# Coolest gang on film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672 "2009-10-29T23:39:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/21 "2009-10-30T03:38:24Z")
I also liked Our Gang, but I suppose that’s not the intent of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/22 "2009-10-30T03:45:30Z")
I’m the first to mention the albino street gang in _Vamp_? **Albino Street Gang**. You just can’t touch that level of awesome cheesiness. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/23 "2009-10-30T03:48:42Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Plus he proved he could sing already in _Priscilla Queen of the Desert_. Agent Mitzi Elrond was _lip-synching_, not singing! (Not to be confused with [Lipsynka](http://www.lypsinka.com/)…) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/24 "2009-10-30T04:00:00Z")
The [Axe Gang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJJqe9Jxeb0&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/25 "2009-10-30T04:25:47Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > The Warriors, from the movie of the same name, or, the Baseball Furies, also from the same movie. The Baseball Furies were wimps(according to Ajax), but they had the makeup, the uniform, and the bats. Looked like the Yankees lineup from Hell. The Lizzies are lezzies!!! ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/26 "2009-10-30T14:29:12Z")
Eric Von Zipper and his [Rat Pack](http://www.postmodernbarney.com/images08/bpwzipper.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/27 "2009-10-30T14:40:37Z")
I agree with Face Intentionally Left Blank - toss up between the Warriors and the Baseball Furies. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/28 "2009-10-30T14:44:16Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Which gang tied a guy to a tall bridge, a rope to his winky, a rope to a big rock and threw the rock off the bridge ? > > Thats the gang I vote for. > > You dont see that kind of creativity these days in a gang. That was The Baldies (Farnum Baldies?), but from _The Wanderers_, not _The Warriors._ Like The Ducky Boys from the OP. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/29 "2009-10-30T15:05:57Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > Inspired by the Bloods/Crips poll. Thanks Kayaker. > > My vote goes to the Ducky Boys from the Wanderers. IIRC all the other gangs were terrified of them and had to band together at the end to take them on. The Ducky Boys?! No way - The Wongs. > [@](#): > > [Don’t fuck with The Wongs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ABm5_jhws) They know kung-fu ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/30 "2009-10-30T15:12:17Z")
It’s not a gang, it’s a _club_. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/31 "2009-10-30T15:13:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The [Axe Gang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJJqe9Jxeb0&feature=related). Damn you! You can’t beat choreographed kung fu axe dancing! The [Crazy 88s]([www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdjuS17DGlA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdjuS17DGlA) -) were pretty cool, but they did get beat by a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/32 "2009-10-30T15:23:33Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Dead Rabbits! While I realize they were one of the real names of one of the _Gangs of New York_, that has always seemed the lamest name for a gang that’s trying to be taken seriously. Imagine it as a football team: “It’s the Cougars versus the Dead Rabbits!” ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/33 "2009-10-30T15:33:24Z")
The vicious gang of post-holocaust, motorcycle-riding vandals from Road Warrior. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/34 "2009-10-30T15:48:17Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > … the lamest name for a gang that’s trying to be taken seriously. … > [@](#): > > … The word “Rabbit” is the phonetic corruption of the Irish word ráibéad, meaning “man to be feared”. “Dead” was a slang intensifier meaning “very”. Thus, a “Dead Ráibéad” means a man to be greatly feared. …[RIGHT][CITE](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Rabbits)[/RIGHT] > [@Sampiro](#): > > … Imagine it as a football team: “It’s the Cougars versus the Dead Rabbits!” Well, that’s no ordinary rabbit. That’s the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on! That rabbit’s got a vicious streak a mile wide! It’s a killer! He’s got huge, sharp… er… he can leap about… Look at the bones! CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/35 "2009-10-30T15:50:42Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > The [Crazy 88s]([www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdjuS17DGlA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdjuS17DGlA) -) were pretty cool, but they did get beat by a girl. In their defense, she _was_ the most dangerous woman in the world. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/36 "2009-10-30T15:52:32Z")
If not Alex & his Droogs, then Kiefer Sutherland’s LOST BOYS. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/37 "2009-10-30T15:52:34Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > That was The Baldies (Farnum Baldies?), but from _The Wanderers_, not _The Warriors._ Like The Ducky Boys from the OP. Ahhh, that rings a bell now. I also remember the Baldies being taunted for looking like giant walking penises because of their bald heads. Penises, bald heads, and infomercials for curing baldness have never been the same for me since… ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/38 "2009-10-30T16:11:56Z")
I vote for the Jets ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/39 "2009-10-30T16:20:22Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Well, that’s no ordinary rabbit. That’s the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on! That rabbit’s got a vicious streak a mile wide! It’s a killer! He’s got huge, sharp… er… he can leap about… Look at the bones! > > CMC fnord! Oh great, now I’ve soiled me armor. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/40 "2009-10-30T16:37:28Z")
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