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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel:'' As Thors Military Academy is, well, a military academy, several of its instructors, the principal, and even [[NeverMessWithGranny the school nurse]] are all [[VeteranInstructor|s]] with a wealth of combat experience they're more than willing to demonstrate when the school itself comes under attack near the end of the first game, much to the surprise of the attacking army. It's not just the teachers with actual military background, either; the science instructor is highly proficient with [[MagicFromTechnology Orbal Arts]] and once interned under the most brilliant inventor in the country, while the history instructor is [[spoiler:actually the Second Dominion of the Gralsritter working undercover, and one of the most powerful and informed people ''on the continent.'']]
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* The eponymous ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'' is one of the most powerful exorcist in the series due to his Demon Hand. But even though many less-skilled mediums have used their talents to gain fame and money (such as Izuna and Mugenkai Jiku), Nube works as a simple elementary school teacher due to his love for his students.
* In ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'', Professor William James Moriarty is a mathematics professor at Durham, while also masterminding the entire Lord of Crimes organization and plotting ThePerfectCrime over and over to change Britain. While he does appear to genuinely love teaching, he is also using the opportunity to steer the next generation of elites in a more wholesome direction.
* In ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'', Professor William James Moriarty is a mathematics professor at Durham, while also masterminding the entire Lord of Crimes organization and plotting ThePerfectCrime over and over to change Britain. While he does appear to genuinely love teaching, he is also using the opportunity to steer the next generation of elites in a more wholesome direction.
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* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Yoko spends several years using a pseudonym working as a teacher on a small, remote island to get away from her identity as one of the heroes of Team Gurren who saved all of Earth. Her secret comes out when the small village is attacked and she [[BadassTeacher saves everyone]].
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': being licensed as a Pro Hero can open the door to many lucrative opportunities. Top Heroes like [[WorldsStrongestMan All-Might]], [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Endeavor]] and Sir-Nighteye can afford skyscraper headquarters and employ dozens if not hundreds of employees, even before taking into account their sidekick heroes. However, many heroes eschew that life, with several top Pro Heroes like Midnight and Eraserhead preferring to teach at UA. All-Might himself opts to take up a teaching job at UA shortly after the series begins, partially because he realises that his secret injuries are slowly catching up to him and he wants to pass on his ideals on to the next generation. When All-Might shows up for his first day of teaching, he finds journalists camped out around UA calling out to ask why he's chosen to take up teaching and whether this will affect his Pro Hero work.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Becoming a ninja requires that you attend the Ninja Academy, and upon graduation students will be assigned an elite Jounin to serve as their personal mentor as part of a small team. The main characters get Kakashi, a legendary ninjutsu expert considered so dangerous that the assassination squad of at least one enemy nation had a "kill on sight" standing order against him.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'': Most of the teachers at DWMA are also {{Living Weapon}}s or wielders of those weapons, which makes sense since that's the main subject taught there. The school is so powerful that it has its own paramilitary forces, and most of the witch and demon fighting skills learned by its alumni wouldn't be useful in any other organization.
* ''Manga/{{Gokusen}}'': Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi is a high school math teacher who handles a class full of deliquents. She is also the granddaughter of one of the most powerful {{Yakuza}} bosses in Japan who is set to inherit her grandfather's position. The school principal knows her background which is the one of the reasons he hired her because he knows she can take care of the school's most troublesome students.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': being licensed as a Pro Hero can open the door to many lucrative opportunities. Top Heroes like [[WorldsStrongestMan All-Might]], [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Endeavor]] and Sir-Nighteye can afford skyscraper headquarters and employ dozens if not hundreds of employees, even before taking into account their sidekick heroes. However, many heroes eschew that life, with several top Pro Heroes like Midnight and Eraserhead preferring to teach at UA. All-Might himself opts to take up a teaching job at UA shortly after the series begins, partially because he realises that his secret injuries are slowly catching up to him and he wants to pass on his ideals on to the next generation. When All-Might shows up for his first day of teaching, he finds journalists camped out around UA calling out to ask why he's chosen to take up teaching and whether this will affect his Pro Hero work.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Becoming a ninja requires that you attend the Ninja Academy, and upon graduation students will be assigned an elite Jounin to serve as their personal mentor as part of a small team. The main characters get Kakashi, a legendary ninjutsu expert considered so dangerous that the assassination squad of at least one enemy nation had a "kill on sight" standing order against him.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'': Most of the teachers at DWMA are also {{Living Weapon}}s or wielders of those weapons, which makes sense since that's the main subject taught there. The school is so powerful that it has its own paramilitary forces, and most of the witch and demon fighting skills learned by its alumni wouldn't be useful in any other organization.
* ''Manga/{{Gokusen}}'': Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi is a high school math teacher who handles a class full of deliquents. She is also the granddaughter of one of the most powerful {{Yakuza}} bosses in Japan who is set to inherit her grandfather's position. The school principal knows her background which is the one of the reasons he hired her because he knows she can take care of the school's most troublesome students.
* ''Manga/{{Gokusen}}'': Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi is a high school math teacher who handles a class full of deliquents. She is also the granddaughter of one of the most powerful {{Yakuza}} bosses in Japan who is set to inherit her grandfather's position. The school principal knows her background which is the one of the reasons he hired her because he knows she can take care of the school's most troublesome students.
* The eponymous ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'' is one of the most powerful exorcist in the series due to his Demon Hand. But even though many less-skilled mediums have used their talents to gain fame and money (such as Izuna and Mugenkai Jiku), Nube works as a simple elementary school teacher due to his love for his students.
* In ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'', Professor William James Moriarty is a mathematics professor at Durham, while also masterminding the entire Lord of Crimes organization and plotting ThePerfectCrime over and over to change Britain. While he does appear to genuinely love teaching, he is also using the opportunity to steer the next generation of elites in a more wholesome direction.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': being licensed as a Pro Hero can open the door to many lucrative opportunities. Top Heroes like [[WorldsStrongestMan All-Might]], [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Endeavor]] and Sir-Nighteye can afford skyscraper headquarters and employ dozens if not hundreds of employees, even before taking into account their sidekick heroes. However, many heroes eschew that life, with several top Pro Heroes like Midnight and Eraserhead preferring to teach at UA. All-Might himself opts to take up a teaching job at UA shortly after the series begins, partially because he realises that his secret injuries are slowly catching up to him and he wants to pass on his ideals on to the next generation. When All-Might shows up for his first day of teaching, he finds journalists camped out around UA calling out to ask why he's chosen to take up teaching and whether this will affect his Pro Hero work.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Becoming a ninja requires that you attend the Ninja Academy, and upon graduation students will be assigned an elite Jounin to serve as their personal mentor as part of a small team. The main characters get Kakashi, a legendary ninjutsu expert considered so dangerous that the assassination squad of at least one enemy nation had a "kill on sight" standing order against him.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'': Most of the teachers at DWMA are also {{Living Weapon}}s or wielders of those weapons, which makes sense since that's the main subject taught there. The school is so powerful that it has its own paramilitary forces, and most of the witch and demon fighting skills learned by its alumni wouldn't be useful in any other organization.
* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Yoko spends several years using a pseudonym working as a teacher on a small, remote island to get away from her identity as one of the heroes of Team Gurren who saved all of Earth. Her secret comes out when the small village is attacked and she [[BadassTeacher saves everyone]].
* The eponymous ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'' is one of the most powerful exorcist in the series due to his Demon Hand. But even though many less-skilled mediums have used their talents to gain fame and money (such as Izuna and Mugenkai Jiku), Nube works as a simple elementary school teacher due to his love for his students.
* In ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'', Professor William James Moriarty is a mathematics professor at Durham, while also masterminding the entire Lord of Crimes organization and plotting ThePerfectCrime over and over to change Britain. While he does appear to genuinely love teaching, he is also using the opportunity to steer the next generation of elites in a more wholesome direction.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': being licensed as a Pro Hero can open the door to many lucrative opportunities. Top Heroes like [[WorldsStrongestMan All-Might]], [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Endeavor]] and Sir-Nighteye can afford skyscraper headquarters and employ dozens if not hundreds of employees, even before taking into account their sidekick heroes. However, many heroes eschew that life, with several top Pro Heroes like Midnight and Eraserhead preferring to teach at UA. All-Might himself opts to take up a teaching job at UA shortly after the series begins, partially because he realises that his secret injuries are slowly catching up to him and he wants to pass on his ideals on to the next generation. When All-Might shows up for his first day of teaching, he finds journalists camped out around UA calling out to ask why he's chosen to take up teaching and whether this will affect his Pro Hero work.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Becoming a ninja requires that you attend the Ninja Academy, and upon graduation students will be assigned an elite Jounin to serve as their personal mentor as part of a small team. The main characters get Kakashi, a legendary ninjutsu expert considered so dangerous that the assassination squad of at least one enemy nation had a "kill on sight" standing order against him.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'': Most of the teachers at DWMA are also {{Living Weapon}}s or wielders of those weapons, which makes sense since that's the main subject taught there. The school is so powerful that it has its own paramilitary forces, and most of the witch and demon fighting skills learned by its alumni wouldn't be useful in any other organization.
* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Yoko spends several years using a pseudonym working as a teacher on a small, remote island to get away from her identity as one of the heroes of Team Gurren who saved all of Earth. Her secret comes out when the small village is attacked and she [[BadassTeacher saves everyone]].
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* A central premise of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' is that they are a superhero group working out of a private school, and the older members usually work as teachers. Most of the staff are mutants with superhuman powers, some of whom have literal godlike powers; most are combat veterans; more than a few are geniuses in various scientific fields. The school itself is regularly a target for supervillains, terrorists, alien invasions, demonic invasions and more, but luckily the teachers are usually capable of handling them.
* In ''ComicBook/StormwatchPHD'', Black Betty is one of the best-trained magic-users in the Creator/{{Wildstorm}} universe, but, prior to being recruited by the Post-Human Division, spent most of her time as a Professor of Metaphysics, as she knows enough about magic to know that actually casting spells would require sacrifices that she's just not willing to make.
* In ''ComicBook/StormwatchPHD'', Black Betty is one of the best-trained magic-users in the Creator/{{Wildstorm}} universe, but, prior to being recruited by the Post-Human Division, spent most of her time as a Professor of Metaphysics, as she knows enough about magic to know that actually casting spells would require sacrifices that she's just not willing to make.
* In ''ComicBook/StormwatchPHD'', Black Betty is one of the best-trained magic-users in the Creator/{{Wildstorm}} universe, but, prior to being recruited by the Post-Human Division, spent most of her time as a Professor of Metaphysics, as she knows enough about magic to know that actually casting spells would require sacrifices that she's just not willing to make.
* A central premise of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' is that they are a superhero group working out of a private school, and the older members usually work as teachers. Most of the staff are mutants with superhuman powers, some of whom have literal godlike powers; most are combat veterans; more than a few are geniuses in various scientific fields. The school itself is regularly a target for supervillains, terrorists, alien invasions, demonic invasions and more, but luckily the teachers are usually capable of handling them.
* A central premise of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' is that they are a superhero group working out of a private school, and the older members usually work as teachers. Most of the staff are mutants with superhuman powers, some of whom have literal godlike powers; most are combat veterans; more than a few are geniuses in various scientific fields. The school itself is regularly a target for supervillains, terrorists, alien invasions, demonic invasions and more, but luckily the teachers are usually capable of handling them.
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* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'': Throughout the series, Indiana Jones works as an archaeology professor, a job from which he takes many lengthy leaves of absence from to adventure around the world and save powerful magic artifacts from bad guys.
* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'': Throughout the series, Indiana Jones works as an archaeology professor, a job from which he takes many lengthy leaves of absence from to adventure around the world and save powerful magic artifacts from bad guys.
* In ''Literature/ElevenTwentyTwoSixtyThree'' and [[Series/ElevenTwentyTwoSixtyThree its television adaptation]], the story follows high school English teacher Jake Eppings, who, in his journey into the past to prevent JFK's assassination, takes on his same job to pass the time and pay the bills. In the process, he befriends his coworkers and the students, as well as becoming smitten with another teacher, and though they have some suspicions about [[FishOutOfTemporalWater his behavior]] (such as hiding what he did before becoming a teacher or not being racist), they're none the wiser. Likewise, when he returns to the present, his students clearly see that he's distraught, but he refuses to tell them why.
* Mr. Krupp in the Literature/CaptainUnderpants series turns into the eponymous hero when someone snaps their fingers around him. As a teacher, he is a DeanBitterman, while as a superhero, he is a FlyingBrick (though also an IdiotHero who George and Harold must save from danger as much as he saves them). Because of his AlternateIdentityAmnesia, he has no idea this is the case.
* Mr. Krupp in the Literature/CaptainUnderpants series turns into the eponymous hero when someone snaps their fingers around him. As a teacher, he is a DeanBitterman, while as a superhero, he is a FlyingBrick (though also an IdiotHero who George and Harold must save from danger as much as he saves them). Because of his AlternateIdentityAmnesia, he has no idea this is the case.
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* Albus Dumbledore of the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series is one of the most powerful wizards in the world, and people wonder why he chose to become headmaster of Hogwarts rather than something more powerful like Minister of Magic. Besides a love of children and learning, we learn later in the series that [[spoiler: Dumbledore never trusted himself with power after he caused the death of his sister]].
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* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'':
** Albus Dumbledoreof the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series is one of the most powerful wizards in the world, and people wonder why he chose to become headmaster of Hogwarts rather than something more powerful like Minister of Magic. Besides a love of children and learning, we learn later in the series that [[spoiler: Dumbledore never trusted himself with power after he caused the death of his sister]].
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* Literature/SherlockHolmes: Moriarty is a mathematical prodigy and the author of two fictional theses (one of which earned him a university chair) but he currently works as an army coach (a private tutor for officers). Holmes doesn't say what the scandal was that got him kicked out of the university, but he points out that his furnishings are far more expensive than his salary should allow as a clue that he's an EvilGenius.
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* In ''Literature/ElevenTwentyTwoSixtyThree'' and [[Series/ElevenTwentyTwoSixtyThree its television adaptation]], the story follows high school English teacher Jake Eppings, who, in his journey into the past to prevent JFK's assassination, takes on his same job to pass the time and pay the bills. In the process, he befriends his coworkers and the students, as well as becoming smitten with another teacher, and though they have some suspicions about [[FishOutOfTemporalWater his behavior]] (such as hiding what he did before becoming a teacher or not being racist), they're none the wiser. Likewise, when he returns to the present, his students clearly see that he's distraught, but he refuses to tell them why.
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* Mr. Krupp in the Literature/CaptainUnderpants series turns into the eponymous hero when someone snaps their fingers around him. As a teacher, he is a DeanBitterman, while as a superhero, he is a FlyingBrick (though also an IdiotHero who George and Harold must save from danger as much as he saves them). Because of his AlternateIdentityAmnesia, he has no idea this is the case.
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* Mr. Krupp in the Literature/CaptainUnderpants series turns into the eponymous hero when someone snaps their fingers around him. As a teacher, he Literature/SherlockHolmes: Moriarty is a DeanBitterman, while mathematical prodigy and the author of two fictional theses (one of which earned him a university chair) but he currently works as an army coach (a private tutor for officers). Holmes doesn't say what the scandal was that got him kicked out of the university, but he points out that his furnishings are far more expensive than his salary should allow as a superhero, he is a FlyingBrick (though also clue that he's an IdiotHero who George and Harold must save from danger as much as he saves them). Because of his AlternateIdentityAmnesia, he has no idea this is the case.EvilGenius.
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* Daimon Helstrom from ''Series/{{Helstrom}}'' works as an Ethics professor while also hunting demons and sporting some demonic powers of his own.
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* Daimon Helstrom from ''Series/{{Helstrom}}'' works as an Ethics professor Jaime Sommers, ''Series/TheBionicWoman'', is a SecretAgent for the Office of Scientific Investigation. Her undercover identity is a school teacher at the Ventura Air Force Base, assigned to a class of "difficult" students. Her first day there, Jaime calmly tears a California phone book in two while also hunting demons and sporting some demonic powers of his own. introducing herself. This becomes an AbortedArc by the second season.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In "School Reunion", the Doctor goes undercover as an elementary school physics teacher to investigate the odd student behavior and teacher disappearances. His former companion Sarah Jane doesn't initially recognize him (since he has regenerated a number of times since she knew him), and assumes he is just another teacher until she finds his TARDIS.
** In "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood", John Smith is a typical teacher at the Farringham School for Boys in 1913 England... who happens to look suspiciously like the Doctor and has dreams about the Doctor's life . [[spoiler: In fact, he ''is'' the Doctor, but used a device that overwrote his memory and [[BroughtDownToNormal brought him down to normal]] in order to hide from antagonists. John Smith doesn't actually ''know'' he is this trope, resulting in a TomatoInTheMirror moment for him when Martha needs to bring the Doctor back to defeat the antagonists.]]
** Companion Clara Oswald takes up a teaching position between Series 7 and 8, and continues to hold this position for two series while living a double life as the Doctor's companion. This causes issues in her budding relationship with Danny Pink, a fellow teacher who himself used to be a solider, [[spoiler: a background which becomes relevant when he takes control of the Cyberman army at the end of Series 8]].
** "The Pilot" opens with the Doctor living under the guise of a human university professor for decades, where he takes an interest in Bill Potts. [[spoiler: It is later revealed he took the job to watch over his enemy Missy, who has been trapped in a vault under the school the whole time.]]
* Daimon Helstrom from ''Series/{{Helstrom}}'' works as an Ethics professor while also hunting demons and sporting some demonic powers of his own.
** In "School Reunion", the Doctor goes undercover as an elementary school physics teacher to investigate the odd student behavior and teacher disappearances. His former companion Sarah Jane doesn't initially recognize him (since he has regenerated a number of times since she knew him), and assumes he is just another teacher until she finds his TARDIS.
** In "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood", John Smith is a typical teacher at the Farringham School for Boys in 1913 England... who happens to look suspiciously like the Doctor and has dreams about the Doctor's life . [[spoiler: In fact, he ''is'' the Doctor, but used a device that overwrote his memory and [[BroughtDownToNormal brought him down to normal]] in order to hide from antagonists. John Smith doesn't actually ''know'' he is this trope, resulting in a TomatoInTheMirror moment for him when Martha needs to bring the Doctor back to defeat the antagonists.]]
** Companion Clara Oswald takes up a teaching position between Series 7 and 8, and continues to hold this position for two series while living a double life as the Doctor's companion. This causes issues in her budding relationship with Danny Pink, a fellow teacher who himself used to be a solider, [[spoiler: a background which becomes relevant when he takes control of the Cyberman army at the end of Series 8]].
** "The Pilot" opens with the Doctor living under the guise of a human university professor for decades, where he takes an interest in Bill Potts. [[spoiler: It is later revealed he took the job to watch over his enemy Missy, who has been trapped in a vault under the school the whole time.]]
* Daimon Helstrom from ''Series/{{Helstrom}}'' works as an Ethics professor while also hunting demons and sporting some demonic powers of his own.
* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': Dr. Tommy Oliver appears to be a simple high school science teacher. In actuality, he is the Black Dino Ranger and [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers has]] [[Series/PowerRangersZeo been]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo a Ranger for a long time]].
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Before she got her job on the ship, the linguist Hoshi Sato was a language teacher. She's a prodigy and can [[{{Omniglot}} speak around 40 languages]].
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Before she got her job on the ship, the linguist Hoshi Sato was a language teacher. She's a prodigy and can [[{{Omniglot}} speak around 40 languages]].
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* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Before she got her job on the ship, the linguist Hoshi Sato was a language teacher. She's a prodigy and can [[{{Omniglot}} speak around 40 languages]].
* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': Dr. Tommy Oliver appears to be a simple high school science teacher. In actuality, he is the Black Dino Ranger and [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers has]] [[Series/PowerRangersZeo been]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo a Ranger for a long time]].
* Jaime Sommers, ''Series/TheBionicWoman'', is a SecretAgent for the Office of Scientific Investigation. Her undercover identity is a school teacher at the Ventura Air Force Base, assigned to a class of "difficult" students. Her first day there, Jaime calmly tears a California phone book in two while introducing herself. This becomes an AbortedArc by the second season.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In "School Reunion", the Doctor goes undercover as an elementary school physics teacher to investigate the odd student behavior and teacher disappearances. His former companion Sarah Jane doesn't initially recognize him (since he has regenerated a number of times since she knew him), and assumes he is just another teacher until she finds his TARDIS.
** In "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood", John Smith is a typical teacher at the Farringham School for Boys in 1913 England... who happens to look suspiciously like the Doctor and has dreams about the Doctor's life . [[spoiler: In fact, he ''is'' the Doctor, but used a device that overwrote his memory and [[BroughtDownToNormal brought him down to normal]] in order to hide from antagonists. John Smith doesn't actually ''know'' he is this trope, resulting in a TomatoInTheMirror moment for him when Martha needs to bring the Doctor back to defeat the antagonists.]]
** Companion Clara Oswald takes up a teaching position between Series 7 and 8, and continues to hold this position for two series while living a double life as the Doctor's companion. This causes issues in her budding relationship with Danny Pink, a fellow teacher who himself used to be a solider, [[spoiler: a background which becomes relevant when he takes control of the Cyberman army at the end of Series 8]].
** "The Pilot" opens with the Doctor living under the guise of a human university professor for decades, where he takes an interest in Bill Potts. [[spoiler: It is later revealed he took the job to watch over his enemy Missy, who has been trapped in a vault under the school the whole time.]]
* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': Dr. Tommy Oliver appears to be a simple high school science teacher. In actuality, he is the Black Dino Ranger and [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers has]] [[Series/PowerRangersZeo been]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo a Ranger for a long time]].
* Jaime Sommers, ''Series/TheBionicWoman'', is a SecretAgent for the Office of Scientific Investigation. Her undercover identity is a school teacher at the Ventura Air Force Base, assigned to a class of "difficult" students. Her first day there, Jaime calmly tears a California phone book in two while introducing herself. This becomes an AbortedArc by the second season.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In "School Reunion", the Doctor goes undercover as an elementary school physics teacher to investigate the odd student behavior and teacher disappearances. His former companion Sarah Jane doesn't initially recognize him (since he has regenerated a number of times since she knew him), and assumes he is just another teacher until she finds his TARDIS.
** In "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood", John Smith is a typical teacher at the Farringham School for Boys in 1913 England... who happens to look suspiciously like the Doctor and has dreams about the Doctor's life . [[spoiler: In fact, he ''is'' the Doctor, but used a device that overwrote his memory and [[BroughtDownToNormal brought him down to normal]] in order to hide from antagonists. John Smith doesn't actually ''know'' he is this trope, resulting in a TomatoInTheMirror moment for him when Martha needs to bring the Doctor back to defeat the antagonists.]]
** Companion Clara Oswald takes up a teaching position between Series 7 and 8, and continues to hold this position for two series while living a double life as the Doctor's companion. This causes issues in her budding relationship with Danny Pink, a fellow teacher who himself used to be a solider, [[spoiler: a background which becomes relevant when he takes control of the Cyberman army at the end of Series 8]].
** "The Pilot" opens with the Doctor living under the guise of a human university professor for decades, where he takes an interest in Bill Potts. [[spoiler: It is later revealed he took the job to watch over his enemy Missy, who has been trapped in a vault under the school the whole time.]]
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* ''{{Series/Instinct}}'' has Dylan Reinhart, a renowned author and professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Unknown to most, he was also previously a case officer and analyst for the {{CIA}}, and has paramilitary training.
* ''{{Series/Numb3rs}}'' features Charlie Eppes, a former child prodigy who teaches applied mathematics at the California Institute of Science. Unknown to everyone, even his own brother who works with the {{FBI}}, Charlie has top security clearance and routinely consults for the CIA.
* ''{{Series/Numb3rs}}'' features Charlie Eppes, a former child prodigy who teaches applied mathematics at the California Institute of Science. Unknown to everyone, even his own brother who works with the {{FBI}}, Charlie has top security clearance and routinely consults for the CIA.
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* ''{{Series/Instinct}}'' has Dylan Reinhart, a renowned author and professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Unknown to most, he was also previously a case officer and analyst for the {{CIA}}, UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}, and has paramilitary training.
* ''{{Series/Numb3rs}}'' features Charlie Eppes, a former child prodigy who teaches applied mathematics at the California Institute of Science. Unknown to everyone, even his own brother who works with the{{FBI}}, UsefulNotes/{{FBI}}, Charlie has top security clearance and routinely consults for the CIA.
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** His own mentor, [[Series/Ultraseven Dan Moroboshi]], however, '''isn't''' an example of this, as he only trains Leo because he's no longer able to transform into Ultraseven due to [[CareerEndingInjury injuries sustained in the first episode]] and his primary job is leading the defense team charged with protecting Earth.
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** His own mentor, [[Series/Ultraseven [[Series/{{Ultraseven}} Dan Moroboshi]], however, '''isn't''' an example of this, as he only trains Leo because he's no longer able to transform into Ultraseven due to [[CareerEndingInjury injuries sustained in the first episode]] and his primary job is leading the defense team charged with protecting Earth.
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* Byleth from [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Fire Emblem: Three Houses]] is an accomplished mercenary [[RedBaron nicknamed The Ashen Demon.]] Despite being skilled enough to [[spoiler: single-handedly turn the tide of a war]], they mostly keep their head down and teach at Garreg Mach Monastery.
* Byleth from [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Fire Emblem: Three Houses]] is an accomplished mercenary [[RedBaron nicknamed The Ashen Demon.]] Despite being skilled enough to [[spoiler: single-handedly turn the tide of a war]], they mostly keep their head down and teach at Garreg Mach Monastery.
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** Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald is a renowned mage of the Mages' Association and the Lord of the Department of Mineralogy of the Clock Tower. He is also a lecturer in the Department of Spiritual Evocation where Waver Velvet is one of his students. In ''LightNovel/FateZero'', he also participates in the fourth Holy Grail War where he is the Master of Lancer-class Diarmuid Ua Duibane. Initially, he was supposed to Rider-class, Iskander, but Waver stole it out of retaliation after being humiliated in class.
** After Kayneth died during the fourth Holy Grail War, Waver Velvet is adopted into El-Melloi family because the heir is too young to inherit the title. So, Waver is known as "Lord El-Melloi II" and becomes the Lord of the Department of Modern Magecraft Theory where he is also a professor. Despite his mediocre magecraft, he's reputed to be a great teacher who also cares for his students. During his spare time, he solves cases as detailed in his own story, ''LightNovel/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles''.
** Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald is a renowned mage of the Mages' Association and the Lord of the Department of Mineralogy of the Clock Tower. He is also a lecturer in the Department of Spiritual Evocation where Waver Velvet is one of his students. In ''LightNovel/FateZero'', he also participates in the fourth Holy Grail War where he is the Master of Lancer-class Diarmuid Ua Duibane. Initially, he was supposed to Rider-class, Iskander, but Waver stole it out of retaliation after being humiliated in class.
** After Kayneth died during the fourth Holy Grail War, Waver Velvet is adopted into El-Melloi family because the heir is too young to inherit the title. So, Waver is known as "Lord El-Melloi II" and becomes the Lord of the Department of Modern Magecraft Theory where he is also a professor. Despite his mediocre magecraft, he's reputed to be a great teacher who also cares for his students. During his spare time, he solves cases as detailed in his own story, ''LightNovel/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles''.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Beacon Academy's history teacher, Dr. Oobleck, lampshades the fact that all [[ExtranormalInstitute Academy]] teachers are [[HunterOfMonsters Huntsmen]] by explaining why he feels being a teacher is more important than being a Huntsmen; putting knowledge of how to fight and survive the Grimm without repeating the mistakes of history into the hands of future generations is extremely important. His boss, Beacon Academy's headmaster, [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] is the living example of Dr. Oobleck's message. [[spoiler:An [[ResurrectiveImmortality immortal]] warrior-wizard, Professor Ozpin has been [[SecretWar secretly]] fighting the equally [[CompleteImmortality immortal]] [[BigBad Salem]] for [[ForeverWar thousands of years]]. She controls the [[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]] and is trying to destroy the world to free herself from a divine curse; he was tasked by the gods to save humanity, and [[BeenThereShapedHistory taught the world]] how to fight back against the Grimm. The war is complicated by the fact they're ex-lovers; after thousands of years, they're both stuck in a rut -- trapped by their history instead of learning from it.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Beacon Academy's history teacher, Dr. Oobleck, lampshades the fact that all [[ExtranormalInstitute Academy]] teachers are [[HunterOfMonsters Huntsmen]] by explaining why he feels being a teacher is more important than being a Huntsmen; putting knowledge of how to fight and survive the Grimm without repeating the mistakes of history into the hands of future generations is extremely important. His boss, Beacon Academy's headmaster, [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] is the living example of Dr. Oobleck's message. [[spoiler:An [[ResurrectiveImmortality immortal]] warrior-wizard, Professor Ozpin has been [[SecretWar secretly]] fighting the equally [[CompleteImmortality immortal]] [[BigBad Salem]] for [[ForeverWar thousands of years]]. Salem]]. She controls the [[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]] and is trying to destroy the world to free herself from a divine curse; he was tasked by the gods his divine mandate is to save humanity, and he [[BeenThereShapedHistory taught the world]] how to fight back against the Grimm. The war is complicated by the fact As they're ex-lovers; after thousands of years, they're both ex-lovers, she's NeverMyFault and he has a GuiltComplex, they've been [[ForeverWar stuck in a rut for millennia]] -- trapped [[WhoWantsToLiveForever trapped]] by their history instead of learning from it.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Beacon Academy's history teacher, Dr. Oobleck, lampshades the fact that all [[ExtranormalInstitute Academy]] teachers are [[HunterOfMonsters Huntsmen]] by explaining why he feels being a teacher is more important than being a Huntsmen; putting knowledge of how to fight and survive the Grimm without repeating the mistakes of history into the hands of future generations is extremely important. His boss, Beacon Academy's headmaster, [[BigGood Professor]] Ozpin Professor Ozpin]] is the living example of Dr. Oobleck's message. [[spoiler:An [[ResurrectiveImmortality immortal]] warrior-wizard, Professor Ozpin has been [[SecretWar secretly]] fighting the equally [[CompleteImmortality immortal]] [[BigBad Salem]] for [[ForeverWar thousands of years]]. She controls the [[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]] and is trying to destroy the world to free herself from a divine curse; he was tasked by the gods to save humanity, and [[BeenThereShapedHistory taught the world]] how to fight back against the Grimm. The war is complicated by the fact they're ex-lovers; after thousands of years, they're both stuck in a rut -- trapped by their history instead of learning from it.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Beacon Academy's history teacher, Dr. Oobleck, lampshades the fact that all [[ExtranormalInstitute Academy]] teachers are [[HunterOfMonsters Huntsmen]]; Huntsmen]] by explaining why he feels being a teacher is more important than being a Huntsmen; putting knowledge of how to fight and survive the Grimm without repeating the mistakes of history into the hands of future generations is extremely important. His boss, Beacon Academy's headmaster, [[BigGood Professor]] Ozpin is the living example of Dr. Oobleck's message. [[spoiler:An [[ResurrectiveImmortality immortal]] warrior-wizard, Professor Ozpin has been [[SecretWar secretly]] fighting the equally [[CompleteImmortality immortal]] [[BigBad Salem]] for [[ForeverWar thousands of years]]. She controls the [[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]] and is trying to destroy the world to free herself from a divine curse; he was tasked by the gods to save humanity, and [[BeenThereShapedHistory taught the world]] how to fight back against the Grimm. The war is complicated by the fact they're ex-lovers; after thousands of years, they're both stuck in a rut -- trapped by their history instead of learning from it.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Beacon Academy's history teacher, Dr. Oobleck, lampshades the fact that all [[ExtranormalInstitute Academy]] teachers are [[HunterOfMonsters Huntsmen]] when he tells Ruby that he feels being a teacher is more important than being a Huntsmen; he feels the ability to put knowledge of how to fight and survive the Grimm without repeating the mistakes of history into the hands of future generations is extremely important. His boss, Beacon Academy's headmaster, [[BigGood Professor]] Ozpin is the living example of Dr. Oobleck's message. [[spoiler:An [[ResurrectiveImmortality immortal]] warrior-wizard, Professor Ozpin has been [[SecretWar secretly]] fighting the equally [[CompleteImmortality immortal]] [[BigBad Salem]] for [[ForeverWar thousands of years]]. She controls the [[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]] and is trying to destroy the world to free herself from a divine curse; he was tasked by the gods to save humanity, and [[BeenThereShapedHistory taught the world]] how to fight back against the Grimm. The war is complicated by the fact they're ex-lovers; after thousands of years, they're both stuck in a rut -- trapped by their history instead of learning from it.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Beacon Academy's history teacher, Dr. Oobleck, lampshades the fact that all [[ExtranormalInstitute Academy]] teachers are [[HunterOfMonsters Huntsmen]] when he tells Ruby that Huntsmen]]; by explaining why he feels being a teacher is more important than being a Huntsmen; he feels the ability to put putting knowledge of how to fight and survive the Grimm without repeating the mistakes of history into the hands of future generations is extremely important. His boss, Beacon Academy's headmaster, [[BigGood Professor]] Ozpin is the living example of Dr. Oobleck's message. [[spoiler:An [[ResurrectiveImmortality immortal]] warrior-wizard, Professor Ozpin has been [[SecretWar secretly]] fighting the equally [[CompleteImmortality immortal]] [[BigBad Salem]] for [[ForeverWar thousands of years]]. She controls the [[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]] and is trying to destroy the world to free herself from a divine curse; he was tasked by the gods to save humanity, and [[BeenThereShapedHistory taught the world]] how to fight back against the Grimm. The war is complicated by the fact they're ex-lovers; after thousands of years, they're both stuck in a rut -- trapped by their history instead of learning from it.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': All Beacon Academy's history teacher, Dr. Oobleck, lampshades the known professors and other faculty members at the huntsmen schools are veteran huntsmen themselves, but what makes them more than just fact that all [[ExtranormalInstitute Academy]] teachers is are [[HunterOfMonsters Huntsmen]] when he tells Ruby that [[spoiler:they're he feels being a teacher is more important than being a Huntsmen; he feels the ability to put knowledge of how to fight and survive the Grimm without repeating the mistakes of history into the hands of future generations is extremely important. His boss, Beacon Academy's headmaster, [[BigGood Professor]] Ozpin is the living example of Dr. Oobleck's message. [[spoiler:An [[ResurrectiveImmortality immortal]] warrior-wizard, Professor Ozpin has been [[SecretWar secretly]] fighting a secret war against an ancient BigBad.]] Ozpin is specifically special, as he's not only the headmaster equally [[CompleteImmortality immortal]] [[BigBad Salem]] for [[ForeverWar thousands of Beacon years]]. She controls the [[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]] and is trying to destroy the ring leader of the huntsmen teachers, but [[spoiler:he's also as ancient as the BigBad, and world to free herself from a divine curse; he was in fact her ex-lover, futilely tasked by the gods to protect save humanity, and [[BeenThereShapedHistory taught the world world]] how to fight back against the Grimm. The war is complicated by the fact they're ex-lovers; after thousands of years, they're both stuck in a rut -- trapped by their history instead of learning from her]].it.]]
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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': being licensed as a Pro Hero can open the door to many lucrative opportunities. Top Heroes like [[WorldsStrongestMan All-Might]], [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Endeavour]] and Sir-Nighteye can afford skyscraper headquarters and employ dozens if not hundreds of employees, even before taking into account their sidekick heroes. However, many heroes eschew that life, with several top Pro Heroes like Midnight and Eraserhead preferring to teach at UA. All-Might himself opts to take up a teaching job at UA shortly after the series begins, partially because he realises that his secret injuries are slowly catching up to him and he wants to pass on his ideals on to the next generation. When All-Might shows up for his first day of teaching, he finds journalists camped out around UA calling out to ask why he's chosen to take up teaching and whether this will affect his Pro Hero work.
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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': being licensed as a Pro Hero can open the door to many lucrative opportunities. Top Heroes like [[WorldsStrongestMan All-Might]], [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Endeavour]] Endeavor]] and Sir-Nighteye can afford skyscraper headquarters and employ dozens if not hundreds of employees, even before taking into account their sidekick heroes. However, many heroes eschew that life, with several top Pro Heroes like Midnight and Eraserhead preferring to teach at UA. All-Might himself opts to take up a teaching job at UA shortly after the series begins, partially because he realises that his secret injuries are slowly catching up to him and he wants to pass on his ideals on to the next generation. When All-Might shows up for his first day of teaching, he finds journalists camped out around UA calling out to ask why he's chosen to take up teaching and whether this will affect his Pro Hero work.
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* Early on in ''ComicBook/JMSSpiderman'' run, he decided that Peter Parker should be more grounded and be more involved in his local community, so he starts work as a science teacher at a New York public school. Amongst the issues he must deal with as Spiderman are thwarting a school shooting, tracking down kidnapped kids, and discovering that one of his students is a dangerous and murderous mutant (who instantly realises that Mr Parker and Spiderman are the same person [[NiceJobBreakingItHero because they have the same voice]]). Another awkward episode for him is when the kids learn that he is famous for taking pictures of Spiderman and they are more interested in ''that'' than listening to his lesson.
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* Early on in ''ComicBook/JMSSpiderman'' run, he decided that Peter Parker should be more grounded and be more involved in his local community, so he starts work as a science teacher at a New York public school. Amongst the issues he must deal with as Spiderman Spider-Man are thwarting a school shooting, tracking down kidnapped kids, and discovering that one of his students is a dangerous and murderous mutant (who instantly realises that Mr Parker and Spiderman Spider-Man are the same person [[NiceJobBreakingItHero because they have the same voice]]). voice]]) [[note]] Other material states that Peter normally tries to make himself sound different from Spider-Man [[/note]]. Another awkward episode for him is when the kids learn that he is famous for taking pictures of Spiderman Spider-Man and they are more interested in ''that'' than listening to his lesson. lesson.
** When he [[ComicBook/CivilWar reveals his secret identity]], it becomes even harder for him to be an effective teacher, as students are naturally more interested in his adventures while parents and fellow teachers are terrified of the attention he'll bring from supervillains and criminals seeking payback.
** When he [[ComicBook/CivilWar reveals his secret identity]], it becomes even harder for him to be an effective teacher, as students are naturally more interested in his adventures while parents and fellow teachers are terrified of the attention he'll bring from supervillains and criminals seeking payback.
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* In post-series material for ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', Arcee is revealed to have gone back to teaching (her profession before the war). She spent part of the war as an intelligence officer and was meant to captain her own ship before she was wounded and left effectively braindead, until events of the series revive her. She still has all the skills she learned from the war, as shown when she and Sari foil the efforts of a Decepticon doomsday weapon.
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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Becoming a ninja requires that you attend the Ninja Academy, and upon graduation students will be assigned an elite Jounin to serve as their personal mentor as part of a small team. The main characters gets Kakashi, a legendary ninjutsu expert considered so dangerous that the assassination squad of at least one enemy nation had a "kill on sight" standing order against him.
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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}: ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Becoming a ninja requires that you attend the Ninja Academy, and upon graduation students will be be assigned an elite Jounin to serve as their personal mentor as part of a small team. The main characters gets Kakashi, a legendary ninjutsu expert considered so dangerous that the assassination squad of at least one enemy nation had a "kill on sight" standing order against him.
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* Walter White from ''Series/BreakingBad'' was once almost a massively successful scientist, but when his partnership with his old friend Elliot Schwartz fell through, he wound up stuck as a high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque. He feels that he is overqualified for the job, and that blow to his ego is part of what pushes him to start cooking meth.
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* Walter White from ''Series/BreakingBad'' was once almost a massively successful scientist, but when his partnership with his old friend Elliot Schwartz fell through, he wound up stuck as a high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque. He feels that he is overqualified for the job, and that blow to his ego is part of what pushes him to start cooking meth. WordOfGod is that ''Walt'' was the one who ended the partnership and part of his bitterness and resentment stems for knowing, deep down, that he had the success that he wanted and just threw it all away out of pride.
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* A central premise of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' is that they are a superhero group working out of a private school, and the older members usually work as teachers. Most of the staff are mutants with superhuman powers, some of whom have literal godlike powers; most are combat veterans; more than a few are geniuses in various scientific fields. The school itself is regularly a target for supervillains, terrorists, alien invasions, demonic invasions and more, but luckily the teachers are usually capable of handling them.
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* Early on in ''ComicBook/JMS'Spiderman'' run, he decided that Peter Parker should be more grounded and be more involved in his local community, so he starts work as a science teacher at a New York public school. Amongst the issues he must deal with as Spiderman are thwarting a school shooting, tracking down kidnapped kids, and discovering that one of his students is a dangerous and murderous mutant (who instantly realises that Mr Parker and Spiderman are the same person [[NiceJobBreakingItHero because they have the same voice]]). Another awkward episode for him is when the kids learn that he is famous for taking pictures of Spiderman and they are more interested in ''that'' than listening to his lesson.
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* ''Manga/{{Gokusen}}'': Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi is a high school math teacher who handles a class full of deliquents. She is also the granddaughter of one of the most powerful {{Yakuza}} bosses in Japan who is set to inherit her grandfather's position. The school principal knows her background which is the one of the reasons he hired her because he knows she can take care of the school's most troublesome students.
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* Mr. Krupp in the Literature/CaptainUnderpants series turns into the eponymous hero when someone snaps their fingers around him. As a teacher, he is a DeanBitterman, while as a superhero, he is a FlyingBrick (though also an IdiotHero who George and Harold must save from danger as much as he saves them). Because of his AlternateIdentityAmnesia, he has no idea this is the case.
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** In "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood", John Smith is a typical teacher at the Farringham School for Boys in 1913 England... who happens to look suspiciously like the Doctor and has dreams about the Doctor's life . [[spoiler: In fact, he ''is'' the Doctor, but used a device that overwrote his memory and [[BroughtDownToNormal brought him down to normal]] in order to hide from antagonists. An interesting example in that John Smith doesn't actually ''know'' he is this trope, resulting in a TomatoInTheMirror moment for him.]]
** Companion Clara Oswald takes up a teaching position between Series 7 and 8, and continues to hold this position for two series while living a double life as the Doctor's companion. This initially takes a toll on her budding relationship with Danny Pink, a fellow teacher who himself used to be a solider.
** Companion Clara Oswald takes up a teaching position between Series 7 and 8, and continues to hold this position for two series while living a double life as the Doctor's companion. This initially takes a toll on her budding relationship with Danny Pink, a fellow teacher who himself used to be a solider.
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** In "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood", John Smith is a typical teacher at the Farringham School for Boys in 1913 England... who happens to look suspiciously like the Doctor and has dreams about the Doctor's life . [[spoiler: In fact, he ''is'' the Doctor, but used a device that overwrote his memory and [[BroughtDownToNormal brought him down to normal]] in order to hide from antagonists. An interesting example in that John Smith doesn't actually ''know'' he is this trope, resulting in a TomatoInTheMirror moment for him.him when Martha needs to bring the Doctor back to defeat the antagonists.]]
** Companion Clara Oswald takes up a teaching position between Series 7 and 8, and continues to hold this position for two series while living a double life as the Doctor's companion. Thisinitially takes a toll on causes issues in her budding relationship with Danny Pink, a fellow teacher who himself used to be a solider.solider, [[spoiler: a background which becomes relevant when he takes control of the Cyberman army at the end of Series 8]].
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** In "School Reunion", the Doctor goes undercover as an elementary school physics teacher to investigate the odd student behavior and teacher disappearances. His former companion Sarah Jane doesn't initially recognize him (since he has regenerated a number of times since she knew him), and assumes he is just another teacher until she finds his TARDIS.
** In "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood", John Smith is a typical teacher at the Farringham School for Boys in 1913 England... who happens to look suspiciously like the Doctor and has dreams about the Doctor's life . [[spoiler: In fact, he ''is'' the Doctor, but used a device that overwrote his memory and [[BroughtDownToNormal brought him down to normal]] in order to hide from antagonists. An interesting example in that John Smith doesn't actually ''know'' he is MoreThanATeacher, resulting in a TomatoInTheMirror moment for him.]]
** Companion Clara Oswald takes up a teaching position between Series 7 and 8, and continues to hold this position for two series while living a double life as the Doctor's companion. This initially takes a toll on her budding relationship with Danny Pink, a fellow teacher who himself used to be a solider.
** "The Pilot" opens with the Doctor living under the guise of a human university professor for decades, where he takes an interest in Bill Potts. [[spoiler: It is later revealed he took the job to watch over his enemy Missy, who has been trapped in a vault under the school the whole time.]]
** In "School Reunion", the Doctor goes undercover as an elementary school physics teacher to investigate the odd student behavior and teacher disappearances. His former companion Sarah Jane doesn't initially recognize him (since he has regenerated a number of times since she knew him), and assumes he is just another teacher until she finds his TARDIS.
** In "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood", John Smith is a typical teacher at the Farringham School for Boys in 1913 England... who happens to look suspiciously like the Doctor and has dreams about the Doctor's life . [[spoiler: In fact, he ''is'' the Doctor, but used a device that overwrote his memory and [[BroughtDownToNormal brought him down to normal]] in order to hide from antagonists. An interesting example in that John Smith doesn't actually ''know'' he is MoreThanATeacher, resulting in a TomatoInTheMirror moment for him.]]
** Companion Clara Oswald takes up a teaching position between Series 7 and 8, and continues to hold this position for two series while living a double life as the Doctor's companion. This initially takes a toll on her budding relationship with Danny Pink, a fellow teacher who himself used to be a solider.
** "The Pilot" opens with the Doctor living under the guise of a human university professor for decades, where he takes an interest in Bill Potts. [[spoiler: It is later revealed he took the job to watch over his enemy Missy, who has been trapped in a vault under the school the whole time.]]
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* Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, and Ray Stantz all start the original ''Film/Ghostbusters'' as professors of parapsychology at Columbia. Egon in particular, with his ability to invent ghost traps and weapons, has skills better suited to ghost-busting than teaching.
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* Erin Gilbert from ''[[Film/{{Ghostbusters2016}} Ghostbusters (2016)'' once worked as a supernatural physicist before the start of the film, trying to prove that ghosts exist. However, she later abandoned the project and disavowed it as nonsense in order to accept a teaching job at Columbia. When her old colleague Abby Yates published her work without her knowledge, it leads to Erin losing her job. However, it all works out for the best when she goes into the ghostbusting business with Abby and becomes more successful than ever before.
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* Erin Gilbert from ''[[Film/{{Ghostbusters2016}} Ghostbusters (2016)'' (2016)]]'' once worked as a supernatural physicist before the start of the film, trying to prove that ghosts exist. However, she later abandoned the project and disavowed it as nonsense in order to accept a teaching job at Columbia. When her old colleague Abby Yates published her work without her knowledge, it leads to Erin losing her job. However, it all works out for the best when she goes into the ghostbusting business with Abby and becomes more successful than ever before.
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* Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, and Ray Stantz all start the original ''Film/Ghostbusters'' as professors of parapsychology at Columbia. Egon in particular, with his ability to invent ghost traps and weapons, has skills better suited to ghost-busting than teaching.
* Erin Gilbert from''Film/{{Ghostbusters2016}}'' ''[[Film/{{Ghostbusters2016}} Ghostbusters (2016)'' once worked as a supernatural physicist before the start of the film, trying to prove that ghosts exist. However, she later abandoned the project and disavowed it as nonsense in order to accept a teaching job at Columbia. When her old colleague Abby Yates published her work without her knowledge, it leads to Erin losing her job. However, it all works out for the best when she goes into the ghostbusting business with Abby and becomes more successful than ever before.
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Despite its importance, teaching isn't seen as a very prestigious job. Teachers don't get paid well and don't get much respect either. So it's notable when an exceptionally skilled person 'settles' for a lame old teaching job.
This character is a high school teacher or college professor who has skills beyond their job which are more relevant to the plot. If they're a science teacher, they might have invented the cure for cancer. Or they're a music teacher who was once a world-class concert pianist. Or maybe their talent is in something completely unrelated to the subject they teach, like treasure hunting, demon slaying, or martial arts. Regardless, the teacher is a HiddenBadass who has hidden their badassery behind a desk.
Reasons for spending their days in the humble art of education vary. The teacher might be keeping their skills a secret, LivingADoubleLife where they moonlight as something much cooler. They might have been a VeteranInstructor who was disgraced or otherwise [[GeniusBurnout forced out of their previous profession]]. Or they may simply have a passion for teaching.
This character archetype is frequently paired with a particular stock scene where an important figure drops by their classroom unannounced, often in the middle of a lesson, to request use of said talents in a more high-stakes setting.
Typically, and especially when they are the protagonist, this character does very little actual teaching that the audience gets to see.
This trope does not discriminate between personality types or teaching styles. A teacher can fit into this trope whether they are a CoolTeacher, a SternTeacher, a SadistTeacher an AbsentMindedProfessor, or a BadassTeacher.
Compare with AlmightyJanitor, who is usually more of a background character. This character is less powerful on average and almost always a protagonist or central character to the story.
Inevitably, using this trope shows an opinion on the teaching profession, either demeaning the job by suggesting that the character could do better, or celebrating it by suggesting that teaching is more valuable than any of the cooler things the teacher could be doing.
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!!Examples:
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* The eponymous ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'' is one of the most powerful exorcist in the series due to his Demon Hand. But even though many less-skilled mediums have used their talents to gain fame and money (such as Izuna and Mugenkai Jiku), Nube works as a simple elementary school teacher due to his love for his students.
* In ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'', Professor William James Moriarty is a mathematics professor at Durham, while also masterminding the entire Lord of Crimes organization and plotting ThePerfectCrime over and over to change Britain. While he does appear to genuinely love teaching, he is also using the opportunity to steer the next generation of elites in a more wholesome direction.
* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'': The mascot of the series is Korosensei, a bizarre hyperintelligent octopus-like creature who has threatened to destroy the world. Until then though, he's decided he wants to work as a high school teacher, teaching his class not just standard materials, but also assassination skills. While he could easily kill them all with little effort, and they're all gunning for a bounty on his head, he proves to be an excellent teacher to them all, forming a general kinship with the students and helping them improve themselves.
* In ''Manga/BlueExorcist'', Mephisto Pheles is the headmaster of a school training exorcists...and also a incredibly high-ranking demon himself.
* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Yoko spends several years using a pseudonym working as a teacher on a small, remote island to get away from her identity as one of the heroes of Team Gurren who saved all of Earth. Her secret comes out when the small village is attacked and she [[BadassTeacher saves everyone]].
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': being licensed as a Pro Hero can open the door to many lucrative opportunities. Top Heroes like [[WorldsStrongestMan All-Might]], [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Endeavour]] and Sir-Nighteye can afford skyscraper headquarters and employ dozens if not hundreds of employees, even before taking into account their sidekick heroes. However, many heroes eschew that life, with several top Pro Heroes like Midnight and Eraserhead preferring to teach at UA. All-Might himself opts to take up a teaching job at UA shortly after the series begins, partially because he realises that his secret injuries are slowly catching up to him and he wants to pass on his ideals on to the next generation. When All-Might shows up for his first day of teaching, he finds journalists camped out around UA calling out to ask why he's chosen to take up teaching and whether this will affect his Pro Hero work.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'': Most of the teachers at DWMA are also {{Living Weapon}}s or wielders of those weapons, which makes sense since that's the main subject taught there. The school is so powerful that it has its own paramilitary forces, and most of the witch and demon fighting skills learned by its alumni wouldn't be useful in any other organization.
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* In ''ComicBook/StormwatchPHD'', Black Betty is one of the best-trained magic-users in the Creator/{{Wildstorm}} universe, but, prior to being recruited by the Post-Human Division, spent most of her time as a Professor of Metaphysics, as she knows enough about magic to know that actually casting spells would require sacrifices that she's just not willing to make.
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* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'': Throughout the series, Indiana Jones works as an archaeology professor, a job from which he takes many lengthy leaves of absence from to adventure around the world and save powerful magic artifacts from bad guys.
* Louise Banks from ''Film/{{Arrival}}'' is a linguistics professor who once served as a military translator, and is recruited by the government to help translate alien languages.
* Erin Gilbert from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters2016}}'' once worked as a supernatural physicist before the start of the film, trying to prove that ghosts exist. However, she later abandoned the project and disavowed it as nonsense in order to accept a teaching job at Columbia. When her old colleague Abby Yates published her work without her knowledge, it leads to Erin losing her job. However, it all works out for the best when she goes into the ghostbusting business with Abby and becomes more successful than ever before.
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* Literature/{{Discworld}}:
**The Guild of Assassins' School is staffed by some very scholarly, capable people often possessing more letters after their name than are actually in the name. A casual observer might wonder if they're doing it for the grace-and-favour full board accomodation more than the money. Then the same casual observer might reflect that they are also Assassins. Who tend to be exceedingly well rewarded for their main job.
**Susan Sto Helit, who is a powerful supernatural entity, but doesn't want to be, and prefers teaching because it's "normal". Which doesn't stop her using her abilities to make the lessons more interesting.
* Ryland Grace from ''Literature/ProjectHailMary'' is a high school science teacher who had long since left his own molecular biology research behind after his ideas on the formation of life without water got him laughed out of academia. However, his ideas prove to be correct after the discovery of alien life-forms called Astrophages that threaten to eat the sun. Grace is recruited by the governments of the world to help find a way to stop the creatures and save the world.
* Albus Dumbledore of the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series is one of the most powerful wizards in the world, and people wonder why he chose to become headmaster of Hogwarts rather than something more powerful like Minister of Magic. Besides a love of children and learning, we learn later in the series that [[spoiler: Dumbledore never trusted himself with power after he caused the death of his sister]].
* Literature/SherlockHolmes: Moriarty is a mathematical prodigy and the author of two fictional theses (one of which earned him a university chair) but he currently works as an army coach (a private tutor for officers). Holmes doesn't say what the scandal was that got him kicked out of the university, but he points out that his furnishings are far more expensive than his salary should allow as a clue that he's an EvilGenius.
* Literature/HonorHarrington, during her stint of teaching at the Royal Manticoran Naval Academy in ''Ashes of Victory''. It's easier to list the titles and honors she ''hasn't'' received at that point in the series. She's 'merely' a full admiral rather than Admiral of the Fleet, isn't Countess White Haven, isn't captain of ''HMS Unconquered,'' and has turned down the Parliamentary Medal of Honor.
* In ''Literature/ElevenTwentyTwoSixtyThree'' and [[Series/ElevenTwentyTwoSixtyThree its television adaptation]], the story follows high school English teacher Jake Eppings, who, in his journey into the past to prevent JFK's assassination, takes on his same job to pass the time and pay the bills. In the process, he befriends his coworkers and the students, as well as becoming smitten with another teacher, and though they have some suspicions about [[FishOutOfTemporalWater his behavior]] (such as hiding what he did before becoming a teacher or not being racist), they're none the wiser. Likewise, when he returns to the present, his students clearly see that he's distraught, but he refuses to tell them why.
* In ''Franchise/PercyJackson'', the centaur Chiron poses as as a social studies teacher named Mr. Brunner to observe Percy. Throughout the series, various counselors at Camp Half-Blood are famous and powerful figures from Greek mythology, such as Dionysus, Tantalus, and Daedalus.
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* Daimon Helstrom from ''Series/{{Helstrom}}'' works as an Ethics professor while also hunting demons and sporting some demonic powers of his own.
* Walter White from ''Series/BreakingBad'' was once almost a massively successful scientist, but when his partnership with his old friend Elliot Schwartz fell through, he wound up stuck as a high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque. He feels that he is overqualified for the job, and that blow to his ego is part of what pushes him to start cooking meth.
* ''{{Series/Instinct}}'' has Dylan Reinhart, a renowned author and professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Unknown to most, he was also previously a case officer and analyst for the {{CIA}}, and has paramilitary training.
* ''{{Series/Numb3rs}}'' features Charlie Eppes, a former child prodigy who teaches applied mathematics at the California Institute of Science. Unknown to everyone, even his own brother who works with the {{FBI}}, Charlie has top security clearance and routinely consults for the CIA.
* ''Series/UltramanLeo'' features the titular hero's human identity, Gen Ohtori, who works as a gym coach and tutor at times of peace. He's also a BigBrotherMentor to the Umeda siblings, two orphaned children, and more often than not risks his life for his pupils.
* ''Series/UltramanEighty'' has Takeshi Yamato, the human disguise of the titular character, who despite being a several millennia-old Ultraman from a distant galaxy assigned to protect earth, is actually happy to assume the role of a class teacher for Sakuragaoka Junior High School in Tokyo as part of his civilian identity, even forming a rock band with his class in one episode and revealing his Ultraman form to a heartbroken student who hates his new teacher in episode 2 to cheer the student up.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Before she got her job on the ship, the linguist Hoshi Sato was a language teacher. She's a prodigy and can [[{{Omniglot}} speak around 40 languages]].
* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': Dr. Tommy Oliver appears to be a simple high school science teacher. In actuality, he is the Black Dino Ranger and [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers has]] [[Series/PowerRangersZeo been]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo a Ranger for a long time]].
* Jaime Sommers, ''Series/TheBionicWoman'', is a SecretAgent for the Office of Scientific Investigation. Her undercover identity is a school teacher at the Ventura Air Force Base, assigned to a class of "difficult" students. Her first day there, Jaime calmly tears a California phone book in two while introducing herself. This becomes an AbortedArc by the second season.
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* Byleth from [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Fire Emblem: Three Houses]] is an accomplished mercenary [[RedBaron nicknamed The Ashen Demon.]] Despite being skilled enough to [[spoiler: single-handedly turn the tide of a war]], they mostly keep their head down and teach at Garreg Mach Monastery.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': All the known professors and other faculty members at the huntsmen schools are veteran huntsmen themselves, but what makes them more than just teachers is that [[spoiler:they're fighting a secret war against an ancient BigBad.]] Ozpin is specifically special, as he's not only the headmaster of Beacon and the ring leader of the huntsmen teachers, but [[spoiler:he's also as ancient as the BigBad, and was in fact her ex-lover, futilely tasked by the gods to protect the world from her]].
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "One Crew Over the Crewcoo's Morty", Rick and Morty recruit Mister Poopy Butthole for their heist team. Mister Poopy Butthole works as a college professor, and they visit him in his lecture hall, where he displays his deadly training in martial arts.
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[[folder: RealLife]]
* In France, due to the high number of scholars who studied at the [[USefulNotes/LesGrandesEcoles Higher Normal School]], several intellectuals taught at high schools (''lycées'') as ''agrégés'', such as Aime Cesaire (letters), Simone De Beauvoir, and Jean-Paul Sartre (both in philosophy).
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This character is a high school teacher or college professor who has skills beyond their job which are more relevant to the plot. If they're a science teacher, they might have invented the cure for cancer. Or they're a music teacher who was once a world-class concert pianist. Or maybe their talent is in something completely unrelated to the subject they teach, like treasure hunting, demon slaying, or martial arts. Regardless, the teacher is a HiddenBadass who has hidden their badassery behind a desk.
Reasons for spending their days in the humble art of education vary. The teacher might be keeping their skills a secret, LivingADoubleLife where they moonlight as something much cooler. They might have been a VeteranInstructor who was disgraced or otherwise [[GeniusBurnout forced out of their previous profession]]. Or they may simply have a passion for teaching.
This character archetype is frequently paired with a particular stock scene where an important figure drops by their classroom unannounced, often in the middle of a lesson, to request use of said talents in a more high-stakes setting.
Typically, and especially when they are the protagonist, this character does very little actual teaching that the audience gets to see.
This trope does not discriminate between personality types or teaching styles. A teacher can fit into this trope whether they are a CoolTeacher, a SternTeacher, a SadistTeacher an AbsentMindedProfessor, or a BadassTeacher.
Compare with AlmightyJanitor, who is usually more of a background character. This character is less powerful on average and almost always a protagonist or central character to the story.
Inevitably, using this trope shows an opinion on the teaching profession, either demeaning the job by suggesting that the character could do better, or celebrating it by suggesting that teaching is more valuable than any of the cooler things the teacher could be doing.
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* The eponymous ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'' is one of the most powerful exorcist in the series due to his Demon Hand. But even though many less-skilled mediums have used their talents to gain fame and money (such as Izuna and Mugenkai Jiku), Nube works as a simple elementary school teacher due to his love for his students.
* In ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'', Professor William James Moriarty is a mathematics professor at Durham, while also masterminding the entire Lord of Crimes organization and plotting ThePerfectCrime over and over to change Britain. While he does appear to genuinely love teaching, he is also using the opportunity to steer the next generation of elites in a more wholesome direction.
* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'': The mascot of the series is Korosensei, a bizarre hyperintelligent octopus-like creature who has threatened to destroy the world. Until then though, he's decided he wants to work as a high school teacher, teaching his class not just standard materials, but also assassination skills. While he could easily kill them all with little effort, and they're all gunning for a bounty on his head, he proves to be an excellent teacher to them all, forming a general kinship with the students and helping them improve themselves.
* In ''Manga/BlueExorcist'', Mephisto Pheles is the headmaster of a school training exorcists...and also a incredibly high-ranking demon himself.
* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Yoko spends several years using a pseudonym working as a teacher on a small, remote island to get away from her identity as one of the heroes of Team Gurren who saved all of Earth. Her secret comes out when the small village is attacked and she [[BadassTeacher saves everyone]].
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': being licensed as a Pro Hero can open the door to many lucrative opportunities. Top Heroes like [[WorldsStrongestMan All-Might]], [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Endeavour]] and Sir-Nighteye can afford skyscraper headquarters and employ dozens if not hundreds of employees, even before taking into account their sidekick heroes. However, many heroes eschew that life, with several top Pro Heroes like Midnight and Eraserhead preferring to teach at UA. All-Might himself opts to take up a teaching job at UA shortly after the series begins, partially because he realises that his secret injuries are slowly catching up to him and he wants to pass on his ideals on to the next generation. When All-Might shows up for his first day of teaching, he finds journalists camped out around UA calling out to ask why he's chosen to take up teaching and whether this will affect his Pro Hero work.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'': Most of the teachers at DWMA are also {{Living Weapon}}s or wielders of those weapons, which makes sense since that's the main subject taught there. The school is so powerful that it has its own paramilitary forces, and most of the witch and demon fighting skills learned by its alumni wouldn't be useful in any other organization.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In ''ComicBook/StormwatchPHD'', Black Betty is one of the best-trained magic-users in the Creator/{{Wildstorm}} universe, but, prior to being recruited by the Post-Human Division, spent most of her time as a Professor of Metaphysics, as she knows enough about magic to know that actually casting spells would require sacrifices that she's just not willing to make.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'': Throughout the series, Indiana Jones works as an archaeology professor, a job from which he takes many lengthy leaves of absence from to adventure around the world and save powerful magic artifacts from bad guys.
* Louise Banks from ''Film/{{Arrival}}'' is a linguistics professor who once served as a military translator, and is recruited by the government to help translate alien languages.
* Erin Gilbert from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters2016}}'' once worked as a supernatural physicist before the start of the film, trying to prove that ghosts exist. However, she later abandoned the project and disavowed it as nonsense in order to accept a teaching job at Columbia. When her old colleague Abby Yates published her work without her knowledge, it leads to Erin losing her job. However, it all works out for the best when she goes into the ghostbusting business with Abby and becomes more successful than ever before.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Literature/{{Discworld}}:
**The Guild of Assassins' School is staffed by some very scholarly, capable people often possessing more letters after their name than are actually in the name. A casual observer might wonder if they're doing it for the grace-and-favour full board accomodation more than the money. Then the same casual observer might reflect that they are also Assassins. Who tend to be exceedingly well rewarded for their main job.
**Susan Sto Helit, who is a powerful supernatural entity, but doesn't want to be, and prefers teaching because it's "normal". Which doesn't stop her using her abilities to make the lessons more interesting.
* Ryland Grace from ''Literature/ProjectHailMary'' is a high school science teacher who had long since left his own molecular biology research behind after his ideas on the formation of life without water got him laughed out of academia. However, his ideas prove to be correct after the discovery of alien life-forms called Astrophages that threaten to eat the sun. Grace is recruited by the governments of the world to help find a way to stop the creatures and save the world.
* Albus Dumbledore of the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series is one of the most powerful wizards in the world, and people wonder why he chose to become headmaster of Hogwarts rather than something more powerful like Minister of Magic. Besides a love of children and learning, we learn later in the series that [[spoiler: Dumbledore never trusted himself with power after he caused the death of his sister]].
* Literature/SherlockHolmes: Moriarty is a mathematical prodigy and the author of two fictional theses (one of which earned him a university chair) but he currently works as an army coach (a private tutor for officers). Holmes doesn't say what the scandal was that got him kicked out of the university, but he points out that his furnishings are far more expensive than his salary should allow as a clue that he's an EvilGenius.
* Literature/HonorHarrington, during her stint of teaching at the Royal Manticoran Naval Academy in ''Ashes of Victory''. It's easier to list the titles and honors she ''hasn't'' received at that point in the series. She's 'merely' a full admiral rather than Admiral of the Fleet, isn't Countess White Haven, isn't captain of ''HMS Unconquered,'' and has turned down the Parliamentary Medal of Honor.
* In ''Literature/ElevenTwentyTwoSixtyThree'' and [[Series/ElevenTwentyTwoSixtyThree its television adaptation]], the story follows high school English teacher Jake Eppings, who, in his journey into the past to prevent JFK's assassination, takes on his same job to pass the time and pay the bills. In the process, he befriends his coworkers and the students, as well as becoming smitten with another teacher, and though they have some suspicions about [[FishOutOfTemporalWater his behavior]] (such as hiding what he did before becoming a teacher or not being racist), they're none the wiser. Likewise, when he returns to the present, his students clearly see that he's distraught, but he refuses to tell them why.
* In ''Franchise/PercyJackson'', the centaur Chiron poses as as a social studies teacher named Mr. Brunner to observe Percy. Throughout the series, various counselors at Camp Half-Blood are famous and powerful figures from Greek mythology, such as Dionysus, Tantalus, and Daedalus.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Daimon Helstrom from ''Series/{{Helstrom}}'' works as an Ethics professor while also hunting demons and sporting some demonic powers of his own.
* Walter White from ''Series/BreakingBad'' was once almost a massively successful scientist, but when his partnership with his old friend Elliot Schwartz fell through, he wound up stuck as a high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque. He feels that he is overqualified for the job, and that blow to his ego is part of what pushes him to start cooking meth.
* ''{{Series/Instinct}}'' has Dylan Reinhart, a renowned author and professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Unknown to most, he was also previously a case officer and analyst for the {{CIA}}, and has paramilitary training.
* ''{{Series/Numb3rs}}'' features Charlie Eppes, a former child prodigy who teaches applied mathematics at the California Institute of Science. Unknown to everyone, even his own brother who works with the {{FBI}}, Charlie has top security clearance and routinely consults for the CIA.
* ''Series/UltramanLeo'' features the titular hero's human identity, Gen Ohtori, who works as a gym coach and tutor at times of peace. He's also a BigBrotherMentor to the Umeda siblings, two orphaned children, and more often than not risks his life for his pupils.
* ''Series/UltramanEighty'' has Takeshi Yamato, the human disguise of the titular character, who despite being a several millennia-old Ultraman from a distant galaxy assigned to protect earth, is actually happy to assume the role of a class teacher for Sakuragaoka Junior High School in Tokyo as part of his civilian identity, even forming a rock band with his class in one episode and revealing his Ultraman form to a heartbroken student who hates his new teacher in episode 2 to cheer the student up.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Before she got her job on the ship, the linguist Hoshi Sato was a language teacher. She's a prodigy and can [[{{Omniglot}} speak around 40 languages]].
* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': Dr. Tommy Oliver appears to be a simple high school science teacher. In actuality, he is the Black Dino Ranger and [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers has]] [[Series/PowerRangersZeo been]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo a Ranger for a long time]].
* Jaime Sommers, ''Series/TheBionicWoman'', is a SecretAgent for the Office of Scientific Investigation. Her undercover identity is a school teacher at the Ventura Air Force Base, assigned to a class of "difficult" students. Her first day there, Jaime calmly tears a California phone book in two while introducing herself. This becomes an AbortedArc by the second season.
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[[folder: Video Games]]
* Byleth from [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Fire Emblem: Three Houses]] is an accomplished mercenary [[RedBaron nicknamed The Ashen Demon.]] Despite being skilled enough to [[spoiler: single-handedly turn the tide of a war]], they mostly keep their head down and teach at Garreg Mach Monastery.
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[[folder: Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': All the known professors and other faculty members at the huntsmen schools are veteran huntsmen themselves, but what makes them more than just teachers is that [[spoiler:they're fighting a secret war against an ancient BigBad.]] Ozpin is specifically special, as he's not only the headmaster of Beacon and the ring leader of the huntsmen teachers, but [[spoiler:he's also as ancient as the BigBad, and was in fact her ex-lover, futilely tasked by the gods to protect the world from her]].
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "One Crew Over the Crewcoo's Morty", Rick and Morty recruit Mister Poopy Butthole for their heist team. Mister Poopy Butthole works as a college professor, and they visit him in his lecture hall, where he displays his deadly training in martial arts.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: RealLife]]
* In France, due to the high number of scholars who studied at the [[USefulNotes/LesGrandesEcoles Higher Normal School]], several intellectuals taught at high schools (''lycées'') as ''agrégés'', such as Aime Cesaire (letters), Simone De Beauvoir, and Jean-Paul Sartre (both in philosophy).
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