Bif Taylor demonstrates a swirlie on Algernon Papadopoulos.
Bullying is a common sight in Bully. It comes in many varieties, which are described on this page.
Verbal Bullying
The most commonly occuring kind of bullying on the school grounds, any student may do this at any time. The cliques are generally hostile to most students outside their own clique and will yell at and insult other students for no particular reason. They are more likely to be hostile on their own turf, though. They can also be provoked into verbal bullying by such things as being hit with marbles or stinkbombs, or by Jimmy turning off the TV in the boy's dorm.
Verbal bullying does not get students in trouble. It is possible to apologize or beg off when verbally bullied, though ignoring the bully usually provokes him into attacking.
Physical Bullying
Trent Northwick "shows the ropes" to Gordon Wakefield.
Physical bullying occurs all over campus, by any of the clique students save the nerds against the Nerds and non-clique students. Attempted bullying between the Preppies and Greasers usually leads to a fistfight, although the Greasers will sometimes back down from Bif. The Townies will attack any Bullworth student they see rather than try to bully them, but they'll bully the Hobos who wander around Blue Skies Industrial Park. Russell can and will bully any student he sees regardless of clique alignment.
Who bullies who?
- Bullying is size dependent. Larger and stronger students such as Damon West and Bif Taylor tend to be the most aggressive. Conversely, smaller ones such as Kirby Olsen are less aggressive, and can be threatened more easily. Because of his massive size and strength, Russell Northrop can and will bully any student on campus.
- If a student threatens someone weaker than he is, the threatened student will usually apologize. Students the same size will usually exchange insults and go their seperate ways if they aren't in rival cliques. Rarely will someone try to bully a stronger student.
- The Bullies will pick on the Non-Clique Students. Their main victims are the Nerds. This happens all over campus. Their leader Russell Northrop however will bully the other cliques too.
- The Jocks will bully the Non-Clique Students, and would rather attack the Nerds on sight if they are near the gym, outside of the gym area, the Jocks can be seen bullying Nerds. They also insult and try and pick on the Bullies, Greasers and Preppies in the gym area, this mainly leads to fighting if its a tall student like Russell or Bif.
- The Preppies will insult Non-clique students and Nerds near Harrington House, They will also try and humiliate the Greasers, but this always leads into fighting.
- The Greasers will bully Non-clique students, this happens all over campus, if a Greaser is outside the Autoshop area. They will also try and pick on the Preppies, but this always ends up in a fight. They also insult townsfolk in New Coventry.
- The Nerds very rarely bully anyone, they will however sometimes start on a Bully by shoving or insulting them, but normally get scared when the bully insults back. This also normally ends up with the nerd getting beaten up in a fight. The Nerds will taunt and harass the little kids and occasionally the non-clique students if they go near the library.
- The Townies insult jimmy in BullWorth Town,they bully the vagarants in Blue Skies Industrial Park. They're more likely to just attack Bullworth students on sight than bully them in the industrail park.
- When the TV in the Boys Dorm is turned off by a student, he will get insulted by anyone watching the TV, even if they are same clique member.
Jimmy's Bullying moves
On smaller kids
Jimmy Hopkins torments Donald Anderson.
These moves are done to the smaller kids on campus - Constantinos, Ivan, Gordon and Lance of the Non-Clique Students, Donald of the Nerds, Davis and Wade of the Bullies, Tad and Gord of the Preppies, Lefty and Vance of the Greasers, Kirby and Dan of the Jocks, and Otto and Duncan of the Townies.
- Indian/Chinese Burn - Jimmy twists the skin on their wrists in 2 different directions, causing a friction burn.
- Spit Headlock - Jimmy gets the kid in a headlock, spits on his hand, and then rubs it in their face.
- Hitting Yourself - Jimmy grabs the kid by both wrists and makes him punch himself
On regular kids
These are the moves Jimmy does on all the average sized kids. Trevor, Ethan, Tom, Trent, Troy, Bucky, Thad, Cornelius, Parker, Bryce, Chad, Justin, Ricky, Peanut, Lucky, Hal, Bo, Henry, Edgar, Johnny and Jerry
- Rabbit punches - Jimmy repeatedly punches then on the shoulder with the flat of his hand
- Bitchslap - Jimmy slaps them and then backhands them across the face
- Ear twist - Jimmy twists their ear
On fat kids
These moves are done to the non-clique student Ray, and to the nerds Algie, Melvin and Fatty. Despite being fat, Hal has the regular moves done to him.
- Wedgie - Jimmy slaps the kid on the ear so he turns around, then gives him a wedgie.
- Plumbing accident - Jimmy grabs the kid by the collar and threatens to punch him until he pees his pants in fright.
On bigger kids
This is done to the taller kids - Bif, Norton, Casey, Luis, Juri, Damon, Leon, Gurney, Russell and Omar.
- Knee to the hamstring - Jimmy knees them in the back of the leg, making them stumble.
- Push and trip - Jimmy puts his leg behind the other kid's legs, and pushes him over backwards.
- Arm twist - Jimmy offers the kid a handshake, only to twist his arm with a wristlock.
On little kids
These can only be done to the only two small boys in the game, Pedro and Sheldon.
- Nose pinch - Jimmy twists the kids' nose and hauls him up onto his tiptoes.
- Push and trip - Jimmy pushes the kid, who then charges. Jimmy holds him back with one hand, and then sidesteps, tripping him.
On all kids
- Gutshot - Jimmy pushes the kid lightly on the shoulder a few times, then sucker punches him in the belly.
On all kids from behind
- Boys - Jimmy will give them a wedgie
- Girls - Jimmy will pinch their bottoms
Other students bullying moves
Other cliques will Bully students differently to Jimmy.
Most common one is when a bully is behind his victim, he will run up to them and kick them in the back of the legs and then insult them.
Another is the shoving taunt.
- Noogies - Bully will grab their victim in a headlock and rub their knuckles across their head. Most common move from taller students.
- The noogie was used at the only time Jimmy Hopkins was bullied in a cutscene. Russell Northrop gave Jimmy a noogie in the mission This Is Your School.
- Fist in stomach - Bully will run up to their victim, stand there for a small while and just punch them in the stomach.
- Punch on arm - Pretty much the same as the Fist in stomach, except this time it's a punch on the arm.
- Book teasing - This is common from a Bully to a Nerd, this isn't physical, but its still bullying. A bully will hold up a textbook high enough and just tease their victim with it, lifting it higher everytime the victim jumps for it.
- Chokehold lift - This is very rarely seen on campus, however it is mostly done to the skinnier nerds. The bully will lift his victim up by his neck with both hands. Prefects can sometimes be seen doing this to a greaser near the Autoshop.
Bullying moves mentioned but not seen
- Purple nurples - Fatty Johnson mentions that he is normally the victim of these.
- Atomic wedgie - Russell Northrop's trademark bullying move, apparently capable of causing bloodshed.
- Upside down atomic wedgie and swirlie - This is mentioned by Wade in his dialogue.
- Mashed potatoes in shoes - Prank played on Sheldon Thompson while he was asleep.
- Locked in a closet - Another prank played on Sheldon, maybe due to his annoying personality.
Other Bullying methods used by Jimmy and other students
These are common from most clique members apart from Nerds, Infact the Nerds are some of the biggest victims of these, Jimmy can also perform these moves on the prefects.
- Legsweep - A bully runs up behind his victim and kicks him in the back of the legs, making him fall. Jimmy can't perform this move, but every other male student excluding the little kids can.
- Locker time - A bully grabs his victim and puts him in a locker, and shuts the door so the victim is locked inside. While inside, the victim will keep banging the door to be let out. If let out, the victim usually keels over on the floor before getting up and walking away.
- Russell states in his dialouge, that he put a kid in a locker and kept him trapped for 3 days.
- Swirlie - A bully grabs his victim and forces their head into the toilet bowl and then flushes the chain.
- If Trent Northwick is swirlied by Jimmy, he will sometimes say "Ew bogwash". Bogwash is the phrase for swirlie in the United Kingdom.
- Taking out the trash - A bully grabs their victim and stuff them into a trashcan. The victim then wriggles about trying to get out, but can't.
- Kick me - It's mainly a prank, but still bullying. The bully will stick a "kick me sign" on the back of their victim, which cause other student to run up to them and kick them.
- Book smash - This is both bullying and violent. All students can be a victim of this. A bully will grab a textbook out of a students hand and then throws it at them.