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The three most commonly portrayed clubs are the student council, the school newspaper, and the Kendo team. For the student council, see [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]] and [[Student Council President]]. For the newspaper, see [[School Newspaper Newshound]]. For the Kendo team, see [[Kendo Team Captain]].
It's rare for a student to be a member of more than one
Some schools require clubs to have a minimum number of members. A common theme is, therefore, the [[Club Stub]] which will do anything to get more members to prevent getting disbanded. And with anything we mean anything from [[The Power of Friendship]] to brutal force.
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This is the lowest-ranking [[Authority Tropes|authority trope]]. For the next step up, see [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]] and [[Landlord]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* All of the teams in ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'' are actually clubs, and their captains are basically the club president.
** The same happens in every sports anime/manga: [[Slam Dunk|basket]][[Oniisama
* Minako's volleyball team in ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.
** In ''Sailor Stars'', Minako joins Juuban's volley team. Meanwhile Seiya is in the American football team, Ami is in the computer club, and Makoto gets offers from several sports clubs (though she wants to go to the cooking club). One-time character Sonoko is the captain of the girls's softball team, too.
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** Arimi is a membress of the track team in her and Tsutomu's school.
* The ''amefuto'' (American-style football) team in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''.
* The Magic
* The school chorus in ''[[Please Save My Earth]]''. (Also, the "moon club.")
* The Auto Club (and dozens of others) in ''[[Ah!
* The Masculine Competition Society (and the "Megu Group" and the "Society to Protect Megumi") in ''[[Tenshi
* The Society for the Study of the Modern Visual Culture in ''[[Genshiken]]''. In a subversion, the original [[Club President]] is a seemingly powerless nonentity who barely attends. Mysteriously, he seems nearly omniscient at times; it's implied that this is because he has hidden cameras throughout the school for his nebulous research project. He never confirms or denies this, but just hinting at it is enough to blackmail Saki into joining the club.
** At one point, the president of the student council decides to cancel all non-active clubs which, beside Genshiken, include some ridiculous clubs like "plant watering club", "bucket droppers club" or "kneaders club".
* The Haruhi Suzumiya Brigade to Bring More Excitement to the World, or the [[Acronym Confusion|"S.O.S. Brigade"]], in ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''is a deconstruction of the trope as it is not an official school
** Not to mention the S.O.S. Brigade's wannabe rivals, the Computer Club, and their histrionic president.
* The go club in ''[[Hikaru no Go]]''.
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* In ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', Fuyuki was the president and only member of Kissho Academy's Occult Club until Momoka joined. This was lampshaded in an episode where the school was going to disband the club unless they could turn up something interesting to present to the school.
* All members of the "Go Home Club" in ''[[Kare Kano]]'' are forcibly conscripted to participate in a play for the school culture festival.
* Sakura's cheerleading squad in ''[[
** An episode of the anime has Sakura hanging around a girl from the track club, Rei, who has
* Nayuki's track team in ''[[Kanon]]''.
* Tamami's Occult Club in ''[[Mahoraba]]''.
* ''[[Hitohira]]'' focuses on two rival clubs, the Drama Club and the Drama Research Society. As in ''Genshiken'', it seems schools are uncomfortable with overlap, and the two must compete to stay official.
* The calligraphy club in ''[[Kamichu!]]''. The club holds its activities on the school roof, because it has only one member and thus doesn't rate a club room
** ''Zegapain'' also has an example of the one-member school club, in this case, the swimming club.
* ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' never forgets about clubs.
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*** Additionally, Honoka was technically a member of several other clubs as well, although she was rarely able to attend meetings because of time constraints.
** In ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star]]'', Saki is the softball team's pitcher, and Mai eventually joins the art club after dithering about it for a while.
** ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'' had episodes focusing on Rin and Karen which showed off an assortment of the school's clubs. Rin is as a founding member of the futsol team, and Komachi is a member of the library committee. Find ''that'' combination in another anime. Also deserving of special mention is Nozomi, who joined a number of different clubs and brought disaster upon all of
** All the main heroines in ''[[Heartcatch Pretty Cure]]'' are members of the fashion club (with Erika as the Club President), though they had some trouble getting it started due to a lack of members. In addition, Tsubomi is also a member of the gardening club, and then there's the [[Student Council President]]...
* ''[[Clannad (
** They're not really being oppressed, it's just that the drama club barely have members, they have no advisor and are nearly as bad with organization and paperwork as [[K-On!
** The second season also shows us the school's Occult Studies club, which has two members. Considering that the school has a four-member-minimum rule, the supposition is that the Occult Studies Club has two more members on the roll who never attend meetings; the colloquialism for such people translates as "ghost members".
* In ''[[Gakuen Heaven]]'' nearly every character is a member of a different club. The main character is forced to visit every club so he can choose one to join.
* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* Mayura from ''[[Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok]]'' has a Mystery Club.
* Karin Sasamori from ''[[To Heart 2]]'', also has a Mystery Club except that what she means by Mystery Club is similar to the [[Suzumiya Haruhi|SOS Brigade]].
* The Light Music Club from ''[[K-On!]]''.<ref>
** In the beginning of the second season, the girls visit other clubs at the school in order to get ideas on how to attract new members. This includes the Judo Club, [[Go]] Club, Tea Ceremony Club, and Occult Club.
* The [[Mahjong]] club in ''[[Saki (
* The Astronomy Club in ''[[Sora no Manimani]]''.
* The Literature Club in ''[[Crescendo]]'', with Kaho as the club president.
* The Movie Study Club in ''[[
* The Art Club in ''[[Sketchbook]]''.
* ''[[Bludgeoning Angel
* ''[[Eiken]]'' is named after the club the protagonists are part of, which is essentially [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|The Club That Doesn't Do Anything]].
* The Yamayurikai in ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru
* Takeuchi in [[Canvas 2]] finds it very difficult to get Hiroki to call her anything ''but'' club president.
* The Paranormal Investigation Club in ''[[Tasogare Otome
* The Curry Club in ''[[Ame Nochi Hare]]''.
* The Modern Society Studies Club in ''[[
* The Digidestined of ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' have referred to their group as the "Computer Club". It's basically a cover for their afterschool trips to the Digital World, using one of the school computers to get there. An early episode shows that there is a teacher who acts as the club's advisor - but he doesn't know the first thing about using computers and is a nonentity for the rest of the series. (His story purpose was to send Taichi to [[Not Important to This Episode Camp]] by forcing him to run interference.)
** Several Digidestined have their own club activities. Daisuke, Ken, Taichi and Sora are in their schools's soccer clubs, though Sora later switches to the tennis club.
* In [[Kimagure Orange Road]], Yusaku is a member of the school's karate club.
* In ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'', female lead Hitomi Kanzaki is a member of the track team and has a crush on the star of the club, Susumu Amano.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[
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'''Yuki (Yoshinori):''' The Go Home Club.
'''Nogi:''' Ha. The Go Home Club...! The worst kind of student... One who isn't in any club. }}
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Bakuon!!]]'' is all about the members of the biking (motorcycle) club at Okanoue Girls' School. In episode 9, when the new first-years arrive, there is a veritable scrum of clubs trying to recruit new members, and not always making it clear what they're about:
{{quote|'''Kendo (?) club member:''' Want to try whacking people with a stick?
'''Judo (?) club member:''' Care to try throwing people?}}
* ''[[Kokoro Connect]]'' is set in a school literature club, but is not about the club - instead, it's about the club members and their personal ordeals.
* The Kamen Rider Club is the unofficial version in ''[[
▲== Live Action TV ==
▲* The Kamen Rider Club is the unofficial version in ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze (TV)|Kamen Rider Fourze]]''. That is, until they get busted by one of the teachers midseason, who proclaims that unauthorized clubs are not allowed {{spoiler|- so ''he'll'' be their advisor.}}
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* In any [[Dating Sim]] located in a school, more than one possible love interest will be a member of a club. To have a bigger chance to get the girl/boy you're intrested in, you can try joining the club they belong to or dropping by when they're reunited, to meet up with them more frequently.
** I.e.: [[Tokimeki Memorial]] 1 has: Saki Nijino (baseball or soccer club's [[Cute Sports Club Manager]]), Nozomi Kiyokawa (swimming team), Ayako Katagiri (art club), Mio Kisaragi (drama club), Shiori Fujisaki (school orchestra), Yumi Saotome (basketball club), Miharu Tatebayashi (reading club), Yuina Himoo (science club) and Yukari Koshiki (tennis club).
* In ''[[
* The same is true in ''[[
* [[Hourai Gakuen]] has ''plenty'' of these, ranging from normal sports clubs like tennis, baseball, karate, and the like, to weird ones like mad scientists' club and occult club. They function as the game's job system.
* Player characters in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' can join after-school clubs for various benefits, including special abilities. Characters can only Magichange successfully with members of the same club. The President of each club gains stat bonuses based on the power of his subordinates and can use their spells when adjacent to them in battle. The only club initially available, the Going Homers, confers no special benefits but has the largest default size.
* ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'':
** [[Absent-Minded Professor|Mutou]] and [[Player Character|Hisao]] try setting up a Science Club during [[Plucky Girl|Emi]]'s route.
** [[Cloudcuckoolander|Rin's]] a member of the Art Club.
** Under [[Spirited Competitor|Shizune]] and [[Large Ham|Misha]]'s [[Club President|control]], the [[Student Council]] suffers from [[Club Stub]].
** [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Lilly]] organises [[School Festival]] related activities in Act 1 for [[Class Representative|her class]]. [[Shrinking Violet|Hanako]] and [[Conspiracy Theorist|Kenji]] take part in them if Hanako's route is being aimed for.
* ''[[Yandere Simulator]]'' has many clubs the [[Villain Protagonist]] can join. Each club gives her some sort of advantage; for example, if she joins the Cooking Club, she can gain positive reputation fast and can carry a knife without raising suspicion, while the Gardening Club gives her easy access to the toolshed (where potential weapons can be obtained) and can carry a shovel without raising suspicion. The "catch" is that she can only join one at a time, and should the leader of a club be killed, arrested, or expelled, the club disbands, making any benefits they give unobtainable.
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