History Main / GradeSystemSnark

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': When Po first starts kung fu training with Master Shifu and the Furious Five, he offers to start at "level zero", and Shifu insists there is no such thing. He changes his mind after Po gets owned by a training dummy/doorstop, which knocks him onto the obstacle course where he gets thrashed by every hazard present.

* The grading system for the O.W.L.s in ''Franchise/HarryPotter''.

** Harry, Ron, and Hermione thought Fred and George were ''joking'' when they said the lowest grade is named after the phenomenally stupid ([[DumbMuscle but very strong]]) creatures known as trolls. Even Hermione thought it was a joke, and she was the girl who was determined to find out everything she could about the exams.

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-->'''Bolt:''' ''[grabbing his throat, doing an exaggerated eye roll, lolling his tongue out, and falling over backwards]'' Styrofoam? That’s my kryptonite! No wonder I've felt so powerless all day!\\

* The 2007 ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'' film provides us with the page quote from [[CloudCuckooLander Michelangelo]] after the FiveManBand, directly disobeying Splinter's orders, pass through The Return and Crossing The Return Threshold phases by randomly attacking monsters (just because they looked suspicious) on an unfinished skyscraper. Splinter was pissed when he found out what happened.

-->'''Bolt:''' ''[grabbing his throat, doing an exaggerated eye roll, lolling his tongue out, and falling over backwards]'' Styrofoam? That’s my kryptonite! No wonder I’ve felt so powerless all day!\\

-->'''Bolt:''' ''[grabbing his throat, doing an exaggerated eye roll, lolling his tongue out, and falling over backwards]'' Styrofoam? That’s my kryptonite! No wonder I’ve felt so powerless all day!
-->'''Mittens:''' ''[quipping]'' B-plus for execution and C-minus for content. A-plus for effort, though.

-->'''Batman''': I wouldn't grade you as ''high'' as my partner.
-->'''Batgirl''': Yeah? Well, I have a few words for ''you'', too.
-->'''Batman''': I don't think you ''passed''.
-->'''Batgirl''': I ''survived'', didn't I?
-->'''Batman''': That's ''not'' enough. You used ''lethal force'' against your last opponents. We don't ''do'' that. We don't kill ''even'' to defend ourselves.
-->'''Batgirl''': Was I supposed to let your paperdolls ''shoot'' me? What would ''that'' have proved?
-->'''Batman''': Only that you could be one of ''us''.

--> O - Outstanding
--> E - Exceeds Expectations
--> A - Acceptable
--> P - Poor
--> D - Dreadful
--> T - Troll
** Keep in mind that Harry, Ron, and Hermione thought Fred and George were ''joking'' when they said the lowest grade is named after the phenomenally stupid ([[DumbMuscle but very strong]]) creatures known as trolls. Notably, even Hermione thought it was a joke, and she was the girl who was determined to find out everything she could about the exams.

--> '''Conan''': "Out of an 88 - an 88 being pretty good, a 110 being excellent, a 150 being awful, a 3 being...eh, not bad, I'd give this a...say, a 26C."

-->'''Shrek''': I've heard better, I'm just sayin'\\

--> Way hay, they're all dead! Got to give them an A for effort, though...

--->'''Obi-Wan:''' You've earned a failing grade in Jedi Ethics.
--->'''Anakin:''' That's it, Obi-Wan! YouHaveFailedMe [[{{Pun}} for the last time!]]

* When Timmy from WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents wishes for a watch which basically operates as an InUniverse ResetButton to [[SaveScumming redo any unfavorable events]], one of the ways he uses it is for a test. The various comments that [[SadistTeacher Mr. Crocker]] gives to each attempt are as follows:
-->Heh, [[SarcasmMode good news, Turner]]. You've taken "F" to a whole new level. I'm going to give you... a [[SuddenlyShouting SUPER F]]! (EvilLaugh)
-->A D! As in "[[FunWithAcronyms Don't get your hopes up for a high-paying career!]]" (EvilLaugh)
-->A B! As in... "But you're not supposed to ''[[{{Pun}} be]]'' this smart"... (MirthlessLaughter)
-->An A minus! As in, [[SpannerInTheWorks hmm]], [[DidntSeeThatComing I give so few A's I don't have any prepared sarcasm.]]

-->A B! As in... "But you're not supposed to ''[[JustForPun be]]'' this smart"... (MirthlessLaughter)

--->'''Anakin:''' That's it, Obi-Wan! YouHaveFailedMe [[IncrediblyLamePun for the last time!]]

-->'''Obi-Wan:''' You've earned a failing grade in Jedi Ethics.
-->'''Anakin:''' That's it, Obi-Wan! YouHaveFailedMe [[IncrediblyLamePun for the last time!]]

** Taken UpToEleven in the sequel.

Contrast TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which, unlike this, there is (usually) no humor involved in the berating involved. Compare BrokeTheRatingScale, which can involve grading snark in whatever odd rating is assigned.