bulletproof carriage, leaving him unharmed but forcing him to exit; the second, thrown at his feet, tore the lower half of his body to shreds. He was taken back to the Winter Palace, where he died of blood loss.[[/note]] This was highly publicized around the world (not that it did them much good domestically; the organization dissolved in 1884 and the Russian Left went into exile or hibernation for 20 years).

* The Trope Image is taken from Larry Gonick's ''Cartoon History of the United States'', part of his ''ComicBook/TheCartoonHistoryOfTheUniverse'' series, humorously lampshaded the common stereotype of anarchists as [[OlderThanTheyThink mad, bearded bombers]] ("smell like garlic... foreign accent... burning fuse") during the 1880s Red Scare after the Haymarket Bombing.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'': "Yeah, baby, yeah! [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment I'm the Evil Midnight Bomber what bombs at midnight!"]]

** Even moreso in the Shadowfist card game, where the Jammers are the only faction who can render the game UnwinnableByInsanity.

* The ''TabletobGame/Warhammer40000'' spin-off game ''TabletopGame/{{Gorkamorka}}'' featured the Gretchin Revolutionary Committee, who were pretty much just a goblin-based parody of this trope.

* ''Podcast/ItCouldHappenHere'': One of the factions during the [[DividedStatesOfAmerica Second American Civil War]] are left-wing militias, along with their right-wing counterparts.

* Wrestling/ArikCannon's gimmick combines this with TheQuincyPunk, though in Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, it was more so ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything. He even teamed with [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli a rich foreign banker.]][[/folder]]

* ''TabletopGame/{{Space 1889}}'' played fairly straight and intended to be an antagonist –though it is also available as a player character career in character generation. The illustration fits the stereotype, complete with a cartoon bomb.

* The Jammers from ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' definitely fit the trope, with a fondness for blowing up Feng Shui sites in order to carry out Battlechimp Potemkin's dream of a world without chi.
** Even moreso in the Shadowfist card game, where the Jammers are the only faction who can render the game UnwinnableByInsanity.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' features the secret society "Death Leopard", a coalition of pseudo-anarchist party-animals.
* ''TabletopGame/SeventhSea'' has an entire Secret Society of Bomb Throwing Anarchists with its own splatbook. While the Rilisciare's reasons for being anti-authoritarian (nobles in the setting have access to sorcery that is [[spoiler: causing the barrier between the physical world and Hell to slowly weaken, and non-powered nobles have a history of betraying the Free Thinkers]]) are clearly stated, the society's history includes the point where they extended their enmity to include ''anyone'' with power, even mundane political power. Plus, all the good explosives abilities and equipment are in their splatbook (including the "Arson" and "Bomb-making" skills and a coat with ''hidden explosives in the buttons'').
* The ''Warhammer 40,000'' spin-off game ''Gorkamorka'' featured the Gretchin Revolutionary Committee, who were pretty much just a goblin-based parody of this trope.
* ''TabletopGame/BleakWorld'' has the Bridge Burners, who are seen as this by the other Jotun. In reality, they are more of an organized terrorist group who oppose the pilgrimage back to Homestead on the theory that they could end up doing more damage to Earth by inviting the Elves to come here.

* The play ''Last Meals'' has in one of its vignettes a Timothy [=McVeigh=] {{expy}} with a thing for mint chocolate chip ice cream. He is shown making a speech to the camera and does an UnflinchingWalk from a building he has just blown up while eating his ice cream.
* The play ''The Just Assassins'' by French writer Albert Camus explores the moral issues faced by a group of Russian terrorists plotting to kill the Governor General of Moscow by throwing a bomb at his carriage. This was based on a real assassination, though the perpetrators were not the anarchists but the Socialist Revolutionaries.
* This what the victim in ''Theatre/AccidentalDeathOfAnAnarchist'' is alleged to have been, and what The Maniac might very well be.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'', "terrorist" and "anarchist" are represented by the same character model.
* In ''VideoGame/UrbanChaosRiotResponse'' the main villains are a bunch of anarchist [[KillItWithFire pyromaniacs]] called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "The Burners"]] who kill indiscriminately, wear [[FacelessGoons painted hockey masks]], and [[spoiler: are really brainwashed employees of a corporation who want to "burn the city alive" to "make the country pay for its exploitation of 3rd world countries."]]
* ''VideoGame/VictoriaAnEmpireUnderTheSun'' has a variety of "Crime buildings" that can appear if your crime spending gets too low, one of these is "anarchist bomb-throwers" that greatly increases the chance of a "Political assassination" event.

* Aversion: Ryan from ''VideoGame/TheNamelessMod'' ''looks'' like he's just a TerroristWithoutACause at first, who happens to be fighting against the BigBad of the game. But when you talk to him and learn that he's an anarchist, he explains his motives, he comes off as much more sympathetic, and it makes him into a [[ChaoticGood different type of character.]]
* The Intellivision game ''Bomb Squad'' uses this as the premise behind the game. One of these has planted a really big bomb under downtown and you're set to disable it. While you and your pal are trying to disable it, he taunts "It won't be easy!" in what ''might'' be an East European accent.

* The Downzone Subverters from ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' (2012) are [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Uncivilized]] LaResistance who are obsessed with bringing down the syndicates. It's full EvilVersusEvil as they don't care for the civilians; in fact, the New York branch's leader gleefully anticipates the collateral damage.
* Donn Throgg from ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' is a subversion. His M.O. is typical of the trope, but politically he is a right-leaning (relatively speaking, he's still quite socialist by any standards) union activist, who saw violence as the only way to stop the rampant abuse of orcs, half-orcs, and poor humans by Tarantian factory owners. If you can convince him to continue the struggle by peaceful means, Throgg eventually runs for President of Tarant.
* The Revolutionaries in ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' are frequently this, although it's noted at one point that they've largely moved on from {{Cartoon Bomb}}s to dynamite. Most of them just want the Masters and their Bazaar to go home, their higher echelons are [[spoiler:truly anarchic to horrifying degrees: They feel oppressed by the ''laws of nature and physics'', and want to end them. [[StarKilling And since these laws are enforced by starlight...]]]]
** In ''VideoGame/SunlessSea'', set in the same universe, Anarchists are one of the four factions you can raise the Supremacy of (the others being London, the Khanate, and the Dawn Machine). You can boost Supremacy: Anarchists by running supplies from Vienna to London, giving the Iron Republic the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Memento Mori]], or helping the Empire of Hands complete their zeppelin and devastate London with it.
* The introduction to ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'' makes [[MadBomber Morte]] and the World Annihilation Front seem like this, but as their name implies, they're not just interested in toppling evil governments; they want to end the world. That doesn't stop various characters from ''calling'' them anarchists, though.
* The Freedom faction from ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}'' are a loose-knit clan of Stalkers who push for free access into the Zone and ways for humans to harmoniously integrate into it, seeing the region as a scientific marvel and a way to get a truly free life. Freedom's ideals often put them into conflict with the Ukrainian military (as Freedom wishes to end the Ukrainian government's monopoly on the Zone) and their main rivals Duty (a faction of regimented ex-soldiers who ultimately wish to find a way to destroy the Zone completely). Unlike Duty, Freedom has a very decentralized organization structure and a relaxed and informal attitude: there are no ranks, and members often casually refer to each other as "bro" and consume alcohol and marijuana. Despite this, Freedom are a deceptively competent fighting force.

* Played with by the Siberian Black Army of ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope''. They are indeed intent on using violence to unify Russia, but so is every other warlord state from Vyatka to Magadan, with the Black Army only distinguished by its ideology. They've also graduated from throwing bombs to full-scale industrial warfare, and can even develop nuclear weapons.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'': "Yeah, baby, yeah! [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment I'm the Evil Midnight Bomber what bombs at midnight!"]]

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Rick Sanchez was one in his past with Bird Person and Squanchy, committing atrocities against the Galactic Government, and he continues to be an anti-authoritarian and anti-institutional maverick in the present, mocking school, family, marriage, society, and even the Council of Ricks. In ''The Rickchurian Mortydate'', his condescension and belittling of the POTUS, the man in charge of the country which he is a citizen of in the Multiverse, leads to a major crisis, [[spoiler:with Rick being branded as a terrorist, and having his citizenship removed, and Rick coming close to killing the head of state which he probably would have gone ahead with had Morty not found a safe place for him and his family, forcing Rick to restore the status-quo]].

* ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'': A mad anarchist named Ruddock is used as a stooge in an attempt to blow up Buckingham Palace in "The Crystal Throne".
* ''Literature/AnnoDracula: Seven Days in Mayhem'' sees Kate Reed reluctantly joining a version of the Council of Seven Days comprising bomb-throwing anarchists from various sources, all of whom she considers different degrees of insane: Sunday and Symes from [[Literature/TheManWhoWasThursday the original]], Christina Light and Paul Muniment (from ''The Princess Casamassima'' by Creator/HenryJames), Alexander Ossipon (from ''Literature/TheSecretAgent'') and Peter the Painter (from RealLife).
* Generally avoided in the Chilean comic ''Zombies en la Moneda'', where one of the protagonists is El Kila, an anarchist who is also a TechnicalPacifist (and who on more than one occasion has ended up punching Chilean Neonazis). However, in Volume 5, he meets an old friend who is also an anarchist and who is upset by how little Chilean society has changed after the ZombieApocalypse, [[spoiler:so he has a plan to carry out a series of terrorist attacks using loaded zombies with explosive vests]]. The Kila is not happy at all.

* ''Film/TheWeatherUnderground'' (2002), a documentary about the left-wing terrorist organization that went on a bombing campaign in the United States in the 1970s. They were actually Marxist-Leninist but fit into the stereotypical mold.
* ''Film/TheBaaderMeinhofComplex'' (2007). Technically they were Communists (mostly Marxist-Leninists), not anarchists, but they [[ContractualGenreBlindness managed to pigeonhole themselves]] in the whole "anti-establishment radicals are insane" stereotype.
* Mallory from ''Film/AFistfulOfDynamite'' is an antiheroic take on this trope.
* ''Film/JEdgar'' features anarchists, whom Hoover inaccurately refers to as "Bolshevik communists," who attempt to kill the Attorney General of the US, among other high-profile targets. This is TruthInTelevision since it actually happened in 1919.
* In ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'', Moriarty manipulates a French anarchist cell into blowing up several buildings in Paris in order to destabilize Europe.
* ''Film/NoGodNoMaster'' revolves around Bureau of Investigation agent William Flynn investigating the 1919 Anarchist Bombings, where numerous high business and government figures were targeted with package bombs. It has many [[ArtisticLicenseHistory historical inaccuracies]], though.
* In ''Film/{{Suffragette}}'' the protagonists are technically women's rights activists, not anarchists. However, after they [[spoiler: have blown up the (empty) manor of a member of parliament]] one of the men in power says something about considering this "level of anarchy" unacceptable. Though it's not as if the suffragists weren't [[PoliceBrutality beaten up by the police]] before that.
* ''Film/{{Criminal}}'': Xavier Heimdahl, who's trying to obtain the Wormhole program, which will give him control of the US's nuclear arsenal to destroy every government in the world.

* The titular VillainProtagonist ''{{Literature/Fantomas}}'' is initially claimed to be a radical French anarchist who commits all sorts of crimes in the hopes of bringing down civilisation. However, in practice he comes across as more of a CardCarryingVillain [[PlayedForDrama played dead straight]], a [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] [[TheSociopath psychopath]] and SerialKiller with a [[DiabolicalMastermind vast criminal network]] who commits a range of violent crimes ForTheEvulz. He is [[TheBadGuyWins never caught or killed]] in any of the stories and on the occasions that he is, he is either FakingTheDead or even [[FrameUp framing innocent people to be arrested or executed in his place]], and it is likely that his only real goal is simply infamy.
* OlderThanRadio: Creator/JosephConrad's 1907 novel ''Literature/TheSecretAgent'' largely subverts this. The only actual bombing is carried out by a secret agent for a foreign government trying to provoke a crackdown on anarchists (who they see as taking refuge in Great Britain). The actual anarchists are mostly harmless and don't do much more than sit in Verloc's parlor and make speeches, and are unwilling to risk disturbing their [[{{Hypocrite}} privileged lifestyles]] by risking prison or injury.
** Stevie is a mentally disabled teenager who is converted to violent anarchism by the aforementioned secret agent to get him to carry out the bombing, and it's unlikely that he would have done it on his own.
** Michaelis is a retired bomb-throwing anarchist who has become convinced that anarcho-syndicalism will succeed without violence. He is portrayed as very well-intentioned but not very bright.
** The Professor, who's the most violent, is not really an anarchist, but a Nietzsche Wannabe who gives Verloc a bomb. He despises Michaelis's idealism and wants to create a world where the strong have free reign to crush the weak. But despite talking a big game he's ultimately too much of a coward to try anything himself.
** The story also includes the grotesque figure of Karl Yundt, who expresses himself thus: "I have always dreamed of a band of men absolute in their resolve to discard all scruples in the choice of means, strong enough to give themselves frankly the name of destroyers, and free from the taint of that resigned pessimism which rots the world. No pity for anything on earth, including themselves, and death enlisted for good and all in the service of humanity — that's what I would have liked to see." He has long since forgotten what he hoped to build in place of the old order.
* From about the same era (1908, to be precise), the anarchists in Creator/GKChesterton's ''Literature/TheManWhoWasThursday'' are actually proud of being devoted to destruction as an end in itself, considering partisan terrorists weaklings. "The outer circle are sad because the bomb did not kill the king; the inner circle are glad because the bomb killed somebody."
** When the Marquis muses on stabbing his target instead, the Secretary objects that the bomb, which “destroys because it broadens”, is not only their weapon but their perfect symbol.
** ''The Man Who Was Thursday'' is actually a Christian parable of sorts. The "anarchists" are not rebelling against society but against God. To be fair, many anarchists of the time were also strongly anti-theistic. [[spoiler: Most of the alleged anarchists are merely disguised as such. The full title is ''The Man Who Was Thursday: [[InWhichATropeIsDescribed A Nightmare]]'']].
* This is a staple of the era, so much so that the short story of Creator/HGWells' first collection, ''The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents'', mocks the idea of an anarchist committing bioterrorism. A bacteriologist, after a bit of prompting, shows a young man a vial containing a live culture of cholera, then leaves the room momentarily to answer the door, his return quickly followed by the visitor apologizing for wasting so much of the bacteriologist's valuable time and leaving. The bacteriologist then notices that there's something missing. One [[StandardSnippet Yackety Sax]]-worthy taxi chase (one taxi for the anarchist, one for the bacteriologist, and one for his wife with his hat, shoes, and overcoat) later, the vial breaks in the anarchist's hand and the anarchist decides to act as the first carrier and drinks what's left, at which point he feels free to exit the cab, yell "Vive l'Anarchie! You are too late, my friend. I have drunk it. The cholera is abroad," and walk off into a crowd. On the ride home, the bacteriologist reveals that he had just told the anarchist that the vial had contained cholera to impress him, while it actually contained a bacterium [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment that turns animals blue]].

* Former Russian Socialist Revolutionary bomber Boris Savinkov eventually wrote an autobiography that was more or less true to the less nihilistic outlook of his party (which was not anarchistic to begin with anyway) and a fictional novel where the protagonist is a BloodKnight and virtually a Bomb Throwing Anarchist.
* Of course, there needs must be named the "protagonist" of Creator/ThomasPynchon's ''Against the Day'', the dynamite-happy anarchist Webb Traverse, and his nitroglycerin liturgy against the railroads.
* In ''Literature/NativeSon'', Bigger and his friends go to see a movie titled ''The Gay Woman'' in which the hero is attacked by a bomb-wielding Communist.

* BAST in ''Literature/WinLoseOrDie'' is known as an organization that believes that global anarchy through terrorism leads to absolute power. What the organization doesn't know that its leader is just using his people to gain money.
* ''Literature/LookingBackward'': {{Discussed|Trope}} by Dr. Leete and Julian, the latter saying the anarchists in the late 1800s were actually subsidized by the capitalists to scare people off socialism from its association with terrorist violence. This was a big issue at the time the book was written in 1888. A year prior to this, for instance, four anarchists were hanged over a conspiracy to murder police with a bomb in Chicago, though it's doubtful which (if any) actually did it (four others had also been convicted -- one killed himself, the rest were pardoned).
* Infamously, the ''Literature/AnarchistCookbook'' contained amateur recipes for homemade explosives (seriously, it's a ''very'' bad idea to [[DoNotTryThisAtHome try this at home]]). There was no overt connection to anarchism as a serious philosophy except that the author seemed very interested in blowing things up as a form of protest.
* The titular post-scarcity society in ''Literature/TheCulture'' aren't violent. When [[BewareTheNiceOnes they]] do throw bombs however, '''[[ApocalypseWow bow howdy]]''', they throw some big ones.
* Spindrick Sylver in the second ''Literature/WelkinWeasels'' trilogy is a bomb-throwing anarchist, but one who is horrified at the suggestion his bombs might be used to hurt people (human or mustelid). He just wants to smash property.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* Whenever anti-globalization activists or environmentalists (of any stripe) show up on ''Series/LawAndOrder'' or other {{Police Procedural}}s, they are invariably this. If the producers [[StrawmanHasAPoint wish to explore]] [[StrawmanPolitical their motivations]], they will turn out to be {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s who believe UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans but undergo a VillainousBreakdown or EpiphanyTherapy [[ExasperatedPerp in response to]] a KirkSummation.

* The supposed Marxist terrorist cell in ''Series/FairlySecretArmy'' are really "chaosists", out to disrupt all social structures.
* In his acting debut, Music/JustinBieber ([[PlayingAgainstType of all people]]) plays unhinged anarchist Jason [=McCann=] on ''{{Series/CSI}}''. He's a troubled teenager, with personal issues on top of a long list of others. He's appeared in two episodes of the 11th season, [[spoiler: but is unlikely to appear in any more, because in]] the episode ''Targets of Obsession'' (the title itself poking fun at Justin's superstar status), [[spoiler: Jason is shot around eight times, and killed by the police who corner him as he holds a man hostage on the road. SelfDeprecation at its best, good on Bieber for being a good sport. The clip of it has been quite popular on Youtube]].

* ''Series/StarCops'' had one of these as a one-off villain, though he preferred HollywoodHacking to explosives. He was also a relatively sophisticated example, averting the usual AnarchyIsChaos portrayal by claiming, in his own words:
--> "The goal of anarchism is a society without leaders, not a society without laws."
* An ExploitedTrope in ''Series/PeakyBlinders''. Tommy tells a criminal rival that his companion waiting outside is an anarchist and therefore has the explosives knowledge to blow up the building they're standing in. In reality, the companion is an oblivious artist and there is no bomb. The story takes place in 1921 when anarchist terrorism was still going on.
* ''Series/{{Timeless}}'': Lucy pretends they are anarchists hijacking the Hindenburg to get it down before the bomb that's onboard goes off (specifically the Anarchist Black Cross, an actual anarchist organization, though they're not terrorists, but only support imprisoned anarchists and other radicals). When the Hindenburg explodes anyway then, it's recorded as if that's what happened, and they're the suspects.
* In the 1954 ''Sherlock Holmes'' TV series episode "The Case of the Careless Suffragette", professional bombmaker Boris Turgoff prides himself on being an anarchist.

* ''{{Series/Spooks}}'': The group in "Traitor's Gate" plan to assassinate President George W. Bush while he's visiting Britain.

* ''Series/TheFBI'': The VillainOfTheWeek in "Quantico" is Willard Smith: an anarchist with a hatred of laws who is bombing Federal buildings. He even says "I'm not a communist. They have even more rules than the squares".
* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'': Acting outside and in opposition to all governments of the world, the Flag-Smashers steal supplies from the Global Repatriation Council and take them to vulnerable refugees in displacement camps. "Power Broker" has Karli escalate their actions a few steps further by detonating a car bomb beside the GRC headquarters, insisting that doing so will send an unignorable message.
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''Series/MrRobot''. The title character's proposed revolution has a strong anarchist vibe to it, and he's more than willing to blow people up to make it a reality, even if his explosive device of choice is more likely to be an unlimited power supply than a real bomb. [[spoiler:The Dark Army ultimately show that Mr. Robot is above such chaos, as he admits that he would have found another way to carry out Stage Two.]]

* ''Literature/LookingBackward'': {{Discussed}} by Dr. Leete and Julian, the latter saying the anarchists in the late 1800s were actually subsidized by the capitalists to scare people off socialism from its association with terrorist violence. This was a big issue at the time the book was written in 1888. A year prior to this, for instance, four anarchists were hanged over a conspiracy to murder police with a bomb in Chicago, though it's doubtful which (if any) actually did it (four others had also been convicted-one killed himself, the rest were pardoned).

* The Cubby family in ''WebVideo/Dimension20'' are a very nice working-class halfling couple with their three children who happily help the main characters out whenever they can. They are also extremely anti-authoritarian, advocate violent revolution and carry around lit molotovs [[CrazyPrepared just in case they need to kill come cops]]. Ally calls them Anarcho-Socialists.

** The ''Honest Hearts'' DLC introduces the "Fight the Power!" perk, which is represented by Vault Boy wearing a bandana and throwing a molotov cocktail and gives you a damage bonus to members of the [[TheFederation NCR]], [[TheHorde Caesar's Legion]] and the Brotherhood of Steel.

* The Freedom faction from ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}'' are a loose-knit clan of Stalkers who push for free access into the Zone and ways for humans to harmoniously integrate into it, seeing the region as a scientific marvel and a way to get a truly free life. Freedom's ideals often put them into conflict with the Ukrainian military (as Freedom wishes to end the Ukrainian government's monopoly on the Zone) and their main rivals Duty (a faction of regimented ex-soldiers who ultimately wish to find a way to destroy the Zone completely). Unlike Duty, Freedom has a very decentralised organisation structure and a relaxed and informal attitude: there are no ranks, and members often casually refer to each other as "bro" and consume alcohol and marijuana. Despite this, Freedom are a deceptively competent fighting force.

* The Red Lotus from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', who want to "restore balance" by tearing down society and destroying the world's leaders. Notably, while still violent, they seemed to actually understand the ideas of anarchy well enough to not come off as a complete StrawMan. [[ActorAllusion Interesting enough]], their leader shares the same [[Music/HenryRollins voice actor]] as Mad Stan.

* The villain from a few UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch games was named the Wily Bomber, and (due to the monochromatic color scheme) even managed to look much like the above picture.

* The ''TabletopGame/Planescape'' ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' setting's Anarchist faction has a number of members who believe in "overthrow the status quo now," without worrying about what's going to replace it. On the other hand, their motives could be considered better than say, the Sinker fraction of the Doomguard, who worship entropy and destruction for its own sake, or the Xaositects, for whom "having a plan" isn't really an option.

Traditionally equipped with a CartoonBomb, described by one stock image-hosting site as an "[[http://www.fotosearch.com/STK009/app1006/ old-fashioned anarchist-style round bomb with burning fuse]]." Modern depictions favor dynamite sticks and Molotov cocktails.

The "bomb-throwing" image of the anarchist developed in the last quarter of the 19th century. Left-wing terrorism first made a serious mark in UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia during the reign of Emperor Alexander II (r. 1855-1881). The reforms of the "Tsar Liberator" scared the pants off Russia's community of agrarian socialists (whose ideology was essentially anarchist, being heavily influenced by Mikhail Bakunin's anarcho-collectivisim), who feared that the resultant improvements would sap support for their more radical agenda. In 1879, they established a loose organization called ''Narodnaya Volya'' or "People's Will", which started assassination attempts on various Tsarist officials, including several on the Tsar himself. They eventually succeeding in killing the Tsar in 1881 by literally throwing a bomb at him--well, two bombs.[[note]]The first bomb damaged the Emperor's bulletproof carriage, leaving him unharmed but forcing him to exit; the second, thrown at his feet, tore the lower half of his body to shreds. He was taken back to the Winter Palace, where he died of blood loss.[[/note]] This was highly publicized around the world (not that it did them much good domestically; the organization dissolved in 1884 and the Russian Left went into exile or hibernation for 20 years).

The "bomb-throwing" image of the anarchist developed in the last quarter of the 19th century. Left-wing terrorism first made a serious mark in UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia during the reign of Alexander II (r. 1855-1881). The reforms of the "Tsar Liberator" scared the pants off Russia's community of agrarian socialists (whose ideology was essentially anarchist, being heavily influenced by Mikhail Bakunin's anarcho-collectivisim), who feared that the resultant improvements would sap support for their more radical agenda. In 1879, they established a loose organization called ''Narodnaya Volya'' or "People's Will", which started assassination attempts on various Tsarist officials, including several on the Tsar himself. They eventually succeeding in killing the Tsar in 1881 by literally throwing a bomb at him--well, two bombs.[[note]]The first bomb damaged the Emperor's bulletproof carriage, forcing him to exit; the second, thrown at his feet, tore the lower half of his body to shreds. He was taken back to the Winter Palace, where he died of blood loss.[[/note]] This was highly publicized around the world (not that it did them much good domestically; the organization dissolved in 1884 and the Russian Left went into exile or hibernation for 20 years).

The "bomb-throwing" image of the anarchist developed in the last quarter of the 19th century. Left-wing terrorism first made a serious mark in UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia during the reign of Alexander II (r. 1855-1881). The reforms of the "Tsar Liberator" scared the pants off Russia's community of agrarian socialists (whose ideology was essentially anarchist, being heavily influenced by Mikhail Bakunin's anarcho-collectivisim), who feared that the resultant improvements would sap support for their more radical agenda. In 1879, they established a loose organization called ''Narodnaya Volya'' or "People's Will", which started assassination attempts on various Tsarist officials, including several on the Tsar himself. They eventually succeeding in killing the Tsar in 1881 by literally throwing a bomb at him--well, two bombs.[[note]]The first bomb damaged the Emperor's bulletproof carriage, forcing him to exit; the second, thrown at his feet, tore the lower half of his body to shreds. He was taken back to the Winter Palace, where he died of blood loss.[[/note]] This was highly publicized around the world (not that it did them much good domestically; the organization dissolved in 1884).

The "bomb-throwing" image of the anarchist developed in the last quarter of the 19th century. Left-wing terrorism first made a serious mark in UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia during the reign of Alexander II (r. 1855-1881). The reforms of the "Tsar Liberator" scared the pants off Russia's community of agrarian socialists (whose ideology was essentially anarchist, being heavily influenced by Mikhail Bakunin's anarcho-collectivisim), who feared that the resultant improvements would sap support for their more radical agenda. In 1879, they established a loose organization called ''Narodnaya Volya'' or "People's Will", which started assassination attempts on various Tsarist officials, including several on the Tsar himself. They eventually succeeding in killing the Tsar in 1881 by literally throwing a bomb at him--well, two bombs.[[note]]The first bomb damaged the Emperor's bulletproof carriage, forcing him to exit; the second, thrown at his feet, ripped him to shreds.[[/note]] This was highly publicized around the world (not that it did them much good domestically; the organization dissolved in 1884).

The "bomb-throwing" image of the anarchist developed in the last quarter of the 19th century. Left-wing terrorism first made a serious mark in UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia during the reign of Alexander II (r. 1855-1881). The reforms of the "Tsar Liberator" scared the pants off Russia's community of agrarian socialists (whose ideology was essentially anarchist, being heavily influenced by Mikhail Bakunin's anarcho-collectivisim), who feared that the resultant improvements would sap support for their more radical agenda. In 1879, they established a loose organization called ''Narodnaya Volya'' or "People's Will", which started assassination attempts on various Tsarist officials, including several on the Tsar himself. They eventually succeeding in killing the Tsar in 1881, which was highly publicized around the world (not that it did them much good domestically; the organization dissolved in 1884).

The tactics of People's Will attracted the attention of anarchists in the West, especially after the spectacular assassination of Alexander II, and some Western anarchist groups started taking pages from their playboo. The key moment for Western anarchist terrorism was the 1886 Haymarket Square riot in Chicago, where eight anarchists went on trial for a bomb that was thrown at a rally (they were not actually charged with throwing it, as some weren't even at the rally; instead they were charged with inciting the action, being influential anarchist figures in Chicago). Most people in the West had probably never paid much attention to one of the 19th century's many radical social movements before, but the sensationalized spread of the incident left a negative impression in media for a long time. The assassination of several heads of governments by anarchists during the following twenty years (most notably French President Marie François Sadi Carnot, Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas, Austrian Empress Elisabeth, Italian King Umberto I, and American President UsefulNotes/WilliamMcKinley) didn't help them either. During this period some anarchists advocated violent acts as "attentats" i.e. a means of drawing attention to their cause to [[SparkOfTheRebellion spark a revolution]] by inspiring others, called "propaganda of the deed". Obviously, this backfired horribly, painting them as entirely depraved terrorists.

The "bomb-throwing" image of the anarchist developed in the last quarter of the 19th century. Left-wing terrorism first made a serious mark in UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia during the reign of Alexander II (r. 1855-1881). The reforms of the "Tsar Liberator" scared the pants off Russia's community of leftists (whose agrarian socialist ideology was heavily influenced by Mikhail Bakunin's anarcho-collectivisim), who feared that the improvements the reforms brought would sap support for their more radical agenda. In 1879, they established a loose organization called ''Narodnaya Volya'' or "People's Will", which started assassination attempts on various Tsarist officials, including several on the Tsar himself. They eventually succeeding in killing the Tsar in 1881, which was highly publicized around the world (not that it did them much good domestically; the organization dissolved in 1884).

The "bomb-throwing" image of the anarchist was locked into the mindset of the public after the 1886 Haymarket Square riot in Chicago, where eight anarchists went on trial for a bomb that was thrown at a rally (they were not actually charged with throwing it, as some weren't even at the rally; instead they were charged with inciting the action, being influential anarchist figures in Chicago). Most people had probably never paid much attention to one of the 19th century's many radical social movements before, but the sensationalized spread of the incident left a negative impression in media for a long time. The assassination of several heads of governments by anarchists during the following twenty years (most notably French President Marie François Sadi Carnot, Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas, Austrian Empress Elisabeth, Italian King Umberto I, and American President UsefulNotes/WilliamMcKinley) didn't help them either. During this period some anarchists advocated violent acts as "attentats" i.e. a means of drawing attention to their cause to [[SparkOfTheRebellion spark a revolution]] by inspiring others, called "propaganda of the deed". Obviously, this backfired horribly, painting them as entirely depraved terrorists.

* Robin Williams gives a chilling performance as one in ''The Secret Agent'', a film adaptation of Creator/JosephConrad's novel.

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