TV-Series
Description
Samantha Badcock, commonly known as Professor Badcock, is a faculty member at Luna Nova Academy in the anime Little Witch Academia. She serves as assistant principal of the school while also teaching Magic Numerology and Culinary Magic. She is an older witch of short stature, with turquoise hair worn tipped to one side in a perpetually disheveled style, rectangular glasses, and the standard Luna Nova faculty uniform with a green cloak.
In terms of personality, she is a diminutive and distracted person, often forgetful to the point of overlooking essential parts of her own lessons. She is also extremely frugal and worries constantly about the school's finances, reacting with visible discomfort to any expense. Her penny-pinching habits extend to her personal life, as she refuses to buy any food other than potatoes, much to the dismay of students such as Akko. Despite this tightfistedness, she has a private indulgent side: she is a devoted fan of the Night Fall novel series, a passion she keeps secret and pursues through the online alias GreatBen810.
Her main motivation is the welfare and financial stability of Luna Nova Academy. As assistant principal, she monitors the school's budget closely and emphasizes efficiency in her teaching, and her practical concerns influence many of her decisions. In her administrative role, she takes part in discussions with other faculty members about important school matters, consulting with colleagues such as Finnelan, Holbrooke, Lukić, and Nelson on events like the Wild Hunt.
As a witch, she possesses solid magical knowledge. Like other teachers at the academy, she can use her wand to project interactive images and scenes into the air for instructional purposes. Her Magic Numerology classes, however, are considered boring by many students, and on one occasion she makes an error in the middle of a lecture about the universe that the student Diana has to correct.
Her development in the story comes through small revealing moments. Her secret enthusiasm for the Night Fall novels quietly connects her with students who share the same interest, while her frugality, forgetfulness, and financial anxiety provide recurring comic situations. Overall, she represents the financially strained and slightly eccentric side of Luna Nova's faculty, balancing her duties as an administrator and teacher with her hidden personal quirks.
In terms of personality, she is a diminutive and distracted person, often forgetful to the point of overlooking essential parts of her own lessons. She is also extremely frugal and worries constantly about the school's finances, reacting with visible discomfort to any expense. Her penny-pinching habits extend to her personal life, as she refuses to buy any food other than potatoes, much to the dismay of students such as Akko. Despite this tightfistedness, she has a private indulgent side: she is a devoted fan of the Night Fall novel series, a passion she keeps secret and pursues through the online alias GreatBen810.
Her main motivation is the welfare and financial stability of Luna Nova Academy. As assistant principal, she monitors the school's budget closely and emphasizes efficiency in her teaching, and her practical concerns influence many of her decisions. In her administrative role, she takes part in discussions with other faculty members about important school matters, consulting with colleagues such as Finnelan, Holbrooke, Lukić, and Nelson on events like the Wild Hunt.
As a witch, she possesses solid magical knowledge. Like other teachers at the academy, she can use her wand to project interactive images and scenes into the air for instructional purposes. Her Magic Numerology classes, however, are considered boring by many students, and on one occasion she makes an error in the middle of a lecture about the universe that the student Diana has to correct.
Her development in the story comes through small revealing moments. Her secret enthusiasm for the Night Fall novels quietly connects her with students who share the same interest, while her frugality, forgetfulness, and financial anxiety provide recurring comic situations. Overall, she represents the financially strained and slightly eccentric side of Luna Nova's faculty, balancing her duties as an administrator and teacher with her hidden personal quirks.