Jimmy Hopkins
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This is a list of Characters in Bully. 1 Main Characters 2 Bullies 3 Preppies 4 Greasers 5 Nerds 6 Jocks 7 Townies 8 Non-Clique Students 9 Little Kids 10 Prefects 11 Bullworth Academy Staff 12 Townsfolk 13 Shopkeepers 14 Police Officers 15 Orderlies 16 Carnival Folk 17 Others 18 Deleted characters. Bully is an action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective.The game's single-player mode has the player control a high school student—teenage rebel, James 'Jimmy' Hopkins. Bully, also known as Canis Canem Edit, is a third person action-adventure video game released by Rockstar Vancouver for the Playstation 2 on October 17, 2006 in the United States, and October 25, 2006 in the United Kingdom. An Xbox version was planned but was cancelled for undisclosed reasons. The game was re-released as Bully: Scholarship Edition on March 4, 2008 for the Xbox 360 and October. When playing Bully for the PC the game will randomly freeze or crashTo resolve the issue please complete the following steps:Launch Msconfig (StartRunMsconfig)Click on the Boot tab. Choose Advanced Options.Change the Maximum Memory setting to something less than 2000 megabytes. 1500 is a good beginning pointRestart your computer and launch the game.If you're using XP and seeing.

In the game Bully, the player-character Jimmy Hopkins can romance non-player characters. Some of these optional romances are part of specific in-game plot lines, all of which are with female characters in specific cliques. In these cases, Jimmy has to do specific things to earn the girls’ affection (a list can be found here).

In addition to these pairings, after passing his first art class, Jimmy can kiss any female students if he gives them the right gift (though this page says he can only kiss non-clique girls, and this page says he can kiss any girls in his age group). There are eight girls he can kiss. Kissing results in a health bonus for Jimmy, and the more art classes he passes, the more of a kissing bonus he gets. Billy cannot kiss any of the younger girls in the game, and the only adult he can potentially kiss is Mrs. Lisburn after he runs an errand for her.

In addition, Billy can also kiss one boy from each clique in the game, 6 in total. Players can do this by talking to the boys until the “thumbs up” button turns into a bouquet (allowing Jimmy to give the boy flowers), and then lips. The character pages for all of these NPCs on this wiki indicate that they are all bisexual but the reason for that assertion are not always given.

Kissable boys (clique):

Cornelius
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Vance
Image credit: http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Vance_Medici?file=Vance.png

Trent
Image credit: http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Trent_Northwick?file=Trent.png

Gord
Image credit: http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Gord_Vendome?file=Gord.png

Kirby
Image credit: http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Kirby_Olsen?file=Kirby.png

Duncan
Image credit: http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Duncan?file=Duncan.png

Comic store owner Zack Owens (He is available only if added to free roam via hex editing, though the kissing animation is reportedly the same as that for the female NPC Eunice Pound and the ability to kiss him might be a bug from the fact that he is “rigged to the same skeleton” as Eunice).

Zack
Image credit: http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Zack_Owens?file=Comic_store_owner.jpg

A video showing all of these same-sex romance options (except for Zack) appears below:

In the XBox 360 version of the game, players can get the “Over the Rainbow” achievement if they kiss the 6 main male NPCs 20 times.

Citations:

1. AFDragon. (2012, August 18). Bully Scholarship Edition – Kissing Boys. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovtw1kyKcRE
2. Cornelius Johnson. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Cornelius_Johnson
3. Couples and relations in Bully. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Couples_and_relations_in_Bully
4. Doop. (n.d.). Top 10 LGBT Video Game Characters: #3 – Jimmy Hopkins. Gay-Nerds.com. http://gay-nerds.com/site/videogames/top-10-lgbt-video-game-characters-3-jimmy-hopkins
5. Duncan. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Duncan
6. Frute Brute. (2006, October 26). How to Kiss Boys in Bully 101. GayGamer.net. Retrieved from http://gaygamer.net/2006/10/how_to_kiss_boys_in_bully_101.html
7. Gay Option. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GayOption
8. Gord Vendome. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Gord_Vendome
9. Hester, L. (June 8, 2013). The Coolest LGBT Video Game Characters Ever. Complex. Retrieved from http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/06/the-coolest-lgbt-video-game-characters-ever
10. Kissing. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Kissing
11. Kirby Olsen. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Kirby_Olsen
12. LGBT characters in video games. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_characters_in_video_games
13. Lumpkin, B. (2007, April 12). Gay Gamers Push For More Player Choice, Like Same-Sex Smooching in ‘Bully.’ MTV.com. http://www.mtv.com/news/1557022/gay-gamers-push-for-more-player-choice-like-same-sex-smooching-in-bully/
14. Ochalla, B. (2006, December 8). Boy on Boy Action- Is Gay Content On the Rise? Gamasutra. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130180/boy_on_boy_action__is_gay_content_.php
15. Over The Rainbow. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.xboxachievements.com/game/bully-scholarship-edition/achievement/13570-OVER-THE-RAINBOW.html
16. Reuters. (October 31, 2006). ‘Bully’ Video Game Features Boys Fighting — and Kissing. FoxNews. http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/10/31/bully-video-game-features-boys-fighting-151-and-kissing
17. Sinclair, B. (October 23, 2006). Bully’s boy-on-boy scenes causing a stir. Gamespot. Retrieved from http://www.gamespot.com/articles/bullys-boy-on-boy-scenes-causing-a-stir/1100-6160340
18. Towle, A. (October 24, 2006). Rockstar’s Bully Displays Homosexual Tendencies. Retrieved from http://www.towleroad.com/2006/10/bully.html
19. Trent Northwick. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Trent_Northwick
20. Vance Medici. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Vance_Medici
21. Zack Owens. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://bully.wikia.com/wiki/Zack_Owens

Bully could be compared to the likes of the Grand Theft Auto series if it took place in a high school, as opposed to a dangerous city. Players would take on the role of protagonist and troublemaker Jimmy Hopkins as he gets dropped off by his mother at Bullworth Academy, the primary location of the game's setting. Throughout the course of the school year, the player will befriend different cliques, learn skills from different classes, and ultimately save the school from the true bully. At the time, the game was well-received by critics and fans, and a later remaster was released for Xbox 360.

Despite Jack Thompson's attempt at disallowing Bully from being shipped and sold in Florida in 2006, the ruling judge saw nothing inherently wrong with the game when he was presented with it. Though the Judge in question stated he wouldn't want his kids playing the Teen rated game, he compared Bully to late-night TV and saw nothing wrong with shipping it. Despite this ruling, Bully was banned in Brazil in 2008 before it officially released in 2016, adding to the controversy the legacy of the game has.

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Why We Haven't Seen a Bully Sequel

Originally developed by Rockstar Vancouver, Bully became an instant hit with fans of the Grand Theft Auto and other Rockstar games. Because of its fresh take on the open-world genre, fans were hoping to see a sequel, but it never came to be. Bully: Scholarship Edition was the remaster of the PS2 version and released on the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii with more classes to attend, improved graphics, eight new missions, new unlockable clothing, and a two-player minigame multiplayer mode. Despite the vast improvements over the original, the PC port was received poorly due to multiple crashing issues, poor controls, and an FPS cap of 30.

After work on Bully, Rockstar Vancouver collaborated with other Rockstar studios to create Max Payne 3 which was released in 2012. After this, Rockstar Vancouver was merged with Rockstar Toronto and renamed Rockstar Games Toronto. During this time, the Canadian studio helped work on Grand Theft Auto 5 and eventually ported it to PC. Rockstar Games Toronto has done a lot of porting in its past, so it's no surprise to see them used for their experience to create top-quality ports. Some of the ports they've done are Grand Theft Auto 4 for PC, Manhunt 2 for Nintendo Wii, and Max Payne for the PS2 and Xbox.

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After work on Grand Theft Auto 5, Rockstar Games Toronto helped develop Red Dead Redemption 2 for its 2018 release. It seems possible that the Canadian studio is too busy collaborating with other Rockstar Studios to work on any new entry into the Bully series. If this is true, it's a real shame, because the Bully series is one of the more unique iterations of the GTA-like formula. For the 10th year anniversary of Bully, fans were rewarded with a port of the game to Android and iOS. It isn't the best outcome fans were hoping for, but perhaps Bully will see the light of day someday.

Possibility For Bully 2 in the Future?

Myths In Bully

Even though it's been over a decade since the last iteration of a Bully game in its remaster, Rockstar hasn't seemed to have forgotten about the series. Still, a Bully sequel isn't out of the realm of possibility just yet. Though gone are the days where Rockstar Games has put out multiple great games on one console generation, now it seems like Rockstar Games is focused on one major AAA release per console. Red Dead Redemption 2 was built for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and while it is very possible Rockstar's next game could also be available on those consoles, it's more likely their next game will be designed for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in mind.

There were rumors circulating that a Bully sequel had been scrapped a number of times, first in 2010 and then later on in 2013. Then a credible Rockstsar leaker Tex2 suggested Bully 2 may have been in development upwards of 2015 before the studio possibly had to help develop Red Dead Redemption 2. Though this doesn't change anything now, the worst-case scenario for Bully fans is to wait until 2026, and hope that Rockstar will do something for the game's 20th anniversary.

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What Could Bully 2 Look Like?

If fans of the series were rewarded with a sequel, what could that sequel possibly look like? It's been almost 15 years since Bully was released, and Rockstar has made many improvements to its open-world formula. The map that players can explore in Bully was smaller than Grand Theft Auto 3's, clocking in at a around five square kilometers. Though despite the small sandbox size, Bully still had a lot of activities to do, mainly within Bullworth Academy.

Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 both have massive game worlds, and if even a fraction of their size was represented in Bully 2, it would expand on the original Bully by a lot. If players play as a youngster once again in the hypothetical sequel, what could they do with so much space? Perhaps a rival school in a different part of town could be interesting. This would add a whole new layer to the dynamic of the story, akin to the rivalry between the kids from Springfield and Shelbyville Elementary in The Simpsons.

It would be expected that a Bully sequel would include classes with minigames for players to take part in, with troublesome antics between classes and activities. One important aspect of Bully was quickly getting reprimanded for bullying, and that would probably make a return. A player management system could appear as a game mechanic, where the main character needs to manage levels of Strength, Coolness factor, and Weight based on what they decide to eat. This was seen in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and could add a new layer of depth to the gameplay.

The possibilities with a Bully sequel seem endless, now that Rockstar has defined their formula for how their open-world games play out. They could have a lot of fun with a new entry into the Bully series, but only time will tell. Perhaps some news before the game's 20th anniversary in 2026 wouldn't be too much of a stretch.

Bully 2 was rumored to be in development.

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