History Main / MilitarySchool

* Schola Progenium in ''{{Warhammer40000}}'' takes in Emperor Servants' orphans at a pretty young age, so for several lower levels it's pretty much this trope, and this can be seen in a couple of the tie-in novels that [[DemotedToExtra bother to mention Schola at all]], like ''[[CiaphasCain Cain's Last Stand]]''. For older cadets already taking special courses it's more like Military Academy, though.

Military schools are institutions which aim to instill military-style discipline in students. Often the explicit goal of such schools is to prepare students for military careers. The military school is intended for minors, as opposed to the MilitaryAcademy which trains at the undergraduate university level.

Sometimes includes an element of [[HoYay Ho Yay]], due to the fact that military schools in fiction and reality tend to either be all-male or mostly male.

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* ''Anime/AngelBeats'' - While strictly not exactly an military school, due to the size of SSS, one of the biggest organizations within students, all students attending there have a high chance of learning how to use firearms.

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* RobertAHeinlein had one InSpace in ''Literature/SpaceCadet''.

* ''TheConfusionsOfYoungTorless'' is supposed to be set at one of these, in 19th century Austria-Hungary.

* In ''{{The Adventures of Willy Beamish}}'', if you get into too much trouble with your parents, you get a Game Over and are sent off to military school.

* ''The Lords of Discipline'' - a group of racist white cadets try to force a black cadet to leave their MilitarySchool.(In fact, "Carolina Military Institute" is an obvious stand-in for The Citadel, The Military COLLEGE of South Carolina.)

* In ''DeadPoetsSociety'', this is where Neil, one of the members of the title group of youths, is sent by his FantasyForbiddingFather when he learns that he is playing Puck in their production of ''AMidsummerNightsDream'' instead of focusing his energies on being the doctor he wants him to be. [[spoiler:The experience breaks poor Neil, and he is DrivenToSuicide]].

Military schools are institutions which aim to instill military - style discipline in students. Often the explicit goal of such schools is to prepare students for military careers. The military school is intended for minors, as opposed to the MilitaryAcademy which trains at the undergraduate university level.

* In ''DeadPoetsSociety'', this is where Neil, one of the members of said society, is sent by his FantasyForbiddingFather when he learns that he is playing Puck in their production of ''AMidsummerNightsDream'' instead of focusing his energies on being the doctor he wants him to be. [[spoiler:The experience breaks poor Neil, and he is DrivenToSuicide]].

* ''Film/ChildsPlay III''. In the first movie he's living with his parents [[spoiler: who die]], so in the second he's living with his foster parents [[spoiler: who die]], so in the third he gets [[TheOtherDarrin Darrined]] and sent to military school where [[spoiler: people die]].

* ''Child's Play III''. In the first movie he's living with his parents [[spoiler: who die]], so in the second he's living with his foster parents [[spoiler: who die]], so in the third he gets [[TheOtherDarrin Darrined]] and sent to military school where [[spoiler: people die]].

* ''Damien: Omen II''. All the better to help the Antichrist take over the world.

* [[PhineasAndFerb Smile]] [[TheAlcatraz Away]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Reformatory]]

* ''AngelBeats'' - While strictly not exactly an military school, due to the size of SSS, one of the biggest organizations within students, all students attending there have a high chance of learning how to use firearms.

* ''{{Naruto}}'' - The Ninja Acadamy, where prepubescent kids learn to throw kunai (also part WizardingSchool, since they also teach he DoppelGangerSpin and Fire Breathng). They only teach the basics of becoming a ninja, Sasuke learned his fire style jutsu from his father.

* An episode of ''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' parodied this, combining it with a Cinderella story. "You forgot your... boot?"

* One episode of ''TheSimpsons'' has Bart get forced into one of these. Lisa ends up joining as well because she liked the rigid structure and the fact that it was actually teaching stuff.

* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' - The MagicKnight Cadet Classes of Ariadne [[spoiler:which Yue Ayase joins when she was trapped with amnesia in [[MagicWorld Mundus Magicus]]]].

* ''Up the Academy'' - a comedic take.

* {{Daria}}: Being shipped off to one by his father was a defining element of Jake Morgendorffer's character.

* RobertAHeinlein had one InSpace in ''Space Cadet''.

Very much a US trope and we're dealing with the middle and high-school level ones- Sandhurst, West Point et. al are a [[MilitaryAcademy separate trope]]. Most in the US have now closed.
Similar schools exist in other countries, for example, the Suvorov schools in Russia.

A rebellious teen may be threatened with one, making it a variation on the BoardingSchoolOfHorrors theme. See also OffToBoardingSchool and MilitaryAcademy.

* A CheckovsGun in the ''DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' novel ''The Last Straw'' -- a rather annoying {{Delinquent}} is sent to one of these after his parents get fed up with him early in the book, as shown by a chapter. [[spoiler:It works, as we see him in his summer job as a movie usher, and by the looks of things, he's pretty much the platonic ideal of a good cadet. This is what causes Frank to seriously consider sending [[TheNarrator his son]] to it as a way of ridding his status as TheChewToy. Greg is not amused.]]

* As part of a national universal conscription program, ''every'' school in [[ValkyriaChronicles Gallia]] is effectively one of these.

A rebellious teen may be threatened with one, making it a variation on the BoardingSchoolOfHorrors theme (and of OffToBoardingSchool).

See also MilitaryAcademy.

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* The Time-Space Administration Bureau Military Academies in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''.
* {{Naruto}}'s Ninja Acadamy, where prepubescent kids learn to throw kunai (also part WizardingSchool, since they also teach he DoppelGangerSpin and Fire Breathng).
** They only teach the basics of becoming a ninja, Sasuke learned his fire style jutsu from his father.
* The MagicKnight Cadet Classes of Ariadne in ''MahouSenseiNegima'' [[spoiler:which Yue Ayase joins when she was trapped with amnesia in [[MagicWorld Mundus Magicus]]]].

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* [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Ted "Theodore" Logan]] was threatened with one. He also gets visions of what it would be like in the second movie.

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* RobertAHeinlein had one InSpace in "Space Cadet".
* Schola Progenium in {{Warhammer40000}} takes in Emperor Servants' orphans at a pretty young age, so for several lower levels it's pretty much this trope, and this can be seen in a couple of the tie-in novels that [[DemotedToExtra bother to mention Schola at all]], like ''[[CiaphasCain Cain's Last Stand]]''. For older cadets already taking special courses it's more like Military Academy, though.

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* An episode of ''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' parodied this, combining it with a Cinderella story. "You forgot your... boot?"
* ''{{The Sopranos}}'' episode "Army of One". Tony Soprano and his wife Carmela disagree over whether to send their son A.J. to a MilitarySchool.
* A military school features as the site of a reap in ''DeadLikeMe.'' Inverted in that the soon-to-be-dead cadet loves the school and constantly pushes herself to excel. [[spoiler:She dies on the obstacle course, where a safety rope breaks just as she makes it to the top of the tower climb.]]

* A CheckovsGun in the DiaryOfAWimpyKid novel ''The Last Straw''-a rather annoying {{Delinquent}} is sent to one of these after his parents get fed up with him early in the book, as shown by a chapter. [[spoiler:It works, as we see him in his summer job as a movie usher, and by the looks of things, he's pretty much the platonic ideal of a good cadet. This is what causes Frank to seriously consider sending [[TheNarrator his son]] to it as a way of ridding his status as TheChewToy. Greg is not amused.]]

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* Not quite gone in real life: The Valley Forge Military Academy, for instance.
* Culver Military Academy, Indiana military high school and last bastion of equestrian cavalry in the United States Army. Also sports the largest riding arena in the nation.

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* Schola Progenium in {{Warhammer40000}} takes in Emperor Servants' orphans at a pretty young age, so for several lower levels it's pretty much this trope, and this can be seen in a couple of the tie-in novels that [[IsntItSad bother to mention Schola at all]], like ''[[CiaphasCain Cain's Last Stand]]''. For older cadets already taking special courses it's more like Military Academy, though.

* ''FinalFantasy VIII''