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{{cleanup|As per [[Topic:V6clis0x6yp8rbf6|the discussion on the trope's Talk page]], the Real Life examples need to be cleaned up. "To avoid this turning into Portal:juicy_tabloids, maybe limit to just the cases (whether proven or alleged) that inspired work(s) of fiction listed on the page (such as Letourneau). And perhaps para-scientific studies can be grandfathered in." Also, a short paragraph stating that this is how we are handling Real Life examples of this trope needs to be added to the trope description. Then the "No Real Life Examples, Please" category can be removed from the page.}}
{{quote|''"I've got it bad, got it bad, got it bad, I'm hot for teacher."''|'''[[Van Halen]]'''}}
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=== Anime and Manga ===
* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' featured a 4th grade girl, Rika Sasaki, in a relationship with her homeroom teacher, Yoshiyuki Terada. Yeah. To their credit, the manga made it clear they'll be waiting until they're married before they actually ''do'' anything sexually intimate (which would be at the age of at least 16 in Japan), and the anime made the crush [[Precocious Crush|completely one-sided on the girl's part]].
** Also, the main
** Subverted with Kaho and Touya. They ''did'' have a brief fling, yeah, but only after Kaho finished her substitute teacher stint in his school. Not to mention, Kaho cut the relationship since she was going abroads to finish her education {{spoiler|and not to mention, she already knew that in the future, [[Second Love|they'd fall for other persons]] (Eriol for her, and [[Ho Yay|Yukito]] for [[Bi the Way|Touya]]) and become [[Platonic Life Partners]]}}
* In ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'', Hanon has a gigantic infatuation with her music teacher, who she refers to as Tarou-chan.
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* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'s'' Eikoden OAV has Taka Sukinami/Tamahome working as the basketball coach of Miaka and Yui's old school; one of the girls on the team, Mayo Sakaki, falls for him.
* In ''[[Hell Teacher Nube]]'', although Kyoko's definite love interest is Hiroshi, she still harbors an unrequited crush on the titular teacher coming from the time [[Rescue Romance|he saved her from an almosr fatal demonic possession]].
* Played for dark laughs in ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]''. The plot revolves around a suicidal teacher who accidentally wins the hearts of nearly all of his students, some more extremely devoted than others. Itoshiki himself rarely returns any of the feelings of his [[Harem]].
* ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]''. Maria Machiavelli discusses this trope when she hints that Triela is in love with her instructor/handler Hillshire. Triella replies that even if she was in love with him, it's [[He Is Not My Boyfriend|not that kind of relationship]].
{{quote|'''Hilshire:''' Say, what did she mean by "Talk about love"?
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* This was {{spoiler|Miyabi's backstory}} in ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]''. She had a crush on her teacher. When she found out he was engaged, she {{spoiler|pretended he had raped her and ruined his reputation as she spread the rumor over the school.}} However, this would backfire on her as {{spoiler|one of her classmates would be expelled for assaulting said teacher and the teacher quit rather than explain his innocence.}}
** Also in the manga {{spoiler|Urumi Kanzaki}} develops a crush on Onizuka and it gets even stronger {{spoiler|after he saves her when she tried to commit suicide.}}
* ''[[Ranma ½]]'': [[Accidental Pervert|Ranma]] and [[Hot Teacher|Hinako]] are accused of having this type of relationship a lot.
** Ukyo lampshades this trope at one point.
{{quote|'''Akane:''' What's there to worry about? She's his teacher, right?
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* The story ''The First Goodbye'' from the hentai collection ''[[Virgin Night]]'' is a [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]] edition. It's made pretty clear that Saki is a female [[Casanova]], and poor Kou is riddled with uncertainty about what this relationship is really made of. {{spoiler|Then he gets a notice of Saki's wedding at the end}}
* A Hentai/Romance manga called "Teacher and Student" by artist Fuuga revolves around the budding relationship between a student and his teacher when an eviction causes them to move in together. Interestingly, there's a good deal of focus on their own concerns about the relationship, as opposed to being worried about what others will think. {{spoiler|subverted in that by the end, she's resigned and is no longer his teacher.}}
* In ''[[Kodomo no Jikan]]'', third grader Rin develops a crush on her homeroom teacher. Unfortunately, the approach [[Fille Fatale|she]] takes to deal with it is "[[Be a Whore to Get Your Man]]".
=== Comic Books ===
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* In ''The Grumpy Bunny'' series of books by Justine Korman and illustrated by Lucinda McQueen, Hopper the Grumpy Bunny (a teacher), is hot for Lilac, the music teacher.
* In ''Middle Ground'' by Ursula Zilinsky a gay man in his 30s mentions having been in love with his housemaster at school.
* ''[[Harry Potter and
* ''[[Warrior Cats]]'': [[Word of God]] has confirmed that Cinderpelt, while she was Firestar's apprentice, was [[Hot for Teacher]]. However, Firestar, being... er, [[Chaste Hero|Firestar]], [[All Love Is Unrequited|wasn't]] [[Hot for Student]].
* In ''[[Anne of Green Gables|Anne of Avonlea]]'', Anne receives a rather verbose love letter form one her students [[Les Yay|Annetta Bell]]. Although, the letter is revealed to be [[Plagiarism in Fiction|plagiarized]] from several love letters Annetta's mother's former beau wrote. Annetta insists she really does love Anne with all her heart.
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* The hit "Forelska i lærern" (literally, "In love with the teacher") by the Norwegian band "The Kids" (not to be confused with the Belgian band of the same name).
=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===
* This student-has-crush-on-teacher version can also be found in ''[[Peanuts]]'.
** Linus doesn't worship Miss Othmar, he is just very fond of the ground she walks upon...
* In ''[[Zits]]'', Jeremy has an attractive guidance counselor, and often has some rather explicit fantasies about her. [[Downplayed Trope| Not by choice]]; in one strip where this happens, when she asks him what's on his mind, he asks, "Can't we just talk about my schedule instead?"
=== [[Video Games]] ===
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=== Anime and Manga ===
* It's implied that Komoe-sensei of ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' has a crush on Touma. For added [[squick]], she looks like a little girl.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Chou Kuse ni Narisou]]'', Nagisa is chased by a [[Yaoi Guys|homosexual male]] teacher who [[Crossdresser|mistakes her for a boy]].
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', in which it's a deliberate psychological ploy by the [[Big Bad]] to manipulate the [[Tragic Hero]]. Very [[Squick]]y.
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* One of Keima's captures in ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'' involved a student teacher who thinks of him as a genius but troubled student. {{spoiler|When she was done teaching, ''she'' kissed ''him''.}}
* ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!]]'': [[Ho Yay|Gunter toward Yuuri]].
* There are quite a lot of jokes about this in ''[[My Hero Academia]]'' regarding Midnight, and the way she lulls Sero to sleep during the Final Exam arc would have been pretty creepy had you not known it was a drill; ultimately, however, averted.
=== Comic Books ===
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=== Real Life ===
* In his autobiography, ''Flannelled Fool'', T. C. Worsley describes his career as a young secondary school teacher and his attraction to some of the boys he taught.
* In his autobiography, ''Escape from the Shadows'', Robin Maugham describes becoming aware that at his school various teachers, all male, were having sex with boy pupils of eleven or twelve. Some of the boys were OK with it. Some definitely weren't.
* Benjamin Britten, 40, living with a long-term gay partner his own age, needed a boy to sing the part of Miles in his new opera, ''The Turn of the Screw''. He found David Hemmings. Hemmings came to live with Britten for several months while he prepared for his role. Britten fell in love with the 12-year-old boy, who loved him back, but not that way. Even though they shared a bed sometimes, nothing ever happened. Britten had crushes on and friendships with various other boy singers of his.
* John Gambril Nicholson, a Victorian poet who wrote about almost nothing but boys, worked as an English teacher at various boys' schools and fell in love with several of his pupils, to whom he dedicated various of his books of poetry. Timothy d'Arch Smith notes of one such boy, Frank Victor Rushworth, 22 years younger than Nicholson, that "Nicholson's friendship with Victor began when the boy was thirteen. It was not altogether a happy relationship for it laboured under the usual difficulty that the boy was not able to respond to the ardour of Nicholson's passion."
== Mutual Attraction ==
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* In ''[[Chobits]]'', a secondary main character (the protagonist's friend), ends up marrying off their [[Cram School]] teacher saving her from a shaky relationship with her husband. Though in this case he was a 18-19 [[Ronin]] and she was in her mid-twenties and therefore this wasn't as iffy as usual for a CLAMP case of this trope.
* ''[[I My Me! Strawberry Eggs]]'' likewise offers the promise of a happy ending several years later after the girl in question has matured a little.
* The ''raison d'etre'' of ''[[Please Teacher!]]''.
** With the justification that the main character had a strange medical condition that, at one point, left him in a coma long enough that his body didn't age for three years - leaving him chronologically 18 though mentally (and physically) still 15. This is less of a justification for the age difference (Mizuho's age being undisclosed), and more to enable Kei to marry and live with with Mizuho legally. Ironically, the issue seems less about the age difference and more about her being Kei's teacher, making their romance an awkward situation the two are called upon to conceal as it is a breach of the school's professional propriety.
** In a humorous twist, after Kei confirms his "marriage" to the principal, the principal reveals his own [[May–December Romance]] with a former student to them, leading both Kei and Mizuho to wonder whether it was entirely legal. Their wondering aloud about the girl's age, however, has the principal coughing at their moral inconsistency, prompting them not to inquire into the matter any further.
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* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', Kyoko married Katsuya just after he finished being a student teacher there.
* {{spoiler|Alice}} in the ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'' anime is shown {{spoiler|masturbating to a fantasy involving her teacher}}. The final episode {{spoiler|shows an older Alice married to him.}}
* One of the cruelest versions of this trope is showcased in ''[[Bokurano]]''. {{spoiler|Chizuru and Hatagai-sensei's relationship was [[Break the Cutie|so horrible]] that she broke down and ended up becoming a full-fledged [[
* Kouko and Yoshino from ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'', though they only started to seriously pursue a relationship long after Yoshino graduated.
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Schoolgirl Lesbian]] Naitou and her teacher Hayato in ''[[Shoujo Sect]]''.
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=== Fan Works ===
* Very heavily implied in ''[[The X-Men]]'' fanfic ''[[Mutatis Mutandis]]'', between teacher Wolverine and teenage student Northstar. It's on several instances and first indicated when Northstar and his friends are greeting the new student. Later, the new student notices Wolverine watching Northstar as he works out.
* Similarly, ''The Federation Lives Forever!'' from ''[[Undocumented Features]]'' strongly implies that a relationship forms between [[K-On!|Tsumugi Kotobuki and Sawako Yamanaka]] after Sawako moves on from Sato Academy and is no longer actually a teacher. Amusingly, the other girls in Hokago Tea Time tease Mugi about this, but don't actually think it's real.
=== Films -- Live Action ===
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** And he thinks her mom finding out is scarier than facing evil vampires.
* Matilda initially seems to want this in ''[[The Monk]]'', claiming to have dressed as a man and entered the monastery to be close to Ambrosio, and even later when she starts seeking his love in return. He gives in to his growing attraction and starts a relationship with her. She seems to get bored of him about as fast as he gets bored of her, though.
* In the chinese [[Yaoi|danmei]] novel''The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System'', Shen Yuan!Shen Quingqiu ends with Luo Binghe, his tecnically former student at the moment they hook-up. This relationship was extremely complicated due to Luo Binghe being supposed to be [[Harem Hero|a heterosexual Stallion Protagnist]], and the relationship between Luo Binghe and the original Shen Quingqiu in the original novel was... very bad, to put it mildly, all of this very much informed the transmigrated Shen Quingqiu interactions and eventual obvliousness of both his and his love interest feelings.
=== Live Action TV ===
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* ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'' did a fairly obvious by-the-numbers [[Ripped from the Headlines]] episode based on the Letourneau case, even casting an actress (Anne Dudek) who kinda looks like her.
* This featured in ''[[Neighbours]]'' with Rachael meeting and getting the number of a cute twenty-something who turns out to be her new teacher. Initially he gets mad (he thought she was in University) and tries not to encourage her, but she persists and they date in secret for a bit, then the writers obviously got bored and had him get busted, allowing for a long court case, shortish prison stay, then another attempt at a relationship (he isn't teaching anymore of course), until the overwhelmingly negative attitudes of everyone around them prompt him to move away.
* Happened in ''[[Soap]]'' with Billy and his teacher. [[Contrived Coincidence|She just happens to leave her job at the school right as he turns eighteen]], but the relationship ''still'' doesn't last. Oh, and ''he'''s the one who breaks it off {{spoiler|(which causes her to become a [[
* ''[[Grange Hill]]''.
** There was one back in about 1998/99 or so, where two lower-sixth form students went clubbing, and one of them, Evelyn, gets flirting with a university student, whose number she gets and they go on a couple of dates. Then he turns up as a new trainee teacher for her A-Level classes....things get awkward, they agree to break off the relationship right away, but news about how they first met spreads around school anyway and he is forced to resign (not just from the position, but from his teacher training course and the teaching profession as a whole. Eventually, Evelyn discovers that while they were dating (they had slept together on one, maybe two occasions during that period) she had gotten pregnant by him; they move away and set up home together, and it's implied they got married at some point too.
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* The [[Les Yay]] between Candy Cane and Miss Spencer in ''[[Rumble Roses]]''. Particularly blatant in Miss Spencer's [[Heel]] story line.
* In the [[Dating Sim]] ''True Love'', one of the [[Chivalrous Pervert]] male lead's possible girlfriends is his young and beautiful teacher. {{spoiler|Curiously, to get her attention you need to save ''another'' girl from a [[Near-Rape Experience]]}}
* ''[[The Sims 2]]: University'', like any Sims game, lets you have sex ("Woo Hoo") with anyone, if you get your relationship with them high enough. This includes university professors, who are Sims that can be invited on dates or to one's home... and incidentally, doing so will increase a Sim's grades.
* In ''[[Amorous Professor Cherry]]'' (trust me, it's [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]), this is both played straight with supporting character Mamiko, who willingly nails students who obviously are hot for her, and slightly subverted by ultranaive Chieri, who isn't originally this way, but will eventually become this trope, depending on the ending. Said ending can then either play it straight/subvert/avert this even then, as the game has many branches that can entirely alter this trope.
* In a school assignment in ''[[Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis]]'', [[The Hero]] asks his homeroom teacher Professor Zeppel what sort of food the [[Hospital Hottie|school nurse]], also a teacher herself, would like (making food that the latter teacher liked ''is the assignment''). Zeppel, [[Hello, Nurse!|with good reason]], comes to the obvious conclusion...
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** In ''[[The Old Republic]]'', Jedi Consulars, Jedi Knights, and Sith Warriors all have attractive female padawans (apprentice in the Sith Warrior's case) who are romance options. The Sith Inquisitor is the only Force-using class that ''doesn't'' have this as an option, their apprentice being a reptilian humanoid...
** Sith Inquisitor get Ashara. She's not formally his apprentice, but that's a minor technicality reality vividly argues otherwise.
* In ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]] 2'', the player's teacher, [[Cool Big Sis|Asou Kasumi]], is available as a love interest. Teacher-Student Romance is more common in the ''Girl's Side'' games; in "1st Love," both homeroom teacher [[Stern Teacher|Himuro]] [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Reiichi]] and school principal [[Dirty Old Man|Amanohashi]] [[Lolicon|Ikkaku]] are available, and in "2nd Kiss," there's [[Absent-Minded Professor|Wakaouji]] [[Kindhearted Cat Lover|Takafumi]]. In all cases, the teachers are [[Nintendo Hard|more difficult to win over]] than classmates, in part because they're well aware that a relationship with a student is inappropriate. In ''3rd Story'' the teacher route plays a bit different in that the teacher, [[Hot-Blooded|Chikara]] [[Sensei-chan|Osako]], don't show any exceptional interest during the route (making an already hard route even harder as it makes difficult to gauge his affection levels), but at the end of it is the ''player character'' who gets a [[Love Epiphany]] and runs to confesses her feelings during graduation day.
* In ''[[Grim Grimoire]]'', Opalnaria, the Necromancy teacher, is extremely distrustful of any student/teacher relationships because her former teacher was assassinated by her student lover. Opalnaria herself teaches Hiram, and the guy eventually declares his love for her, shocking the hell out of Opalnaria. She even tries to say how the relationship wouldn't work because she is actually [[Older Than They Look|about 100 years old]], but by the end of the game one of the teachers informs the main character that Opalnaria {{spoiler|cast a spell on herself to make herself look like a schoolgirl so that she could be with Hiram}}.
* In ''[[Magical Diary: Horse Hall]]'' the Horse Hall PC can end up forced into marriage with one of her professors. It's up to the player's choices whether the PC was at all interested in him, and whether or not any attachment develops between them later. Otherwise, they're lined up for a quickie divorce.
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=== Real Life ===
* [[Renamed Tropes|Former]] [[Trope Namer]] Mary Kay Letourneau was the teacher involved in a widely publicized case in the U.S. for engaging in a sexual relationship with her junior-high student, Vili Fualaau (and eventually marrying him and having his two daughters, after serving an eight-year prison term for molestation). The case was noted for the mixed public reaction to it, often underlining the attractive appearance of the teacher. Many condemned the breach of ethics involved in engaging in sexual acts with underage children, while at least one public official famously asked, "[[Double Standard Rape (Female on Male)|Where were teachers like her when I went to school?]]"
* The philosopher [[Dichter and Denker|Martin Heidegger]] famously carried on an affair with Hannah Arendt while she was his student. Additional squick because Arendt was Jewish, and Heidegger vocally supported the Nazis during their time in power, thus adding to the power discrepancy. Perhaps not coincidentally, Arendt is best known for her writings on power and struggles between people.
** The squick is, however, reduced when you recall that (1) Heidegger was Arendt's professor at university (i.e. they met as adults) and (2) Heidegger's Nazism was based on a rather misguided understanding of the Nazi agenda—you see, he thought that Hitler was actually serious about awakening the German people to the spirit of their age, rather than using that as rhetoric as semi-respectable cover for rabid populism and venomous, uncontrollable racism. He was gradually sidelined by the regime (and the rest of the university) for his occasional criticism of the Party.
== Other ==
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=== Web Original ===
* Short story [
* Try to get a [[Hot for Student]] news story frontpaged on strange news repository ''[[Fark]]'' these days. Unless it's got some sort of special angle, it's not going to make it. That's right, folks: it's no longer [[Fark]], it's ''news.'' For bonus points, [[Fan Nickname|farkers]] even [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|cynically]] rate any such relationship based on the attractiveness and genders of the persons involved. (The winning combination, by the by, is hot [[Yuri Fanboy|girl-on-girl]] action.)
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