History Main / TeasingTheSubstituteTeacher

* In ''[[Film/SisterAct Sister Act 2]]'', while Sister Mary Clarence is technically a ''new'' teacher rather than a substitute, the initial dynamic between her and her students is the same - she is taking over an established class, and it becomes immediately apparent that she has zero control over them and they have zero respect for her. They openly inform her that they expect her class to be a "bird course"[[note]]"Because we, uh..." "...fly right through it."[[/note]] and go so far as to superglue her to her desk chair. It's not until she lays down the law that they begin to show her at first begrudging respect and later, as she helps them discover their abilities as singers, admiration.

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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Implied in one early story arc where Calvin's normal homeroom teacher, Miss Wormwood, is sick. Although we never actually see what happens, Calvin mentions to Hobbes after school "she went home at noon". [[NothingIsFunnier It's left to the reader's imagination]] what could have possibly happened to her.
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* ''Literature/WaysideSchool is Falling Down'' has the kids being given a substitute teacher on a day when student Benjamin Nushmutt had finally worked up the nerve to tell the class his real name, having gone under the alias of "Mark Miller" until that day. The other students think this trope is in play and also claim their names are Benjamin after they answer a question correctly. When she leaves for the day, [[spoiler:she claims her name is Benjamin also.]]

* A PornWithPlot example is the {{Hentai}} OVA ''Panty Flash Teacher''. [[HotTeacher Machiko Natsukawa]] came back to her hometown to become a teacher first as a substitute, but soon she finds herself being blackmailed by a student and later by his classmates, a good part of them are JapaneseDelinquents. After that, all goes [[FromBadToWorse downhill for Machiko]].

If a substitute isn't a DrillSargeant or SadistTeacher then they'll often succumb to this. TruthInTelevision, obviously.

Substitute teachers in fiction have it bad. On top of having to deal with a class you are unfamiliar with, they also seem to be the [[ButtMonkey butt of their jokes]]. Kids feel free to goof around, ignore, annoy, or even talk back to substitutes in ways they never would their main teachers. After all, it's unlikely the students'll ever see them again, so they feel just fine acting laid back around them.

If a substitute isn't a SadistTeacher then they'll often succumb to this. TruthInTelevision, obviously.

* In ''[[Film/SisterAct Sister Act 2]]'', while Sister Mary Clarence is technically a ''new'' teacher rather than a substitute, the initial dynamic between her and her students is the same - she has zero control over them and they have zero respect for her. They openly inform her that they expect her class to be a "bird course"[[note]]"Because we, uh..." "...fly right through it."[[/note]] and go so far as to superglue her to her desk chair. It's not until she lays down the law that they begin to show her at first begrudging respect and later, as she helps them discover their abilities as singers, admiration.

* In [[Film/SisterAct Sister Act 2]], while Sister Mary Clarence is technically a ''new'' teacher rather than a substitute, the initial dynamic between her and her students is the same - she has zero control over them and they have zero respect for her. They openly inform her that they expect her class to be a "bird course"[[note]]"Because we, uh..." "...fly right through it."[[/note]] and go so far as to superglue her to her desk chair. It's not until she lays down the law that they begin to respect her, at first begrudgingly and then openly.

* A PornWithPlot example is the {{Hentai}} OVA ''Panty Flash Teacher''. [[HotTeacher Machiko Natsukawa]] came back to her home town to become a teacher first as a substitute, but soon she finds herself being blackmailed by a student and later by his classmates, good part of them are JapaneseDelinquents. After that, all goes [[FromBadToWorse downhill for Machiko]].

* One ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' strip has Reggie hellraising during a substitute teacher's class and dismisses Archie's concern about his bullying that it's something substitute teacher should expect. He gets ATasteOfHisOwnMedicine when he and Archie agree to watch over a friend's kindergarten class while she goes to the doctor and he gets mercilessly pranked by the kids.

* The entire plot of children's book ''Literature/ThirteenWaysToSinkASub'' is essentially a class of students trying to harass, gaslight, and otherwise cause a WideEyedIdealist young substitute to cry. The class is divided into two teams, boys versus girls and the side that makes her cry first wins TheBet.
* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': In the Big Chapter Book ''The Berenstain Bears Accept No Substitutes'', Too-Tall and his gang have a habit of bugging substitute teachers. When they find that Ms. Barr is going to be around for a full week (and is supposed to be a real pushover), they decide to go a step further and ''break'' her, and even rope Brother, Cousin Fred and Barry Bruin (the former two of whom try to keep things from going too far) into helping. It backfires when they find out they've been [[BullyingADragon harassing a skilled martial artist]] who could, if she wanted, break ''them''.

* ''Series/SevenPeriodsWithMrGormsby'': The entire reason why Mr. Gormsby is employed is that all the Relief Teachers (what the position is called in New Zealand) were terrified of the class. Gormsby's immediate predecessor was so terrified she informed the principal she was immediately going home... ''to India!'' Gormsby was subjected to some of the same tactics... and immediately commanded the respect of the worst actors in the class room. It helped that he and his class had a mutual dislike of Steve, the guidance counselor.
* Inverted and [[{{Satire}} satirised]] in the ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' sketch "Substitute Teacher." Mr. Garvey is a black, confrontational substitute teacher who has taught over 20 years in intercity schools. Because of this, when the students correct him when he mispronounces their names (all of them dime-a-dozen stereotypical white names) while taking attendance, he acts as though they are giving him lip and flips out, ending with him sending Aaron (pronouncing it "Ay-Ay-Ron") to the principal's office for correcting him in the pronunciation of the principal's name.

* In the ''Series/{{Glee}}'' episode “The Substitute”, the New Directions attempt to prank substitute teacher Holly Holiday by buttering the club room floor and switching names. This isn’t enough to fool Holly, as she slides across the buttered floor with grace. As for the name switching, it was pretty obvious in and of itself anyway.

* The first Yamiko that Himei ever encountered in ''Literature/SailorNothing'' used a substitute teacher as its host. The woman was used to being casually disrespected by her student but she pretendd not to notice, even though it secretly bothered her. The Yamiko used the teacher's pent-up anger against her and made her want to [[WouldHurtAChild attack children]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': Though he was meant to be a permanent teacher, Mr. Simmons was subject to the usual tricks played on a substitute (such as switching names and dropping pencils) when he started teaching Arnold's class. They end up driving him away, and plan to do the same to every new/substitute teacher sent after. Then the next teacher sent is Lt. Major Goose, a DrillSergeantNasty that makes them want Mr. Simmons back -- [[BrokenAesop which they get by pulling the same tricks again]].