Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli
Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli is perhaps the most famous
greaser of all time. A one-time juvenile delinquent and
high school dropout, the Fonz once rode with a
motorcycle gang called the Falcons. By the time
"Happy Days" began, though, the Fonz had reformed
from his life of crime and spent his evenings at Arnold's
Drive-In, dispensing much needed wisdom to Richie
and his pals. He was such a constant fixture at Arnold's
that the men's room became his "office."
Abandoned by his parents as a child and raised by his
grandmother, the Fonz grew up to be a loner. He
projected the image of a cool and tough rebel, but
beneath his leather jacket beat the heart of an old softy.
Though he acted like he didn't need anyone, he secretly
loved it when the Cunninghams invited him to live in the
apartment above their garage.
The Fonz had an absolutely magical power when it
came to the opposite sex. Whenever he snapped his
fingers, girls instantly rushed to his side. Despite the
tremendous flock of chicks around him, he only
became serious about two women--Pinky Tuscadero,
a demolition derby driver, and Ashley Pfister, a widow
with a young daughter named Heather. Fonzie came
very close to marrying each of them, but remained a
bachelor in the end.
Throughout the series, the Fonz worked a variety of
jobs. He started at Otto's Auto Orphanage, which later
became Herb's Auto Repairs, and finally Bronco's
Auto Repairs. When Richie and the rest of the gang
graduated from high school, the Fonz revealed that he
had been secretly attending night school and had
earned his diploma. Following this academic
achievement, he became a shop teacher at Jefferson
High and finally Dean of Boys at George S. Patton
Vocational High School.
In 1984, the show's final season, the Fonz left his early
image as a rebel completely behind and adopted a
young orphan boy, Danny. The one-time juvenile
delinquent had grown up and become a middle-class
family man.
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