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== Film == |
== Film == |
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* Lindsay Anderson's 1968 ''[[If]]'' was [[Malcolm McDowell]]'s breakthrough role and embodies this trope. |
* Lindsay Anderson's 1968 ''[[If....]]'' was [[Malcolm McDowell]]'s breakthrough role and embodies this trope. |
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* ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'': OK, no Wackford Squeers, but we do have an authoritarian headmaster who beats free-thinking students and a school board who squashes creative kids and teachers beneath "the way things are done here." The fact that most, if not all, of the parents are wealthy in some way and support the school's view doesn't help much, either. |
* ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'': OK, no Wackford Squeers, but we do have an authoritarian headmaster who beats free-thinking students and a school board who squashes creative kids and teachers beneath "the way things are done here." The fact that most, if not all, of the parents are wealthy in some way and support the school's view doesn't help much, either. |
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* ''[[Child's Play (film)|Child's Play 3]]'' has the boy from the first two movies in a military school, showcasing how brutal such schools can be in real life. Several [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] types come to a sticky end at the hands of Chucky: "Don't fuck with the Chuck!" |
* ''[[Child's Play (film)|Child's Play 3]]'' has the boy from the first two movies in a military school, showcasing how brutal such schools can be in real life. Several [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] types come to a sticky end at the hands of Chucky: "Don't fuck with the Chuck!" |
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* ''[[Firefly]]'''s River Tam went to a [[School for Scheming]] version of one of these that was presided over by [[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]]. She came out...a bit touched. |
* ''[[Firefly]]'''s River Tam went to a [[School for Scheming]] version of one of these that was presided over by [[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]]. She came out...a bit touched. |
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* ''[[Poltergeist: The Legacy]]'''s tenth episode "The Substitute" was a classic example of this trope. |
* ''[[Poltergeist: The Legacy]]'''s tenth episode "The Substitute" was a classic example of this trope. |
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* Farringham School For Boys in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' adventure "[[Doctor Who |
* Farringham School For Boys in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' adventure "[[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S3/E08 Human Nature|Human Nature]]", more so in the [[Expanded Universe|novel]] the episodes were based on. And that was before The Doctor turned up, Cosmic Horror-Show in tow. |
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* Jennie Garth starred in a [[Lifetime Movie]] style ''[[Without Consent]]'' which is basically about teenage "re-education" facilities (see Real Life below). Along with torturing the students in their control, whether they've actually done anything wrong or not, the program ditches a clearly-troubled young man as soon as his parents' insurance runs out of money, claiming that he is now "cured". {{spoiler|He kills himself.}} |
* Jennie Garth starred in a [[Lifetime Movie]] style ''[[Without Consent]]'' which is basically about teenage "re-education" facilities (see Real Life below). Along with torturing the students in their control, whether they've actually done anything wrong or not, the program ditches a clearly-troubled young man as soon as his parents' insurance runs out of money, claiming that he is now "cured". {{spoiler|He kills himself.}} |
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* ''[[Tower Prep]]'', where kids with special gifts are knocked out and wake up at this school with no explanation, have no idea where they are, a giant wall keeps them from leaving, they are not allowed to contact the outside, and they are pretty much forced to act like they are simply normal students. |
* ''[[Tower Prep]]'', where kids with special gifts are knocked out and wake up at this school with no explanation, have no idea where they are, a giant wall keeps them from leaving, they are not allowed to contact the outside, and they are pretty much forced to act like they are simply normal students. |
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