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A common trope in adventuring anime, and practically any video game or show that takes place in a world of adventurers (may be justified in the latter if there ''are'' no public schools).
The childhood equivalent of [[One-Hour Work Week]]. Strong overlap with [[Free-Range Children]]. Might be justified by [[Year Inside, Hour Outside]].
Sub-trope of [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]. (think of it as The Students Who Don't Go To School)
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=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' (in the manga, at least): The two major ''Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist'' arcs take place during school breaks specifically so Yugi can attend, and other arcs take place in only a short time, or after/during school.
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The
** Even [[Cloudcuckoolander|Tristan]] wonders why they haven't been expelled by now.
* Trainers leave for one year, in the ''[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]'' manga series.
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* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', the monsters conveniently attack within walking distance (or a short ride via public transportation) from where the main characters live, and unless their plan has something to do with an extracurricular activity, ''never'' while the Sailor Senshi are supposed to be at school.
** This [[Justified Trope|does make some sense]], though, since in all but one story arc the protagonists are intimately connected to the [[Big Bad]] or have what the [[Big Bad]] wants.
** One anime-only arc has the [[Big Bad]]s enrolled in the same school as the Sailor Senshi, so attacking during classes would hurt them just as much as it would hurt the protagonists.
* In ''[[Nekketsu Saikyo Gosaurer]]'', the [[Transforming Mecha]] are made of the sections of the protagonists' schools, so technically they are in school as they adventure in their mechs.
* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'' Kagome has her family make up a series of unlikely illnesses for her to be suffering from, so that she can spend her time in feudal Japan. Few people seem to question this state of affairs.
** In a [[What an Idiot!]] example at one point in the manga, one of Kagome's schoolmates ''sees'' her come out of the Bone Eater's Well just as her grandfather was covering up for her. Still he goes up to her casually and ''asks her if she's feeling better from her disease''.
* In ''[[My-HiME]]'', while most of the HiMEs go to the Academy if they're not employed there, Natsuki is on the rolls but rarely attends class. Nobody makes an issue of it, since it's a [[School for Scheming]] and Natsuki's involved in chasing down her past, but {{spoiler|in the end, when Natsuki wants to go [[Walking the Earth]] on a [[Journey to Find Oneself|Journey To Find Herself]], she is told quite firmly that she needs to make up all the schooling she's missed}}. Also, near the end, about half the students (including
=== [[Film]] ===
* Averted in ''[["Pimpernel" Smith]]'' by the simple expedient of Prof. Smith taking his class with him on the adventure.
=== [[Literature]] ===
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* While nobody remembers that Sora exists during the missing year in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', Riku's only excuse was [[Word of God|being presumed missing or dead]], and Kairi and Selphie do attend school.
* It seems that most child trainers in ''[[Pokémon]]'' stay near home until their a certain age (usually late teenagers, post-school most likely) and are seen going to school or referring to it. You are usually eleven years old and are allowed to venture off around the region, but it seems that you were either home schooled or you finished.
* At the end of ''[[
** Also, when calling Ness's mom, she will occasionally remark that one of his teachers stopped by, and that she covered for him.
* [[Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army|Raidou]] [[Raidou Kuzunoha VS King Abaddon|Kuzunoha]] wears a school uniform and is said to be a student, but never seen at school. Given Raidou is 17, the time period (~1931), in both games he is working as an apprentice and time seems to have passed in the 2nd game, he likely doesn't need to be.
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** In [[Real Life]], celebrity children often have their lessons filled in by "studio teachers" while they're in the middle of large projects that can't conform to regular school schedules.
* Apparently in the show ''Relic Hunter'' Sydney Fox was a university professor who supposedly taught classes. How she managed to avoid being fired for her tendency to drop everything and go off to a remote part of the world to search for an ancient relic is still a mystery.
** Possibly she has tenure.
* For alleged high school students (and later college students), the main characters of ''[[Smallville]]'' spend remarkably little time in class.
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'''Bart:''' Shouldn't you be at work right now?
'''Homer:''' Ah, touché. }}
* In the ''[[
** We are told in the original comics that 14
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated|Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated]]'': The gang is still in high school, but cuts class frequently.
{{quote|'''Freddie:''' It looks like a mystery to me, and I think that's just a little more important than school.}}
==Mixed examples:==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Beyblade]]'': Some teams have valid reasons for not going to school, but others... Apparently [[Serious Business|playing with tops]] is a good enough excuse to stay out of school.
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