Principal Bump

## Hieronymus Bump

* With Frewin
* Without Frewin
* Epilogue

“
What's this? Boscha got away with murder? I can't say I approve, but at least she's trying new things."
”

—Principal Bump

**Principal Hieronymus Bump** is a recurring character in *The Owl House*. He is the principal of Hexside School of Magic and Demonics, who is responsible for the care and maintenance of the facility as well as the safety, well-being, guidance, and discipline of the student body.

While he is of a stern and intimidating visage, Principal Bump takes his responsibilities toward his students seriously and genuinely cares for their success within and beyond Hexside.

## Appearance

### Body

Principal Bump is an older man, presumably due to the wrinkles surrounding his upper lip, with light-beige skin. He has long black hair, brown eyes but with his left eye sewn shut, and a scar runs down from his upper right scalp. Most of the time, his face is obscured by his palisman, an imp named Frewin. He also has the Abomination Coven sigil on his right forearm.

### Clothes

Bump wears a traditional academic dress consisting of a long black gown with a gold yoke, a black cape, gold trim at the sleeves and cape hem, plus a blue stole draped over his shoulders and black pointed shoes. He also has an orchid abomination coven sigil on the inside of his right wrist. Frewin, the palisman on his head, covers half of his face, giving him the appearance of being consumed by said palisman. With Frewin on him, Bump has Frewin's eyes, which appear teal with bright yellow sclera.

When he was vice-principal in the past, he had a sleeveless overcoat with blue sleeves and pants underneath. The sleeves were also trimmed gold.

In the epilogue of "Watching and Dreaming", Bump now wears an orange floral print shirt with rolled-up sleeves, brown pants, a grayish-brown apron with pruning tools in the front pocket and a flower patch with Hooty's face, a light blue gardening glove, and muddy blue boots.

## Personality

As an educator and the principal of Hexside, Bump is fixated on the progress and well-being of the student body. He has shown a strong interest in the achievements of his students and a drive to have them progress in their field of expertise, such as acknowledging Willow's love of plant-based magic and as such had her transferred to the plant magic track. Aside from being a good judge of character, Bump has also demonstrated a stern disciplinary and protective side of his character. Detention at Hexside consists of brainwashing the students into becoming nicer, and Principal Bump utilizes powerful magic to lock down the school if an intruder breaks in. Despite these aggressive traits, he is not without a level of reason. He listens to his students when they have misgivings or are suspicious of something out of the ordinary, or if they confess to any wrongdoing. In the latter part, Bump will accept the apology as long as the said student makes up for their past actions, such as having former Hexside student, Eda Clawthorne, clean up after all of her previous pranks and stunts, or having Gus renounce his position in the Human Appreciation Society.

Bump's approach to teaching can often be somewhat contradictory. While he is strict and adamant about rules being followed, insisting that Luz choose one track and stay with it, his method of choosing one for her when she can't decide is rather unorthodox, pointing to the banners depicting them and going: "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe." After the events of "The First Day", he decided to rethink the rules and let students learn multiple tracks, much to their delight. He is notably much more lax than his predecessor, Principal Faust.

## Abilities

### **Skillset**

* **Prowess in Battle:** Bump is a skilled fighter, being able to hold his own against a Coven Scout.

### **Unique Abilities**

* **Magic:** The full range of Principal Bump's magical abilities have not been largely explored or defined, although his spells have been shown to be refined and advanced.
	+ **Abomination magic:** Bump has shown advanced control of abominations, as he commanded them to capture Luz and Willow. "Escaping Expulsion" reveals that he is currently a member of the Abomination Coven.
	+ **Magic barrier:** While on school grounds, Bump can conjure up magical walls of red light that prevent intruders from escaping. These barriers can be conjured from seemingly any location inside the school and can expand through the entire premises. This ability is used for defense against intruders on school grounds and had been demonstrated in the episode "I Was a Teenage Abomination". However, this could also be a computer-like system in the school, since the magic is red while his isn't.
	+ **Telekinesis:** With a gesture of his index finger, Bump can encompass an object or a person within a green aura which permits them to levitate/lift off of the ground, or to relocate them in the immediate surroundings. Bump used this spell on Eda in the episode "Something Ventured, Someone Framed", and later did so with Luz in "The First Day".
	+ **Clothing switch:** With a gesture, he can surround a subject with golden magical rings and switch the subject's clothing with a Hexside uniform; he does this with Luz three times in "The First Day".

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## Trivia

* Judging by the magenta sleeves on Principal Bump's Hexside student uniform in "Adventures in the Elements", his control of abomination magic, and the seal on his arm seen in "Escaping Expulsion", he was originally a part of the abomination track, and is currently a part of the Abomination coven.
	+ He is, so far, the only character who has the coven sigil on his left wrist rather than his right.
		- For some reason though, his sigil is shown on his right wrist in "For the Future".
* Hieronymus Bump was a student at Hexside when it conquered and destroyed the school previously occupying that site.
* When the greater basilisk attacked the school in "The First Day", Bump complained he had "only three hundred years until retirement" as the monster drained his magic. While this suggested that he could live for that long, Dana Terrace later stated this was intended to be a joke.
* It was confirmed by Terrace in a Reddit AMA that the imp on Principal Bump's head is named "Frewin" and that he has a purpose.
	+ In "Hunting Palismen", Frewin was revealed to be Bump's palisman, and he helps him see better through his own eyes.
* In a photograph shown in "Any Sport in a Storm", it is revealed that Bump used to play flyer derby when he was younger.

## References

1. ↑ Drawing Cartoons to Save Democracy (September 16, 2020). Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
2. ↑ Dana Terrace's AMA. Reddit (September 2, 2020). “His name is Frewin and he has a purpose but that's all I'll say for now.”