History Main / AxesAtSchool

* Parodied in ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' by Misato, the "gundere" who [[HyperspaceArsenal yanks military-grade firearms out of nowhere]] whenever she gets angry, i.e. at least once per appearance. Usually, she fires them at a certain classmate, [[{{Tsundere}} who she has a crush on]]. Anyone hit with her assault weapons receives AmusingInjuries, at worst, so whether they're real or [[MrImagination all in her head]] isn't entirely clear.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with Cartesian Geometry]].

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'':
** A large amount of the comedy in the series is derived from Sōsuke's possession and use of weapons in inappropriate situations due to his military background and paranoia. Since he's a bodyguard for someone who actually does have people trying to kill or capture her, and is undercover as a high school student, this naturally occurs a lot at the school itself. What is more funny (or disturbing) is that the few times someone (especially Kaname) has brought to attention the fact he's bringing military-grade firepower to a Japanese school (which makes it illegal twice or even thrice over) nobody else gives a damn and even take Sagara's explanations (yes, he destroyed school property, but he had to be sure that there was no way some kind of assassination method could happen) at face value (it is heavily implied that MITHRIL is bribing the hell out of the school, however).
** Sōsuke tries to bring his automatic sidearm to school on the first day, in public, without any attempt to hide it at all. The teacher doing the bag check assumes it's a model, confiscating the thing and letting him off with a stern warning.
** He also had no problem dealing with some tampering with his shoe locker (that turned out to be a girl putting a typical "I love you, sempai!" kind of letter inside) by ''blowing up the whole damn shoe locker row with C-4'' (he thought that the tamperer had left a booby-trap bomb behind, you see). He "met" the girl afterwards by staking out the meeting point with a sniper rifle.
** In the final episode of ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'', Sōsuke orders a biowarfare agent from a military company and they send it to the school instead of his home address (to his credit, Sōsuke isn't happy and calls to complain). Then one of his classmates opens the thermos, exposing the entire school. Thankfully, after all the "We're gonna die!" drama, it turns out that the agent just [[TheNudifier dissolves synthetic clothing]], but that's still not enough to spare Sōsuke from his classmates' wrath.

* Inspired by the Columbine Shootings, this is how Website/{{Newgrounds}}' {{mascot}}, VideoGame/{{Pico}}, got his start. A bunch of {{Goth}}s started a massacre one day, so Pico grabbed an AK-47, reclaimed his school, and hasn't looked back since.

See Also: GunsInChurch, SchoolIsMurder. Compare GoingPostal. Like AxCrazy, this doesn't necessarily involve AnAxeToGrind. Common target of the SpreeKiller.

* Pictured above: ''Anime/GabrielDropOut'' with Satanichia's gun she bought in Hell's online store. In this case, this is downplayed, since the gun is actually non-lethal, and a shot can make its target to laugh uncontrollably for ten minutes. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard It did not go as Satanichia planned]].

* Gus Van Sant's ''Film/{{Elephant}}'' is one of the more famous examples, a SliceOfLife story following several high school students whose normal day is violently interrupted when two boys, possibly influenced (or not) by a mix of [[MurderSimulators violent video games]], [[ThoseWackyNazis neo-Nazism]], [[TheBully bullying]], and more, show up to start killing people.

** PlayedForLaughs when Principal Skinner says on the morning announcements "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; Bart has a {{BFG}} and is dressed like Franchise/{{Rambo}}, and Nelson has a [[KillItWithFire flamethrower]]. Skinner then gives the order to "Trash this dump!" Cut to all the children cheerfully destroying the school. It was AllJustADream for Bart, a very happy dream.

* [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school-related_attacks list of school shootings and attacks]].

* [[OnlyInAmerica The United States]] has [[https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/21/us/school-shooting-us-versus-world-trnd/index.html many times]] more school shootings than the [[https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/school-shootings-by-country entire rest of the world combined]].

* "The Kinslayer" by Music/{{Nightwish}} is directly about the Columbine shooting. It features dialogs from the actual events.

* The protagonist of ''Literature/{{Rage}}'' first carries a pipe wrench to school before upgrading to a handgun.

See Also: GunsInChurch. Compare GoingPostal. Like AxCrazy, this doesn't necessarily involve AnAxeToGrind. Common target of the SpreeKiller.

* Hiruma from ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' regularly brings guns to school, and gets away with it because [[{{Blackmail}} he has dirt on the principal]] (and [[UpToEleven probably half of Japan]], by the look of things).

** "Final Exam" took this trope UpToEleven; the antagonist brought a ''nuclear bomb'' to school.

* Taken UpToEleven (like many things) in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode, "Dead Kids" which features a total of four school shootings happening over the course of one episode -- three of those happening ''in the same school''. And a couple of subsequent episodes open up with them.

A student brings a weapon to school. They may not necessarily use it against anybody, but even then you can expect [[PapaWolf somebody's]] [[MamaBear parents]] [[YouCanPanicNow to panic]] [[AdultFear about what could have happened]]. This plot will rarely last longer than a single VerySpecialEpisode and can focus on the incident, the following consequences, or a mix of each.

* ''VideoGame/DoItForMe'': [[spoiler:The story turns out to be about a school massacre. The VillainProtagonist has been using his {{knife|Nut}} to kill innocent school-goers at the behest of his AxCrazy girlfriend.]]