[Doable at School!] Fun Punishment Game Ideas That Will Hype Up High Schoolers
We’re introducing penalty games that will get high schoolers excited!
Once you’re in high school, your range of activities expands, and you end up spending more time with friends not just at school but off-campus too.
When everyone gets together, you probably play games pretty often, right?
In this article, we’ve gathered a bunch of fun penalty games you can use on those occasions.
From classic options to laugh-out-loud challenges and even slightly embarrassing ones—we’ve got plenty!
If you’re a high school student looking for penalty game ideas, be sure to use this as a reference!
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[You Can Do This at School!] Punishment Game Ideas That Will Excite High Schoolers (31–40)
My signature song a cappella
Why is it that we’re not embarrassed when there’s backing music at karaoke, but we get embarrassed when it’s a cappella? Let’s have you sing the song you’re best at—your signature number—as a penalty game! Don’t be so stiff about doing only the chorus; let’s go for a whole verse! When it’s a cappella, all the flaws you managed to hide with the power of karaoke get exposed, so the embarrassment really ramps up.
One-shot gag punishment game where you absolutely must not laugh
It’s common for a penalty game to be “do a quick gag,” but if it gets laughs, the person who did the penalty ends up benefiting, right? However, in this penalty game called “a quick gag where absolutely no one is allowed to laugh,” literally no one laughs at the gag you perform as the penalty.
That alone is pretty hellish, but if you can still make people laugh in that situation, it’ll really hype things up.
Showing a kiss face
If you’re looking for punishment game ideas for girls, we recommend “show your kissy face.” As the name suggests, the loser shows their kissy face, but for many girls it can feel a bit embarrassing to do.
Saving the kissy face as a photo or video makes it feel even more like a penalty.
If you go all in, it really livens things up, so when you do it, make sure to give it your best shot!
Communicating in cat language
Things that make you feel embarrassed are a classic for punishment games, aren’t they? Here’s one to try: a punishment game where you communicate in “cat language.” Because it has a game-like element, it’s great for keeping things fun as you go.
First, decide on a prompt.
Then the person receiving the punishment has to convey what the prompt is by using cat sounds like “meow,” and other cat-like expressions.
As a variation, you could make a rule to wear cat ears, or switch to the sounds of other animals for extra fun.
Senburi tea
It’s that bitter tea you sometimes see on variety shows.
It’s extremely bitter, and they say the bitterness lingers in your mouth for a while after drinking it, so it might be a good idea to have something to cleanse your palate ready.
By the way, it’s not just bitter—apparently it’s good for your health, so I recommend it.
Conversation with chuunibyou-style lines
A conversation using words you’d never hear in normal talk—cringey, chuunibyo-style lines that make you want to curl up.
It’s an onslaught of mysterious phrases to the point you can’t even tell if it’s a punishment game anymore.
Things like, “I have obtained the power of darkness,” or “The world moves by my power”… It’s not exactly just being pretentious; it’s more like the kind of slightly painful lines you often see in manga.
That’s what chuunibyo language is.
Creating cringey history on TikTok
How about a penalty game where you create an embarrassing “black history” on the social media app TikTok, where you dance rhythmically to music or make funny faces to get lots of reactions from people? The essence of a penalty game is filming something so embarrassing you normally wouldn’t show it to others.
Be careful not to include any personal information when you record.
rubber band snap
It’s a classic, tried-and-true punishment game that’s been around on variety shows for ages.
Doing a regular rubber-band snap is fine, but bundling a bunch of rubber bands together could be fun too.
Just be careful—if you don’t go easy, you might send the other person flying.
By the way, it seems the rubber bands for this snap game are pretty easy to get.
flick on the forehead
When it comes to classic punishment games on par with a flick to the forehead, “shippe” has to be one of the all-time staples.
To explain briefly how it’s done: you straighten your index and middle fingers and snap them against the other person’s arm, and that’s it.
It may look simple, but if you land it just right, it stings quite a bit and gets everyone hyped.
There’s actually the phrase “shippe-gaeshi” (payback shippe) as well, and both are said to originate from shippē, a wooden board carried by Buddhist monks.
Have my leg hair waxed off with duct tape.
Prepare a different penalty game for the girls—this one is to be enjoyed by the boys only.
Rip the hair off your shins with packing tape… Just hearing it gives you goosebumps, doesn’t it? You might feel embarrassed about the bald patches on your legs, but more than that, the idea of pulling them out with tape is simply terrifying.
Just thinking about the pain gives you chills.
If any of your friends have sensitive skin, please come up with a different penalty game for them.