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* In ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', Ferris hacks into the school's system from his computer to change the number of absences he's had. Possibly an ActorAllusion, since Creator/MatthewBroderick also pretty much did the same thing in the below-mentioned ''Film/WarGames''.
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* In ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', Ferris hacks into the school's system from his computer to change the number of absences he's had. Possibly an ActorAllusion, since Creator/MatthewBroderick also pretty much did the same thing in the below-mentioned ''Film/WarGames''. Ferris, however, isn't quite so excited about it:
-->'''Ferris:''' "I asked for a car, I got a computer. How's ''that'' for being born under a bad sign?"
-->'''Ferris:''' "I asked for a car, I got a computer. How's ''that'' for being born under a bad sign?"
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* A slight variant occurs in the second episode of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''. Heero, who is using Relena's school as a cover, hacks into a school computer both to set up torpedoes to destroy his Gundam and clear his financial situation with the school, though a card is used with the latter.
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* In ''Series/ICarly'' episode "[[Recap/ICarlyS01Ep12IPromiseNotToTell I Promise Not to Tell]]", Carly gets a B on her history report that she worked so hard on solely because it was printed on three-hole paper, which the teacher hates. So Sam breaks into the school's computer and changes the grade to an A+, then tells Carly - who spends the rest of the episode ridden with guilt.
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* In ''Series/ICarly'' episode "[[Recap/ICarlyS01Ep12IPromiseNotToTell I Promise iPromise Not to Tell]]", Tell]]" features a two instances of this going both ways.
** The episode is kickstarted when Carly gets a B on her history report that she worked so hard on -- solely because it was printed on three-hole paper, which the teacherhates. So hates -- leading to Sam breaks into tampering with the school's computer and changes changing the grade to an A+, then tells as well as futzing with her and Freddie's grades for good measure. In this case, Sam isn't quite "hacking", but rather was [[{{Delinquent}} (once again)]] brought into the principal's office with the administrative computer, taking the opportunity the moment she was left unattended.
** Later, when Carly- who spends and Freddie spend the rest of the episode ridden riddled with guilt.guilt, they end up attempting to properly hack into the system through the school's T5 Line [[InvertedTrope in order to change the grades back]]. Unlike the above example, this ''is'' hacking... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome which immediately gets the two in trouble]] as the school security manage to detect a breach and track it to Freddie's computer, foiling their plans.
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* ''Film/KickAss2'', Mindy hacks the school to give herself perfect attendance so she could cut class and train as Hit Girl every day. It finally backfires when she's not there to receive her Perfect Attendance Award and her father is called.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E3HomerGoesToCollege Homer Goes to College]]", Mr. Burns sends Homer to Springfield Community College so Homer can earn his Master's degree and keep his job at the Nuclear Power Plant. Several nerds help Homer study for his test, but unfortunately, Homer still gets an F, so the nerds hack into the college's computer to change his grade. When Homer's family finds out, Lisa points out that Homer only passed the test by cheating, which he always taught her was wrong. Marge then makes Homer go back to college so he can pass the test for real and set a good example for his family.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E3HomerGoesToCollege Homer Goes to College]]", Mr. Burns sends Homer to Springfield Community College University so Homer can earn his Master's degree and keep his job at the Nuclear Power Plant. Several nerds help Homer study for his test, but unfortunately, Homer still gets an F, so the nerds hack into the college's computer to change his grade. When Homer's family finds out, Lisa points out that Homer only passed the test by cheating, which he always taught her was wrong. Marge then makes Homer go back to college so he can pass the test for real and set a good example for his family.
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An AcceptableBreakFromReality since this is harder to pull off in real life than fiction wants us to believe. Needless to say: DontTryThisAtHome; this is considered tampering with school property. A cursory glance at Website/{{Google}} shows that people have gotten straight-up arrested for grade hacking. At the very least, you could get suspended or expelled.
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An AcceptableBreakFromReality since this is harder to pull off in real life than fiction wants us to believe. So much so that it'd easily be a lot more work hacking in to do this than it would be to just sit down, study hard, and raise your grades the old-fashioned way (or find other ways to cheat). Needless to say: DontTryThisAtHome; this is considered tampering with school property. A cursory glance at Website/{{Google}} shows that people have gotten straight-up arrested for grade hacking. At the very least, you could get suspended or expelled.
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* ''Film/AliensInTheAttic'' has Tom hack the school computer network to change his grades. As his father points out, if he's smart enough to hack the system he's smart enough to get the good grades in the first place. This is justified as Tom was deliberately "dumbing down" to try and fit in with the other kids.
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* ''Film/AliensInTheAttic'' has Tom hack the school computer network to change his grades. As his father points out, if he's smart enough to hack the system system, he's smart enough to get the good grades in the first place. This is justified as Tom was deliberately "dumbing down" to try and fit in with the other kids.
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* ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'': In the flashback of how Victor Stone became Cyborg, the Dean of Gotham City University discusses with Victor's mother, Ellinore, about how he hacked into the school database and changed his classmate Sarah's grades. Ellinore tries to justify her son's actions by saying that Sarah and her family had lost their house and her grades were affected because of it.
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* ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'': In the flashback of how Victor Stone became Cyborg, the Dean of Gotham City University discusses with Victor's mother, Ellinore, about mother Ellinore how he hacked into the school database and changed his classmate Sarah's grades. Ellinore tries to justify her son's actions by saying that Sarah and her family had lost their house and her grades were affected because of it.
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* In ''Literature/HalfwayAcrossTheGalaxyAndTurnLeft'', there's a recurring thread of the protagonist struggling to live up to the expectations placed on her because of her exceptional exam results. Near the end of the novel, her father -- who's currently in hiding from the authorities after hacking the lottery for the 27th time -- admits to her that he hacked her exam results because he wanted her to do well, and that her actual results weren't as high.
* In ''Literature/LookingForAlaska'', the main characters decrease the grades of their peers as a way of getting back at them for nearly killing Miles, urinating in Chip's shoes, and for soaking Alaska's bedroom library.
* In ''Literature/LookingForAlaska'', the main characters decrease the grades of their peers as a way of getting back at them for nearly killing Miles, urinating in Chip's shoes, and for soaking Alaska's bedroom library.
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* In ''Literature/HalfwayAcrossTheGalaxyAndTurnLeft'', there's a recurring thread of the protagonist struggling to live up to the expectations placed on her because of her exceptional exam results. Near the end of the novel, her father -- who's currently in hiding from the authorities after hacking the lottery for the 27th time -- admits to her that he hacked her exam results because he wanted her to do well, well and that her actual results weren't as high.
* In ''Literature/LookingForAlaska'', the main characters decrease the grades of theirpeers as a way of getting peers' grades to get back at them for nearly killing Miles, urinating in Chip's shoes, and for soaking Alaska's bedroom library.
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* ''Film/AliensInTheAttic'' has Tom hack the school computer network to change his grades. It's revealed that As his father points out, if he's been purposely failing smart enough to avoid his intelligence alienating him from his peers.hack the system he's smart enough to get the good grades in the first place. This is justified as Tom was deliberately "dumbing down" to try and fit in with the other kids.
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* In ''Series/ICarly'' episode "[[Recap/ICarlyS01Ep12IPromiseNotToTell I Promise Not to Tell]]", Carly gets a B on her history report that she worked so hard on solely because it was printed on three-hole paper, which the teacher hates. So Sam breaks into the school's computer and changes the grade to an A+, then tells Carly about it- who spends the rest of the episode ridden with guilt.
* In ''Series/{{Superstore}}'' episode "[[Recap/SuperstoreS3E17 District Manager]]", Mateo goes into his boss's computer and changes his checkout stat (UPM score) to be phenomenally high.
* In ''Series/{{Superstore}}'' episode "[[Recap/SuperstoreS3E17 District Manager]]", Mateo goes into his boss's computer and changes his checkout stat (UPM score) to be phenomenally high.
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* In ''Series/ICarly'' episode "[[Recap/ICarlyS01Ep12IPromiseNotToTell I Promise Not to Tell]]", Carly gets a B on her history report that she worked so hard on solely because it was printed on three-hole paper, which the teacher hates. So Sam breaks into the school's computer and changes the grade to an A+, then tells Carly about it- - who spends the rest of the episode ridden with guilt.
* In the ''Series/{{Superstore}}'' episode "[[Recap/SuperstoreS3E17 District Manager]]", Mateo goes into his boss's computer and changes his checkout stat (UPM score) to be phenomenally high.
* In the ''Series/{{Superstore}}'' episode "[[Recap/SuperstoreS3E17 District Manager]]", Mateo goes into his boss's computer and changes his checkout stat (UPM score) to be phenomenally high.
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* In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' episode "[[Recap/CSINYS07E17 Do or Die]]", a nerdy student hacks the school's computer system to obtain copies of expected tests to create an answer key for another student (a popular girl he's tutoring) so she can keep her reputation as the smartest girl in school as well as get accepted to the college of her choice.
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* In the ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' episode "[[Recap/CSINYS07E17 Do or Die]]", a nerdy student hacks the school's computer system to obtain copies of expected tests to create an answer key for another student (a popular girl he's tutoring) so she can keep her reputation as the smartest girl in school as well as get accepted to the college of her choice.
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* Discussed in ''VideoGame/MaxBlasterAndDorisDeLightningAgainstTheParrotCreaturesOfVenus''. When [[HopelessWithTech Max]] can't figure out how to work a computer, the more technically-inclined Doris takes over. She says that was at the top of her electronics class for two years, and ''didn't'' even have to hack in and change her teacher's files.
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* Discussed in ''VideoGame/MaxBlasterAndDorisDeLightningAgainstTheParrotCreaturesOfVenus''. When [[HopelessWithTech Max]] can't figure out how to work a computer, the more technically-inclined Doris takes over. She says that she was at the top of her electronics class for two years, and ''didn't'' even have to hack in and change her teacher's files.
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* Parodied in the ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'' strip [[https://xkcd.com/2385/ Final Exam]]. The students in a cybersecurity class are told that they have all failed and their grades will be stored on the server within the students' reach and only be submitted the next day. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong However, to keep the hacking in check, the game theory courses' grade is based on how close the grade matches 80% of the average score.
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* Parodied in the ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'' strip [[https://xkcd.com/2385/ Final Exam]]. The students in a cybersecurity class are told that they have all failed and their grades will be stored on the server within the students' reach and only be submitted the next day. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong However, to keep the hacking in check, the game theory courses' course's grade is based on how close the grade matches 80% of the average score.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' episode "[[Recap/TheRaccoonsS3E10TroubleShooter Trouble Shooter!]]", Bentley used his laptop to hack into his school's database and give himself better math grades, which led to him running away from home before his parents found out.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E3HomerGoesToCollege Homer Goes to College]]", Mr. Burns sends Homer to Springfield Community College so Homer can earn his Master's degree and keep his job at the Nuclear Power Plant. Several nerds help Homer study for his test, but unfortunately, Homer still gets an F, so the nerds hack into the college's computer to change his grade. When Homer's family finds out, Lisa points out that Homer only passed the test by cheating, which he always taught her was wrong. Marge then makes Homer go back to college so he can pass the test for real and set a good example for his family.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E3HomerGoesToCollege Homer Goes to College]]", Mr. Burns sends Homer to Springfield Community College so Homer can earn his Master's degree and keep his job at the Nuclear Power Plant. Several nerds help Homer study for his test, but unfortunately, Homer still gets an F, so the nerds hack into the college's computer to change his grade. When Homer's family finds out, Lisa points out that Homer only passed the test by cheating, which he always taught her was wrong. Marge then makes Homer go back to college so he can pass the test for real and set a good example for his family.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'': In ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' the episode "[[Recap/TheRaccoonsS3E10TroubleShooter Trouble Shooter!]]", Bentley used his laptop to hack into his school's database and give himself better math grades, which led to him running away from home before his parents found out.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E3HomerGoesToCollege Homer Goes to College]]", Mr. Burns sends Homer to Springfield Community College so Homer can earn his Master's degree and keep his job at the Nuclear Power Plant. Several nerds help Homer study for his test, but unfortunately, Homer still gets an F, so the nerds hack into the college's computer to change his grade. When Homer's family finds out, Lisa points out that Homer only passed the test by cheating, which he always taught her was wrong. Marge then makes Homer go back to college so he can pass the test for real and set a good example for his family.
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* In ''Series/ICarly'' episode "[[Recap/ICarlyS01Ep12IPromiseNotToTell I Promise Not to Tell]]", Carly gets a B on her history report that she worked so hard on. So Sam breaks into the school's computer and changes the grade to an A+.
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* ''VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh'' implies this (among other shenanigans). One of several incidents of adolescent rebellion on Jet Bradley's part was hacking into the school's mainframe, something that did ''not'' impress the more rule abiding Alan.
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* ''[[VisualNovel/TheFreshman The Junior]]'': One of the students had his grades hacked in the form of a deadly prank. The student was almost expelled and the culprit was unmasked.
* ''[[VisualNovel/TheFreshman The Junior]]'': One of the students had his grades hacked in the form of a deadly prank. The student was almost expelled and the culprit was unmasked.
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* ''Series/{{Suits}}'': A variation; a hacker has to not only change grades but create an entire fake Harvard transcript for Mike, who never actually attended.
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* ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'': In the flashback of how Victor Stone became Cyborg, the Dean of Gotham City University discusses with Victor's mother, Ellinore, about how he hacked into the school database and changed his classmate Sarah's grades. Ellinore tries to justify her son's actions by saying that Sarah and her family had lost their house and her grades were affected because of it.
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* The TropeCodifier is the 1983 movie ''Film/WarGames'' where the protagonist remotely dials into the school computer via modem to change his Biology grade from F to C so he can skip summer school.
* ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'': In the flashback of how Victor Stone became Cyborg, the Dean of Gotham City University discusses with Victor's mother, Ellinore, about how he hacked into the school database and changed his classmate Sarah's grades. Ellinore tries to justify her son's actions by saying that Sarah and her family had lost their house and her grades were affected because of it.
* ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'': In the flashback of how Victor Stone became Cyborg, the Dean of Gotham City University discusses with Victor's mother, Ellinore, about how he hacked into the school database and changed his classmate Sarah's grades. Ellinore tries to justify her son's actions by saying that Sarah and her family had lost their house and her grades were affected because of it.
* In the Alex Flinn novel ''Literature/BreakingPoint2002'', Charlie convinces Paul to break into the school and hack into the student-record database to change his biology grade from a "D" to a "B".
* In ''Literature/HalfwayAcrossTheGalaxyAndTurnLeft'', there's a recurring thread of the protagonist struggling to live up to the expectations placed on her because of her exceptional exam results. Near the end of the novel, her father -- who's currently in hiding from the authorities after hacking the lottery for the 27th time -- admits to her that he hacked her exam results because he wanted her to do well, and that her actual results weren't as high.
* In ''Literature/HalfwayAcrossTheGalaxyAndTurnLeft'', there's a recurring thread of the protagonist struggling to live up to the expectations placed on her because of her exceptional exam results. Near the end of the novel, her father -- who's currently in hiding from the authorities after hacking the lottery for the 27th time -- admits to her that he hacked her exam results because he wanted her to do well, and that her actual results weren't as high.
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* In ''Literature/HalfwayAcrossTheGalaxyAndTurnLeft'', there's a recurring thread of the protagonist struggling to live up to the expectations placed on her because of her exceptional exam results. Near the end of the novel, her father -- who's currently in hiding from the authorities after hacking the lottery for the 27th time -- admits to her that he hacked her exam results because he wanted her to do well, and that her actual results weren't as high.
* In the Alex Flinn novel ''Literature/BreakingPoint2002'', Charlie''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'''s #14, ''Deceptions'', Jessica Wakefield convinces Paul to break into the school and hack into the student-record database Randy Walker to change his biology her failing grade from a "D" so she can remain in the cheerleading squad. Randy ends up deciding to a "B".
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' episode "[[Recap/TheClevelandShowS2E5LittleManOnCampus Little Big Man on Campus]]", Cleaveland brings in Holt as a ringer to help win the state championship, and this inspires Cleaveland Jr. to cheat on his final wood shop class assignment to pass the class. When Cleaveland finds out about this, he pulls Holt off the team, costing the school the championship, and Cleaveland Jr. gets an "F" in woodshop. At the very end, Holt still participates in the high school's rendition of ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'', and the closing text states that Cloretta used her status as the school's secretary to change Cleaveland Jr.'s grade to a "B" and that "[[IgnoredAesop nobody learned anything.]]"
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' episode "[[Recap/TheClevelandShowS2E5LittleManOnCampus Little Big Man on Campus]]", Cleaveland Cleveland brings in Holt as a ringer to help win the state championship, and this inspires Cleaveland Cleveland Jr. to cheat on his final wood shop class assignment to pass the class. When Cleaveland Cleveland finds out about this, he pulls Holt off the team, costing the school the championship, and Cleaveland Cleveland Jr. gets an "F" in woodshop. At the very end, Holt still participates in the high school's rendition of ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'', and the closing text states that Cloretta Donna used her status as the school's secretary to change Cleaveland Cleveland Jr.'s grade to a "B" and that "[[IgnoredAesop nobody learned anything.]]"
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* The objective of the ''VideoGame/SkoolDaze'' FanSequel ''Klass of '99'' is to hack into the school's computer and delete your disastrous end-of-term report.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' episode "Little Big Man on Campus," Cleaveland brings in Holt as a ringer to help win the state championship, and this inspires Cleaveland Jr. to cheat on his final wood shop class assignment to pass the class. When Cleaveland finds out about this, he pulls Holt off the team, costing the school the championship, and Cleaveland Jr. gets an "F" in woodshop. At the very end, Holt still participates in the high school's rendition of ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'', and the closing text states that Cloretta used her status as the school's secretary to change Cleaveland Jr.'s grade to a "B" and that "[[IgnoredAesop nobody learned anything.]]"
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' episode "Little "[[Recap/TheClevelandShowS2E5LittleManOnCampus Little Big Man on Campus," Campus]]", Cleaveland brings in Holt as a ringer to help win the state championship, and this inspires Cleaveland Jr. to cheat on his final wood shop class assignment to pass the class. When Cleaveland finds out about this, he pulls Holt off the team, costing the school the championship, and Cleaveland Jr. gets an "F" in woodshop. At the very end, Holt still participates in the high school's rendition of ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'', and the closing text states that Cloretta used her status as the school's secretary to change Cleaveland Jr.'s grade to a "B" and that "[[IgnoredAesop nobody learned anything.]]"
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So you are a young TechnoWizard who happens to underperform at school. Luckily, the school's database [[EverythingIsOnline is online]], allowing you to hack into the system and improve your grades effortlessly with the click of a button.
If the student isn't equipped to hack the computer themself, they may enlist a brilliant friend to help them out. The coup may also be done to either up- or downgrade someone else's scores or to tamper with other sensitive information besides grades.
An AcceptableBreakFromReality since this is harder to pull off in real life than fiction wants us to believe. Needless to say: DontTryThisAtHome; this is considered tampering with school property. A cursory glance at Website/{{Google}} shows that people have gotten straight-up arrested for grade hacking. At the very least, you could get suspended or expelled.
Compare LaboriousLaziness. Often overlaps with BrilliantButLazy.
Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease
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!!Example:
[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* In ''Anime/KodomoNoOmocha'', the former delinquent Akito changes his best friend Sana's math grade in the Season 1 finale so they can start middle school together in Season 2. This proves how much he loves her, and how much delinquency he still had left over.
* ''Manga/SuccubusAndHitman'': Shouya offers to protect PlayfulHacker Kururi from the {{Yakuza}} she stole money from in exchange for her help hunting his targets. To test her skills, he orders her to hack into his high school and enroll herself as a NewTransferStudent.
[[AC:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'': After years of bullying and assault, Dr. Flug hacks into his high school database and changes grades to allow him to graduate with a college scholarship.
[[AC:Film - Live-Action]]
* The TropeCodifier is the 1983 movie ''Film/WarGames'' where the protagonist remotely dials into the school computer via modem to change his Biology grade from F to C so he can skip summer school.
* In ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', Ferris hacks into the school's system from his computer to change the number of absences he's had.
* ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'': In the flashback of how Victor Stone became Cyborg, the Dean of Gotham City University discusses with Victor's mother, Ellinore, about how he hacked into the school database and changed his classmate Sarah's grades. Ellinore tries to justify her son's actions by saying that Sarah and her family had lost their house and her grades were affected because of it.
* ''Film/{{Sneakers}}'': This is how Carl Arborgast became the youngest member of Martin Bishop's team. While testing security at a school, they caught him hacking into the system in an attempt to change his grade.
[[AC:Literature]]
* In ''Literature/LookingForAlaska'', the main characters decrease the grades of their peers as a way of getting back at them for nearly killing Miles, urinating in Chip's shoes, and for soaking Alaska's bedroom library.
* In ''Literature/HalfwayAcrossTheGalaxyAndTurnLeft'', there's a recurring thread of the protagonist struggling to live up to the expectations placed on her because of her exceptional exam results. Near the end of the novel, her father -- who's currently in hiding from the authorities after hacking the lottery for the 27th time -- admits to her that he hacked her exam results because he wanted her to do well, and that her actual results weren't as high.
* In the Alex Flinn novel ''Literature/BreakingPoint2002'', Charlie convinces Paul to break into the school and hack into the student-record database to change his biology grade from a "D" to a "B".
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* In ''Series/ICarly'' episode "[[Recap/ICarlyS01Ep12IPromiseNotToTell I Promise Not to Tell]]", Carly gets a B on her history report that she worked so hard on. So Sam breaks into the school's computer and changes the grade to an A+.
* In a ''Series/{{Superstore}}'' episode, Mateo goes into his boss's computer and changes his UPN stats to be phenomenally high.
* In ''Series/StrangerThings'' season 4 opener "[[Recap/StrangerThingsS4E1ChapterOneTheHellfireClub The Hellfire Club]]", Dustin's TeenGenius girlfriend Suzie does him a favor and hacks into the Hawkins Highschool system to change Dustin's Latin score from a D to an A.
* In ''Series/TheOrville'' episode "[[Recap/TheOrvilleS2E1Jaloja Ja'loja]]", it's revealed that James hacked the school database to improve his grades. His parents [[MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal refuse to believe]] he could do such a thing.
* Discussed in ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' episode "[[Recap/TheGoldbergsS2E4ShallWePlayAGame Shall We Play a Game]]" where Adam claims to be able to hack into the school database to change Barry's grades just like in ''Film/WarGames''. Since it's actually next to impossible to do that in the 1980s, he does the next best thing and "hacks" Barry's brain by tricking him into studying instead.
* In ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' episode "Destiny Rides Again", Steve gets bad news regarding his low SAT score. He decides to take the risk and get Herbert to help him hack into the school computer to change his grades. Eventually he gets caught and would have gotten expelled if his mother didn't pull a ScrewTheRulesImFamous.
* In the ItsAWonderfulPlot episode of the ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'' TV series, Todd changed from the football team captain to a computer nerd. Toward the end of the episode, he is arrested for breaking into the school records and changing the grades for the sake of Enid, the timeline's AlphaBitch.
* In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' episode "[[Recap/CSINYS07E17 Do or Die]]", a nerdy student hacks the school's computer system to obtain copies of expected tests to create an answer key for another student (a popular girl he's tutoring) so she can keep her reputation as the smartest girl in school as well as get accepted to the college of her choice.
[[AC:Video Games]]
* Discussed in ''VideoGame/MaxBlasterAndDorisDeLightningAgainstTheParrotCreaturesOfVenus''. When [[HopelessWithTech Max]] can't figure out how to work a computer, the more technically-inclined Doris takes over. She says that was at the top of her electronics class for two years, and ''didn't'' even have to hack in and change her teacher's files.
* Hacking the International Academic Database is an early game mission in ''VideoGame/{{Uplink}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheGameDevTree'': One of the Good Will upgrades is "Hack into college databases", which allows you to "Manipulate your GPA to multiply enrollment gain based on your refactors".
[[AC:Webcomics]]
* Parodied in the ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'' strip [[https://xkcd.com/2385/ Final Exam]]. The students in a cybersecurity class are told that they have all failed and their grades will be stored on the server within the students' reach and only be submitted the next day. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong However, to keep the hacking in check, the game theory courses' grade is based on how close the grade matches 80% of the average score.
* In ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'', Amber [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/04-of-mike-and-men/fraud-2/ hacked Walky's grades]] to improve his marks in math and become an A student again.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' episode "[[Recap/TheRaccoonsS3E10TroubleShooter Trouble Shooter!]]", Bentley used his laptop to hack into his school's database and give himself better math grades, which led to him running away from home before his parents found out.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E3HomerGoesToCollege Homer Goes to College]]", Mr. Burns sends Homer to Springfield Community College so Homer can earn his Master's degree and keep his job at the Nuclear Power Plant. Several nerds help Homer study for his test, but unfortunately, Homer still gets an F, so the nerds hack into the college's computer to change his grade. When Homer's family finds out, Lisa points out that Homer only passed the test by cheating, which he always taught her was wrong. Marge then makes Homer go back to college so he can pass the test for real and set a good example for his family.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' episode "Little Big Man on Campus," Cleaveland brings in Holt as a ringer to help win the state championship, and this inspires Cleaveland Jr. to cheat on his final wood shop class assignment to pass the class. When Cleaveland finds out about this, he pulls Holt off the team, costing the school the championship, and Cleaveland Jr. gets an "F" in woodshop. At the very end, Holt still participates in the high school's rendition of ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'', and the closing text states that Cloretta used her status as the school's secretary to change Cleaveland Jr.'s grade to a "B" and that "[[IgnoredAesop nobody learned anything.]]"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "[[Recap/DannyPhantomS1E6WhatYouWant What You Want]]", Danny catches Tucker hacking into the school's computer network to change his grades when confronting him about his newly-acquired ghost powers. This is used as an example of how Tucker was abusing his powers, and how his constant use of them was corrupting his morality.
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So you are a young TechnoWizard who happens to underperform at school. Luckily, the school's database [[EverythingIsOnline is online]], allowing you to hack into the system and improve your grades effortlessly with the click of a button.
If the student isn't equipped to hack the computer themself, they may enlist a brilliant friend to help them out. The coup may also be done to either up- or downgrade someone else's scores or to tamper with other sensitive information besides grades.
An AcceptableBreakFromReality since this is harder to pull off in real life than fiction wants us to believe. Needless to say: DontTryThisAtHome; this is considered tampering with school property. A cursory glance at Website/{{Google}} shows that people have gotten straight-up arrested for grade hacking. At the very least, you could get suspended or expelled.
Compare LaboriousLaziness. Often overlaps with BrilliantButLazy.
Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease
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!!Example:
[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* In ''Anime/KodomoNoOmocha'', the former delinquent Akito changes his best friend Sana's math grade in the Season 1 finale so they can start middle school together in Season 2. This proves how much he loves her, and how much delinquency he still had left over.
* ''Manga/SuccubusAndHitman'': Shouya offers to protect PlayfulHacker Kururi from the {{Yakuza}} she stole money from in exchange for her help hunting his targets. To test her skills, he orders her to hack into his high school and enroll herself as a NewTransferStudent.
[[AC:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'': After years of bullying and assault, Dr. Flug hacks into his high school database and changes grades to allow him to graduate with a college scholarship.
[[AC:Film - Live-Action]]
* The TropeCodifier is the 1983 movie ''Film/WarGames'' where the protagonist remotely dials into the school computer via modem to change his Biology grade from F to C so he can skip summer school.
* In ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', Ferris hacks into the school's system from his computer to change the number of absences he's had.
* ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'': In the flashback of how Victor Stone became Cyborg, the Dean of Gotham City University discusses with Victor's mother, Ellinore, about how he hacked into the school database and changed his classmate Sarah's grades. Ellinore tries to justify her son's actions by saying that Sarah and her family had lost their house and her grades were affected because of it.
* ''Film/{{Sneakers}}'': This is how Carl Arborgast became the youngest member of Martin Bishop's team. While testing security at a school, they caught him hacking into the system in an attempt to change his grade.
[[AC:Literature]]
* In ''Literature/LookingForAlaska'', the main characters decrease the grades of their peers as a way of getting back at them for nearly killing Miles, urinating in Chip's shoes, and for soaking Alaska's bedroom library.
* In ''Literature/HalfwayAcrossTheGalaxyAndTurnLeft'', there's a recurring thread of the protagonist struggling to live up to the expectations placed on her because of her exceptional exam results. Near the end of the novel, her father -- who's currently in hiding from the authorities after hacking the lottery for the 27th time -- admits to her that he hacked her exam results because he wanted her to do well, and that her actual results weren't as high.
* In the Alex Flinn novel ''Literature/BreakingPoint2002'', Charlie convinces Paul to break into the school and hack into the student-record database to change his biology grade from a "D" to a "B".
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* In ''Series/ICarly'' episode "[[Recap/ICarlyS01Ep12IPromiseNotToTell I Promise Not to Tell]]", Carly gets a B on her history report that she worked so hard on. So Sam breaks into the school's computer and changes the grade to an A+.
* In a ''Series/{{Superstore}}'' episode, Mateo goes into his boss's computer and changes his UPN stats to be phenomenally high.
* In ''Series/StrangerThings'' season 4 opener "[[Recap/StrangerThingsS4E1ChapterOneTheHellfireClub The Hellfire Club]]", Dustin's TeenGenius girlfriend Suzie does him a favor and hacks into the Hawkins Highschool system to change Dustin's Latin score from a D to an A.
* In ''Series/TheOrville'' episode "[[Recap/TheOrvilleS2E1Jaloja Ja'loja]]", it's revealed that James hacked the school database to improve his grades. His parents [[MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal refuse to believe]] he could do such a thing.
* Discussed in ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' episode "[[Recap/TheGoldbergsS2E4ShallWePlayAGame Shall We Play a Game]]" where Adam claims to be able to hack into the school database to change Barry's grades just like in ''Film/WarGames''. Since it's actually next to impossible to do that in the 1980s, he does the next best thing and "hacks" Barry's brain by tricking him into studying instead.
* In ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' episode "Destiny Rides Again", Steve gets bad news regarding his low SAT score. He decides to take the risk and get Herbert to help him hack into the school computer to change his grades. Eventually he gets caught and would have gotten expelled if his mother didn't pull a ScrewTheRulesImFamous.
* In the ItsAWonderfulPlot episode of the ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'' TV series, Todd changed from the football team captain to a computer nerd. Toward the end of the episode, he is arrested for breaking into the school records and changing the grades for the sake of Enid, the timeline's AlphaBitch.
* In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' episode "[[Recap/CSINYS07E17 Do or Die]]", a nerdy student hacks the school's computer system to obtain copies of expected tests to create an answer key for another student (a popular girl he's tutoring) so she can keep her reputation as the smartest girl in school as well as get accepted to the college of her choice.
[[AC:Video Games]]
* Discussed in ''VideoGame/MaxBlasterAndDorisDeLightningAgainstTheParrotCreaturesOfVenus''. When [[HopelessWithTech Max]] can't figure out how to work a computer, the more technically-inclined Doris takes over. She says that was at the top of her electronics class for two years, and ''didn't'' even have to hack in and change her teacher's files.
* Hacking the International Academic Database is an early game mission in ''VideoGame/{{Uplink}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheGameDevTree'': One of the Good Will upgrades is "Hack into college databases", which allows you to "Manipulate your GPA to multiply enrollment gain based on your refactors".
[[AC:Webcomics]]
* Parodied in the ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'' strip [[https://xkcd.com/2385/ Final Exam]]. The students in a cybersecurity class are told that they have all failed and their grades will be stored on the server within the students' reach and only be submitted the next day. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong However, to keep the hacking in check, the game theory courses' grade is based on how close the grade matches 80% of the average score.
* In ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'', Amber [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/04-of-mike-and-men/fraud-2/ hacked Walky's grades]] to improve his marks in math and become an A student again.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' episode "[[Recap/TheRaccoonsS3E10TroubleShooter Trouble Shooter!]]", Bentley used his laptop to hack into his school's database and give himself better math grades, which led to him running away from home before his parents found out.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E3HomerGoesToCollege Homer Goes to College]]", Mr. Burns sends Homer to Springfield Community College so Homer can earn his Master's degree and keep his job at the Nuclear Power Plant. Several nerds help Homer study for his test, but unfortunately, Homer still gets an F, so the nerds hack into the college's computer to change his grade. When Homer's family finds out, Lisa points out that Homer only passed the test by cheating, which he always taught her was wrong. Marge then makes Homer go back to college so he can pass the test for real and set a good example for his family.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' episode "Little Big Man on Campus," Cleaveland brings in Holt as a ringer to help win the state championship, and this inspires Cleaveland Jr. to cheat on his final wood shop class assignment to pass the class. When Cleaveland finds out about this, he pulls Holt off the team, costing the school the championship, and Cleaveland Jr. gets an "F" in woodshop. At the very end, Holt still participates in the high school's rendition of ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'', and the closing text states that Cloretta used her status as the school's secretary to change Cleaveland Jr.'s grade to a "B" and that "[[IgnoredAesop nobody learned anything.]]"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "[[Recap/DannyPhantomS1E6WhatYouWant What You Want]]", Danny catches Tucker hacking into the school's computer network to change his grades when confronting him about his newly-acquired ghost powers. This is used as an example of how Tucker was abusing his powers, and how his constant use of them was corrupting his morality.
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