Bobby Peterson is the Dean of Springfield University. He prefers to be called "Bobby." Bobby is a young go-getter—very mellow, hip, and easy-going. He used to play bass guitar for The Pretenders and he encourages the Springfield University students to call him by his first name. Bobby is also very much not a hard-nosed disciplinarian, but is willing to take the blame for being too strict if disciplinary issues arise at the university. In fact, Bobby had never expelled anybody from school, prior to kicking out Benjamin, Doug and Gary for kidnapping Sir Oinks-A-Lot. Even then, Bobby only did it because of the influence of the pig's powerful friends (such as Richard Nixon).