History Manga / GreatTeacherOnizuka

A LiveActionAdaptation has also been made, toning down the abuse Onizuka takes (for obvious reasons) and [[AdaptationDistillation distilling a number of storylines]], [[RomanceOnTheSet leading to the real-life romances]] of the actors playing Onizuka and Azusa Fuyutsuki respectively. It was followed by a live-action [[TheMovie movie]] in 1999, though only Onizuka's actor appeared in it. A second live-action series was released in 2012, with a second season in 2014. There was also a 4-episode live-action miniseries released in Taiwan.

You can watch it legally on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/gto-the-animation/episode-1-gto-the-legend-begin-666755?p480=1 Crunchyroll]].

* AnAesop:
** [[JustLikeUs Teachers are human beings, too]]. They have feelings that are no different than yours, and they deserve your respect. They really do care about you, and are willing to help you if you just let them. Of course, there ''are'' bad teachers, but they're the exception, not the rule.
** Students should be given proper guidance, not used as tools for some dark agenda or treated as enemies.
** RousseauWasRight

* GetRichQuickScheme: Onizuka and his most loyal students try a bunch of these (with Kikuchi and Urumi often pointing out that something wouldn't work) when he has to come up with 8 million yen in a week. Saejima is always trying to rope Onizuka into one of these, usually an obvious PyramidScheme.

** [[spoiler:Teshigawara]] tries to justify his doings to Onizuka and Fuyutsuki by talking about his Freudian excuse. They both refute it and insist that he is just a loser who indulges in self-pity and that this is not a reason to act like a psycho.

* CoolLoser: Onizuka used to be in a gang, rides a motorcycle, and beats people up. But he's also a 22-year old demented otaku virgin who can't hold down a job, and he's so broke he doesn't even know who's on the 10,000 yen bill.

** Uchiyamada was canonically born in 1946, his father dying in WW2. However, he mentions the class of '57 being "real troublemakers". He would have been 11 years old then.

* OedipusComplex:
** Sho is ''very'' loyal to Miss Daimon, [[spoiler: to the point of insanity when Daimon disavows her relationship with him]].
** Kunio to his mother Julia. This pertains to an interesting variation of the trope as he [[ParentalAbandonment never knew his father]] but, because his father left his mother while she was still [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]], Kunio is adamant on believing that [[AllMenArePerverts all older men are skirtchasers]] and will do everything in his power to protect his mother. His stance is put to the test when Onizuka dates his mother. This logic ultimately backfires when Onizuka states that Kunio is simply running away from his problems while dragging along his mother. When Kunio's actions almost [[spoiler: kill Julia by oncoming truck, she is saved by Onizuka]], lowering his stance. Kunio's pride is reduced even lower when Onizuka says the date was a one-time deal.
* TheOjou[=/=]LonelyRichKid: Miyabi makes a mild version of a mix of these. Arguably, Urumi has traits of this too.

* ParentWithNewParamour: Kunio Murai's BerserkButton is any man (''especially'' his homeroom teacher Onizuka) dating his AbsurdlyYouthfulMother. He may have a bit of an OedipusComplex.

* WackyHomeroom: Let's see. There's a guy with an OedipusComplex, a BullyMagnet, a [[TheDitz "slow" girl]] who has HiddenDepths, a prankster who uses photoshop to embarrass his teacher, a TeenGenius, and an AlphaBitch who's made it her mission to destroy Onizuka...and then there's [[BadassTeacher Onizuka]] [[IdiotHero himself]].

** Not to mention [[OedipusComplex Sho]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy Shibuya]].
** And Teshigawara for Fuyutsuki.

* KickTheDog: Aside from multiple evil actions which are [[KickTheSonOfABitch "okay" because they're targeted towards "enemies"]], Miyabi is quite fond of this, especially with her treatment of Tomoko and once using her good-natured hard-working classmate Fujiyoshi as a pawn in her plan.

%%* GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* JustAFleshWound: [[spoiler:Teshigawara]] empties a gun in Onizuka's chest... he gets better. And not without kicking his ass first, and even ''jumping from a building to save him from suicide''.
** Not to mention going on a 14-day long adventure immediately afterwards, if the ''Shonan 14 Days'' spin-off is to be believed.
*** In which [[spoiler:he gets stabbed and shot ''again'']].

* OnlyAFleshWound: Onizuka shrugs off being hit by a truck, jumps off a building onto a car (twice), receiving only a broken arm that he doesn't even notice until it's pointed out the next day (and does push-ups on it), and even then continues to play computer games like a god (while keeping track of his winning streak on his still-untreated and horrifically swollen arm). He's also survived a number of gunshot wounds that should have been fatal.

* BladeOnAStick: Tokiwa duct-tapes a knife to a stick at one point.

* {{Itasha}}: In the first chapter of ''GTO: 14 Days in Shonan'', Onizuka paints a portrait of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya on Vice-Principal Uchiyamada's PreciousPreciousCar.

* TheyDo: [[spoiler:Onizuka and Fuyutsuki]] in the drama. And their actors in RealLife too.

* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Azusa, Naoko, and several students catch Onizuka on ADateWithRosiePalms in his room. He desperately tries to tell them it's NotWhatItLooksLike.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Nanako finds a lot of objects in Onizuka's apartment that show he masturbates frequently, even using an instant noodle cup. Fuyutsuki and others even stumble on Onizuka masturbating while watching a porn movie, and he tries his best to tell this is NotWhatItLooksLike.

%%* BrokenBird: Misuzu Daimon, Ai Tokiwa, Urumi to an extent. %%ZCE

* ButtMonkey: Several, but vice-principal Uchiyamada gets especially cruel treatment. His wife has grown cold and seems to be having an extramarital romance, his daughter sees him as a gift dispenser, his own ''dog'' bullies him (and unfortunately shares the first name, appearance, and lecherous nature with the man who's giving Uchiyamada hell outside of home), his dreams of his [[CoolCar brand new pearl white Cresta]] bringing his family back together are repeatedly wrecked... The Cresta also is repeatedly wrecked. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWgfu9Rsg94 escalating degrees of destruction]].

* BuxomIsBetter: Onizuka generally loves female beauty but big boobs are his favourite.

* CarCushion: Courtesy of Uchiyamada's good old Cresta.
** Lampshaded/subverted at the end of the series, when [[spoiler: Uchiyamada himself drives the car closer so the student and Onizuka dangling off a curtain would survive if they fell, at the cost of his car. Doubly so because he had parked it away from the roof exactly to prevent this from happening again, and had in fact put an inflatable kiddy pool on the roof to protect it as extra protection measure. It didn't help; the car was still totaled.]]

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Julia [[StealthPun smacks some sense]] into her son Kunio after spouting that Onizuka is nothing but a pervert. Which is paired with one of the greatest lines in the series:
-->'''Julia:''' Kunio, whatever poisoned your mind to start thinking like a loser?

* CriticalResearchFailure: InUniverse. Onizuka claims he got a degree in sociology, but he misremembers the names of famous thinkers like "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham Jerico Bentham]]" and "Creator/JohnStamos [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill Mill]]".

* CompositeCharacter: In the 1998 series, Onizuka's two closest friends Danma and Saejima are combined into "Ryuji Saejima". Anko's character is also combined with Miyabi.

* TreatedWorseThanThePet: The Uchiyamada family (mother and daughter) seems to give more respect to their dog Eikishi than to the father.

* AchievementTestOfDestiny: Onizuka is required to get the highest score in the country on the National Scholastic Aptitude Test to keep his job. Fuyutsuki becomes a temporary EducationMama and his students try to come up with a way to help him cheat, but he ends up passing fair and square ([[UpToEleven after saving a girl from the yakuza and getting shot multiple times]], which made him only have an hour left to take it).

* SleepCute: One chapter features a scene with the ''[[UpToEleven entire class]]'' piled on top of each other like this.

* BandageBabe: Tomoko gets put in a bandage bikini as part of a side story.

* DirtyOldMan: Most of the male teacher's body. Well, basically almost any male who may qualify as old. It says something that Onizuka, in all his lecherous behaviour, is ''mild'' in comparison.

* PantyShot: Hell, that's the very first shot of the show! Although that premise is not followed. We also get a few when [[spoiler:Tokiwa]] is using wide kicks to defeat Kikuchi.