The Bash Street Kids the cover of "Plug" his name is given as Percival Proudfoot Plugsey, although in some earlier strips he is named Claude. Plug's real name is only occasionally used in "The Beano", such as in "Singled Out" when Teacher addresses him by his full name. He is originally known as Pug; according to "The Beano", the "l" was added when Smiffy had one to spare after misspelling "silly". Despite his appearance Plug is one of the more sympathetic Bash Street Kids, often ready to defend those he feels have been unjustly treated; he once calms Danny down after he loses patience
The Bash Street Kids he is indifferent. When Danny tricks Fatty into completing a long assault course to prove his fitness, he breaks the equipment. Although he is usually the only student able to eat school cook Olive's meals without incident, in the 2009 annual her curry makes him ill. Fatty has several stories about him in the Beano Library series. In the academy makeover, he has slimmed down, but regains his former girth after being freed from brainwashing. Plug, whose real name is Percival Proudfoot Plugsley, is a lanky, gangling character with a large overbite, two buck teeth and a wide nose. On