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Mr. Bolhofner is a recurring character in The Loud House. He was introduced as the 8th-grade math teacher at Royal Woods Middle School and is now the homeroom teacher of Lincoln, Girl Jordan, Emma and Chandler.

Biography[]

In "For Sale by Loner", he claims his father was a strict coach for him about wrestling at high school. The son's sport efforts was never good enough for the father, what caused the former to hate sports.

In "The Orchid Grief", he claims that when he was living in a pineapple field in Hawaii, he fell in love with someone named Terry.

In "Schooled!", it is revealed in his early life that he spent 15 years in the military. During that time, he also spent two months stranded inside a volcano eating lizards and his only tool being a pumice stone.

Mr. Bolhofner is first seen in "Middle Men" when Lincoln and Clyde attend his class as part of their middle school orientation. When Lincoln and Clyde take Byron and Cici's seats where they state that there are assigned seats in this class, Mr. Bolhofner scolds Byron and Cici for not being in their seats and gives them zeros.

In "Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow", Mr. Bolhofner allows Margo Roberts a free pass out of a quiz for her victory over the Beaverton Bees which his ex-wife is the assistant coach of.

In "Schooled!", Mr. Bolhofner is now a sixth grade teacher and teaches his class in a wooden trailer that is poorly air-conditioned, where he has Lincoln and Chandler as two of his students. In addition, he has bad breath from the food he eats and owns a pet piranha named Hank. After Chandler kicked Lincoln's chair which interrupted his teaching, Mr. Bolhofner punished Lincoln by having him join him for lunch. When Lynn locked Lincoln in the locker and had to explain to him why he was late, Mr. Bolhofner didn't care about that and punished him by having him join him for another lunch which got extended to a week when he asked if he can talk to the principal. Due to Chandler tampering with Lincoln's desk, Mr. Bolhofner had him sit in a loaner from the elementary school and sit near Hank. He only allowed Lincoln to go to the nurse's office after Hank bit him, but asked Lincoln to give Hank his tooth back on his way out. He does as Lincoln used this plan to gain an audience with Principal Ramirez. Once Lincoln returns to Royal Woods Middle School from Mapleton, Ontario, he persuades Mr. Bolhofner to turn down the thermostat. Mr. Bolhofner starts to get angry at first, but ends up turning down the thermostat from the low 90s to the low 80s, remarking that nobody had asked him to do that before. This caused most of the students to rejoice.

In "Kernel of Truth", Stella interviews Mr. Bolhofner about his birthday and suspected that he was in his 60s. Mr. Bolhofner angrily states that he is 34 and slams the door to his wooden trailer. Afterwards, Principal Ramirez later states to Lincoln and his friends during her feedback of their revived news program that Mr. Bolhofner is suing the school.

In "No Bus No Fuss", Rita accidentally pulls Vanzilla out in front of Mr. Bolhofner's car which angers him causing Lincoln to duck out of sight. While in the cafeteria, Mr. Bolhofner cuts in front of Lincoln in retaliation and says, "See how it feels, Loud? Tell your mother I said hi."

In "Flying Solo", Mr. Bolhofner becomes the head of the home-ec club which Stella, Rusty, and Zach join hoping to make cookies. After mentioning that he once survived in the Amazon Rainforest, Mr. Bolhofner states that they will be making cricket cheesecakes. Mr. Budden later contracted the home-ec club to make the outfits for the glee club. For Lincoln and Clyde, they got survivalist-type outfits that were the ideas of Zach and Mr. Bolhofner as both of them give each other the thumbs up.

"Rumor Has It" marks his first major role. In the episode, Mr. Bolhofner drives Lincoln and his friends, who are already terrified that he is coming on the trip overseen by Mrs. Salter and are believing rumors about Mr. Bolhofner's shady past, to a field trip on his van, though the trip is cancelled when he gets a text from Mrs. Salter that the school bus got stuck in Flippee Syrup. He tries to drive back to the school, though a tire on his van pops. He is forced to take the kids into his run-down and creepy cabin for the night. Throughout the night, the kids try to escape, eventually locking him in a cellar, though the moment they finally do, they are cornered by a dead end. Mr. Bolhofner, who has escaped from the cellar, fights with the bear that was coming near them, causing it to run off into the woods, scared. Mr. Bolhofner sees the true reasoning behind the kids' wanting to escape, and sees himself outside so they don't have to worry about "Skullhofner". The kids feel bad, though they make it up by presenting the video of him wrestling the bear, dubbing him "Coolhofner" to the students and Mrs. Salter. Touched, he thanks Lincoln and his friends for showing that he, despite having a rough exterior, is a cool and loyal man on the inside.

In "For Sale by Loner", Mr. Grouse moved next to Mr. Bolhofner's house in the wild and tried to befriend him as new neighbor, but Mr. Bolhofner was too much stubborn to make it happened. After many antics of Mr. Grouse, Mr. Bolhofner got frustrated and told him to leave, because he disturbs his peace and quiet. The side-effect also left a hole in Mr. Bolhofner's roof.

In "Frame on You", a flashback to one of his home-ec classes had him giving Girl Jordan a failing grade after Rusty's breakdancing caused her sponge cake to collapse. In the present, it was mentioned by one of the students to the Action News Team that Mr. Bolhofner had some students in the bathroom teaching them how to wrestle a bobcat. When the bobcat gets loose during Principal Ramirez' announcement, the Action News Team sees the bobcat before it is attacked by Mr. Bolhofner.

In "Musical Chairs", Lincoln gets fed up with Chandler kicking him and getting him into trouble with Mr. Bolhofner. He attempts to butter up Mr. Bolhofner to change seats in class. While initially annoyed by his student's attempts to butter him up with results like feeding Hank meat when he should be on a vegan diet, bringing honey into the woods which attracts a bear, and accidentally setting off the sprinklers when teaching his friends how to handle a campfire, Bolhofner joins The Doo Dads on Lincoln's request after seeing him bang a bass drum. While Lincoln gets the perks of a new seat, Bolhofner turns out to be a terrible bandmate to the Doo Dads, as he has them ditch their original name, change into a death metal genre and renaming them as the "Raging Bolhofners". Seeing this, Lincoln fires Mr. Bolhofner from the Doo Dads. After doing some thinking at a Brazilian jiu-jitsu class later, Bolhofner surprises Lincoln the next day by telling him that he won't be sitting near Chandler which also surprised Chandler. He states that he is grateful at Lincoln for apparently teaching him how to be nice to others. He proceeds over his seat nonetheless. The new seat is complete with an eject button, which was tested on an unsuspecting Chandler who is sent flying toward Hank's tank.

In "All the Rage", Mr. Bolhofner works as a substitute gym teacher for the gym class that Lincoln and his friends are in while Coach Keck was away at a gym teacher convention and has them play dodgeball. After one of Clyde's rage-induced dodgeball victories for Lincoln's team, Mr. Bolhofner talks to Lincoln about it and states that he knows a dodgeball team from Norway that would make good opponents for Clyde. Due to Coach Keck being stuck at the gym teacher convention, Mr. Bolhofner continues as a substitute teacher and has Lincoln's team go up against the 8th Graders. When Clyde taps into his rage when someone litters, Mr. Bolhofner watches him defeat the 8th Grades. He later tells the kids that the dodgeball team from Norway has arrived causing Rusty to litter so that Clyde can defeat them.

In "Sofa, So Good", Mr. Bolhofner purchased the Loud family's coffee table from Flip. While he was shredding stuff in his woodchipper, Lincoln and Lynn had to sneak the coffee table away without him seeing them.

In "Driver's Dread", Mr. Bolhofner is revealed to run his own driving class. He attempts to teach Leni how to drive, but a combination of his strict trial-by-fire demeanor and her fears about driving results in her crashing his car into a tree.

In the short "Super Switcheroo-niverse", Lincoln was revealed to have told his Muscle Fish story in Mr. Bolhofner's class trailer. He was angered at the fact that Lincoln didn't do his report on tectonic plates as Lincoln tries to give him an explanation. Mr. Bolhofner rants that he should have the power to send him back to kindergarten and shouts for someone to turn the music in the background off. Both Muscle Fish watch from the window and state that Mr. Bolhofner is too extreme.

In "The Orchid Grief", Mr. Bolhofner is shown to be the captain of a swamp cruise for elderly people and is shown to have lost his toe and lived on an island with an old love interest named Terry.

In "Snow News Day", Mr. Bolhofner was hired by Mayor Davis to catch the Abominable Snowman after it's exposure by the Action News Team with Katherine Mulligan filming the expedition. There is also a mentioning that Mr. Bolhofner lost a toe on his other foot when the previously-mentioned fact of losing a toe on one foot was brought up. Unbeknownst to him and Katherine, the Abominable Snowman in question is actually Liam's long-lost sheep Roxanne whose wool was overgrown and was trained to walk on two legs. While one half of the Action News Team went to go look for Roxanne, the other half worked to stall Mr. Bolhofner as long as possible. When it came to a confrontation at a pond, Liam proved that Roxanne is who he claims to be by sheering her overgrown wool. Katherine Mulligan led the forgiveness for the mistaken identity. When Mr. Bolhofner offered to show the foot in question, Katherine orders her camera operator to stop filming.

In "Lynn and Order", Mr. Bolhofner exits Principal Ramirez' office after he received a new collar for his bobcat Rocket. When Rocket got out of Mr. Bolhofner's car when they were having lunch, he chased after Chef Pat due to the tuna that was spilled on it's apron. Upon Rocket being calmed by Liam following Lynn's attempt to take subdue Rocket, Mr. Bolhofner caught up to them while looking for Rocket and notes that he should not have taught him how to open the car window.

In "The Hurt Lockers", Mr. Bolhofner was shown to have become a victim of the sinkhole that opened up in one of the hallways.

In "Tough Guise", he sends Zach to detention for tackling him and mistaking him for being possessed by an alien.

Personality[]

Having spent 15 years in the military, Mr. Bolhofner treats his students as soldier or recruits. He also got used to food found in wilderness like bugs.

He is a very strict teacher, who demands a lot from his students and punishes them for minor misdeeds like not being in their assigned seats during his classes. He also expects kids to be on time for class, lest they are hit with detention, as seen in "Rumor Has It". When he has an issue with an adult, he will exact revenge on their children like in "No Bus No Fuss".

However, he has also a cool side, as he allows successful athletic students to pass without quizzes. He is willing to change things that do not bother him like turning down the temperature in his class when Lincoln asked politely. This cool side is also seen in "Rumor Has It" where he saves Lincoln and his friends from an angry bear; seeing Lincoln and his friends prove to everyone that he isn't what he seems to be based on false rumors, he is grateful and accepts the nickname "Coolhofner".

Despite his short temper and strictness, he's sensitive about students and teachers spreading bad rumors about him like being an escaped convict, a cannibal, or a gangster.

Appearance[]

He is a tall, dark tan-skinned man. He has dark greasy hair, two thick black eyebrows, and a black mustache. He wears a light yellow polo shirt, with a green stripe across it (orange in The Really Loud House), green trousers, with a black belt buckled in, and brown shoes.

From Season 5, his general appearance is far more sloppy. He has stubble, his hair is much messier, his shirt is stained, and his pants now have a patch on it, in addition to his shoes tops being taller, resulting in them sticking out of his pants.

In The Really Loud House, Mr. Bolhofner looks less sloppy and wears boots.

Trivia[]

  • Since he was 33 years old when he claims to have spent 15 years in the military, Mr. Bolhofner probably got recruited when he was 17 (with parental consent) or 18 (without parental consent), as it's minimum age for enlistment in the United States military. It also means that he has worked as teacher at Royal Woods Middle School for about a year prior to "Schooled!".
  • According to Lynn in "Schooled!", Mr. Bolhofner's breath reeks of sardines with a hint of onions and farts.
  • He and Ms. Allegra are the only known teachers of more than one Loud sibling. Mr. Bolhofner has taught Lynn and Lincoln (plus Leni via driver's education), while Ms. Allegra has taught the twins and Lisa.
  • Since "Schooled!" his students in his class are:
  • In "Rumor Has It", it is revealed that:
    • He has a hut in the woods.
    • He likes watching moves, playing video games, and hunting.
    • He knows how to dance.
    • He is strong/skilled enough to defeat an adult bear with his bare hands.
  • The episode "For Sale by Loner" also reveals more information about him:
    • He hates sports because of his over-demanding coach father.
    • Puzzles stress him out and talking even more.
    • He lives in wilderness, because he wants peace and quiet so badly.
  • In "Musical Chairs", it is revealed that:
    • He has an interest in playing the bass drum.
    • He once wrote a survival guide called Survival: Bolhofner's Guide to the Wild.
    • He practices Brazillian Ju-Jitsu.
  • In "Back to School Special", he claims he once got stuck up Mt. Everest with only a boot and a carton of milk.
  • "The Orchid Grief" reveals that he once lost his right hallux, and that he was once in love while living on an island.
  • Up until "The Banana Split Decision", he has had no clue that there are eleven Loud siblings outside of Lincoln, Lynn, and Leni.
  • "Snow News Day" reveals that one of the toes on his left foot froze off, leaving him with only eight toes in total.
  • "Sibling Rivalry" reveals that he considers it a "code red" when Hank is unaccounted for.
  • He, Lola, Lana, Lori, Luna, Lisa, Lincoln, Lucy, Rita, Lynn Sr., Chandler, Myrtle, Gayle, Par and Hector are so far the only characters to have a birthday celebrated in an episode.
  • "Tough Guise" reveals that he takes a swim in the gym pool once a day.


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