Robert Flutie

Principal Robert ("Bob") Flutie is a fictional character in the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He was played by Ken Lerner. Introduced in the series opener "Welcome to the Hellmouth", Principal Flutie was eaten alive by possessed students episode six ("The Pack"). Unlike his successor Principal Snyder, Flutie was dedicated to helping students. He is a parody of the educator who seeks to "understand his students better" and who believes in student-centered education, concern himself with students' self-esteem and socialization. Snyder later quips, "It's that kind of fuzzy-headed liberal thinking that leads to being eaten." Not that Snyder can escape the same fate.