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{{trope}}
[[File:rena axe.jpg|link=Higurashi no Naku Koro ni|frame|Rena is a firm believer in [[Just for Pun|corporeal]] punishment.]]
[[I Thought It Meant|Has nothing to do with Cartesian Geometry]].▼
A student brings a weapon to school. They may not necessarily use it against anybody, but even then you can expect somebody's parents to panic about what could have happened. This plot will rarely last longer than a single [[Very Special Episode]], and can focus on the incident, the following consequences, or a mix of each.
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The person who brings the weapon is rarely a member of the core cast, since that would force the writers to come up with some way for them to [[Status Quo Is God|get off scot-free]]. Unnamed background characters who attempt this are fair game for being caught and sent off to juvie, though. If they ''are'' a main character, expect for them to be gone from the show [[Put on a Bus|for a long time]].
Unfortunately, this can also be [[Truth in Television]], as
▲Compare with [[Guns in Church]]. [[I Thought It Meant|Has nothing to do with Cartesian Geometry]].
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'':
** In the last episode of the first season, {{spoiler|Ryuugu Rena brings a large billhook to school and rigs up an improvised explosive device for the purpose of holding the entire student body hostage. She did this to force the cooperation of the police, because they weren't taking her seriously when she tried telling them about an alien conspiracy to massacre the entire town.}}
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* Hiruma from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' regularly brings guns to school, and gets away with it because [[Blackmail|he has dirt on the principal]] (and [[Up to Eleven|probably half of Japan]], by the look of things).
* ''[[Angel Beats!]]'', almost everyone with a name carries a weapon in school at some point (a school in the afterlife, but still).
* At the beginning of ''[[
* The story of ''[[Saitama Chainsaw Shoujo]]'' centers around the main character bringing her chainsaw to school... and using it on ''everybody''.
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* Kelly Rowland's ''Stole'' is about the lead up to and aftermath of such a shooting:
{{quote|He's not invisible anymore
With [[Handguns|his father's 9]] and a broken fuse
Since he walked through that classroom door
He's all over primetime news }}
* Generally thought to be the subject of Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks."
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