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Well done, children. A fairly innocuous jamboree of adolescent nonsense. Fear not, the relationships that some of you have entered into tonight, well, they may seem like everything now, but they'll be over in a matter of weeks. And if we can just make it home without tagging peoples' property!... Yeah... I may go to bed relatively hate-free.
~ Mr. Gilbert after the Christmas Party concludes.
I will forget each and every one of you almost immediately. So, if you do find yourself at a loose end next year and think it might be nice to pop in and see how we're getting on, dont. This isn't the Dead Poets Society and I'm not that bloke on BBC Two who keeps getting kids to sing in choirs. I especially don't want to hear about how well you're settling down at uni or how much growing up you've done in the past twelve months. At best, I am ambivalent towards most of you, but some of you I actively dislike, for no other reason than your poor personal hygiene... or your irritating personalities. I hope I've made myself clear on this point. In case any of you think I'm joking, I'm not. I assure you, that once my legal obligation to look after your best interests is removed, I can be one truly nasty fucker. Good luck with the rest of your lives and... try not to kill anyone. It reflects very badly on all of us here.
~ Mr. Gilbert's speech at the graduation ceremony.

Mr. Philip "Phil" Gilbert is the main antagonist of the E4 comedy series The Inbetweeners and a minor character in the 2011-2014 film duology.

He is the corrupt, sadistic and misanthropic year head for the 6th years of Rudge Park Comprehensive who takes a particular disliking to the leading protagonists and often abuses his position of power to intimidate and belittle them.

He was portrayed by Greg Davies, who also played King Hydroflax in Doctor Who and Balloon Man in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.

Biography[]

TV Series[]

Throughout the series, Mr. Gilbert makes it clear that he is an unwelcoming and intimidating man who often badmouths and ridicules his students, seeing them as nothing more than brainless idiots and taking full advantage of situations where he can punish them for anything. He has a specifically bad relationship with William McKenzie, Simon Cooper, Jay Cartwright and Neil Sutherland, and strangely hates Will the most, despite him being a rather responsible and intelligent student; this is evident from his blackmailing and physiological abuse towards Will of whom he gives to far more than any other character in the series.

By the end of the series he is relieved to finally get rid of the sixth form students although he keeps his job within the school and takes on another year of sixth formers who he presumably treats in the same way.

Movies[]

Gilbert's roles in the movies are rather small, with him only briefly appearing in the first film during the farewell to the sixth formers, openly expressing his happiness that they are leaving and no longer being responsible for them, and later when he is married to Will's mother in the sequel.

Personality[]

Mr. Gilbert is a no-nonsense, sadistic, rude, sarcastic and cruel man who cares very little for his pupils and clearly hates his own job. He is often seen frustrated and impatient with the pupils and even their parents on occasions and cares very little about school events, charities, etc.

Gilbert is viewed as an intimidating person by most of his students, and is often joked to have a large penis due to his intimidating and large presence. He is also known for his heavy wit and sarcasm and usually roasts his students on a daily basis.

He also doesn't care about bullying and often even harasses and torments his own pupils, even preparing to punish Will McKenzie for "grassing" on one occasion; this is also shown when Will's mother Polly attempted to get Will a new work experience placement after the workers at his current one threw him in lake with nothing but his underwear on, Gilbert couldn't contain himself upon hearing this story and laughed uncontrollably.

He also has a clear attraction to Will's mother and even becomes engaged to her in The Inbetweeners 2, much to the Will's horror.

Despite these factors, Mr. Gilbert does have a small moral conscious, as he does usually protect students from paedophile geography teacher Mr. Kennedy's attempts to groom them; moreover, he has admitted before that he actually does like Simon and when push comes to shove, he will actually help the students under his care. For example, when Neil drunkenly confessed his love for Miss Timms at the Christmas Dance, Mr. Gilbert took it surprisingly well and helped sober him up, he didn't penalise Jay for having his phone out during an exam (as the texts on his phone were nothing to do with his exam, instead being to his current girlfriend, Chloe), and allowed Will extra time to sit his exam after soiling himself (though not before Mr. Gilbert denied Will the chance to go to the toilet for the fourth time in an hour, suspecting cheating; Will had, in fact, consumed nothing but energy drinks during revision, which led to him developing diarrhoea).

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