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The Bad Girls is the name given to a gang of girls at Saint Alancia's. They happily use the name themselves and do not seem concerned by its negative connotations. They are characterised by their bullying behaviour and identified by the red ribbons they wear in their hair. Though they do not seem to get along all that well with anyone outside their own group, they are particularly antagonistic towards the Popular Girls.

Organisation and Leadership

The bad girls do not have formal roles or structure. Malia describes them as "like a pack of wild animals, operating on prison rules - strongest give the orders, weakest follow them." In this regard, the toughest and most cruel girls tend to assume leadership roles. Poppy is currently the most feared bad girl at Saint Alancia's and so the rest follow her, while she in turn is happy to self-identify as their leader. Jessica is the unspoken leader of the first year bad girls, though as her minions are fairly stupid and she herself is easily the smartest, this is just as likely an explanation as any.

Joining the Bad Girls

Being accepted into the Bad Girls is a two-step process. First, you must perform an act of cruelty. This can be anything as long as it causes needless suffering. There are no rules over who can be targeted - even other bad girls are fair game. This is due to the nature of the group in which the strong prey upon the weak. Internally, a bad girl can expect those stronger than her to dominate her to some extent. Simply physically attacking someone is acceptable, but the Bad Girls will be far more impressed with a prank or trick, ideally causing embarrassment and humiliation to the victim rather than just pain. A botched act of cruelty (such as Elouise's attempt to pants Poppy in the prequel game,) can set back a girl joining the group, but persistence will still see her admitted in the end once she succeeds.

The second stage is the assent of the other Bad Girls. In general, it is the leader that the prospect must impress, as the other bad girls will take their lead from her, though even leaders are vulnerable to peer pressure and may accept a verdict they disagree with if they are heavily outnumbered.

Ribbons

The calling card of the Bad Girls is the red ribbons they wear in their hair. It is normal for two smaller ribbons to be worn on either side of the head, but some go further than this. Vicky also wears a large red ribbon on the back of her head and Poppy has specially designed ribbon earrings. The significance of the ribbons is that they identify a girl with this group, and Letitia explains to Missy that the ribbons mean something to the Bad Girls. As they have to earn them, for a non-Bad Girl to wear these ribbons is seen as a challenge to the group and will likely invite retalliation.

Known bad girls:

First Year Jessica Cruel Act: Replaced Miss Boceta's medication with laxatives

Emma Cruel Act: Theft

Vicky Cruel Act: unknown

Chantelle Cruel Act: unknown

Second Year Britney Cruel Act: Defeated a rival in a fight then forced her face into her panties.

Letitia Cruel Act: Stole panties from a classmate before Uniform Inspection

Shannon Cruel Act: Forcibly removed a girl's skirt

Third Year Allison Cruel Act: unknown

Elouise Cruel Act: unknown (Previously failed when attempting to pants Poppy

Fourth Year Poppy Cruel Act: Stripped, humiliated and enslaved Celine in front of all of the other Bad Girls.

Former Bad Girls Celine - Kaitlyn

Trivia

The Bad Girls' distinctive red ribbons were added to differentiate their sprites in the game, so the player would have a clue that they were about to talk to a bad girl, and were the best thing available in the VX Ace sprite maker. Later, when the game was migrated to RPG Maker MZ and the sprites were remade, there were no ribbons available, so they had to be re-made from scratch, using the VX Ace ribbons as a starting point.