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When a student misbehaves in school, they may get suspended, which means they have to stay home from school for a certain amount of time. Schools see it as a punishment so that the kid can use their time at home to "Think about what they've done", [[ComicallyMissingThePoint but many kids will treat it as some sort of reward since]] SchoolIsForLosers. It's essentially a free vacation for them and they can do whatever they want. They may even start getting in trouble on purpose just so they can stay home even longer!

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* Played with in ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool''. Instead of being expelled after blowing up the school gym in a ploy to postpone exams, Nagito is merely suspended because the school deems him too valuable to lose, and several students and faculty are scapegoated and given much harsher punishments. Not much is known about what happened during the ''year-long'' suspension, though the teachers theorize Nagito went on vacation, and he was, once again, the sole survivor of a plane crash and wound up in an island paradise.

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* Defied in ''Fanfic/ConsequencesMiraculousLadybug'' when Lila gets busted for her lies and lack of attendance, as the school thought about suspending her, but figured she would treat it like a vacation. Instead, she has six months of detention with Ms. Mendeleiev and has to complete all the homework she never did.

-->'''Georgie:''' Dude! I wonder if we get a week off PER KID?!
-->'''Selkie:''' Let's finds outs!
-->'''Paul:''' Kids, if y'all actually kick anyone, I'm just giving you triple homework instead.

** In "Jeffy Gets Bullied!," Jeffy gets suspended for beating up Bully Bill. When Mario tells him that he has to stay home for a week, he's happy about it, saying that he should have gotten himself suspended a long time ago.
** Similarly, in "Jeffy Gets Expelled!," after being expelled for fighting too many times (as well as being placed under house arrest due to Bully Bill pressing charges), Jeffy is thrilled that he doesn't have to go to school anymore. He gets upset when told he has to go back after putting his ankle bracelet on Bully Bill and causing him to blow up.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': Discussed, played straight and subverted. In "Being Human," [[JerkJock Brad]] pranks Professor Rotwood with an exploding cake near the end of the term. He's suspended for it, leading Trix and Spud to question the act's effectiveness. Jake, who is seriously struggling under the weight of his responsibilities, is inspired to do the same to the Dragon Council so he can get some time off. However, their suspension leaves him temporarily powerless, [[AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp which inevitably makes things go wrong]] when Councillor Chang attacks.

* Played with; in the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode, "Suspended", after receiving a D on his test, Harold decides that he hates school so much that he wishes he never had to go again. When he sees Wolfgang get punished for playing with the fire extinguisher, it inspires him to deliberately earn himself a week-long suspension. At first, Harold thinks being suspended will be fun, but everything backfires on him; when he tries to watch some TV, the only thing on is news coverage of an economic summit in Japan, which he finds very boring. Harold goes to the basketball court to shoot baskets but realizes that he can't invite his friends because they're still at school. When trying to shoot baskets by himself, he can't score a hit in the basket and accidentally tosses the ball out of the court, where it bounces off and damages several cars offscreen, which makes him realize the true misery of his punishment and desperate to return to school.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'': In "A Clockwork Buzz," Todd frames [[TheBully Buzz]], leading to him getting suspended for a month. After spending the episode faking being traumatized and brainwashed to get Todd to confess, Buzz admits that he spent his suspension watching TV and eating beans. Todd shrugs, looking forward to doing the same, but the principal makes him do community service for the month instead.

* ''Literature/TheBridgeOfClay'': Middle brother Rory hates school with all his heart and does things like throwing grapes at a teacher to get suspended. While suspended, he goes with his eldest brother Matthew to work, which he likes very much -- and when Rory finally gets expelled, he promptly finds a job and is finally happy.

When a student misbehaves in school, they may get suspended, which means they have to stay home from school for a certain amount of time. Schools see it as a punishment so that the kid can "Think about what they've done", [[ComicallyMissingThePoint but many kids will treat it as some sort of reward since]] SchoolIsForLosers. It's essentially a free vacation for them and they can do whatever they want. They may even start getting in trouble on purpose just so they can stay home even longer!

How the kid's parents treat the suspension varies. Some won't punish their child and take them to do something fun, especially if they don't care or if the kid was innocent, while other parents may end up punishing them further, including giving them chores or [[YouAreGrounded grounding]] them. The student may also have to complete the work that they missed, either during the suspension or after they get back.

Another variation is with getting expelled, with the kid being ecstatic over possibly never having to go to school again. Of course, parents won't let their kids go without education, so they'll either send them to another school or homeschool them.

** "Cody Gets Expelled" has Cody get kicked out of school for making an AK-47 joke in class. Junior and Joseph think that getting expelled is "sick" and that Cody can just stay home all day, but Cody, being a nerd, enjoys school, and his parent got mad at him and want to move to Vermont so he can attend school again, so they all come up with a plan to get him un-expelled.

* Played with in the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode, "Suspended"; After receiving a D on his test, Harold decides that he hates school so much that he wishes that he'd never had to go again. When he sees Wolfgang get suspended for playing with the fire extinguisher, he tries to do the same, but by this point, the extinguisher is empty and Principal Wartz thinks he's reminding him to refill it. After Harold calls Wartz a stupid dork in frustration, Wartz suspends him for a week. At first, he thinks being suspended will be fun, since he doesn't have to go to school and can do whatever he wants at home. However, everything backfires on him; when he tries to watch some TV, the only thing on all channels is news coverage of an economic summit in Japan, which Harold finds very boring. When he goes to the basketball court to shoot baskets, he realizes that he can't invite his friends because they're still at school. He then tries to shoot baskets by himself, but he can't score a hit in the basket and accidentally tosses the ball out of the court, where it bounces off of and damages several cars offscreen. Harold finally understands the true misery of his punishment and is desperate to return to school.

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When a student misbehaves in school, they may get suspended, which means they have to stay home from school for a certain amount of time. Schools see it as a punishment so that the kid can "Think about what they've done", but many kids will treat it as some sort of reward since SchoolIsForLosers. It's essentially a free vacation for them and they can do whatever they want. They may even start getting in trouble on purpose just so they can stay home even longer!

How the kid's parents treat the suspension varies. Some won't punish their child and take them to do something fun, especially if they don't care or if the kid was innocent, while other parents may end up punishing them, including giving them chores or [[YouAreGrounded grounding]] them. The student may also have to complete the work that they missed, either during the suspension or after they get back.

When a student misbehaves in school, they may get suspended, which means they have to stay home from school for a certain amount of time. Schools see it as a punishment so that the kid can "Think about what they've done", but many kids will treat it as some sort of reward since SchoolIsForLosers. It's essentially a free vacation for them and they can do whatever they want. They may even start getting in trouble on purpose just so they can stay home even longer.

-> '''Georgie:''' Dude! If I kick a kid in the nuts, I get to skip school for a whole WEEK?!
-> '''Principal:''' It's not a reward!

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': At several points Tim hopes his punishment for frequently falling asleep in class or outright ditching his morning classes will be suspension as his work as Robin is making him too tired to find school anything but torture and he already knows everything he's being "taught" at school in the subjects he actually cares about.

-->--''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'', [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie335/ 335]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': Discussed, played straight and subverted. In "Being Human," [[JerkJock Brad]] pranks Professor Rotwood with an exploding cake near the end of the term. He's suspended for it, leading Trix and Spud to question the act's effectiveness. Jake, who is seriously struggling under the weight of his responsibilities, is inspired to do the same to the Dragon Council so he can get some time off. However, their suspension leaves him temporarily powerless, [[AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp which inevitably makes things go wrong]] Councillor Chang attacks.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': Discussed, played straight and subverted. In "Being Human," [[JerkJock Brad]] pranks Professor Rotwood with an exploding cake near the end of the term. He's suspended for it, leading Trix and Spud to question the act's effectiveness. Jake, who is seriously struggling under the weight of his responsibilities, is inspired to do the same to the Dragon Council so he can get some time off. It eventually goes wrong, however, as [[TheDragon Councillor Chang]] happens to attack during his suspension when he's temporarily powerless.

* Invoked in ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' episode "No Laughing", in which Principal McVicker initially suspends the moronic duo for a week for constantly disrupting classes with laughter, but when they announce that being suspended is "cool" and start air-guitaring, due to this trope, McVicker changes his mind and goes with something more effective.

* Played with in the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode, "Suspended"; After receiving a D on his test, Harold decides that he hates school so much that he wishes that he'd never had to go again. When he sees Wolfgang get suspended for playing with the fire extinguisher, he tries to do the same, but by this point, the extinguisher is empty and Principal Wartz thinks he reminded him to refill it. After Harold calls Wartz a stupid dork in frustration, Wartz suspends him for a week. At first, he thinks being suspended will be fun, since he doesn't have to go to school and can do whatever he wants at home. However, everything backfires on him; when he tries to watch some TV, the only thing on all channels is news coverage of an economic summit in Japan, which Harold finds very boring. When he goes to the basketball court to shoot baskets, he realizes that he can't invite his friends because they're still at school. He then tries to shoot baskets by himself, but he can't score a hit in the basket and accidentally tosses the ball out of the court, where it bounces off of and damages several cars offscreen. Harold finally understands the true misery of his punishment and is desperate to return to school.

--> '''Georgie:''' Dude! I wonder if we get a week off PER KID?!
--> '''Selkie:''' Let's finds outs!
--> '''Paul:''' Kids, if y'all actually kick anyone, I'm just giving you triple homework instead.

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* In an inverted version, at least in the United States, [[https://www.corpun.com/counuss.htm some high school students are choosing corporal punishment]] because an in-school suspension might mess with learning time or any side job.

How the kid's parents treat the suspension varies. Some won't punish their child and take them to do something fun, especially if they don't care or if the kid was innocent, while other parents may end up punishing them, including giving them chores or grounding them. The student may also have to complete the work that they missed, either during the suspension or after they get back.