History Main / AxesAtSchool

* A ''StaticShock'' episode had a kid not only bring a gun to school, but shoot the main character's best friend, Richie, in the leg. It's fairly {{Anvilicious}} in that Richie then yells about how painful it is and that its not cool or fun like it seems on TV.
** Last this Troper checked, [[SomeAnvilsNeedtobeDropped getting shot is pretty painful and considerably uncool]].

* ''AngelBeats'', almost everyone with a name carries a weapon in school at some point (a school in the afterlife, but still).

[[caption-width-right:255:Rena is a firm believer in [[IncrediblyLamePun corporeal]] punishment.]]

** Inverted in the first 3 seasons, school was where most of Buffy's weapons were kept.

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* In MitadakeSaga, the Boy with Sunglasses is carrying an axe as a weapon. [[spoiler: Apparently, he was working with the teacher to unconver Kira's identity, and realized just what it meant when the school went under lockdown.]]

* In [[http://mitadakesaga.webcomic.ws The Mitadake Saga]], the Boy with Sunglasses is carrying an axe as a weapon. It hasn't yet been explained why he has it

* The ClassicDisneyShort "Teachers Are People", where a kid is asked to empty his pockets, the contents of which include guns, crossbows, even a live grenade. This was back in TheFifties, where the thought of a heavily armed kid was so absurd to be laughable.

** In the last episode of the first season, [[spoiler:Ryuugu Rena brings a weapon to school and holds the entire student body hostage to force the cooperation of the police.]]
** Throughout the series, Mion carries her gun to school and it isn't questioned at all. Turns out it's just an airsoft gun. Would you [[MafiaPrincess question her]] anyway?

* In the first issue of ''FullMetalPanic'', Sousuke tries to bring his automatic sidearm to school on the first day. In public, with not any attempt to hide it at all. Considering his background in the military, it's no wonder he doesn't see what the issue is. [[RefugeInAudacity Sheer audacity]] leads the teacher doing the bag check to assume it's a model, confiscating the thing and letting him off with a stern warning.

* SchoolDays

* In a benign version of this trope, the ''SeventhHeaven'' episode "See You in September" has Simon getting suspended from the school for one day because his mother packed a knife with his lunch so that he could cut his chicken.

Unfortunately, this can also be TruthInTelevision, as recent school shooting tragedies such as {{Columbine}} have proven -- otherwise, schools wouldn't have metal detectors and X-ray scanners, and teachers wouldn't be issued kevlar vests. Of course, the real life portion of this is OlderThanTheyThink; the Columbine incident in 1999 was simply one of a handful of shootings that earned national attention.[[hottip:* :reasons for the level of attention devoted to Columbine are subject to interpretation, and beyond the scope of this wiki.]] In his book ''Brain Droppings'', {{George Carlin}} refers to schoolyard deaths back in his childhood.

* The ClassicDisneyShort "Teachers Are People", where a kid is asked to empty his pockets, the contents of which include guns, crossbows, even a live grenade. This was back in TheFifties, where the thought of a heavily armed kid was so absurd to be laughable. Good times...

[[IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with Cartesian Geometry]]

* In the last episode of the first season of ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', [[spoiler:Ryuugu Rena brings a weapon to school and holds the entire student body hostage to force the cooperation of the police.]]
** Throughout the series, Mion carries her gun to school and it isn't questioned at all. Turns out it's just an airsoft gun.
*** Would you [[MafiaPrincess question her]] anyway?
*** I'd question her, and Shion too, IfYouKnowWhatIMean.

** [[AbridgedSeries It's been awhile since Columbine. It shouldn't be a problem.]]

* In ''MahouSenseiNegima'', Mana Tatsumiya is frequently seen with a gun of some sort in class, at least in the anime. It's never treated as odd and all she ever does with it is sit cleaning it or occasionally aim it at people to scare them. It's unlikely she actually brings ammo to class since you'd not want to try to clean a loaded gun.
** Of course, it could just be the general weirdness censor. I mean, they have a robot with obvious joints sitting right there in class too.... and no one asks.

* A gun being brought into Tim Drake's (a.k.a Robin's) school drives the plot of the 1993 one-shot ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}: Seduction of the Gun''.
** It was also the subject of a storyline in the regular ''{{Robin}}'' title.

* Happened on ''{{Smallville}}'', where Lana tries to kill a fellow student with an axe (and [[TheWesley somehow]] manages to [[KarmaHoudini escape punishment]]). Also the TropeNamer.
** Of course, while going crazy and attempting to kill classmates is a big thing in most schools, for Smallville High it's... [[{{But For Me It Was Tuesday}} Tuesday.]]

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' when Buffy gained the ability to read thoughts and discovered that someone was planning to kill everyone in the school. Cue Jonathon who is up on the abandoned clocktower putting together a high powered rifle [[spoiler: to shoot himself with. Buffy stops him and he goes into therapy (whether he gets better is a matter of opinion, although he stops being suicidal). It turns out the would be mass murderer is the Evil Lunch Lady who is planning to poison the jello.]]

* A ''StaticShock'' episode had a kid not only bring a gun to school, but shoot the main character's best friend, Richie, in the leg.
** Fairly {{Anvilicious}} in that Richie then yells about how painful it is and that its not cool or fun like it seems on TV.
* PlayedForLaughs on ''TheSimpsons''. One day Principal Skinner gets on the morning announcements and says "I hope you all brought your implements of destruction." Every child in the class reaches into their desks and pulls out axes, hammers, baseball bats, and so on, but Bart brought a {{BFG}} and dressed like {{Rambo}}, and Nelson brought a [[KillItWithFire flamethrower]]. Skinner then gives the order to "Trash this dump!" Cut to all the children cheerfully destroying the school. [[spoiler:I guess I should mention it was AllJustADream for Bart, a very happy dream.]]

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* This troper's mother cut her sandwich and anything else that needed cutting before she sent her to school because she was afraid troper would get in trouble for having a plastic knife in her lunchbox. A not unfounded fear since several kids did cause problems by having things like plastic knives, certain keychains, and once, a pocket knife (which a lot of people do carry around without any intention of using to hurt anyone, but in fairness, pocket knives were specifically forbidden in the school code). The strange thing, though? Troper's school had plastic knives along with forks and spoons for kids who bought their lunch. So, if you bring a plastic knife in your lunchbox, you might be planning to hurt someone, but absolutely no one would happen to grab an available one in the cafeteria and try to hurt someone. And then there's the fact that unless your victim has really thin skin or stays patiently still, the chance of a plastic knife cutting human flesh is pretty low...

* PlayedForLaughs on ''TheSimpsons''. One day Principal Skinner gets on the morning announcements and says "I hope you all brought your implements of destruction." Every child in the class reaches into their desks and pulls out axes, hammers, baseball bats, and so on, but Bart brought a {{BFG}} and dressed like {{Rambo}}, and Nelson brought a [[KillItWithFire flamethrower]] Then Skinner gives the order to "Trash this dump!" Flash to all the children cheerfully destroying the school. [[spoiler:I guess I should mention it was AllJustADream for Bart, a very happy dream.]]

* PlayedForLaughs on ''TheSimpsons''. One day Principle Skinner gets on the morning announcements and asks "I hope you all brought your implements of destruction", and then ever child in the class reaches into their desks and pulls out axes, hammers, baseball bats etc, but Bart brought a {{BFG}} and dressed like {{Rambo}}, and Nelson brought a [[KillItWithFire flamethrower]] Then Skinner gives the order "Trash this dump!" . Flash to all the children cheerfully destroying the school. [[spoiler: I guess I should mention it was AllJustADream for Bart, a very happy dream.]]

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