
Miss Peters, the music teacher, blackmails him into starring in the school play by not assigning him another F in her class. Book Dumb: Downplayed, but it's implied that he's canonically not known well for his academic prowess.
Jimmy: Who won?! Me! Jimmy Hopkins! That's who! Who won?! He even forces them to say who's the boss, and if you didn't know who, it's Jimmy Hopkins.
Boisterous Bruiser: Especially when he's done kicking any chapter bosses' asses. Big Man on Campus: Officially elevated to this in the penultimate chapter and again at the end of the game: schmoozing with the ladies, surrounded by an entourage, and letting loose a few Tom Cruise gestures because he's just that awesome. At the end of the game, he learns military-style fighting, kicks, roundhouse kicks, leg sweeps, grapples, two nasty Groin Attack moves, headbutts, etc. Bare-Fisted Monk: He fights with his fists only and has no techniques when he comes into Bullworth. However, it's hard to tell if that is his preferred hairstyle or his hair was just growing back after being shaved. His usual hairstyle is actually a buzzcut, one that he likely received in military school. Bald of Awesome: Jimmy, in addition to being the protagonist and the toughest kid on campus, has the option of shaving his head entirely. Story-wise, he's standing up for weaker kids, aligning with outcasts, and his quest to take over the school is to simply stop the rampant bullying and violence from the 5 main cliques. Anti-Hero: While Jimmy isn't very nice, thanks to a bad upbringing, he's only defending himself from those who are out to bully or hurt him. Action Genre Hero Guy: Jimmy hits almost every beat. His tough exterior and self-reliance is a result of years of emotional neglect and the need to defend himself from other people.
His mom chooses to dump Jimmy at various schools rather than get to the root of his problems and deal with them. Abusive Parents: His biological dad abandoned him at a young age and his mother is a narcissistic parent who's married several men in the past.Jimmy is left to fend for himself when he's dumped off at Bullworth Academy by his newly-wed mother and his bazillionth stepfather while they leave for a year-long honeymoon cruise. "I only give people what they have coming to them."The protagonist of the game, a short, rebellious, and defiant 15-year-old boy who has previously been expelled from seven schools.