Linus (The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl)

Linus is a secondary antagonist of The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl. He is a bully and school archnemesis of Max who picks on him at school. He also has a dream counterpart named “Minus”.

Why Mr. Electric Needs to Send Him to the Principal’s Office and Have Him Expelled

 * 1) He is a generic middle school bully who has no personality outside of bullying Max. He also has no character development. The film also doesn't bother to give a reason or backstory as to why Max became a bully (i.e. if he has low-self-esteem, was bullied himself in the past, or is having a rough life at home, which are common reasons as to why bullies act the way they do). Instead, he seems to just be a bully for the sake of the film having a villain, even though Mr. Electric is the main villain.
 * 2) As mentioned above, he constantly bullies Max over his dream journal and him being friends with Sharkboy and Lavagirl.
 * 3) He tells Max that they can be “imaginary friends”, meaning that he’ll pretend that he doesn’t exist and also threatens to burst his bubble, calling him “Dream Boy”.
 * 4) He steals Max’s dream journal and ruins it as a “revised edition”.
 * 5) His infamous line: “I did not! Mr. Electric, send him to the principal’s office and have him expelled!”.
 * 6) Speaking of his infamous line, he unfairly tries to get Max sent to the principal’s office.
 * 7) His dream counterpart, Minus is no better as he tries to take over Planet Drool in order to ruin Max’s life and nothing else.
 * 8) After he makes amends with Max, he is very useless to stop a traitorous Mr. Electric.
 * 9) Jacob Davich does a rather poor job portraying him as performance is childish and over the top.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He redeems himself at the end of the film and starts being nicer to Max.
 * 2) His performance and delivery is so over the top that’s it’s entertaining and hilarious.