Grade System Snark: Difference between revisions

An obvious [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Deadpan Snarker]]. Compare [[On a Scale From One To Ten]], which uses this ratings system with numbers instead of an alphabetical rank. Please no [[Truth in Television]] examples, as no group of friends ever seem to be able to take a rating system seriously.

Contrast [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]], which, unlike this, there is (usually) no humor involved in the berating involved.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]'': Although there is no physical test in the beginning of the series, we can clearly see that there was someone who was ''extremely'' [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]] when coming up with the entrance exams: Those who scored the highest got the most luxurious classrooms. Those who failed miserably got rooms furnished with cardboard boxes.

== Western Animation ==

* From ''[[Futurama]]'': In "Mars University", Fry, Amy, and Gunter, a chimp whose intelligence was enhanced through [[It Makes Sense in Context|a bowler hat powered by sun spots]] participate in a class on 20th century history. Not only is the professor in charge of the class thick on the [[Sarcasm Mode|sarcasm]], but every seat in his lecture hall is rigged to [[Disproportionate Retribution|electrocute any student who makes a snide remark, calls out of turn, or answers incorrectly.]]

* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', this is Rainbow Dash's response to a tortoise who joined the competition to see who would be her pet; she gave him an A for effort, and would give him a gold star if she had one.