History Main / AnimalGoesToSchool

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** In "Love Stinks", Lana is looking after Anne, a skunk with a cold. Her twin sister Lola bonds with Anne, and so when she gets better, Lola doesn't want her to be set free. Lola takes Anne to school, but she escapes and through the air vent and eventually ends up [[SmellySkunk spraying]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'': At one point in the flashback to the llama incident that Milo is recounting for Zack, Milo tells his dog Diogee to corral the llamas...in Spanish. Zack asks since when does Milo know Spanish, and the flashback cuts to Milo in Spanish class. Zack then asks why Diogee knows Spanish, and the flashback cuts to Diogee in the same class.
* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey''. In the show's universe, animals get picked up from the zoo, are taken to a special school, and then are sent home, while still having animal needs and instincts. The show is about a human boy named Adam Lyon being confused for a legit lion because of a typo in his name, and becoming the only human in the animal school.

** In "Love Stinks", Lana is looking after Anne, a skunk with a cold. Her twin sister Lola bonds with Anne, and so when she gets better, Lola doesn't want her to be set free. Lola takes Anne to school, but she escapes and through the air vent and eventually ends up [[SmellySkunk spraying]].

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey''. In this universe, animals get picked up from the zoo, taken to a special school, and are sent home, while still having animal needs and instincts. The show is about a human named Adam Lyon being confused for a legit lion because of a typo and becoming the only human in animal school, inverting the premise while still getting a lot of humor out of the sheer concept of zoo animals attending a traditional school system.

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoureNotElectedCharlieBrown'', Snoopy infiltrates the Peanuts Gang's school under his "Joe Cool" persona but isn't found out until he tries to answer a math problem by stating his paw, afterwards he is booted off the premises. Becomes a BrickJoke later on as Linus says during his campaign speech that any dog who wander onto school premises will be welcomed with open arms, which cuts to the beagle applauding him, as he somehow snuck into the school auditorium.

* A short story, ''Literature/LionAtSchool'' by ''Creator/PhilippaPearce'' tells of how a fierce lion demands of a little girl called Jill (on pain of eating her up) that she takes him to school with her. Jill protests that she is not allowed to bring pets to school; the lion says he is not a pet, but a friend. She agrees on two conditions; first, that he does not eat anyone, and second, that he lets her ride on his back to school. The lion joins in the lessons and frightens away a bully, Jack Tall.

* The song "La Vaca Estudiosa" by ''Creator/MariaElenaWalsh'' follows an old cow that decides to go to school. The teacher at first thought the cow had made a mistake, the children (her classmates) laughed and threw chalk at her, and people from outside the school came to watch her, arriving in trucks, bicycles, and planes, creating such chaos that she was the only one that actually studied and learned anything.
* ''Music/{{Songdrops}}'': "The Teacher Song" mentions that the singer once tried to keep a secret pet skunk at school but it got scared (and presumably [[SmellySkunk sprayed]]), which the teacher didn't like.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode Nancy Does Dallas, Nancy Gribble is begrudgingly forced to do a news report about how a kid brought his pet ferret to school. She then spins it into a report about school shootings.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/YoureNotElectedCharlieBrown'', Snoopy infiltrates the Peanuts Gang's school under his "Joe Cool" persona but isn't found out until he tries to answer a math problem by stating his paw, afterwards he is booted off the premises. Becomes a Brick Joke later on as Linus says during his campaign speech that any dog who wander onto school premises will be welcomed with open arms, which cuts to the beagle applauding him, as he somehow snuck into the school auditorium.

* ''Literature/WaysideSchool'': In the last story of ''Literature/WaysideSchoolIsFallingDown'', Mrs. Jewels rings her cowbell really loud to calm the students of the thirtieth floor down. She unknowingly attracted all the cows from the country side and filled up the school. Lewis gets rid of all the cows in the school, except for one that's on the nineteenth floor in ''Literature/WaysideSchoolGetsALittleStranger''.

* ''Literature/WaysideSchool'': In the last story of ''Literature/WaysideSchoolIsFallingDown'', Mrs. Jewls rings her cowbell really loud to calm the students of the thirtieth floor down. She unknowingly attracted all the cows from the country side and filled up the school. Lewis gets rid of all the cows in the school, except for one that's on the nineteenth floor in ''Literature/WaysideSchoolGetsALittleStranger''.

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Gaturro}}'': The titular character (who is a house cat), goes to school and is the only animal pupil. Although he can not talk (his dialogue appears in speech bubbles when interacting with humans), it is heavily implied that his teacher, Ruda Vinagretti, can understand him and gets an idea of how bad of a student he is.

* ''Literature/WaysideSchool'': In the last story of ''Literature/WaysideSchoolIsFallingDown'', Mrs. Jewes rings her cowbell really loud to calm the students of the thirtieth floor down. She unknowingly attracted all the cows from the country side and filled up the school. Lewis gets rid of all the cows in the school, except for one that's on the nineteenth floor in ''Literature/WaysideSchoolGetsALittleStranger''.

* ''Literature/WaysideSchool'': In the last story of ''Literature/WaysideSchoolIsFallingDown'', Mrs. Jewels rings her cowbell really loud to calm the students of the thirtieth floor down. She unknowingly attracted all the cows from the country side and filled up the school. Lewis gets rid of all the cows in the school, except for one that's on the nineteenth floor in Wayside School Gets a Little Stanger.

* ''Literature/WaysideSchool'': In the last story of ''Literature/WaysideSchoolisFallingDown'', Mrs. Jewels rings her cowbell really loud to calm the students of the thirtieth floor down. She unknowingly attracted all the cows from the country side and filled up the school. Lewis gets rid of all the cows in the school, except for one that's on the nineteenth floor in Wayside School Gets a Little Stanger.

* ''Literature/TwoDogsinaTrenchCoatGotoSchool'' has the eponymous dogs pose as a new student to help their human.

* ''Literature/MillyMolly'': In the cartoon series, this happens twice:
** The episode "Pet Day" has the girls and their classmates bring their pets to school. This leads to chaos when the pets run rampant, Puddles the dog pees on things, and Stinky the skunk sprays Humphrey twice.
** One episode has Harry bring his two mice, Brian and Brioni, to school for show and tell. They end up running rampant through the classroom and aggravating the allergies of Miss Blythe the teacher.

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Gaturro}}'': The titular character (who is a house cat), goes to school, and is the only animal pupil. Although he can not talk (his dialogue appears in speech bubbles when interacting with humans), it is heavily implied that his teacher, Ruda Vinagretti, can understand him and gets an idea of how bad of a student he is.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'': In one scene, Snoopy the beagle attempts to go to school with his owner Charlie Brown, before being told that dogs can't go to school. He still tries to sneak into the school anyway, and manages to get in by crawling through a vent. This works until he gets a ring binder caught on his paw, attracting attention and causing Lucy to throw him outside.

* A short story, ''Literature/LionAtSchool'' by ''Creator/PhilippaPearce'' tells of how a fierce lion demands of a little girl called Jill (on pain of eating her up) that she takes him to school with her. Jill protests that she is not allowed to bring pets to school; the lion says he is not a pet, but a friend. She agrees on two conditions; first, that he does not eat anyone, and second, that he lets her ride on his back to school. The lion joins in the lessons, and frightens away a bully, Jack Tall.

* In ''Literature/{{Ratburger}}'', Zoe finds a baby rat and decides to keep him for a secret pet. She takes him to school in her sweater, but gets busted when he first poops on the bathroom floor, then climbs from Zoe's pocket onto her head.

* ''Literature/WaysideSchool'': In the last story of ''Literature/WaysideSchoolisFallingDown'', Mrs. Jewels rings her cowbell really loud to calm the students of the thirtieth floor down. She unknowingly attracted all the cows from the country side and filled up the school. Lewis gets rid of all the cows in the school, except for one that's in the nineteenth floor in Wayside School Gets a Little Stanger.

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* Played with in the first series of ''Series/LittleBritain''. As a RuleOfThree gag, a school teacher tells the class that they have a new boy with them today. The first "new boy" is a grown man; the second is a boy in aristocratic period costume; and for the third, the teacher orders the class not to treat the him any differently; the pupil is a dog wearing a tie. The teacher wearily adds, "Yes, he's a dog".

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* The song "La Vaca Estudiosa" by ''Creator/MariaElenaWalsh'' follows an old cow that decides to go to school. The teacher at first thought the cow had made a mistake, the children (her classmates) laughed and threw chalk at her, and people from outside the school came to watch her, arriving in trucks, bicycles and planes, creating such chaos that she was the only one that actually studied and learned anything.

--> Nancy: If this boy had been an intruder, and this marsupial a gun, "Show and Tell" could've had a much different and deadlier income.

** In "Small Blunder", Lily's classmate brings his pet guinea pig to school for show and tell, making her jealous. Later, he brings it to school for show and tell again, on the same day that she brings a Shrink Ray and the guinea pig ends up chasing the shrunken kids.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'': At one point in the flashback to the llama incident that Milo is recounting for Zack, Milo tells his dog Diogee to corral the llamas... in Spanish. Zack asks since when does Milo know Spanish, and the flashback cuts to Milo in Spanish class. Zack then asks why Diogee knows Spanish, and the flashback cuts to Diogee in the same class.
* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey''. In this universe, animals get picked up from the zoo, taken to a special school, and are sent home, while still having animal needs and instincts. The show is about a human named Adam Lyon being confused for a legit lion and becoming the only human in animal school, inverting the premise while still getting a lot of humor out of the sheer concept of zoo animals attending a traditional school system.

* Spot of ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet'' decides to pretend to be human in order to become educated, much to the chagrin of his owner, Leonard.

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoureNotElectedCharlieBrown'', Snoopy infiltrates the Peanuts Gang's school under his "Joe Cool" persona, but isn't found out until he tries to answer a math problem by stating his paw, afterwards he is booted off the premises. Becomes a Brick Joke later on as Linus says during his campaign speech that any dog who wander onto school premises will be welcomed with open arms, which cuts to the beagle applauding him, as he somehow snuck in into the school auditorium.