Buffy The Vampire Slayer

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15. Principal Snyder on Buffy The Vampire Slayer

It ain’t easy running a school, and Principal Snyder has it harder than most, having to take over Sunnydale High from a man who was literally eaten alive by his own students. Still, that doesn’t explain the intense pleasure Snyder gets from being a bully, his "tingle" of glee at making life miserable for Buffy, Giles, and the rest of the Scooby Gang, nor his obvious favoritism for athletes and unabashed hatred for everyone else. (Perhaps his philosophy is best summed up by a line in "School Hard": "A lot of educators tell students, ’Think of your principal as your pal.’ I say, ’Think of me as your judge, jury, and executioner.’") Even more troubling, Snyder’s reign comes at the behest of evil Mayor Richard Wilkins, who specifically appointed Snyder to the job so he could cover up the school’s frequent supernatural activity, dismissing it as the acts of gangs on PCP. With nary a redemptive moment, Snyder is second only to the Big Bad in the ranks of Buffy’s nemeses; speaking for everyone onscreen and at home, Xander later dreams of telling Snyder, "I never got the chance to tell you how glad I was you were eaten by a snake."

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