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— Bill Bailey , "The Song Written from the Perspective of a Young Man Who Works at Starbucks and Self-Harms"

Mary Jane goes through an Emo stage in the miniseries Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane . She's shaken out of it by seeing Peter Parker dealing with heavy emotional pain (his uncle dying) in a relatively dignified fashion.

The Jews Are Coming : A couple of skits show King Solomon (at this point, Crown Prince Solomon) as a surly, black-clad teenager who writes angsty poetry on how everything is meaningless and insists his name is actually "Ecclesiastes" .

I'm dark and sensitive with low self esteem The way I dress makes everyday feel like Halloween

Just for the sake of it, make sure you're always frowning (Angst! Angst! Angst!) It shows the world that you've got substance and depth

I've been walking in the rain just to get wet on purpose I've been forcing myself not to forget just to feel worse

The Maenads (stop giggling), a race introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons Expanded Psionics Handbook. They're pale-skinned, black-haired and were wronged aeons ago by the gods. Their stoic, intense exterior belies their boiling internal rage, which they release by screaming. Also, they sparkle .

Lampshaded in The World Ends with You when Neku plays Tin Pin to suppress his "Emo Urges" during Another Day.

Survival of the Fittest version 1 had tons of these characters, even Hawley Faust had elements of the trope (including suicide attempts). Versions two and three dropped off this trope, but didn't abandon it entirely; Damien Carter-Madison and Eduardo Trinidad-Villa both stood out as this type of character.
8-Bit Theater has Vilbert Von Vampire, who is an Emo Teen Vampire fond of poetry and LARPing.
Haley from The Order of the Stick went through an Emo Teen period in her life. In fact, it was the memory of her Emo Teen self that tried the hardest, out of all of Haley's seen personality traits, to hook Haley up with Elan.
"Hope is Emo", a video series by the same people that did Ask a Ninja , featured Hope, an incredibly stereotypical Emo girl, answering questions from viewers, and at least once each episode breaking out into tears about some minor thing (the first episode had her crying over words being killed when you erase them from the blackboard, go figure...).
SCP Foundation contains SCP-531 , an Emo Teen with reality-warping powers constantly in the verge of abolishing Humankind (which is why he's oh-so-very Keter), who unconsciously killed the entire staff at his containment site while mourning his mom's death. He eventually had to be killed by locking him in a glass cage in outer space and blowing it up.
Potter Puppet Pals had an episode called "Wizard Angst" with Harry going through a Wangsty period. "I'm feeling cranky and pubescent today and I don't know why!"

Stacy : Okay, to the Internet. (starts typing on her laptop) Here we go. Emos believe everyone's against them.

Candace : How can you say that to me?

Stacy : They're highly sensitive and drama queens.

Stacy : You know, as teenage sub-cultures go, it's not so bad.

Jimmy Jacobs , who ironically became much more "emo" after he was no longer a teen. When he was a teenager, his main complaints were wrestling the same guys over and over again, not being taken seriously by some promotions, not being paid and dropping out of college. But really, he was mainly an energetic Sissy who wanted to be like Kevin Sullivan , John Nord and The Barbarian , a worrying trio but not exactly "emo". Then BJ Whitmer hit Lacey with Jimmy's rail road spike and he declared himself irredeemable for it, cranking up the sissy elements by painting his nails and wearing excessive eye shadow. He then set out to hijack wrestling shows so he could rant about love, the world and the unfairness of the American healthcare system to the audiences, beginning the Age Of The Fall to help him in this quest.

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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EmoTeen
Teenagers who are whiny, self-important, and generally trying to work their way to self-identification. The character type based off the Emo persona.

The things that differentiate and identify Emo Teens are that they dress in black, listen to strange music (specifically, the "emo" genre, whence the term comes) and generally think that they are erudite (or, at least, surprisingly coherent). The slightly better-kept ones are usually political. If the character is female, she will tend to be extremely self-conscious about her appearance, but implausibly attractive all the same.

Since Emo Teens cultivate an out-of-the-mainstream image, sometimes writers get lazy and use them as a stand-in for any variety of geekishness that isn't considered "too nerdy ".

Most shows with an Emo Teen do it semi-sympathetically, where the character is at worst whiny and judgmental, but fundamentally good. However, if any character is going to suffer from an overload of Wangst , it's them.

In days past, the Emo Teen would have been a Goth or — more rarely — Perky Goth . (Except during The '90s , when they would be wearing grunge flannel.)

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Oh, the allure of an emo guy, who promises self-awareness, deep sensitivity and an angry passion — a trifecta that makes him irresistible. Sure, he might dress kind of sloppy, but that unkept, boyish man style is part of his charm.
Lacey, second from left; Credit: Photo courtesy of Brand New
With his unkept beard and predilection for flannel and hoodies, Brand New's lead singer looks like that guy you went to high school with who was a star athlete but also a really sensitive honor roll student and close with his family. Lacey also helped write such romantic lyrics as, “Take me back to your bed/I love you so much that it hurts my head/I don't mind you under my skin, I'll let the bad parts in, the bad parts in.” Notoriously private, Lacey most recently produced singer Kevin Devine's new double album and just wrapped a fall tour with Brand New. Sorry though, dude is married. -Katie Bain
The lead screamer of My Chemical Romance might wear more eyeliner than you, spend more time on his hair and just generally have more feelings, but with his smoky eyes, ever-changing hair color and theatrical performances, the feisty frontman and his sexy side bangs made every living, breathing, Hot Topic-wearing female circa 2005 wish her name was “Helena” (never mind that the song is actually about his dead grandmother). Sign us up for the Black Parade, am I right? -Kelsey Whipple
Baby Skrillex in the white; Credit: Photo courtesy of From First to Last
Yes, we're talking about Skrillex. But before he was EDM's pied piper of dubstep, he was SoCal-bred Sonny Moore, the lead singer of From First to Last. The group's live performances found Moore sing-screaming so intensely that he had to have surgery on his vocal chords, twice, before leaving the group to pursue his solo career. With his trademark pale skin and sort of dirty looking long hair, Moore might not be classically handsome, but talent and approachability earn big points, and with Moore's reputation as one of the nicest dudes in the scene, it's no wonder that he's also said to be something of a ladies man. -Katie Bain
Tim Kasher; Credit: Photo courtesy of Saddle Creek
Thanks to leading roles in Cursive and The Good Life, a stint in Slowdown Virginia and close relationships with former labelmates like Conor Oberst, Tim Kasher has achieved a sort of Saddlecreek Records trifecta. But if you listen to the 39-year-old's two decades of material, particularly his 2010 solo album The Game of Monogamy , he never quite achieves the perfect relationship. This, alongside the bitter vitriol and clever turns of phrase that regularly accompany it, are the core of Kasher's charm. It doesn't hurt that he also tends to get really, really sweaty at live shows — usually in the middle of those lucky folks in the front row. -Kelsey Whipple
Blake Schwarzenbach; Credit: Photo courtesy of Jawbreaker
Often referred to as one of the godfathers of emo, Jawbreaker's influential singer and guitarist Blake Schwarzenbach looks like the kind of guy who'd ignore you all night at a party, which would obviously only make you more interested in him, which was definitely his plan all along. With his tattoos and leathery skin Schwarzenbach has a sexy gutterpunk edge, but the man, now 46, also has a degree in literature from NYU and currently teaches English to undergrads in New York. Hot. -Katie Bain
Conor Oberst; Credit: Photo courtesy of Saddle Creek
Oh, Conor Oberst. Intellectualism and spiritual awarenesss combined with raw emotion and that trembling voice are rockstar kryptonite for the legions of bookish hipster chicks who have been turning out to see Bright Eyes since they were still considered emo. Although the band has gone more indie pop in the last decade, Oberst remains the pensive, wide-eyed troubadour, whose fragile look and impassioned ethos reminds you of the religious studies major you crushed on hard in college. Whether playing with Bright Eyes or his Mystic Valley Band, whether clean shaven or bearded, whether wearing a cardigan or not wearing a cardigan, Oberst is a thinking woman's sex symbol. He'll make you feel like the most interesting woman in the room, and there's nothing more attractive than that. -Katie Bain
Jared Leto, center; Credit: Photo courtesy of Universal
Smoldering in the public eye since the early '90s, Jared Leto has grown from My So Called Life alterna-dreamboat Jordan Catalano to musical frontman with his band 30 Seconds to Mars. Now in its 10th year, the group (which also includes fellow Leto brother Shannon), has released four albums, and the sexy-ass billboards seen all around Los Angeles for the group's most recent release Love, Lust Faith and Dreams almost caused us to drive off the road on several occasions. Although the band's music toes the progressive metal line, Leto personifies the emo ethos, with his unkept look and sensitive guy persona. Also: those eyes. -Katie Bain
Chris Carrabba; Credit: Photo courtesy of Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard Confessional's leading man is the type of guy you write in your journal about, and his songs created a similar intimacy between passionate fans and the studly frontman. With lines like, “'l'll be yours my dear / and I'll belong to you / if you'll just let me through,” Carrabba's bleeding heart and alternative Superman good looks combined into one heavily tattooed package that could easily have inspired years of confessionals — and not just the dashboard variety. -Kelsey Whipple
Jim Adkins, second from left; Credit: Photo courtesy of Jimmy Eat World
If Weezer's Rivers Cuomo and Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins walked into the same dive bar, there's no telling which earnest rocker would get the token bespectacled girl's number first. But Adkins earns bonus points for bangs, dimples and a penchant for short-story style songwriting that lent itself easily to both the imagination and the band's quirky music videos. Do you remember the video for “The Middle?”
As you can see, it's the one in which a bunch of hot twenty-somethings bare their hot bodies and absolutely unremarkable undergarments while Jimmy Eat World serves as the house band? Can we be your date, Jim? -Kelsey Whipple
Bob Nanna, left; Credit: Photo courtesy of Braid
Before guyliner and screamo and whatever a “sk8rboi” is, there were emo bands like Braid and shouters like Bob Nanna. The fan-friendly, music-first singer/guitarist knows how to stay busy: When Braid isn't breaking up and getting back together, Nanna has been known to feature on side projects such as Hey Mercedes and the City on Film. But it's his work with Braid that has defined his career. Full of funky time signatures, sudden transitions and painful lyrical detail, Braid's earlier material, like the emo classic Frame & Canvas , found firm footing with fans, thanks in no small part to Nanna's bold vocals. His is a voice that could easily sing-scream you to sleep every night. -Kelsey Whipple
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