Bob Flutie

Robert Flutie was a periphery character featured in the first season of the WB Network television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Played by actor Ken Lerner, he was introduced in the series pilot, "Welcome to the Hellmouth". He appeared in four episodes of the series before being killed off in the sixth episode "The Pack".

Biography
Bob Flutie was the principal of Sunnydale High School in the year 1997. A well-meaning man with a good heart, he proferred a nuturing aspect to teaching, putting the interests of the student before all else. When Buffy Summers enrolled at Sunnydale High in the Spring of that year, Principal Flutie welcomed her with open arms. As a show of good faith, he tore up her transcript in front of her eyes, indicating that every student gets a fresh start under her care. When he learned however that Buffy had been expelled from her previous school for burning down the gymnasium, he grew a bit anxious and re-assembled her transcript and placed back into her file folder. He knew that Buffy would be someone he would have to keep an eye on, but had faith that the girl was truly looking for a fresh start.

On Buffy's second day at Sunnydale, Principal Flutie caught her leaving school grounds. Buffy gave him a feeble excuse as to why she was leaving, but Flutie reminded her that ditching school on her second day would look very bad on her record. He closed the campus gates shut, enforcing his edict that nobody is to leave while school is in session. As soon as he turned his back on her however, Buffy jumped the gate and went on her way.

Notes & Trivia

 * A running gag on the series was that once per season, the school principal was going to meet a gruesome and untimely demise. As it turned out, Flutie's successor R. Snyder, turned out to be a popular character and managed to survive all the way to the season three finale "Graduation Day (Part 2)".