The Bully

''He's big. He's strong. He's a total jerk.''

The one who torments kids in school (with their cohorts at their side) without end. They're larger in size and strength than most kids and no one can shake them except the Principal. Being unruly, the Bully is seen as a force to be reckoned with as they're often caught doing something bad, like smoking or beating up the Nerd or Geek for the 8.3 millionth time.

In 70s and 80s movies, the Bully is certainly a guy (excluding all occurrences of the Mean Girl) and repetitively picks on the Main throughout the film until he's been defeated in some way. The Main's Love may be on the Bully's side, but she isn't one of his chums. She may switch sides and be with the Main so she can be his girlfriend after the Bully's downfall (which may be the Main's display of his worthiness his Love whether intentional or not), but it's just about guaranteed The Good Guy Gets The Girl in some way, even if she ends up just being his friend.

Those who have the role as the Bully have varying reasons for why they are what they are. One reason is they want to keep a sense of power and authority over those smaller and weaker than them by being a feared figure throughout their school. Another is they share a household with an Evil Family that abuses them and their bad environment shaped them into a bad person.