History Main / StandingInTheHall

* In the first episode of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', GenkiGirl Tomo actually sends ''herself'' out into the hall (over Yukari's objections that the punishment in question isn't done anymore) to prove she's up to the challenge of holding those heavy buckets. Tomo being Tomo, though, she isn't. She soon enough finds this punishment ''very'' taxing. Yukari being Yukari, she finds Tomo's standing into the hall yapping to passersby and eventually dropping the buckets to be ''far'' more annoying than the actual tardiness, about which she couldn't care less.

* In ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'', Yoshimori's teacher does this to him once, making him stand in the hallway with a bucket of water on his head. He doesn't really seem to mind since his powers allow him to [[BarrierWarrior generate box-like force fields of spiritual energy]] which are invisible to non-spiritually sensitive people. He balances the bucket on this until something causes him to loose concentration, dispelling the field and causing the bucket to fall and pour the water all over him.

* A suitable punishment for Gawl in ''Anime/GeneratorGawl'' after he falls asleep in class for the Nth time.

* Female example: in the first episode of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', Miaka is kicked out of her classroom for hitting the teacher with her table because he woke her up from a nightmare. The next scene, she's seen carrying her desk above her head.

* Happens to Satania in ''Manga/GabrielDropout'' when she proudly declares to her teacher she purposely didn't do her homework.

While the practice was originally reserved for [[JapaneseDelinquents delinquents threatening violence against teachers]], in fiction, the reason can range from [[DisproportionateRetribution simply mere rowdiness to forgetting one's homework]]. The public disgrace could be compounded if the student grew tired and had to put the buckets down on the floor. Often the fate of the ClassClown.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork 6'' offers a variant of this trope early on, in which a student is forced to stand in a school hallway with a bucket of water on his head. Shortly thereafter, the protagonist has to borrow the bucket to douse a fire.

** Ranma and Akane get sent out into the hall in the second episode. Kuno does too, and comes by to fight Ranma.

In truth, this would be ''very'' unlikely to happen in a modern East Asian school in real life due to doctrine prohibiting a teacher from doing anything that would deprive a student of educational opportunities, with the "bucket" variant being CorporalPunishment that would be unacceptable for a teacher to inflict on a student. As such, the trope is largely treated as [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief something that only happens in fiction]], similar to similar equivalent [[GrandfatherClause grandfathered-in]] tropes in the West like the "teacher's hickory stick" (being rapped on the knuckles with a ruler) or sitting on a stool wearing a DunceCap. In fact, due to ValuesDissonance, it's common to even find modern viewers [[AluminumChristmasTrees wondering if this even had any basis in reality in the first place]].

In truth, this would be ''very'' unlikely to happen in a modern East Asian school in real life due to doctrine prohibiting a teacher from doing anything that would deprive a student of educational opportunities. As such, the trope is largely treated as [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief something that only happens in fiction]], similar to similar equivalent [[GrandfatherClause grandfathered-in]] tropes in the West like the "teacher's hickory stick" (being rapped on the knuckles with a ruler) or sitting on a stool wearing a DunceCap. In fact, due to ValuesDissonance, it's common to even find modern viewers [[AluminumChristmasTrees wondering if this even had any basis in reality in the first place]].

While being asked to stand outside the classroom as punishment is hardly unknown in Western schools, the trope is in much less use since Western might take the opportunity to wander about the school instead of standing in one place (and some might even [[{{Unishment}} consider it a reward, not a punishment]]).

Until the 1970s, a common punishment used by Japanese school teachers for tardiness or rowdiness in class was to have the student (almost always a boy) stand out in the hall holding two water-filled buckets, which every classroom would normally have equipped as part of school-mandated cleaning. The public disgrace could be compounded if the student grew tired and had to put the buckets down on the floor. Often the fate of the ClassClown.

In truth, this would be ''very'' unlikely to happen in an East Asian school in real life due to doctrine prohibiting a teacher from doing anything that would deprive a student of educational opportunities. As such, the trope is largely treated as [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief something that only happens in fiction]], similar to similar equivalent [[GrandfatherClause grandfathered-in]] tropes in the West like the "teacher's hickory stick" (being rapped on the knuckles with a ruler) or sitting on a stool wearing a DunceCap. In fact, due to ValuesDissonance, it's common to even find modern viewers [[AluminumChristmasTrees wondering if this even had any basis in reality in the first place]].

While being asked to stand outside the classroom as punishment is hardly unknown in Western schools, of course, the buckets of water are an added wrinkle unique to Eastern schools, especially because Western might take the opportunity to wander about the school instead of standing in one place (and some might even [[{{Unishment}} consider it a reward, not a punishment]]). Even among Eastern audiences, however, the trope is largely treated as [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief something that only happens in fiction]], similar to references to "teacher's hickory stick" (being rapped on the knuckles with a ruler), or sitting on a stool wearing a DunceCap; in fact, asking a kid to stand outside in the hall would be ''less'' likely than it would be in the West, due to doctrine prohibiting a teacher from doing anything that would deprive a student of educational opportunities.