A journalist in the 1980s applied the term "Brat Pack" to a group of up-and-coming young stars. But were they a pack, or was the whole thing a ploy?

Iconic young movie stars were seemingly everywhere in the 1980s. They were young talents on the rise, but then they were branded. The Brat Pack was born but fought back.

There is no denying that the Brat Pack stars and the films they made shaped a generation. The young stars created movies that are still universally loved and admired.

Many 1980s young movie stars were on the rise when the label "Brat Pack" suddenly created a lot of tension between them without warning or solid explanation.

The Brat Pack ruled the 1980s, but its establishment wasn't as straightforward as many think. Here's how the Brat Pack was born and how the group evolved.