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By mistake or some odd chain of events, an [[Ordinary High School Student]] winds up attending an [[Extranormal Institute]]. Perhaps they're a human in an [[All-Ghouls School]], or a [[Muggle]] in a [[Wizarding School]], but whichever it is, [[Fish Out of Water|they clearly don't fit in]]. If the [[Masquerade]] is in full effect, they'll probably have to try to blend in with the ''usual'' type of student, with the consequence of failure ranging from [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] to [[Cruel and Unusual Death]] [[Killed to Uphold the Masquerade|to uphold the masquerade]].
Acts as a [[Naive Newcomer]]. [[Level Grinding|After sufficient experience]], they may [[Took a Level
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Mx0]]'': After failing to sneak ''into'' (unknown to him) a secret [[Wizarding School]], Taiga gets dragged though the school's barrier by a teacher mistaking him for a student trying to sneak ''out''. A sequence of unlikely events establishes him as a genius mage when he actually has no power at
* ''[[Rosario
* ''[[Animal Academy
* ''[[Kanokon]]'' is a borderline case, since the school is dedicated to rehabilitate youkai who have trouble integrating into human society, but at least some unwitting humans attend as well to provide an incentive to be more stealthy about their true natures.
* ''[[Hollow Fields]]'': Lucy Snow is a fairly ordinary child in a school for the children of [[Mad Scientist|mad scientists]].
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** And unusual in that as the story starts, she's ''already'' attending and has blended in so well that nobody's really noticed her yet.
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* Angela, the protagonist of ''The [[
* The strip ''[[Grange Hill|Strange Hill]]'' in ''[[The Beezer]]'' was a
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* The entire plot of ''[[Vampire High]]'' is that Cody, as a newcomer to a small town in Massachusetts, is one of the few people unaware that there are vampires living there as well. As a result, he has no idea that the high school he attends is primarily intended for vampires (there are a few humans, but all are there through necessity and not choice).
== [[Live
* Inverted in ''[[Kyle XY]]'', when the very abnormal Kyle ends up attending the very normal Beachwood High School.
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* Tyler Marlocke of ''[[PS238]]'' - normal, unpowered child in a school for superkids. He doesn't pretend to be anything else, but between the fact that both his parents are legendary superheroes and the school being a constant [[Weirdness Magnet]], he has no choice but to become an [[Action Survivor]] in order to, well, survive. Currently in training to become [[Badass Normal]].
* A-san of ''[[Overlord Academy]]'' is an accidentally transferred into the titular school. He's [[Butt Monkey|an oboist]].
* Graham in ''[[Wizard School]]'' is a rich, drunken jerk who replaces the "Chosen One" at a school for wizards.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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