Series | Seinfeld |
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Name | David Puddy |
First | "The Fusilli Jerry"April 27, 1995 |
Last | "The Finale"May 14, 1998 |
Creator | Marjorie Gross |
Portrayer | Patrick Warburton |
Nickname | "Puddy" |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Auto mechanic, car salesman |
Elaine and Puddy break up and make up frequently. In season nine's "The Butter Shave", the two manage to break up, get back together again and break up again all during the course of an international flight, much to the chagrin of 'Vegetable Lasagna', a Scandinavian seat-mate of the duo. In "The Voice", Elaine actually bets Jerry she can break up with Puddy and stay broken up, a bet she loses several times throughout the episode. When she finally realizes she likes being with Puddy, he breaks up with her. In the season nine episode "The Burning", Elaine reveals a motive for reuniting with Puddy to George: "I needed to move a bureau." A reason Elaine once gives for breaking up with Puddy is: "I think his answering machine is broken, so I just gave up." ("The Wizard"). Conversely, Elaine gives the following reason for getting back together with Puddy: "His apartment was being fumigated so we thought we'd give it another shot." ("The Apology").
Elaine finds Puddy attractive for his masculine qualities, such as his large physique, supposed sexual prowess, deep voice, and the fact that he works with his hands; early in their relationship, Elaine compares him to Stanley Kowalski; Jerry quips that such a relationship "didn't end well for Stella". She is turned off by his casual, lackadaisical attitude toward relationships and what she perceives as his odd behaviors, such as face and body painting in support of the New Jersey Devils, and his love of Arby's. She also finds his religious beliefs ("The Burning") problematic, as she herself is not very religious. He is unfazed by her lack of faith, and reminds her in his matter-of-fact way that she is going to Hell. Puddy is also a recovering germaphobe; he wears a necklace with a germ emblem attached as both proof of the phobia and as a reminder of his struggle. His catch phrase is "Yeah, that's right," delivered in a deadpan manner, consistent with his speech pattern. Though Puddy originally appears as a mechanic, he is later promoted to salesman at a Saab dealership, after which Jerry tries to use him to get a good deal on a new car ("The Dealership").
When Puddy agrees with someone strongly enough, he likes to get that person to give him a high-five, a habit which Jerry considers "the lowest form of male primate ritual." Puddy is offended by people that use the term "grease monkey" to describe an auto mechanic, arguing "I don't know too many monkeys that could take apart a fuel injector."
He appears briefly in the series finale in the court room, as the four main characters are sentenced to jail time, Elaine tells him, "Puddy, don't wait for me", to which he shrugs and nonchalantly replies, "All right" and promptly leaves. (In an early draft of the script, Puddy was originally supposed to have more screen time and personally talk to Elaine's boss Jacopo Peterman, but it was cut for time.)
Category:Seinfeld characters Category:Fictional mechanics Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1995
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