



However, the Greasers turn on Jimmy after he is forced to make amends with the Preppies by vandalizing the Greasers’ territory, and Gary tips Johnny off on Jimmy’s growing closeness with Lola. In the winter, Jimmy is approached by the Greasers’ leader, Johnny Vincent (Rocco Rosanio), to help expose an affair between his girlfriend Lola Lombardi (Phoebe Strole) and Gord Vendome (Drew Gehling), a member of the Preppies. In response, Jimmy wins a boxing tournament hosted by the Preppies’ leader, Derby Harrington (John Lavelle), and, when the Preppies still refuse to recognize his superiority, he resorts to beating them and declaring himself the new leader. He begins with the Preppies, but just as he begins to win them over, Gary tricks them into turning against him.

Over the following months, Jimmy, aided by Petey, works to take over the other cliques in an attempt to restore peace to Bullworth. Jimmy beats Russell and forces him to stop picking on his fellow students, earning the Bullies’ respect. However, an increasingly paranoid Gary eventually betrays Jimmy by pitting him against Russell Northrop (Cody Melton), the leader of the Bullies, in an underground fight. Initially, the two boys work together to try and assert their dominance over the cliques by playing pranks, while occasionally fending off the Bullies and gaining favour with the Nerds. He is soon befriended by senior Gary Smith (Peter Vack) and freshman Peter “Petey” Kowalski (Matt Bush), and the former introduces him to Bullworth’s various “cliques”: the Bullies, Nerds, Preppies, Greasers, and Jocks. Crabblesnitch (Ralph Gunderman), who urges him to “keep his nose clean”. After being dropped off at Bullworth Academy, Jimmy Hopkins (Gerry Rosenthal) meets with the school principal Dr.
