History Main / RebelliousSpirit

* Billy/Dr. Horrible in JossWhedon's supervillain musical ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''.

* Literary / {{Film}} / TruthInTelevision example: ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' features two characters (Raoul Duke and his attorney Doctor Gonzo) who run a two-week, Sixties-style drug binge through the streets, hotels and convention centers of early-[[TheSeventies Seventies]] [[VivaLasVegas Las Vegas]], with no real motivation beyond seeing how much they can get away with. And they get away with a lot: showing up stoned at an anti-drug convention, chasing motorists down the Strip, trashing two hotel rooms, racking up several hundred dollars in room-service charges and never paying... TruthInTelevision part comes in when you realize that this novel is based on two real-life wild weekends spent in Vegas by Hunter Thompson and Oscar Acosta.

* Dante from the DevilMayCry series is one of these.

* Billy/Dr. Horrible in JossWhedon's supervillain musical ''[[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]''.

** The Doctor from ''DoctorWho'' was this on his home planet. Partly because he found Time Lord social norms unbearably boring, and partly because he was disgusted and disturbed by their practices and elitism, he stole an antique time machine from a museum and ran away to explore the universe as an act of rebellion, since Time Lords were masters of time travel yet refused to ever use their powers and preached non-interference.

* Dennis Rivera, rarely seen in the World Wrestling League not putting forward the challenging question, "Puerto Ricans, why don't you rebel?". It's not a [[TeGimmick gimmick]] either, he's a member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.

* Dennis Rivera, rarely seen in the World Wrestling League not putting forward the challenging question, "Puerto Ricans, why don't you rebel?". It's not a gimmick either, he's a member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.

* Dennis Rivera, rarely seen in the World Wrestling League not putting forward the challenging question, "Puerto Ricans, why don't you rebel?".

* Literary / {{Film}} / TruthInTelevision example: ''FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' features two characters (Raoul Duke and his attorney Doctor Gonzo) who run a two-week, Sixties-style drug binge through the streets, hotels and convention centers of early-[[TheSeventies Seventies]] [[VivaLasVegas Las Vegas]], with no real motivation beyond seeing how much they can get away with. And they get away with a lot: showing up stoned at an anti-drug convention, chasing motorists down the Strip, trashing two hotel rooms, racking up several hundred dollars in room-service charges and never paying... TruthInTelevision part comes in when you realize that this novel is based on two real-life wild weekends spent in Vegas by Hunter Thompson and Oscar Acosta.

* Dennis, rarely seen in the World Wrestling League not putting forward the challenging question, "Puerto Ricans, why don't you rebel?".

* [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Four words]]: [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} "Stone Cold" Steve Austin]].

* The eponymous ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' can be seen as a Rebellious Spirit, being eccentric, egocentric and borderline sociopathic as she is, she [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers screws the rules]] and social norms on an everyday basis. If it's because she hates rules, hates ''those'' rules or just doesn't care about them is [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation arguable]]. Please note that we might not be talking about laws and regulations of a society, we might be talking about [[RealityWarper laws of nature]].

* The Doctor from ''DoctorWho'' was this on his home planet. Partly because he found Time Lord social norms unbearably boring, and partly because he was disgusted and disturbed by their practices and elitism, he stole an antique time machine from a museum and ran away to explore the universe as an act of rebellion, since Time Lords were masters of time travel yet refused to ever use their powers and preached non-interference.

->''"I aim to misbehave."''

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* Eren Yeager from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', a rebellious youth that spent his childhood getting into fights and accusing others of being livestock for accepting life within the Walls. He turned out to be ProperlyParanoid, but remains openly critical of others that ''don't'' want to fight the Titans head-on, and his career within the military is filled with him calling people cowards and challenging every social norm.

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* In WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} the animated series, Electra and her associates are this, with Electra far beyond the others--we don't know why they're against Greek heroes or "the establishment" other than that they seem to be a TakeThat at Goths and Hipsters. Electra is even worse since she can summon the Furies when she's upset, usually when someone disagrees with her views.

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* HaruhiSuzumiya can be seen as a Rebellious Spirit, being eccentric, egocentric and borderline sociopathic as she is, she [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers screws the rules]] and social norms on an everyday basis. If it's because she hates rules, hates ''those'' rules or just doesn't care about them is [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation arguable]].
** Please note that we might not be talking about laws and regulations of a society, we might be talking about [[RealityWarper laws of nature]].

* ''Series/{{House}}''.

Rebellious Spirits go ''beyond'' the stereotypical "rebellious teen" and include people who flagrantly violate rules and social norms, act eccentric or weird, and often don't care what people think about them. Sometimes they even lack normal friends and usually lack [[RebelRelaxation good posture]]. They may be ChaoticGood, ChaoticNeutral, or ChaoticEvil, but they are always chaotic.

* Eren Yeager from ''AttackOnTitan'', a rebellious youth that spent his childhood getting into fights and accusing others of being livestock for accepting life within the Walls. He turned out to be ProperlyParanoid, but remains openly critical of others that ''don't'' want to fight the Titans head-on, and his career within the military is filled with him calling people cowards and challenging every social norm.

* GrandTheftAutoIV's Johnny Klebitz of the Lost Motorcycle Club in is one of these. Almost everyone he meets treats his attempt at sticking it to the man as unimportant, which irritates him more than being treated as a dangerous outlaw would.

* The Doctor from ''DoctorWho'' was this on his home planet. Partly because he found Time Lord social norms unbearably boring, and partly because he was disgusting and disturbed by their practices and elitism, he stole an antique time machine from a museum and ran away to explore the universe as an act of rebellion, since Time Lords were masters of time travel yet refused to ever use their powers and preached non-interference.

* Gale from the ''[[LiteratureTheHungerGames Hunger Games]]'' trilogy, to an extent. Given [[CrapsackWorld where]] [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans he lives]], one can definitely see where he's coming from.

* Victor from I Dated A Teenage Cyclops, a story in TheWanderersLibrary, rejects standard cubic-Earth theory for present-day mathematics.

The RebelliousSpirit is an individual who has a beef with society. A large one. One large enough to make that person want to break all the rules, just '''because'''.

* HaruhiSuzumiya can be seen as a RebelliousSpirit, being eccentric, egocentric and borderline sociopathic as she is, she [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers screws the rules]] and social norms on an everyday basis. If it's because she hates rules, hates ''those'' rules or just doesn't care about them is [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation arguable]].

* [[TheFountainhead Howard Roark]], [[Literature/{{Anthem}} Equality 7-2521]], [[AtlasShrugged Dagny Taggart, Hank Rearden, John Galt]].
* Gale from Literature/TheHungerGames trilogy, to an extent. Given [[CrapsackWorld where]] [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans he lives]], one can definitely see where he's coming from.