Mrs. Pomp

## Office bio

Hops around in her high-heeled shoe inviting students to her class. Make sure you're not late! Or else!

**Mrs. Pomp** is the Super Schoolhouse's second teacher in *Baldi's Basics Plus*.

## Description

Mrs. Pomp is a poorly 3D-modeled character with a human head attached to a red high-heeled shoe as her body. She has blonde pompadour hair at the very top of her head (hence the name Mrs. **Pomp**) with spring-shaped curls coming out of the sides. Her face sports blushing rosy cheeks, red lips, and odd-looking purplish brown eyes (revealed as shockingly hyper-realistic in her HD render).

When angered, she envelops in dark lighting, her face switches to a more shocked expression and her curls all stick out in different directions.

## Personality

Much like Baldi, Mrs. Pomp has a calm and enthusiastic mood at first as she hops around the school cheerfully. Despite this, she has a much more disturbing side, releasing her rage when her instructions are not followed, by stomping around, screaming, and berating violently over her students' tardiness.

## Artificial intelligence

Mrs. Pomp will be seen hopping in the halls. When Mrs. Pomp sees the player, she will run towards them and tell them to meet her at her classroom (unless the Faculty Nametag is in action, which in that case she will simply ignore them). However, if she loses the player (when the player gets out of sight or have entered a blue locker), she will seemingly forget about them and continue randomly wandering around the school until she spots the player again. While she reminds the player, all characters and game environment (Test procedure's countdown timer, flood effect, and so on) will stop until 3 seconds has passed by.

After reminding the player, she will wait for 5 seconds, then run to her classroom. If the map is opened, her icon can be seen hopping rapidly in her classroom, and it shows the time left, making sure the player knows exactly where she is. The player will be given 2 minutes to get to the classroom.

The player has to remain cautious because all characters can hinder the player's progress while following Mrs. Pomp to the classroom:

* Baldi - As he is the one and only character to cause a game over, he can prevent the player from taking the quickest route to Mrs. Pomp's classroom as the player cannot come in contact with him without An Apple for Baldi or else they will lose a life.
* Playtime - Makes the player play jump rope. If the player does not have the Safety Scissors, they will be at risk when time is running out.
* Arts and Crafters - Can teleport the player away from her classroom if they collected all the notebooks. Ironically, he could also teleport them either closer to or inside her classroom.
* It's a Bully - If the player does not have any items left, he might block them and have to go another way which might take longer and if they are unlucky, it might take longer on that route to get to the class before the time is up and/or Baldi corners them and gives them a game over.
* Principal of the Thing - Sends the player to detention in his office if they are caught breaking the school rules. If the office is located far away from Mrs. Pomp's classroom, it puts the player at more risk.
* 1st Prize - Can push the player to Mrs. Pomp's classroom, but can also push them to the opposite direction of the way they need to go.
* Gotta Sweep - Like 1st Prize, he can sweep the player into an area far away from Mrs. Pomp's classroom, putting the player in danger of being late to her class or being swept into Baldi. However, he can also sweep the player closer to or inside her classroom.
* Cloudy Copter - Slows the player down if the wind is against them, making him a hindrance. However, he can also be helpful by blowing wind in favor of the player to speed them up.
* Chalkles - If the player does not manage to get out of the classroom in 15 seconds, Chalkles will lock them in the room for 15 seconds and can be a great threat if the time is almost up.
* Beans - Spits a gumball to slow down the player.
* The Test - His blind effect makes the player difficult to see characters or structures from a long distance. This makes navigating to her classroom harder. On the other hand, The Test can freeze Mrs. Pomp's timer while the player is looking at him.

There are also some obstacles to be wary of when heading to the classroom:

* Coin doors - May block the player's quickest path to the classroom. If the player does not have a Quarter in their inventory, they must find another (and maybe longer) path to the classroom.
* One-way swinging doors - If the player is on the wrong side, it may be a risk to the player when time is almost up.
* Conveyor belts - It either speeds up or slows down the player depending on the direction of the conveyor belt.
* Lockdown doors and roto-halls - Block the player's path. A button needs to be pressed instead of using a Quarter to pass.
* Whirlpools - Can teleport the player closer to Mrs. Pomp's classroom but also further away.

The player will earn 100 You Thought Points if they make it to class in time and Mrs. Pomp will resume wandering around the halls for two minutes and 30 seconds before she can invite the player to another class.

However, if the player is late to her class, she will wait until the next time the player enters a room (including but not limited to her own classroom), and go there very quickly to stand outside the exit of that room. Then, when the player opens the door to exit the room, Mrs. Pomp will begin screaming at them. If the player is not already in Mrs. Pomp's classroom, she will pick them up and drag them back to her classroom, leaving the player in a massive threat to being caught by Baldi while this is happening. The player can escape from Mrs. Pomp by using BSODA or other items to create distance, but she will eventually realize they are missing and quickly sprint to the player's location to pick them up once more.

Once the player is in her classroom, she will proceed to stomp around the room and "teach" them for 15 seconds. Right after entering the room, the door will immediately be locked; the player cannot open any door until Mrs. Pomp finishes the class. If Chalkles is in her classroom, he will spawn right before class ends, forcing the player to waste more time if they did not leave the classroom early.

After Mrs. Pomp's timer runs out, if the player opens the door to her classroom, Baldi will be alerted and he will go toward the center of her classroom. This attraction can overwrite almost all sounds because her noise value is the second highest of all (at 126) along with the buzzing noise from Baldi's Math Machine.

As the player is trapped in the classroom during Mrs. Pomp's outburst, there are a few items to use for escaping the room:

* Principal's Keys - It can be used to open one of the locked doors.
* Dangerous Teleporter - Teleports the player out of the room.
* Portal Poster - Connects to any location. However, Baldi can see the player through the portal and try to catch them by passing through it.

While Big Ol' Boots are in effect, even if Mrs. Pomp drags around the player, they can freely move. However, she will slow them down while in contact and infinitely try to drag the player to her classroom. So, as soon as the Big Ol' Boots run out, the player will still be dragged away.

Mrs. Pomp can open any locked standard door that she comes in contact with, so it can be used to escape the location if the door is locked by NPCs including Mrs. Pomp herself. Other characters just pass through the locked door and do not open it.

## Trivia

### General

* She is the second female canon character in the *Baldi's Basics* series, with the first being Playtime.
* She is the fourth character out of the five characters not to be voiced by mystman12, instead being voiced by Cady McGonigal. The first character is 1st Prize (voiced by Dr. Sbaitso), the second character is Chalkles (his voice provider is still unknown), the third character is Beans (voiced by Padre Snowmizzle), and the fifth character is Johnny (also voiced by Cady McGonigal)
* She has less hair on the right side of her head than on the left side.
* Before Mrs. Pomp was implemented, mystman12 got jump-scared by her when she was slowly rendering due to shadows being on. Her render then popped on the screen at once.
	+ mystman12 also finds her to be the scariest character. He says that while testing *Baldi's Basics Plus*, he freaks out a little bit when Mrs. Pomp spots the player and starts running towards them.
* There is a picture of an HD render of her that was "leaked" in mystman12's Twitter, and it was later confirmed that this render is a prototype design for her.
* Although she is named "**Mrs.** Pomp", whom she is married to is currently unknown.
* Mrs. Pomp is the only human-like character that does not have any limbs.
* Mrs. Pomp's screaming face was made using EbSynth.
* Mrs. Pomp is one of the 3 characters who do not appear in *Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered*'s Demo Style, the others being The Test and Johnny. Although, they appear in *Baldi's Basics Plus* promotion screens.

### *Baldi's Basics Plus*

* Mrs. Pomp has a number of unused dialogue files, where she was originally intended to give the player more time to join her classroom.
* In the game's asset files, she is referred to as "`NoL`". This stands for "`NoLateTeacher`", according to the game scripts.
* Her office poster claims she invites student**s** to her class, even though the player is the only one who is invited.
* If Mrs. Pomp is moving in the opposite direction of Cloudy Copter's wind, she is unable to move through it as she will constantly stomp in the same spot while caught in the wind.
* Mrs. Pomp's classroom could be a classroom that the player has already been to or a classroom that the player hasn't been to.
* When Mrs. Pomp aggressively chases to a room the player is in, she is actually invisible until the player opens the door she is outside of.
* Mrs. Pomp stops moving if her classroom is somehow inaccessible.
* If the player is late to Mrs. Pomp's class and they hide in the mystery room, Mrs. Pomp will go to the mystery room. However, if the player opens the mystery door after the event is over, she will not pick them up, but try to wait until the player enters another room.
* Prior to V0.1.2, there was no quote when Mrs. Pomp spotted the player.
* Prior to V0.3, her timer was 4 minutes in all modes, except for the Grapple Challenge.
* Prior to V0.3.3, she would completely freeze the player in place during her anger outburst.
* There were some differences prior to V0.3.4:
	+ After Mrs. Pomp told the player to come to her classroom, she would walk instead of running back to her classroom.
	+ The player would freeze instead of being slowed down while being dragged by her.
	+ Mrs. Pomp would only remind the player once in a round.
	+ Mrs. Pomp would not open any locked standard door, she would just walk through them instead.
	+ Her captions would last longer. The stomping sound's caption lasted for about 0.6 seconds, but in V0.3.4 onward, it only lasts for 0.3 seconds.
	+ She would teleport the player and herself to the center of her classroom if the player entered the blue locker or were stuck somewhere while being dragged around for more than 10 seconds.
* Prior to V0.3.5, Mrs. Pomp would only freeze the player while she told them about her class.
* Prior to V0.3.5, Mrs. Pomp would immediately praise the player for joining her class in time if they are in her classroom. Since this version, she will praise them after she starts to move.

## Glitches

* Rarely, some audio such as sound from WD-NoSquee or Portal Poster will not play until Mrs. Pomp says how much time is left.
* In V0.3.2, when Mrs. Pomp started to walk toward her classroom, she would briefly walk the opposite direction before entering.
* Prior to V0.3.3, if Principal of the Thing sent the player to detention right after they opened a door while in any room and Mrs. Pomp did not catch the player before they got detention, they cannot move until Baldi catches them or the player quits the game. This is because Mrs. Pomp would freeze the player after they opened any door to the hallway, but they could only move after she dragged around them to her classroom.
* Since V0.3.3, if The Test is in the player's sight while Mrs. Pomp tries to pick the player up to her classroom, they will be stuck until The Test is out of their sight or when he blinds them.
* Prior to V0.3.5, the game would soft-lock if the player was in Mrs. Pomp's classroom while she tells them to join her class.
* In V0.3.5, if the player opens an advanced map or paused the game, then resumes the game while Mrs. Pomp told them about her class, she would freeze. Even if the player enters her classroom, no You Thought Points will be awarded and her timer will still remain.
* Prior to V0.3.6, when the timer was shown on the player's screen, it would still be visible when using the advanced map.

## Gallery

* Image files
* Screenshots
* Merchandise
* Others

Infuriated Mrs. Pomp when the player fails to visit her class in time.Mrs. Pomp's poster from the Principal's office.Ditto, but prior to *Baldi's Basics Plus* V0.3.5.

*Baldi's Basics Plus*
Mrs. Pomp in the hallway during the fog event.Mrs. Pomp's showcase as seen from an animated GIF from Basically, Games!'s Game Jolt post.A screenshot for a *Baldi's Basics Plus* update posted on December 2, 2020.

T-Shirts
Mrs. Pomp in the "Restart, Refresh" classic T-shirt.Ditto, but premium version.Mrs. Pomp in the "Sweepin' Time" classic T-shirt.Ditto, but premium version.
Hoodies
Mrs. Pomp in the "Restart, Refresh" pullover hoodie.Mrs. Pomp in the "Sweepin' Time" pullover hoodie.

Animated gif of Mrs. Pomp slowly distorting to form her angered expression.Mrs. Pomp's script in the #21 Status Update in Kickstarter.
## References

1. ↑ "*Well an awful new character design was rendering, but it was really slow because I had shadows on. Anim8or was open on my second monitor. Now, instead of the render preview gradually filling from the bottom of the screen, the whole thing just popped on screen at once.*" - mystman12. March 12, 2020. Twitter
2. ↑ "*Mrs. Pomp for sure. While testing, every time she spots me and starts running towards me I freak out a little bit!*" - Gmail
3. ↑ "*With all these #Nintendo #leaks happening, it makes me wonder... Can I leak my own content? Let's try it and see what happens! COUGH*" - mystman12. July 24, 2020. Twitter
4. ↑ "*As for the second, that was just an older design for her. After that render I pretty quickly decided I needed to change the proportions a bit and that's how I ended up with the final design!*" - Gmail
5. ↑ "*This is how I made the scream face lol, I used EbSynth!*" - mystman12. June 11, 2022. Twitter