Miss Trunchbull

Agatha Trunchbull
Matilda character
Pam Ferris as Ms Trunchbull in Matilda (1996).
First appearance	Matilda (1988)
Created by	Roald Dahl
Portrayed by	Pam Ferris (1996 film) Bertie Carvel (musical) Emma Thompson (2022 film)
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Occupation	School headmistress / principal
Family	Mrs. Honey (sister/step-sister) Jennifer Honey (niece/step-niece, disowned) Dr. Magnus Honey (brother-in-law/step-brother-in-law) (victim) Matilda Honey [formerly Wormwood] (adoptive step great-niece, disowned)
Nationality	British

Miss Agatha Trunchbull is the fictional headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School (or Elementary School), and the main antagonist in Roald Dahl's 1988 novel Matilda and its adaptations: the 1996 film Matilda (played by Pam Ferris), the 2011 musical, and the 2022 musical film adaptation (played by Emma Thompson). She is said to look "more like a rather eccentric and bloodthirsty follower of the stag-hounds than the headmistress of a nice school for children".^[1]

Miss Trunchbull is depicted as an unwholesome role model, a fierce tyrannical monster who "frightened the life out of pupils and teachers alike", notorious for her cruel and wildly idiosyncratic discipline, with trivial misdeeds (including simply wearing pigtails) incurring punishments up to potentially-fatal physical discipline.