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{{quote|''"You are going to learn something from life every day. And make mistakes. And you'll make good friends and Mr. Feeny will probably teach you every grade you're ever in."''|'''Cory Matthews''', ''[[Boy Meets World]]''}}
Even with a large student body, especially one [[
The rest of the time, education will occur with no visible staff -- even when the action takes place in and during a class, a teacher is almost never shown. Like [[Parental Abandonment]], this prevents adults who would otherwise have an interest in (or at least an influence on) the main characters from interfering with the plot. It's also a way to [[Economy Cast|avoid creating extraneous characters]] the show isn't going to focus on anyway.
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** When one looks at the anime, at least two other teachers are seen (albeit briefly). One is the stern teacher in the very first episode who made Chiyo cry, and the other is a music teacher who shows up for all of 5-10 seconds in the second episode. Neither of them are seen again.
* ''[[Onegai Twins]]'' has a bit of [[Lampshade Hanging]] when a student mentions that it seems like the school only has two teachers (Kazami Mizuho and Yamada Masaomi).
* ''[[
* Totally Averted in ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'', besides Onizuka himself, there is Headmaster Ryoko Sakurai, Vice-Principal Uchiyamada, Fuyutsuki (Japanese), Teshigawara (Mathematics), Fukuroda (Gym coach), Sakurada (English), Kochatani (Science) and a few other that show up in the series.
* Taken to the extreme in ''[[Sakigake Cromartie Koukou]]'', where no teachers are introduced until volume 11.
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* Despite all of the action in ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'' taking place in or around several high schools, there are absolutely ''no'' teachers or staff members visible ever. Perhaps they all got tired of being under attack by supernatural fighters all the time--or maybe they just have been killed already. Of course, one wonders why the police never shows up either despite the regular highly visible outbursts of violence, but maybe [[Weirdness Censor|they just don't care]].
* Kasugano-sensei from ''[[Sketchbook]]'' is the ''only'' teacher who is ever visible during the course of the show. She is also [[Adult Child|nearly indistinguishable from her students]], both in looks and behavior.
** In the manga she gets assisted by Soyogi-sensei, who stirs things up quite a bit with her love for magic tricks.
* The teaching staff at Yamabuki High of ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'' seems to consist only of Yoshinoya-sensei and the principal.
** Volume 1 has a named teacher who's absent; Volume 4 finally has another teacher drawn.
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* Averted in ''[[Hell Teacher Nube]]''. Apart of the titular character who works as a teacher in an elementary school, we have one of his love interests (Ritsuko), Tamamo (the male nurse), the PE teacher and the principal (actually a [[Genre Savvy]] man who hired Nube ''knowing'' who he was).
* In ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]'', Peach Moon Academy is a ''four'' teacher school, and we see all of them teach at various points (even though Becky gets the most attention).
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', the only teacher we see in Nanoha's school is Nanoha's homeroom teacher. There was another male math teacher that appears in one episode of the first season, but that was in [[Cram School]].
* Yukari-sensei is pretty much the only teacher in ''[[Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu]]''.
* Justified in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'', as Hinamizawa is a village of only about 2000 people, and the (tiny) school really does only have two teachers.
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* Sort-of-averted in ''[[GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class]]''. GA-1 happned to have two homeroom teachers (Satoma-sensei and Usami-sensei), and GA-3's homeroom (Sasamoto-sensei)is also a major character-- especially she's also the advisor for the Art Club.
* ''[[Wolf Guy]]: Wolfen Crest'' has approximately two teachers, one female and one male (guess which one tries to make a stand). There's also the principal and vice-principal, but everyone is too terrified of the delinquents' leader, [[Yakuza]] heir Haguro, to do anything about the violence Haguro's gang causes. Oh, and this is a ''middle school''.
* Katori-sensei from ''[[Amanchu]]'' seems to be the only teacher dwelling in that rather large high school building--perhaps justified since the school also appears to have a suspicious lack of students. Sure, there are two other adults shown shortly, but it's not clear what ''their'' function is.
* ''[[Ladies versus Butlers!]]'' has the principal, Kaede Tenjouji and Mikan (no last name given) as the ''only'' faculty members that ever appear.
* The school in ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' seems to have only two teachers, one of whom in Mayuko (who has plot significance), while the other is a man who appears to teach gym and possibly other subjects.
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* [[Never Been Kissed]] contains the kooky French/Spanish/Social Studies teacher and the English/Sex Ed teacher.
* [[Revenge of the Nerds]] is set at a college that seems to only have two staff members- the [[Big Bad]] Coach, and the Principal, who seemed to exist mostly for the Coach to [[Kick the Dog]].
* Literally in ''[[The Children's Hour]]''. The school that most of the film takes place literally has two teachers, being that it's an all-girls school in the 1920s. {{spoiler|Quickly however, the school closes down}}.
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* The television series of ''[[The Worst Witch]]'' only ever featured 4 teachers. By the third season, Mildred and her class didn't seem to have a form tutor for their year. (There was mention of a Form 2 teacher at the start of series 2 who'd gone off to live in the Outer Hebridies though).
* ''Popular'' originally subverted this, but eventually the school's instructors shown on camera pretty much boiled down to Bobbi Glass, who taught biology and then got upgraded to chemistry. Did I mention that her twin sister was the school nurse in season 1, and her brother also got brought in for an episode?
* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' had Mr. Pool and the infrequently seen Westbridge High Principal. After Mr. Pool left he was replaced by [[Sadist Teacher]] Vice Principal (and later Principal) Mr. Kraft, and [[Hippy Teacher]] Mrs. Quick.
* In season one of ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', one running subplot was how Sydney's spy duties were affecting her grades in college. Though apparently it wasn't that much of a problem since she only seemed to be taking one class.
* In ''[[Strangers with Candy]]'', Flatpoint High has [[Sadist Teacher|Mr. Noblet]], the history teacher, and [[Hippie Teacher|Mr. Jellineck]], the art teacher. The gym teacher is around sometimes, and other members of the faculty make cameos, but most of the time, those two seem to be the only ones around.
** [[Bald Black Leader Guy|Principal]] [[Meaningful Name|Onyx]] [[Scary Black Man|Blackman]] is present in every episode, though he is more interested in being feared & worshipped by the student population, than actually running the school.
* ''[[Grange Hill]]''. For such a long-running show featuring classes of students ranging in ages from 11 to 18 (and a fairly realistic number of extras to fill out a London secondary comprehensive school), very few of the staff were ever shown on camera. Sure, there were some, but in any given season there was usually only about 4 or so (including the current Headteacher and often a janitor).
* They don't even get teachers on ''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]'', but they do get a football coach and a guidance counselor.
* ''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'' Ced was the gym/health teacher/football/basketball coach and Steve was the music/art/drama teacher and later, vice principal. There was a dance teacher, an English teacher, and a social studies teacher as well as other faculty members, but they only showed up when the plot demanded it, so Ced and Steve were pretty much it at Booker T. Washington High School.
* The only faculty typically featured on [[Glee]] are Will, guidance counselor Emma, Principal Figgins, Cheerios coach Sue Sylvester and either football coach. Other faculty appear frequently in the teacher's lounge, but both teachers and students are rarely shown in class, giving the impression that virtually all of the day's activities are football, cheerleading or Glee-related. It got jarring in [[Gwyneth Paltrow|Gwyneth Paltrow's]] episode as a substitute teacher, reminding us that Will does, in fact, teach Spanish at some point every day.
** Also played ''very'' straight with Dalton Academy, were there appear to be no teachers whatsoever. Dalton is introduced in the sixth episode of season two, but no teachers turn up until the fifth episode of season ''three'', and the only reason she is even assumed by the vieweer to be a teacher is because she's the only female in a [[One-Gender School|school for boys.]]
* ''[[The Inbetweeners]]'' has this. Mr Gilbert, Mr Kennedy and Ms Timms are the only teachers to have appeared in the series (though the principal turns up in a deleted scene). Somewhat justified in that, while the boys are frequently shown at school, it's generally only at the start of the day, at lunchtime or at the end of the day.
* Averted in ''[[Carrusel]]''. Ximena only teaches second grade. Susana only teachers her own class. Rene only teaches music. There is also an art teacher. And a teacher named Gloria who teachers yet another class. And Sra. Orraca is only the director and does not teach any classes. Finally, Fermin is the groundskeeper- he may count as well.
* The teenagers in ''[[Family Matters]]'' never spent all that much screen-time at school, but there were enough such episodes to demonstrate the sparse faculty. It was briefly a [[Running Gag|recurring joke]] for Urkel to land in Ms. Steuben's class every semester, in spite of her best efforts to avoid him. And yet the show-stealer among the school staff was the janitor [[Cloudcuckoolander|Mr. Looney]]. (That's [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"|Lou-NÉ]]--[[Catch Phrase|it's French]].)
* [[The Vampire Diaries]] only features the recurring teacher Mr. Tanner and later his replacement main character Alaric Saltzman. Both teach history which is the only class anyone ever attends
* The only teachers ever seen to teach in ''[[Round the Twist]]'' are Mr Snapper and Ms James. The principal appears in one episode, and then never appears again. {{spoiler|Mostly because he was de-aged into a baby.}}
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== Music ==
* The school in [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdfse_the-cure-charlotte-sometimes_music the video for Charlotte Sometimes] by [[The Cure]] seems to be exactly like this - which lead to a friend agreeing that even a school populated only by members of [[The Cure]] and a past version of yourself would be better than our school.
== Video Games ==
* Seen in ''Pokemon Ranger'' :Shadows of Almia, in which there are literally two teachers. Semi-justified in which it's a school for Pokemon rangers. {{spoiler|Until one of the teachers mysteriously leaves...}} and they bring in a SUBSTITUTE teacher. Where'd he come from?
* ''[[Rival Schools]]'' naturally falls into this trope, as only a handful of faculty from a few schools are ever shown in the games. Taiyo High has gym teacher [[Hot-Blooded|Hayato]] as a playable character, with science instructor [[Mad Scientist|Hyoe]] and office clerk [[Hot Mom|Shizuku]] showing up in the [[No Export for You|Japan-only]] character creation modes. Justice High's only known faculty are Japanese teacher [[Cool Old Guy|Hideo]], [[School Nurse]]/chemistry teacher [[Christmas Cake|Kyoko]] and principal [[Large and In Charge|Raizo]]. Gorin High also has volleyball coach [[Big Ol' Eyebrows|Kohtaro]] and sumo instructor [[Stout Strength|Kinzan]], but they only show up in character creation modes.
* ''[[Rule of Rose]]'' features an orphanage with over 20 children, but it only has one teacher/headmaster, a cleaning lady who doubles as a cook and one orphan who is sixteen years old and acts as a makeshift nurse. {{spoiler|They all dissappear in the course of the story, leaving the orphanage entirely in the control of the Aristocrat Club.}}
* Averted in ''[[Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4]]'' - the teachers aren't major characters in either case (though one's a Social Link in the former), but there's a different teacher for every class.
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** There's also the "skool" counselor Mr. Dwicky and a rather intimidating principal. And Coach Walrus. (Actually, this may be an aversion.)
** Actually, we see Gaz's teacher, Mr. Elliot, three times. His personality is perpetually and forcefully optimistic in direct contrast to Ms. Bitters... who taught ''him'' when he was in grade school.
* [[Aaahh Real Monsters]]: The Monster Academy is run only by the Gromble. He's both the teacher and headmaster of the academy, while theres The Snorch who is in charge of administering unusual punishments to students who break the rules.
* Averted in ''[[Daria]]'', where the teachers <ref>the three main ones, anyway: Ms. Barch, Mr. O'Neill, and Mr. DeMartino. There are other teachers, such as the art teacher from "Arts 'n Crass" who encouraged Jane and Daria to submit their controversial painting of a bulimic girl and the economics teacher who appeared on the episode where she takes the class on a trip to the mall, but those characters drift in and out between appearances</ref>and principal are all developed characters (of course, in ''Daria'' this just means [[Dysfunction Junction|they get unique neuroses]]) who not only play important roles in the plot but also get screen-time independent of the teenage students.
* Shown in ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'', specifically the episode E is for Enemy, where generally only two teachers, their principal and history teachers, are shown. Lampshaded during a nightmares sequence, where one character has a bad dream involving an unsolvable math problem, presented by the teacher, to which she responds, "But you're a 'history' teacher!"
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* Obviously there have been times and places where this was the rule rather than the exception. See [[Schoolmarm]].
* It can often ''feel'' like this for college and grad students with a very specific major or one with a small department.
* In many countries, students spend their first years of school with one teacher singlehandedly teaching their class most of the basics (with some exceptions such as P.E.). In later years, the subjects get too complicated to teach by non-specialised teachers.
* Anyone who is or has ever been homeschooled (in a family with two parents as opposed to a single parent household) exemplifies this trope.
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