50 Fun Facts About The School for Good and Evil

In The School for Good and Evil, Tedros, the prince Sophie falls for on arrival, is the son of which legendary monarch?

King Arthur is his father, which makes Tedros the Prince of Camelot. Fans of the books objected when the Netflix film gave him dark hair, because on the page he is blond.

Which Oscar winner narrates Netflix's The School for Good and Evil as the voice of an enchanted pen?

Cate Blanchett is heard but never seen in the film. Her pen has the final word, declaring that the girls' story has only just begun.

In The School for Good and Evil, Sophie's roommate Hester is the daughter of the witch from which fairy tale?

Hansel and Gretel killed her mother when Hester was small, leaving her an orphan. She keeps a picture of the witch outside the gingerbread house on her bedside table.

Which actress plays Lady Lesso, a teacher who relishes evil, in Netflix's The School for Good and Evil?

Charlize Theron shaped Lesso's look herself, asking for a severe tailored silhouette and suggesting the character's ginger hair. She had already played a wicked queen in Snow White and the Huntsman.

In The School for Good and Evil, Sophie's roommate Dot has the villain talent of turning objects into what?

Chocolate is her speciality, which solves the mystery of where her constant supply of sweets comes from. Dot is the daughter of the Sheriff of Nottingham.

In The School for Good and Evil, what are villains in training, such as Hester and Anadil, called?

Nevers are the students of the School for Evil, a label Sophie is horrified to be given. Their rivals at the School for Good are known as Evers.

Netflix's The School for Good and Evil was filmed in and around which city, where the crew took over a cathedral?

Belfast gave Netflix its first shoot in Northern Ireland, after the streamer's own studio near London proved too small. The director had friends from Game of Thrones who had filmed there.

Growing up without cable, the author of The School for Good and Evil had only VHS tapes of films from which studio?

Disney cartoons were his whole childhood library. A university class on the history of fairy tales later showed him how much darker the original stories were, and the gap fascinated him.

In The School for Good and Evil, Professor Dovey, Dean of Good, is famous for helping which fairy-tale heroine?

Cinderella was her most famous client: Dovey is the fairy godmother from that tale. She reveals it to Agatha after a perfect exam score, then grants her a wish for beauty.

In The School for Good and Evil, what is the name of the enchanted pen kept in the School Master's tower?

The Storian writes every fairy tale by itself and is sharp at both ends. Agatha mistakes it for a dagger the first time she sees it.

In The School for Good and Evil, two children vanish every four years from which village, home to Sophie and Agatha?

Gavaldon learns the truth from storybooks: the missing children turn up as characters in the fairy tales that mysteriously arrive at the village bookshop.

In The School for Good and Evil, where in the village is the house Agatha shares with her mother and bald cat?

The graveyard on Graves Hill is home, which is one reason the villagers take Agatha for a witch and keep their distance. Sophie is her only friend.

Which actress plays Professor Dovey, the kindly Dean of Good, in Netflix's The School for Good and Evil?

Kerry Washington modelled Dovey partly on one of her own teachers at Spence, the New York girls' school she attended. The character's blond bouffant wig took seven weeks to make.

In The School for Good and Evil, a riddle asks what Good has that Evil never will; what do the girls answer?

True love's kiss is their answer, so Sophie sets out to win one from Tedros and prove she belongs in Good. The kiss that finally matters comes from Agatha, and it brings Sophie back to life.

Which director, best known for comedies, made Netflix's film of The School for Good and Evil?

Paul Feig hesitated because fantasy was unfamiliar ground for a comedy director, then changed his mind once he read the script. He built real sets rather than rely on green screens.

Which star of The Matrix films plays the elderly School Master in Netflix's The School for Good and Evil?

Laurence Fishburne took the role because his daughter loved the books, which she had started reading as a tween.

In The School for Good and Evil, Agatha turns into which creature to whisper answers to Sophie in class?

A cockroach is her disguise as she feeds Sophie the answers, lifting her friend from the bottom of the class back to the top. Agatha skips her own lessons to do it.

Which author, a Harvard graduate raised in Florida, wrote the bestselling novel The School for Good and Evil?

Soman Chainani first imagined the story as a film treatment he could sell, then realised it had to be novels. He later served as an executive producer on the Netflix adaptation.

In The School for Good and Evil, which animals stand guard over students at the School for Evil?

Wolves patrol Evil while fairies serve Good, and Agatha uncovers their secret: both are former students who failed and were bound to serve the opposite school.

In The School for Good and Evil, what is the name of Agatha's bald, wrinkled pet cat?

Reaper greets Sophie by trying to attack her on Agatha's porch. Later books reveal that the ugly pet is secretly the king of the gnomes, with an army at his command.

In The School for Good and Evil, which violent contest between the two schools ends with Tedros rejecting Sophie?

Trial by Tale is where Sophie refuses to defend Tedros against an attacker and Agatha steps in to save him instead. He realises Sophie has been cheating, and the romance collapses.

Which star of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series plays Agatha in Netflix's The School for Good and Evil?

Sofia Wylie won the part with a series of self-tapes and a chemistry read. She insisted on keeping her curly hair, to show that curls belong on princesses too.

The School for Good and Evil stands in which enchanted forest that surrounds Sophie and Agatha's village?

The Endless Woods hold the school and every fairy-tale kingdom, and the name covers the whole world of the series. To the villagers the forest is simply where stolen children go.

In The School for Good and Evil, the School Master broke the balance of Good and Evil by killing whom?

His brother shared the running of the school, one standing for Good and one for Evil, until the Evil one struck. Good has won every fairy tale in the two centuries since.

In The School for Good and Evil, the tattoo on Hester's neck comes alive and fights as which creature?

A demon with red skin and long curved horns peels off Hester's neck to do her bidding. Splitting it into five armed pieces during a contest leaves her badly injured.

Which Everything Everywhere All at Once star plays Professor Anemone in Netflix's The School for Good and Evil?

Michelle Yeoh teaches Beautification at the School for Good, a small part. Reviewers at RogerEbert.com and The Hollywood Reporter both complained that the film wasted her.

In the novel The School for Good and Evil, a girl fails if no boy invites her to which formal dance?

The Snow Ball is one of the year's three big events at the school. Tedros ends up inviting Agatha in front of everyone, and Sophie's fury wrecks the talent show where he asks.

In The School for Good and Evil, what are Sophie and Agatha called for coming from outside the fairy-tale world?

Readers know fairy tales only as storybooks and have no idea the stories are real. A magical shield separates their world from the kingdoms of the forest.

In The School for Good and Evil, which giant birds made of nothing but bones carry students through the air?

Stymphs are skeleton birds trained by the School Master. For the Netflix film, effects artists studied bird skeletons and decaying birds to make one that still looked alive.

In The School for Good and Evil, Sophie's fingertip glows which colour whenever she casts a spell?

Hot pink is Sophie's signature, in her spells as in her wardrobe. Students' fingers begin to glow once a teacher unlocks their magic; Agatha's shines gold.

In The School for Good and Evil, the albino witch Anadil keeps three of which animals as pets?

Rats are her constant companions, and she can magically enlarge all three to attack an enemy. In later books she uses them to carry secret messages as a spy.

In The School for Good and Evil, the teachers Castor and Pollux are the two heads of what kind of creature?

A dog with two heads: rabid Castor trains henchmen for Evil while gentle Pollux teaches etiquette to Good's princesses. Castor often takes the shared body, leaving Pollux to borrow others.

In The School for Good and Evil, where is Sophie sent for punishment, chained up and shorn of her hair?

The Doom Room is the torture chamber in the dungeons of the School for Evil, run by a creature called the Beast. Sophie loses her hair there, then drowns her jailer on the way out.

In The School for Good and Evil, the blind history teacher Professor Sader has which rare gift?

Seeing the future lets Sader paint what he foresees, though every vision ages him. He gives up his own life in the final battle to help defeat the School Master.

The prequel Rise of the School for Good and Evil recasts which beloved children's hero as a villain?

Peter Pan is the evil one here, and a Dean named James Hook leads students out to kill him. He survives into the sequel, Fall of the School for Good and Evil, where the enchanted pen finishes him.

In A World Without Princes, the School for Good and Evil has been re-divided along which new lines?

Boys and Girls replace Good and Evil after Sophie and Agatha's ending shifts the balance of the fairy-tale world. Sophie even drinks a potion to pass as a boy called Filip.

In Netflix's The School for Good and Evil, which dark power does Sophie accept before becoming a hag?

Blood magic lets Sophie knock out both deans and the rest of the staff, then crash the Good students' ball transformed into a hag. The film opens with the same power used in an attack.

Sophia Anne Caruso, Sophie in Netflix's The School for Good and Evil, starred in which Broadway musical?

Beetlejuice made her name on Broadway, where she originated Lydia Deetz and won a Theatre World Award. She joined the Netflix film after a general meeting with its director, who sent her the script soon afterwards.

Which Broadway star plays the village bookshop owner, Mrs. Deauville, in Netflix's The School for Good and Evil?

Patti LuPone runs the shop where the two friends first hear the legend of the school. In the novels the bookseller is a man, Mr Deauville.

In Netflix's The School for Good and Evil, what act by the Good students makes both sides swap appearances?

Attacking first is forbidden to Good, whose part is only ever to defend. When Tedros leads a charge on the School for Evil, the students of each school take on the other's looks and a battle erupts.

In The School for Good and Evil series, which weasel-faced villain adores Sophie from day one and ends up with her?

Hort lands on top of Sophie when they first meet and loves her through all six books. He bulks up to impress her and later returns to the school as a history teacher.

In The School for Good and Evil, which vain, admired Good student is obsessed with winning Prince Tedros?

Beatrix is the most admired girl in Good and assumes Tedros will take her to the ball. When he asks Agatha instead, another boy, Chaddick, drops to his knees and invites Beatrix.

In the third School for Good and Evil novel, which gift to Sophie keeps the School Master immortal?

A ring binds Sophie's soul to Evil and keeps its giver alive. When Agatha finally persuades her to destroy it, the School Master dies with it.

Which villain terrorises the land in Quests for Glory, the fourth School for Good and Evil novel?

The Snake attacks kingdoms across the land until a newcomer named Rhian turns up to fight him. The two prove to be partners, and Rhian seizes a throne for himself.

A spell on a grave in the third School for Good and Evil novel reveals Sophie and Agatha are really what?

Twin sisters, born minutes apart: their mother rejected the second baby for her looks, and the woman who helped deliver them secretly raised Agatha as her own.

In The School for Good and Evil, Sophie's furious singing at the Circus of Talents summons which birds to attack?

Ravens answer her shrieking song, and the guards who serve both schools are slaughtered. The outburst comes moments after Tedros invites Agatha to the ball instead of her.

In The School for Good and Evil, Agatha in Animal Communication class makes which creatures turn back into a human?

Wish Fish are really a former student, transformed long ago. Freeing her starts an animal stampede, and Agatha expects to be failed until she is given high marks instead.

Which class in The School for Good and Evil, taught by the gnome Yuba, brings pupils of both schools together?

Surviving Fairy Tales mixes pupils from the rival schools in the same groups. Yuba disguises pupils as matching creatures and challenges their classmates to tell which is Good and which is Evil.

Which design style, admired by the director in Budapest, shaped the sets of Netflix's The School for Good and Evil?

Art Nouveau gave both castles their swirling look, with touches borrowed from architects such as Antoni Gaudí. The aim was a world that looked nothing like Harry Potter.

In The School for Good and Evil, Sophie's widowed father Stefan loves which village woman, later her stepmother?

Honora was Stefan's true love long before he married Sophie's mother, and she later becomes his second wife. Rachel Bloom plays her in the Netflix film.