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A common trope used to give a character or characters a chance to interact with old classmates and/or as a flash-back to the days when they were in school. Sometimes used to portray how much a character [[Older and Wiser|has changed]], [[She's All Grown Up|grown-up]], or [[Took a Level
Often, the roles the characters held when they were at school have been completely reversed to ironic effect; the [[Alpha Bitch]] and her [[Girl Posse]] who once ruled the school with velvet fists are now frumpy, frustrated housewifes, the [[Jerk Jock]] who was king of the sports team is now an overweight loser (usually ''married'' to the ex-Alpha Bitch, much to their mutual regret), the mousey shy girl in glasses who was picked on mercilessly by the Alpha Bitch [[She
Subtropes include:
* [[
* [[Reunion Revenge]]
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== Film ==
* ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]''
* The whole point of ''[[Romy and
* ''[[Zack and Miri Make
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'''Zack''': No. Not at all. We're probably not even as ''good'' as most of them, unless one of them's a crackhead or something. }}
* The point of the the ''[[American Pie]]'' sequel ''American Reunion''.
== Live Action Television ==
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* ''[[Friends]]''
* ''[[Tru Calling]]''
* The ''[[
* ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' had a
* A fun and slightly subversive version of this was done in one episode of ''[[Wonderfalls]]'', where the person throwing their 6½ year reunion was doing it because, as it turned out, she really just needed something to take her mind off her marriage stresses. She ends up having an epiphany relating to this and walking out of the party she herself put together, leaving a bunch of very confused guests in her wake.
* In the ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' episode "Class of '62", the main cast were all part of a
* ''[[Family Matters]]'' - Notable in that physically, the character hadn't changed much since high school, except he'd gone bald
* In ''[[Frasier]]'':
** Frasier ends up dating the prom queen, but only stays with her so as to accompany her to a reunion. A sudden burst of conscience has him wanting to leave, until she forces him to stay so she doesn't have to walk in alone.
** After Frasier {{spoiler|loses his job}} he receives an invitation to his class reunion but declines. He then decides to go after, through a series of zany misunderstandings, he becomes convinced that a former classmate will spread damaging rumours about him. To boost his confidence his father tells him a white lie regarding {{spoiler|a new job at another radio station}}, unaware that one of Frasier's classmates owns the station. Hilarity ensues.
* Surprising considering its genre, but ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' had this moment when Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell showed up to his class reunion with Vala Mal Doran, an alien. The whole town ends up thinking they're sleeping together, particularly since alien Vala misunderstands appropriate human behavior and invents vast sexcapades for the two of them. Then, Mitchell's boring cover is blown when alien assassins try to capture him and Vala during the reunion using clearly non-human tech.
* In the ''[[Psych]]'' episode "Murder?...Anyone?...Anyone?...Bueller?", Gus has planned his and Shawn's 13th high school reunion. It becomes the backdrop for a case.
* On ''[[Still Standing]]'', the [[Alpha Bitch]] married [[The Jock]] and became successful, while her husband became an internationally-known architect. She is also gracious and kind, and actually apologizes to the sitcom's wife for her high school behavior. And she's played by [[Hot Shounen Mom|Beth Littleford]].
* ''[[
* ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' has Mary attend one of these in the second season.
* A ''[[Taxi]]'' episode has Bobby playing Louie at the latter man's high school reunion, Bobby seeing it as an intriguing acting challenge.
* Edith goes to one on ''[[All in The Family]]''.
* A memorable two-part episode of ''[[Married...
* ''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'': Steve is eager to attend the high school reunion because it will give him a chance to reunite with his high school sweetheart Kim. Kim also teased Regina mercilessly because of her weight. Regina is also eager to attend, now that she is no longer fat and is successful. Steve is disappointed because now Kim is a nun. Regina tells Kim off but is immediately sorry she had done so once Steve tells her who Kim really is.
* ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[Monk]]'', Adrian Monk attends a college reunion. His invitation revealed he was nicknamed "Captain Cool" implying to the audience that he was a popular guy back in college. But soon we discover that he was exactly the same as he his now; he earned his name because he often stood in front of a dorm freezer trying to thaw it out with a hair dryer. (And yes, the reunion became the backbone of the mystery.)
* Dinosaurs has an episode where Ethyl attends a class reunion, only to find out that everyone she went to school with has died. She ends up winning every award of the night, including least AND most distance traveled to attend.
* ''[[The Mentalist]]'' episode "Rose-Colored Glasses" leads the team to a high-school reunion. A very funny scene has Agent Rigsby, after Jane coaches him to use his memory tricks, show up at the reunion posing as a former student. This ruse flushes out the killer.
* An episode of ''[[Bones]]'' leads the title character to investigate a murder in her hometown while attending her high school reunion, which Booth tags along for, for some reason. We learn she had a creepy stalker and a very strange relationship with the slightly deranged-looking school custodian. In the end, while slow dancing with her [[Love Interest]], she calls it "The prom I never got to go to."
* ''[[Ultraman Mebius]]'', itself already a [[Reunion Show]], had an episode where the class from ''[[Ultraman
* One of the marks on ''[[Leverage]]'' was a software mogul [[Fatal Flaw|obsessed]] with proving he was better than the classmates who had tormented him in high school. To get his computer passwords, the Leverage team set up a
* The premise of TV Land's reality show "High School Reunion". It was sort of depressing watching a bunch of middle aged people try to rekindle old high school flames, dig up long forgotten grudges, and exploit the one transgendered person for all of their commercials. No wonder their only positive reviews they used for their ads were anonymous facebook updates about the show.
* The [[Smallville]] episode ''Homecoming'' Clark and Lois attend their high school reunion. Since she only attended Smallville High for a few days, nobody remembered her, much to her dismay, and everyone just assumed she was there just because Clark brought her.
* [[How I Met Your Mother]] had a brief glimpse in the future where Ted, Marshall and Lily attend their college reunion. They were able to, 1) Smoke marijuana and 2) Discover that Ted and Lily didn't make out.
* [[New Tricks]]:Sandra is very reluctant to meet her classmates - under constant encouragement she finally admits that ''she'' was the one bullying and mistreating everyone else, and she's afraid of the atmosphere towards her now. Ultimately she barely manages two steps through the door before fleeing in horror.
* ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'' ([[Officially Shortened Title|as it was then]]) used the 10-year reunion of the [[Degrassi High|class of '91]] as the [[Pilot]]'s B-plot.
* The [[Dexter]] episode, "Those Kinds of Things", Dexter goes to his 20-year high school reunion with the primary goal of determining whether his high school crush was murdered by her husband (and if so, to kill him.)
* One episode of ''[[Head of the Class]]'' had Charlie Moore having a vision of the students' future as it'll be if he quits. That vision consisted of the students not using their intelligence to build careers. As a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]], Charlie said he expected the part about Dennis Blunden becoming a beggar.
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== Web Comics ==
* In one story arc of ''[[Something
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
* Subverted/parodied in one episode of ''[[The Fairly
* One episode of ''[[
* In ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'', Harry and Lloyd once attended a class reunion. While waiting for the others, they had a flashback of an incident that resulted in everyone chasing them. After the flashback, Harry wondered if they still remembered them. Oh, they remembered and were still as angry as at the end of the flashback.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[The Simpsons (
** Because Homer Simpson didn't graduate High School, he could only attend as Marge's chaperone. There, they met Artie Ziff, who became quite wealthy. He'd be a [[Nerd]] getting his revenge but Homer stated Artie would trade it all for a night with Marge. When Ziff confirmed, Homer briefly considered the idea. At the reunion, Homer won several trophies until being disqualified for not having graduated. Trying to avoid being humiliated at the next reunion, Homer finished High School. At the next reunion, he unknowingly arrived with a cleaning utensil stuck on his head.
** Larry Burns' parents first met at a college reunion. Larry's mother was the daughter of a guest and Larry's father (Mr. Burns) was a former boyfriend of said guest.
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