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[[File:Class_A_4479.png|frame|Hmm... [[Sarcasm Mode|I think I may be sensing a pattern here...]]<ref>Pictured above: the first [[Mahou Sensei Negima]] [[Adaptation Decay|anime]], [[Mega Man Battle Network]] 6 and the [[Rosario Plus Vampire]] Season II manga]]</ref>]]

In works about or in a school, whether due to laziness or otherwise, Class X-A or Class X-1 (X being the year) will usually meet one or more of the following criteria:

# Most/all of the main characters or other important characters will conveniently be in that same class.

# That class will be [[Wacky Homeroom|the weirdest and liveliest one/will stand out the most within the school]].

# Said class will be a [[Weirdness Magnet]] or a [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]].

This is a direct result of [[The Law of Conservation of Detail]].

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In fact, a common aversion is to place the main character in the aforementioned second class, simply to try and not look like this trope.

Has nothing to do with [[Room 101]]. Compare [[Subject 101]].

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' [[Negima Second Season|and its spinoffs]] has most of the main cast in Class 2-A at the start of the series, with the main character as the teacher. The class quickly moves on to the next year... where they're Class ''3''-A. The class also happens to have people ranging from [[Everything's Better with Princesses|princesses]] to [[Ridiculously Human Robot|a robot]] to [[Our Vampires Are Different|a vampire]] to [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|a Chinese Martian entrepreneur mad scientist martial artist mage and future descendant of the main character]].

* ''[[Rosario to Vampire]]'' has the entire main cast placed into Class 2-1 at the beginning of season 2 in both the anime and manga. Subverted in the first year, where only Yukari attended 1-1 (the rest of the cast attended the immediately adjacent 1-2).

* ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'' has the entire main cast placed into Class 2-1 at the beginning of season 2 in both the anime and manga. Subverted in the first year, where only Yukari attended 1-1 (the rest of the cast attended the immediately adjacent 1-2).

** Also lampshaded by Mizore when she wonders if it was the headmaster that made sure that everyone was placed in the same class.

* ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'' has at least three of the more important capture targets in class A of their respective grades. [[Averted Trope|However, the two main characters are in Class B]].

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* The main character of ''[[Lovers Alpha]]'' is in class 3-A.

* This is averted by ''[[Oniichan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!!]]'', which places Nao and Iroha in class 1-B.

* ''Kodomo No Jikan'', the class Aoki teachers at the start (the number goes up as he teaches them for multiple grades) is Class 3-1. Seeing as Rin, Kuro and Mimi are (of course) in this class, it automatically falls under containing most of the main characters and is most certainly the most abnormal.

** A later chapter shows how when the girls are going up a grade, Aoki keeps intentionally arranging himself to be their homeroom teacher. He even tried putting [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis|Kuro]] in a separate class, but decided otherwise in the end.

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'' has the main character in Class 5-A. Naturally, three other main characters are in there too. The only human main character who isn't in that class conveniently doesn't go to that school in the first place.

** Likewise, ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'' has Lan, Mayl, Dex and Yai in Class 5-1 until Battle Network 6 has Lan move away. His class in his new school? 6-1. Both of the new main characters in that game happen to be in that class too.

* Averted in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles II]]'': the protagonists are members of Squad '''[[Inverted Trope|G]]''', which is the class where slackers, misfits and undesirables get dumped. Overcoming the problems, lack of teamwork, and defeatism that landed them in said class is a major part of the first two thirds of the game.