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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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== [[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 ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', Germany attempts to whip Italy into shape, only to find that [[Cowardly Lion|Italy is only good at running away]].
* ''[[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 with an "S"|Heathcliffe/Heiss Clif]] Arber, who happens to be also Ishvalan.
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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).
* ''[[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.
* ''[[NCIS]]:'' The eleventh episode of season three, "Model Behavior", has a reality show with models set at a boot camp.
== [[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.
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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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* ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' had Meatwad inadvertently sign the titular trio up for the Marines while trying to buy gum. Shake decides to blow his face off with a shotgun reasoning that there's no way they'll take him in that condition. Cue [[Ironic Echo Cut]].
* A ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'' episode features the duo in a boot camp.
* [[Two Stupid Dogs]] were sent to a "cartoon boot camp".
* Happens rather frighteningly on ''[[Cow and Chicken]]''.
* [[Bugs Bunny]] was once enlisted in the army in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQnoH4_OkbU Forward March Hare]
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