Academy of Evil: Difference between revisions

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This is a school that teaches their students how to be better villains. There will be courses on mayhem, [[Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word|extortion]], use of [[Bad Powers, Bad People|powers]] for [[Good Powers, Bad People|evil]], money laundering and many other topics. Usually the school will be a strictly evil institution that is staffed entirely with [[Sadist Teacher]]s and directed by the Principal / [[Big Bad]]. Despite this rigid order much of the rules have two big caveats: [[Might Makes Right]], and the teachers won't punish cheating—rather, they'll punish ''[[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|getting caught]]'' because it's a sign of sloppy work.

 

== [[Film]] ==

 

== Folklore ==

** Not quite played straight, since we do meet Durmstrang alumni who are definitely not evil and take a hard stand against evil (Viktor Krum comes to mind right away) and this isn't shown as being very odd. And even Durmstrang had to draw the line and expel Gellert Grindelwald, where a school that really played this trope straight would probably have nurtured him.

*** Given that Durmstrang is the only school we ever see in canon for children from the Nordic countries or eastern Europe, not having at least a few of them be good guys could have had some seriously unfortunate implications.

* There is a "[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Academy Shadow Academy]" in the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'', as a Dark Side counterpart to the Jedi Academy.

* The Nightmoore Academy of Frank Peretti's ''[[Veritas Project]]'' series.

* ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' has Mesana opening a lot of those during [[Crystal Spires and Togas|The age of legends]], and its pupils were ''not'' dedicated to idle cackling.

{{quote|Of course, all [[Evil Vizier|Grand Viziers]] talk like that all the time. There's probably a school somewhere.}}

* [[Dracula (novel)|Dracula]] is mentioned to have studied at the 'Scholomance' - presumably the same one from the folklore section above. Freda Warrington's [[Dracula the Undead|unofficial sequel]] has the now-abandoned Scholomance play a big role in the plot.

* In ''[[Winx Club]]'' has Cloudtower opposing Alfea Academy, though in all fairness, few students except the Trix are truly evil.

* The Huntsclan Academy in ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'', where students are taught how to slay dragons and to be overall [[Fantastic Racism|racist]] [[Knight Templar]]s.

 

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