High School AU: Difference between revisions

** 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]]''.

* ''[[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 Japanea finless porpoise ''all the time'', and has to be carried around in a fishbowl.

* Recent episodes of the ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' anime have a High School AU [[Omake]] at the end.

* 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.

* 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.

* One of the better results was ''[[Clueless]]'', which recast [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[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.

== 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.

* ''[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. }}

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* ''[[Horrible Turn]]'', the fan-prequel to ''[[Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]''.