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* ''AxisPowersHetalia'', of all things, has the DatingSim / VisualNovel ''Gakuen Hetalia'', penned and illustrated by the author himself and later adaptated into a PSP game (not by Himaruya, though). Because what everybody needs is an AU where [[MoeAnthropomorphism Moe Anthropomorphisms]] of countries who normally make up a CastFullOfPrettyBoys have friendly and/or romantic hijinks with a newcomer country, er, girl in the [[BoardingSchool Boarding School of World]]. (Bad thing is that it made Seychelles, said newcomer country, [[DieForOurShip horribly unpopular among the rabid and jealous fangirls]] who falsely accused her of either being a MarySue, "stealing all the bishonen for herself", or standing in between their favorite yaoi couples.)
** The Gakuen universe has been expanded in manga strips, and it recently debuted in the AnimatedAdaptation. Among other things, it has France hanging with China and Turkey in the [[SupremeChef Gourmet Club]], Estonia and Ukraine in the music club, Seychelles peeking into other people's clubs too, etc. It's specially "famous" for introducing Romania, who is a member of the Magic Club with England and Norway.

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is getting one of these ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''. It involves Twilight Sparkle travelling to another dimension in pursuit of [[MacGuffin a stolen crown]], [[HumanityEnsues turning into a human]], and meeting [[AlternateSelf human versions of her friends from Ponyville]].

* Even the ''creators'' of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' have gotten into the act, with their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT-JnKZAKb8& "School Time Shipping"]] video, though the bending is still all there.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'' has [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]], [[ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]], WhiteTiger and ComicBook/{{Nova}} attending the same high school as Peter Parker. While White Tiger and Nova are [[CanonImmigrant Canon Immigrants]] created for the show, Luke Cage and Iron Fist are always depicted as adults in the comic books, with Cage in particular being much older than Spider-Man.

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* There is one [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7685348/1/Jesus_Goes_to_High_School fanfiction]] of ''Literature/TheBible''. Even the summary says, "Anything can be a HighSchoolAU fic. '''ANYTHING.''' It also has Ebony from ''MyImmortal'' in it. She even has the bad spelling from her original fan fic to go with her.

* There's a Franchise/{{Transformers}} HighSchoolAU fic that--wait for it...[[http://www.cyberspace.org/~suz/fanfic.html crosses over with ArchieComics]]. (Scroll down; it's in zip format.) However, it's kind of a subversion in that it's not mundane--using AppliedPhlebotinum, several Transformers go undercover in Riverdale, including several who end up going to Riverdale High.

The High School AU is an AlternateUniverseFic that may or may not resemble the original universe it's a {{fanfiction}} of, but the main premise is that most or all of the characters from whatever universe the story draws from are in an academic setting. Usually, this happens to be high school. It is (in theory) the opposite of the SelfInsertFic—instead of putting themselves in a fictional universe, the writer brings fictional characters [[WriteWhatYouKnow into a setting which they can write about knowledgeably]], though some writers may insert {{original character}}s or even {{Author Avatar}}s into this kind of reprised universe.

This type of story may also occasionally [[{{Mundanization}} remove anything and everything unusual in the original premise]], though this is not nessecarily a requirement. Also, especially for the amateur fanfiction community, a HighSchoolAU is often a way to write romance fanfiction between two characters in a more socially comfortable position (for the characters and even the author to variable degrees, depending on the fandom derived from).

This is the most common form of AlternateUniverseFic, for good or ill, mostly because it is an easy setting to write for. Some HighSchoolAU stories may take a series that never took place in a high school and transplant the characters there. A variant on this is to take a series where a high school was part of the setting, and makes it the primary setting. Another variant is taking a show with characters that were elementary or lower grammar school age and transplanting them to a high school setting.

* One of the magazines not directly affiliated with any fed (I want to say Pro Wrestling Illustrated) ran a feature that was short comic strips of the wrestlers of the day in high school. One was Steve Austin standing up on a chair flipping the bird into the air saying "If you hate algebra, give me a Hell Yeah!" while the teacher said "Steven, sit down.", and one with Kane shooting flames out of the stove in Home Ec. They did this for a few issues and then had a fan contest on who could write the best one, then published the contest winners in the magazine.

* There is one [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7685348/1/Jesus_Goes_to_High_School fanfiction]] of ''Literature/TheBible''. Yes, I kid you not. Even the summary says, "Anything can be a HighSchoolAU fic. '''ANYTHING.''' (Apologies if someone's done this already).
** It also has Ebony from MyImmortal in it. Yes, that is true, she even has the bad spelling to go with her.

* ''Lysistrata Jones'' is a musical HighSchoolAU of ''Theatre/{{Lysistrata}}''.

* {{Pokemon}} has an absurd number of these. Virtually none of these have anything to do with Pokemon and many of these revolve around {{Shipping}}.
* There's one ''MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover'' featuring all the Nintendo cast.... it wasn't exactly Super Smash Bros., but it was close. And then Mario and Luigi became Avatars and there was violence....
** That would be [[http://koopaprince.tripod.com/fanfics/toasty/mhsd/mhsd1.htm Mario's High School Days]], a DeadFic from 1999-2000.
** There's a Fanfic in Spanish titled "Nintendo School", guess what it is about.

* One of the better results was ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', which recast JaneAusten's ''{{Emma}}'' in a Beverly Hills high school.
** ''Film/EasyA'' did much the same thing with NathanielHawthorne's ''TheScarletLetter''.
* ''DragonBallEvolution'' is essentially a High School AU fanfic with CGI.

* ''{{Brick}}'' isn't an AU of any specific noir story, but it still fits here. The movie takes every noir trope imaginable and transplants them into a high school setting. The results are surprisingly good.
** In a similar manner ''AssassinationOfAHighSchoolPresident'' does this as well but more of a conspiracy thriller feel. It also features the journalist protagonist, in this case writing for the high school newspaper.

* There's a very bad recast of ''PrideAndPrejudice'' in high school out there.
* The MegCabot Novel AvalonHigh is pretty much a published version of this. It's KingArthur...in a HighSchool!
* You would think that ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', being set in Hogwarts '''School''' of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and populated almost entirely by teenagers, would be exempt from this. Nope. For some reason, there are a number of fics where Harry and company end up at a (usually) American high school. [[DracoInLeatherPants Expect Draco to be in leather pants,]] [[MarySue and a Mary Sue or two.]]
** And you can do this to Snape, Sirius and co by making a prequel fanfic.
* Geez, the number for MaximumRide. But, really, that's kind of the point of book 2.
* There is also a significant amount of SherlockHolmes High School AU both as professional novels and as traditional fanfiction. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/719689/1/ The Irregulars]] is one of the better examples.

* ''Series/StargateSG1'' took this and made it canon by introducing a teenage clone version of Jack O'Neill, who promptly returns to high school. Although he's [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse never seen]] or mentioned again, countless fanfictions try to explain what happened next. Some inexplicably decide to give the rest of the team mini-clones as well.
** There's also a popular trend of high school fics which ignore this continuity entirely. Generally they place Jack and Daniel as foster brothers, Sam as the girl next door, and Teal'c as the weird new kid from Africa. Never mind that they weren't all in high school at the same time, and Teal'c's an alien.

** Some fanfics instead have O'Neill's clone end up at the same high school as Sam's adopted ([[HumanAliens alien]]) daughter Cassandra.

* ''BecomingHuman'' can be seen as the HighSchoolAU of ''Series/BeingHuman''.

* Much like Gotham High, there was almost a ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19049_6-insane-versions-famous-cartoons-they-almost-made_p2.html Muppets High]]''. It would have been set in the 1950s, with Kermit as a [[HappyDays Fonzie]]-style greaser, Gonzo as a nerd, Fozzie Bear a soda jerk, and Rowlf a varsity football player. Because that makes sense. It's not clear whether the show could modify the characters' zany personalities to accomodate a high school setting, or if it would be set in the '50s as a nostalgia-fueled look at a simpler time, or a ''Series/MadMen'' style view of the underlying hypocrisy of the era.

* Does anybody know there nearly was a [[http://jeffandceleste.blogspot.com/2011/01/gotham-high.html Gotham High]] television series? Sure it never developed beyond concept images but makes you wonder what Bruce Wayne's life was like in High School. Even several comic fans wanted this show released.

The HighSchoolAU is an AlternateUniverseFic that may or may not resemble the original universe it's a {{fanfiction}} of, but the main premise is that most or all of the characters from whatever universe the story draws from are in an academic setting. Usually, this happens to be high school. It is (in theory) the opposite of the SelfInsertFic—instead of putting themselves in a fictional universe, the writer brings fictional characters [[WriteWhatYouKnow into a setting which they can write about knowledgeably]], though some writers may insert {{original character}}s or even {{Author Avatar}}s into this kind of reprised universe.

* AmericanIdol has a few of these with the various casts as students and the The judges [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Ryan]] as teachers. Sometimes they take place in a PerformingArtsSchool

** In a similar manner ''TheAssassinationOfAHighSchoolPresident'' does this for conspiracy thrillers with a journalist as protagonist, making it the high school newspaper.

* ''Brick'' isn't an AU of any specific noir story, but it still fits here. The movie takes every noir trope imaginable and transplants them into a high school setting. The results are surprisingly good.

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->''"The basic overarching plot is, 'What is the contrived nonsense that drives [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]] to take a human form and go to high school?' There's this prophecy that this girl is going to stop him ending the world, and it turns out the prophecy is totally true,'' but! ''She stops him ending the world... because [[ThePowerOfLove he falls in love with her!]]"''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'' has [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]], [[ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]], White Tiger and ComicBook/{{Nova}} attending the same high school as Peter Parker. While White Tiger and Nova are [[CanonImmigrant Canon Immigrants]] created for the show, Luke Cage and Iron Fist are always depicted as adults in the comic books, with Cage in particular being much older than Spider-Man.

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is getting one of these ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''. It involves Twilight Sparkle travelling to another dimension in pursuit of [[MacGuffin a stolen crown]], [[HumanityEnsues turning into a human]], and meeting [[AlternateSelf human versions of her friends from Ponyville]]. Early "[[PeripheryDemographic brony]]" reactions have been - to put it charitably - [[BrokenBase mixed]].

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is getting one of these, called "''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''." Early "[[PeripheryDemographic brony]]" reactions have been - to put it charitably - [[BrokenBase mixed]].

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** ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' for ''Film/{{Spider-Man 3}}''

* There is now a fan-parody High School AU for ''Series/GameOfThrones'' titled, appropriately, School of Thrones, complete with a cool opening that mimics the already awesome credits of the TV series (the parody seems more in debt to the show than the books.) Feature Starks as hipsters, Lannisters as the "cool" gang that runs the school, the Greyjoys as the swim team, Daenerys as the dragon-obsessed foreign exchange student, and Renly as the quarterback and potential prom king candidate (with Loras as his prom queen) Incredibly silly and a bit cringeworthy but still some good fun, can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/schoolofthrones.

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is getting one of these, called "''MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''." Early "[[PeripheryDemographic brony]]" reactions have been - to put it charitably - [[BrokenBase mixed]].

* Thanks to the growing "[[PeripheryDemographic brony]]" population, ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is getting one of these, called "''EquestriaGirls''." Ironically, early brony reactions have been - to put it charitably - [[BrokenBase mixed]].