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 Parkins in "Dennis the Menace". The strips have had a closely connected visual style since the early 1970s, when Sutherland began drawing them both. Although he was apparently easing into semi-retirement, Parkinson moved to "Dennis the Menace" in 2000 and Sutherland returned. The strip has had a number of ghost artists, including Gordon Bell during the early 1970s, John Sherwood later in the decade, Keith Reynolds during the 1980s and Tom Paterson in the early 1990s. Mike Pearse and Kev F. Sutherland (no relation to David Sutherland) have occasionally drawn the strip, long stories in particular. "The Bash Street Kids"