History Main / ClassRepresentative

* Liberty Van Zandt in Seasons 1-4 is an ambitious know-it-all student of ''Series/{{Degrassi}}''. She was responsible for involving the school in putting on a performance of 'Dracula' to express the darkness the school went through. After season four she doesn't so much represent the class as rule it.

* Courtney is probably this on ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''. Noah actually is (well, class president), and in a subversion so are [[DumbBlonde Geoff]] and [[AlphaBitch Heather]].
* Protagonist Marinette Dupain-Cheng of ''WesternAnimation/{{Miraculous Ladybug}}''. But unlike most tropes where the class rep is usually in their element, only the episode of Marinette’s election, "Darkblade", is her duties as class representative addressed.
** Before Marinette, the representative was [[RichBitch Chloe]], who shamelessly abused the position and still got re-elected for years due anyone interested getting blackmailed or threatened into quitting. She tries to blackmail Marinette too and has Sabrina steal her diary, but it's turned against her when Sabrina's hand gets caught in [[ProperlyParanoid the trap Marinette put to protect her diary from being stolen]] and Marinette exposes the trick.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'' there was a class president election. The winner ended up being the student ''least'' like this trope, FunnyForeigner Bolbi Stroganovski.

* Akane Asahina in ''LightNovel/{{Kanokon}}''. She ''tries'' to keep Chizuru's antics under control, but considering she's a normal human, completely unaware of the supernatural around her, it ends up being futile.

* Seiri Fukiyose from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' is shown onscreen to admonish delinquent classmates and represent their class in school functions. [[spoiler:However, she's not the Class Representative, strictly speaking. The real Class Representative is actually [[TheDitz Aogami Pierce]], whose carefree mannerisms and perversions make him a complete subversion of this trope.]]

* Chiyo in ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', though not the typical one as described above.

** In ''Anime/UesPrettyCure5'', Karen/Cure Aqua is student council president, and her seriousness about the job often puts her at odds with the more carefree Nozomi/Cure Dream.

* Honoka in ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' is apparently supposed to be the class rep, but this doesn't have any visible effect on anything. The only time anything ClassRepresentative-ish actually happens, it's near the end of ''Max Heart'', and it's minor character Seiko that's doing it.

Can initiate a SelectiveEnforcement plot by catching the small offense. Another recent trend (especially in anime) is for them to have SuperOCD, especially in regards to making sure every uniform is ''perfectly'' spotless and every classroom ''perfectly'' symmetrical.

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* Youko Nakajima in ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'' starts out as the class rep, although contrary to the trope, she's a [[ShrinkingViolet very passive figure]] who goes along with what other people say rather than risk their disapproval. By the time she grows out of that tendency, she's TrappedInAnotherWorld.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
** To start with, Asakura Ryouko gets this position basically by default, despite there never being an actual vote, by virtue of being the most popular girl in class. She still plays the trope dead straight, though: She's cute, smart, cheerful, caring...[[UncannyValleyGirl she's absolutely perfect]]!
** After Ryouko "suddenly transfers out" (read: [[spoiler:gets deleted from existence by Yuki for trying to kill Kyon]]), none of the rest of the class has any desire to take on the role, leading to an apathetic and unorganized class that ends up doing a survey for the SchoolFestival.

* Chidori Kaname in ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic''. She's an absurdly powerful Class Representative, she practically runs class for most of the time.

* Akane Asahina in ''LightNovel/{{Kanokon}}''. She ''tries'' to keep Chizuru's antics under control, but considering she's a normal human, completely unaware of the supernatural around her, it ends up being futile.

* Matsunaga in ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'' has the bad luck to be class rep when [[MagicalGirl Dokuro]] joins the class. As a new student, she's told to sit with him; Dokuro would rather sit with Sakura, so she casually turns Matsunaga into an ape. He stays this way throughout the series.

* Fukiyose Seiri from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' is shown onscreen to admonish delinquent classmates and represent their class in school functions. [[spoiler:However, she's not the Class Representative, strictly speaking. The real Class Representative is actually [[TheDitz Aogami Pierce]], whose carefree mannerisms and perversions make him a complete subversion of this trope.]]

* In ''Manga/DearBrother'', Kaoru Orihara aka "Kaoru no kimi" is the class rep for Nanako and the other freshwomen's class. Kaoru is somewhat of a subversion, though: she actually had to be held back a year [[spoiler: due to being an IllGirl]] so she didn't get the spot due to grades, and can be very... HotBlooded, to say it politely, if she [[BullyHunter finds out about bullying in class]]. She still does fill in when it comes to leadership, though.

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* The titular character from ''Manga/{{Arisa}}''. [[spoiler: Turns out to be a BrokenAce.]]

** Tenya Ida, who's the class rep for Class 1-A, plays with this trope; he's a male student who, despite being a [[LargeHam cartoonishly exaggerated version]] of the usual rules-obsessed goody-two-shoes, almost misses out on his inevitable role. When it comes time to elect the class rep, almost every student votes for themselves; Ida naturally goes the honorable route and votes for someone else, and he ends up with ''zero'' votes. Izuku and Momo are chosen as President and Vice President, but Izuku steps down and chooses Ida as his replacement (much to Momo's despair).

* ''Literature/TheChaletSchool'' is full of prefects, or "prees", whose duties include demanding fines from the girls for using slang, or speaking the wrong language on the wrong day. Some characters are very unwilling to become prefects, especially Joey herself.

If the character doesn't represent the class so much as rule it, she's the AcademicAlphaBitch.

Can initiate a SelectiveEnforcement plot by catching the small offense.

* Chiri in ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' ''acts'' like one, even though she's not - as a RunningGag, the actual class representative is almost perpetually unnoticed by the other characters.

* Youko Nakajima in ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'' starts out as the class rep, although contrary to the trope, she's a [[ShrinkingViolet very passive figure]] who goes along with what other people say rather than risk their disapproval. By the time she grows out of that tendency, she's TrappedInAnotherWorld.

* Subverted with Tsukune from ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' who was chosen against his protests, never showed any authority and his position hasn't been mentioned in quite a while.

The Class Representative is disturbed by how the lead or their friends don't participate in club activities or how their grades are slipping and never gets the hint that nobody cares about that stuff. Can be TheSmartGuy. Usually this character is female.

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* Tomoe from ''Anime/MaiOtome'', the second ranked Coral, introduces herself in episode 2 as the representative for her class.

* ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'' has two significant characters: 2-F's TokenMiniMoe Mayo, who volunteered for the position when nobody else would come forward, and Hideo, who serves the same role for 2-S. It's not arguable that the latter is slightly better suited for the role, which results in [[GuileHero Yamato]] frequently taking charge of 2-F during activities.