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Usually when homeschooling does come up, it is either by having a stereotypical homeschooling character introduced or by having the main characters attempt homeschooling themselves. Usually, neither turns out well. Expect the parents of the homeschooled kids to push homeschooling heavily on other parents - this is another case of TruthInTelevision.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Buffy suggests homeschooling as an alternative to enrolling her in a private girls' school, when she's having trouble getting readmitted to Sunnydale High at the beginning of season 3:
-->'''Buffy''': You know, it's not just for scary religious people anymore.

* At the beginning of ''MeanGirls'', Cady has a voiceover talking about how she's different from the typical homeschooled kid. The two examples of the "typical homeschooled kid" are a girl with mega-braces at a spelling bee spelling a ridiculous word, and a crazy, [[HeteronormativeCrusader gay-bashing]], [[TheFundamentalist ultra-right-wing]] redneck boy.

* In ''TranshumanSpace'', homeschooling (by means of an AI tutor) is the norm. The supplement ''Personnel Files: School Days 2100'' specifically notes that the English School is unusual.

Homeschooled kids do not show up in media very often, but when they do, they are usually shown as either [[NoSocialSkills socially inept]] {{nerd}}s or [[TheFundamentalist religious fundamentalists]] who have been sheltered by their paranoid parents. Unfortunately, there are a good number of homeschooled kids who fit these stereotypes (usually referred to as "homeschoolers" by the rest of the homeschooled community). In RealLife, there actually are homeschooling-parent-led networks of homeschooled kids who get together with other homeschooled kids for events just to offset this sort of social issue, though each homeschooling family's involvement in that sort of thing varies.

* In ''{{Kick-Ass}}'' (both the comic and the movie), Mindy AKA Hit-Girl didn't go to school and was raised as a {{Tykebomb}} by her dad. [[spoiler: She does join a school at the end of the film, after her father bites the dust and her nemesis is defeated.]]

* ''TotalDramaIsland'': One of the contestants is Ezekiel, who was home-schooled, depicted as a non-social and a sexist. He was the first to be kicked off. [[ItGotWorse And don't even ask about season three.

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* James-Michael in OmegaTheUnknown is raised in the mountains by his parents, who are secretly [[spoiler: [[RoboticReveal robots]]]], and we are then treated to his experiences moving to NYC's Hell's Kitchen where he attends a rather terrifying InnerCitySchool.

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* ''TotalDramaIsland'': One of the contestants is Ezekiel, who was home-schooled, depicted as a non-social and a sexist. He was the first to be kicked off. [[ItGotWorse And don't even ask]] [[DethroningMomentOfSuck about season three]].

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* After the switch to ABC Saturday Mornings, ''{{Doug}}'' had [[LoveInterests Patti Mayonaise]] being homeschooled by her Dad for half of the day. Unlike most examples this was actually portrayed as successful.

* It is likely that at least some of the pureblood wizarding children in ''HarryPotter'' were home educated pre-Hogwarts, as there has been no mention of what early education consists of, either in canon or via WordOfGod. Most of these children seem ignorant of the Muggle world, indicating that they most likely did not attend a Muggle school for primary, and were there an organized Wizarding primary, we probably would have heard of it after 7 books.

* ''SouthPark'': two homeschoolers enter the South Park Elementary spelling bee and win.

* ''TotalDramaIsland'': One of the contestants is Ezekiel, who was home-schooled, depicted as a non-social and a sexist. He was the first to be kicked off.
* {{Daria}} spent time with a nerd that was homeschooled. Eventually, people started thinking they were dating.
* After the switch to ABC Saturday Mornings, {{Doug}} had [[LoveInterests Patti Mayonaise]] being homeschooled by her Dad.

Homeschooled kids do not show up in media very often, but when they do, they are usually shown as either [[NoSocialSkills socially inept]] {{nerd}}s or [[TheFundamentalist religious fundamentalists]] who have been sheltered by their paranoid parents. Unfortunately, there are a good number of homeschooled kids who fit these stereotypes (usually referred to as "homeschoolers" by the rest of the homeschooled community). In RealLife, there actually are homeschooling-parent-led networks of homeschooled kids who get together with other homeschooled kids for events just to offset this sort of social issue, though each homeschooling family's involvement in that sort of thing varies.

Homeschooled kids do not show up in media very often, but when they do, they are usually shown as either [[NoSocialSkills socially inept {{nerd}}s or [[TheFundamentalist religious fundamentalists]] who have been sheltered by their paranoid parents. Unfortunately, there are a good number of homeschooled kids who fit these stereotypes (usually referred to as "homeschoolers" by the rest of the homeschooled community). In RealLife, there actually are homeschooling-parent-led networks of homeschooled kids who get together with other homeschooled kids for events just to offset this sort of social issue, though each homeschooling family's involvement in that sort of thing varies.

Homeschooled kids do not show up in media very often, but when they do, they are usually shown as either [[NoSocialSkills socially inept]] {{nerd}}s or [[TheFundamentalist religious fundamentalists]] that have been sheltered by their paranoid parents. Unfortunately, there are a good number of homeschooled kids who fit this stereotype (usually referred to as "homeschoolers" by the rest of the homeschooled community). In RealLife there actually are homeschooling-parent-led networks of homeschooled kids who get together with other homeschooled kids for events just to offset this sort of social issue, though each homeschooling family's involvement in that sort of thing varies.

* The beginning of ''MeanGirls'', Cady has a voiceover talking about how she's different from the typical homeschooled kid. The two examples of the "typical homeschooled kid" are a girl with mega-braces at a spelling bee spelling a ridiculous word, and a crazy, [[HeteronormativeCrusader gay-bashing]], [[TheFundamentalist ultra-right-wing]] redneck boy.

Homeschooled kids do not show up in media very often, but when they do, they are usually shown as socially inept nerds that have been sheltered by their paranoid parents. Unfortunately, there are a good number of homeschooled kids who fit this stereotype (usually referred to as "homeschoolers" by the rest of the homeschooled community). In RealLife there actually are homeschooling-parent-led networks of homeschooled kids who get together with other homeschooled kids for events just to offset this sort of social issue, though each homeschooling family's involvement in that sort of thing varies.

* The beginning of ''MeanGirls'', Cady has a voiceover talking about how she's different from the typical homeschooled kid. The two examples of the "typical homeschooled kid" are a girl with mega-braces at a spelling bee spelling a ridiculous word and a crazy gay-killing ultra-right-wing boy.

* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Toph Bei Fong, possibly, considering the outside world does not even know of her existence.

Usually when homeschooling does come up, it is either by having a stereotypical homeschooling character introduced or by having the main characters attempt homeschooling themselves. Usually, neither turns out well.

Homeschooled kids do not show up in media very often, but when they do, they are usually shown as socially inept nerds that have been sheltered by their paranoid parents. Unfortunately, there are a good number of homeschooled kids who fit this stereotype (usually referred to as "homeschoolers" by the rest of the homeschooled community).

Truth be told, the majority of homeschooled children are no different from those who attend public and private schools. And while some are pulled from other schools due to learning disabilites, a good number of their parents simply think their educational needs will be better met at home. Homeschooling can come in many forms, from literally being taught by a parent to a co-op that hires teachers for their kids.

Homeschooled kids do not show up in media very often, but when they do, they are usually shown as socially inept nerds that have been sheltered by their paranoid parents. Unfortunately, there are a good number of homeschooled kids who fit this stereotype (usually refered to as "homeschoolers" by the rest of the homeschooled community).

* ''SouthPark'': two homeschoolers enter the South Park Elementary spelling bee and win.
* ''SaturdayNightLive'': The TV show "Quiz Bowl" pitted a group of public school kids against some homeschoolers. [[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/08/08aquiz.phtml]] [[http://video.nate.com/204901019]]
* Very extreme example in ''[[LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Law & Order SVU]]'', where the kid ends up killing his own brother.
** There were a couple of more realistic home schooled kids (indeed one of the antagonists of the episode was a lawyer who automatically decided that the villain was being persecuted because of this trope).
* ''TotalDramaIsland'': One of the contestants is Ezekiel, who was home-schooled, depicted as a non-social and a sexist. He was the first to be kicked off.
* In ''RV'', The kids of the other family that RobinWilliams' family keeps running into are Homeschooled, heading for university within the foreseeable future.
* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Toph Bei Fong, possibly, considering the outside world does not even know of her existance.
* The beginning of ''MeanGirls'', Cady has a voiceover talking about how she's different from the typical homeschooled kid. The two examples of the "typical homeschooled kid" are a girl with mega-braces at a spelling bee spelling a ridiculous word and a crazy gay-killing ultra-right-wing boy.
* In ''{{Kick-Ass}}'' (both the comic and the movie), Mindy AKA Hit-Girl didn't go to school and was raised as a {{Tykebomb}} by her dad. [[spoiler: She does join a school at the end of the film, after her father bites the dust and her nemesis is defeated.]]

* It is likely that at least some of the pureblood wizarding children in HarryPotter were home educated pre-Hogwarts, as there has been no mention of what early education consists of, either in canon or via WordOfGod. Most of these children seem ignorant of the Muggle world, indicating that they most likely did not attend a Muggle school for primary, and were there an organized Wizarding primary, we probably would have heard of it after 7 books.

* Marge tried this in ''TheSimpsons''.
* A recent story arc in ''BabyBlues'' had the kids requesting to be homeschooled

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Homeschooled kids do not show up in media very often, but when they do, they are usually shown as socially inept nerds that have been sheltered by their paranoid parents. Unfortunately, there are a good number of homeschooled kids who fit this stereotype (usually refered to as "homeschoolers" by the rest of the homeschooled community). A specific subtype that sometimes shows up is children who have been homeschooled by fundamentalist Christian parents who disapprove of teaching the theory of evolution in public schools.