Principal Pankley

Principal Henry “Hank” Pankley is the main antagonist of the 2005 Christmas special, The Legend of Frosty the Snowman, which was based on the classic Rankin Bass adaptations from 1969 and 1976.

History
Principal Pankley is the highly corrupt principal of Evergreen Elementary School who is very cruel towards the students and teachers alike under his “care”. He was even cruel towards Mayor Tinkerton, who at one point outranked him. He also abuses his power and replaces Tommy Tinkerton’s father as mayor. He makes it the law for children to have no imagination or belief in Frosty the Snowman. He even bans Frosty the Snowman to ever be mentioned. Tommy Tinkerton later reads in a comic book that his Principal Pankley stole the hat of Mayor Tinkerton’s father all because he was jealous back when they were kids. At the very end, Theodore Tinkerton becomes mayor of Evergreen again. Principal Pankley is last seen running away from a massive snowball fight and falls in freezing cold water. It is possible that he got arrested after the events of the movie.

Personality
He has no imagination, is miserable, and wants everyone, child or adult, to be just like him. At one point, he only pretended to be nice to Walter Wader and set up a meeting by the frozen pond, only to ambush Frosty the Snowman skating on thin ice. He was very unsympathetic towards Walter who was depressed.