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[[File:the_demon_headmaster_uk-show_9828.jpg|frame|Funny you should be so tired, so early in the day...]]
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Following on from the success of that book, Cross wrote a second book, ''The Prime Minister's Brain'', where Dinah encounters the Headmaster again when he tries to access the Prime Minister's computers in the guise of running a computer competition.
The third book, ''Hunky Parker is Watching You'' (aka ''The Revenge of the Demon Headmaster'') follows SPLAT as they become entranced in a new [[Merchandise
This was followed by ''The Demon Headmaster Strikes Back'', with the Headmaster this time running a Biogenetic Research Centre, which is researching the ability to clone people.
''The Demon Headmaster Takes Over'' follows on directly from the last one, with the Headmaster{{spoiler|'s clone}} developing a
The final book in the series is ''Facing the Demon Headmaster'', where SPLAT once again run up against the Headmaster, who is this time involved with a new club.
The series was adapted for television by the BBC. The first season was adapted from the first two books, the second from ''The Demon Headmaster Strikes Back'', and the last from ''The Demon Headmaster Takes Over''. (''Hunky Parker is Watching You'' was skipped, and ''Facing the Demon Headmaster'' was published several years after the TV series ended.)
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* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The second and third seasons of the TV series significantly expand the role of the Headmaster. In ''Strikes Back'' the Headmaster doesn't appear until about two-thirds of the way through the story, and in ''Takes Over'' he isn't seen until the very end.
* [[Adults Are Useless]] / [[Cassandra Truth]]: A hypnotic Headmaster controlling a school is a claim most [[Not Now, Kiddo|parents would dismiss.]] But even if they decide to see for themselves, they end up getting
* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: During the second half of the first series of the TV show the children break in via the rubbish chute.
** Played straight during their escape from {{spoiler|the fire in Vulcan Tower's control room.}}
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** "Funny you should be so sleepy so early in the day...your eyelids are getting heavy...you...are...asleeep."
** [[Author Catchphrase]]:
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"And [[Adults Are Useless|tell them]] ''[[Adults Are Useless|what]]''?" }}
* [[The Cavalry Arrives Late]]: The British Army arrives at the Biogenetic Research Centre in order to disassemble and to incinerate it, after the events of ''Strikes Again''. Not only do they arrive six months late, but {{spoiler|their visit also causes the reincarnation of the Demon Headmaster... and the resulting ''Takes Over'', and its sequels}}. Seriously...▼
* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: {{spoiler|The Headmaster himself in ''Strikes Back'', where he falls into his Evolution Accelerator machine and gets disintegrated.}}
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Most of the ideas about computer security in ''The Prime Minister's Brain'' are totally laughable, even by 1980s standards; the computer network at 10 Downing Street for instance is literally protected by a [[Knock
* [[
* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: Vulcan Tower, the Headmaster's choice of HQ in ''The Prime Minister's Brain''.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Averted with the Headmaster who always underestimates SPLAT and sometimes demonstrated by the children although in a few books they are irritatingly slow to
* [[Hoist
* [[High Heel Face Turn]]: Rose in Strikes Again
* [[Hypnotic Eyes]]: Duh.
* [[Live Action Adaptation]]
* [[Market
* [[Mass Hypnosis]]
* [[Milkman Conspiracy]]: The Headmaster is rather fond of these.
* [[Mischief for Punishment]]: Dinah engages in this to find out what exactly is wrong with the school.
* [[Operation Blank]]: In the TV series, the Headmaster names his Master Plan as...[[Shaped Like Itself|MasterPlan]].
* [[Out
* [[Show Within a Show]]: ''The Eddy Hair Show'', ''Hunky Parker'', ''APE!'', all of which are plot-relevant.
* [[Smug Snake]]: The Headmaster, on multiple occasions.
* [[Spanner in
* [[Subliminal Seduction]]: "Hunky--or nothing!"
* [[Teen Genius]]: Dinah
* [[Team Mom]]: Mandy
* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]: Inverted, as it is the Headmaster who says this to S.P.L.A.T.▼
▲* [[The Cavalry Arrives Late]]: The British Army arrives at the Biogenetic Research Centre in order to disassemble and to incinerate it, after the events of ''Strikes Again''. Not only do they arrive six months late, but {{spoiler|their visit also causes the reincarnation of the Demon Headmaster... and the resulting ''Takes Over'', and its sequels}}. Seriously...
▲* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: A chiptune rendition of the TV show's theme can be heard in the background of the ''Octopus Dare'' game.
▲* [[This Is Unforgivable]]: Inverted, as it is the Headmaster who says this to S.P.L.A.T.
▲{{quote| ''"Next time, I shall win! And I shall NOT forgive you!"''}}
* [[Transfer Student Uniforms]]: Dinah wears her old school's uniform on the first day.
* [[We Will Meet Again]]: See [[This Is Unforgivable!]] above
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