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7	A common device for a series opening or EstablishingCharacterMoment. Things begin in a frantic rush which usually results in taking shortcuts, such as eating breakfast on the run. The classic image is of someone running down the street [[ToastOfTardiness with a slice of toast hanging out of their mouth]], dragging their backpack with one hand while trying to put on their jacket or sweater one-handed with the other, [[CrashIntoHello bumping into important people]] in a manner that gets the plot started.
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9	Basically, they're ''never'' on time for school. While some are {{Heavy Sleeper}}s, it would appear that they may have simply set their alarm clocks so as to give them insufficient time to get to class.
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11	The most common, yet hilarious subversion of this trope is when the character remembers at the last second that it’s a weekend, [[ShaggyDogStory making their efforts moot]].
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13	In {{manga}} and {{anime}}, this is associated with the {{shoujo}} (girl's) genre, where the original intent was to establish the protagonist as [[CuteClumsyGirl cute but clumsy]], or give her a minor flaw (in Japan, there is a stigma against eating in public).
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15	It has been overused to the point of becoming a DiscreditedTrope; Japanese "How to Become a Shoujo Manga-ka" books specifically advise ''against'' using this trope, and manga even lampshade how much of a cliche it is. It is often paired with CrashIntoHello.
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17	On the other hand, given the above, this trope has become so strongly associated with the poorly executed silly RomanticComedy that now it can often be found in the parody of the genre, especially during the dreams of the characters about the ideal romance.
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19	It's also TruthInTelevision, as any teenager/parent/college student will tell you.
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21	Compare EasingIntoTheAdventure, GoodMorningCrono.
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24	!!Examples:
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28	[[folder:Animation]]
29	* This is the entire conflict in Creator/DisneyChannel India's ''Animation/BhaagamBhaag''. The show's main character, Sunny, routinely runs into some sort of odd happening (animals that got freed from the zoo, a superhero mummy, etc.) that risks him being late for school... only for him to wind up always getting to his destination on time anyway.
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32	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
33	* ''Manga/AceOfTheDiamond'': Protagonist Eijun Sawamura arrives late to the first day of training with the Seidou High baseball team because he spent his first night in the dorms playing videogames with his new roommates (who didn't wake him up). Naturally, the coach isn't pleased and punishes him with running around the field and not letting him practice with the rest of the team.
34	* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'':
35	** Yukari-sensei's immature and irresponsible nature is suggested when she is Late For School in the very first scene. She then compounds this by flying into a rage, [[HeroStoleMyBike stealing a helpful student's bicycle]] (when he stops to fix hers, no less), and reporting to the wrong homeroom.
36	** Tomo, of course, is even later. "Yukari's here already?"
37	** In the anniversary manga chapters, one section opens with Osaka leaving for school and one of her parents asking off-screen if she will be late. Osaka is definitely NotAMorningPerson.
38	* ''Manga/BlackButler'' begins the Weston College arc with Ciel running late, with [[ToastOfTardiness toast in his mouth]]. And an author's note assuring the reader that, yes, they are still reading ''Black Butler'' and not something else.
39	* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' isn't technically late for school in the first episode, but she has her reasons for leaving early; it isn't until the ''second'' episode we see her running behind schedule.
40	* Parodied in ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'': Tadakuni runs with toast, Tanaka runs with a plate of curry, Tabata runs with a bowl of ramen.
41	* ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'': Himeko Kurusegawa wakes up late and has to hurry to get to school on time in the first episode.
42	* ''Manga/DNAngel'': Daisuke.
43	* ''Manga/DokiDokiSchoolHours'': Mika often has to be driven to school by her father to avoid being late -- which is a bit embarrassing since she's actually a teacher.
44	* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has a frequently-used RunningGag, with Nobita oversleeping on a regular basis and needing to run to school to avoid being late - and constantly failing. Why didn't Doraemon just use the Anywhere Door to teleport Nobita over isn't really addressed in the series.
45	* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Played for knowing laughs in a Omake later made into an OVA depicting Izumi Curtis having a MeetCute with her future husband, and meeting him when she was running late for alchemy training. At the time, she is lugging a {{bear\|sAreBadNews}} on her shoulder that she just defeated in combat.
46	* ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'': Tomoki did this while transformed into a girl to [[CrashIntoHello create a memorable entrance]] for his female persona and help establish "Tomoko" as TheDitz.
47	* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': The episode that is a flashback to Sir Integra's childhood starts with her being late to go be instructed by her grandfather.
48	* ''Manga/KOn'': Yui is running late to her first day of high school at the beginning of the first episode, complete with ToastOfTardiness. It's then subverted when she realizes that she's actually one hour ''early''. She proceeds to do the same thing in the first episode of the second season as well, although that time it isn't shown, as the episode begins with her sitting in the club room with a piece of bread, waiting for the others to arrive.
49	* ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'': Nayuki became the track team captain because her [[HeavySleeper sleeping habits]] trained her to run quickly to school.
50	* ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}'': Sana frequently oversleeps but hyperspeeds through her entire morning routine so she's never ''quite'' late.
51	* ''Manga/LeGardenie'': Early in the first chapter has its two protagonists, Orange and Kiwi, being late for their first day of school due to Kiwi oversleeping. With Orange pulling a DynamicEntry via flinging his schoolbag on a still-sleeping Kiwi.
52	* While it never happens at any point during the franchise, ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' has immortalized this trope in [[http://myfigurecollection.net/item/78600 a figurine.]]
53	* ''Anime/MagicalProjectS'': The first episode starts out with this.
54	* ''Manga/ManabiStraight'' has two of the main characters meet this way. The threat of their tardiness results in one breaking out her {{Hoverboard}} that was apparently stolen from the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' set, and they practically have the same music playing.
55	* Played with in ''Anime/MarginalNumber4''. Atom is running to school because he's late, and almost has a CrashIntoHello with a blue-haired boy in the same uniform. When he gets to school, he tells [[ThemeTwinNaming L and R]] that Rui, the fourth member of their group, will be transferring to their school because Atom saw someone who looked like him from behind, and [[LampshadeHanging that's how it happens in shoujo manga]] (to which L responds, [[ShipTease does that mean Atom will be falling in love?]]). And of course, the transfer student [[spoiler: isn't Rui -- but Rui transferred to their school a week ago and just didn't tell them]].
56	* ''Anime/MegaManNTWarrior'': This occurs to Lan. Fortunately, he has a sentient program to nag him awake.
57	* ''Manga/MiyukichanInWonderland'': Miyuki is late to school at the beginning of the story, which leads to her passing a skateboarding bunny girl and then falling down a hole in the sidewalk. After her reluctant adventures, she wakes up, looks at the clock, finds out she's late, grabs a piece of toast, passes a skateboarding bunny girl...and the stories repeat.
58	** In the massive ''Creator/{{CLAMP}}'' crossover ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', there's an alternate Miyuki in almost every world the gang goes to before Tokyo.
59	* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'': In the ''Grapefruit Pie'' arc, William, ''the professor'', is guilty of this. One of his future clients helps him get to the university and initially doesn't believe he's actually a professor because of his young age.
60	* ''Manga/MyHeavenlyHockeyClub'': Hana is such a HeavySleeper that she studied as hard as she possibly could so she could go to the prestigious school 200 meters down the street from her house and sleep as long as possible. She still manages to be late and "runs" (actually, sleepwalks) to school with bread in her mouth, and is subsequently [[CrashIntoHello hit by the car driving the male lead to school]].
61	* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
62	** In the first episode, Kagurazaka Asuna is running late on the way to class and bumps into the title character.
63	** The same scene before Asuna shows that ''the whole freaking school'' are late for their classes.
64	** Happens a lot in the manga. Setsuna [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]] at least once, when she notes that Asuna ends up sprinting to class even though she isn't late.
65	* ''Manga/{{Nobunagun}}'': Shio does it in the first episode. Similarly to the ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' example, she has trouble keeping the toast in her mouth and it eventually breaks.
66	* ''VisualNovel/OtobokuMaidensAreFallingForMe'': Ichiko [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_Otome_wa_Boku_ni_Koishiteru_-_late_for_school.jpg does it]] in a flashback.
67	* ''Papa To Kiss In The Dark'': Mira is late for school at the very beginning of the series. The reason? He was having sex ''[[{{Squick}} with his father]].'' What else.
68	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Ash Ketchum wakes late on his first day as a Pokémon trainer, and gets [[CursedWithAwesome "stuck" with Pikachu]] as a result.
69	* ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'': Himeno Awayuki is Late For School at the beginning of the series, and attempts to [[ShortCutsMakeLongDelays take a shortcut]]. Depending on which adaptation you are following, she either wanders close to [[MagicalLand Leafenia]] and meets Shin, or has a [[CrashIntoHello rather violent encounter]] with Hayate; in both cases, this eventually leads to her being recruited as the titular MagicalGirl.
70	* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
71	** Nozomi in ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'', on multiple occasions (including in the opening credits). Seems to be related to her [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny nonexistent attention span]].
72	** Miyuki pulls this off in the first episode of ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' and is how the CallToAdventure meets her. Takes her a while to accept the call, though.
73	* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'': Ahiru wakes up in the first episode, hears the bell, and runs to school, convinced she's late. Turns out she's woken up ''early'', and this bell was for a different class.
74	* ''Anime/ProjectAKo'': A-ko wakes up late every single day, and must run at supersonic speeds to school, dragging C-ko behind her, and leaving a [[PowerIncontinence trail of shattered windows]]. She only stops treating B-ko as an UnknownRival when she finds out not even ''getting up early'' to avoid her ambushes before school works.
75	-->'''A-ko:''' [[TranquilFury Today, I woke up early. This may never happen again! But you! You!]] Over a stupid, petty... B-Ko, you ''[[UnstoppableRage idiot]]!'' (FoeTossingCharge ensues.)
76	* Subverted in ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi'': the titular character wakes up at 4AM and arrives at school very early, second only to Futaba-chan, [[LesYay who was there waiting for her]].
77	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Ranma and Akane are late for school several times in the first season, starting with the second episode.
78	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' begins with main character Usagi Tsukino waking up late and running to school when she sees a bunch of kids teasing Luna. She rescues Luna from the kids, which makes her even more late, but this sets up Luna granting her the power of Sailor Moon later on. It's not just the first episode, either--Usagi being late is a RunningGag.
79	* ''Manga/SakuraDiscord'' starts with the protagonist Kousuke running to not be late for his first day of school… and giving up midway, considering it's all useless anyway. Then [[ChildhoodFriend Nomiya]] runs past him, tells him he sucks and dares him to do a race to the school. Pissed off, he accepts and arrives on time, but completely beat.
80	* ''Manga/{{Softenni}}'': Asuna and Elizabeth do this, only the latter with an entire loaf of bread.
81	* ''Literature/StrawberryPanic'': Nagisa runs in to the Etoile while taking a shortcut to get to school because she was late on her first day. This show likes to be thorough with its use of tropes.
82	* ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'': In episode 114, Mametchi arrives late for school after having overslept and is promptly told by the teacher, Ms. Perfect, to be careful next time. It's conveniently timed so that Himespetchi, a NewTransferStudent to Tamagotchi School, sees Mametchi and [[LoveAtFirstSight immediately falls in love with him]], too.
83	* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': This was actually the point of a scene -- Ryoko plays a little joke on Sasami so she can see this in the manga.
84	* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': Ichigo seems to have to run everywhere she goes, from school to work to dates and everything in between. Even with her {{catgirl}} powers, she never arrives normally, always panting and flopping over with a second to spare.
85	* ''Anime/TheTowerOfDruaga'': The theme song has both Jil and Fatina perform this trope.
86	* ''Anime/VividredOperation'': Occurs in the third episode, sans toast. This one is actually justified by the plot: protagonist Akane Isshiki has a morning paper route before school, but the chaos from the initial [[{{Kaiju}} Alone]] attack the previous day meant that the papers arrived late that morning, throwing her schedule off. She resorts to flying to school in her Palette Suit and ends up [[CrashIntoHello crashing into Wakaba]], setting up her introductory episode.
87	* ''Manga/WanderingSon'': The protagonist of the manga has this occur for non-traditional reasons. Nitori and her sister were going to their first day at their new school when Nitori's teacher crashed into Maho. This caused Nitori to be somewhat late for school, her sister to be absent, and their teacher to be late. Not a big deal is made of it however it does lead to Nitori going to her sister's classroom and being [[UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} 'mistaken' for a girl]].
88	* ''Anime/WorldConquestZvezdaPlot'': Itsuka goes undercover as a student at Asuta's school and plays up the cliche by showing up to school late, complete with toast in mouth. However, she's still carrying her katana and wearing her skull-and-bones EyepatchOfPower, making her acting completely incongruous with her image.
89	* ''Manga/YouAndMe'': When the boys are making a manga for a club project, they decide on a fantasy adventure. When Chizuru draws a page, they're surprised to see [[GenreShift the genre completely changed]] and the protagonist is now a schoolboy. In the first panel, he is late for school with toast in his mouth. One of the characters sarcastically states that running with bread in your mouth seems pretty adventurous.
90	* A variation in ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'': Natsumi is frequently late for work, enough to become a running gag, especially when she makes up more and more outlandish excuses.
91	* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'':
92	** The anime opens with Judai/Jaden late for his entrance exam to get into Duel Academy. He crashes into Yugi, who gives him Winged Kuriboh.
93	** In a later episode, Jaden's already late for class (he sleeps through his alarm clock), so he decides to stop and help a woman push her van to the school. That woman runs the card shop and later gives Jaden a special pack of cards as thanks for helping her.
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96	[[folder:Comic Books]]
97	* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'': Common with several characters.
98	* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': Eleanor Preston / Camacho is a minor example in one story-line. Ellie hates her new school and doesn't like going as she always has problems with other kids. At one point, she tells Deadpool she doesn't wanna go, and that she's just gonna be late again because it's rush hour. Deadpool solves the problem by driving on the sidewalk, where it's never rush hour.
99	* In one issue of ''ComicBook/FirestormDCComics'', Ronnie is late to school and caught by the principal, but the latter gives him a pass because [[spoiler: he's an old friend of Ronnie's father, who, unbeknownst to Ronnie, has just gone into witness protection]].
100	* ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'' are assigned to track down twin brothers Lloyd and Floyd (story "Tardy Boys," issue #56, DC run), who are late for school because they have spring fever. The girls are successful in curing the boys of spring fever but the story concludes with the girls being late themselves.
101	* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': A few times, Tim Drake wakes up to realize he overslept and is going to be late for school and rushes out the door, just grabbing part of the breakfast prepared for him to eat on the way.
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105	* Frequently happens to Calvin in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' as he's often late for the bus. Of course, part of this is due to the fact that he is NotAMorningPerson, and has little motivation to get up since he hates school.
106	* Being late for school, either by accident or design, is a habitual problem for ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK''. In one episode of the animated series, his teacher tells him off for being late and he argues that it was the first time this week. She then points out it's Monday. It then turns out he's been late every day that term.
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110	* Haru is late for school at the beginning of ''Anime/TheCatReturns'', but the CallToAdventure doesn't show up until she's on her way home.
111	* Makoto does this at the beginning of ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime''.
112	* Max makes it on time to school in ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' (barely), but only because he gets into Late For School mode with enough time to fix it.
113	* Lilo from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', although it wasn't because of sleeping late. She was feeding a fish a sandwich.
114	* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' features a slug student who's worried about being late on his first day of class, and is as slow as you'd expect any slug. By the time he gets there, he missed a ''whole year''.
115	* This is use in a DreamSequence for ''Anime/PokemonIChooseYou''. In it, Ash is late for school instead of being late for his first Pokémon. [[spoiler:He dreams of a world without Pokémon where he's a normal boy living a mundane life]].
116	* Similarly subverted in ''Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart'': When Shizuku is late for school, she comes upon a boy who had previously confessed an unreciprocated crush on her. The big, athletic boy easily leaves the petite girl behind, in effect returning her rejection.
117	* ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowsideTheReturnOfTheOniKing'' starts with Natsume running late for the bus. Along the way, she saves a little boy drowning in a river.
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120	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
121	* As mentioned, Marty [=McFly=] in ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' showed both his slacker side by being late to school and his "coolness" by navigating by skateboard.
122	* This is the plot-important beginning of ''Film/BigFatLiar''.
123	* In the original ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' movie, Buffy starts to be late for school often when she starts being the Slayer.
124	* ''Film/GorillasInTheMist'' starts with Fossey being late for Louis Leakey's lecture, but not because she slept in.
125	* ''Film/GreenLantern2011'': After Hal Jordan wakes up with a woman in his bed, realizes he has to get to work with very little time to do so before being late and rushes out quickly. Even with the pace he makes, he doesn't avoid the inevitable. When filming the ''[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic]] First Viewing'', Creator/DougWalker instantly got angry that this trope was being used ''again'' and in the actual NC review, he even makes reference to ''Back to the Future'' while playing "The Power of Love" by Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews.[[note]]The music part has since been removed due to copyright, but the reference still remains with NC imitating [[Creator/MichaelJFox Marty]] while saying "Doc, I'm late for school!"[[/note]]
126	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': In TheMovie GrandFinale Walter Denton is late for English class. He nearly barrels over Mr. Conklin running through the hall. He arrives just in time to tell Harriet the drive shaft from his car fell out... then the bell rings and the class ends.
127	* ''Film/TommyBoy'' establishes Tommy Callahan's character right in the opening titles, showing him running to elementary school, then to college classes.
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130	[[folder:Literature]]
131	* Even the ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' series of novels is not immune, with Stephen Maturin running late to a launch with toast (in hand, not in mouth) in ''The Reverse of the Medal''.
132	* ''Literature/CatPlanetCuties'': [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] when Antonia transfers to the main characters' school. She arrives late with a piece of toast in her mouth (as do her two adult maids/bodyguards) because [[WrongGenreSavvy she'd seen the trope in so many shojo manga, she thought it was a Japanese custom for transfer students]] to show up their first day with ToastOfTardiness.
133	* Rather than the rush highlighted, in ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'' the streets around the school are described as deserted, as a student would feel if he was very late for school. Likewise, the corridors of the school were described as echoing Bastian's footsteps.
134	* Lampshaded in ''Literature/{{Durarara}}''. Mikado is telling his friend Kida about rescuing a girl, and Kida responds by noting [[ThisIsReality how much that is an anime cliché]], and then cites a list of anime clichés, including this one: "This could only make more sense if you were also Late For School...Oh! And if she was also a NewTransferStudent. Also if she turned out to be a queen and your [[ForgottenChildhoodFriend childhood friend]]! That would be awesome. [[DontExplainTheJoke Are you getting how I'm being sarcastic here]]?"
135	* PlayedForLaughs in ''Literature/FullMetalPanic Overload'': In the first chapter, Kaname is hurrying to school while trying to avoid Sousuke. When she realizes she's running late, she pulls a piece of toast out of her school bag and puts it in her mouth before running ([[LampshadeHanging while a little note reading "Don't be late without it" appears pointing to the toast]]).
136	* Subverted with Nozomu in ''Literature/{{Kanokon}}'' acting out the trope despite not actually being late. She continues to go through the whole NewTransferStudent routine shortly after, despite becoming a new student in the ''previous'' episode.
137	* Gin from ''Literature/WashioSumiIsAHero'' is always late for school and other activities as well. In her case, it's not because she gets up late. Gin often helps with her younger brothers and she also suffers from [[ChronicHeroSyndrome a need to help everyone she sees that's in trouble]].
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141	* In ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Ross, as the professor, is late teaching a class at another campus across town. He tries various techniques to make it on time, including roller skates.
142	* The original title sequence to ''Series/GrangeHill'' starts with a girl missing the bus to school.
143	* Played straight (by Cookie, who is Late For School in the "normal" manner) and subverted (by Ned and Moze) in ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' "Guide to: The Bus".
144	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Miss Brooks is late for school a couple of times. It's SeriousBusiness because she's a teacher!
145	** In "The Party Line", Miss Brooks is too late to catch the city bus to school. Walter Denton tried to warn her that his car was in the shop, but her [[GossipyHens chatty]] party line neighbor had the phone tied up.
146	** In "Wake-Up Plan", Miss Brooks sleeps in and misses half a day of school. Mrs. Davis had accidentally given Miss Brooks a sleeping pill instead of an aspirin.
147	** In TheMovie GrandFinale Walter Denton is late for English class. He nearly barrels over Mr. Conklin running through the hall. He arrives just in time to tell Harriet the drive shaft from his car fell out . . . then the bell rings and the class ends.
148	* ''Series/{{Pandora}}'': Jax gets on her teacher's bad side on her first day when she arrives late for class due to getting lost.
149	* In ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'', Shane, Justin, and Tori have a chronic inability to get to class on time. They're on their last chance when they make themselves late ''again'' by helping a bystander with their broken-down car... [[SpannerInTheWorks and inadvertently become late to their entire ninja school being attacked and captured by Lothor]], leaving them the only potential candidates for becoming the new Power Rangers.
150	* ''Series/TheReallyLoudHouse'': "Some Buddy to Love" begins with Lynn Sr. waking up at 6:49 AM, followed by him and Rita frantically getting their kids ready for school within eleven minutes. Subverted when Clyde shows up and reveals it's Saturday.
151	* This is brought up in the opening theme to ''Series/SavedByTheBell''.
152	-->''When I wake up in the morning\
153	And the 'larm gives out a warning\
154	I don't think I'll ever make it on time\
155	By the time I grab my books\
156	And I give myself a look\
157	I'm at the corner just in time to see the bus fly by''
158	* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': The pilot episode established that Clark frequently misses the school bus, but he always gets to school on time thanks to SuperSpeed, much to the bewilderment of his friends.
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161	[[folder:Music]]
162	* Jimmy Boyd's song "Wake Up 7:30, Wash Your Ears They're Dirty, Eat Your Eggs and Oatmeal Rush to School Blues".
163	* Creator/SteveMartin's song "Late for School".
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166	[[folder:Podcasts]]
167	* Chell from ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' often is because she sleeps in, which leads to her driving like a madwoman to get there on time.
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170	[[folder:Video Games]]
171	* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', the recently transferred Selphie ends up crashing into Squall while rushing to get to class after being late. Unfortunately for her, homeroom is already over.
172	* Lan is ridiculously prone to this in the ''VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork'' games. Expect it to happen at least twice in each game. Often though, it's not school, but a tournament or somesuch.
173	* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': [[PlayerCharacter Joker]] winds up late for his first day at Shugen Academy due to accidentally getting sucked into the Cognative World via a magical app on his phone. He can either tell the truth (which gets him into trouble), or simply blame it on the issues Tokyo has been having with its transportation network prior to the start of the game (in which case he's simply told to do better tomorrow).
174	* This occurs in ''VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon'' without the toast. At the start of the game, you meet your partner for the second time when your partner runs, being late for school. They crash into you, and while your partner is okay, you eventually faint. When you come to, this is when you meet Audino, the nurse, who tells you that your partner was responsible for making you faint.
175	* The opening cinematic of ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' that focuses on Jude shows him running down the hall of his school in his doctor's uniform for his final exam.
176	* In ''VideoGame/WarioWareTouched'', 9-Volt and 18-Volt's chapter revolves around them staying up late playing a new game and doing their usual partying afterwards. As a result, in the epilogue, they end up oversleeping and being late for school the next day, forcing them to rush to get there as fast as they can.
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179	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
180	* [[GamerChick Yuuko]] [[GenkiGirl Asahina]] seems to be perpetually late in the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' original game.
181	* [[GenkiGirl Hanna Shawski]] in ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight''. In combo with CrashIntoHello, this is how the protagonist meets her.
182	* In ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari'', the PlayerCharacter meets [[TsunDere Mayumi]] [[GoodBadGirl Kamijou]] when they're both late to school, [[CrashIntoHello bump into]] [[MeetCute each other]], and then the PC gets [[PantyShot quite the view of Mayumi's panties]].
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186	* [[http://cat-nine.net/comic/oh-miss-tardy/ Tammy]] from ''Webcomic/CatNine'' the first time the human characters met. Also [[http://cat-nine.net/comic/fus-ro-dah/ Keith]] the next day.
187	* In ''Webcomic/BloodStain'', it's the [[AbsentMindedProfessor professor]], not a student, who ends up oversleeping and has to rush to the university, since he's both TheInsomniac and a HeavySleeper.
188	* The beginning sequence of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has Agatha [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021125 being late for school]] after being mugged, part of a series of events that jumpstart the plot. It's implied it's not unusual of her.
189	* ''Webcomic/MedicPics'': Having left his Student ID card at home, the artist has to sprint to med school with the help of his running playlist.
190	* ''Webcomic/{{Pilot}}'' begins with Bhanuja dashing down her school's hallway, late for class.
191	* Exaggerated in ''Webcomic/ScalieSchoolie'', where the entire student body is late except for the two nerdiest ones.
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195	* In the second part of the ''[[WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan SML Movie]]'' "Bowser Junior's Summer School!", Bowser watches an episode of [[ShowWithinAShow Charleyyy and Friends]] in which Charleyyy is late for school. The show then reveals that [[spoiler: Charleyyy is a student in Bowser Junior's class]], which Bowser [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight doesn't seem to notice]].
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199	* In a ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' episode where the gang are roleplaying with Kaeloo as Stumpy and Quack Quack's mom, Stumpy wakes up late and is late getting ready for school. This holds up Kaeloo and Quack Quack as well since they have to wait for him in the car. Miraculously, Kaeloo manages to get them there on time but is late for work.
200	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'''s [[Recap/KimPossibleS1E4TickTickTick first episode (in production order)]] opens with Kim dashing into school in a hurry to deliver a history essay, establishing the formula of [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld finding school more trouble than international heroism]].
201	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': The short "Center of Chaos!" centers on the Loud kids frantically getting ready for school. Subverted when their mom points out it's Saturday.
202	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'': In the season 2 episode "Out of This World", Dorothy Ann winds up being late for school due to getting up at 4:00 a.m. to look at an asteroid through her telescope (as she had a nightmare about said asteroid destroying Walkerville Elementary School).
203	* The title sequence for the Creator/FoxKids version of ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' features WesternAnimation/BugsBunny oversleeping and making a mad dash through the Warner Bros. studio. The end has him making it into a soundstage and standing triumphantly alongside the show's title before collapsing from exhaustion.
204	* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', we see Marinette do this during the beginning of the season 3 episode, "Chameleon".
205	* The premise of ''WesternAnimation/NateIsLate'' is that Nate and his friend Malika try to avoid being late for class, but are always distracted by some strange adventure along the way. Their teacher doesn't believe any of the supposed excuses they give for why they're late.
206	* A recurring gag for the opening of ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn''.
207	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode "Mister Eggman," Eggman's alarm doesn't go off on his first day BackToSchool, so he winds up being late for class and is thusly singled out as "the goat" by Professor Kingsford.
208	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': At the beginning of "Never Too Late to Loon" (part of "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E4TestStressed Test Stressed]]"), Buster wakes up and finds out he overslept. He then [[{{Balloonacy}} takes to the skies on a balloon]], which gets caught in a space shuttle, then jumps on an asteroid heading in the direction of ACME Looniversity. He jumps off it, crashes through the window, and into an open locker.
209	-->'''Buster:''' I gotta start setting my alarm.
210	* This is a major part of the premise of the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'' short "Tumbleweed Tex: School Daze", where the titular outlaw objects to a wanted poster of him saying he is late for school, then realizes to his mortification that he actually is late for school.
211	* Sometimes happens to the kids in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''.
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