Jets

E217310
fictional street gang theatrical character group

The Jets are a fictional street gang of white working-class youths in the musical "West Side Story," serving as one of the story’s two rival groups.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jets canonical 5
the Jets 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional street gang ⓘ
theatrical character group ⓘ
appearsIn West Side Story ⓘ
West Side Story ⓘ
surface form: West Side Story (1957 stage musical)

West Side Story ⓘ
surface form: West Side Story (1961 film)

West Side Story ⓘ
surface form: West Side Story (2021 film)
associatedCharacter Anybodys (West Side Story) ⓘ
basedOn House of Montague ⓘ
surface form: Montagues
conflictWith Sharks (West Side Story) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Arthur Laurents ⓘ
Jerome Robbins ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
ethnicBackground white American ⓘ
fictionalTimePeriod mid-1950s ⓘ
firstAppearance West Side Story ⓘ
surface form: West Side Story (1957 Broadway production)
formerMember Tony (West Side Story) ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
inspiredBy House of Montague ⓘ
surface form: Montagues from Romeo and Juliet
inUniverseActivity street gang activity ⓘ
inUniverseDemographic teenage boys ⓘ
leader Riff (West Side Story) ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
member A-Rab (West Side Story) ⓘ
West Side Story ⓘ
surface form: Action (West Side Story)

Baby John (West Side Story) ⓘ
West Side Story ⓘ
surface form: Big Deal (West Side Story)

Diesel (West Side Story) ⓘ
Tiger (West Side Story) ⓘ
surface form: Gee-Tar (West Side Story)

Mouthpiece (West Side Story) ⓘ
Riff (West Side Story) ⓘ
Snowboy (West Side Story) ⓘ
Tiger (West Side Story) ⓘ
Tony (West Side Story) ⓘ
narrativeRole rival gang ⓘ
notableSong Cool ⓘ
Jet Song ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
rivalOf Sharks (West Side Story) ⓘ
settingLocation Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
socialClass working class ⓘ
theme identity ⓘ
racism ⓘ
territorial rivalry ⓘ
youth gang conflict ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Side Story → featuresGang → Jets ⓘ
Newcastle Jets FC → nickname → Jets ⓘ
Riff → leaderOf → Jets ⓘ
Riff → memberOf → Jets ⓘ
Gee, Officer Krupke → performedByFictionalGroup → Jets ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Jets
Cool → characterFocus → Jets ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Jets
Maria → loveInterestGangAffiliation → Jets ⓘ