Raiders of The Lost Media - Bully - Jimmy Hopkins' Death

Disclaimer: I could be wrong on some details. So take this post with a grain of salt.

Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of Raiders of The Lost Media that's right you get two of these in one month. I haven't done something like since August. Anyhow let's move on from the introduction and get right into the topic at hand.

Part One - What is Bully?

Bully is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar Vancouver and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on October 17th, 2006 for the PlayStation 2. Then a remastered version of the game subtitled Scholarship Edition was released on March 4th, 2008 and developed by Mad Doc Software for the Xbox 360 and Wii and then released on October 21st, 2008 for Microsoft Windows. Then on December 8th, 2016 an updated version of the Scholarship Edition this time subtitled Anniversary Edition was released for the Android and iOS.

Part Two - The Plot

Taking place in the fictional town of Bullworth 15 year old James "Jimmy" Hopkins is sent to a private boarding school called Bullworth Academy by his mom and his new-stepdad after being expelled from seven previous schools. While his newly married parents are off enjoying their honeymoon Jimmy is trying rise through the ranks of the school system that consist of the cliques those being the Bullies, Nerds, Jocks, Preppies, and Greasers.

Part Three - Jimmy's Death

The basic for this is during the stage "Showdown at the Plant" Jimmy is going to have to fight Edgar but Jimmy is trying to tell Edgar that they don't need to fight but Edgar doesn't listen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ZF-Tr9GV0. Originally if Jimmy lost or got knocked out he would have fallen into a pool of acid thus killing him.

Part Four - Fan Made Cutscene

An early built of the game containing this plotline or cutscene has never surfaced on the internet however there are fans out there who have recreated this scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm1knLsPP4I

Part Five - Why It Was Best to Leave It Out

I don't give my opinions on this segment but I feel like it was a good idea by the developers to not put this in the game. I don't typical like censorship in the entertainment industry unless it's warranted. But you see Bully was already surrounded in controversy what with people saying the game was glorifying or trivializing bullying. Their were also stages where the player has to kiss a couple of girls in the game but you also had to kiss a boy. Because of this the game was criticized for containing homosexuality. So yeah with all this stuff surrounding the game it was a good idea for them to get rid of Jimmy's death, pretty sure the last thing Rockstar wanted was a bunch of angry online post or letters about them killing a child.

Well that ends this edition of Raiders of The Lost Media I'll have yet another one of these but that will be by the end of the month. Also for that Raiders of The Lost Media I'll talk about another video game only this time it will be for the PC and it was entirely cancelled instead of one scene being cut. So look out for that.

State of The Project (Oct 30th - Nov 16th)

Oct 30th - Road to Justice League - Justice League Dark Review

Nov 2nd - No Cinematic Disasters This Month

Nov 4th - Thor: Ragnarok Review

Nov 6th - Thor: Ragnarok Easter Eggs and Things Changed from The Trailers

Nov 9th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Dumbo II

Nov 13th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Bully - Jimmy Hopkins' Death

Nov 16th - The Top 11 Dumbest Justice League News Stories - This post will go up at 6:00pm Eastern time and 3:00pm Pacific time. The reason being I'm going to see an early screening for Justice League.

NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU.