Agatha Trunchbull

 "'"In this classroom, in this school, I am God!""

- - Principal Agatha Trunchbull

Agatha Trunchbull is the main villain in the movie and book both titled "Matilda." - a horribly abusive principal who acts more like a dark lord than a tutor, she is a brutal woman who took the idea of a control freak to the most extreme: an incredibly violent bully.

Agatha's also afraid of black cats and ghosts. Agatha thought nothing of literally hurling children vast distances and confining those who dared to oppose her into a medieval torture-device that resembled an iron maiden called "The Chokey".

Her tortures were so extreme they could easily have been fatal (though by some miracle her victims always survived).

She also berates, torments, and orders around a selfless, innocent teacher named Ms. Jennifer Honey who is in fact, her niece by the name "Jenny".

Thankfully the fearsome tyrant was toppled by Matilda's quick thinking and magical powers, who tricked her into believing she was being haunted by the ghost of her brother-in-law (who, it is implied, may have been murdered by Agatha in order to inherit his estate) - upon being convinced of this haunting, Agatha fled in a panic, much to the pleasure of everyone she had been terrorizing. She was never heard from again after this.

In a scene in the book, she holds up a boy by his hair because it was too long.

In the film, she holds up a similar boy by his leg instead for not emptying his pockets fast enough. She is portrayed by Pam Ferris.