Orphans (gang)

The Orphans are a fictional New York City street gang from the cult 1979 film "The Warriors". The also appeared in the video game of the same name.

They are led by Sully, a coward and most likely an incapable fighter, and are known to be one of the weakest gangs in New York, with a maximum of around thirty members at full-strength. Their uniform consists of a green t-shirt with 'ORPHANS' written on the back in white, and blue jeans. In the film, they confront The Warriors when they leave the local Subway station and walk through their turf, Tremont. The Warriors leader, Swan, explains that they were on their way home from the meeting but their train was stopped because of a fire, so they had to get off and walk. It emerges that The Orphans were not even told about the meeting. This implies that they are not taken seriously by any of the gangs that are under the Gramercy Riffs' network.

In the game, the Orphans are encountered twice. The first time is in the fifth level("Real Heavy Rep"), in which Sully, the leader of the Orphans has told the DJ that the Oprhans have wrecked the Warriors, hoping to gain some reputation. The Warriors hear this claim on the radio and Cleon takes the New Blood Warriors (minus Rembrandt) to Tremont to test them as well as restore their growing reputation and teach the Orphans a lesson. The second encounter occurs in the fifteenth level("No Pemrits, No Parley"), and the first and final parts of this level follow the encounter seen in the film. The middle of the level shows the Warriors fighting Oprhans, the police and other gangs in an attempt to get to the next subway station.

ee also

* The Baseball Furies
* The Boppers
* The Gramercy Riffs
* The Hi-Hats
* The Hurricanes
* The Jones Street Boys
* The Rogues
* The Saracens
* The Turnbull AC's
* The Warriors

References

*imdb title | id=0080120 | title=The Warriors (original)
*imdb title | id=0423512 | title=The Warriors (remake)
*imdb title | id=0486048 | title=The Warriors (video game)
* [http://warriorsmovie.co.uk The Warriors Movie Site]