Mr. Bolhofner is a recurring character in The Loud House. He was introduced as the math teacher at Royal Woods Middle School and is now the homeroom teacher of Lincoln, Girl Jordan, Emma and Chandler.
Biography[]
Prior to the series' events, Mr. Bolhofner 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. Also, he has switched levels from being a seventh grade teacher to a sixth grade teacher and switched classrooms.
He is first seen in "Middle Men" when Lincoln Loud and Clyde McBrideattend his class as part of their middle school orientation. When Lincoln and Clyde take Byron and Cici's 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 teaching his class in a wooden trailer that is poorly air-conditioned, where he has Lincoln and Chandler McCannas two of his students (due to Principal Ramirez doesn't work out for Lincoln to assigned to Mrs. Salter's class with his friends because there's no room left). In addition, he has bad breath from the food he eats and owns a pet piranha named Hank. Once Lincoln returns to Royal Woods Middle School from Mapleton, Ontario, he persuades Mr. Bolhofner to turn down the thermostat a bit. To his classmates' surprise, Mr. Bolhofner obliges, saying nobody ever asked him to do that before.
In "Kernel of Truth", as part of Lincoln and friends attempting to revive the school's news program, Stella interviews Mr. Bolhofner about his birthday and suspected that he was in his 60s. Mr. Bolhofner angrily replies that he is 34 and slams the door. 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 Loud 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 telling him to considers both of them even for this morning's incident. He also advises Lincoln to tell his mom that he says hi.
In "Flying Solo", Mr. Bolhofner becomes the head of the school's home-economics club, which Stella, Rusty, and Zach joined, 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 oves 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.
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, green trousers, with a black belt buckled in, and brown shoes.
In Season 5, he now has a sloppy appearance where is now sporting facial hair, 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.
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!".
- This is contradicted by "Loud House Super Sports Special", which instead claims that he worked at Royal Woods Middle School for 10 years.
- According to Lynn in "Schooled!", Mr. Bolhofner's breath reeks of sardines with a hint of onions and farts.
- So far Mr. Bolhofner and Ms. Allegra are the only known teachers of more than one Loud siblings. Lynn and Lincoln for the former, Lisa with Lola and Lana for the latter.
- Since "Schooled!" his students in his class are:
- Lincoln Loud
- Chandler McCann
- Girl Jordan
- Rachel
- Emma
- Dirk
- Unnamed girl
- 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.