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[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], an episode where the characters (accidentally or [["Join the Army," They Said|not]]) become recruits at the [[Military Academy]], or in case of children they go to the [[Military School]] as punishment, either way [[Hilarity Ensues]].
Expect to see lots of [[Peeling Potatoes]], training [[The Spartan Way]], the obligatory [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] and maybe even battlefield action. Male characters will probably [[Important Haircut|be shaven bald]] upon arrival (female recruits usually just have to resort to a tight ponytail or bun).
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* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' had her get sent there by her aunts for crashing a train into the living room.
* Done on ''[[Popular]]'' as a method of punishment, and to introduce another Glass sibling.
* Done in ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' when Gomer Pyle joins the Marine Corps, which leads to the spinoff series, ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]'' In this episode, Andy gives Gomer a ride, accompanies him onto the base, and even interacts with Gomer several times, all with the intent of talking Gomer out of his decision. The pilot episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. led to some disconinuity as many of the scenes were re-enacted without Andy being present.
* A segment of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'''s series from Iraq featured Stephen going through a boot camp.
* The kids on ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' had a rudimentary training experience in one episode (rope climbing, running through tires).
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* ''[[JAG]]:'' A first season episode had Meg go undercover as a female marine recruit, to investigate the suspicious death of another female recruit.
* ''[[NCIS]]:'' The eleventh episode of season three, "Model Behavior", has a reality show with models set at a boot camp.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Ender's Game]]'' is this.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140504043108/http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG81.jpg&var2=2 This] ''[[DDG]]'' arc.
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* One of the Warner Siblings shorts in ''[[Animaniacs]]'' has them discovering boot camp (They all think it's summer camp, Dot thinks it has to do with fashionable footwear). [[Hilarity Ensues]].
** A similar thing occured in an episode of [[SpongeBob SquarePants]], but with ''prison'' camp. Similar hilarity ensues though.
* An episode of ''Disney's [[Hercules (
* ''[[Invader Zim]]'', "Hobo 13": Zim is sent to the military training world 'Hobo 13' and told that if he survives he can have a big sack of battle tanks. The drill instructor is a hulking cyborg played by [[R. Lee Ermey]].
* ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'' also had an example (with both the good guys and the bad guys sent to a boot camp).
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