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== Literature ==

* ~~Another literary/film example:~~ Principal Trunchbull of ''[[Matilda (Literature)|Matilda]]'', reputedly used by [[Roald Dahl]] as a surrogate for all the cruel tutors he had over the years. Her treatment of children, as Matilda deduces, is deliberately so extreme and outlandish that [[Cassandra Truth|no kid's parents will believe the truth]] even on the off chance any child got up the courage to tell. (At that, she probably threatens the parents, too.) She cites Wackford Squeers from ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (Literature)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' as inspiration: "''He'' knew how to handle the little brutes, didn't he!" Not to mention the way she treats her ''own niece'', {{spoiler|the more benign teacher Miss Honey...}}. It's actually implied that Trunchbull even may have had a hand in {{spoiler|Miss Honey's father's death.}}

* Principal Trunchbull of ''[[Matilda (Literature)|Matilda]]'', reputedly used by [[Roald Dahl]] as a surrogate for all the cruel tutors he had over the years. Her treatment of children, as Matilda deduces, is deliberately so extreme and outlandish that [[Cassandra Truth|no kid's parents will believe the truth]] even on the off chance any child got up the courage to tell. (At that, she probably threatens the parents, too.) She cites Wackford Squeers from ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (Literature)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' as inspiration: "''He'' knew how to handle the little brutes, didn't he!" Not to mention the way she treats her ''own niece'', {{spoiler|the more benign teacher Miss Honey...}}. It's actually implied that Trunchbull even may have had a hand in {{spoiler|Miss Honey's father's death.}}

** Made even more explicit later, when Matilda {{spoiler|uses her telekinetic powers to write on the blackboard, pretending to be the ghost of Miss Honey's father: "[...] or I will come and get you... like you got me." Trunchbull is appropriately terrified, and the illustration shows her reflexively grasping at her throat.}}

* Captain Lancaster in ''[[Danny the Champion of The World]]'' is a more realistic example. He's obviously based on one of Roald Dahl's actual teachers, Captain Hardcastle, described in his autobiography ''Boy''.

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* The principal, [[Meaningful Name|Mr. Payne]] in ''The Year My Parents Ruined My Life'' is an asshole in general, biased against the protagonist because he crashed into her parents' car (and is now ''faking a neck injury'') and is, oh yeah, racist. Which he does not make a secret about, in regards to one of the fourth-grade protagonist's friends, a Japanese-American girl.

* The title character in ''The Piano Teacher'' was a very extreme version of this trope, and (although still rather traumatising) appears pretty tame by comparison in Michael Haneke's [[The Film of the Book|film adaption]]. No examples will be given for the sakes of haemophobes and the highly disturbing habits Erika pursues on a daily basis.

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