History Main / OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent

** Hayate falls off being normal once his past is revealed, and Ayumu has been given a younger brother, but she's still really the only one who fits.

* ''DannyPhantom''

* The titular character from ''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' was just a normal high school girl until her sixteenth birthday, when her witch half manifested itself.[[/folder]]

* Fei from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' plays almost every part of this troupe. Yeah, he knew martial arts but he thought it was just "normal" martial arts. Besides [[spoiler: knowing martial arts that can destroy God and giant robots]], he's also the only one that can pilot a special [[HumongousMecha gears]], which turns out to be the super ultra special titular one. [[spoiler: He is also secretly one of the most powerful beings in the game's universe, whom "God" gave his power to.]]

* Presley in MummiesAlive is an Ordinary Student as well.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Twilight Sparkle grew up a student studying in magic and friendship. In [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls the movie]], however, she is sent on a mission to another world through a MagicMirror, and the accopanying metamorphosis left her as a powerless {{human|ityEnsues}} in {{high school|AU}}.

* ''{{Veronica Mars}}'' - a normal high school student...and a private eye.
* The titular character from TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack. She even says "I was just another average kid until an accident changed my life" in the opening credits. It's also worth noting that she wore a similar outfit to the one described above on the day she was soaked with the chemicals that gave her superpowers.

* Nagasumi of ''SetoNoHanayome''. Then he was rescued and engaged to a mermaid [[MafiaPrincess Yakuza princess]], whose family promptly takes over his school. HilarityEnsues.

* Sarah from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is the only member of her group of friends who isn't a shapeshifter, witch, mad scientist, or martial artist of some kind.
** Sarah has magic envy: [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-04-30]] [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-07-19]]
** Give her time. At some point the demonic duck will be the most ordinary character in the strip.
*** Elliot probably fits the trope better, though. For most of the first story arc, he does indeed seem to be an ordinary student with a [[WeirdnessMagnet weird friend]], but it's progressively revealed that he's far more unusual than that.
*** Catalina appears to be pretty normal too, though she's not shown up much past her introduction.

* Mahiro Yasaka from ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'' is one of these who just happens to be in a LoveDodecahedron, and lives with, a group of [[LovecraftLite literal]] [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian]] [[MoeAnthropomorphism horrors]], [[UnfazedEveryman without somehow going permanently insane]]. It's revealed early on that his mother is a part-time Evil God Slayer, and he inherited her skill with [[ForkFencing forks]]. [[spoiler:The novels take it a step further, revealing that Mahiro can perceive and resist distortions in space-time, and in later volumes he actually kills one of Nyarko's Old One classmates with his forks.]]

* Mahiro Yasaka from ''NyarkoSan'' is one of these who just happens to be in a LoveDodecahedron, and lives with, a group of [[LovecraftLite literal]] [[EldritchAbomination lovecraftian]] [[MoeAnthropomorphism horrors]], [[UnfazedEveryman without somehow going permanently insane]]. It is theorized InUniverse that he's actually the descendant of a diety hunter, but [[spoiler:even though this turns out to be true, said hunter is his BadassNormal ActionMom so it doesn't make him anything special.]]

* Played with in the {{Nasuverse}}, where [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Shiki]] and [[FateStayNight Shirou]] know they are not ordinary, yet fail to realize the full extent of how extraordinary they are.

* Battler, from ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. All his powers to "fight" witches were granted by the witch herself, [[spoiler:at last at first]]. The 'student' part of him has not much focus, though, as the story take place in his off day [[spoiler: and he getting killed and all]].

* Scott McCall from ''TeenWolf'' was an ordinary high school student (and asthmatic, no less, which severely curtailed his attempts to make the lacrosse team) until he was bitten by a werewolf.

* Kira of ''GundamSeed'' averts this trope -- he's actually a genetically-enhanced superhuman who [[IJustWantToBeNormal wants to be a normal high school/college student.]]

** Tsukino Usagi, junior high student and reincarnated moon princess.
** Along with Tomeo Hotaru aka ''SailorSaturn'' who when introduced is a small sickly girl who made friends with Chibi-Usa, only for us to discover that not only is she the host for the Big Bad of the season - Mistress 9, but is also the as of yet unawakened Sailor Saturn - the senshi of destruction and rebirth that Rei had been having visions of destroying the world. In the manga she then is aged back to a baby and adopted by Sailors Pluto, Uranus and Neptune - only to be grown at an incredible rate when their presence is needed by Sailor Moon.

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* Hao Xuan, or so he claims, from ''Manhua/SchoolShock'' when the school is over run with terrorists and he finds himself in a hostage situation, only to be saved by Liu Lu who's new mission (after defecting the terrorists) is to protect him as he is a "Child of Eden", something that a lot of dangerous people seem to be after.
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*** They decided to [[TooGoodToLast kill off his comic]], instead.

* [[CiemWebcomicSeries Candi]] is a not-so-ordinary high school ''graduate''. Subverted in that she always knew ''that'' she was special; she just never knew ''why''.
** Averted in the book, where she knows all about everything that made her what she is.

* [[CiemWebcomicSeries Candi]] is a not-so-ordinary high school ''graduate''. Subverted in that she always knew ''that'' she was special; she just never knew ''why''.
** Averted in the book, where she knows all about everything that made her what she is.

* Ayumu Mikoshiba from ''Manga/OsatukeMikoMikoChan'' was one before his mother passed down the title of Miko-chan onto him. He still is one, in many respects.

* Mia from ''ThePrincessDiaries'' is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who turns out to be a Princess of a minor European Principality. Unfortunately, it is not the case that EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses.

* Jaime Reyes, the current BlueBeetle in TheDCU. One day he's just hanging out with his friends, the next he gets bonded to an alien symbiote, helps {{Batman}} save infinite universes, and goes missing for a year, yet he ''still'' manages to come off as more of a normal kid than 90% of other teenage superheroes in comics.

* The ''{{Runaways}}'' were all normal teenagers... who in the course of a night watched their parents kill a young woman, discovered superpowers/super gadgets/a telepathic dinosaur, fought off their parents, and ended up becoming runaways living in an underground mansion.

* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has Negi thinking that he'll need to hide his being a ''[[WizardsAndWitches Magister Magi]]'' from his class of ordinary middle school students.....who so happen to include an AntiMagic capable [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] ([[spoiler:Asuna]]), two ''Magistra Magi'' (Evangeline, [[spoiler:Chao]]), a MagicKnight [[spoiler:[[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Bird Tribe]]]] (Setsuna), [[GiveHimANormalLife two children]] of ''Magi'' ([[spoiler:Konoka & Yuna]]), a ''Ministra Magi'' ([[spoiler:Misora]]), a [[ColdSniper mercenary]], former ''Ministra Magi'', [[spoiler:[[OurDemonsAreDifferent and half-demon]]]] (Mana), [[spoiler:[[OurDemonsAreDifferent a full demon]]]] (Zazie), a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] (Evangeline again), a [[TimeTravel time traveler]] ([[spoiler:Chao again]]), a ghost (Sayo), a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot magic puppet/robot]] (Chachamaru), and a {{Ninja}} (Kaede); meaning that roughly a third his 31 students are [[TheNotSecret already in on his secret or have one of their own]]. One can just imagine HaruhiSuzumiya kicking herself for not enrolling in Mahora Academy.

** He knows about his powers, that his adopted father is a magus, and that there are other magus. He just didn't know that he has a Reality Marble or expect that he could get that strong.

* Light Yagami from ''Manga/DeathNote'' is a perfect example of this trope, until it's [[PlayingWithATrope derailed]] by the fact that he's both incredibly smart and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity megomaniacally insane.]]

* ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'': Touma's [[AntiMagic passive negation power]] certainly makes him look like an ordinary student compared to people like his lightning-wielding UnknownRival Mikoto under most circumstances. In their first onscreen confrontation, Touma protests to a sparking Mikoto that he's "just a Level 0" esper. Mikoto makes a compelling rebuttal in the form of a giant blast of (ineffectual) electricity.

The most common protagonist of a show targeted at teenagers. It's usually discovered they are anything but ordinary -- they're reincarnated princesses, or alien princes, or the only ones who can pilot the HumongousMecha. Or they've been training in an [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower obscure martial art]] since they could walk. Or [[IAmWho they're God]]. Or they've got ''something'' that makes the [[DudeMagnet opposite sex flock to them]], and possibly the [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer odd member]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim of their own]], whether they [[UnwantedHarem want the attention or not.]] (ParentalAbandonment optional)

Look for [[HollywoodDressCode the kid in the fully open button shirt over a T-shirt, jeans and Converse sneakers]] -- think [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Ferris Bueller]] or [[NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide Ned Bigby]].

* Tenchi Masaki in any of the incarnations of ''TenchiMuyo''. Turns out he's an alien prince, and his family never bothered to tell him. Notable among these incarnations is Kazuki Yotsuga from ''Anime/ParallelTroubleAdventureDual'', who is also the HumongousMecha Zinv. And then there's Sasami, who tries to ''become'' one of these in the manga volumes. Being that she is an alien princess (and unlike Tenchi, knew all along), it doesn't quite work out. She should just be glad that the goddess she's symbiotically fused with didn't decide to show up.

** Tsukino Usagi Not quite accurate as if you think about it, Naoko Takeuchi must think the character viewers would relate to most is the biggest blonde you've ever met - who can't take two steps without tripping, is a coward (at least initially), having to be saved by Tuxedo Kamen constantly, fails classes to the extent of getting 30%'s on her math tests, and wails like a banshee when she's injured or scared. She's also flighty, immature, eats her weight in food every chance she gets, and doesn't try to be a good super heroine. She would fit the 'Manic Pixie Dream Girl' trope if the series had been about Mamoru instead however. Her strengths are only in her kindness, innocence, and ability to make friends.
** Compare to ''Superman''/Clark Kent - what does he think of humans to make Clark Kent so boring?!

* Kyon from ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'' is actually ''certified'' as ordinary, as reported by Itsuki. If it weren't for Haruhi's liking him, he wouldn't be worth looking at twice. [[WMG/HaruhiSuzumiyaKyonIsGod Some fans have different theories, however]], and there is some support for them in the novels.

*** Also, in recent episodes, a random classmate seems to have developed the ability to sense the spirit world, after showing no such ability before.
**** There is a reason for this. Other than the mystical warrior, Ichigo's classmates actually gained power from proximity to him. [[spoiler:[[LamarckWasRight He gained it from his father.]]]]
**** Not according to the big bad, [[spoiler:Aizen. He says that everyone got their powers from the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Hougyoku]], from their want to be able to help their friends.]]
***** And later it's revealed that [[spoiler: they got their powers from their pregnant mother being attacked by a hollows]]
***** Not that either actually conflict. [[spoiler:Aizen said the Hougyoku simply allows you to access your latent talent far easier than normal. You can't do anything you wouldn't be able to without its interference, it jsut makes it happen way faster. Chad had the abilities for Fullbring all along, it just wasn't known until a combination of Hougyoku and Flight/Fight instinct made him manifest his powers (The source of Orihime's powers are still unclear.) That's also why they could skip the Training From Hell Ichigo later goes through. They had the talent, and the Hougyoku supplied the activation.]]

* Arguably inverted in ''Literature/HarryPotter'', as everyone knows that he's special from the start--''except him''.

* ''JoanOfArcadia.''

* Tsukune from ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' is a normal high school student, at a distinctly [[ExtranormalInstitute not normal]] high school, with [[CuteMonsterGirl not normal]] high school friends. He eventually becomes [[BadassAbnormal not normal himself]].

* Shinji Ikari from ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is an ordinary student.