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| “ | My school is a model of discipline. Use the rod, beat the child. That's my motto. | „ |
| ~ The Trunchbull's motto. |
| “ | Besides, even if you didn't do it, I am going to punish you, because I'm big and you're small, and I'm right and you're wrong, and there's nothing you can do about it. You're a liar and a scoundrel and your father is a liar and a cheat! You're the most corrupt lowlives in the history of civilization. Am I wrong? I'm never wrong. In this classroom, in this school, I... am... GOD! | „ |
| ~ The Trunchbull declaring her superiority - her most infamous quote. |
Miss Agatha Trunchbull is the main antagonist of Roald Dahl's 1988 novel Matilda and its various adaptations.
Miss Trunchbull is the former headmistress of Crunchem Hall Elementary School, the step-aunt (biological aunt in the book) of Jennifer Honey and the adoptive step-great aunt and arch-nemesis of Matilda Wormwood. Trunchbull is also the stepsister of Miss Honey's deceased mother, Kate Honey, and is the step-sister-in-law (and implied murderer) of Kate Honey's husband and Miss. Honey's father, Dr. Magnus Honey.
Portrayals[]
- In the 1996 film adaptation, Trunchbull was portrayed by Pam Ferris, who also played Marge Dursley in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
- In the musical adaptation, Trunchbull is portrayed by Bertie Carvel.
- In the film adaptation of the musical, Trunchbull was portrayed by Dame Emma Thompson, who also played Karen Eiffel in Stranger Than Fiction, Goneril in King Lear, Vivienne Rook in Years and Years, The Woman in Lutins, Sarafine Duchannes in The Caster Chronicles, The Yeti Elder in Missing Link and Baroness von Hellman in Cruella.
Powers and Abilities[]
Agatha Trunchbull is incredibly, almost inhumanly strong. She performs enormous feats of strength, such as lifting up a boy named Julius Rottwinkle and throwing him out the window, hammer-throwing Amanda Thripp and sending her on a trip spanning several yards and several stories above Crunchem Hall, and can kick a cat high in the air and send it flying several yards.
Trunchbull has been shown ripping a metal chain apart with her bare hands and can even lift up a car to reposition it and push it along. By far, one of Trunchbull's greatest physical feats is when she vaults over a railing, dropping almost 20 feet and landing unscathed, the impact of said landing shaking the house.
Trunchbull also has a sense of smell superior to regular humans and can identify faint odors and identify who they came off of. She’s very skilled at Olympic games, such as the Hammer Throw, Shot Put, and Javelin. Being superstitious, Trunchbull's only fears are ghosts and black cats. Her intelligence is relatively high, but her arrogance is easily exploited.
Personality[]
Described as spending much of her time in a "steroidal rage" by Pam Ferris herself, Trunchbull is an explosive, neurotic, paranoid, wrathful, overbearing, ill-tempered and highly erratic thug who takes absolute delight in the amount of fear and intimidation she instills in those around her. Two of the most central aspects of Trunchbull's personality are her scorn for children and deviants, and cruelty towards the people that she believes are lesser than herself. In addition, as stated by David Leonard (one of the actors portraying her on the West End), Trunchbull is a deeply envious and competitive individual. As such, she is very quarrelsome, cantankerous, ambitious, and unprepared to admit defeat in most circumstances.
Trunchbull is very attached to her success as an Olympic athlete for Great Britain and considers herself to be an idol for other people to follow. She is also very bitter, bellicose, self-confident, and assertive, exhibiting her dominance around the school.
Later in the book and the film, it was confirmed that Trunchbull murdered her own brother-in-law to steal his house and money after he broke a contract involving large sums of money. She spared her niece, but psychologically and physically abused her. This shows Trunchbull's avarice that may not be apparent at first glance. It is also likely that Trunchbull harbored intense envy as to Magnus' material success, which was fueled more vigorously by her vituperative nature. She also keeps a secret of being very superstitious and naive, which is a weakness that was exploited by Matilda. Despite her firmness, Trunchbull orders her students to form a crowd and stampede into the school rather than walk slowly in a queue, and she shouts "pissworm" in a classroom full of kids. Therefore, Trunchbull has no trouble subjecting her students to swearing.
Trunchbull is spiteful and petty, as she ruthlessly punished Matilda for the actions of her father, Harry Wormwood, who swindled Trunchbull and sold her a faulty automobile, and even accused Matilda of being a liar and a cheat like her father, for the sole reason of Matilda being the daughter of the criminal who tricked her (Trunchbull). Not only is this unfair, but it is also misplaced aggression, as Trunchbull chose to punish Matilda as a surrogate for her rage against Harry Wormwood, whom she could not (legally) punish herself. However, in Trunchbull's mind, this vicious spite was justified (and to a degree, it was) as her umbrage at Harry Wormwood was justifiable but not her actions in taking out her vengeance on an innocent child simply because she was Wormwood's daughter.
Trunchbull is also shown to be very superstitious and has an intense fear of ghosts, black cats and the supernatural in general. Her fear is used as a weakness for Matilda to scare her, thus teaching Trunchbull a lesson later on.
Trunchbull's hatred for children is so intense and extremely exaggerated at times, saying that she is grateful for 'never having been a child', leading to the idea that something so terrible happened to her in childhood to the point that Trunchbull ended her childlike spirit and replaced it with resentment and hurt.
The Trunchbull has a dry-witted, sardonic and condescending sense of humor, often speaking to the children in a patronizing and demeaning manner and making berating comments about them for her own amusement. This was showcased when she callously made a note of Matilda's mathematic prowess as being made redundant and mundane by the use of calculators or how she rudely called Amanda Thripp's mother a "twit" for thinking that pigtails are sweet. Mrs. Trunchbull also considers suffering a great way to build character and believes that the children will thank her someday for everything she does, although whether Trunchbull earnestly means this or simply states it as an excuse to justify her actions remains unknown.
In the musical, it is very clear that Trunchbull has an acutely guilty conscience after killing Magnus and stealing his possessions. She is constantly trying to make herself think that she is a "winner" and most everyone else around her is a "loser". Trunchbull surrounds herself with her trophies and reminds herself that, regardless of her emotions or the emotions of others, following the procedures of life is the only way to success. At the same time, Trunchbull believes herself to be an extremely magnanimous and benevolent person, claiming that she is the "Spirit of All That Is Right", while at the same time accusing Matilda of being the "Axis of Evil". Trunchbull is also shown to be a manipulative woman, as she hired some teenage students to work for her by frightening and intimidating the children, but it was revealed that Trunchbull was just using them because of their own suffering she made them endure in their childhood. Trunchbull is also afraid of black cats and a ghost in the musical.
Quotes[]
Book Quotes[]
| “ | Enter! | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull's first lines when she opens the door. |
Single Quotes[]
| “ | They're all mistakes, children. Filthy, nasty things. Glad I never was one. | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull to Harry Wormwood |
| “ | Change those socks! Too pink. | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull telling her how to change her socks. |
| “ | Get inside, you festering ball of pus! | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull puts Hortensia in the Chokey. |
| “ | Ah, fresh meat. | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull, meeting Matilda for the first time. |
| “ | Your mummy... is a TWIT! | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull to Amanda |
| “ | I'll give you BUT! | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull struggles Amanda before throwing her in the fence. |
| “ | You're a disgusting criminal, aren't you? | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull to Bruce. |
| “ | You wanted cake, you got cake. NOW EAT IT! | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull to Bruce Bogtrotter. |
| “ | Hop, two, hippity hop. The entire school will go to the assembly room, immediately. (later) SIT! | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull |
| “ | Silence! Stop. Silence! (Later, she hits a plate full of Chocolate crumbs on Bruce Bogtrotter) | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull, getting furious at the students who were rooting for Bruce Bogtrotter. |
| “ | Shut up! The entire assembly will stay 5 hours after school and copy from the dictionary. Any children who object... will go straight to the Chokey, TOGETHER! | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull after her defeat from Bruce Bogtrotter's cake-eating confection. |
| “ | Why are all these women married? Mrs. D, Mrs. I? You are supposed to be teaching spelling, not poetry! | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull to Miss Honey. |
| “ | I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. Think they do it deliberately just to annoy me. | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull, complaining about children. |
| “ | Much too good for children. | „ |
| ~ Miss Trunchbull before eating a chocolate cake. |
| “ | WORMWOOD!! You useless used-car salesman scum! I want you around here now, WITH ANOTHER CAR! Yes, I know what "Caveat Emptor" means, you low-life liar! I'm gonna sue you! I'm gonna burn down your showroom! I'm gonna take that no-good jalopy you sold me and SHOVE IT UP YOUR BAZOOGA! When I'm finished with you, you're gonna look like roadkill! You what?! | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull’s villainous breakdown threatening Harry Wormwood over the phone. |
| “ | Trunchbull: I broke your arm once before, I can do it again, Jenny. Miss Honey: I'm not 7 years old anymore, Aunt Trunchbull! (The kids gasp in surprise) Trunchbull: Shut your holes! |
„ |
| ~ Trunchbull attempting to break Miss Honey's arm, but Miss Honey herself calls her "aunt", which shocks the kids, except Matilda. |
| “ | You! You'll be put away in a place where not even the crows can land their droppings on you! | „ |
| ~ Trunchbull to Matilda as she loses it. |
| “ | Kids: (Reading the chalkboard) Agatha. This is Magnus. Give my little bumblebee back her house and her money. Trunchbull: Money?! Kids: Then get out of town. If you don’t, I will get you. I will get you like you got me. That is a promise! |
„ |
| ~ Trunchbull’s last word as she’s threatened by Matilda, who’s pretending to be Magnus. |
| “ | Trunchbull: How dare you? You are not fit to be at this school, madam. You are to be in prison! In the deepest, dankest, darkest prison! I shall have you wheeled out, strapped to a trolley with a muzzle over your mouth. I shall crush you, I shall pound you, I shall dissect you, madam! I shall strap you to a table and perform experiments on you! I shall feed you to the termites and then I shall smash the termites into tiny fragments and then I shall grind the tiny fragments into dust. And I shall take that dust and feed it to the bloodworms and the bloodworms I shall feed to birds and the birds I shall release into the air and then shoot them down with my twelve-bore shotgun and so on and so on! Ad infinitum, madam! Ad infinitum! Your father is a crook and so are you. Last night I was driving home in that monstrosity he sold me and the engine fell out! What do you say to that? You can say nothing and there is nothing you can say because you are genetically predisposed to evil and you must be destroyed before you can be allowed to grow one centimetre taller than you currently are, do you hear? Vomit, puke, snotstain, are you listening?! All of these disgusting little slugs shall suffer the most appalling indignities because of you…yes, you! I shall rip the rebellion out of this class and devour it whole. I shall hang each and every one of you upside down by your ankles until all of your bodily liquids drain out through your noses and into jars! Yes, jars! Which I will then send to your parents with your school reports upon which I shall write: “COULD DO BETTER”! Miss Honey has allowed her weakness and filth to permeate through this miserable collection of excuses for children and you, madam, standing there before me like the squit of squits are its beating heart! You are the axis of evil! You are the nexus of necrosis! You are a rotting lump of pure wrong! You are the dark heart of all that is unholy in this land! A black hole of wrongheadedness from which no light, no strength, no discipline can escape! But I am a match for you, madam! In me, you have met the avenger! The spirit of all that is right and I tell you there is nothing I shall not do, no length to which I shall not go, no punishment I shall not inflict, no ear I shall not stretch, no fingers I shall not snap back to defeat you! Yes, I defeat you in exultation, do you hear?! Are you listening? Are you listening, madam?! | „ |
| ~ Miss Trunchbull's monologue |
Dialogue[]
| “ | Trunchbull: I need a car inexpensive but reliable. Can you service me? Harry: In a matter of speaking, yes. Uh... Welcome to Wormwood Motors. Harry Wormwood, owner, founder, whatever. Trunchbull: Agatha Trunchbull, principal, Crunchem Hall Elementary School. I warn you, sir. I want a tight car, because I run on a tight ship! Harry: Oh yeah, huh? Well, uh... Trunchbull: My school is a model of discipline! "Use the rod, beat the child." That's my motto. Harry: Terrific motto. Trunchbull: You have brats yourself? Harry: Yeah, I got a boy, Mikey, and one mistake, Matilda. Trunchbull: They're all mistakes, children. Filthy and nasty things. I'm glad I never was one. Harry: Uh-huh. Well, since you're an educator, I'm gonna make you a great deal. Trunchbull: You'd better. Harry: (gives her the keys) Let's do business! |
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| ~ Trunchbull and Harry |
| “ | Trunchbull: You, detention. (walks over and taps her riding crop into her hand) You're too small. Grow up QUICKER! (Matilda runs and hides) Heads up! Shoulders back! Stomachs in! Stand straight. Lavender: HEY! Matilda: Sorry. Trunchbull: Detention for you. Lavender: That's okay. It's much better than being out there. Matilda: Is that my teacher? Lavender: No, that's the principal, Miss Trunchbull. Matilda: You've gotta be kidding. Lavender: Uh-uh. Hortensia: You squirts better skedaddle. I'm not kidding. The Trunchbull likes to snap a whip in there to see who's trying to hide. Trunchbull: Stomach in! |
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| ~ Trunchbull has detention with kids outside. |
| “ | Matilda: Didn't you tell your parents? Hortensia: They didn't believe me. I mean, would your parents believe it? Trunchbull: 60 lines after school: “I must obey Miss Trunchbull. Matilda: No. Trunchbull: Out of my way. Matilda: Here she comes. |
„ |
| ~ Matilda knows that Trunchbull is heading in. |
| “ | Trunchbull: Amanda Thripp. Amanda: Yes, Miss Trunchbull? Trunchbull: (looks down) What are those? Amanda: What's what, Miss Trunchbull? Trunchbull: Hanging down by your ears. Amanda: You mean my pigtails? Trunchbull: Are you a pig, Amanda? Amanda: No, Miss Trunchbull. Trunchbull: Do I allow PIGS in my school? Amanda: My mommy thinks… they are sweet. Trunchbull: Your mommy is a "TWIT!" |
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| ~ Trunchbull talking to Amanda about her pigtails |
| “ | Trunchbull: You'll CHOP those off before school tomorrow or I will cover up… Amanda: But… Trunchbull: "BUT?!" Amanda: I don't… Trunchbull: (quietly) "But?" Did you say "but"? |
„ |
| ~ Trunchbull threatening Amanda to chop her pigtails off. |
| “ | Trunchbull: Yippee! Gotcha right in the neck! And you. Woo-hoo! Yes! You... (she knocks on the door) Come in, come in, whoever you are. (She throws a dart then Miss Honey surprised her) Trunchbull: Almost got you. (chuckles then Miss Honey enters her office) Good to see you, Jen. Good, good, good. Time for one of our little heart-to-hearts? (she pretends Javelin then Ms. Trunchbull and Miss Honey chuckles) Miss Honey: Actually, it's about the new girl in my class, Miss Trunchbull, Matilda Wormwood. Trunchbull: Her father says she's a real wart. Miss Honey: A what? Trunchbull: A carbuncle, a blister, a festering pustule of malignant ooze. (pours a cup of water) Miss Honey: Oh, no, Matilda Wormwood is a very sweet girl, and very bright. Trunchbull: A bright child? Miss Honey: Yes. She can multiply large sums in her head. Trunchbull: So can a calculator. Miss Honey: Well, I think she might be happier in an older and more advanced class. Trunchbull: Ah! I knew it! You can't handle the little viper, so you want to foist her off to one of the other teachers! Miss Honey: No, no, no, Miss Trunchbull. Trunchbull: Yes! Typical slothful cowardice! Listen to me, Jen, the distance the shot-put goes depends upon the effort you put into it: PERSPIRATION! If you can't handle the little brat, I'll lock her in the Chokey! (Hurls a shot at the Chokey) Get it? Miss Honey: Yes, ma'am. |
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| ~ Trunchbull upon finding out Matilda Wormwood is a smart girl before threatening Miss Honey to lock the girl in the Chokey if she doesn't take care of her. |
| “ | Trunchbull: How could you keep going...? Useless, FLAMING CAR!!! (slams the door) Wormwood! Sell me a lemon? (later) You're heading for the Chokey, young lady! Matilda: The Chokey? Trunchbull: To teach you a lesson. Matilda: What lesson? Trunchbull: You and your father think you can make a fool out of me! Matilda: My father? Trunchbull: The guy with a stupid haircut! (opens her office door.) Matilda: I'm nothing like my father. Trunchbull: You're the SPITTING image. (took her inside the narrow) The apple never rots far from the tree. |
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| ~ Trunchbull teaches Matilda a lesson to put her in the Chokey, making good on her threat to Miss Honey on Matilda's first day. |
| “ | Trunchbull: One of you tried to poison me! Who? (Matilda raises her hand) Oh, Matilda, I knew it. Matilda: I just thought you'd like to know it's not a snake, it's a newt. Trunchbull: What did you say? Matilda: It's a newt, Ms. Trunchbull. Trunchbull: Stand up, you villainous sack of goat slime! You did this! Matilda: No, Ms. Trunchbull. Trunchbull: Did you act alone or did you have accomplices? Matilda: I didn't do it. Trunchbull: You didn't like the Chokey, did you? Thought you'd pay me back, didn't you? Well, I'll pay you back, young lady. Matilda: For what, Ms. Trunchbull? Trunchbull: For this newt, you piss-worm! Matilda: I'm telling you, I didn't do it. Trunchbull: Besides, even if you didn't do it, I'm gonna punish you, because I'm big and you're small, and I'm right and you're wrong, and there's nothing you can do about it. You are a liar and a scoundrel, and your father is a liar and a cheat. You are the most corrupt lowlifes in the history of civilization. Am I wrong? I'm never wrong. In this classroom, in this school, I am GOD! |
„ |
| ~ Trunchbull, reacting to Matilda talking about a newt. |
| “ | Trunchbull: I am here to teach you all a lesson. Sometimes in life, horrible and unexplainable things happen. These things are a test of character. And I have character. Form a line across the room, quickly! Run, run, run — don’t keep me waiting! Fill this gap! (calms down a little) I expect you’re wondering what I’m talking about. Yes. A child came to my house. I don’t know how, I don’t know when, I don’t know why. Miss Honey: Miss Trunchbull, may I-? Ms. Trunchbull: No, you may not. (turns back to the students) But I know a child came. So did you know it was illegal to enter someone’s home without their permission? |
„ |
| ~ Trunchbull and Miss Honey during her "lesson" to the children at Miss Honey's class. |
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Magnus Honey (stepbrother-in-law) †
- Kate Honey (stepsister) †
- Jennifer Honey (step-niece)
- Matilda Wormwood (adoptive step-great niece)
Allies[]
- Harry Wormwood (formerly; betrayed)
- Cookie (formerly)
Enemies[]
- Matilda Wormwood (archenemy and main victim)
- Jennifer Honey (step niece and second archenemy and former victim)
- Amanda Thripp (victim)
- Nigel Hicks (victim)
- Lavender
- Bruce Bogtrotter
- Julius Rotwinkle (victim)
- Crunchem Hall students
Trivia[]
- Miss Trunchbull's role as a cruel teacher is regarded as one of the most common themes in Roald Dahl's works, featuring abusive and unkind teachers or child haters who delight in the children's suffering, like Captain Lancaster in Danny, the Champion of the World or the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. That said, Agatha Trunchbull is best remembered as one of the cruelest examples of evil fictional teachers.
- Maggie Kirkpatrick was originally considered for the role of Miss. Trunchbull, but she was unauthorized to work in the United States. As a result, Pam Ferris was cast as the role of Miss Trunchbull instead.
- The Trunchbull and the Grand High Witch are regarded the evilest Roald Dahl villains.
- Miss Trunchbull was based off the headmistress of Liccy Dahl (who served as a producer) - who reportedly got very creative with her punishments. However, the Trunchbull was actually based on Roald Dahl's real-life experiences during his childhood, where he had a teacher named Captain Hardcastle, who was sadistic to him.
- While speaking to Harry Wormwood, Trunchbull claims that she was never a child. This implies a rough and/or abusive upbringing, though it could simply be out of spite toward children.
- In the book, after her niece Miss. Honey says that she was once a little girl as well, Trunchbull claims that she wasn’t a child for very long and that she became a woman very quickly, which may or may not be true.
- Miss Trunchbull is arguably less evil in the film adaptation than in the book, even having some comedic moments like when she desperately dances to get rid of the newt and later, to avoid the chalk erasers. This is because most of her scenes abusing Matilda's classmates weren’t included. However, the implication that Agatha may have killed Magnus remains and a scene in which she expresses the idea of killing Mr. Wormwood for scamming her is shown.
- Trunchbull's line, "In this Classroom, in this School, I am GOD!", is one of the most controversial aspects of the 1996 movie. One heavy reason for this is that it breaks these religious commandments:
- "You shall not have other gods before Me" (since she self-proclaimed herself as being "God").
- "You shall not make idols" (as she made herself a worshipping figure to the elementary students).
- "You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain" (because she used the name of God rather proudly).
- The 1996 Pam Ferris interpretation of the character is often compared to Marge Dursley in the third Harry Potter installment, Prisoner of Azkaban, not only due to the two characters being portrayed by the same actress but also to similar characteristics; both Trunchbull and Marge are hostile to the titular characters/protagonists (Matilda and Harry respectively), who in turn use their magical powers to teach the antagonists painful lessons and to make them end their cruel acts and leave for good.
- Pam Ferris (1996 Trunchbull) once worked as a gardener and one of her bosses was extremely strict and intimidating. Ferris mimicked this boss' personality and voice while acting as the Trunchbull.
- Trunchbull's given name comes from an Ancient Greek word meaning "good", which is very ironic considering that she's anything but inherently good.
- Despite being female, Miss Trunchbull has only been portrayed by a female actress in the 1996 and 2022 film adaptation of the book. In the musical adaptation, she was portrayed by a male actor.
- Additionally, in the 2022 adaptation, it was originally planned to respect the theatrical concept of her being played by a man, since it had been announced that Ralph Fiennes would take the role, but in 2021 this idea was decided and it was announced that the role would be taken by a woman, Emma Thompson.
- Though unmentioned in other adaptations, which simply state that Trunchbull was never seen again after her breakdown, some adaptations mention that Trunchbull was eventually arrested sometime after fleeing the school due to accidentally admitting that Magnus' ghost wanted revenge on her for his murder in a panic attack.
- Trunchbull, in the musical film version, has a fantasy sequence of a world without children, in which she is seen swinging on a swing with his hair loose and wearing a white dress. This is possibly a reference to Much Ado About Nothing's Beatriz, another character portrayed by Emma Thompson.
- In 2022, it is revealed that Trunchbull will appear in the for the musical film based on the stage play, but like in the 1996 movie, she will be played by a female actress before its premiere was unknown if her character will have some changes.
- Trunchbull's changes were minimal as she was faithful to the musical version, but it can be seen that she is even more perverse than the previous versions. In this film, Trunchbull is not only responsible for the death of Magnus, but also indirectly causing the death of his wife so that Magnus would obey her and continue fulfilling his contract, due to him being easy to manipulate. That is, until Magnus tried to confront her when he discovered the abuse that Trunchbull was doing to his daughter and this was another reason why she killed him, and these actions being clearer to the viewer than in other versions.
- Another notable change is that unlike the other versions, Matilda was completely responsible for Trunchbull's defeat, unlike in the 1996 movie and stage musical, where she defeated her with the help of the students. In this film, Matilda used her powers to not only scare Trunchbull into thinking that Magnus' ghost had returned, but also used them to expel her from school, giving her hair pigtails similar to Amanda Thripp's and lifting her through said pigtails to swing her around like a hammerthrow before sending her flying out of the classroom. Trunchbull would flee from the school, and presumably from town, in fear, after Miss Honey takes the keys to the school and her house from her and tells her to run, also giving her an ironic punishment to what she did to Amanda.
- On the back cover of the 2005 special edition DVD, she is erroneously referred to as "Mrs. Trunchbull" when mentioning the "Get Rid of Miss Trunchbull Trivia Game" as one of the special features.
- Trunchbull's "fresh meat" line from the 1996 film, which she says when she sees Matilda Wormwood for the first time before moving her away to confront Amanda Tripp for having pigtails, has go on to become an Internet meme.
- Trunchbull is essentially a dark counterpart of her step-niece Miss. Jennifer Honey. Both have acted as elementary school instructors, where they share the capacity of teaching children with their best personal efforts. However, while Miss. Honey does it with much humility and patience, Trunchbull instead performs that with severe levels of egotism and anger (which is further demonstrated by her "I, AM, GOD!" quote in the 1996 film). Thus, Trunchbull represents what Miss Honey could have become if she lets her position as a teacher get the better of her.
- Ironically, Pam Ferris would portray Mrs. Bevan in 2009 film Nativity (2009) who’s the complete opposite of Agatha Trunchbull personality-wise.
- Pam Ferris often stayed in character when the director called cut to scare the children on set so that their fear of Miss. Trunchbull would be genuine when the camera was rolling.
External Links[]
- Agatha Trunchbull on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Agatha Trunchbull on the Wikipedia
