History Main / StuffedIntoALocker

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Team Cardinal is the bully gang of the year group and Jaune Arc is one of their victims. At one point, Cardin Winchester stuffs Jaune into a locker. However, since Beacon is an ExtranormalInstitute that is run by an [[WordOfGod acknowledged]] {{expy}} of the [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Wizard of Oz]], the locker is actually rocket-propelled with programmable coordinates. Not only does Jaune have the issue of trying to get out of it, but he has to then make it back to the school from where the locker landed.

* ''SuperHumanSamuraiSyberSquad'': It happened twice to Malcolm Frink. The first time was at the end of "Que Sera Servo", where Malcolm was taking advantage of the heroes having their personalities altered and they did this to show they were back. In "Mal-Khan-Tent", it wasn't Malcolm himself but Kilokhan in Malcolm's body and Sam and Tanker locked him away until they could find and rescue Malcolm. However, since Malcolm's body was still in the locker when he returned, he felt what's like.

A [[DiscreditedTrope Discredited]] HighSchool trope that is not disappearing any time soon. Every JerkJock has done it to the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent at least once. Even an AlphaBitch or two has done it to the NaiveEverygirl.

* What's the best way to establish ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' BloodKnight Sashi Kobayashi as TheBully? Have her violently shove the school mascot into a locker.

->'''Thug 1''': "I think we need to teach yer boyfriend here a little lesson!"\\
'''Mark Kant (really Super Dude)''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "Well, actually I'm doing quite well in school..."]]\\
'''Thug 2''': [[LampshadeHanging "Yeah, whaddaya say we do something mean, dangerous, yet visually entertaining to him?"]] (stuffs him in a washing machine)

* ''TheFairlyOddParents'': In a similar fashion to the above example, Denzel Crocker hid inside Timmy's locker in "Mind Over Magic" for a pop quiz. Francis the bully later shut the locker door to interrupt Crocker's rant about Fairy Godparents.

* Some full-height lockers had a latch on the inside which would allow anyone this might happen to (regardless of how often it really did happen) to easily escape, presumably after the bullies have left.

* At the beginning of ''{{Film/Lean On Me}}'', a pair of bullies stuff Thomas Sams into a locker (which is somewhat remarkable in itself, since Sams is rather fat) and walk away. Then, to drive home the point of how much the conditions at East Side High had deteriorated in the 20 years of Joe Clark's absence, a janitor lazily walks down a hall that intersects the hall with Sams' locker while reading a newspaper. Sams is screaming for help, and despite the screams being very audible in the empty hallway (the school day had just ended), the janitor completely ignores them.
* Happens in ''SkyHigh'', to the kid who can glow. In fact, the only reason you know he's in the locker is that it's glowing bright green.
* In the slasher films ''Film/HelloMaryLouPromNightII'' and ''The Guard from Underground'' characters are stuffed in lockers, then crushed inside them.
* In the film, ''ManOfTheHouse'', the protagonist meets one of the other kids when said kid is stuffed into a locker while the protagonist does nothing. Never the end of the movie, having bonded, he takes a stand against the bullies. Cut to a shot of the outside of the lockers with the two of them conversing from within the closed lockets.

Chances are, it did happen once or twice, but it could also have originated as a joke, since larger lockers were commonplace in older school buildings. However, today, schools are built to accommodate a higher volume of students, and stacked lockers are more common. Older buildings may still have the larger lockers but these are often ditched during remodeling.

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* Happens with extremely severe consequences in ''TheSagaOfTuck''.
** Tuck is tiny. And, when he got shoved in the locker, he was [[spoiler: unconscious and slowly dying. He got better, eventually.]]
* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Taylor had her TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening when she was stuffed into her locker after [[{{Squick}} it had been filled with used pads and tampons and allowed to ripen over winter break]].
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Team Cardinal is the bully gang of the year group and Jaune Arc is one of their victims. At one point, Cardin Winchester stuffs Jaune into a locker. However, since Beacon is an ExtranormalInstitute that is run by an [[WordOfGod acknowledged]] {{expy}} of the [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Wizard of Oz]], the locker is actually rocket-propelled with programmable coordinates. Not only does Jaune have the issue of trying to get out of it, but he has to then make it back to the school from where the locker landed.
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* Happens several times to Merton on ''BigWolfOnCampus''. Once, he himself does it to a nerdy demon, and notes how refreshing it is to be on the other side of the "being shoved into a locker" thing.

* This happens in ''ComicBook/AllGhoulsSchool'', with the bullies stuffing a freshman into the heroine's locker. This is apparently a regular occurrence, with the bullies keeping track of who has the record for the longest time it take for a freshman to be released.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Team Cardinal is the bully gang of the year group and Jaune Arc is one of their victims. At one point, Cardin Winchester stuffs Jaune into a locker. However, since Beacon is an ExtranormalInstitute that is run by an [[WordOfGod acknowledged]] {{expy}} of the [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Wizard of Oz]], the locker is actually rocket-propelled with programmable coordinates.

* [[ButtMonkey Jaunne Arc]] gets this in {{RWBY}}. This of course being [[AcademyOfAdventure Beacon]] [[HeroAcademy Academy]], the locker in question is of the rocket-propelled variety.

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* In an early episode of ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', [[{{hikikomori}} Kiri]] somehow managed to stuff herself in Nozomu's locker, which seemed to be quite small.

* In ''SavedByTheBell'', Screech apparently has built a labyrinthine series of secret passages throughout the school lockers.

* Unsurprisingly, this happens a lot to [[FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]].
* ''BoyMeetsWorld''
** Shawn used this to his advantage and sometimes used the relative privacy of his locker as a MakeOutPoint.
* Happens several times to Merton on ''BigWolfOnCampus''.
** Once he does it himself to a nerdy demon, and notes how refreshing it is to be on the other side of the "being shoved into a locker" thing.
* ''{{Lost}}'': A flashback in "Cabin Fever" shows that this was done to Locke in high school.
* ''NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' "Guide to Vice-Principals": Coconut Head is the [[RuleOfThree third]] thing Mr. Crubbs removes from Loomer the bully's locker.
* The locker jokes on ''YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'' aren't really an example, though Lisa once locked Alistair in his locker on purpose, which is closer. [[WMG/TimeLord He turned it into a TARDIS]] and threw a party.
* On an episode of ''StrangersWithCandy'', one of Jerri's boyfriends did this to her because he didn't want the other kids seeing them together.

* ''{{Garfield}}'': [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2009&addr=090416 Wally Sneedhocker used to stuff Jon in the school locker.]] He became an undertaker.

* Referenced (but not depicted) in ''TheWotch'' to justify Robin and Jason's decision not to inform Anne that her personified feminine pride had [[GenderBender gender bent]] Tandy Garden High's worst [[JerkJock jerk jocks]] into four "honest and kind" [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders cheerleaders]].
* ''PennyAndAggie'', [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=829 here]].

* In an episode of ''CloneHigh'', JFK boasts of stuffing the ''entire freshman clsss'' into only ten lockers. And in another episode, Abe, having gone without sleep for almost a week, stuffs ''himself'' into a locker (and since Abe was six-foot-four, he was folded like an accordion).

* One of the many ways ''DannyPhantom's'' [[IntangibleMan intangibility]] power comes in handy. The opening credits even shows him phasing out and stuffing one of the {{Jerk Jock}}s in.
* In the ''TransformersAnimated'' episode "Autoboot Camp", Bumblebee was stuffed into a locker by Wasp and Ironhide for getting them in trouble to [[DrillSergeantNasty Sentinel Minor]]. Right after removing his legs.
* In an episode of ''KingOfTheHill'', one student who's been scaring Bobby by sneaking up to him managed to hide inside Bobby's locker for the next scare.

* [[ButtMonkey Jaunne Arc]] gets this in {{RWBY}}. This of course being [[AcademyOfAdventure Beacon]] [[HeroSchool Academy]], the locker in question is of the rocket-propelled variety.

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* IIRC, this was in the background of this troper's school production of ''{{Grease}}''.
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* This troper can confirm that it is entirely possible to shove a five foot tall, one hundred pound teenager into a modern half size high school locker.