Satisfied Street Rat TV Tropes. Kris Hey, so you had a rough childhood. Hari laughs I had a great childhood. Where do you think I learned how to fight By the time I was eight, I knew Every fight is a fight to the death. The Satisfied Street Rat is a character archetype common to more cynical works that has the following characteristics. Grew up in a very unforgiving environment, either orphaned or under Abusive Parents that they quickly learned to avoid. Only Five pages in and Blackfire already shows all kinds of skin, what is she up to Next page coming after Mothersday Sunday. There will be a picture. Page2RSS Monitored Page EHentai Galleries The Free Hentai Doujinshi, Manga and Image Gallery System httpg. Is currently a badass of significant caliber, often in a less than legal profession, with a cynical view towards life and a practical viewtowards combat. Many are very fond of making their foe Talk to the Fist, oddly enough. Is happy and even proud of their Dark and Troubled Past, believing that their trial by firemakes them superior. This may make them cocky, but they usually have the savvy and muscle to back up their arrogance. Select Genre Below. Adventure Comedy Drama Erotica Fantasy Horror Mystery Psychological Romance Science fiction Thriller Tournament Adventure Slice of life Magic. Frequently Anti Heroes, and often Byronic Heroes. The degree to which the character is well adjusted versus is harboring a lot of pain inside depends on the writer. See also Wrong Side of the Tracks, Neighbourhood Friendly Gangsters. As children they are more likely to have been The Artful Dodger rather than the Street Urchin, but the Dodger is more of a trickster where the Street Rat is more of a cutthroat. May have been raised by The Fagin. Those who knew the Street Rat as a more vulnerable child may see them as a case of From Nobody to Nightmare in adulthood. Anime Manga     Films Animation  Aladdin from the Disney 1. Avatar The Last Airbender Mugen' title='Avatar The Last Airbender Mugen' />Aladdin is a proud and resourceful street rat who has no qualms about stealing to survive. At the same time though, he has a kind heart and is actually quite selfless. Black and White from Tekkonkinkreet are Satisfied Street Cats. Films Live Action  In the classic 1. Judex, the Licorice Kid age perhaps seven and played by Rene Poyen is one of these. Madame, I am not a beggar. I am a tradesman. Good Will Hunting Will was one up until his genius is discovered. Literature  HariCaine from The Acts of Caine Puli, the nine year old leprous gang leader in the book Nectar In A Sieve, is deeply cynical and deeply proud of how hardened hes become. He winds up saving the heroine with his skills, although he doesnt do anything for free. Kim in the Rudyard Kipling book by that title. Briar Moss of the Circle of Magic starts out like this, and opens up as time goes on. He stays tough as nails, however. Enders Shadow Both Bean and his arch enemy, Achilles, show elements of this, having spent their early years fighting to survive on the streets. Bean is more well adjusted and doesnt seem to dwell on it much. Achilles turned out to be a complete sociopath who just can not let anyone who has ever seen him in a position of weakness live very long. Part of his obsession with Bean seems to stem from just how frequently Bean has put him in positions of weakness. Ferro Maljinn of The First Law. Her background went from war slave to harem mistress to murderous desert fugitive with a vendetta, but the core personality fits this trope spot on. Hissune from Lord Valentines Castle is this, played straight in the novel itself, while in the sequel its subverted as all hell, when Lord Valentine makes him a nobleman and eventually Valentines successor as king of Majipoor. Demetrios Makropolous in A Coffin for Dimitrios filmed as The Mask of Demetrios with Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet and Zachary Scott. Demetrios goes from poor fig packer to murderer, smuggler, assassin and spy. Keiro from Incarceron has shades of this. Roarke from In Death fits this rather well, Even if hes reformed now his past still occasionally gives his cop wife fits of apoplexy. Hes still utterly unrepentant about the pick pocketing though and tends to take her badge just to prove he still can. Live Action TV  Mickey Milkovich on Shameless US. Still not out of his teens, he comes across as much older, is a pimp and assaults people whenever it suits him. Much of this stems from his harsh upbringing under his violent and erratic father and his familys general involvement in criminal activity, which is nonetheless not very lucrative, as they are fairly poor. That Mickeys father Terry is brutally homophobic probably due to experiences during his many stints in prison and Mickey is a Gayngster also contributes to his must kick ass to survive mentality. Selina Cat Kyle in Gotham. She uses Jim Gordon to stay out of juvie, but has no interest in him finding her kind of better life, and seems quite happy in her career as a pickpocket. Music     Sports  Its very common for up and coming Mixed Martial Arts fighters to point to their rough childhood as evidence of their toughness and commitment. More experienced fighters tend to shift their focus towards their professional accomplishments. Tabletop Games  Iconic character Dai Blackthorn from GURPS is based on this archetype. A very common PC background, especially for characters with stealth or other thief abilities. Because living family is basically bait for a GM to kidnap them and force you to rescue them, but angst annoys the other players, an orphan or abandoned child thats not particularly broken up about it is a good way to avoid your characters backstory interfering with the campaign. Video Games  Mission Vao from Knights of the Old Republic is a carefree Twilek from the Undercity of the Layered Metropolis that is Taris. She isnt hard but she seems to have developed a lot of confidence through surviving in such a rough environment having a Wookiee bodyguard helps too. Annah in Planescape Torment wavers between this and The Artful Dodger, as a street smart guttersnipe, but her Fiery Redhead personality and tendency to shove a dagger in the guts of anyone who annoys her pushes her more to this trope. We Were Dead Before The Ship Sank Zip on this page. Hikage from Senran Kagura, who went from being an orphan from as far as she can remember, to being a gang member, to being an elite shinobi in Hebijo Academy. Though she is more indifferent about her past as she is about everything else and she doesnt bring up her past that much. In League of Legends, this characterizes Ekko and to a lesser extent Talon. Ekko grew up in the rough parts of Zaun and thrives as the leader of a little band of street kids. Talon grew up in Noxus, a city state that refuses to help the weak because only the strong should survive. He made it to adulthood by killing anyone who got in his way. Web Comics  Quaintana of Drowtales grew up on the streets with no apparent parents and eventually rose to be one of the greatest war leaders in the worldsetting. Her first pack was composed of other street rats that eventually grew into a mercenary empire, but unlike other examples her lack of parental figures really takes its toll on her children. Doc Worth from Hanna Is Not a Boys Name partly fits he has the less than legal job and is proud of it and his dingy place. It is unknown what his childhood or relationship with his family were like, but they were well off enough to pay off hi med school expenses. Adrestia from Morph E. Gail Swanson, the Villain Protagonist of When She Was Bad, who lived on the streets for a time between running away from an Orphanage of Fear and joining a gang. The skills she learned during that time make her a significantly better fighter than her heroic counterpart Amber, and she vigorously defends the gang leader who took her in against any moral criticism. Web Original  Mimeo of the Whateley Universe.