History HighSchoolAU / FanWorks

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8818635/1/ This]] FanFic. As the name implies, he's running for Prom King.

* An arc in the fanfic [[FanFic/BondBreaker Bond Breaker]] involves this, with the main character Shade and a bunch of people he'd met on his journey transplanted into an AU high school setting. A lot of the girls he's met seem to be in love with him, as well... much to his annoyance.

* ''Webcomic/PowerpuffGirlsDoujinshi'' can be summarized by this trope, but for nearly every Creator/CartoonNetwork original series created (except with elementary schoolers). Aside from the titular [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls Powerpuff Girls]], major characters include [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]], [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Tootie]], and WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack (as a teacher). That's merely scratching the surface, though; there are plenty more {{ShoutOut}}s as background or side characters.

* [[http://www.ttrarchive.com/thendothatover.html H.G. Wells High School]] is a metafictional ''Series/DoctorWho'' fanfic setting, with ''all'' the Doctors in different years, and the appropriate supporting cast at the appropriate age. Newman Primary is the same thing, but as a primary school (elementary school in the US). There's also a retirement home, with elderly versions of the characters, but it's a bit *too* much for people, so it doesn't get used much. The most popular alternate-age versions of the characters remain the SpinoffBabies of the Look Who's Talking day care centre. All of them co-exist in the wider setting of ''FanFic/ThisTimeRound''.

** A mild example occurs in ''FanFic/ASnowflakeInSpring''. Though Anna and several other characters do attend high school, only a small part of the story is actually set there. Far more of the plot is centered around the Arendelle Institute for the Emotionally Disturbed, where both "Ice Queen" Elsa and Anna's brother Hans are being treated.

** There's also the infamous ''FanFic/HomestuckHigh'' that starts out as one, and rapidly falls into insanity.

** ''FanFic/IfIWasYourNazi'' looks like it's not an example... until you realize that for all the WWII Germany trappings, the characters ''act'' like they're in high school.

** Although most high school AU stories centre around the students, focus on the teachers isn't unheard of. Memorably, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7427510/1/The_Greatest_Thing_Youll_Ever_Learn this fanfiction]] focuses on the various adult ninja from the Manga/{{Naruto}} canon, sticking them in a high school setting. Although it's a [=KakaIru=] slashfic, it's refreshing to see the teachers doing, y'know, their job.

** ''FanFic/AMiscellaneousTaleOfNightAndDay'', a ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' fanfic, takes this to the next level. Instead of being a cheesy romance FanFic, it takes a ''huge'' turn and speeds into a whole new direction. Not wanting another overused school fic, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2229931/Starran the author]] sets things to a different pace with the oh-so-loved RuleOfFunny, but not without the romance, of course. A RomanticComedy AU, now giving the ''comedy'' the main role other than the romance. Along with dashes of DarkerAndEdgier and mystery along the way.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' fanworks almost always age the girls up to high school age. ''FanFic/MoreThanHuman'' is an on-going example.

** Infamous fanfiction ''FanFic/SonicHighSchool'' is a prime example of this done horribly wrong but brilliantly at the same time.

* More than one ''Franchise/{{Star Trek}}'' high school AU has graced the internet, but a noteworthy example is the collaborative roleplay high school AU starting here at [[http://community.livejournal.com/startrek_diary/6267.html Star Trek_Diary]]. It features the crew of the Enterprise (based on their 2009 actors) attending Enterprise Academy, a prep school for Starfleet Academy, with ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' characters as teachers, other adults, and side characters, and occasional mention of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' characters at the local kindergarten. Text is sometimes {{NSFW}}, full of horny teenagers with issues, and contains everything from pants-stealing aliens to {{evil twin}}s, sex pollen, and {{the mafia}}. Expect many actor crossover references.

* ''FanFic/SuperRobotWarsHigh'' takes place in a High School with the entire cast of every ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' game ever, both Anime and OriginalGeneration characters. [[WordOfGod Currently discontinued, but was written as an attempt to prove the plot and setting of an SRW universe could be retained with a school setting forming the core of the plot.]]
* There are a ridiculous amount of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' high school AU stories. All of them usually will have their civilian names from the comics (Robin may be Dick Grayson or Tim Drake or just Robin). Usually parody fics end up making fun of the extreme amount of High School [=AUs=], and their lack of logic (culminating in a dance).

* [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in the ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheresNoOneLikeYou''. While it's tagged as such on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, and a good portion of the school is set at Hexside High School, just as much if not more takes place at home, dealing with Luz and Amity's families.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'':

* Wildly popular author Atomicskull did it brilliantly with ''[[http://atomicskull.livejournal.com/11921.html#cutid1 Never Know Your Story Like I Do]]'', following Kirk and [=McCoy=] from elementary all the way through grad school. Sadly, it is no longer available on Website/LiveJournal.

* [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in the ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheresNoOneLikeYou''. While it's tagged as such on AO3, and a good portion of the school is set at Hexside High School, just as much if not more takes place at home, dealing with Luz and Amity's families.

* There is now a fan-parody High School AU for ''Series/GameOfThrones'' titled, appropriately, ''WebVideo/SchoolOfThrones'', complete with a cool opening that mimics the already awesome credits of the TV series (the parody seems more in debt to the show than the books.) Features the Starks as hipsters, the Lannisters as the "cool" gang that runs the school, the Greyjoys as the swim team, Daenerys as the dragon-obsessed foreign exchange student, and Renly as the quarterback and potential prom king candidate (with Loras as his prom queen). Incredibly silly and a bit cringeworthy but still some good fun, can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/schoolofthrones here]].

** There's a popular trend of high school fics which ignore the canon continuity entirely. Generally they place Jack and Daniel as foster brothers, Sam as the girl next door, and Teal'c as the weird new kid from Africa. Never mind that they weren't all in high school at the same time, and Teal'c's an alien.
** Some fanfics have O'Neill's clone end up at the same high school as Dr. Fraiser's adopted ([[HumanAliens alien]]) daughter Cassandra.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SilfofinaDragon]]'s modern day ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfics (set years after ''Gakuen Basara''), starting from [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/A-New-Life-or-A-Nightmare-Ch-5-Pt-4-Final-928963151 chapter 5 part 4]], we learn that UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s [[FanCreatedOffspring son]] Masa has his adventures with friends and familiar ''SB'' characters at Basara Academy.

* As ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' stars 14-year-olds who just happen to like playing a glorified version of paint tag, references school, and even has school uniforms as clothing, there are more than a few fanworks starring the writer's [=OCs=] as middle- or high-schoolers. Idol characters, like Callie or Marina, are more likely to get the college AU treatment instead to be being older than the player avatar, but aging them down to high school isn't uncommon.

* Much like ''Total Drama'', ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' has many stories detailing all of the cast simply attending school together with no deaths. These are so common that there is a name for it, the "Non-Despair AU".

** Infamous fanfiction ''FanFic/SonicHighSchool'' is a prime example of this done horribly wrong but brilliantly at the same time

* As ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' stars kids who just happen to like playing paint tag, references school, and even has school uniforms as clothing there are more than a few fan-arts about them as middle or high schoolers.

* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has many set in "[[XtremelyKoolLetterz Hi Skool]]." Expect [[VillainProtagonist Zim]] to [[TheNapoleon be as tall as the teenage humans now]] and romantically involved [[FoeYayShipping with Dib]], Gaz or an OriginalCharacter.

* ''Webcomic/PowerpuffGirlsDoujinshi'' can be summarized by this trope, but for nearly every Creator/CartoonNetwork original series created (except with elementary schoolers). Aside from the titular [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls Powerpuff Girls]], major characters include [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]], [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Tootie]], and WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack (as a teacher). [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters That's merely scratching the surface, though;]] there are plenty more {{ShoutOut}}s as background or side characters.

* There are High School A.U. works of, believe it or not, ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''. It boggles the mind that anyone, especially a shipper, would take a high-school setting filled to the brim with HoYay, LesYay, FoeYay, and every other kind of yay you can imagine (not to mention all the other shipping tropes ''HSM'' is prone to) and think to themselves "Let's change the school, the characters' personalities, and their love-interests".

* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has many set in "[[XtremelyKoolLetterz Hi Skool]]." Expect [[VillainProtagonist Zim]] to [[TheNapoleon be as tall as the teenage humans now]] and romantically involved [[FoeYay with Dib]], Gaz or an OriginalCharacter.