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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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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]: Fumoffu'', it is the protagonist who organizes a boot camp on two occasions, playing the [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]. And he's ''very'' good at it.
* In ''[[
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]: Brotherhood'' OAV 4 "Yet Another Man's Battlefield" is an [[Adaptation Expansion]] of the manga gaiden "His Battlefield Once More", featuring an 18-year old Roy Mustang at boot camp. It shows how he became friends with [[Knife Nut|Maes Hughes]] and the result of befriending fellow cadet [[Spell My Name
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* ''[[Family Matters]]'' had Urkel and Eddie infiltrate a boot camp in order to convince an emotionally hurt Waldo to leave.
* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' season two episode "Goodbye To All That" has John enroll in military school and Derek sign up as a teacher.
* ''[[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
* ''[[Shortland Street]]'' has done at least one arc about it, with Daniel Potts being sent there as punishment for selling bootleg [[
* ''[[JAG]]:'' A first season episode had Meg go undercover as a female marine recruit, to investigate the suspicious death of another female recruit.
* ''[[
== [[Magazines]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Ender's Game]]'' is this.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* An instance where the "episode" lasted most of the series: [[Beetle Bailey]] was originally a slacker college student, when one day in the first year of the strip's run he ran into an army recruiter office to hide from his [[Betty and Veronica|two love interests]]. He's been in Camp Swampy ever since.
== [[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.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mqqsn7_nJ8 Moving Targets] episode of ''[[
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* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' Bart is forced to go to military school after blasting a soundwave through the town (and Lisa joins him after being bored with public school education).
** In two other ''[[The Simpsons]]'' Homer joins the Naval Reserve (''Simpson Tide''), and later the Army (''G.I.-Annoyed Grunt'').
* In ''[[Futurama]]'', Fry and Bender enlist in order to take advantage of a discount for recruits in "War is the H-Word". [[Can't Get Away
* ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' accidentally joins the army rather than the Dodgeball Camp.
* On ''[[Family Guy]]'' Stewie signs himself and Brian up for the military after Brian tries to get Chris out of a recruitment contract.
* In ''[[The Proud Family]]'', Penny becomes a bad girl while coming up with an interesting story about [[Terrible Trio|The Gross Sisters]] for the school newspaper, and is sent to a boot camp style reformatory.
* In a [[Whole
* One of the Warner Siblings shorts in ''[[
** A similar thing occured in an episode of [[
* 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 [[
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* ''[[King of the Hill]]'' had an episode where Cotton wanted Bobby to go to a boot camp to be toughened up.
** The trope is mostly averted however when Cotton discovers the camp has been turned into more of a military-themed summer camp for young boys. [[Break the Cutie|Then Cotton takes over as headmaster]], but utterly fails ({{spoiler|ironically, [[Hoist
* ''[[
* ''[[The Mask (
* ''[[The Jetsons]]'' puts its spin on this trope in the episode where George, Mr. Spacely, and apartment handyman Henry have to report to a National Guard training camp.
* On ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', the titular boys are sent to a boot camp after Candace actually manages to bust them. The camp (run by an [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|evil drill sergeant]]) is [[Break the Cutie|designed to smother and stifle their creativity.]] It works. They get better. And [[All Just a Dream|then]]...
* ''[[
* A ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'' episode features the duo in a boot camp.
* [[
* Happens rather frighteningly on ''[[
* [[Bugs Bunny]] was once enlisted in the army in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQnoH4_OkbU Forward March Hare]
** He was also enlisted in the U.S Marines during [[WW 2]], and retired at the end of the war a Master Sergeant...
* [[Donald Duck]] had a number of boot camp episodes all while under [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Sergeant Pete.]] There was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwjeBL01tz0 Donald Gets Drafted,] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQ32XGavR8 The Vanishing Private,] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmz_YveSsf4 Sky Trooper,] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIN0sViNhqA Fall Out Fall In] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiZmgMTkVHo The Old Army Game.]
* ''[[Generator Rex]]'' features an episode where the titular character and his friend Noah join a Providence boot camp. Even though Rex has superpowers, they still wind up failing {{spoiler|by passing}}.
* In the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
* ''The [[Little Lulu]] Show'' episode "Iggy's New Leaf" had Iggy faced with the threat of getting sent to military school if he does one more bad thing, prompting Lulu, Tubby, and Willy to help him stay out of trouble. In the end, however, the three wind up getting sent to military school instead, because of the troubles that they got caught up in that they were trying to keep Iggy from committing, while Iggy gets off the hook.
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