Recurring characters in the Hercule Poirot stories Recurring characters in the Hercule Poirot stories This page details the other fictional characters created by Agatha Christie in her stories about the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Hastings first meets Poirot during his years as a private detective in Europe. Almost immediately after they both arrive in England, he becomes Poirot's partner, and appears in many of the novels and stories. Poirot's view of Hastings was of a man with plenty of imagination but not a great deal of brains. Hastings was capable of great bravery when the going got tough, facing death unflinchingly when confronted by the "Big Four"
Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1996–1997 Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1996–1997 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" characters and sketches introduced between September 28, 1996, and May 17, 1997, the twenty-second season of "SNL". A cartoon by Robert Smigel, part of the "Saturday TV Funhouse" series. Debuted September 28, 1996. Mr. Peepers was a part-monkey/part-human character created and portrayed by Chris Kattan. His signature bits of physical comedy involved eating apples one after another in rapid succession, and spitting out the pieces machine gun style. Often he would spit the apple chunks directly at characters in the scene.