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— Are you hiring someone who's lazy and unmotivated?
Principal Tater asking Mr. Centaur for a job, describing himself.

George Tater, most known as Principal Tater or just Tater, is a character and the main antagonist of Mr. Young. He is the Principal of Finnegan High School, though he is often declared incompetent in some episodes.

He is primarily portrayed by Milo Shandel, who also portrays his younger and teen self. Owen Peacock portrays a tween version of him, Dakota Hutchinson portrays his child self, Jacob Tremblay portrays a kid version of him, and Jada Daniels portrayed his baby version.

Description

He is the self-centred, unintelligent principal at Finnegan High School. He is bald, which is a constant matter of teasing, such as when Ivy is acting as a texting-comic and texts that "You can see the glare from space." as well as with Adam's mom.

Background

He was the school's mascot in his High school days, that is to say that he was and is the Finnegan Fryer, which is a chicken in a KFC-style "cardboard" bucket one day Rachel Young glued his Chicken Head causing it to get stuck making him losing his hair. He is shown to be very doubtful about Adam Young's abilities as a teacher at various points through the series. He is also shown to have an odd relationship with his co-workers, Ms. Byrne and Dang. He believes he is attractive, but people in the school beg to differ. It is implied in Mr. Witness that he has an IQ lower than the average (only scoring in the 15th percentile, according to the Stanford-Binet IQ test), and apparently believing it means "genius", while compared to Adam, the real genius, who scored in the 99.9th percentile of the Stanford-Binet IQ test. He also cross-dresses in episodes such as Mr. Talent, Mr. Spring Break, Mr. Discovery, and Mr. Candy, mostly because he is unable to tell clothes for men from clothes for women. He also collects membership cards, he even became a member of the ISTH (International Society of Tater Haters). He would also try to make a bad excuse just to get out of a bad situation, such as forgetting to pay bills. (Mr. 1812)

Personality

Mr Tater, is often portrayed as uncaring and uninterested in the students of his school, and would usually ignore their needs, for instance he once leaves several trapped in a locker, and in Mr. Elephant the "suggestion box" being a paper shredder. He constantly worries about other school things such as staffing or budget, however he commonly misuses it, for instance using the construction budget to build a statue for himself. He has also done many antagonistic things, such as importing Tasmanian devil meat, because it's cheaper, and ruining several students' futures. Despite this he is usually friendly. He is also a very gullible person, such as in Mr. Scooter, where Derby pranked him by pretending to be his "long-lost uncle". He is also believed to kill some of the students with "gruel substitute", which was in fact, shredded newspaper, and he reads an article where the ink is poisonous, but doesn't seem to mind. Mr. Tater is also often portrayed as something of a coward, and is easily frightened. He also has a habit of exploiting things to his own gain, or at least trying to, such as in Mr. 1812, where the school's backup generator is used only to power his own selfish and lazy needs (he has so many lamps in the room, so many electric fans, a stove, and a massage chair). He is also described and shown to be somewhat dim and acts before he even thinks as shown in Mr. Shakespeare, where he casts Mr. Young for the drama club rather than the science club, just by using a "great deal of consideration", which in fact was just a wheel, resulting in Mrs. Byrne leading the science club. He is highly incapable at his job, even admitting in Mr. Candidate, that as long as he was Principal "all (the schools) problems aren't going anywhere." He also attempted to humiliate and kill Mr. Young in Mr. Alligator, by writing in his future career as "alligator wrestler", and by "telling on" Adam by showing everyone what his science class did to his face (a huge magnifying glass was shining towards his face). In the same episode, he is shown to have a "weekly" staff meeting every five years.

While he owns administrative skills as a Principal, his laziness makes him avoid using it when he is supposed too, such as when Ivy and Dang were about to have a jousting match in the school hall, he just looked and left them, not even trying to stop them even once. Another example of his laziness is when Derby told him to rip off one of his business cards, he decided not to as he had to do it himself, even stating he was lazy and unmotivated.

Apparently, he believes that a scooter can be fixed with school glue.

Similar to Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants, he is also very cheap, as shown in Mr. Scooter, where he is shown to be reluctant to buy Adam science equipment for his class, and forces Adam to use "ancient" materials. This is actually a by-product of his selfishness, as he uses the school's money for ridiculous things he likes instead of the school's requirements.

As frequently mentioned, he still refers to his mom as "mommy", and is stated by Slab to still live with his mom.

In a bonus clip from Decksi, he is shown to be able to pass through health inspections by sending in samples of food from the rival high school, Western High School, while the "burgers" sold consist of chalkboard erasers and a cardboard "patty", along with "ketchup" from spray paint cans.

Relationships

Adam

Adam and Principal Tater do not get along very well, he believes that he is an immature teacher because of his age, and is always trying to seek a replacement for Mr. Young. It is more evident that Tater is the more immature one, but there are some episodes where they sometimes get along. He happens to like anyone with Adam's qualities but he is too stupid to see that Adam has all those qualities.

As the series goes by, the two begin to work together more often, even if Adam is reluctant. While Tater disapproves of Adam's status as a teacher, he allows Adam to keep his job, only firing him because he believed he found someone more competent (Mr. Elderman). At the end of the series, Tater and Adam truly bonded, to the point where Tater was disappointed at Adam resigning, and even cried about it.

Derby

Tater is often the victim of Derby's pranks, he does not get along with Derby so well, but there are some times when he needs his help.

Slab

Slab is always sent to detention all the time because of Tater, and Slab would usually threaten Tater to get whatever he wants, always succeeding because of his cowardly behaviour.

Appearances

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

69/80 Episodes

Trivia

  • In Mr. DNA, the reason he lost most of his hair is because Slab's Mother framed Adam's mother by filling his chicken head with glue in order get her suspended and make a move to her Future Husband.
  • A running gag in the series is that someone often makes a joke about his baldness.
  • He is the last person in the series to have his first name revealed, which is George. In contrast to this fact, Derby was the last person to have his last name revealed.
  • Tater is slightly similar to Red Forman from That 70s Show. Both are bald adult men whose baldness tends to be joked about by other characters, and also lost their coloured hair. Both also generally dislike the main protagonists of their respective series (Adam and Eric), and would generally express their dislike for them (Tater trying to sabotage Adam, while Red insults Eric), but sometimes work alongside their protagonists and show that they care for them. However, Red is known to be strict to Eric, who tends to be immature, whereas for Adam and Tater, the roles are reversed with Adam being more mature than Tater.
    • If Adam is confirmed to be Tater's son, then it would add more similarities to Tater and Red as they are both the fathers of their respective protagonists. Coincidentally, both pairs worked at the same location (Tater and Adam worked at Finnegan High, while Red and Eric worked at Price Mart), before their sons went of to become better educators (Adam became a college professor, Eric became a teacher in Africa). Their sons are also mocked at for being slightly weaker than most characters.
  • He has a fear of cinnamon because as a child, he tried to prove a myth of swallowing a teaspoon of cinnamon.
  • Derby owns a plant that looks like him.
  • He can break-dance when he was younger.
  • He initially believed questions and wishes were the same thing.
  • With 5 actors portraying him, Tater has the most number of actors of all the characters, due to him having been seen in 7 different stages of his life.
  • He also has a fear of witches, thus banning MacBeth from being played at the school. (Mr. Shakespeare)
  • Another one of his fears is a fear of spiders. (Mr. School Song, Mr. Candy)
  • He can ride skateboard reasonably well (Mr. Masterpiece)
  • He doesn't know how to drive a car, nor afford one, instead relying on his scooter.
  • He worked at a carnival making funnel cakes when he was younger.
  • He dislikes lemonade.
  • He initially thought the qualities of being a good principal was to ignore his students, unaware of his own principal's deafness.
  • He is apparently hated by several characters to the point where there is a club run by Slab about hating him. Ironically, even he is in the club just for its membership card.
  • He has noses on his side hip and above his butt, due to him participating in medical research studies.
  • He's a fan of Alejandro and Malcolm Hastings, going as far as to follow their careers.
  • His life long dream is to find Sasquawk. He eventually achieved that dream in the titular episode.
  • Throughout his life, he has been bullied by the Slabinsky family.
  • It's revealed that Principal Tater appearance is exactly the same as the rival high school mascot, Western High. (Mr. Pickles)
  • Only uses the backup power generator for a stupid reason, powering up a laptop, TV, an entire kitchen, and a lot of fans and lamps in the same room at the same time. (Mr. 1812)
  • Believes in Atlantis (a fictional city), but not in Atlanta (a REAL CITY). (Mr. Witness)
  • Does the extremely stupid things just to try to get rid of Adam.
  • He once had a peg leg after wrestling an Alligator. However, for some reason, in his future appearances, both his legs are still intact.
  • He likes pennies and nickels.
  • He knows Ventriloquism, using the dummy he owns for years.
  • He selfishly uses the school's money for his own benefit, such as purchasing a life size statue of himself.
  • Never asks Adam if he can use the science lab for anything, most of the time it is incredibly stupid.
  • He followed another principal to prepare for a role in a science fiction movie, and says he did not want that job, though he already has the job.
  • He claims to not have any principles, morals or any other kind of ethical code, which probably factors into his personality.
  • He is his own favourite person, and is convinced everyone likes him, though it is made obvious they all hate him. (Mr. Switch)
  • In the show there's a game called "Must Destroy Tater" where Tater is probably the main character (The character even has Tater's scream when you destroy him).
  • Tater wears fake glasses on his real glasses and has a baldness toupee.
  • He is his mother's servant.
  • He claims to not be too familiar with the alphabet.
  • His mother reads him the school budget every night, which is designed similarly to the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillars.
  • He has his trademark scream, which is stated to be girl-like by some characters.
  • (Mr. Kidd)
  • He spends all of his money with ponies. (Mr. Inventor)
  • He cannot even answer the easiest geography questions. (Mr. Court)
  • Keeps people under quarantine after a gas is released, even if the effect is not serious at all. (Mr. Honest)
  • It was never confirmed but it is possible he could be Adam and Ivy's father. In Mr. Kidd. Both of barely lost their hair sometimes and Ivy does inherit his heartless, self-centred and air-head attitude, not to mention Ivy has blonde hair like Tater used to when he was younger and when he grew his hair back with Derby's hair growth formula. Showing he's a genetic carrier for blonde hair.
  • Despite being listed as the 6th main character, behind Slab and Ivy, he appears in more episodes than they do.
  • If not counting Mrs. Byrne, Dang, or Rachel, Tater is the only adult main character.
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