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A subtrope of [[Transplanted Character Fic]]. Compare [[Spinoff Babies]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* This also happened in an episode of the ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' TV series. Not content to leave it at that, however, the writers also threw in [[Magical Girl]]s. Unsurprisingly, given the amoeba-like manner in which ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' split off [[Alternate Continuity|alternate continuities]], this world became a series all on its own.
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** ''[[Fairy Tail]]''
*** Gets an extended [[Omake]] with a few [[Call Back]]s
** ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' and ''[[
*** Strangely, [[
* The ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'' manga has a series of audio drama CD set in the alternate 'Samurai High School' setting, stemming from a piece of art drawn by the creator for one of the manga volumes. Strangely enough it is highly propable that said creator is actually female (pseudonyms are funny that way).
** A fairly popular (if unimaginatively named) fic for SDK [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2621679/1/Highschooler_Deeper_Kyo is available]. The story seems to ignore the high school setting in favor of whatever bizarre plot seems funny. Shipping is kept to a minimum, since the story has two authors who don't agree on pairings and therefore wildly sabotage each others plots, once using an explicit [[All Just a Dream]] plot.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' also had an audio drama CD set in a High School AU where Kamina is basically a misfit failing school, Simon is the sole handyman/janitor, and Nia is the Student Council President...until they kick all that to the ground like everything else and turn the whole thing upside down. [http://community.livejournal.com/gurren_lagann/157779.html Read the script here.]
** ''Gurren Lagann'' also has a ''second'' official High School AU in the form of the manga ''[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/tengen_toppa_gurren_lagann_guren_gakuenhen/\]''. All the good guys attend Dai Gurren Academy, which is located right next to the menacing and intimidating Teppelin Academy, headed by malicious principal Lord Genome. Note that all of the Beastmen are still Beastmen, and [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|no one finds this odd]]. Highlights include Kamina getting ''very'' confused over the meaning of "[[Moe]]", Yoko in a [[Joshikousei|sailor uniform]] inducing [[Marshmallow Hell]] to Simon for ''three whole pages'' (while continuing to talk), and Viral dressed in a business suit (coinciding with the "[[Viral Marketing]]" [[Memetic Mutation|meme]]). Oh, and Nia wears [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Rei]]'s transfer student uniform (see below) and calls Simon her husband... and ''takes the [[Gunbuster|Buster Stance]]''. Plus, this manga sheds some insight into how Kamina and Nia would fare {{spoiler|has Kamina not died before Nia arrived into the plot}}. Leeron is also in a dress and Lord Genome is the overprotective dad of Nia. Nia and Simon pull off a sequence very similar to [[G Gundam|Love Love TenKyoKen]]
* Parodied in ''[[
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjLdLmn2Kw0 second ending credits sequence] for ''[[Naruto]] Shippuden'' is set in a High School AU, joining and legitimizing the thousands of ''[[Naruto]]'' fanfics that have already used this trope.
** Ironically, it also went ''against'' lots of clichés that were (and still are) extremely common in Naruto highschool AU fics. It portrayed Naruto as a [[Hot-Blooded]] gang member instead of a waifish outcast. OTOH Hinata remained a shy [[Shrinking Violet]], Sakura remained a Type B [[Tsundere]] ready to slap Naruto if needed, Rock Lee was the sports star, Neji was both the [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]] AND the [[Student Council President]], and Sasuke was the local Bad Boy and Naruto's rival who still aided him during fights.
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** The ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days]]'' spinoff is actually a ''subverted'' High School AU, as it is quickly revealed that all the [[Humongous Mecha]] and [[Ancient Conspiracy]] stuff is going on in this universe too, the main difference being that everyone's a whole lot less [[wangst]]y about it.
** The other two High School AU Evangelion manga are ''Neon Genesis Evangelion: [[Ikari Shinji Raising Project]]'' and ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion Gakuen Datenroku|Neon Genesis Evangelion: Gakuen Datenroku]]''.
** And then there's the [[Super-Deformed]] CGI shorts and [[Yonkoma]] manga of ''[[Petit Eva: Evangelion@School]]'', which is 100% gag-based. Unit 01 is now a [[Delinquents|Delinquent]] robot in the same class as Shinji, Asuka and the three Rei Ayanami sisters.
* ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' had a kindergarten AU in the manga, entitled ''Petite Mew Mew''. Interestingly, the characters' natures as magical [[Petting Zoo People]] were ''emphasized'' rather than discarded; for example, Retasu is a
* Recent episodes of the ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' anime have a High School AU [[Omake]] at the end.
* ''Horitsuba Gakuen'' is a series of High School AU crossover drama CDs starring the characters from ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' and ''[[
* ''Gakuen Kino'' is a High School ''[[Magical Girl]]'' AU set of spin-off novels for ''[[Kino's Journey]]''. Thankfully, the writers know and revel in how silly this is.
* Back during its heyday, [[Sailor Moon]] spawned hundreds of these. The (inner) sailors were almost always in a band, camp counselors, or even just regular high school girls. Mamoru/Darien and the four generals would invariably be a rival band, the male counselors, or in their class—once in a great while, the "civilian" boys such as Urawa/Greg and Motoki/Andrew would be Mamoru/Darien's team. About the only things that would tie the stories to [[Sailor Moon]] would be the names and basic personalities of the characters; otherwise, there would be no real way to tell a story was supposed to be about [[Sailor Moon]] at all. Of course, since the stories were just vehicles for shipping, having the senshi actually ''be senshi'' would probably have just distracted from the romance.
* Spoofed by Hiromu Arakawa more than once with ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' omakes. They usually involve Edward and Alphonse in a gang (not a very good one at that) or Mustang and the Fuhrer in a girls' school spoofing '70s [[Shoujo]] manga.
** Don't forget Olivia as a sukeban (member of a Japanese girl gang).
* There is also an inordinately large number of ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' High School AU fics out there. Some are gracious enough to leave the Pokémon in (some are even set in a school ''for'' Pokémon trainers), but just as many dispense with them altogether, rendering the title of the franchise meaningless.
** The same thing happens in ''[[Digimon]]'' fic.
* Similar in the same vein as ''Gurren Lagann'' and especially the second ending credit sequence of ''Naruto'', the third credit ending sequence of ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' skirts this, showing the female cast living out lives normal for (real) women of their ages (given that most of them are High School aged). It's interesting to note that this ending credit sequence was storyboarded by Shinichirō Watanabe. Yeah, ''[[Cowboy Bebop|that]]'' [[Samurai Champloo|Shinichiro Watanabe]] ([[
* Like its [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|Internet rival]] ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', ''[[Code Geass]]'' had a High School AU as one of its audio dramas. Unlike most examples though, the expected roles were reversed; [[Magnificent Bastard]] protagonist Lelouch is a teacher, his [[Lady of War]] sister Cornelia is a ''sukeban'', and [[Big Bad]] Emperor Charles is the leader of the school's gangs.
** Arguably, the manga adaptation with the same name as the anime also qualifies, since it focuses more on Ashford Academy thanks to the removal of the [[Humongous Mecha]]. The racist military faction is replaced by a racist group of students, and the Japanese rebels commit acts of petty vandalism rather than actual terrorism.
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* The three-page manga "Red-Hair of Class 3-Sea TIME" takes ''[[One Piece]]'' characters and sticks them into the clichéd story of an inspirational teacher who turns around a class of delinquents {{spoiler|Specifically, they're all inspired to become pirates}}. With Luffy as the all-out study freak jukensei.
* The [[OVA]] on one of the ''[[Koihime Musou]]'' DVDs has all the main characters attend high school, with highly explosive results.
* Meanwhile, ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'' is itself a High School AU of ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms (novel)|Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' (as well as a [[Gender Flip]] of most of the characters). [[Inverted Trope|Naturally, this means]] there's official art of the ''Ikki Tousen'' characters in ''Three Kingdoms''-era China (or something similar enough to excuse breaking out the [[Breast Plate]]s).
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', of all things, has the [[Dating Sim]] / [[Visual Novel]] ''Gakuen Hetalia'', penned and illustrated by the author himself. Because what everybody needs is an AU where [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]s of countries who normally make up a [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]] have friendly and/or romantic hijinks with a newcomer country, er, girl in the [[Boarding School|Boarding School of World]].
** Bad thing is that it made Seychelles, said newcomer country, [[Die for Our Ship|horribly unpopular among the rabid fangirls]] who falsely accused her of either being a [[Mary Sue]] or standing in between their favorite yaoi couples.
* Loads and loads of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' fic has the cast as normal High School students; despite how canonly, they ''did'' go to High School together, and on Earth even. It's those pesky magic powers and the personalities that come along with them that get in the way.
* [[Heroic Age]]'s OST covers feature Dheianeila and Yuti La as highschool students in another shoutout to Sukeban Deka.
* ''[[Utawarerumono]]'' has a drama CD with a highschool setting.
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* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' spoofs this with an "Early 21st Century High School" entertainment program in the titular space battleship's virtual reality recreation room, which is essentially a High School AU [[Star Trek|holodeck scenario]].
* Both of the opening credits to ''[[The Tower of Druaga (anime)|The Tower of Druaga]]'' are set in such a setting.
* [[
* Not exactly an ''AU'', but [[The Slayers|Slayers NEXT]] and [[The Slayers|TRY]] feature fun little illustrations that bookend the commercial breaks, like a lot of anime do. Sometimes they actually pertain to the episode, but usually they're just fun illustrations showing what the characters would look like in a more modern setting. Favorites include [[Genki Girl|Amelia]] the sailor-style school girl, Zelgadis the rock star, and Gourry as a daycare
* ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' has an anime-based [[Audio Adaptation|Drama CD]] set in an High School AU. The Sinners are in a gang which Chrono is slowly becoming disillusioned with, Rosette is a girl from a Catholic school that Chrono has a romantic interest in, Sister Kate is the principle of Rosette's school while Daffau is the principle of the other school, etc. The cast gets to be [[Large Ham]]s and seem to be having a blast.
* This is the premise of [[Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z]].
== Comic Books ==
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* Featured in ''[[Deadpool]] Corps'', with Kid Deadpool living in one such world.
▲== Fan Fiction ==
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3270983/1/ This] ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' [[Fanfic]]. Tied with this [http://irrel.deviantart.com/journal/11408716/ fancomic]
* High School fics are also very popular for ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''. The better ones focus on the fact that their memories are wiped when they turn 13, and often getting them back.
* Dear God this ''[[Ben 10]]'' fanfic series called ''Hero High'' by a guy going by the name [http://www.fanfiction.net/~mrevil Mr. Evil]. Three entire books first taking place in an [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3137871/1/Hero_High Alien School], then in a [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3875254/1/Hero_High_Earth_style normal one], and finally a [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4267279/1/Hero_High_Sphinx_Academy school the size of a city].
** He is also currently writing one in a ''[[Generator Rex]]'' universe.
* There's a ''[[Transformers]]'' High School AU fic that—wait for it...[http://www.cyberspace.org/~suz/fanfic.html crosses over with
* There are countless ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' fics that place the characters in high school. They are sixteen, but they have never been to school on-screen, and usually just focus on making sure the canon couple Duncan and Courtney have extroardiarily large amounts of "Aww" inducing moments and/or angst, anhiliating both of their personalities at the same time, usually aided by OC Sues.
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131106013623/http://ppg.snafu-comics.com/?comic_id=0 And how].
** ''[[More Than Human]]''.
* About two out of every three ''[[South Park]]'' fanfics take place when the boys are in high school, and many of the rest take place during middle school or adulthood. This probably has something to do with the fact that 99% of ''[[South Park]]'' fanfics focus on the characters' love lives.
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* Although most high school AU stories centre around the students, focus on the teachers isn't unheard of. Memorably, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7427510/1/The_Greatest_Thing_Youll_Ever_Learn this fanfiction] focuses on the various adult ninja from the Naruto canon, sticking them in a high school setting. Although it's a [[Kaka Iru]] slashfic, it's refreshing to see the teachers doing, y'know, their job.
* Disney. There's a bunch of High School AU fics out there, with some being better than others.
* Name any fandom, and there is most likely a High School AU - from ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5712517/1/The_bPhantom_b_of_bHarrison_b_bHigh_b Phantom of the Opera]'', to ''Watchmen'', to ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6973060/1/Highschool_bLover_b Portal]''.
* ''[[A Miscellaneous Tale of Night and Day]]
* There is one [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7685348/1/Jesus_Goes_to_High_School fanfiction] of ''[[The Bible]]''. Yes, I kid you not. Even the summary says, "Anything can be a High School AU fic. '''ANYTHING.''' (Apologies if someone's done this already)."▼
* A fan artist who goes by the name "Gnaw" has done a series of drawings depicting the ''[[Peanuts]]'' gang as teenagers (mostly; Sally looks about 12, and Rerun is younger). Almost all of them look like they either took a level in [[Took a Level in Badass|badass]] or in cool, or both. (Yes, even -- or ''especially'' -- Charlie Brown.) Gnaw's own site seems to appear and disappear with the years, but a [https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&rlz=1C1OKWM_enUS797US797&biw=1331&bih=908&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=fyGpW--2CsaJggfXj4vIBQ&q=teenage+peanuts+gnaw&oq=teenage+peanuts+gnaw&gs_l=img.3...41439.42105..42385...0.0..0.62.294.5......1....1..gws-wiz-img.ciBr9ShzBig Google Search] will turn up reposts and archives.
* Given its [[Genre Busting]] nature, ''[[Undocumented Features]]'' certainly dips into this trope on occasion. In the ''Symphony of the Sword'' cycle, for example, we see (among others) teen-aged versions of [[Star Trek: Voyager|B'Ellana Torres]], [[The Powerpuff Girls]], [[Star Wars|Boba Fett]] and more than a few [[X-Men]].
== Film ==
* There is High School AU of, believe it or not, ''[[High School Musical]]''. It boggles the mind that anyone, especially a shipper, would take a high-school setting filled to the brim with ho-yay, les-yay, foe-yay and every other kind of yay you can imagine, not to mention all the other shipping tropes HSM is prone to and think to themselves 'Let's change the school, the characters' personalities, and their love-interests'
* Hollywood seems to enjoy giving [[William Shakespeare]] the High School AU treatment, with notable examples including ''O'' (''[[Othello]]''), ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]'' (''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'') and ''[[She's the Man]]'' (''[[Twelfth Night]]''. Purportedly). The thriller ''The Glass House'' is vaguely ''[[Hamlet]]'' (with the obligatory shout-outs), and vaguely High School (everyone stays the same ''relative'' ages, so most characters are adults.)
* One of the better results was ''[[Clueless]]'', which recast [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Emma (novel)|Emma]]'' in a Beverly Hills high school.
** ''[[Easy A]]'' did much the same thing with [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]]'s ''[[The Scarlet Letter]]''.
* ''[[
* Some people have claimed that the 2009 [[Star Trek]] film is an attempt to do something similar to this with the established characters from [[Star Trek: The Original Series|the original series]]. The [[Never Live It Down|popular fan misconception]] is that all the main characters are cadets, when in fact only Kirk, Uhura, and McCoy are students (and McCoy is already a fully qualified doctor). The captain's chair is traded around quite a bit as well, although it's made very clear that Kirk's promotion is for the duration of the current crisis only. Of course, then he goes and saves the Federation and makes the jump from Cadet to Captain in one fell swoop...
* ''Brick'' isn't an AU of any specific noir story, but it still fits here. The movie takes every noir trope imaginable and transplants them into a high school setting. The results are surprisingly good.
== Literature ==
* The number of these for ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is disturbing. Possibly a variation with [[The Official Fanfiction University of Middle-Earth]] and its variants; in these, the canon characters are the ''teachers'', and are teaching normal human students how their universe canonically works.
* ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' High School AU. Everyone is horribly out of character. A few manage to pull it off and bring on laughs, but others are just...blah.
* There's a very bad recast of ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' in high school out there.
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* ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' has been described as "The High School AU of the [[King Arthur]] legend". Certain changes, including making Merlin and Arthur the same age (late teens, early twenties) and a [[Anachronism Stew|loose interpretation of history]] definitely fit the trope.
* ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'', in its distortion of past series, changes ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]'' into a high school AU. Former [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] Lucky Clover is reimagined as a clique of the cool kids and Tsukasa becomes a student for his duration in this world.
* The Taiwanese series [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdFL7QxCFPI K.O.3anguo (read as Zhongji Sanguo)] does this for ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms (novel)|Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]''. Among other anachronisms, the love triangle involving Lu Bu, Diao Chan and Guan Yu seems to be a primary plotline.
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' has a few High School AU fics that attempt to transplant the premise of "ordinary people with extraordinary abilities" into high school. Mostly this is done to make [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Peter and Claire]] closer in age and not related
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' took this and made it canon by introducing a teenage clone version of Jack O'Neill, who promptly returns to high school. Although he's [[What Happened to the Mouse?|never seen]] or mentioned again, countless fanfictions try to explain what happened next. Some inexplicably decide to give the rest of the team mini-clones as well.
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== Professional Wrestling ==
* One of the magazines not directly affiliated with any fed (I want to say Pro Wrestling Illustrated) ran a feature that was short comic strips of the wrestlers of the day in high school. One was Steve Austin standing up on a chair flipping the bird into the air saying "If you hate algebra, give me a Hell Yeah!" while the teacher said "Steven, sit down.", and one with Kane shooting flames out of the stove in Home Ec. They did this for a few issues and then had a fan contest on who could write the best one, then published the contest winners in the magazine.
== Tabletop Games ==
* SJ Games' ''Pyramid Magazine'' once had a ''[[Toon]]''/''[[In Nomine]]'' crossover set at Heavenly Heights High School. Laurence ([[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|incorruptible]] leader of Heaven's armies) was the captain of the football team, Kobal (Demon Prince of [[Comedic Sociopathy|Dark Humour]]) was the class clown, and so on.
* There are a few [[Warhammer
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140614045004/http://www.idiom.com/~trip/gaming/scoos/ School Colors Out Of Space]'': As the name suggests, it's ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)|Call of Cthulhu]]'' themed variant of ''[[Teenagers from Outer Space (roleplaying game)]]''. The first sample character got Perk "Things Man Was Not Meant To Know" and fourth "Things Fish Were Not Meant to Know" (and Flaw "Bad Reputation: Yuppie"). It's that sort of a game.
{{quote|If you're human you'll lose Sanity when exposed to nonEuclidian geometry, crushed by the sarcasm of an upperclassman, presented with the sight of a naked member of the opposite sex, or sent to the principal's office; if you're a monster, you'll lose Sanity when exposed to infomercials, crushed by the sarcasm of an upperclassman, presented with the sight of a naked member of the opposite genus, or sent to the principal's office. See, it's not so different after all. }}
== Toys ==
* A large number of ''[[Bionicle]]'' "comedies", as they are known on [[BZ Power]], have this as the premise.
== Theater ==
* ''Lysistrata Jones'' is a musical High School AU of ''[[Lysistrata]]''.
== Video Games ==
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** One also subverts them: It seems that highschool is the normalcy... until Reimu realizes that it's the working of the resident [[Reality Warper]] Yukari Yakumo. Then she returns to being the normal ass-kicking miko, while the world is not yet un-warped.
** Sanae is the only character in the series who actually ''was'' a high school student. Surprisingly little is done with this, aside from fanart of her in a school uniform.
* The [[Visual Novel|Sim-Dating game]] for ''[[Hakuouki]]'' has a sequel that places all the characters in a modern high school setting.
* The ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' series has seen a recent upsurge in High School AU Fanfics, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3175416/1/ the most extensive of which being this one], now over fifty chapters. Since then, several have cropped up, such as [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3175416/1/ this], [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4609077/1/Miss_Popularity this], and [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5783550/1/Castanet_bHigh_b_bSchool_b this].
* ''[[Riviera: The Promised Land]]'' has this in its Epilogue Disc.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' has seen its fair share of High School AU. You have everything from a [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4898535/1/bOnly_b_in_bHigh_b_bSchool_b typical boarding school setting with typical students], to [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5740217/1/bZelda_b_bAdventures_b_in_bHigh_b_bSchool_b a typical boarding high school with students, with an unexplained "Ganon discovers his powers" segment], to [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3458319/1/bHit_b_bList_b a typical non-boarding high school, with a school shooting.]
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The ''[[Homestuck]]'' fanfic [http://archiveofourown.org/works/149543/chapters/214229 "Bright Eyes"], and true to the spirit of a High School AU, it [[Mundanization|Mundanizes]] the setting by turning the troll characters into humans with ordinary parents, coming from "Alternian High" rather than the planet Alternia.
** ''[[Promstuck]]'' is another Homestuck High School AU and is fairly well regarded in the fandom. Unlike the above there is no [[Mundanization]] of the characters- all the non-humans are kept non-human.
* ''[[Brawl in the Family]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20131012024610/http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2011/02/15/311-cocoon-academy-part-1/ tries its hand at this in a recent story arc.] Although, technically, its more of a flashback-to-grade-school than it is an unrelated alternate universe with the characters in high school.
* This is canon for ''[[Dubious Company]]''. The cast gets flung into an alternate dimension and needs to [[Quantum Leap|dimension hop]] to get back home. One of the dimensions puts them in an [[Brought Down to Normal|ordinary high school]]. Walter and Tiren lose their [[Little Bit Beastly|animal appendages]], Mary and Sue lose their [[Common Mary Sue Traits|superiority]], and Elly gets his [[Curse Escape Clause|manly hair back]]. The creators take the opportunity for a [[Shoujo|genre shift]] and [[Ship Tease]] the cast.
* ''[[Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi]]'' can be summarized by this trope, but for nearly every Cartoon Network original series created. Aside from the titular [[Powerpuff Girls]], major characters include [[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexter]], [[Fairly Oddparents|Tootie]], and [[Samurai Jack]] (as a teacher). [[Loads and Loads of Characters|That's merely scratching the surface, though;]] there are plenty more [[Shout-Out
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Watchmen:
* ''[[Horrible Turn]]'', the fan-prequel to ''[[
* ''[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/HS40K HS40K]'' - The Ultimate ''[[Warhammer
== Western Animation ==
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* ''[[Batman Beyond]]'s'' existence is owed to [[Executive Meddling|a bunch of higher ups]] going "Let's do a show about Batman in high school." And so it was done and everyone lived [[Happily Ever After]].
* The ''Mork And Mindy'' segments in the ''Mork and Mindy/Laverne and Shirley with Fonz'' [[Animated Adaptation|animated series]] is a High School AU for the [[Mork and Mindy|series proper]].
* ''[[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]]'' is about a genius teenager with a suit of armor, his buddies, and the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who kicked everything off by having his dad killed. It's about as much like the [[Iron Man]] comics or movies as the high-school [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|C.S.I.]] fanfics are like the actual [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]] series, but it gets away with it by [[Tropes Are Not Bad|being totally awesome in its own right]].
* Does anybody know there nearly was a [http://jeffandceleste.blogspot.com/2011/01/gotham-high.html Gotham High] television series? Sure it never developed beyond concept images but makes you wonder what Bruce Wayne's life was like in High School. Even several comic fans wanted this show released.
* ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' gives several established DC superheroes cameos as non-powered high school students. Karen Beecher ([[Doom Patrol|Bumblebee]]) and Mal Duncan ([[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Herald]]) appear as classmates of Superboy and Miss Martian, while Barbara Gordon ([[Batgirl]]) and Bette Kane ([[Batwoman|Flamebird]]) attend the same school as Artemis. Most notably, [[Zatanna]] (who is almost always depicted as an adult in the comics and other adaptations) is made the same age as Dick Grayson.
* ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (animation)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' has [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire|Luke Cage]], [[Immortal Iron Fist|Iron Fist]], White Tiger and [[Nova]] attending the same high school as Peter Parker. While White Tiger and Nova are [[Canon Immigrant]]s created for the show, Luke Cage and Iron Fist are always depicted as adults in the comic books, with Cage in particular being much older than Spider-Man.
▲* There is one [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7685348/1/Jesus_Goes_to_High_School fanfiction] of ''[[The Bible]]''. Yes, I kid you not. Even the summary says, "Anything can be a High School AU fic. '''ANYTHING.''' (Apologies if someone's done this already).
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