Robert Flutie

"I really believe if we all reach out to one another we can beat this thing. I'm always here if you need a hug -- but not a real hug, there's no touching in this school, we're sensitive to wrong touching."

- Robert Flutie

Principal Robert "Bob" Flutie was the principal of Sunnydale High around the time Buffy Summers arrived to Sunnydale. He was portrayed 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.

Appearances

 * Welcome to the Hellmouth
 * The Harvest
 * Teacher's Pet
 * The Pack