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Why does Onizuka decide to become a teacher?

To get girls. In the first manga volume, Onizuka meets a pretty girl in love with her ugly teacher. He decides that teaching is the best way to get girls.

Where does Onizuka get his first teaching job?

Holy Forest Academy. Onizuka is not a licensed teacher, so he can only teach at a private school, like Holy Forest.

What subject does Onizuka teach?

Sociology. Onizuka is hired by the school's chairwoman to teach sociology.

Early on in the series, Onizuka befriends class misfit Noboru. What special talent does Noboru have?

Playing video games. Noboru is the first student that Onizuka ends up helping out.

Onizuka also befriends another lonely student, Tomoko. What nickname have Tomoro's classmates given her? (English version, not Japanese version)

Slo-Mo-Ko. In the original Japanese manga, Tomoko's nickname was To-Ro-Ko, which means top-heavy and pea-brained. Tokyopop, the company that publishes GTO in the US, changed it to something that makes more sense to English-speaking readers.

After discovering Tomoko's hidden talents, Onizuka helps her get a career as a famous

teen idol. Tomoko gets discovered at a beauty pageant that Onizuka puts her in. She later gets her own spin-off manga about her adventures as a teen idol.

Onizuka's student Kikuchi is one smart guy! What is his specialty that he is always using to help out Onizuka?

Computers. Kikuchi at first uses his computer skills to try to frame Onizuka; later in the series they become friends.

What is Urumi's nickname among her teachers?

Class terrorist. Urumi has an incredibly high I.Q. that she uses to terrorize her teachers. We learn why she hates teachers in later volumes of the manga.

What tragedy keeps befalling Vice-Principal Uchimada?

His car keeps getting wrecked. Uchimada's car is destroyed many times throughout the duration of the manga.

This former bully ends up falling hard for her main target Noboru. What is her name?

Anko. After he saves her life, Anko falls in love with Noboru.