History Main / GraduationForEveryone

** In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', it's revealed that Bonnie Rockwaller (the TitleCharacter's main rival) is the only person in the TitleCharacter's grade who's unable to graduate. According to Mr. Barkin, it turns out that Bonnie blew off all her classes during the last week of school, due to her ill-conceived belief that nothing important ever happens during that time--but because of what she did, Bonnie had missed out on some pretty important stuff, which Mr. Barkin claims has left just under the lowest required amount of credits needed to be able to graduate. Ultimately, Bonnie has to go to summer school (taught by Mr. Barkin) in order to get her high school diploma.
** It's revealed in ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' that Baloo never graduated from grade school, and thus may be barred from attending his class reunion.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': When Homer and Marge Simpson attend their high school reunion, it's revealed that Homer failed one of his classes and thus never (technically) graduated. This was actually foreshadowed in an earlier episode (one that shows how Marge and Homer met and ultimately started dating) where he avoids Marge before their high school prom by not going to school for two weeks (and missing the relevant classes).

** In the last episode of ''{{Disney/Hercules}}: The Animated Series'', everyone in Herc's grade manages to graduate--except for Adonis, who, much to his horror, has to go to summer school in order to graduate.
** In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', it's revealed that Bonnie Rockwaller (the TitleCharacter's main rival) is the only person in her grade who was unable to graduate, due to missing an important exam in one of her classes, which, according to Mr. Barkin, left her just under the lowest required amount of credits in order to graduate. The reason that Bonnie missed the exam in the first place was because she had apparently blown off all her classes during the last week (due to her belief that "nothing important happens in the last week [of school]" ). Ultimately, Bonnie has to go to summer school (taught by Mr. Barkin) in order to get the one credit she needs and get her high school diploma.

** In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', it's revealed that Bonnie Rockwaller (the TitleCharacter's main rival) is the only person in her grade who was unable to graduate, due to missing an important exam in one of her classes, which, according to Mr. Barkin, left her just under the lowest required amount of credits in order to graduate. The reason that Bonnie had missed the exam in the first place was because she had blown off all her classes during the last week (due to her belief that "nothing important ever happens during the last week of school"). Ultimately, Bonnie's forced to go to summer school in order to get her diploma.

* In the last episode of ''{{Disney/Hercules}}: The Animated Series'', everyone in Herc's grade manages to graduate--except for Adonis, who, much to his horror, has to go to summer school in order to graduate.
* Much like the example in ''Hercules'', everyone in [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Kim Possible and Ron Stopabble's]] grade except for [[SitcomArchnemesis Bonnie Rockwaller]] was able to graduate--according to Steve Barkin, Bonnie apparently blew off all of her classes during the last week of school (Bonnie openly claims to Barkin, "Nothing important ever happens during the last week of school"). However, it turns out that due to skipping the last week of school, Bonnie missed an important exam in one of her classes, which, according to Barkin, leaves her just one credit short of being able to graduate--as a result, Bonnie has to go to summer school (with Barkin) in order to get her high school diploma.
* It's revealed in ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' that Baloo never graduated from grade school, and thus may be barred from attending his class reunion.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', Harold is 13 years old, despite being in 4th grade, due to having failed a few times.

* In ''FanFic/SpectacularSeven'', Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle graduate from high school as salutatorian and valedictorian, respectively. However, the rest of the Spectacular Seven, despite constantly complaining about lower grades and difficulty with final exams and tests, all pass as well, Even Rainbow Dash, who had been the most vocal about her troubles, graduates and gets into college on an athletic scholarship. [[spoiler:Moondancer doesn't graduate because she's been placed under house arrest by the BigBad after [[YouHaveFailedMe failing to bring back the Spectacular Seven's souls]].]]

* Beautifully [[spoiler: '''subverted''']] in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' when [[spoiler: Mike and Sulley are expelled and work their way up at Monsters Inc. until they reach where they are in the first film.]]

* Much like the example in ''Hercules'', everyone in [[WesternAnimat/KimPossible Kim Possible and Ron Stopabble's]] grade except for [[SitcomArchnemesis Bonnie Rockwaller]] was able to graduate--according to Steve Barkin, Bonnie apparently blew off all of her classes during the last week of school (Bonnie openly claims to Barkin, "Nothing important ever happens during the last week of school"). However, it turns out that due to skipping the last week of school, Bonnie missed an important exam in one of her classes, which, according to Barkin, leaves her just one credit short of being able to graduate--as a result, Bonnie has to go to summer school (with Barkin) in order to get her high school diploma.

When it happens in RealLife, this is called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_promotion Social Promotion.]], and it is restricted to grade levels earlier than high school.

* In the last episode of ''{{Disney/Hercules}}: The Animated Series'', everyone in Hercules' class graduates, except for Adonis, who has to take summer school.
* In the actual SeriesFinale for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', everyone in Kim and Ron's grade except [[SitcomArchnemesis Kim's rival]], [[AlphaBitch Bonnie]] [[TheCheerleader Rockwaller]], manages to graduate from high school--according to Steve Barkin, Bonnie had blown off all her classes during the last week of school (she openly claims to Barkin, "Nothing important ever happens during the last week of school"). But Barkin points out that, because of what she did, she missed an important test in one her classes, which he claims leaves her one class credit short of graduating--so Bonnie's forced to go to summer school in order to graduate and get her high school diploma.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': When Homer and Marge Simpson goes to their high school reunion, it's revealed that Homer failed remedial science and, thus, never (technically) graduated. This was actually foreshadowed in an earlier flashback where he avoids Marge before the prom by not going to school for two weeks and missing the relevant classes.

* In the actual SeriesFinale for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', everyone in Kim and Ron's grade except [[SitcomArchnemesis Kim's rival]], [[AlphaBitch Bonnie]] [[TheCheerleader Rockwaller]], manages to graduate from high school--according to Steve Barkin, Bonnie had blown off all her classes during the last week of school (due to her belief that nothing important ever happens during that time). [[LaserGuidedKarma As a result]], Bonnie missed an important test in one of her classes, which Barkin claims left her one class credit short of being able to graduate, so she's forced to go to summer school in order to get her high school diploma.

* In the (real) SeriesFinale for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', everyone except [[SitcomArchnemesis Kim's rival]], [[AlphaBitch Bonnie]] [[TheCheerleader Rockwaller]], manages to graduate from high school--according to Steve Barkin, Bonnie had blown off all her classes during the last week (due to her belief that nothing important ever happens during that time). [[LaserGuidedKarma As a result]], Bonnie missed an important test in one of her classes, which Barkin claims left her one class credit short of being able to graduate, so she's forced to go to summer school in order to get her high school diploma.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': When Homer Simpson goes to his high school reunion, it's revealed that he failed remedial science and, thus, never graduated. This was actually foreshadowed in an earlier flashback where he avoids Marge before the prom by not going to school for two weeks and missing the relevant classes.

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* The good ending for ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'' has this, along with WeddingsForEveryone.
** Though only one is shown each time, the others are only implied.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-08-05 only one didn't graduate.]] All the more painful in that it appears to be an eighth-grade not a high school graduation.

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* When [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] goes to his high school reunion, it's revealed that he failed remedial science and, thus, never graduated. This was actually foreshadowed in an earlier flashback where he avoids Marge before the prom by not going to school for two weeks and missing the relevant classes.

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* ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'': Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) is going to fail his History class, which means he wouldn't graduate. However, on the evening of the graduation dance, Mr. Hand shows up at Spicoli's house and informs him that since he has wasted eight hours of class time over the past year, Mr. Hand intends to make up for that time now. They proceed to have a one-on-one tutoring session that lasts until Mr. Hand is satisfied that Spicoli has understood the lesson and finally tells him he will pass him with a D (the lowest possible passing grade).

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* Averted in the backstory of WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'s [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Binky Barnes]], who's repeating fourth grade. Then the series gets firmly [[StatusQuoisGod frozen in time]], so who's to say if he'll ever graduate or not.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-08-05 only one didn't graduate.]] All the more painful in that it appears to be an eighth-grade not a high school graduation.

* In the SeriesFinale for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', everyone except [[SitcomArchnemesis Kim's rival]], [[AlphaBitch Bonnie]] [[TheCheerleader Rockwaller]], manages to graduate from high school--Bonnie blew off all her classes the last week of school, which made her miss an important test in one of her classes and left one class credit short of graduating, and, as a result, is forced to attend summer school in order to get her high school diploma.

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* ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'': Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) is going to fail his History class, which means he wouldn't graduate. However, on the evening of the graduation dance, Mr. Hand shows up at Spicoli's house and informs him that since he has wasted eight hours of class time over the past year, Mr. Hand intends to make up for that time now. They proceed to have a one-on-one tutoring session that lasts until Mr. Hand is satisfied that Spicoli has understood the lesson and finally tells him he will pass him with a D (the lowest possible passing grade).

** Given that he received byes on test because of his football involvement, he might have just outlived his usefulness to the school.
*** Alternatively, football season doesn't last all year, and "[[GrandFinale Is It College Yet?]]" explicitly takes place after it ends; it's possible he stopped getting special treatment once academic suspension from the team stopped being an issue.
*** Also, given how corrupt Ms Li is, it is entirely possible she failed him, so he would be able to play football for Lawndale High next year (and possibly few more years after that, too).

* ''FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'': Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) is going to fail his History class, which means he wouldn't graduate. However, on the evening of the graduation dance, Mr. Hand shows up at Spicoli's house and informs him that since he has wasted eight hours of class time over the past year, Mr. Hand intends to make up for that time now. They proceed to have a one-on-one tutoring session that lasts until Mr. Hand is satisfied that Spicoli has understood the lesson and finally tells him he will pass him with a D (the lowest possible passing grade).

* In SavedByTheBell, Zack is almost never shown studying, and a few times it is shown that he is close to failing out of at least one class, yet he graduates with everyone and (in TheMovie) gets into ''Yale''. He was always portrayed as BrilliantButLazy rather than BookDumb, but still.
* On ''TheGeorgeLopezShow,'' a running plot point is the question of whether Max, George's [[LIsForDyslexia dyslexic]] and generally BookDumb son, would have to repeat the fifth grade. To the show's credit, it even notes that it might be better for him if he ''does'' repeat; however, he squeaks by enough to pass. George himself never went to college, and his difficulty with school is partially attributed to also struggling with dyslexia. As an adult, he takes a community college course because he wanted to be a good role model for Max.
* On ''HappyDays'', Fonzie spent the first four seasons as a high school dropout. There was even one early episode where he returns only to quickly drop out again. When it came time for Richie, Potsie, and Ralph to graduate, Fonzie started attending night school and graduated alongside them. They did note that it was unusual for a night school student to attend graduation, but the fact that he caught up is still amazing.

**** Also, given how corrupts Ms Li is, it is entirely possible she failed him, so he would be able to play football for Lawndale High next year (and possibly few more years after that, too).

* On ''TheGeorgeLopezShow,'' a running plot point is the question of whether Max, George's [[LIsForDyslexia dyslexic]] and generally BookDumb son, would have to repeat the fifth grade. To the show's credit, it even notes that it might be better for him if he ''does'' repeat; however, he squeaks by enough to pass. George himself never graduated high school, and his difficulty with school is partially attributed to also struggling with dyslexia. As an adult, he takes a class to get his his diploma because he wanted to be a good role model for Max.

* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'': [[AsianAirhead London]] graduated with Zack and Cody, though had some difficulty near the end. She was at least a couple of years older than the other students in her graduating class.

* The AlphaBitch of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' also has to attend summer school when she comes up short at graduation.

* The AlphaBitch of ''KimPossible'' also has to attend summer school when she comes up short at graduation.

* Averted in ''{{Daria}}''. Dumb jock Kevin actually ''doesn't'' graduate with the others because his grades were so bad. You'd think he would have been cut from the football team first until his grades improved, but there you go.

* In SavedByTheBell, Zack is almost never shown studying, and a few times it is shown that he is close to failing out of at least one class, yet he graduates with everyone.
** And he was accepted into Yale on his SAT scores, alone

* In ''{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-08-05 only one didn't graduate.]] All the more painful in that it appears to be an eighth-grade not a high school graduation.