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Storywise, if the school idol is a secondary character, he or she is likely to be a [[Love Interest]], most likely in a [[Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy]] setting; if (s)he's the main character, the story usually revolves around his or her struggles to keep up [[Stepford Smiler|the perfect facade]].

This trope is frequent in Japanese media, where the character is often [[The Ojou]], functioning as something of a School Princess. While the notion of "most popular student(s)" exists in the standard Western [[High School]] setting as well, [[Alpha Bitch]]es and [[Jerk Jock]]s are generally portrayed [[Popular Is Dumb|in a much less positive light]], and as such rarely have a similar ~~cult~~ of ~~personality~~ to the school idol. A possibly helpful distinction: is the student an ''idol'' (as in, is he or she ''idolized''?), or "merely" wildly popular?

This trope is frequent in Japanese media, where the character is often [[The Ojou]], functioning as something of a School Princess. While the notion of "most popular student(s)" exists in the standard Western [[High School]] setting as well, [[Alpha Bitch]]es and [[Jerk Jock]]s are generally portrayed [[Popular Is Dumb|in a much less positive light]], and as such rarely have a similar [[Cult of Personality]] to the school idol. A possibly helpful distinction: is the student an ''idol'' (as in, is he or she ''idolized''?), or "merely" wildly popular?

For other kinds of idols, see [[Teen Idol]] and [[Idol Singer]].

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== Anime and Manga ==

* Fujiko Etou from ''[[Ichiban Ushiro no Dai Maou]]''.