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'''Dieselpunk''' is a [[retrofuturism|retrofuturistic]] [[subgenre]] of [[science fiction]] similar to [[steampunk]] or [[cyberpunk]] that combines the [[aesthetics]] of the [[Diesel engine|diesel]]-based technology of the [[interwar period]] through to the 1950s with [[Retrofuturism|retro-futuristic]] technology<ref name=dailydot>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/fandom/dieselpunk-steampunk-beginners-guide/|title=Dieselpunk for beginners: Welcome to a world where the '40s never ended|author=Aja Romano|date=2013-10-08|publisher=[[The Daily Dot]]|access-date=2014-04-04}}</ref><ref name="Discovering Dieselpunk p3">{{ Citation | url=https://neverwasmag.com/Gazette%20-%201.pdf|title=Discovering Dieselpunk | last1=Piecraft |first2= Nick |last2=Ottens| journal = Gatehouse Gazette|issue =1|date = July 2008|page =3|access-date=2010-05-23}}</ref> and [[Postmodernism|postmodern]] sensibilities.<ref name="The Philosophy of Dieselpunk">{{cite web|url=https://neverwasmag.com/2011/03/the-philosophy-of-dieselpunk/ |title=The Philosophy of Dieselpunk |author=Larry Amyett |date=March 1, 2011 |publisher=Never Was |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> Coined in 2001 by game designer Lewis Pollak to describe his [[tabletop role-playing game]] ''[[Children of the Sun (role-playing game)|Children of the Sun]]'',<ref name="Discovering Dieselpunk p3"/> the term has since been applied to a variety of visual art, music, motion pictures, fiction, and engineering.<ref name="Chronologia dieselpunku">{{cite web| first=Janicz|last= Krzysztof|title="Chronologia dieselpunku" (in Polish)|url=http://steampunk.republika.pl/chrono04pl.html| year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406032900/http://steampunk.republika.pl/chrono04pl.html |archive-date=2010-04-06}}</ref>

==Origin==
{{Main article|Cyberpunk derivatives}}
The name "dieselpunk" is a derivative of the science fiction subgenre [[cyberpunk]],<ref name="SciFi Wire">{{cite web|author=Dellamonica, A.M. |title=Cyberpunk, steampunk and now stitchpunk? Your guide to 11 sci-fi punks |url=http://scifiwire.com/2009/09/guide-to-sci-fi-punks.php |date=2009-09-08 |access-date=2009-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003195055/http://scifiwire.com/2009/09/guide-to-sci-fi-punks.php |archive-date=2009-10-03 }}</ref> and represents the time period from [[World War I]] until the 1950s, when [[diesel engine|diesel]]-based locomotion was the main technological focus of Western culture.<ref name="Diesel History">{{cite web|author=DW Productions|title=A History of the Diesel Engine|url=http://www.goadvice.com/GreenDCoop/DieselHistory.htm|access-date=2010-05-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306205720/http://www.goadvice.com/GreenDCoop/DieselHistory.htm|archive-date=2012-03-06}}</ref> The [[Punk ideologies|"-‍punk" suffix]] attached to the name is representative of the [[counterculture]] nature of the genre with regard to its opposition to contemporary aesthetics.<ref name="The Philosophy of Dieselpunk"/> The term also refers to the tongue-in-cheek<ref>{{cite web| author = Sheidlower, Jesse | title = Science Fiction Citations | date = March 9, 2005 | url = http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/327 | access-date=May 10, 2008}}</ref> name given to a similar cyberpunk derivative, "[[steampunk]]", which focuses on science fiction based on industrial steam power and which is often set within the [[Victorian era]].<ref name="Steampunk 101">{{cite web|author=Falksen, GD|title=Steampunk 101 |url=http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=58009|date=October 7, 2009|publisher=Tor.com|access-date=2009-10-07}}</ref>

==Differences from steampunk==
Author [[Scott Westerfeld]] addresses the question of where to draw the line between steampunk and dieselpunk, arguing that his novel ''[[Leviathan (Westerfeld novel)|Leviathan]]'' (2009) qualifies as steampunk despite the fact that the technology it depicts includes [[diesel engine]]s:

<blockquote>I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird [[World War II]]'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, [[World War I]] is the dividing point where [[modernity]] goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, [[war]] is no longer about a sense of [[adventure]] and [[chivalry]] and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. So playing around with that border between optimistic steampunk and a much more pessimistic dieselpunk, which is more about [[Nazism|Nazis]], was kind of interesting to me because early in the war we were definitely kind of on the steampunk side of that.<ref name="Carrott">Carrott, Johnson (2013), p. 154</ref></blockquote>

Jennifer McStotts, another author, considers the two genres to be close cousins. She defines steampunk as concerned with the [[Victorian era]], and the shift in technology and energy generation that came with [[industrialization]], and dieselpunk as combining the aesthetic and genre influences of the period of both [[world war]]s.<ref name="McStotts">McStotts (2014), p. 170</ref>

Science fiction [[editing|editor]] and [[critic]] [[Gary K. Wolfe]] defines steampunk as primarily set in the Victorian era and dieselpunk as set in the [[interwar period]].<ref name="Wolfe">Wolfe (2014), p. 65</ref>

Iolanda Ramos, an assistant professor of [[English studies|English]] and [[Translation studies]] at [[NOVA University Lisbon]], argues,

<blockquote>Dieselpunk draws not on the hiss of steam nor on the Victorian and Edwardian aesthetics and cosplay but on the grease of fuel-powered machinery and the Art Deco movement, marrying rectilinear lines to aerodynamic shapes and questioning the impact of technology on the human psyche.</blockquote>

In addition, Ramos gives "[[Film noir|noir]] ambience" as an element of dieselpunk.<ref name="Ramos">{{cite journal |last=Ramos |first=Iolanda |date=2020 |title=Alternate World Building: Retrofuturism and Retrophilia in Steampunk and Dieselpunk Narratives |journal=Anglo Saxonica |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=5 |doi=10.5334/as.23 |s2cid=213685037 |doi-access=free |hdl=10362/110398 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

==Dieselpunk inspiration==
Dieselpunk draws its inspiration from the diesel era and a characteristic referred to by dieselpunks as "decodence."<ref name=dailydot/> According to the online magazine ''Never Was'', decodence (a [[portmanteau]] of "[[Art Deco|[Art] Deco]]" and "decadence"), "embraces the styles and technologies of the era; it rejoices in a prolonged [[Jazz Age]] ambience characterized by great enthusiasm and hopes about the future."<ref name="Decodence">{{cite web|author=Nick Ottens|url=https://neverwasmag.com/2010/01/decodence/|title=Decodence|publisher=Never Was |date=January 1, 2010|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>

The term "diesel era" is a period of time that begins with the start of the [[interwar period]], which covers the time between the end of [[World War I]] and the start of [[World War II]]. The interwar era is central to one school of dieselpunk often labeled "Ottensian." In addition to the interwar period, World War II also plays a major role in dieselpunk, especially in the school of the genre referred to as "Piecraftian." (See [[#Common themes|§ Common themes]] below.) The exact ending of the diesel era is in some dispute in the dieselpunk community. Depending on the source it ends either at the conclusion of World War II or continues until the early part of the 1950s with the advent of such cultural icons as the [[Golden Age of Television]] and the replacement of [[Big Band]] and [[Swing music]] with [[Rock and Roll]] in popularity.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

==As an art movement==
Although the term "dieselpunk" was not coined until 2001, a large body of [[Work of art|art]] significant to the development of the genre was produced before that. Artwork (including [[visual arts]], [[music]], [[literature]], and [[architecture]]) created in the dieselpunk style are heavily influenced by elements of the art movements most prevalent in Western culture during the diesel era such as:
* Arts – [[Abstract Expressionism]], [[Art Deco]], [[Bauhaus]], [[Raygun Gothic]], [[Constructivism (art)|Constructivism]], [[Cubism]], [[Dada]], [[De Stijl]] ([[Neo-Plasticism]]), [[Futurism]], [[International Style (architecture)|International Style]], [[Surrealism]]
* Music – [[Blues]], jazz, [[ragtime]], [[cabaret]], Big Band, swing, [[retro swing]], and [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]]
* Literature – [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]], [[Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)|Stream of consciousness]], [[Modernism]], [[Pulp magazine|Pulp]], [[Hardboiled]] Detective, and [[Noir fiction|Noir]]

According to Tome Wilson, creator of the now-defunct website ''Dieselpunks'', the term was retroactively applied to an already existing trend in literature. An alternative term was "low-brow pop surrealism". Writers of this trend blended traditional tropes and genres, such as [[Pulp magazine|Pulp Adventure]], [[Film noir]], and [[Weird fiction|Weird Horror]],  with a contemporary [[Aesthetics|aesthetic]].<ref name="Wilson">Wilson (2013), Welcome to the Retro Future</ref> In his words: "They were creating a future fueled by the spirit of the [[Jazz Age]]." In their works, the reader could see [[Sam Spade]] in the era of [[smartphone]]s and [[John Dillinger]] use a [[hovercar]] as his [[Crime scene getaway#Vehicle|getaway vehicle]]. They were writing [[cyberpunk]] stories about the era of ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' (1925).<ref name="Wilson"/>

In discussing punk genres, Ted Stoltz defines dieselpunk as the quasifuture from the [[Art Deco]] era. He argues that [[cyberpunk]], steampunk, [[Cyberpunk derivatives#Clockpunk|clockpunk]], [[Cyberpunk derivatives#Atompunk|atompunk]], and [[biopunk]] are all defined by their connection to their respective technological element. He found this does not apply to other related genres such as [[Cyberpunk derivatives#Other proposed fantastic fiction derivatives|elfpunk, mythpunk]], and [[splatterpunk]] where technology plays a minor role.<ref name="Stoltz">Stoltz (2011), p. 43-44</ref>

===Fiction and literature===
[[Alternate history|Alternative history]] and World War II feature prominently in dieselpunk literature. [[Len Deighton]]'s ''[[SS-GB]]'', [[Philip K. Dick]]'s ''[[The Man in the High Castle]]'', [[Brendan DuBois|Alan Glenn]]'s ''Amerikan Eagle'', [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]]' ''[[Fatherland (novel)|Fatherland]]'', [[Philip Roth]]'s ''[[The Plot Against America]]'', [[Guy Saville]]'s ''[[The Afrika Reich]]'', [[Harry Turtledove]]'s ''[[The War That Came Early]]'' series and ''[[The Man with the Iron Heart]]'', and [[Jo Walton]]'s ''[[Farthing (novel)|Farthing]]'' are considered dieselpunk by some.<ref name="How to Change World War II">{{cite web|first=Nick |last= Ottens |url=https://neverwasmag.com/2019/05/how-to-change-world-war-ii/ |title=How to Change World War II |publisher=Never Was |date=May 12, 2019 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>

Other examples of dieselpunk novels are Hugh Ashton's ''Red Wheels Turning'',<ref name="Red Wheels Turning">{{cite web|first=Hilde |last= Heyvaert |url=https://neverwasmag.com/2012/01/hugh-ashton-red-wheels-turning-a-review/ |title=Red Wheels Turning |publisher=Never Was |date=January 12, 2012 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> [[David Bishop (writer)|David Bishop]]'s ''[[Fiends of the Eastern Front]]'', [[Anders Blixt]]'s ''The Ice War'',<ref name="The Ice War">{{cite web|first=Larry |last= Amyett |url=http://www.dieselpunk.info/2015/05/the-ice-war-by-anders-blixt.html |title=The Ice War by Anders Blixt |publisher=Dieselpunk |date=May 24, 2015 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> Kevin Cooney's ''Tales of the First Occult War'', [[Larry Correia]]'s ''Hard Magic: Book 1 of the Grimnoir Chronicles'', [[Richard Kadrey]]'s ''The Grand Dark''<ref name="Grand Dark">{{cite web|first=Cory|last=Doctorow|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-review-richard-kadrey-grand-dark-20190611-story.html|title=Richard Kadrey's 'The Grand Dark' feels like a Tom Waits ballad in a diesel punk novel|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 11, 2019|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref> and J.W. Szczepaniak's ''Beyond Aukfontein''.<ref name="Beyond Aukfontein">{{cite web|first=Hilde |last= Heyvaert |url=https://neverwasmag.com/2011/12/beyond-aukfontein-a-review/ |title=Beyond Aukfontein |publisher=Never Was |date=December 4, 2011 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>

====Common themes====
A feature that was first identified by the online magazine ''The Flying Fortress'' is that dieselpunk can be divided into two primary themes or styles: Ottensian and Piecraftian.<ref name="The Dark Side of Dieselpunk">{{cite web |title=The Dark Side of Dieselpunk |publisher=Flying Fortress |date=June 4, 2008 |url=http://flyingfortress.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/the-dark-side-of-dieselpunk/ |access-date=2010-05-24 }}</ref> The dividing line between the two themes is commonly acknowledged as the start of World War II.<ref name="Discovering Dieselpunk p4">{{ Citation |url=https://neverwasmag.com/Gazette%20-%201.pdf |title=Discovering Dieselpunk |last1=Piecraft |first2=Nick |last2=Ottens |journal=Gatehouse Gazette |issue=1 |date=July 2008 |page=4 |access-date=2010-05-23}}</ref>

One theme, named "Piecraftian" after its proponent author "Piecraft", focuses on the aesthetics of the world wars and speculates on how human [[culture]] could theoretically cease to evolve due to constant, widespread warfare.<ref name="Discovering Dieselpunk p3" /><ref name="The Dark Side of Dieselpunk" /> According to Ottens and Piecraft, this theme continues the aesthetics of the diesel era into later periods of history by describing a world where survival (largely based on a reliance on diesel power) is placed above aesthetical evolution (as seen in such dystopian movies as ''[[Mad Max]]''<ref name="Discovering Dieselpunk p9">{{ Citation | url=https://neverwasmag.com/Gazette%20-%201.pdf |title=Discovering Dieselpunk | last1=Piecraft |first2= Nick |last2=Ottens |journal=Gatehouse Gazette |issue=1 |date=July 2008 |page=9 |access-date=2010-05-23}}</ref>).

A second theme, named "Ottensian" after its proponent author Nick Ottens,<ref name="Decodence"/> focuses on a setting where the decadent aesthetics and [[utopian]] [[philosophies]] of the American [[Roaring Twenties]] continued to evolve unhindered by war or economic collapse. Ottensian dieselpunk fiction is primarily concerned with a positive vision of technology, where the utopian ideals predicted by the World's Fairs of the times came to light.<ref name="Flavors of Dieselpunk: Conclusion">{{ Citation |url=http://www.dieselpunk.info/2011/01/flavors-of-dieselpunk-conclusion.html |title=Flavors of Dieselpunk: Conclusion |last=Amyett |first=Larry |publisher=Dieselpunk |date=January 1, 2011 |access-date=2020-07-23}}</ref><ref name="Punk in Art">{{cite web |title=Punk in Art: Steampunk, Dieselpunk, and Cyberpunk |first=Errika |last=Gerakiti |publisher=Daily Art |date=July 28, 2020 |url=https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/punk-in-art/ |access-date=2020-07-28 }}</ref> As a result Ottensian dieselpunk incorporates "an enthusiasm for the predictions about the future,"<ref name="The Two Flavors of Dieselpunk">{{cite web|title=The Two Flavors of Dieselpunk|first=Nick|last=Ottens|url=https://neverwasmag.com/2008/05/the-two-flavors-of-dieselpunk/|publisher=Never Was|date=May 15, 2008|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> and often shares elements with [[retro-futurism]].<ref name="Discovering Dieselpunk p5">{{ Citation | url=https://neverwasmag.com/Gazette%20-%201.pdf |title=Discovering Dieselpunk |last1=Piecraft |first2=Nick |last2=Ottens | journal=Gatehouse Gazette |issue=1 |date=July 2008 |page=5 |access-date=2010-05-23}}</ref>

===Games===
Dieselpunk features prominently in the gaming industry, in both tabletop [[role-playing games]] and computer and console [[video games]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} World War II is a popular theme in dieselpunk games. One of the more prominent of these was Activision's ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'',<ref name="Top 10 Games">{{cite web|url=http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/pc/articles/67680.aspx|title=Top 10 Steampunk and Dieselpunk Games for the PC|author=sinisterporpoise|editor-first=Michael|editor-last=Hartman|publisher=Bright Hub|date=March 30, 2010|access-date=2010-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605072731/http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/pc/articles/67680.aspx|archive-date=June 5, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as the sequel game to the 2009 game ''[[Wolfenstein (2009 video game)|Wolfenstein]]'', ''[[Wolfenstein: The New Order]]'', which takes place in an alternate 1960s Europe where the Nazis have won World War II. Other dieselpunk games include ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert]]'' (1996),<ref name="Top 10 Games" /> ''[[Crimson Skies]]'' (1998 board game, 2000 video game), ''[[Iron Storm (2002 video game)|Iron Storm]]'' (2002),<ref name="Iron Storm">{{cite web|url=https://neverwasmag.com/2009/03/iron-storm/ |title=Iron Storm |first=Alasdair |last=Czyrnyj |publisher=Never Was |date=March 1, 2009 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> ''[[You Are Empty]]'' (2006),<ref name="You Are Empty">{{cite web|url=https://neverwasmag.com/2009/09/you-are-empty/ |title=You Are Empty |first=Alasdair |last=Czyrnyj |publisher=Never Was |date=September 1, 2009 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> ''[[Scythe (board game)|Scythe]]'' (2016), ''[[Turning Point: Fall of Liberty]]'' (2008),<ref name="How to Change World War II" /> ''[[Sine Mora]]'' (2012),<ref name="Sine Mora">{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5827659/a-diesel+punk-shootem-up-sure-why-not?tag=grasshopper-manufacture/|title=A Diesel-Punk Shoot'em Up? Sure, Why Not.|author=Brian Ashcraft |date=August 4, 2011|access-date=2011-08-19}}</ref> ''[[Iron Harvest]]'' (2020),<ref name="Iron Harvest">{{cite web|url=https://nl.ign.com/iron-harvest-pc/125397/promoted/adv-de-setting-van-iron-harvest-1920-oorlog-voeren-in-dieselpunk|title=De setting van Iron Harvest 1920+ – Oorlog voeren in Dieselpunk|publisher=IGN Benelux|date=August 31, 2020|access-date=2021-04-18}}</ref> ''[[HighFleet]]'' (2021), ''[[Bioshock]]'' (2007), ''[[Bioshock 2]]'' (2010) and ''[[Frostpunk 2]]'' (2024).

===Cinema and television===
With regard to moving pictures, dieselpunk combines the tropes, character archetypes, and settings of diesel-era fiction genres such as Serial Adventure, Noir,<ref>{{cite book|author=Conrad, Mark T.|title= The Philosophy of Neo-Noir|location= Lexington|publisher= The University Press of Kentucky|date= February 2009|isbn= 978-0813191812}}</ref> Pulp, and War with postmodern storytelling techniques and cinematography. Inspirations for dieselpunk cinema include ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' (1927)<ref name="Punk in Art"/> and ''[[Things To Come]]'' (1936), thanks to their period visions of [[utopian]] culture and technology.<ref name=dailydot/> Even the popular film ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' (1977) has been noted as having strong dieselpunk influences, as it drew heavily on pulp and [[World War II]] iconography but mixed them with futuristic settings.<ref name="Star Wars">{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/geekdad/2008/04/right-on-the-he/|title=Ancient Weapons and Hokey Religions: Steampunk Star Wars|publisher=Wired.com|first=Vincent |last=Janoski |date=April 15, 2008 |access-date=2010-05-31|quote=It's already pretty clear that Lucas was drawing from the dieselpunk styling of WWII ...}}</ref> Some even argued that the [[steampunk]] country named Steamland, led by an odd industrialist named Alva Gunderson voiced by [[Richard Ayoade]], in the American [[fantasy]] [[animated sitcom]], ''[[Disenchantment (TV series)|Disenchantment]]'', created by [[Matt Groening]] for [[Netflix]], was "dieselpunk inspired."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liptak |first1=Andrew |title=Netflix's Disenchantment Returns in January |url=https://www.tor.com/2020/12/16/disenchantment-netflix-matt-groenig-trailer-watch/ |website=[[Tor.com]] |access-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216161959/https://www.tor.com/2020/12/16/disenchantment-netflix-matt-groenig-trailer-watch/ |archive-date=December 16, 2020 |date=December 16, 2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Some commonly referenced examples of dieselpunk cinema and television include:

* The ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' franchise (1981–2023).<ref name="Dieselpunk Milestones">{{cite web|url=https://neverwasmag.com/2012/08/its-not-the-years-honey-its-the-mileage/ |title=It's Not the Years, Honey, It's the Mileage: Dieselpunk Milestones |first=Tome |last=Wilson |publisher=Never Was |date=August 1, 2012 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>
* The [[neo-noir]] movie ''[[Blade Runner]]'' (1982), though widely labeled as [[cyberpunk]],  may also be described as dieselpunk due its strong borrowings from [[film noir]].<ref name="Philosophy of Neo-Noir">{{Cite book  | last = Conrad  | first = Mark T.   | title = The Philosophy of Neo-Noir  | publisher = [[University Press of Kentucky]]  | date = February 2009  | location = Lexington  | isbn = 978-0813191812}}</ref>
* ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]'' (1982–1983), an adventure television series.<ref name="Dieselpunk Milestones"/>
* ''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)|Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]]'' (1984), an [[anime]] film by [[Hayao Miyazaki]].<ref name="Eurogamer">{{cite news |last1=Boyes |first1=Philip |title=Hot Air and High Winds: A Love Letter to the Fantasy Airship |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-02-08-hot-air-and-high-winds-a-love-letter-to-the-fantasy-airship |access-date=18 April 2020 |work=[[Eurogamer]] |date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
* ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' (1985)<ref name="Brazil">{{cite web|url=https://neverwasmag.com/2009/05/brazil/ |title=Brazil |first=Ella |last=Kremper |publisher=Never Was |date=May 1, 2009 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>
* ''[[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]]'' (1986), an anime film by Hayao Miyazaki and [[Studio Ghibli]].<ref name="Eurogamer"/>
* [[Tim Burton]]'s movie ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' (1989) has also been referred to as a dieselpunk movie.<ref name="Discovering Dieselpunk p7">{{ Citation |url=https://neverwasmag.com/Gazette%20-%201.pdf|title=Discovering Dieselpunk |last1=Piecraft |first2=Nick |last2=Ottens| journal=Gatehouse Gazette |issue=1 |date=July 2008 |page=7 |access-date=2010-05-23}}</ref>
* [[Total Recall (1990 film)|''Total Recall'']] (1990)
* ''[[TaleSpin]]'' (1990–1991), a Disney animated television series.<ref name=dailydot/><ref name="Dieselpunk Milestones"/>
* ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'' (1991)<ref name="The Rocketeer">{{cite web|url=https://neverwasmag.com/2010/07/the-rocketeer/ |title=The Rocketeer |first=Hilde |last=Heyvaert |publisher=Never Was |date=July 1, 2010 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>
* ''[[Porco Rosso]]'' (1992), an anime film by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warspot.net/329-i-d-rather-be-a-pig-than-a-fascist|title=I'd rather be a pig than a fascist|last=Lesin|first=Aliaksei|date=March 24, 2021|website=Warspot.net|access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Gattaca]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Dark City (1998 film)|Dark City]]'' (1998)<ref name="Diesel Classics p22">{{ Citation | url=https://neverwasmag.com/Gazette%20-%204.pdf |title=Diesel Classics: History of Dieselpunk, Part 2 |author=Piecraft |journal=Gatehouse Gazette |issue=4 |date=January 2009 |page=22 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>
* ''[[Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?]]'' (2002–2003), an animated television series set in a diesel world of the 1980s.
*''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' (2003)<ref>{{Citation|last=Norrington|first=Stephen|title=The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen|date=2003-07-11|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/|type=Action, Adventure, Fantasy|publisher=Angry Films, International Production Company, JD Productions|access-date=2021-10-26}}</ref>
* ''[[Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow]]'' (2004)<ref name="Sky Captain">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/trivia|title=Trivia for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]|access-date=2010-05-28|quote=While set in a "real" New York City, the history is obviously changed. [[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz (1939)]] and [[Wuthering Heights (1939 film)|Wuthering Heights (1939)]] references put the year at 1939. Despite being 1939, there is no sign of Germany preparing for war. There is also no sign that America is in the grips of an economic depression. All-in-all, not only is the technology "fantasized", but the entire history is idealized as well.}}</ref> 
* ''[[The Sky Crawlers (film)|The Sky Crawlers]]'' (2008)
* ''[[9 (2009 animated film)|9]]'' (2009) has been described by director [[Shane Acker]] as a subgenre of dieselpunk which he calls "stitchpunk"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/just-what-is-stitchpunk-anyway-5358336|title=Just what is "Stitchpunk," Anyway?|date=13 September 2009|website=Gizmodo|accessdate=5 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/9-5405/|title=9|date=26 October 2009|accessdate=5 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://plume-de-pan.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-movie-review-of-9-2009-rag-dolls-and.html|title=A Movie Review of 9 (2009): Rag Dolls and Robots at the End of the World|accessdate=5 March 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[Sucker Punch (2011 film)|Sucker Punch]]'' (2011), directed by [[Zack Snyder]], includes dieselpunk-inspired adventures<ref>{{cite web | url = http://lindsaykitson.com/2012/05/15/5-essential-dieselpunk-movies/ | title = 6 Essential Dieselpunk Movies | last = Kitson | first = Lindsay | publisher =  Lindsay Kitson, Dieselpunk Author | date = May 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://chroniclesofharriet.com/2012/05/24/punk-101-steampunk-dieselpunk-and-a-three-year-old-genius/ | title = PUNK 101: Steampunk, Dieselpunk and a Three Year Old Genius! | last = Ojetade | first = Balogun | publisher = Chronicles of Harriet | date =  May 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steamgeekspodcast.com/blog/2011/04/steam-geeks-episode-07 |title=Episode 07: Dieselpunk! |author=The [[League of STEAM]] |publisher=S.T.E.A.M.Geeks Podcast |date=April 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506021735/http://www.steamgeekspodcast.com/blog/2011/04/steam-geeks-episode-07 |archive-date=2014-05-06 }}</ref> with the protagonist Babydoll and her team infiltrating a bunker protected by clockwork World War I German soldiers, etc., mixing many retro, fantastic and sci-fi elements.
* ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'' (2011), whose imagery has been described as having a "dieselpunk quality".<ref name="Indy Week.Com">{{cite web|author=Neil Marcus|title=Captain America is hokey, pulpy fun ... no more, no less|url=http://www.indyweek.com/artery/archives/2011/07/21/captain-america-is-hokey-pulpy-fun-no-more-no-less|date=2011-07-21|access-date=2011-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914024204/http://www.indyweek.com/artery/archives/2011/07/21/captain-america-is-hokey-pulpy-fun-no-more-no-less|archive-date=2011-09-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* ''[[Iron Sky]]'' (2012)<ref name="Iron Sky">{{ Citation | url=https://neverwasmag.com/2012/04/iron-sky/ |title=Iron Sky |first=Marcus |last=Rauchfuß |publisher=Never Was |date=April 7, 2012 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>
* [[Spy (2012 Russian film)|''The Spy'']] (2012 Russian film)
* ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'' (2015), while not a true dieselpunk film, has many dieselpunk elements.<ref>{{cite web| author=Aja Romano | title='Mad Max: Fury Road' is not steampunk—it's dieselpunk | website=[[The Daily Dot]] |url=http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/mad-max-fury-road-dieselpunk/|date=2015-06-01|access-date=2016-08-05}}</ref>
* ''[[The Man in the High Castle (TV series)|The Man in the High Castle]]'' (2015–2019), a television series produced by [[Amazon Studios]].<ref name="The Man in the High Castle">{{ Citation | url=https://neverwasmag.com/2019/12/the-man-in-the-high-castle/ |title=The Man in the High Castle |first=Nick |last=Ottens |publisher=Never Was |date=December 4, 2019 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>
* ''[[Iron Sky: The Coming Race]]'' (2019)

===Visual art===
 
According to an article titled "Dieselpunk: Love Affair with a Machine", published in the online magazine ''Dark Roasted Blend'', dieselpunk [[art]] "takes an interest in various bizarre machines, full of esoteric levers, cracked-glass meters – all visually intense and pretty sinister-looking, when photographed."<ref name="Dark Roasted Blend">{{cite web|url=http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/12/dieselpunk.html|title=Dieselpunk: Love Affair with a Machine |author=A. Abrams|publisher=Dark Roasted Blend|date = December 14, 2008|access-date=2010-05-24}}</ref> The article references Japanese artist [[Shunya Yamashita]]'s having created one of the definitive examples of dieselpunk art with his work ''I Can't Explain.''<ref>{{cite web|last=Bowkett |first=Giles |url=http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2008/12/shunya-yamashita-i-cant-explain.html |title=Giles Bowkett: Shunya Yamashita: I Can't Explain |publisher=Gilesbowkett.blogspot.com |date=2008-12-28 |access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref> The article also references Kow Yokoyama as a dieselpunk artist with his figurine series titled ''Maschinen Krieger.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maschinenkrueger.com/joomla/ |title=Maschinen Krueger Home |publisher=Maschinenkrueger.com |access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref>

Other prominent artists in the dieselpunk movement include: Alexey Lipatov,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lipatov.deviantart.com/ |title=Lipatov on DeviantArt |publisher=Lipatov.deviantart.com |access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref> Stefan Prohaczka,<ref name="deviantart1">{{cite web|title=stefanparis's Gallery|url=http://stefanparis.deviantart.com/gallery/|publisher=Stefanparis.deviantart.com|access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref> ixlrlxi,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://600v.deviantart.com/ |title=600v on DeviantArt |publisher=600v.deviantart.com |date=2010-05-21 |access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref><ref name="Icons of Dieselpunk: ixlrlxi">{{cite web |url=http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/interview-ixlrlxi|title=Icons of Dieselpunk: ixlrlxi, Master artist of the Streamline style|author=Tome Wilson |date=July 9, 2009|access-date=2010-05-29}}</ref> Keith Thompson,<ref name="Icons of Dieselpunk: Keith Thompson">{{cite web |url=http://www.dieselpunks.org/forum/topics/interview-keith-thompson|title=Icons of Dieselpunk: Keith Thompson, Mechnical [sic] Art Genius|author=Tome Wilson |date=June 4, 2009|access-date=2010-05-29}}</ref> Rob Schwager,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robschwager.com/ |title=robschwager.com |publisher=robschwager.com |access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref> and Sam Van Olffen.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilson |first=Tome |url=http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/interview-sam-van-olffen |title=INTERVIEW – Sam Van Olffen |publisher=Dieselpunks |date=2009-08-27 |access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://io9.com/5319123/wwii-leaders-get-a-dieselpunk-makeover |title=WWII Leaders Get a Dieselpunk Makeover |publisher=io9.com |author=Lauren Davis |date=Jul 21, 2009 |access-date=2010-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://theawesomer.com/art-ww2-dieselpunk/20476/ |title=Art: WW2 Dieselpunk |date=13 October 2009 |publisher=The Awesomer |access-date=2010-06-01}}</ref>

==As a subculture==
A person defined as a dieselpunk draws inspiration and entertainment from the aesthetics of the diesel era to achieve independence from contemporary aesthetics by blending the literature, artwork, [[fashion]], grooming styles, modes of personal transportation, music, and technology of the diesel era with contemporary sensibilities.<ref name="This Is Dieselpunk">{{cite web |url=https://thefedorachronicles.com/dieselpunks/this-is-deieslpunk.html|title=This Is Dieselpunk|first=Eric Renderking|last=Fisk|publisher=The Fedora Chronicles|date=June 9, 2017|access-date=2020-07-23}}</ref> The "punk" in "dieselpunk" can be interpreted as a rejection of contemporary society<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dieselpunksencyclopedia.wordpress.com/2-3-the-meaning-of-punk/|title=2.3 The Meaning of "Punk"|date=13 December 2011|publisher=Dieselpunk Encyclopedia|access-date=2020-08-01}}</ref> and contemporary styles.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

Part of dieselpunk's postmodern nature can be seen in the important role that the [[internet]] as a tool of international communication plays in its development. In addition to two prominent dieselpunk [[online community|online communities]], ''Dieselpunks'' and ''Never Was Lounge'', there are a number of online magazines dedicated to the genre, including ''Dieselpunk Encyclopedia'', ''Dizelpanki'', ''The Flying Fortress'', ''Never Was'' and ''Vintage Future'', and several blogs which are simply titled "Dieselpunk".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dieselpunk44.blogspot.com/ |title=Dieselpunk |publisher=Dieselpunk44.blogspot.com |date=1915-08-29 |access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dieselpunks.blogspot.com/ |title=Dieselpunk |publisher=Dieselpunks.blogspot.com |access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref>

While there are many websites dedicated to the history of the diesel era, a growing number of sites are dedicated to topics that tie directly into dieselpunk. One such website of note is ''RetroTimes Production'',<ref name="Icons of Dieselpunk: RetroTimes">{{cite web |url=http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/interview-carmen-johnson-of|title=Icons of Dieselpunk: Carmen Johnson of RetroTimes Productions|author=Tome Wilson |date=March 19, 2010|access-date=2010-05-29}}</ref> which is an independent film production company dedicated to creating documentaries about "retro living, retro design, and retro style." A few sites are springing up that have a retro pulp feel as well, including ''Captain Spectre and The Lightning Legion'',<ref name="Icons of Dieselpunk: Tom Floyd">{{cite web |url=http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/interview-pulp-artist|title=Icons of Dieselpunk: Pulp Artist / Creator Tom Floyd|author=Tome Wilson |date=July 31, 2009|access-date=2010-05-29}}</ref> which is an online comic written and drawn in the classic serial [[pulp magazine|pulp fiction]] style of the diesel era, and ''Thrilling Tales of the Downright Unusual'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thrilling-tales.webomator.com/ |title=Thrilling Tales of the Downright Unusual: Illustrated Interactive Fiction from Retropolis and Beyond |publisher=Thrilling-tales.webomator.com |access-date=2010-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207212733/http://thrilling-tales.webomator.com/ |archive-date=2012-02-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> an interactive [[Choose Your Own Adventure]]-style pulp serial.

In 2012, World Brews, a craft beer manufacturer in [[Novato, CA]], began producing "Dieselpunk Brew", a beer line (IPA, Porter and Stout) inspired and influenced by the subculture of dieselpunk, and displaying art deco-inspired dieselpunk designs on the labels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bruguru.com/dieselpunk_porter|title=Dieselpunk Porter Beer Review|author=John Staradumsky|date=August 7, 2013|work=Bruguru.com|access-date=June 8, 2015|archive-date=January 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104015230/http://bruguru.com/dieselpunk_porter|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Fashion===
Dieselpunk fashion blends the styles commonly found during the diesel era with contemporary styles to create a fusion of both.  The "[[Punk subculture|punk]]" nature of the subculture comes from expressing a more complete presence in public akin to the fashion styles popular during the diesel era such as waistcoats, covered arms, hosiery, styles of shoes, and headwear. Dieselpunk emphasizes the inclusion of such accoutrements to render one's look "complete," in defiance of modern custom.{{cn|date=August 2022}}

===Music===
Dieselpunk music,<ref name=dailydot/> which has roots in the [[Swing revival|neo-swing revival]],<ref name="Icons of Dieselpunk: Wolfgang Parker">{{cite web |url=http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/interview-wolfgang-parker|title=Icons of Dieselpunk: Wolfgang Parker, Pioneer of Punk Swing|author=Tome Wilson |date=May 12, 2010|access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref> combines elements of blues, jazz, ragtime, cabaret, swing, and bluegrass commonly found during the diesel era with contemporary instrumentation, production, and composition.<ref name="Radio Riel Dieselpunk Channel">{{cite web |url=http://radioriel.blogspot.com/2010/04/from-library-swing-jazz.html|title=Radio Riel Dieselpunk Channel|access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref> Some commonly referenced examples of dieselpunk bands are: [[Big Bad Voodoo Daddy]],<ref name="BBVD">{{cite web |url=http://dieselpunk44.blogspot.com/2010/02/dieselpunk-music.html|title=Dieselpunk Music|author=Larry |date=February 7, 2010|access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref> [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]] (who released a song and music video entitled "[[Bigger Life|Diesel PunX]]" in 2019),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXp1SDoaxgw  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/GXp1SDoaxgw |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Diesel PunX [Official Video] |date=April 9, 2019 |publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Royal Crown Revue]],<ref name="RCR1">{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-4418727.html|title=Royal Crown Revue, the Penthouse Playboys and the Nicholas Barron Trio at the Cubby Bear|author=Kevin M. Williams | work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |publisher=[[Encyclopedia.com]]|date=October 27, 1997|access-date=2010-05-31}}</ref><ref name="RCR2">{{cite web |url=http://www.tommagazine.com.au/index.php?area=Interviews&pg=38&subarea=38&sel=10687&ttl=Royal%20Crown%20Revue|title= Interviews: Royal Crown Revue|author=Brett Stephens |publisher=Tom Magazine|access-date=2010-05-31}}</ref> [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]],<ref name="SNZ">{{cite web|url=http://mammoth.go.com/squirrelnutzippers/ |title=Squirrel Nut Zippers |publisher=[[Mammoth Records]] |quote=''Hot'' was an unexpected hit that placed the Zippers at the head of a retro-swing revival that they didn't understand, much less belong to. For one thing, they didn't really play Swing Music, ''per se''. They played 'Hot Music,' a perpetually evolving, hybrid-stew of Southern roots traditions that one critic aptly tagged, '30s punk.' |access-date=2010-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910112356/http://mammoth.go.com/squirrelnutzippers/ |archive-date=2010-09-10 }}</ref> [[The Brian Setzer Orchestra]], [[Indigo Swing]], Wolfgang Parker,<ref name="Icons of Dieselpunk: Wolfgang Parker" /> The End Times Spasm Band, [[RPM Orchestra]], [[Big Rude Jake]], and [[Lee Press-on and the Nails]].<ref name="Lee Presson">{{cite web |url=http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/interview-brian-gardner-of|title=Icons of Dieselpunk: Brian Gardner of Swing Goth|author=Tome Wilson |date=January 28, 2010|access-date=2010-06-03}}</ref>

There has been growth of a Dieselpunk music referred to as [[electro swing]], which combines the styles of [[Swing music]] with [[Electronica]]. Prominent bands within the Electro-Swing include [[Caravan Palace]], Good Co, and Tape Five.

==Variants==

=== Decopunk or coalpunk ===
'''Decopunk''',  also known as '''coalpunk''', is a recent subset of Dieselpunk, inspired by the [[Art Deco]] and [[Streamline Moderne]] art styles of the period between the 1920s and 1950s. In an interview<ref>{{cite web|title=Rayguns! Steampunk Fiction|url=http://coyotecon.com/transcripts/transcript-rayguns-steampunk-fiction/|work=Interview transcript|date=17 May 2010|access-date=11 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521043531/http://coyotecon.com/transcripts/transcript-rayguns-steampunk-fiction/|archive-date=21 May 2010}}</ref> at CoyoteCon, steampunk author [[Sara M. Harvey]] made the distinctions "...{{nbsp}}shinier than DieselPunk, more like DecoPunk", and "DieselPunk is a gritty version of Steampunk set in the 1920s–1950s. The big war eras, specifically. DecoPunk is the sleek, shiny very Art Deco version; same time period, but everything is chrome!"

=== Atompunk ===
A similar, related pop surrealist art movement, which overlaps with dieselpunk somewhat, is [[atompunk]] (sometimes called atomicpunk). Atompunk art relates to the pre-digital period of 1945–1965, including mid-century [[Modernism]], the [[Atomic Age]], [[Jet Age]] and [[Space Age]], [[Communism]] and [[Red Scare|paranoia]] in the United States, along with [[Soviet]] styling, [[underground cinema]], [[Googie]] architecture, the [[Sputnik]], [[Project Mercury|Mercury]] and other early [[space program]]s, early [[Cold War]] [[espionage]], [[superhero fiction]] and the rise of the US military/industrial powers.<ref>{{cite magazine | first=Bruce | last=Sterling | title=Here Comes 'Atompunk.' And It's Dutch. So there | url=https://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2008/12/here-comes-atom/ | date=2008-12-03 | access-date=2015-06-25 | magazine=Wired | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203172625/http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2008/12/here-comes-atom/ | archive-date=2013-12-03 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first = Cory | last = Doctorow | title = Atompunk: fetishizing the atomic age | url = http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/03/atompunk-fetishizing.html |publisher=[[Boing Boing]]| date = December 3, 2008 | access-date = 2010-06-03}}</ref>

==See also==
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* {{annotated link|Airborne aircraft carrier}}
* {{annotated link|Air pirate}}
* {{annotated link|Alternate history}}
* {{annotated link|Cyberpunk derivatives}}
* {{annotated link|Lowbrow (art movement)}}
* {{annotated link|Machine Age}}
* {{annotated link|Pop art}}
* {{annotated link|Postmodernism}}
* {{annotated link|Retrofuturism}}
* {{annotated link|Steampunk}}
* {{annotated link|Submarine aircraft carrier}}
* {{annotated link|Swing revival}}
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==External links==
* [https://www.dieselpunkpodcast.com/ "The Dieselpunk Podcast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724003722/http://dieselpunkpodcast.com/ |date=2020-07-24 }}, is a podcast dedicated solely to Dieselpunk news, fashion, movies, music and culture.
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DieselPunk Diesel Punk - TV Tropes]

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