History Main / Goth

* In the ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis Sketchbook'', a tie-in for the 2008 CrisisCrossover showing some of the artist's concept sketches with notes from the author, Creator/GrantMorrison apparently redesigned the Forever People (a subset of the New Gods who were basically space hippies) as cynical goths thinking that that's more common of [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates American]] youth today. He was arguably missing the point of the Forever People, since in their creator's original mythos they represented youthful idealism, which is still around in spades. [[spoiler:In the end, they didn't appear in the series, although [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Japanese]] heroes the Super Young Team are considered their spiritual successors.]]

* ''Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}}'''s article for goths describes them as "[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant a violent East Germanic tribe of barbarians]] who proved to be a great nuisance for the [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire Roman Empire]] from the 1970's to 1990's, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking primarily with their bad taste in music and dark eyeliner]]." It comes complete with a photoshopped picture of American Gothic (as goths) and lists the "Emoae tribe" as their chief enemies.

* Kyōtarō Ichikawa from ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'' usually wears dark and punkish clothing outside of school. He claims it's out of convenience that he gets dark clothes, but his stuff usually has skull prints and accessories; His shirt, one of his pants, his phone case (With a blood stain too), etc. He's also a moody teen prone to dramatic inner monologues and has interests that lean towards "dark", like non-fiction novels about murderers.

** Gajeel Redfox mixes this with a few punk elements. For bonus points even his powers correspond to the many piercings that he has.
** Mystogan and Juvia both also count. Juvia starts as a Gloomy version, but eventually gets [[SugarandIcePersonality Perky whenever Gray is around her]]. Mystogan wears darker and more torn clothing than his Earthland counterpart [[spoiler:Jellal]] and surprisingly possesses a [[ShrinkingViolet shy side, being reluctant to show his real self without a good reason]].

* The Platinum Hunnies usually live up to their name with bleached hair, and also wear HotterAndSexier versions the 1980s LeotardOfPower that are solid pink with white lettering or adorned with stripes, flower petals or peaches. When Ava Everett operates independently of Angel Sinclair though her appearance takes a far more gothic slant with black on silver or bright puprle, mismatched kneepads, over turned crosses taking replacing her 't's, green paint around her eyes and more unnatural shades of brown and yellow hair. She sometimes goes so far as to dress as a CreepyUndertaker, sexy undertaker, ButterflyOfLifeAndRebirth or a [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Power Ranger]] all very out of line with the 80s Northeast lady wrestler/work out girl look of the Hunnies.

* The Platinum Hunnies usually live up to their name with bleached hair, and also wear HotterAndSexier versions the 1980s LeotardOfPower that are solid pink with white lettering or adorned with stripes, flower petals or peaches. When Ava Everett operates independently of Angel Sinclair though her appearance takes a far more gothic slant with black on silver or bright puprle, mismatched kneepads, over turned crosses taking replacing her 't's, green paint around her eyes and more unnatural shades of brown and yellow hair. She sometimes goes so far as to dress as a CreepyUndertaker, sexy undertaker, ButteryFlyOfLifeAndRebirth or a [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Power Ranger]] all very out of line with the 80s Northeast lady wrestler/work out girl look of the Hunnies.

* The Shine Wrestling stable Coven are technically the thralls of the witch Erica Torres, but the group seems to follow the fashion trends of Chelsea Durden, who happens to be a goth, and went extra black after being "inducted". The deluded CardCarryingVillain and MonsterFangirl Kelsey Raegan were already "closer" to "goth" than "witch", relatively, so applying PaintItBlack, random holes in clothing filled with mesh or red cloth, skull patches, skull caps, excessive eyeliner, black lipstick to their clothing and faces make The Coven look even more like a gothic gathering even if they don't sound like it as they talk down to outsiders and heap cryptic {{cult}}ist praise on mistress Torres.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' three characters come to mind. [[TheDarkChick Kyoka Jiro]], [[CastingAShadow Fumikage Tokoyami]] and [[DarkIsEvil Dabi]]. All equally loved by the fandom of course. Kyoka being a gloomy, [[DeadpanSnarker often sarcastic]] rock lover. Fumikage [[PersonalityPowers suitably]] obsessed with morbid and foreboding concepts. Leaving Dabi an apathetic villain, who finds amusement in [[NightmareFetishist desecrating his opponents.]]

For those barbarians infamous for their RapePillageAndBurn ways originating largely from the area we now call UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}... the closest UsefulNotes page we have is UsefulNotes/TheMigration period, although it doesn't quite cover much yet when it comes to that period of Germanic history outside of what Website/TheOtherWiki [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths has covered]]...

For those barbarians infamous for their RapePillageAndBurn ways originating largely from the area we now call UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}... you're out of luck, as the UsefulNotes page doesn't quite cover that period of Germanic history. Maybe you should try Website/TheOtherWiki [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths instead]]...

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', while Priya does not dress in typical goth clothing, besides black nail polish, her personality and interests match. She acts seemingly disinterested even if she isn't and has dark eyelids. During the game of charades, she chooses to act out "mortality", which only the goth chick among the group can guess. She is a fan of the series ''Nightfall'' (a pastiche of ''{{Literature/Twilight}}'') and vampires in general, as she's shown to try intimidating people by putting her hands in a scary vampire pose, and when she's resting on the roof, she has her arms crossed over her chest. She also expresses an interest in werewolves, asking Mei if she is one and saying she's always wanted a tail, and the Literature/CthulhuMythos, as she is faintly heard muttering "Thank Cthulhu" when Mei arrives at Tyler's party.

* [[DeadpanSnarker Persephone]] and Hades in ''Literature/ThaliasMusings''. Hades is, after all, [[IncrediblyLamePun the god of metal]].

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* Screamqueen from ''ComicBook/ScareTactics'' in Franchise/TheDCU, who also happens to be a vampire.

* ''Film/TheGuestHouse'': Rachel starts out with this style, wearing black eyeshadow and largely black leather clothes. She's also got the pale skin that's stereotypical, plus a depressed, bitter attitude at first. It's revealed she took up the style after her mom's death, as home videos from before it shows her with a more standard look.

* Goth-kid from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', has dyed hair, wears black wrists cuffs, and is called ''Goth-kid''.

* Film/GhostRider rescues a rather ample girl who is a stereotypical goth. She mostly accurately describes him as a really thin guy with his hair on fire, but since she looks like a loony nobody believes her. Right before the camera pans away from her, she makes a gesture which some have identified as a gesture from a vampire {{LARP}}.

%%** Haley of went through a Gloomy Goth phase in her teen years. She now regards the whole business as [[DorkAge kind of stupid]].

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* Dante from ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreet''. He even has black fur with white spots[[note]] while other Dalmatians have white fur with black spots[[/note]] to go with it.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' had Jude dress up as a goth to try to retain his girlfriend, who was on a goth kick. In the same episode, the regular cast and a bunch of goths (most of whom were poseurs) were trapped together in the Mall after a power outage. While it had the typical goth jokes, the episode had the two groups more or less accepting each other.
** Though ironically, the episode does end on an unusual gloomy note after the not-really-goth couple breaks up.
* The Lich from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' this is the result of mixing two very similar themes together: "Gothic" and "Villainy." His appearance could only be described as "[[CreepyAwesome twisted and frightening beyond all belief]]".
** Marceline, being a vampire, is a goth of the more [[PerkyGoth perky]] variety.
* In season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' the Oracle twins were identical twins and Kara looked punkish or grunge looking if anything. Come the massive art overhaul in season 2 Kara is a stereotypical goth while her, now fraternal, sister Sara is a preppy blue-eyed blonde.
* Mai for ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' counts in the Gloomy Goth category. She's also a [[TheSnarkKnight Snark Knight]] and a DeadpanSnarker to boot.
** Desna and Eska from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' also count in the same category as Mai being TheStoic and CreepyTwins making even Bolin freak out.
** Book 3 gives us HandicappedBadass DarkActionGirl Ming-Hua, with her slate-gray outfit, [[DeadpanSnarker bitter snark]], hair worthy of a StringyHairedGhostGirl, and facial expressions that [[spoiler:(at least, until [[VillainousFriendship one of her friends]] dies in the finale)]] seem to be limited to "[[KubrickStare ominous glower]]" and "[[SlasherSmile malicious grin]]." (She's probably the most overtly [[AxCrazy temperamental]] and [[BloodKnight vicious]] of the antagonist group, too.)
** Book 3 also introduced us to Huan Beifong, one of Toph's grandsons through her daughter Suyin. While he doesn't wear much black, he is the angsty artist type and cares deeply for his individuality. Also his hair looks like Music/{{Skrillex}}.
* Lydia Deetz from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' animated series is the perky variety of this trope. This is most likely a change made to fit the tone of a children's animated TV series.
* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' has Joan of Arc. She became like this after cracking from the pressure to live up to the original UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc, who was loyal to Rome (which the original Goths sacked in 410 AD).
* Not quite a Lone Psycho Goth (she has a boyfriend and a small clique of goth friends), Chloe Crashman from ''WesternAnimation/CarlSquared'' could be the poster girl for the Angry Goth.
* The character of Janice in ''WesternAnimation/CreepSchool'' is Goth, as her heavy make-up, black dress and personality show.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'' has Caprice, a bipolar teenage girl with mostly black hair who is described as goth, and sometimes has a fascination with haunted theming. Her eco-conscious rockstar boyfriend Marylin also has black hair, and wears a pentagram t-shirt, a skull belt, and studded decorations. Her best friend Cassandra's school appearance has her wearing dark gray clothes, skulls in her t-shirt, earrings, and braid hair decorations, and spiked bracelets.
* Sam from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' is said to be goth and goes between Perky and Gloomy, but more often comes off as an activist hippie who wears black.
* Andrea from ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', though she gets about three lines per season on average, is unmistakably Lawndale High's token goth kid.
-->'''Andrea''': ''(Reciting her own poetry)'' I'm here. But, where are you? Sure, I see your body. Anybody ''home'' in that rotting bag of flesh?
* Kylie Griffin from ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters'' exemplifies the Gloomy Goth sub-trope.
* Ingrid from ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}''. Although, unlike most examples, her goth-ness isn't some sort of defining characteristic. She just happens to like dressing in black and has black hair.
* Blanche in ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'', her official stereotype is the SouthernBelle, but her black clothing and make-up, cold personality and general attire puts her easily in the Goth too (of course it helps that she's a zombie).
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' runs on this, as well as DarkIsNotEvil. Just to give you an idea, some of the major/recurring characters include TheGrimReaper, a girl who reflects many goth stereotypes ([[{{Irony}} while dressed in pink and other bright colors]]), a HumanoidAbomination and his son, Dracula, and [[HybridMonster the son]] of a {{Mummy}} and [[{{Dhampyr}} the son of the aforementioned Dracula]]. (In the latter's case, it's even more obvious in ''Underfist'', where his superpowered monster form looks like this trope mixed with Ancient Egyptian motifs.)
* Creepie Creecher, from ''WesternAnimation/GrowingUpCreepie''. She also has a cadre of goth friends/acquaintances. None are really portrayed negatively.
* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'':
** Gaz seems like a goth on the surface since she wears a black dress and a skull necklace, is apathetic to everyone and everything outside of her limited interests, and is incredibly aggressive towards anyone who gets on her bad side. But [[WordOfGod Jhonen Vasquez himself has stated]] that she ''isn't'' a goth, it's just the style he chose for her (her black dress and necklace was inspired by Pepito from Jhonen’s comic ''ComicBook/{{Squee}}''); he's since tried to change her wardrobe and attitude for the continuation comics and Netflix movie, giving her a somewhat more colorful outfit design and dialing back on her negative attitude a bit. In this case, she's more of a subversion.
** Dib could be seen as a male example, because he wears all black, has a t-shirt with no expression, and has a fascination with the paranormal (as opposed to Gaz, who has no interest in such things and is almost purely focused on mainstream consumer culture). He has his dark moments despite being more happy than his sister.
* Ophelia from ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee''. One character comes right out and calls her a goth; she doesn't deny it, simply responding with a cold glare.
* Lucy Loud from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' is an eight-year-old who breathes the idea of "goth"- she dresses in and dyes her hair black, is obsessed with all things morbid and otherworldly like fortune-telling and the occult, keeps creepy animals like bats as pets, speaks in a monotone and writes depressing poetry. Noticeably, this has nothing to do with her family life; she very much loves her family and they love her even if they're creeped out at times by how far she takes her lifestyle, and flashbacks show she had this mindset even when she was younger.
* Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra the prominent Villains of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' an example of both an extroverted goth and an introverted goth. The proof of why they qualify here is rather obvious, both have rather sinister, eerie and (in Chrysalis' case) broken appearances that makes them "sore thumbs" in a usually cheerful cartoon.
* Another animated Gloomy Goth: Creepy Suzie of ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs'', who seems to be a merciless parody of the stereotype. Funny, because that adult cartoon was actually based on gothic art.
* ''WesternAnimation/RubyGloom'' show lives and breathes this; specifically, the entire show is PerkyGoth, DarkIsNotEvil, and {{Moe}} in the form of an animated series.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Smart and Smarter," after realizing that she's no longer the smartest, Lisa attempts to gain new identities for herself, such as becoming a goth.
-->'''Milhouse''': What are you now, Lisa? An Oakland Raiders fan?\\
'''Lisa''': It's called "Goth," eternally clueless one. My new name is "[[DarknessVonGothickname Ravencrow Neversmiles]]."\\
'''Milhouse''': Cool. We could be goth together.\\
[Milhouse gets off the Jungle Gym].\\
'''Milhouse''': We'll go to the cemetery and summon the dark Lord by kissing and junk.\\
'''Lisa''': Okay... But first you must apprentice, by kissing the Goddess Ironica. Who lives in this rock.\\
[Lisa picks up a rock. And hands it to Milhouse. Lisa sneaks away].\\
'''Lisa''': Do it for an hour, hour and a half.\\
'''Milhouse''': Yes, my mistress.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The school has a clique of "goth kids" who are obsessed with being "nonconformists" while maintaining [[HypocriticalHumor strict adherence to goth dress, music and behavior]]. They're always hanging around by the dumpster smoking cigarettes and listening to Music/SkinnyPuppy or similar goth music. The group consists of a boy who is always tossing his floppy hair, a scrawny boy in a duster, a chubby girl, and a baby, all of them noticeably paler than other kids. In one episode, they refuse to participate in a dance troupe until one of their number decides to join so as not to conform with the other goth kids. The others realize that they'd been "goth served." Several episodes have them getting frustrated by being confused with other subcultures, including "vampires" (''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fans) and [[EmoMusic emos]].
* Master Cyclonis, the BigBad from ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' fits the bill. Also Stork.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'':
** Raven fits pretty much all the stereotypes, although there are [[BlessedWithSuck extenuating circumstances]] for why she has to be that way.
** Also, Honorary Titan Argent is depicted posing as interested in this sort of dark fashion style.
** Jinx seems to fit, or at least has the general style in mind. Of course, [[BadPowersBadPeople her outlook on life]] has a lot to do with it, too...
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''
** Gwen is a sort of half-hearted portrayal. She was given a goth character design, but her personality is really pretty average for a (slightly downbeat) teenage girl. Indeed is more a PerkyGoth.
*** In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'', Gwen is much more "gothy", being recharacterized as a sociopathic and antisocial CreepyChild who hates happiness, enjoys terrorizing the other kids in the daycare, and engaging in disturbing forms of play. Very much of the Lone Psycho variety here.
** Duncan seems to fit the Lone Psycho Goth more, although he's arguably considered to be a punk rather than a goth.
** The spinoff ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' introduces two new goth characters, Ennui (boy) and Crimson (girl). They seem to be more of the {{Emo}} variant, as opposed to Gwen's PerkyGoth personality.
* Triana Orpheus of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is a goth, replete with a skull on her T-shirt and heavy eyeliner. Her father is a necromancer (and her mother ran off with a younger one) so apparently it runs in the family.
* ''WesternAnimation/VictorAndValentino'': Guillermo is a gothic boy who [[ThirdPersonPerson refers to himself in third person]] and has an odd way of speaking (such as calling his mother "creator" and referring to his birthday as the day of his creation).
* Aldous from ''WesternAnimation/WhatItsLikeBeingAlone'' is definitely of the Gloomy variety. She's perpetually depressed, obsessed with death, always dressed like she's visiting a rainy-day funeral, and likes writing gloomy poetry.
* As opposed to her comics persona (a perky SouthernBelle) Rogue in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' was given this sort of personality because the creators thought it would fit a girl who was BlessedWithSuck.
** The same show's take on the Scarlet Witch has a very strong Hot Topic-Goth vibe.
* Yin turning evil in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'' is represented visually by her getting a Goth Girl makeover. The Lone Psycho Goth stereotype is alive and well.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zevo3}}'': Angel Jones, Voiced by Creator/PamelaAdlon.
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* In ''Series/OneHundredThingsToDoBeforeHighSchool'', the Black Lipstick Girls are a clique of goth girls who seem to scare the other students (and some staff) just by existing. CJ briefly joins them in "Change Your Look and See What Happens Thing!"
* On ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Tommy once dated a gloomy goth named Lorna (played by Creator/LindaCardellini) and read her poetry:
-->'''Tommy''': "Death signed my yearbook. 'Have a good summer,' he wrote, 'see ya next year.' And then I noticed it wasn't my yearbook he signed, it was my tombstone."\\
'''Lorna''': What d'you think?\\
'''Tommy''': ''[lying]'' I like it. I especially like the surprise ending here.\\
'''Lorna''': You're the first one to get the irony.
* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'': Morticia and Wednesday were Goth before the scene existed. The whole concept of the show, to contemporary viewers, is a comedy about a family of bohemian arty goths in stereotypical white-picket-fence suburbia (although Fester is more of a rivethead).
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' has the episode "The Gothowitz Deviation" featuring Howard and Raj attempting to dress as Goths, in order to date one from a local Goth Bar. At first it went fairly well, but it quickly went downhill when both were too nerdy at heart to keep up their disguises.
* Merton J. Dingle from ''Series/BigWolfOnCampus'' was a rather pathetic, but strangely endearing simulacrum of a goth.
** Apparently, nobody told him that you ''can'' be a goth and a nerd at the same time.
* The ''Series/BloodTies2007'' TV show has Coreen, a fairly well adjusted goth, as assistant to the main character Vicki. She even has an episode where she gets Vicki to solve murders at her goth club.
* Willow's Halloween costume from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. And then Vampire Willow. And then Dark Willow. Presumably the writers just liked an opportunity for the normally bright Willow to dress in dark.
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' has a long and varied history with goths.
** Two main characters, Prentiss and Garcia, are former goths themselves.
** There is a season one episode, "The Popular Kids," in which the team suspects for a short time that a local group of goths are responsible for a double murder. [[spoiler: They're not]].
** In the season three premier, "Doubt," a troubled girl who fits many goth stereotypes develops an obsession with a serial killer, and tries to become his next victim. [[spoiler:She ends up killing herself, and him]].
** In the season five episode "The Performer," several goth girls are murdered, and the team believes the killer may be a singer who caters to a largely goth crowd. [[spoiler:It's actually his completely non-goth manager, aided by a schizophrenic goth fan]].
** A suspicious goth was featured in "Risky Business," and he had good reason to be an EmoTeen [[spoiler:His chainlink choker was to hide the fact that he was constantly strangled to unconsciousness by his sadistic, Munchhausen-by-proxy/''paramedic'' dad, who also killed his mom]].
* ''{{Series/Dates}}'': Kate has the look, complete with all of her actress's piercings and RavenHairIvorySkin. She wears dark clothing including leather, with her hair pulled back in a style that resembles a mohawk too.
* ''Series/DeadlyClass'': Petra dresses the part, with dyed black hair, black lipstick and mostly black clothes, at least until she has a mental breakdown. [[spoiler:Then again after she finally fights Brandy and leaves the student council.]]
* Ellie Nash (until season 5), Ashley Kerwin (in season 2 only), Jane Vaughn, and Eli Goldsworthy from ''Series/{{Degrassi}}''.
* One episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' showed that visiting teenage son Frederick had adopted the goth look. Frasier was annoyed that Lilith hadn't told him.
* Nadine from ''Series/GirlsInLove'' was normally a gloomy goth, although she would occasionally slip into PerkyGoth territory depending on what was happening in her private life.
* The main character of ''Series/TheHauntingHour'' MadeForTVMovie. At one point in the movie, she sat in her room and listen to depressing music all day long. The reason? Well, she ''dropped food on herself at school''. Oh, the inanity!
** Later, when she's asked to take her brother trick or treating, she sulks while the soundtrack plays:
-->''Walking down the street alone.\\
Everything I've ever loved is gone, gone, gone...''
* ''Series/HomeImprovement'':
** Mark, the youngest son, adopted a goth look during the seventh season, complete with all black clothes, a spiky haircut and (briefly) wearing black nail polish and lipstick. This was eventually done away with during the eighth and final season, however.
** There was an episode where the family's at a poetry reading for Wilson, and a goth girl goes up to read/recite her poetry:
-->'''Goth Girl''': Die... Die... Go on, Die!
-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Randy]]''': You first.
* Richmond from ''Series/TheITCrowd'' is either a parody of actual goths or (more likely, given his portrayal by pop culture barometer Creator/NoelFielding) a parody of the goth stereotypes listed above.
* ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' features a psychic goth girl as one of the protagonists.
* One of her flashback episodes portrays ''Series/{{Lost}}'''s Claire as a goth teen.
* Alex experiments with a goth-influenced look under the brief influence of a goth friend in the fourth-season ''Series/ModernFamily'' episode "Snip".
* Parodied on ''Series/TheMorganWatersShow'' with Trent, the badminton-playing goth.
* The ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' episode "Master Lovecraft" portrays the teenaged Creator/HPLovecraft as a member of a coterie of morbid, rebellious youths who wear funeral clothes and read a lot of Creator/BramStoker and Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.
* Vivian Wu from ''Series/NaturallySadie''. Rain has crush on her and, in one episode, attempts to impress her by keeping live bats in his locker.
* Abby Sciuto, TheLabRat from ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', is the quintessential PerkyGoth. Just don't mess with her [[MustHaveCaffeine Caf-Pow]] supply.
* Parodied on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s recurring "Goth Talk" sketch, starring Creator/ChrisKattan as Azrael Abyss, Prince of Sorrows, and Creator/MollyShannon as Circe Nightshade. The show's sponsor was a store called "The Gloom Room"... "It's an orgy of the macabre... Located right next to the Pizza Hut on Hibiscus Road." The two would discuss various topics relating to the subculture, only to be interrupted by things that would remind the viewers that Todd and Stephanie (their real names) are really just dorky teens who live mundane suburban lives and are in no way dark or sinister.
* One episode of ''Series/ThisIsWonderland'' had Elliot defending a goth man who had gotten into a fight with a car dealer who had made fun of him. The goth character was treated much more sympathetically than it sounds, and the judge eventually agreed that the provocation was sufficient. Along the way, they commented upon the unfair stereotypes associated therewith. Elliot even went goth for a few episodes.
* ''Series/StrangerThings'': Eden is very clearly not sticking with her Mormon parents ideals, showing her individuality through her goth clothing before her full rejection of Mormonism is confirmed when she gets high with Argyle.
* One of the episodes of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} Polish]] pseudo-docu-soap ''Series/ToughMatters'' portrayed a family of goths as death-obsessed vampire wannabes that dressed in typical gothic fashion only [[ItAmusedMe for their amusement]].
* Many of the vampires in ''Series/TrueBlood'' fit the goth stereotype -- not to mention the vampire bar "Fangtasia" is essentially a "goth-bar," with practically every single patron fitting this trope. The setting, theme and even the music playing at the bar further contribute to the gothic stereotyping in the show.
* As the host of ''Series/TruthOrScare'', Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg dressed gothic to go with the supernatural atmosphere of the show.
* An ep of ''Series/TwoOfAKind'' sees one of the [[Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen Olsen]] twins befriending a goth... Played by [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Helga Pataki]]'s voice actress. Replete with dark hair, pale skin, black outfit, nose ring, and love of HeavyMetal (about a CD by her favorite band "Human Sacrifice:" "Don't let the name fool you, they do a good thrash version of You Light Up My Life" [insert LaughTrack here]). And when the other Olsen twin offers to buy her a new backpack (long story), guess what color backpack she offers to buy her?
* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' has Jade West.
* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': Justin's first girlfriend, Miranda. Although, aside from the clothing, she seems relatively un-gothic.
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* Death of the Endless from ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989''; though she qualifies as a PerkyGoth, she's a favorite of the entire community. Her brother Dream is much more of a Gloomy Goth. Her appearance was based on the late Cinamon Hadely, a acquaintance of comic book artist Mike Dringenberg.

* The late Cinamon Hadely was the real-world inspiration for Niel Gaiman's visual depiction of Death as a goth in The Sandman comics.