Principal R. Snyder

Principal Snyder is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Armin Shimerman.

After Robert Flutie was eaten alive by "the Pack" (sans Xander), Snyder replaced him as the principal of Sunnydale High. A strict disciplinarian with a dictator-like personality, he made no friends among the Scooby Gang, or any other student for that matter, with the sole exception being the Swim Team. Snyder strongly disliked Buffy and sought any excuse he could find to expel her.

Quotes

 * "A lot of educators tell students, 'Think of your principal as your pal'. I say 'Think of me as your judge, jury and executioner'." ("School Hard")


 * "Why couldn't you have been dealing drugs like normal people?" ("Choices")


 * "One day the campus is completely bare and empty. The next, there are children everywhere. Like locusts. Crawling around, mindlessly bent on feeding and mating. Destroying everything in sight in their relentless, pointless desire to exist." ("When She Was Bad")


 * "It's that kind of woolly-headed liberal thinking that leads to getting eaten." ("The Puppet Show")


 * "I walked by your guidance counselor's office one time. A bunch of you were sitting there, waiting to be shepherded. I remember it smelled like dead flowers. Like decay. Then it hit me. The hope of our nation's future is a bunch of mulch." ("Restless")

Trivia

 * Principal Snyder is named in honour of George Snyder, Joss Whedon's personal assistant at the time.


 * On several occasions in the series you can clearly see on the name-tag on his desk that the first letter of his first name is 'R', although his full name is never revealed in the series.