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* In Ireland, you can also be "awarded" an NG, which stands for [[strike: Natural Genius]] No Grade, meaning that you performed so badly that you don't even deserve an F.

* In England and Wales, in addition to the normal set of grades, it's possible to receive a 'U' (ungraded) at both [=GCSE=] and A-level. This can mean you didn't score highly enough to be offered a certificate. While [=GCSEs=] have eight grades in total, they are actually a subversion -- you can only actually attain five of the grades, depending on which paper you choose to sit.

* In ''RedDwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'', Rimmer usually gets F for Fail on the officer exam, but on two occasions he got X for Unclassifiable; the first time he just collapsed, but the second time sheer panic led to him denying his own existence so he wrote "I am a fish" five hundred times. The exam we see involves him leaving an inky handprint on the paper and then fainting, but no-one ever gets a chance to grade it.

* In post-USSR, grades are in numbers, with 5 being the highest, and 2 being the lowest. Getting a 1 is this trope, and requires something beyond just not attempting to read whatever is being tested. This troper doesn't remember anyone getting a 0, but someone must have done it.

* ''{{Spill}}'' has the unofficial "F**K YOU!" rating, which is worse than the official "Some Ole Bulls**t" rating. The two most notable out of all the audio and video reviews that "earned" that rating: ''[[SeltzerAndFriedberg Disaster Movie]]'' (the first to receive it) and ''[[SeltzerAndFriedberg Vampires Suck]]'' (the latter which had the "honor" of having the first uncensored review, as well as the shortest).

* ''{{Spill}}'' has the unofficial "F**K YOU!" rating, which is worse than the official "Some Ole Bulls**t" rating. Only two movies "earned" that rating: ''[[SeltzerAndFriedberg Disaster Movie]]'' and ''[[SeltzerAndFriedberg Vampires Suck]]'' (the latter which had the "honor" of having the first uncensored review, as well as the shortest).

* TruthInTelevision: in England and Wales, [=GCSEs=] can be given the 'U' (supposedly means 'Unmarked') grade. This can mean one of two things, that your performance wasn't worthy of even a G (the lowest grade at which the paper can be marked) or that a large part of the coursework wasn't submitted for marking.
* TruthInTelevision: In Ireland, you can also be "awarded" an NG, which stands for [[strike: Natural Genius]] No Grade, meaning that you performed so badly that you don't even deserve an F.

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* The TropeNamer is the ''HomestarRunner'' sbemail "for kids", in which Strong Bad assigns the children in his studio audience the eponymous grade.
** In "hygiene", Strong Bad as Gene gets a G-, but it is apparently okay because he's "soooo attractive".
* Played with in the Flash animation ''FinalFantasy A+''. Adventuring students fight a boss of some sort for their final exams, with grades awarded by how many {{Hitpoints}} they had left at the end (all students have a maximum of 100). By the final boss fight, the hero is down to zero hitpoints, but [[{{Determinator}} keeps going]]. As he continues to take damage his grade drops from "F" to "FF". [[spoiler:Though by the time he finally wins it's revealed that it actually stands for "Final Fighter A+".]]

* {{Spill}} has the unofficial "F**K YOU!" rating, which is worse than the official "Some Ole Bulls**t" rating. Only two movies "earned" that rating: ''[[SeltzerAndFriedberg Disaster Movie]]'' and ''[[SeltzerAndFriedberg Vampires Suck]]'' (the latter which had the "honor" of having the first uncensored review, as well as the shortest).

* In one ''Squirt'' strip, Squirt's homework was so bad that his teacher extended the alphabet 15 letters past Z in order to aware him an accurate grade.
* From German comic ''Haiopeis'':

* In ''Confidential Mission'', shooting civilians and using continues subtract from your score. As shown in the AttractMode tutorial, it is possible to have a negative score; if achieved, ''your score turns red.''

* In [[MovilleMysteries Moville Mysteries]], the school jock always gets the same grade: X, so awful it can't be graduated. His parents always praise the grade as it was an A because he's such a good athlete that talent hunters always are chasing after him with million-dollar contracts.

->'''Kids:''' (half-coherent) The Cheat! (One kid says "Christopher Columbus.")

->''"Good news, Turner. You've taken F to a whole new level. I'm going to give you a SUPER F!"''
-->-- '''[[SadistTeacher Mr. Crocker]]''', ''TheFairlyOddparents''

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* Once, in grade school, our teacher gave us a test with 112 questions. She had us grade each other's papers, and subtract 2 points from 100% for each question missed. You guessed it - one poor kid missed 106 questions and ended up with a -6% on the test.

* In ''Confidential Mission'', shooting civilians and using continues subtracts from your score. As shown in the AttractMode tutorial, it is possible to have a negative score; if achieved, ''your score turns red.''

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* The ''MenInBlack'' ride at Universal Studios caps off the ride with Agent J rating your car's score. Do badly enough and he'll give you a G. And that's only because he can't give you an H. [[OverlyLongGag And if he could he'd give you a Q.]]

* Happens to ''BillyMadison'' when he answers a question about the industrial revolution with a rambling, incoherent [[Metaphorgotten]] about a lost puppy. The principal grades him thusly:

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* The TropeNamer is the [[HomestarRunner sbemail]] "for kids", in which Strong Bad assigns the children in his studio audience the eponymous grade.
** In "hygiene", Strong Bad as Gene gets a G-, but it is apparently okay because he's "soooo attractive".
* Played with in the Flash animation ''FinalFantasy A+''. Adventuring students fight a boss of some sort for their final exams, with grades awarded by how many {{Hitpoints}} they had left at the end (all students have a maximum of 100). By the final boss fight, the hero is down to zero hitpoints, but [[{{Determinator}} keeps going]]. As he continues to take damage his grade drops from "F" to "FF". [[spoiler:Though by the time he finally wins it's revealed that it actually stands for "Final Fighter A+".]]

->'''Kids:''' The Cheat! (One kid says "Christopher Columbus.")