Jimmy Hopkins

""Who's the baddest? Me! Who's the toughest? Me! Who's the MAN? Me! Me, losers. Me! The champion! Number one! I killed the best! I will beat the rest!""

- Jimmy Hopkins

James "Jimmy" Hopkins is the playable character and the main protagonist in Bully. He's a 15 years old kid with a smaller height than most students, but is reasonably stocky. Jimmy is dumped at Bullworth Academy by his often remarried mother and his new stepfather, who Jimmy describes as a "rich old phony", whilst they go on a year long honeymoon cruise. Jimmy had previously been expelled from seven schools for a variety of reasons which include graffiti, violent conduct, bad language, disrespecting staff, and according to small talk, arson. Bullworth is Jimmy's last chance to avoid juvenile detention and, knowing Bullworth's reputation, he prepares for the worst.

Jimmy is slightly undersized, however, his tough childhood has granted him both a level of physical toughness, fighting skill (enabling him to hold his own against students larger and stronger than him), and a level of awareness and maturity that most of his peers at Bullworth don't have. Though he's aggressive and quick to fight, he's not truly malicious. As he states early on in the game, "I only give people what they have coming to them."