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* ''Manga/ZatchBell:'' Mr. Toyama has it out for Kyo due to the latter's high intellect, which is why he comes up with weird tests to screw with him. Toyama freely admits that [[EvilIsPetty he hates smart kids]] to Kyo's face at one point.

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* ''Franchise/ArchieComics'': Ms. Grundy occasionally implies that she dislikes Archie more than her other students due to the shenanigans he gets into. In one comic, he says it would be great if students could pick their teachers, and she responds that it would be even better if teachers could choose their students.
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-->'''Dean Wormer:''' (''to "Flounder" Dorfman'') Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

* In the backstory of ''VideoGame/TurtleHead: Unmasked'', Blair Gardener became a major headache for Marina Lily for being a troublemaking {{delinquent|s}} who preferred to bully Marina's cousin Harriet over bothering to stove above a D average. Marina would frequently complain to her friend Simon Dale about her, [[spoiler:eventually leading to Simon deciding to do Marina his twisted idea of a favor by imprisoning and killing her]].
* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}:''
** ''VideoGame/Persona4:''

** ''VideoGame/Persona5:''

* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'': When Kat Vance takes an assignment to photograph students at Devlin Academy, she learns that the headmistress there is Miss Strinpit in strip #238. In strip #242, Kat spells out to her boss just how miserable Strinpit made her junior years. Strinpit is still a blocky, humorless witch when Wentworth and Vance arrive for the shoot.
* For most of ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'', Millie feels like she's this to Mz Sorkowitz , since her anarchic imagination doesn't seem to sit right with a teacher who feels her job is purely to get the students to pass standardised tests. Then on the last day of elementary school, Mz Sorkowitz [[https://ozyandmillie.org/2008/09-05/index.html tells Millie]] that she's going to miss her, because she was one of her more interesting students.

--->'''Teacher:''' "And the ugly duckling was amazed to realize it had grown into a beautiful swan." So you see, children, there is hope for anyone.
--->'''Bart:''' Even me?
--->'''Teacher:''' [[KickTheDog No.]]

** Aside from Harry, Neville Longbottom is Snape's other least favorite student because he is so clumsy, forgetful, and nervous that he constantly screws up in Potions, which gives Snape an excuse to berate him in front of the other students. In fact, Professor Remus Lupin's third-year lesson on boggarts--Dark creatures that turn into one's worst fear--reveals that Snape is Neville's worst fear in the whole world. [[spoiler:MisplacedRetribution has a hand in it; part of the reason Snape hates Neville is that he was the other potential "chosen" in Sybill Trelawney's prophecy, and if Voldemort had targeted him instead of Harry, then the Potters--including Lily--may have survived]].

** ''VideoGame/Persona4:'' P4's protagonist's homeroom teacher, Kinshiro Morooka, A.K.A. King Moron, puts him on his "shit list" within minutes of his introduction to the class, regardless if you chose to confront him for calling you a loser or not. Also, [[GreenEyedMonster Noriko Kashiwagi]] is very jealous of Rise.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5:'' Due to his criminal record, the P5's protagonist isn't well-liked among the teachers at Shujin Academy, but [[SadistTeacher Suguru Kamoshida]] is so against it that he makes the protagonist's school life as difficult as possible by having his record leaked and threatening expulsion should he cause any trouble. Kamoshida also treats Ryuji with disdain, and the feeling is mutual. Not long before the start of the game, Kamoshida had been responsible for spreading information on Ryuji's home life to the rest of the team, as well as breaking Ryuji's leg, resulting in Ryuji punching him and getting the track team shut down.

* ''Literature/{{Fudge}}'': On Fudge's first day of kindergarten, he and his new teacher Mrs. Hildebrandt start butting heads almost immediately because Mrs. Hildebrandt insists on calling him by his full name, Farley Drexel, instead of his nickname (insisting that "Fudge is a good name for candy, not a good name for a boy"), and won't let him use the round blocks on the first day. She even comments, "There's something definitely wrong with that child." The problem is solved by transferring Fudge to a different kindergarten class with a more understanding teacher.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Madeline}}'': In ''Madeline at the Ballet'', Madeline is the only one in her class not initially chosen to perform in the school's production of ''The Happy Swan'' because the dance teacher, Gaston, thinks she is too short. She is eventually chosen due to the prima ballerina intervening on her behalf, but during rehearsals, Gaston has no praise for her even when she improves, even though he praises the other girls. He can't even be bothered to remember her name, and just calls her "mademoiselle."

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Chronos-sensei/Dr. Crowler hates the red students since they have the lowest grades in the academy. The protagonist Judai/Jaden Yuki however, is his least favorite student even before Jaden was officially enrolled. In the dub, he at first refuses to allow Jaden an entrance exam duel just for being late (in the Japanese version, he has some [[JerkassHasAPoint minor justification upon hearing Jaden's placement on the written exam was #110, meaning if Jaden did get enrolled he would be an aforementioned red student]]). When he does duel Jaden, Crowler rigs it by using his personal deck in lieu of a test deck. After losing to Jaden, he spends the early episodes trying various methods to get Jaden expelled or at least embarrass him. The Japanese version mostly drops this once the Shadow Riders come along.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' has Dash's teacher Mr. Kropp. He seems to have a dislike towards Dash when he sends him to the principal's office again for his latest prank, and that when he showed Helen and Principal Walker the hidden camera footage of him getting a [[ThumbtackOnTheChair thumbtack on his chair]] and realized that Dash was the one who put the thumbtack on it.

* ''{{Literature/Fudge}}'': On Fudge's first day of kindergarten, he and his new teacher Mrs. Hildebrandt start butting heads almost immediately because Mrs. Hildebrandt insists on calling him by his full name, Farley Drexel, instead of his nickname (insisting that "Fudge is a good name for candy, not a good name for a boy"), and won't let him use the round blocks on the first day. She even comments, "There's something definitely wrong with that child." The problem is solved by transferring Fudge to a different kindergarten class with a more understanding teacher.

** ''VideoGame/Persona5:'' Due to his criminal record, the P5's protagonist isn't well-liked among the teachers at Shujin Academy, but [[SadistTeacher Suguru Kamoshida]] is so against it that he makes the protagonist's school life as difficult as possible by having his record leaked and threatening expulsion should he cause any trouble. Kamoshida also treats Ryuji with disdain, and the feeling is mutual.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Madeline}}'': In ''Madeline at the Ballet'', Madeline is the only one in her class not initially chosen to perform in the school's production of ''The Happy Swan'' because the dance teacher, Gaston, thinks she is too short. She is eventually chosen due to the prima ballerina intervening on her behalf, but during rehearsals, Gaston has no praise for her even when she improves, even though he praises the other girls.

* Music/HarryChapin's "Flowers Are Red" is about a little boy who has the creativity squashed out of him by his mean teacher, who punishes him for drawing flowers of many colors while saying, "Flowers are red, young man, and green leaves are green. There's no need to see flowers any other way than the way they always have been seen." After some time, he moves to a different school with a nicer teacher who encourages him to have fun painting and draw colorful flowers, but he draws them in neat rows with red petals and green leaves. When asked why, he repeats what his first teacher said: "Flowers are red and green leaves are green. There's no need to see flowers any other way than the way they always have been seen."

* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': PlayedWith as the series goes on. Mr. Sweeney is first portrayed as a SadistTeacher who has it out for Ned in particular, threatening him with bad grades and summer school with a bit of glee. However, Mr. Sweeney eventually proves to care for Ned and truly wants him to succeed, and the two end the series on good terms, Sweeney calling Ned one of his ''favorite'' students.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has Dash's teacher Mr. Kropp. He seems to have a dislike towards Dash when he sends him to the principal's office again for his latest prank, and that when he showed Helen and Principal Walker the hidden camera footage of him getting a [[ThumbtackontheChair thumbtack on his chair]] and realized that Dash was the one who put the thumbtack on it.

* ''LightNovel/TheMisfitOfDemonKingAcademy'': Emilia Lud(o)well looked down on Anos for being a half-demon despite how powerful he had been and attempted several times to upstage him only for her to get humiliated which range from trying to get him expelled to stealing a staff he found. The last straw for her was him defeating her brother in a duel which leads to her trying to kill eight half-demon students when they intervene in an attempt at stealing Anos's sword from his mother Izabella. Suffice to say, Anos puts a stop to this by turning Emilia into a half-demon just like him and the same students she tried to kill which led to her losing her job.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has Dash's teacher Mr. Kropp. He seems to have a dislike towards Dash when he sends him to the principal's office again for his latest prank, and that when he showed Helen and Principal Walker the hidden camera footage of him getting a thumbtack on his chair and realized that Dash was the one who put the thumbtack on it.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has Dash's teacher Mr. Kropp. He seems to have a dislike towards Dash when he gets sent to the principal's office again for his latest prank, and that when he showed Helen and Principal Walker the hidden camera footage of him getting a thumbtack on his chair and realized that Dash was the one who put the thumbtack on it.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has Dash's teacher Mr. Kropp. He seems to have a dislike towards Dash when he gets sent to the principal's office again, and that when he showed Helen the video footage of him getting a thumbtack on his chair and realized that Dash was the one who put the thumbtack on it.

* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'': The titular brothers have Mrs. Hayfer as their English teacher. While Mrs. Hayfer generally likes Josh, she utterly despises Drake for being lazy, rude, and not being good at his studies. The feeling is mutual on Drake's part, who thinks that Mrs. Hayfer disproportionately hates him as shown when Drake correctly answers a question, [[{{Hypocrite}} only for Mrs. Hayfer to call him wrong and immediately call another student right when he answers the exact same question]] and later immediately accuse Drake for being the one to park her car in her classroom, which Drake didn't do. Drake's hatred for Mrs. Hayfer is such that in a later episode, he excitedly asks if she died.

* ''Literature/EllenAndOtis'': Subverted -- Ellen thinks that Miss Joyce does not like her because she's the only student who is never asked to clap the chalkboard erasers, which is considered very enjoyable. It turns out that Miss Joyce never asked her because she thought Ellen wouldn't want to get chalk dust all over her dresses, as she always keeps them so neat and clean. When clapping the erasers with her best friend Austine, Ellen happily exclaims, "You know what? Miss Joyce liked me all the time!"

* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': One episode had Reese thinking he was being persecuted by his teacher because he was getting bad grades. His mother Lois assumes that it is Reese [[NeverMyFault trying to dodge blame]] and orders Malcolm to help Reese study and, when he still got an "F", to pretend to be Reese and take the next test in his stead. That test got an "F" as well, showing that Reese was being ProperlyParanoid.

** ''VideoGame/Persona4:'' P4's protagonist's homeroom teacher, Kinshiro Morooka, A.K.A. King Moron, puts him on his "shit list" within minutes of his introduction to the class.

* ''Literature/EllenAndOtis'': Subverted -- Ellen thinks that Miss Joyce does not like her because she's the only student who is never asked to clap the chalkboard erasers, which is considered very enjoyable. It turns out that Miss Joyce never asked her because she thought Ellen wouldn't want to get chalk dust all over her dresses, as she always keeps them so neat and clean.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Miss Simian is a grumpy, self-centered, and mean-spirited SadistTeacher in general, but has a particular hatred for Gumball. In multiple episodes, she does her best to make his life a living hell, to the extent that in "The Grades," the very idea of having him out of her class leads her to do a HappyDance. She was also mean to Gumball's mother Nicole when she had her as a student.

* The student openly disagrees with the teacher's views, and the teacher doesn't like their authority being challenged.