The Bash Street Kids with Smiffy's stupidity. He has on one occasion fainted from seeing his own reflection (after polishing the handles of Teacher's bicycle), and considers himself the most handsome boy in Beanotown. Plug had his own comic from 1977 to 1979 featuring him and his two pets (Pug from Pup Parade and Chunkee the Monkey), and was the first Beano with a spin-off. "Plug" was later incorporated into "The Beezer". He has two sisters, Plugella and Plugena, who closely resemble him. However, in earlier strips his father was shown to be quite handsome (to the confusion of the other kids) and Plug
Kids on the Street was "suitable for just hanging out and doing homework" to and for "long, boring car trips", while another reviewer, though claiming that "Kids" occasionally branched into "the monotony of 'alternative'", noted that it "definitely would be possible to derive pleasure from listening to this CD. The music is wonderful!" Despite the total absence of the swing sound that the Daddies would soon become internationally known for, "Kids on the Street" is often considered by fans of the band to be their best album, something which has been acknowledged by the Daddies themselves, noting that the anthemic punk song "Irish Whiskey"