History Main / SchoolIdol

** AlphaBitch [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugChloeBourgeois Chloé Bourgeois]]; ''thinks'' she's a School Idol, frequently insisting that "everybody loves me" and apparently being deluded enough to actually believe it, but in actuality, almost the entire school hates her for being a petty bully.

** [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugLilaRossi Lila Rossi]] might be the most popular student in her school and enjoys being the center of attention.

* ''Anime/HikaruNoDensetsu'': Both Hikari and Shiina; Hikari is a patient learner that produces amazing results once she's given some polish, while Shiina has already dominated the school's "best gymnast" role for years before Hikari showed up.

* Multiple School Idols have shown up in various ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series. When Series/KamenRiderDecade visited the [[AlternateUniverse World of]] [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Faiz]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Tsukasa]] sided with the put-upon photography club against the evil popular kids (and they are literally evil, being [[EvolutionaryLevels Orphe]][[BackFromTheDead nochs]] and this world's equivalent of the [[EliteFour Lucky Clover]]).

* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Natsumi in the earlier seasons and manga volumes. However, this aspect of her character seems to be dropped in later chapters and episodes of the series, with later school scenes showing her more like an average girl.
** Later seasons and chapters basically eliminated this side of her character. Natsumi's still popular in her class, but isn't portrayed as an idol admired by every girl in school anymore.

** AlphaBitch [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugChloeBourgeois Chloé Bourgeois]]; ''thinks'' she's a School Idol, frequently insisting that "everybody loves me" and apparently being deluded enough to actually believe it, but in actuality almost the entire school hates her for being a petty bully.

** AlphaBitch Chloé ''thinks'' she's a School Idol, frequently insisting that "everybody loves me" and apparently being deluded enough to actually believe it, but in actuality almost the entire school hates her for being a petty bully.
** Adrien is the {{deuteragonist}} of the show, and a lot of focus is placed on his BrokenAce status and fixation on pleasing [[AbusiveParents his abusive father]]. He has the school's admiration.
** Lila might be the most popular student in her school and enjoys being the center of attention.

* ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret'' has [[{{Ojou}} Haruka Nogizaka]], who is an idol at her school. She's an otaku but [[ClosetGeek hides it]] out of fear of a repeat of the humiliation she suffered at middle school, where she was an idol until then. Her little sister, Mika Nogizaka, who attends an all-girls middle school, is an idol there.

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* Series/BeverlyHills90210: Dylan [=McKay=].

* Series/{{Riverdale}}: Josie [=McCoy=].

* ''LightNovel/Gamers2015''—which shares an author with and is set in the same universe as ''Student Council’s Discretion''—has two characters with this status. The first is ParodySue Karen Tendō, who starts out as this but becomes a BrokenAce and loses her perfect reputation once her infatuation with the main protagonist consumes her thoughts to the point that it disrupts her ordered daily life. The second is Konoha Hoshinomori, Karen’s UnknownRival who is the StudentCouncilPresident of the aforementioned Hekiyō’s 37th student council. While it’s one of Konoha’s proudest achievements, it’s also soured by the widely-held perception that Karen would have taken that place instead had she not chosen to attend Otobuki to join its Game Club.

* The whole student council of Hekiyō in ''Literature/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' is more or less this as the members are chosen via popularity poll, except for the main character who occupies the specially-made Blue Chip seat for the student with the best grades.

* In ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'', Aya mentions that the NewTransferStudent Takuzu Mikado has became this a month since he transferred in. While he's a {{Nice|Guy}} {{bishonen}}, but then he's so much TheAce that the girls can't stop (literally!)
squeeing.

* Kaname Chidori from ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' is called "The School Idol Nobody Wants" InUniverse because, while she hits most of the notes listed in the trope description (beautiful, intelligent, athletic), her aggressive, emotionally open, take-no-crap personality is regarded as a complete deal-breaker by her male classmates.

* ''LightNovel/Gamers2015''—which shares an author with and is set in the same universe as ''Student Council’s Discretion''—has two characters with this status. The first is ParodySue Karen Tendō, who starts out as this but becomes a BrokenAce and loses her perfect reputation once her infatuation with the main protagonist consumes her thoughts to the point that it disrupts her ordered daily life. The second is Konoha Hoshinomori, Karen’s UnknownRival who is the StudentCouncilPresident of the aforementioned Hekiyō’s 37th student council. While it’s one of Konoha’s proudest achievements, it’s also soured by the widely-held perception that Karen would have taken that place instead had she not chosen to attend Otobuki to join its Game Club.

* ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret'' has [[{{Ojou}} Haruka Nogizaka]], who is an idol at her school. She's an otaku but hides it out of fear of a repeat of the humiliation she suffered at middle school, where she was an idol until then. Her little sister, Mika Nogizaka, who attends an all-girls middle school, is an idol there.

* The whole student council of Hekiyō in ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' is more or less this as the members are chosen via popularity poll, except for the MC who occupies the specially-made Blue Chip seat for the student with the best grades.

* Ami in ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'' had a lot of bad experiences as one, turning her into the BitchInSheepsClothing that viewers see her as when she's first introduced.

* In ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'', Aya mentions that the NewTransferStudent Takuzu Mikado has became this a month since he transferred in. While he's a {{Nice|Guy}} {{bishonen}}, but then he's so much TheAce that the girls can't stop (literally!) squeeing.

* Kaguya from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is stated to be one of three most popular girls in school, and unlike Tsubame or the unseen Koromo Shiranui, other students (specifically, Karen and Erika) are actually shown to worship her.

%%* In ''[[Franchise/LoveLive Love Live! School Idol Project]]'', the term ''School Idol'' is actually used for [[IdolSinger female musical performers]] who are still in high school (i.e. not professionals), and are affliated with/advertising for their school. However, Eli Ayase can be considered as one in the traditional sense of the trope, for her stunning good looks, talent in ballet (and dancing in general), and being the StudentCouncilPresident.

* Parodied to Hell in back in ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi''. Coco is such a popular student within Beacon that students, teachers, students from other schools, villains and ''[[UpToEleven even people who long graduated from school]]'' admire her or are threatened by her coolness.