If the player breaks rules while playing, the game's authority figures (prefects and policemen) may

respond as indicated by a "trouble" meter in the head-up display (HUD). The levels displayed on the
meter indicate the current level of severity. Authority figures will attempt to grab and subdue the
player, who may fight back. The higher the severity level is, the harder will authority figures try to
catch the player; at the maximum level, the player can no longer fight back, as they will be instantly
"busted" should they be grabbed. If the player is busted, they respawn at the nearest police station
or the school principal's office and all their weapons (sans the slingshot, skateboard and camera) are
confiscated. If a class is in progress, the player will instead be taken to it and forced to attend (even
if they have already completed it). Authority figures can subdue other students as well, should they
cause trouble.
The game's multiplayer component, exclusive to Scholarship Edition on Wii and Xbox
360 and Anniversary Edition, has two players compete to gain the highest score in the same
minigames used for classes. One player controls Jimmy, and the other Gary Smith.

Synopsis[edit]
Setting[edit]

Artwork of protagonist Jimmy Hopkins (left) and antagonist Gary Smith (right)

Bully takes place in the fictitious town of Bullworth situated in the New England region of the United
States. After being expelled from seven previous schools, the game's protagonist, 15-year-old
James "Jimmy" Hopkins, is sent to the town's prominent private boarding school, Bullworth
Academy, for a year while his mother and her new husband go on their honeymoon. The school
campus is designed in a neo-gothic style, similar to public schools and colleges in the United
Kingdom and New England, such as Fettes College in Edinburgh. The school itself is the game's
primary setting, while the rest of the town is gradually unlocked as the story progresses.
Bullworth consists of four main districts: Bullworth Town, the town's commercial borough; Old
Bullworth Vale, a suburb area where the town's mansions, beach and funfair are located; New
Coventry, a run-down, urban-poor borough, consisting mainly of tenement housing; and Blue Skies
Industrial Park, an industrial borough consisting of factories, industrial buildings, the town docks, and
a trailer park. There is also the Happy Volts Asylum, a psychiatric institute located between the Blue
Skies Industrial Park and the Bullworth Academy.
Because the game's story spans an entire school year, Bullworth's appearance changes between
chapters, most notably during the third chapter, which takes place around the Christmas season.

Plot[edit]
After being dropped off at Bullworth Academy, Jimmy Hopkins (Gerry Rosenthal) meets the school's
principal, Dr. Thaddeus Crabblesnitch (Ralph Gunderman), who urges him to "keep his nose clean".
He soon befriends senior Gary Smith (Peter Vack) and freshman Peter "Petey" Kowalski (Matt
Bush), and begins working with them to try and assert their dominance over Bullworth's various
"cliques": the Bullies, Nerds, Preppies, Greasers, and Jocks. However, an increasingly paranoid
Gary eventually betrays Jimmy and pits him against Russell Northrop (Cody Melton), the Bullies'
leader, in an underground fight. Jimmy defeats Russell and forces him to stop picking on his fellow
students, earning the Bullies' respect.
Over the following months, Jimmy works with Petey to take over the other cliques in an attempt to
restore peace to Bullworth. He begins with the Preppies, but just as he begins to win them over,
Gary manipulates them into turning against him. In response, Jimmy enters a boxing tournament
hosted by the Preppies' leader, Derby Harrington (John Lavelle). Despite his victory, the Preppies
refuse to accept Jimmy's dominance and fight him together, but are defeated. Turning his attention
to the Greasers, Jimmy agrees to help their leader, Johnny Vincent (Rocco Rosanio), expose
an affair between his girlfriend Lola Lombardi (Phoebe Strole) and Preppy member Gord Vendome
(Drew Gehling). However, the Greasers turn on Jimmy after he is forced to make amends with the
Preppies by vandalizing the Greasers' territory. After Gary tips Johnny off on Jimmy's growing
closeness with Lola, he lures Jimmy into an ambush, but is ultimately defeated and surrenders
Greaser leadership to him.