Collum Ollum
Collum embodies mischief. He’s a really naughty guy, and good friends with Dash. In fact, he’s good friends with everyone.
Collum carries a toothy grin around with him wherever he goes – even to the dentist.
His personal motto is: “There is always mischief to be made”. While he certainly indulges in this as a daily practice, Collum’s mischief is always “good” mischief, i.e. he never harms anyone or anything. It’s more like trickery. Sometimes his tricks do go wrong though.
His favourite trick is hiding people’s food. He’s perfected it to a fine art, and he’s not scared to do it to adults. For example, if Collum gets invited to dinner at a friend’s house for the first time, once siting at the table, with adults he’s just met, he’ll dramatically point to something across the room, and then when the dad turns to look, Collum will grab the dad’s plate of food, and hide it on his lap beneath the table. The dad will then turn around and his food will be gone. It’s risky, but always funny. Once Collum did it to a newly-encountered but very grumpy dad. Collum thought it would cheer the grumpy dad up. Boy was he wrong. During the rapid hiding process, Collum dropped the plate onto the floor. The dad was not impressed, and Collum was banned from their house. But that’s the risk he’s willing to take. “Mischief-making is for the brave.” That’s his backup personal motto (for when things go wrong).
Collum once found an injured baby swed on the outskirts of the Moremi Forest. He brought her home, named her Humpetta, and raised her as a pet. She lived happily with the Ollums for several years. But one night she simply chewed through the fence and left. Collum followed her footprints to the entrance of Moremi Forest and that was it. He knew he’d never find her again. She’d rejoined her herd deep within the forest.
First seen in Book 2, page 9
Research
e_collum_ollumIn the printed almanac pages (17 cited)
Straight from the books
Facts
character_fact (15)
Collum Ollum is a really naughty guy, good friends with Dash, and his personal motto is 'There is ALWAYS mischief to be made!'
Collum is a really naughty guy, and good friends with Dash. In fact, he's good friends with everyone. His personal motto is: There is ALWAYS mischief to be made! al1:c01:p056
Collum usually wears pyjamas, even at school.
Collum usually wears pyjamas. Even at school. al1:c01:p056
Collum's backup personal motto (for when things go wrong) is 'Mischief-making is for the brave.'
"Mischief-making is for the brave." That's his backup personal motto (for when things go wrong). al1:c01:p058
Collum Ollum's face-pulling speciality is the PTT (Petrified Triple-Twitch).
Collum Ollum with his PTT (Petrified Triple-Twitch). b02:c02:p051
Collum Ollum is the most talented potted-plant balancer in the school.
Collum Ollum is the most talented potted-plant balancer in the school b03:c07:p139
Collum Ollum knows almost every potted-plant balancing move in the Almanac.
knows almost every potted-plant balancing move in the Almanac. b03:c07:p139
Collum Ollum once tested whether eating pizzup makes you float by eating a dozen big pizzups; it did not make him float, but made him vomit.
Collum Ollum once tested this by eating a dozen pizzups. Big ones. It didn't make him float, but did make him vomit. b03:c99:p197
Collum Ollum doesn't have one nonsencycle - he has two.
Collum Ollum doesn't have one. He has two. b03:c99:p197
Collum Ollum succeeded in balancing a quadragintuple (40 pots) in Potted-Plant Balancing class.
Collum (he's quite competitive) decided to try a quadragintuple (40)... ...and succeeded! b03:c07:p141 b03:c07:p142
'Pause!' was Collum Ollum's first word.
(In fact, "Pause!" was Collum Ollum's first word.) b04:c03:p055
Collum Ollum and his family built a large replica of Collum's face using bamboo for hair, frisbees for eyes and driftwood for teeth.
Collum Ollum and his family had built a large replica of Collum's face. They used bamboo for his hair, frisbees for his eyes and driftwood for his teeth. b07:c10:p229
Collum Ollum rode a pentacycle (5 wheels) in the Annual Cycle Race.
Collum Ollum a pentacycle (5 wheels), b08:c04:p089
Collum Ollum came 4th in the previous year's Marble Day and was awarded the Seminola Custard.
Collum Ollum had come 4th: He was awarded the Seminola Custard. b09:c03:p064
Collum Ollum once tested whether eating pizzup would make him float by eating a dozen large pizzups; it did not make him float but did make him vomit.
Collum Ollum once tested this by eating a dozen pizzups. Big ones. It didn't make him float, but did make him vomit. b09:c99:p294
Collum Ollum once ate a dozen large pizzups to test whether eating them would make him float; it did not make him float but made him vomit.
Collum Ollum once tested this by eating a dozen pizzups. Big ones. It didn't make him float, but did make him vomit. b14:c99:p330
history (4)
Collum Ollum once tried to send the Complete and Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Grobsnots (21 volumes) via snintercom, jammed the system, and it took technicians a week to repair; the encyclopedia was lost forever.
Collum Ollum, for fun, once tried to send the Complete & Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Grobsnots (21 volumes) and he jammed the system. It took technicians a week to repair and the encyclopedia was lost forever. He got into a lot of trouble for it. b02:c99:p192
Collum Ollum won the Funniest Kite award (last year at Kite Festival).
Collum Ollum won the Funniest Kite award. b10:c02:p052
Collum Ollum once tried to send the Complete & Comprehensive Encyclopaedia of Grobsnots (21 volumes) via the snintercom, jammed the system, and the encyclopaedia was lost forever; it took technicians a week to repair.
Collum Ollum, for fun, once tried to send the Complete & Comprehensive Encyclopaedia of Grobsnots (21 volumes) and he jammed the system. It took technicians a week to repair and the encyclopaedia was lost forever. b10:c99:p319
Collum Ollum once tried to send the Complete & Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Grobsnots (21 volumes) through the snintercom, jammed the system, and it took technicians a week to repair; the encyclopedia was lost forever.
Collum Ollum, for fun, once tried to send the Complete & Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Grobsnots (21 volumes) and he jammed the system. It took technicians a week to repair and the encyclopedia was lost forever. b12a:c99:p304
Relationships
- friend_of Dash Candoo
Collum is a really naughty guy, and good friends with Dash. al1:c01:p056
- attends Swedhump Elementary
Collum Ollum Classmate b02:c00:p009
- attends Swedhump Elementary
Collum Ollum Classmate b03:c00:p007
- attends Swedhump Elementary
Collum Ollum Classmate b04:c00:p009
- attends Swedhump Elementary
Collum Ollum Classmate b07:c00:p013
extraction note Labelled 'Classmate' on characters page. - attends Swedhump Elementary
Collum Ollum - Classmate b08:c00:p013
- owns Seminola Custard
Collum Ollum had come 4th: He was awarded the Seminola Custard. b09:c03:p064
- attends Swedhump Elementary
LABEL: Collum Ollum (classmate) b10:c00:p006
Incoming
Collum Ollum Classmate b02:c00:p009
Collum Ollum Classmate b04:c00:p009
Incidents
- Collum Ollum jams school snintercom by sending 21-volume encyclopedia
i_al1_29 - Blue spots outbreak during Art class
i_b02_02 - Blue spots itch during face-pulling; risk to championship
i_b02_04 - County Inter-School Face-Pulling Championship final
i_b02_09 - Pause Class disruption: water, Dog, and armadillo cake
i_b04_02 - The Winner: Sniffy confesses and competition resolved
i_b04_08 - Sandcastle Competition
i_b07_08 - The Annual Cycle Race
i_b08_08 - Marble Day Competition
i_b09_02
Continuity findings
- Collum Ollum name form: Collum Ollum / Collum-Ollum variant
- Encyclopedia of Grobsnots title spelling: Encyclopedia / Encyclopaedia variant
- Collum Ollum pizzup-floating test: repeated across b03, b09, b14 recurring_element
- Almanac retelling of Collum Ollum snintercom jam incident almanac_overlap