0:00:02 > 0:00:04So, there I was, doing my homework, and me ma comes in.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Ah, Roy, that doesn't look like your homework.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10But Ma, it's history homework for Hammo.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Ah, history. Gossip's fancy cousin.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Your assignment is to write the life story
0:00:16 > 0:00:18of a historical figure of your choice.
0:00:18 > 0:00:24He wants every fact, every figure, and every single detail.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25I don't know where to start.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27What do I know about the woman who built France,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29or the man who invented hiccups?
0:00:29 > 0:00:33- Why not try writing about the person you know best?- Who's that?- You.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35- We're all a part of history. - Ma was right,
0:00:35 > 0:00:38but did I really want everybody knowing everything about me?
0:00:38 > 0:00:40There's some things I wish even I didn't know.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Me da was very persuasive, though.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45You know what he's like when he gets fired up about something.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47SCREAMING AND CRASHING
0:00:47 > 0:00:50- Will whatever you are saying mean I have to stop reading this paper?- No.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52Do that, then.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54So, I'm writing it all down.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57The life and thoughts of Roy O'Brien,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00cos these are The Roy Files.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04OK. Let's do it.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05This is one bit of the scrapbook
0:01:05 > 0:01:07I haven't been looking forward to,
0:01:07 > 0:01:09but I can't put it off any longer.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13It's not my favourite subject, but it is something that happened to me,
0:01:13 > 0:01:14so I can't leave it out.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Oh! Oh!
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Sorry, Roy. Didn't see you coming.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Trust me, if you're a cartoon boy
0:01:24 > 0:01:26you could write a book about being bullied.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28No-one is bursting anyone!
0:01:28 > 0:01:30And it would be a horror story.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35You just look like a crumpled-up, badly drawn freak show,
0:01:35 > 0:01:36and everyone's sick of you.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37No, they're not.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Just cos they don't say it to your face...
0:01:39 > 0:01:41You wreck everything for everyone.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Look. They don't even miss you.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Oh.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50In a perfect world, there wouldn't be any bullies,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52and cars would have toilets,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54but let's fix the world one problem at a time.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56If you were being bullied, what do you do?
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Well, the first thing you should do is tell a responsible adult.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02That's if you're lucky enough to know any.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05You see, all you do is that...
0:02:05 > 0:02:06You stand up for yourself.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Yeah...but no fighting, and, er...
0:02:12 > 0:02:14try and make friends with them.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Definitely, yeah. Definitely.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- But it's probably best to stay out of their way.- Mmm.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23So, fight back without fighting,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26and get close to them but stay away from them?
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Yeah. Thanks.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Right, first thing, talk to a responsible adult.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Ahem.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Ah-hem!
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Ah-he-hem!
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Did you catch a cold, sir?
0:02:40 > 0:02:41No, O'Brien.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I just wanted to give you my perspective,
0:02:43 > 0:02:47as a hugely responsible adult, on bullying.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48OK, then. What have you got, sir?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Truth is, O'Brien, there is no need to worry about bullying,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56because I have single-handedly wiped it out.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02No bully would dare play their vile trade while I'm around.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04In a hurry, are we, boys?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Well, obviously. Do you mind?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Eh! Do you know who I am?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Jervis's dad?- What? No!
0:03:13 > 0:03:15I am the new vice-principal.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18It's just basic mathematics, O'Brien.
0:03:18 > 0:03:24Fear plus respect multiplied by Derek Hammond equals zero bullying.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26HE LAUGHS AND SNORTS
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Derek, right?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Yeah, well, Derek, we've got to run, so we'll see you around.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35That poor chap is living in a dream world.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Oh, it's very easy to condemn bullies, Roy,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40but is that really fair?
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Is it? Roy? Really? Fair? Roy?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Eh, totally, Miss.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Bullies are the lowest of the low. End of story.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I would suggest that we should try and understand why bullies
0:03:51 > 0:03:54express themselves through antisocial behaviour.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57So, what you're saying is, when Deco's flushing my homework
0:03:57 > 0:04:00down the toilet, that's just him expressing himself?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03What I am saying is there is nothing about young Declan's
0:04:03 > 0:04:06behaviour that a good old-fashioned group hug can't cure.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- I'm not hugging no-one.- OK.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Would anyone else like to...?
0:04:11 > 0:04:12UPLIFTING MUSIC
0:04:12 > 0:04:15LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Hmm.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18We'll come back to "young Declan,"
0:04:18 > 0:04:22but first, there's one thing that's almost as bad as being bullied,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24and that's when it's happening to one of your mates,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26and sometimes, you don't even know it's happening.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28OK.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Let's give me ma and da one more chance.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Well, Roy, if one of your friends are being bullied,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38the signs are usually there if you watch closely enough.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41You may notice someone punching them,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45or maybe even become aware of someone standing on his or her neck.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48I meant less obvious signs, Bill,
0:04:48 > 0:04:50like suddenly they don't seem themselves.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Maybe they're quieter than usual, or even angry.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Oh, yeah.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Like that time with Jack.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Go on, Roy.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- Me? Why me?- Because he'll listen to you.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03DEEP BREATH
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Jack.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Er...
0:05:12 > 0:05:14HE SIGHS
0:05:14 > 0:05:18A good friend doesn't just ignore that sort of thing.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21I didn't. Not that he seemed too happy, though.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28You can come out now, Roy.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30I know you're there.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31MUFFLED VOICE: Who's Roy?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- What are you doing here? - Yeah, I was going to ask you that.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Erm...
0:05:39 > 0:05:41I-I like the bins, you see.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Yeah, stop following me, OK?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46And even with my super-spying skills, Jack was on to me.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Now, lunch money, hand it over.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52So, I had to use the old cartoon invisibility
0:05:52 > 0:05:53to find out what was really going on.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58I'm going to ask you nicely, one more time, hand it over...now.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00And to tie up some loose ends while I was at it.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Jack! Quick! Sketch! - Roy, is that you?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Listen, I'll explain later!
0:06:07 > 0:06:10We'll be right here after school, and you'd better have that money!
0:06:10 > 0:06:13I was just trying to help, but it only made things worse.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16No-one's ever stood up to them before.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18They're going to want payback.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19That's how bullies work, son.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23They want you scared and thinking they are stronger than you are.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25But they were stronger than us.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27It's bad enough I've the Malones on my back
0:06:27 > 0:06:29without you guys getting hassle too.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30You don't know what it's like.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I know what it's like when people are just mean,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35just cos you're not like them.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37We have to look out for each other.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40But the Malones hadn't bargained on our secret weapon - Sinead.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42And she wasn't afraid to play dirty.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Enough messing. Pay up or else!
0:06:45 > 0:06:50Er, sorry to interrupt, but were youse two the same Malone brothers
0:06:50 > 0:06:52that used to go to Mrs Magee's Irish dance classes
0:06:52 > 0:06:54when I was little?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I have pictures here. Take a look.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Me mam loves taking pictures.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03I also have an article from the Ballyfermot Gazette,
0:07:03 > 0:07:07congratulating youse on your success from your science competition.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09She keeps all the papers too.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11And best of all,
0:07:11 > 0:07:15I've got these pictures from when youse both came joint second
0:07:15 > 0:07:18in the Little Mister Ballyfermot competition.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21So adorable.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22So cute.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26It's amazing, really,
0:07:26 > 0:07:30how pictures like them can end up on the internet in less than no time,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32for everyone to see.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35And I mean absolutely everyone.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39After that, we had the meanest kids in Ballyfermot in our pockets.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Not that I have any pockets...or trousers.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Anyway, that was the last we heard of the Malones.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48It's just a pity Sinead wasn't around to save the day
0:07:48 > 0:07:51when I met the biggest bully of them all.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55HIP-HOP MUSIC
0:07:57 > 0:07:59# Deco!
0:07:59 > 0:08:01# D-D-Deco!
0:08:01 > 0:08:04# And who is it that makes sure you get lots of exercise?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06# Deco!
0:08:06 > 0:08:08# D-D-D-Deco!
0:08:08 > 0:08:09# Deco! #
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Deco's not just a bully, he's lord of the bullies.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Lots of bullies steal lunch money,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20but he was the first to accept credit cards.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22And he invented the nuclear ninja,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24the most lethal wedgie of them all.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26He's got all the insults.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Check this out.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- Nedkus maximus. - HE SNORTS
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Not in his natural habitat,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36and alone as usual.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37PHONE RINGS
0:08:37 > 0:08:40He's got the technology to do the dirty work for him.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Oh, this should be good.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48- What's wrong?- Nothing.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Yeah, it was nothing.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51PHONE RINGS
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- Here we go.- Abby, no!
0:08:59 > 0:09:03FAST MUSIC
0:09:08 > 0:09:10And he knows just how to hit you where it hurts.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13What am I supposed to be?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15A gorilla, obviously.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Roy...
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Didn't you have enough make-up to paint him like a real boy?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23If you're not going to buy anything, Deco, go home.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Well, I was going to buy this...
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- ..but then it burst. - BALLOON POPS
0:09:28 > 0:09:30She said go HOME!
0:09:30 > 0:09:32DECO LAUGHS
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Whoa, this cat's got claws, lads.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Better do as the tiger says.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Don't mind them, Roy.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41GORILLA NOISES
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Roy?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46This can't be good.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50It's like Deco's on a mission to ruin my life.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I tried to ignore him,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55but sooner or later, something had to give.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- He's coming! - GORILLA NOISES
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Go away!
0:10:06 > 0:10:07You boys are hopeless.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Always keeping your feelings locked up inside.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11That's the safest place for them.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Yeah, till they eventually get out.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16DRAMATIC MUSIC
0:10:16 > 0:10:20GORILLA NOISES
0:10:20 > 0:10:22See, that's what always happens when you bottle up your feelings.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- What? You turn into a gorilla?- No.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28They just keep building up until one day, "Boom."
0:10:29 > 0:10:32That's why you need to talk about your problems.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Why don't you come down, and we can sort it all out together?
0:10:36 > 0:10:39She's right, I think. She usually is.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40THEY SCREAM
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Like that other time I turned the tables on Deco.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45He wasn't so big then, was he?
0:10:45 > 0:10:46But I was.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- HEAVY FOOTSTEPS - Do you hear that?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50DRAMATIC MUSIC
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Let's go.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52I'm bored.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Sketch!
0:10:56 > 0:10:57He's gone bonkers!
0:10:57 > 0:10:59It was payback time.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00No, no...!
0:11:03 > 0:11:08- Put me down or I'll...- Or you'll what?- Or...I'll ask you again nicely.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Please put me down! - That wasn't so bad, was it?
0:11:11 > 0:11:16Now, buzz off, before I use you to clean the wax out of my ears.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17That showed him.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21But Tara was not impressed, cos something terrible had happened.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25That wasn't just me getting my own back. Now I was the bully.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29- We were only having a laugh.- Is that so? Doesn't sound very funny to me.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31But they're nothing but bullies. You said so yourself.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34That doesn't mean you have to lower yourself to their level.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I'm very disappointed.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- That Tara's a smart girl. - She's sure is, Ma.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- And I hope you learned from your mistake.- Listen to your mother, Roy.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45If there's one thing she knows about, it's making mistakes.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- What? - ROY LAUGHS
0:11:48 > 0:11:49What? I'm helping.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Don't worry, Ma, I'll learn me lesson.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Yesterday, when Deco ran off in the park, crying like a baby,
0:11:55 > 0:11:57I filmed the whole thing.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00I showed it to him on the bus this morning.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01You should have seen his face.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I told him if he never bullied you again,
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I'd think about not sending it around the school.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Let me see that.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I thought I told you to back off.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Yeah, about that.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Listen, Roy, I know I've been a little not nice lately,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- but if anyone sees that video... - Relax.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23I've deleted it.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26BOTH: What?! Why?!
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Because it's making us the bullies.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31And now, thanks to you, I know what it's like to be cyber-bullied,
0:12:31 > 0:12:33and I'd never do it to anybody, not even you.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38So, plenty to think about when it comes to bullying,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40but keep to these simple rules and you'll be fine.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43No-one should have to put up with being bullied, so if it's
0:12:43 > 0:12:47happening to you, tell a responsible adult, as long as it's not my ma,
0:12:47 > 0:12:51or me da, or Hammo, or Miss Jervis.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Anyway, I'm sure you'll be able to find someone.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Oh, and don't forget, anyone can be a bully, even you,
0:12:57 > 0:13:01so be nice to your schoolmates and your brothers and your sisters.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- Hey, Roy!- Oh, not now, Becky, I'm writing my scrapbook!
0:13:05 > 0:13:06No, wait, that's not right.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09What can I do for you, sister dearest?
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Ma says your dinner's ready. Weirdo.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Thank you, Becky.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Tell my sausages I'll be right down.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18And last but not least,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21don't keep your sad or angry feelings all bottled up inside.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25They'll just grow and grow until finally, you're a gorilla.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28So, there you go. Scrapbook sorted.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30I think I hear me sausages calling.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31See youse!