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 Stupidest Angel arise from their burial plots. The story takes place in Pine Cove, setting of "Practical Demonkeeping" and "The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove". Tucker Case, helicopter pilot for the DEA, and his pet fruitbat, Roberto, appeared in "Island of the Sequined Love Nun". The angel mentioned in the title, Raziel, appeared in "". And Sam Applebaum mentions his rastafarian cousin Preston who lives in Maui, who was seen in "Fluke" and "". The title is a play on the title of the 1946 book "The Littlest Angel" by Charles Tazewell, which has been adapted several times by Hollywood. The Stupidest