| “ | This whole school is just like a giant version of my Dad! | „ |
| ~ Tad Spencer. |
Tad Spencer is a supporting character in the 2006 video game Bully, serving as a major antagonist in the second chapter and a supporting antagonist in the third chapter.
He is a student at Bullworth Academy and one of the members of the Preppies clique.
He was voiced by Baron Vaughn, who also voiced Michael Grant in Manhunt 2.
Biography[]
Tad, like his fellow cliquemates, is an arrogant preppy but even by the clique standards he is very focused on his social standing. He aspires to take leadership of the Preppy clique from Derby, trying to instigate trouble between him and Bif and to dig up dirt on Derby's name, thus taking the head for himself. He also has a grudge against the Greaser Peanut, and plots against him.
Tad comes from a wealthy family, possibly the richest of the clique behind only the Harringtons. His father owns Spencer Shipping, a shipping company that runs out of Blue Skies Industrial Park. Their estate is in the middle of Old Bullworth Vale and is big enough that their garage has its own address. Tad said that his parents primarily chose Bullworth because it was so expensive, and that "high prices equal high quality."
However, his family is also troubled. His father is too abusive towards Tad, even once stabbing him with a pitchfork after he made him a birthday cake). He has a love-hate relationship with his father, both wanting to make him proud and to pay him back for the abuse. The father is not only abusive to his son, but also his wife, as Tad himself claims that his father taught him the meaning of pain. The abuse and expectations given to him by his father has taken a toll on his self-esteem, with one line of his dialogue mentioning that he thinks he is too worthless to claim a position of power in the school. He is ashamed of being a nouveau riche instead of old money, and so he puts on faux-British pretentions to cover up this insecurity.
He is one of the inbred preppies, having webbed toes on one foot. He also has an older brother who has no chin and is enrolled in the Happy Volts Asylum.
Bully[]
During Chapter 1, Tad is seen in the cafeteria, talking with Derby and Pinky. He plays a major role during Chapter 2, as an ally at first but later a foe of Jimmy after Gary Smith manipulated Ted with lies about Jimmy made comments about Tad's family and called Tad an inbred hermaphrodite. In "The Eggs", Tad intended to egg Mr. Hattrick's house for his behavior towards Mr. Galloway, but he gets his attention on Jimmy after Gary's manipulation, having the gates to the estate locked and attacking Jimmy alongside his cliquemates. In "Tad's House", he leads his cliquemates, sending them out to find out who's throwing eggs.
In Chapter 3 mission Bait, he, along with Justin, accompanies Gord to fight back the Greasers at the BMX Park. Later on during the mission The Rumble, Lola claims that Tad was the Prep responsible for rounding up his clique and attacking the Greasers in New Coventry, but he has no individual dialogue or actions during it.
