History Main / NewTransferStudent

*** The first chapter of Chibiusa's Picture Diary starts with Chibiusa having her first day of classes at Juuban primary school after time travelling from 30th century to 20th century. The chapter's MonsterOfTheWeek also joined her class a few days before Chibiusa.

* [[spoiler: [[ArtificialIntelligence Autonomously Thinking]] [[MoreDakka Fixed Artillery]]-san]] from AssassinationClassroom.

Note how long they wear their [[TransferStudentUniforms old uniforms]] tells whether they assimilate. Especially if the new school doesn't [[Film/CatchMeIfYouCan have uniforms]].

* Aiko and Onpu came in to the first ''OjamajoDoremi'' series as transfer students. In the ''Motto'' series, Momoko would come in this way as well.

* Appropriate for the school setting of ''{{Disgaea 3}}'', your PlayerMooks arrive in your classroom as transfer students upon creation. Princess Sapphire is a main character example, though she didn't transfer with the intent of being a student.

-->-- ''StrangersWithCandy''

* ''StrangersWithCandy'' had the entire student body, teachers and parents ostracizing the new kid to the point of almost lynching him for being seen talking to Jerri at the school dance.

* Al and En in the "Makaiju" StoryArc of ''SailorMoon'' effortlessly masquerade as normal middle schoolers.
** Makoto was also a new transfer in the first season; she [[HugeSchoolgirl could not]] wear the girls's uniform because they didn't have any in her size. She stays this way the entire series until they finally graduate to high school near the end and their high school carries uniforms she can actually ''wear''.
** In the DiC dub, Amy was introduced like this. In all other dubs, she was already a student at the same school, just in a different class from Usagi.
** While the Sailor Starlights are already known to the cast due to being famous celebrities in their civilian identities, they join the cast proper in this manner.

** Tin Nyanko is introduced to the cast posing as a student, Nyanko Suzu, trying to get close to Usagi.

* Eiru and An in the "Makaiju" StoryArc of ''SailorMoon'' effortlessly masquerade as normal middle schoolers.

*** In {{fanon}}, Ami is mistaken as one. She has been going to the same school as Usagi since the start. We just don't see her before episode 8, either because she was in a different class, or just because [[ShyBlueHairedGirl she was too shy.]]
**** The claim of Ami being a transfer student is the fault of the Dic dub, which claims her as one.
** Also, in the last season all three Sailor Starlights transfer to Usagi's school.
*** So does Minako, who actually was in a different junior high.

*** Usagi's mother sent Chibiusa to attend Juuban Primary School as she time traveled from 30th century to 20th century, becoming a 4th year primary student on her arrival.
*** Haruka and Michiru transfer to Juuban High since their old school was blown up at the end of the Death Busters arc. They both have to wear their new uniforms -- Haruka actually dresses in male and female clothes, and wears ''both'' uniforms (''seifuku'' AND ''gakuran'') in the manga's run.

* In ''VisualNovel/DateALiveRinneUtopioa'', [[spoiler: the eponymous character, [[SecondaryCharacterTitle Rinne Sonogami]], transfers back to Shido's class in a WhatIf ending.]]

** In the manga, Haruka and Michiru transfer to Juuban High since their old school was blown up at the end of the Death Busters arc. They both have to wear their new uniforms -- Haruka actually dresses in male and female clothes, and wears ''both'' uniforms (''seifuku'' AND ''gakuran'') in the manga's run.

* In the first episode of ''FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'', Mai is the NewTransferStudent, having just returned to the area after leaving years ago. Until [[YesPrecure5 Urara]] a year later, and Kurumi from ''[[YesPrettyCure5 Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo]]'' the year after that, Mai was unique among transfer students in the PrettyCure franchise in that she does ''not'' start out with a bad attitude, gradually improve while becoming friends with main characters, suddenly turn out to be evil (though the audience knew this all along), fight the main characters, change affiliations during the fight, head off to apparent death, and then reappear near the end of the season. And later on, we would get [[FreshPrettyCure Setsuna]] and [[HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi]], albeit the former is another [[HeelFaceTurn villain turned good]], then [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Ellen]], [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Miyuki]] and [[Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure Makoto]]. Of those three, one's formerly evil and two come from other worlds. (there's a bit of overlap there)

**** The aboe is the fault of the Dic dub, which clams her as a transfer student

* In ''Manga/ZatchBell,'' the character Shion (partner to the momodo Nia) is introduced as a transfer student to Kio's high school. When her mini-story-arc is completed, she exits with the excuse that her transfer stay was over.

* This a very common way for authors to insert their new character (often a ''MarySue'') into their ''HarryPotter'' fanfics, usually having just transferred from America into the fifth, sixth or seventh year and will of course, be in either Gryffindor or Slytherin. Supposedly, J.K. herself got tired of this and claimed that [[WordOfGod Hogwarts officially does not accept transfer students]]. Not that it stops the fanfic writers one little bit.

** We present a Chinese publisher's unauthorised attempt to cash in on ''HarryPotter'' with: ''[[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/opinion/10potter7.html Harry Potter and the Chinese Overseas Students at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]''.

* In the first episode of ''FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'', Mai is the NewTransferStudent, having just returned to the area after leaving years ago. Until [[YesPrecure5 Urara]] a year later, and Kurumi from ''[[YesPrettyCure5 Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo]]'' the year after that, Mai was unique among transfer students in the PrettyCure franchise in that she does ''not'' start out with a bad attitude, gradually improve while becoming friends with main characters, suddenly turn out to be evil (though the audience knew this all along), fight the main characters, change affiliations during the fight, head off to apparent death, and then reappear near the end of the season. And later on, we would get [[FreshPrettyCure Setsuna]] and [[HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi]], albeit the former is another [[HeelFaceTurn villain turned good]].

* Alison on ''Series/TeenWolf''. Though Scott eyes (or should it be, hears? Both?) her before she's even introduced to the class.
** HiddenDepths, Allison is apparent skilled in gymnastics and archery and is willing to be a BAD girl at some points despite her normally good girl complex. Though, being the daughter of a werewolf hunter, such should be anything but a surprise.

* {{Rain}} begins when the titular protagonist transfers to a new school so she can attend as a girl.

* In ''Webcomic/{{UC}}'', Kelsi, one of the four main characters, starts the comic [[http://www.wanderingchaos.com/uc/123103.html this way]].

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' subverts this trope, while touching all the normal bases with impressive grace. Each of the children/pilots has a different "first day" and covers a different "transfer student" plot.

* ''TheHairyBird'': Odette "Odie" Sinclair