History Film / Klass

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Joosep and Kaspar's bullying problems get so bad that they are driven to [[AxesAtSchool commit Estonia's first school shooting]], resulting in the deaths of [[AssholeVictim Anders, Paul,]] [[DrivenToSuicide Joosep]], and a few others. Kaspar's still alive, but he's going to prison for his involvement in the shooting, and even though the class was at risk of being outed as bullies, they never are.]]* TheDragon: Paul is Anders' best friend, and they have 3 friends: Toomas, Tiit, and Olav.

* TheDragon: Paul is Anders' best friend, and they have 3 friends: Toomas, Tiit, and Olav.

* [[spoiler: RoaringRampageOfRevenge: At the end of the film, Joosep and Kaspar decide that they've had enough and shoot up their school to get revenge on their bullies.]]

* NightmareSequence: Toomas has one in the sixth episode based on the shooting. First, he is walking through the darkened corridors of his old school while screaming can be heard in the background, then he's trying to get up a flight of stairs while wheelchair-bound.

The film follows two teenagers named Joosep Raak and Kaspar Kordes, who are both suffering from bullying problems. The bullies: their entire class, led by Anders Allikmäe. Joosep takes most of their abuse, and Kaspar is suffering just because he's defending him. Even worse, [[AdultsAreUseless none of the faculty knows about it, and the only adult who does really isn't any help]]. As such, it follows the two as they do whatever they can to put an end to their suffering, eventually deciding to [[spoiler:[[AxesAtSchool make sure they never do it again if you know what I mean]]]].

In 2010, the film got a SequelSeries called ''Klass: Elu Pärast'' (''The Class: Life After'') that focuses on the aftermath of the film's events, told from the perspectives of several other people, like fellow students, the students' families, and [[spoiler:even Kaspar]].

* AssholeVictim: While this trope was played straight in the original film with [[spoiler: Anders, Paul, Olav, and Riina]], it's deconstructed in this show, which focuses on [[spoiler: the aftermath of the shooting]], and shows how it has affected everyone in town, making it clear that as bad as they may have been, they didn't deserve to [[spoiler: be murdered.]] A few episodes show that [[spoiler: the four have parents who actually cared for them, and none of the parents know why they thought it was a good idea to bully Joosep in the first place.]]
* AudienceSurrogate: As Joosep and Kaspar are [[spoiler:approaching the cafeteria with guns, ready to kill their classmates]], they walk past Kerli, an emo classmate who decides to [[spoiler:let the two have their way with the others.]] The fact that she was content with them [[spoiler: shooting up their school]] reflects how the audience will feel when [[spoiler: the two get their revenge.]]

* AxCrazy: It goes without saying that Anders, his friends, and the other bullies are very scary people. [[spoiler:Joosep and Kaspar later turn out this way]].

* BullyMagnet: Joosep is clearly this, and Kaspar is one too for defending him.

* BystanderSyndrome: Nobody did anything to help Joosep and Kaspar, which ultimately led to them [[spoiler: committing mass murder to get even with their class. If someone had intervened, none of that would've happened. They're just as much to blame for the shooting as the bullies, and it's surprising the two didn't go after those who failed to help them when they needed it.]]

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Thea, Kaspar's girlfriend, is one of the kids bullying Joosep, and given that, she doesn't like Kaspar defending him, and [[spoiler:publicly dumps him as a result once she's called out.]] [[spoiler:Joosep almost killed her for this, but she only lived because Kaspar stopped him.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After killing Anders and his friends, Joosep and Kaspar decide to shoot themselves in the head on the count of 3. However, while the former does this, the latter doesn't.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Thea dumps Kaspar on the beach just so she won't be targeted by the rest of the class. Joosep almost kills her for this, and why Kaspar stopped him from doing so is a mystery.]]

* KarmaHoudini: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Joosep and Kaspar end up killing Anders, Paul, Olav, and Riina, but that still leaves all of the other bullies that they haven't killed. Even though they were spared, they might still be traumatized at what happened, and full of regret, since they were the reasons why the two did it. Plus, since the press might know about what they've been doing to the two kids, they might become pariahs.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Kaspar [[AccidentalMurder accidentally shoots a girl who was in a different class than him and Joosep while trying to shoot Anders]], and he regrets it, but only because she never did anything to them.]] [[spoiler:At the end, it's implied that he feels the same way about shooting up the school in the first place.]]
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: The entire movie shows Joosep and Kaspar dealing with the issues they have to put up with regarding their class. It eventually culminates in them [[spoiler:becoming the one kind of person even worse than bullies: school shooters.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Once Anders is the only primary target left alive, he tries to get away from Joosep and Kaspar before they can kill him. Ultimately, he fails and is killed by Joosep.]]

* ImagineSpot: [[spoiler: The final episode has a brief cut to a sequence which has Kaspar getting beaten up by Joosep on the beach during a rainy night. This, obviously, never happened, but it could be symbolic of how Kaspar felt at the moment.]]

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: The entire movie shows Joosep and Kaspar dealing with the issues they have to put up with regarding their class. It eventually culminates in them [[spoiler:becoming the one kind of person that are even worse than bullies: school shooters.]]

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: While we can confirm that Anders and Paul are dead, as well as Riina, we also saw Toomas, Tiit, Olav, and a girl from another class get shot, and we aren't told specifically who survived and who didn't.]] ''Life After'' reveals that [[spoiler: Anders, Paul, Olav, and Riina were the only casualties apart from Joosep. Toomas and Tiit survived alongside Thea, and were recovering in the hospital.]]

* ArtifactTitle: The series has "The Class" in it's name, but we only see Joosep and Kaspar's former class in Episodes 1, 3, and 4. While some members of the class (and Laine) appear in other episodes of the show, Episodes 2, 5, 6, and 7 don't show the class as a whole at all.

** One notable example of this trope is[[spoiler: the sixth episode, which focuses on Toomas. If you watched the movie, you should remember that he was one of Joosep's main bullies, and as such, you'll likely go in ready to see something horrific happen to him as payback. However, as the episode goes on, we learn that ever since he survived the shooting (which got him crippled), he had begun to regret everything he did to Joosep, and by the end of the episode, several viewers will likely have felt sorry for him, now knowing that as bad as he was, he deserves a second chance. He even apologizes to Kaspar in the final episode.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: As far as everyone knows, Kaspar used to bully Joosep along with the others, but for some reason, he had a change of heart and began defending him.

** Episode 5: [[spoiler: Paul's parents, mostly his father, Väino, are struggling to come to terms with the fact that not only did Paul bully Joosep and Kaspar, but he was the one who caused the bullying in the first place.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Anders and his friends were always bullying Joosep and Kaspar, and as such, you will be cheering when 3 of them are killed.]]

* AxCrazy: It goes without saying that Anders, his friends, and the other bullies are very twisted and disgusting people.

** One notable example of this trope is[[spoiler: the sixth episode, which focuses on Toomas. If you watched the movie, you should remember that he was one of Joosep's main bullies, and as such, you'll likely go in ready to see something horrific happen to him as payback. However, as the episode goes on, we learn that ever since he survived the shooting (which got him crippled), he had begun to regret everything he did to Joosep, and by the end of the episode, several viewers will likely have felt sorry for him, now knowing that as bad as he was, he deserves a second chance. He even apologizes to Kaspar in the final episode.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: How do Joosep and Kaspar put an end to their bullying problems? [[spoiler:By killing their bullies! That's how!]]

* AxCrazy: It goes without saying that Anders, his friends, and the other bullies are very scary people. [[spoiler:Joosep and Kaspar later turn out this way]].

** Not only that, but when [[spoiler:Laine calls the class out on how they've been treating Joosep, they refuse to accept the fact that they've been called out, and instead humiliate him and Kaspar on the beach as "payback".]] Oh, and that's what finally made them [[spoiler:shoot up the school.]]

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Thea, Kaspar's girlfriend, is one of the kids bullying Joosep, and given that, she doesn't like Kaspar defending him, and [[spoiler:publicly dumps him as a result once she's called out.]] [[spoiler:Joosep almost killed her for this, but she only lived because Kaspar stopped him.]]

** One notable example of this trope is[[spoiler: the sixth episode, which focuses on Toomas. If you watched the movie, you should remember that he was one of Joosep's main bullies, and as such, you'll likely go in ready to see something horrific happen to him as payback. However, as the episode goes on, we learn that ever since he survived the shooting (which got him crippled), he had begun to regret everything he did to Joosep, and by the end of the episode, several viewers will likely have felt sorry for him, now knowing that as bad as he may have been, he deserves a second chance. He even apologizes to Kaspar in the final episode.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: This show is about the aftermath of [[spoiler: the school shooting that takes place at the end of the film]], which makes it almost impossible to talk about this show without giving away the ending to the movie. That's why several parts of this section of the page are censored; because most of it references the ending.

* AssholeVictim: While this trope was played straight in the original film with [[spoiler: Anders, Paul, Olav, and Riina]], it's deconstructed in this show, which focuses on [[spoiler: the aftermath of the shooting]], and shows how it has affected everyone in town, making it clear that as bad as they may have been, they didn't deserve to [[spoiler: be murdered.]] A few episodes show that [[spoiler: the four have parents who actually cared for them, and none of the parents know why they thought it was a good idea to bully Joosep in the first place.]]

* AudienceSurrogate: As Joosep and Kaspar are [[spoiler:approaching the cafeteria with guns, ready to kill their classmates]], they walk past Kerli, an emo classmate who decides to [[spoiler:let the two have their way with the others.]] The fact that she was content with them shooting up their school reflects how the audience will feel when the two get their revenge.

* LastDisrespects: Joosep can't seem to catch a break [[spoiler:even in death, as his memorial photo on a bulletin board is vandalized. Then again, the vandal could've been someone who isn't happy with one of the shooters being memorialized as a victim, even though he had a good reason to in his opinion]]

* WalkingSpoiler: This show is about the aftermath of [[spoiler: the school shooting that takes place at the end of the film]], which makes it almost impossible to talk about this show without giving away the ending to the movie. That's why several parts of this section of the page is censored, because most of it references the ending.

** One notable example of this trope is[[spoiler: the sixth episode, which focuses on Toomas. If you watched the movie, you should remember that he was one of Joosep's main bullies, and as such, you'll likely go in ready to see something horrific happen to him as payback. However, as the episode goes on, we learn that ever since he survived the shooting (which got him crippled), he had begun to regret everything he did to Joosep, and by the end of the episode, several viewers will likely have felt sorry for him, now knowing that as bad as he may have been, he deserves a second chance. He even apologizes to Kaspar in the final episode.]]

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: While we can confirm that Anders and Paul are dead, as well as Riina, we also saw Toomas, Tiit, Olav, and a girl from another class get shot, and we aren't told specifically who survived and who didn't.]] ''Life After'' reveals that [[spoiler: Anders, Paul, Olav, and Riina were the only casualties apart from Joosep. Toomas and Tiit survived alongside Thea, and were recovering in the hospital.