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{{quote|''"Back to school, back to school, to prove to dad I'm not a fool..."''|''[[Billy Madison]]''}}
In [[Real Life]], adults furthering their education by returning to school is a fairly common
However, in the realm of movies and TV, this situation is looked upon as purely humorous. Plots in which the main adult
Your average John Q. Dropout's reason for completing his education is nearly always related to his career, sometimes to obtain a new job requiring a higher degree of education and other times because his current job demands it. Stupidity and incompetence will often be [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]]. The character will often be thrown amongst people outside their age group, or at least act in that way.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* An episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' had Homer go to college to attain his degree in nuclear physics (because he works at a nuclear power plant,
** There was an earlier episode where he had to take a night course run by his old high school principal because he never finished remedial science. His final exam gives us a classic:
{{quote|'''Homer:''' All right brain, you don't like me and I don't like you, so let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer.
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** A small gag used in a third season episode when Peter is about to be killed by a bear while on a hunting trip with Chris, his childhood flashbacks appear showing he has to repeat the fourth grade several times and finally passed right before his hunting trip.
* In the ''[[Tale Spin]]'' episode "Sheepskin Deep", Baloo returns to finish school so he'll be able to attend a class reunion. The really [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarious part]] is that it's ''elementary'' school, the same one ''Kit attends'', and we see him trying to fit into the tiny little desk and everything.
* An episode of ''[[South Park]]'' has Officer Barbrady go back to
* In an episode of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', Arnold's 81-year-old grandfather, who dropped out due to the Great Depression, goes back to elementary school. He quickly advances to the sixth grade, and then becomes a delinquent.
** [[Squick|And dates sixth grade girls.]]
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