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== Anime & Manga ==

* A non-villainous example occurs in ''[[Binbou Shimai Monogatari]]'', when Asu and Kyou move in with their aunt she intends to send Kyou to a boarding school, but they convince her that it would be better for them to remain together.

* In the ''Utsutsukowashi-hen'' arc of ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ~~Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni~~]]'', Shion is sent off to a boarding school to keep her out of family business. Also, {{spoiler|being a twin, she was supposed to have been killed at birth, so her existence is a secret in her hometown}}.

* In the ''Utsutsukowashi-hen'' arc of ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'', Shion is sent off to a boarding school to keep her out of family business. Also, {{spoiler|being a twin, she was supposed to have been killed at birth, so her existence is a secret in her hometown}}.

** In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ~~Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Ni~~]]'' Ange Ushiromiya gets sent off to Saint Lucia Academy for girls where she is [[Kids Are Cruel|bullied relentlessly]] by her fellow classmates.

** In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' Ange Ushiromiya gets sent off to Saint Lucia Academy for girls where she is [[Kids Are Cruel|bullied relentlessly]] by her fellow classmates.

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*** The threat wasn't funny even then. The film came out in 1991, and the First Gulf War was going down at about that time, including several bombings of that city.

* ''Three Men And A Little Lady''

* In [[The Movie]] of ''[[The Cat in ~~The~~ Hat]]'', Alec Baldwin wants to marry Kelly Preston and send her son off to military school (same dif).

* In [[The Movie]] of ''[[The Cat in the Hat]]'', Alec Baldwin wants to marry Kelly Preston and send her son off to military school (same dif).

* ''[[The Addams Family ~~(TV)~~|Addams Family Values]]'' was a weird case. One, the kids were not the children of the married (Uncle Fester and serial murderess [[Black Widow|Debbie Jellinsky]]). Two, they ''were'' shipped off. Three, it wasn't a boarding school but a summer camp. And four, they didn't prevent Debbie from executing her scheme -- Fester, being an Addams, proves harder to kill than her other victims, and when Fester escapes and Debbie turns her wrath toward the entire family, it is little Pubert who ends up literally short-circuiting her plans.

* ''[[The Addams Family|Addams Family Values]]'' was a weird case. One, the kids were not the children of the married (Uncle Fester and serial murderess [[Black Widow|Debbie Jellinsky]]). Two, they ''were'' shipped off. Three, it wasn't a boarding school but a summer camp. And four, they didn't prevent Debbie from executing her scheme -- Fester, being an Addams, proves harder to kill than her other victims, and when Fester escapes and Debbie turns her wrath toward the entire family, it is little Pubert who ends up literally short-circuiting her plans.

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== Video Games ==

* In ''[[~~Psychonauts (Video Game)|~~Psychonauts]]'' Gloria's backstory involved being sent to a cruel acting school as a girl through the machinations of her mother's boyfriend, who prevented any letters from her mother sent to her.

* In ''[[Psychonauts]]'' Gloria's backstory involved being sent to a cruel acting school as a girl through the machinations of her mother's boyfriend, who prevented any letters from her mother sent to her.

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Mommy Fearest" has Sedusa doing this to the girls while disguising herself as a woman (Ima Goodlady) that the Professor goes ga-ga for...

* Also happens in one episode of ''[[~~Duck Tales~~]]'' where a [[Rich Bitch]] has set her eyes on Uncle Scrooge. She plans to send Huey, Dewey and Louie to military school and Webigail to finishing school ("I don't want to be finished!") {{spoiler|Fortunately, his old love from the Klondike shows up and spoils the plan}}.

* Also happens in one episode of ''[[DuckTales]]'' where a [[Rich Bitch]] has set her eyes on Uncle Scrooge. She plans to send Huey, Dewey and Louie to military school and Webigail to finishing school ("I don't want to be finished!") {{spoiler|Fortunately, his old love from the Klondike shows up and spoils the plan}}.

* Happens to Eliza in ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]] Movie''.

* Almost happened to ''[[Polly Pocket]]'' in "Pollyworld''. Ironically, it wasn't Polly who stopped her would-be [[Wicked Stepmother|Stepmother]]. What saved Polly was an [[Accidental Public Confession]].