History Main / HippieTeacher

* Mr. Van Driessen on ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' (pictured). Supposedly based on a real teacher Mike Judge had in high school.

* Miracle from ''WesternAnimation/SitDownShutUp''.

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* The music teacher in ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'' is an older example of this.

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* Mr. Burkenbake on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', literally a Hippie Teacher. Also Mrs. Sunshine in "No Substitute for Crazy" [[spoiler:until Timmy wishes her into Mr Crocker's job, and she reveals herself [[EvilTeacher to be a scarily competent Fairy Hunter]] whose professional name is Miss Doombringer]].
** Mr. Burken'''bake'''. [[MeaningfulName Niiiiceeee]].

* WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons: Springfield Elementary has one -- he's just a background character, but he usually shows up when there's a group of teachers onscreen. When all the textbooks were stolen and the teachers had to improvise their lessons, he sat cross-legged on his desk and asked, "Did I ever tell you kids about the '60s?"

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* Mr Bill "Scruffy" McGuffey of ''Series/{{Grange Hill}}''.

* Although not exactly a hippie (he's a rock musician), Jack Black's character from ''Film/SchoolOfRock'' fits the bill, especially his " stick it to the Man" diatribes and very liberal views on discipline.

* In the ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin'' prequel story ''Casval, 0057'', it's revealed that Char's father Zeon Zum Deikun was originally a politically active university professor before becoming the face of the Space Colony independence movement. Being that he's involved in a car bomb plot against the Federation security bureau and makes overwrought comparisons between Jesus Christ and his newly born son ([[{{Irony}} who will go on]] [[Anime/CharsCounterattack to attempt to blow up the entire Earth]]) Deikun is less NewAgeRetroHippie and more dangerously unhinged Weather Underground hippie.

* In the ‘’{{Discworld}}’’ continuum of Creator/AAPessimal, unwary students at the Assassins’ Guild School might briefly think that just because she ''looks'' like the classic Hippie Teacher, their Art Mistress, Miss Gillian Lansbury, is a pushover. Gillian is also a graduate Assassin. She makes her own paints. Even those hues hitherto thought to be harmless are deadly. Pupils annoying her are soon sent to create their own bespoke paintbox and find themselves grinding the pigments for Ubu White (lead), Agatean Yellow (arsenic), Cobalt Blue, Vermilion (mercury salts), Prussic Green (cyanides) and other gloriously colourful pigments such as Death Black and Agent Orange. They might also discover even the linseed oil isn’t harmless if ingested.

* Merlin Ambrosius, in his role as Arthur's art teacher in ''ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' ... maybe. He's definitely a [[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0114.htm hippy]] and a teacher, but we don't really see him teach to judge if he actually fits the trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'''s school counselor Mr. Shellacky straddles this and MisplacedKindergartenTeacher. As that he is always suggesting "Hugs" and other "Make Love" solutions to problems, his office is plastered with feel-good posters, and he looks vaguely like a caricature of BobDylan in an ugly sweater.

* In the ‘’{{Discworld}}’’ continuum of Creator/AAPessimal, unwary students at the Assassins’ Guild School might briefly think that just because she ''looks'' like the classic Hippie Teacher, their Art Mistress, Miss Gillian Lansbury, is a pushover. Gillian is also a graduate Assassin. She makes her own paints. Even those hues hitherto thought to be harmless are deadly. Pupils annoying her are soon sent to create their own bespoke paintbox and find themselves grinding the pigments for Ubu White (lead), Agatean Yellow (arsenic), Cobalt Blue, Vermilion (mercury salts), Prussic Green (cyanides) and other gloriously colourful pigments such as Death Black and Agent Orange. They might also discover the linseed oil isn’t harmless.

* In the ‘’{{Discworld}}’’ continuum of Creator/AAPessimal, unwary students at the Assassins’ Guild School might briefly think that just because she ‘’looks’’ like the classic Hippie Teacher, their Art Mistress, Miss Gillian Lansbury, is a pushover. Gillian is also a graduate Assassin. She makes her own paints. Even those hues hitherto thought to be harmless are deadly. Pupils annoying her are soon sent to create their own bespoke paintbox and find themselves grinding the pigments for Ubu White (lead), Agatean Yellow (arsenic), Cobalt Blue, Vermilion (mercury salts), Prussic Green (cyanides) and other gloriously colourful pigments. They might also discover the linseed oil isn’t harmess, either.

* Professor Potsdam in ''MagicalDiary'', although she can be [[BadAssTeacher terrifyingly competent]] when the need calls for it. All while calling you and the other students such things as "starshines" and various diminuitives for plant and animal offsprings.

->Did I ever tell you kids about the sixties?
->--'''Unnamed teacher''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

* Firenze the centaur in [[HarryPotter]].

* Although he is too young to be a real hippie, Watanabe Osamu of ''ThePrinceOfTennis'' fits the mold.
* Souma from ''SoraNoManimani''. He spent most of his twenties travelling all around the world and working for N.G.Os.

** Skinner dates one in another episode.

->[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Did I ever tell you kids about the sixties?"]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': Ms. Grotke is the most obvious example, but according to TheMovie, Principal Prickly and Ms. Finster were {{Hippie Teacher}}s back in the sixties.
* Mr. Burkenbake on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', literally a HippieTeacher. Also Mrs. Sunshine in "No Substitute for Crazy" [[spoiler:until Timmy wishes her into Mr Crocker's job, and she reveals herself [[EvilTeacher to be a scarily competent Fairy Hunter]] whose professional name is Miss Doombringer]].

* [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Hank Hill]] has locked horns with his share of {{Hippie Teacher}}s over the years.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Springfield Elementary]] has one -- he's just a background character, but he usually shows up when there's a group of teachers onscreen. When all the textbooks were stolen and the teachers had to improvise their lessons, he sat cross-legged on his desk and asked, "Did I ever tell you kids about the '60s?"
** Skinner dates one in a recent episode.

* If someone was a 20 year old college student in the 1960s, then today they'd be old enough to retire. Which means many, if not most of them likely entered the workforce after graduating college. Thanks to the Draft being a big part of the 60's and 70's as well, it's entirely possible for one of your teachers to have been a HippieTeacher ''and'' a RetiredBadass VeteranInstructor.

* Mr Bill McGuffey of ''Series/{{Grange Hill}}''. His nickname was Scruffy.

* Mr Bill "Scruffy" McGuffey of ''Grange Hill''

* Mr Bill "Scruffy" McGuffey in ''Grange Hill''

* Ms. Tebbit, the drama teacher in ''WereTheWorldMine''. Although it's implied that she may actually be a fairy in disguise.

* Mr. White in ''TheLastMimzy''.

* JeffBridges in ''TheMenWhoStareAtGoats'', playing a wide-bodied, pony-tailed hippie military officer, a variation on the Dude.

* Another one of Schneider's shows, ''{{Victorious}}'', has Mr. Sikowitz. He's a [[BunnyEarsLawyer very good]], but very laid-back teacher who DoesNotLikeShoes.
* Mr. Rosso on ''FreaksAndGeeks'' is a Hippie Guidance Counselor.

* Enid's summer school art teacher in ''Film/GhostWorld'' fits this to a T.

** Mr. Mackey, the school counselor on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', is almost a CaptainErsatz for Mr. Van Driessen, since he is constantly using the catchphrase "Mmmkay?" He doesn't quite fit the profile visually with his suit and tie and short haircut, but he is a lot more "empathetic" toward the children than teacher Mr. Garrison (who often loses his temper when the students get unruly).

* Steve Small from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' is the student counselor for Elmore Junior High and ''very'' much a hippie: he wears tie-die and sandals, holds interpretive dance classes, and tried to subsists on a diet of sunlight and meditation. [[SubvertedTrope Beneath that however]], he strongly diverges from the type as he shows himself to be violently bipolar, impatient, and often quite mean to his students--he once smashed an old painting with a club and burned it for being "relic of convention", acted as a DrillSergeantNasty at ''cheerleading try outs'', and when two students have trouble with when to tell the truth or lie he eventually decides to just scare them into never talking again.

* Enid's summer school art teacher in GhostWorld fits this to a T.

* Art Cooney on ''Series/TheWedge''.