A few days later after Matilda snuck into Agatha's house, Agatha visits Miss Honey's class and shows Matilda's red ribbon in her hand. Matilda who is upset with Agatha blaming her stares at the glass and with her powers makes the newt land on Agatha's suit. She succeeds, but the furious Agatha blames Matilda instead of Lavender. Lavender decided to take the job and to put a newt in it to prank and bother Agatha. Miss Trunchbull who never takes water without taking over a class has a student get her water ready. Later, Lavender decided to play a trick on Agatha when she visited Miss Honey's class for testing. When Matilda and Lavender first meet they are on the playground watching Miss Trunchbull taunt the students on the playground and then throws Amanda Thripp by her pigtails. Lavender who is a sweet and sensitive girl had a hard time watching Miss Trunchbull force Bruce to eat an entire chocolate cake but when Matilda started cheering for Bruce she joined in. Unlike the book, Lavender is changed to African American in order to showcase America's diversity. She wears black Chuck Taylor high tops and white socks with overalls. The film incarnation of Lavender is depicted wearing her hair in thick braids and wears big round glasses and often dark 1970’s dresses for young girls just like Matilda. Her physical description states that she is a "skinny little nymph". The book's Lavender has dark hair and dark eyes.