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"I'm just afraid that macaroni art could be offensive to our "I-talian" families. I mean, imagine how you'd feel, you know, if I'd made some sort of bagel statue, you know?"
— Principal Thomas

Principal Thomas is the principal at Palms Elementary School. She is played by Maria Bamford.

History[]

Season 1[]

Principal Thomas first appeared during the ending credits of "Home Sweet Home-School", where Jessica was visiting her office with Evan and Emery. Jessica was concerned because the grades on their report cards were nothing but a bunch of colorful stickers or rainbows and bunnies. She told the kids that she was crazy in Mandarin and Emery translated that to her, telling her that she likes her. Principal Thomas responded, by thanking her, by bowing and putting her hands together.

Principal Thomas appeared again in "Dribbling Tiger, Bounce Pass Dragon", where she called Louis and Jessica into her office to tell them that they she needed them to supervise any extra-curricular activities. Jessica hated the idea of having to do this and she opposed to the idea, unfortunately the only other option was to donate money to them and so they both immediately agreed to after school activities, with Jessica being tasked to supervise the school play.

Principal Thomas showed that the play was written by herself and that, having run it for six years, it was designed to equally represent all the world's cultures without being deemed offensive to anyone.

Season 2[]

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In the episode "The Real Santa", she hosted the Palms Elementary holiday play. However, she didn't want to do anything Christmas related, trying to be sensitive to all people who didn't practice Christianity. The play ended up entirely deprived of substance and content, having only one character, The Pancultural Seasonal Entity, or Panny for short. This play received a lot of hate, with the audience started chasing Panny though the basketball courts so they could beat him.

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