Most Unrealistic Pop Culture School Clichés

Whereas the jock populace of Hollywood is mainly made up of Mike Dexter-level jackasses, many high school football players are perfectly nice, intelligent, good kids who just happen to be cursed with liking and being good at football. The poor saps. [Columbia Pictures]

Yes, you're bound to see the cheerleading team sport their uniforms on game days. But not EVERY day. There is nary a scene on 'Glee' in which the Cheerios are draped in attire other than their red and white get-ups. How many of those outfits do they own?! [Fox]

Bullying is a persistent problem, that's for sure. But the odds of finding yourself the victim of being packed into a hallway locker? That's on the slim side. Although it was particularly heartbreaking when Abed reminisced about his locker-crammed schooldays on 'Community'... [NBC]

While Mr. Feeny might be the greatest friend either Matthews boy could ever ask for, your real life teachers generally don't have as much of a role in your life outside of school. At least not without eventual legal intervention from your parents... [ABC] 

Likewise, most teachers or principals don't have it out for kids as much as they do in the movies. A detention here or there and a phone call to the parents, maybe, but very few faculty members have a personal vendetta against their students, like Mr. Vernon in 'The Breakfast Club' or Ed Rooney in 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off.' [Universal Studios]

Sorry to all music lovers, sensitive types, budding romantics, and desperate affirmers of the maxim, "Aw shucks, it worked for Cusack!" Do NOT hold a stereo above your head outside your desired one's bedroom window. 'Say Anything...' lied to you. It's just creepy and inconvenient. [20th Century Fox]

Sorry again, this time to everyone who saw '10 Things I Hate About You' and instantly fell in love with Heath Ledger (it was the Four Seasons scene, wasn't it?). No high school guy, no matter how mature or interesting he might seem, is half the man that Patrick Verona was in the classic teen romance. In fact, most adult men aren't as swell, either. [Touchstone Pictures]

Like it or not, your high school experience is bound to involve drugs in some capacity — whether it is you, your friends, or someone else you know doing the experimenting. But although Jesse Spano managed to both develop AND overcome a caffeine pill addiction in a single 'Saved by the Bell' episode (the best half-hour of television ever), usually the process is a bit more length than that. [NBC]

The biggest lie of them all. In the 'Harry Potter' universe, the high school Quidditch games are fast-paced, high-stakes events that everybody in school gets into. But in most schools, the kids who are really dedicated to Quidditch don't attract the same kind of attention... [Warner Bros. Pictures]