History Main / CliqueTour

* In the pilot of Series/Wednesday, Enid introduces Wednesday to the four main cliques of Nevermore. The Furs aka Werewolves, The Fangs, aka Vampires, The Stoners aka Gorgons and the Scales aka Sirens.

* ''Film/DoRevenge'': Gabbi notices that Eleanor is new and offers to give her a tour. Eleanor immediately lampshades it as a 90's teen movie trope. Gabbi points out the activists, the Instagram addicts, the theater kids, and the popular girls.

->'''Fluttershy''': We all just fit into the common high school archetypes. The Ball People, the Hipsters, the Teachers, the Poor Kids, the [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Homestucks]], Pop Band BBBFF...

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* ''VideoGame/BeingADIK'' has the MC introduced to the Greek life organizations at Burgmeister & Royce by Maya (who is also a freshman, but is otherwise familiar with the area) by roaming around campus and showing their houses (except for the tri-Betas, who don't have a house): the [[JerkJock tri-Alphas]], the [[StereotypicalNerd tri-Betas]], the [[AristocratsAreEvil Alpha Nu Omegas]], the [[AllGuysLoveSororityWomen HOTs]], and the titular [[ADickInName DIKs]].

* Saya gives Marcus one in ''ComicBook/DeadlyClass'' as she introduces him to the assassins' school. The cliques in this case composed of the children of violent groups. The "Dixie Mob" are redneck neo-Nazis, the "Preps" are rich CIA/FBI, the "Jersey Kings" are East Coast mobsters, the "Soto Vatos" are [[TheCartel drug cartel kids]], the "Kuroki Syndicate" is {{Yakuza}}, and the "Final World Order" are LA gangbangers.

* ''Film/DoRevenge'': Gabbi notices that Eleanor is new and offers to give her a tour. Eleanor immediately lampshades it as a 90's teen movie trope. Gabbi points out the activists, the Instagram addicts, the theater kids, and the popular girls.
* In the opening sequence of ''Film/EasyA'', as Olive begins narrating her story, the camera takes a one-shot of various cliques in her school, culminating in her getting shoved out of the way by a nameless AlphaBitch and having her stuff dropped, papers flying away and all.

* In ''Film/{{St Trinians|2007}}'', new girl Annabelle is shown the boarding school cliques in the dormitories. She is introduced to the chavs (loudmouthed, brash girls), the posh totties (fashionable social-climbers), the geeks, the emos, and the first-years.

* On ''Series/TheMagicians2016'', Eliot and Margo point out the different disciplines of magic at [[WizardingSchool Brakebills]] to newcomer Quentin.
* ''Series/Daybreak2019'': With this show being about high schoolers in the apocalypse, it's invoked in a flashback during Josh's first day at Glendale High School while being given a tour of the school by Sam Dean.
* ''Series/MsMarvel2022'': Kamala and Nakia gives one of these to [[TokenWhite Bruno]] about their mosque. This includes the Mosque Bros (jocks), Pious Boys (nerds), Sunday School teachers, Insta-clique (popular girls), the Converts/[[InsistentTerminology Reverts]] (white and black adult converts to Islam), the [[BrattyHalfPint Mini-Harami Girls]], and the Illumin-aunties (all-knowing middle-aged GossipyHens).

* Gentaro naturally gets one in ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' when he tries to sit at the cheerleader table. Being an AllLovingHero, he takes this as a challenge to make friends with ''every single clique.'' [[spoiler: And he ''does.'']]

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'', new student Ricardo [[GenreSavvy immediately realizes that Jake is going to give him one of these]], and tells him that it is unnecessary as [[ReallyMovesAround he has been to several different high schools before]] and knows each group by heart -- the bullying jocks, the cheerleaders who hang around said jocks, the nerds, the theater dorks, etc. Jake then reveals that things are different at the Academy of Future Leadership -- namely, the ''nerds'' bully and make fun of the ''jocks'', while the cheerleaders go for the ''theater dorks''.

* ''Film/MeanGirls'': Janis points out the high school's social groups to new girl Cady in the cafeteria, providing the page quote at the top.

* In ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' episode 17, Dandy is a NewTransferStudent at Baberly Hills High School. After he accidentally sits at the cool kids table in the cafeteria, the AlphaBitch gives him a lecture on the high school hierarchy that explains where the clicks fall on the totem pole in the form of a song and dance number.

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* In ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'', Michael welcomes new boy Cameron with a tour of the high school's social scene.

If half of all stories are "a stranger comes to town," then someone has to show that stranger around town. Said NaiveNewcomer is likely to get a Clique Tour. Someone points out the area's cliques and groups -- which are usually {{Stereotype}}s or other familiar archetypes -- to the newcomer and explains the PopularityFoodChain. Sometimes, there will be one clique/group that is humorously out of place or otherwise emphasized; in the case of the latter, this marks them as important. The tour may be paired with stereotypical activities or otherwise quick {{Establishing Character Moment}}s for the entire clique, such as jocks introduced tossing footballs and [[JerkJock shoving nerds into lockers]], the AlphaBitch and her GirlPosse verbally bullying someone, or {{nerd}}s working [[NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork on homework]]. One variation is to excise the newcomer entirely and have the society exposition done via AsYouKnow dialogue or as narration to the audience.

* ''Series/MsMarvel2022'': Kamala and Nakia gives one of these about their mosque to [[TokenWhite Bruno]]. This includes the Mosque Bros (jocks), Pious Boys (nerds), Sunday School teachers, Insta-clique (popular girls), the Converts/[[InsistentTerminology Reverts]] (white and black converts to Islam), the [[BrattyHalfPint Mini-Harami Girls]], and the Illumin-aunties (all-knowing middle-aged GossipyHens).

* ''Series/MsMarvel2022'': Kamala and Nakia gives one of their mosque to [[TokenWhite Bruno]]. This includes the Mosque Bros (jocks), Pious Boys (nerds), Sunday School teachers, Insta-clique (popular girls), the Converts/[[InsistentTerminology Reverts]] (white and black converts to Islam), the [[BrattyHalfPint Mini-Harami Girls]], and the Illumin-aunties (all-knowing middle-aged GossipyHens).

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'', new student Ricardo [[GenreSavvy immediately realizes that Jake is going to give him one of these]], and tells him that it i unnecessary as [[ReallyMovesAround he has been to several different high schools before]] and knows each group by heart -- the bullying jocks, the cheerleaders who hang around said jocks, the nerds, the theater dorks, etc. Jake then reveals that things are different at the Academy of Future Leadership -- namely, the ''nerds'' bully and make fun of the ''jocks'', while the cheerleaders go for the ''theater dorks''.

* Saya gives Marcus one in ''ComicBook/DeadlyClass'' as she introduces him to the assassins' school. The cliques in this case composed of the children of violent groups. The "Dixie Mob" are redneck neo-Nazis, the "Preps" are rich CIA/FBI, the "Jersey Kings" are East Coast mobsters, the "Soto Vatos" are [[TheCartel drug cartel kids]], the "Kuroki Syndicate" is {{Yakuza}}, and the "Final World Order" are LA gang mangers.

* In ''Film/StTrinians'', new girl Annabelle is shown the boarding school cliques in the dormitories. She is introduced to the chavs (loudmouthed, brash girls), the posh totties (fashionable social-climbers), the geeks, the emos, and the first-years.

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