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* In ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' "High School Reunion", Chris is enthusiastic about the reunion, hoping to catch up with his high school acquaintances. Elise is also eager to go, hoping that Chris will make new friends who aren't Dan. Dan initially doesn't want to go since he believes he was unpopular and only attends for a chance at payback. Cue TheReveal that [[spoiler:Dan, unbeknownst to him was actually extremely well-liked by his peers because the chaos of his antics made their high school years bearable. Chris, on the other hand, was completely forgotten by everyone but Dan, even though he participated in everything.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' "High School Reunion", Chris is enthusiastic about the reunion, hoping to catch up with his high school acquaintances. Elise is also eager to go, hoping that Chris will make new friends who aren't Dan. Dan initially doesn't want to go since he believes he was unpopular and only attends for a chance at payback. Cue TheReveal that [[spoiler:Dan was actually well-liked by their peers. All of his antics made their high school years bearable. Chris on the other hand was completely forgotten by everyone even though he participated in everything.]]

* The whole point of ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion''. The two outsider/slacker heroines themselves, Romy and Michele, were constantly bullied in High School. While they have not actually become outstanding successes, with Romy working as a Cashier and Michele being unemployed, they are clearly happier than the former AlphaBitch and JerkJock, and it also uses a common trope in the genre when it turns out that a {{Goth}} who had no friends in school has become a Businesswoman, and the geek who had a crush on Michele in school has become wealthy and attractive, and even [[GiveGeeksAChance gets his chance to begin dating her]].

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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. In "Seven Time For A Wedding", a crossroad demon says he always finds rich pickings there, as people are desperate to impress "the nostalgically bangable head cheerleader" they went to school with.

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' had an episode where Reese and Shaw attended a high school reunion posing as former students to stay close to their latest POI.

* Subverted/parodied in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents''.

* On ''Series/StillStanding'', the AlphaBitch married TheJock and became successful, while her husband became an internationally-known architect. She is also gracious and kind, and actually apologizes to the sitcom's wife for her high school behavior. And she's played by Beth Littleford.

* The whole point of ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion''. The two outsider/slacker heroines themselves, Romy and Michele, were constantly bullied in High School. While they have not actually become outstanding successes, with Romy working as a Cashier and Michele being unemployed, they are clearly happier than the former AlphaBitch and JerkJock, and that the two nerds they sort of hung out with ''have'' made a lot of money; and it also uses a common trope in the genre when it turns out that a {{Goth}} who had no friends in school has become a Businesswoman, and the geek who had a crush on Michele in school has become wealthy and attractive, and even [[GiveGeeksAChance gets his chance to begin dating her]].

* The whole point of ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion''. The two outsider/slacker heroines themselves have not actually become outstanding successes. However, they are clearly happier than the AlphaBitch and JerkJock, and that the two nerds they sort of hung out with ''have'' made a lot of money; and it also uses a common trope in the genre when it turns out that one of the nerds, who had a crush on Michele in high school, [[GiveGeeksAChance gets his chance to begin dating her]].

Often, the roles the characters held when they were at school have been [[FutureLoser completely reversed to ironic effect]]; the AlphaBitch and her GirlPosse who once ruled the school with velvet fists are now frumpy, frustrated housewifes, the JerkJock who was king of the sports team is now an overweight loser (usually ''married'' to the ex-Alpha Bitch, much to their mutual regret), the mousey shy girl in glasses who was picked on mercilessly by the Alpha Bitch [[SheIsAllGrownUp now possesses the looks of a gorgeous supermodel]] and the nerds and {{Geek}}s tormented by the JerkJock are now handsome super-successful Dot-Com millionaires.

Sometimes shows with ensemble casts will reveal that EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether, in which case an alternative to the above is that they're all in exactly the ''same'' roles.

* ''Series/ColdCase'' featured a 10-year reunion "Stand Up and Holler": [[spoiler:The victim's friend traded in her friend's life for 4 years of high school popularity]].

* ''Series/ColdCase'' had "Stand Up and Holler": [[spoiler:The victim's friend traded in her friend's life for 4 years of high school popularity]].

* The premise of TV Land's reality show "High School Reunion". It was sort of depressing watching a bunch of middle aged people try to rekindle old high school flames, dig up long forgotten grudges, and exploit the one transgender person for all of their commercials. No wonder their only positive reviews they used for their ads were anonymous facebook updates about the show.
* The ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' episode "[[Recap/SmallvilleS10E04Homecoming Homecoming]]" Clark and Lois attend their high school reunion. Since she only attended Smallville High for a few days, nobody remembered her, much to her dismay, and everyone just assumed she was there just because Clark brought her.

* ''Series/NewTricks'':Sandra is very reluctant to meet her classmates - under constant encouragement she finally admits that ''she'' was the one bullying and mistreating everyone else, and she's afraid of the atmosphere towards her now. Ultimately she barely manages two steps through the door before fleeing in horror.

* One episode of ''Series/BabesInTheWood'' had Caralyn being invited to a school reunion at her old school in Worthing. Caralyn is a bit concerned, as she fears that her old school bully Nicola McGuire would be there, but is convinced by the other girls, who tag along with her to get out of London for a while, to lie about herself. The lies work, with Nichola becoming friendly with Caralyn, and Caralyn ends up protecting Nichola from her spouse Steve when he tries to remove her from the reunion.

* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' had Liz attend her high school reunion, thinking she had been a lovable nerd picked on by the AlphaBitch and that she would impress everyone with her success. Instead, she discovered that everyone hated her for all her {{Deadpan Snark|er}}ing, thinking of her as a bully, and that the supposed AlphaBitch had actually tried to be her friend. Liz spends the rest of the episode vainly struggling to prove that she's nice now.

* ''Series/TheAfterparty'' is partially set at one before shifting to a beach house afterparty where a murder occurs.

Often, the roles the characters held when they were at school have been [[FutureLoser completely reversed to ironic effect]]; the AlphaBitch and her GirlPosse who once ruled the school with velvet fists are now frumpy, frustrated housewifes, the JerkJock who was king of the sports team is now an overweight loser (usually ''married'' to the ex-Alpha Bitch, much to their mutual regret), the mousey shy girl in glasses who was picked on mercilessly by the Alpha Bitch [[SheIsAllGrownUp now possesses the looks of a gorgeous supermodel]] and the {{Nerd}}s and {{Geek}}s tormented by the JerkJock are now handsome super-successful Dot-Com millionaires.

* "''Series/{{Chuck}}'' vs the Cougars" has the team attend the high school reunion of [[SheIsAllGrownUp gorgeous superspy]] Sarah Walker, aka [[HollywoodHomely ugly duckling]] Jenny Burton. (School mascot: The Cougars. Dating older women does not come up.) [[StuntCasting Nicole Richie]] plays the AlphaBitch (still a bitch) who married the biggest {{Nerd}}, [[Series/BoyMeetsWorld Ben Savage]] (now a very important nerd). Borrows nicely from Film/GrossePointeBlank with throwback music, international assassins and thugs showing up to claim the unused badges of absent classmates despite their unlikely accents, and stylized fighting in the hallways. The real draw is finally pulling back some of the veil on Sarah, who until then had managed to keep her past well under wraps. Of course, she still keeps a few secrets to herself, including a flashback cameo from a [[spoiler:former recurring cast member]]...

** Because Homer Simpson didn't graduate High School, he could only attend as Marge's chaperone. There, they met Artie Ziff, who became quite wealthy. He'd be a {{Nerd}} getting his revenge but Homer stated Artie would trade it all for a night with Marge. When Ziff confirmed, Homer briefly considered the idea. At the reunion, Homer won several trophies until being disqualified for not having graduated. Trying to avoid being humiliated at the next reunion, Homer finished High School. At the next reunion, he unknowingly arrived with a cleaning utensil stuck on his head.

---> And the class of '57 had its dreams,
---> But livin' life day by day is never like it seems,
---> Things get complicated when you get past 18,
---> But the class of '57 had its dreams.