32 Facts About Fonzie

Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, better known as "Fonzie" or "The Fonz", is a fictional character played by Henry Winkler in the American sitcom Happy Days .

Fonzie was originally a secondary character, but was positioned as a lead character when he began surpassing the other characters in popularity.

Fonzie is one of only two characters to appear in all 255 episodes.

Fonzie was originally envisioned as a tall blonde male character.

Fonzie is resentful, but at the end of the episode he opens his father's letter explaining why he left and reads it.

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Fonzie learns that the sailor was his father, who admits in the letter that he doubted he would have the courage to reveal the truth to his son.

Fonzie's convinces him she is not, but in the end, she looks at a picture of Fonzie she had in her possession.

Fonzie has mixed emotions upon hearing this, as this left so many questions about his past unanswered, but Fonzie bonded with Arte, who helped him cope.

Fonzie's is rarely referred to after that but she is featured in at least one later episode.

Fonzie was able to be the older brother figure that Chachi needed in his life.

In having Chachi come to live and work with him, Fonzie grows too, becoming an overall better, more responsible and caring person.

Fonzie seems to respect people brave enough to stand up to him, as evidenced in the episode where Richie recalls meeting Fonzie for the first time while he was a member of a gang called the Falcons.

Fonzie resented Richie at first, threatening to beat him up; but when Richie refused to back down, Fonzie told him "you got guts".

At the beginning of the series, Fonzie is a high school dropout, prompting establishment characters to view him as a rebel and bad influence.

Fonzie is shown once attempting to go back to school with Richie, but he later decides it just isn't for him and drops out again.

However, a few seasons later, Fonzie is secretly attending night school and ultimately earns his high school diploma.

Fonzie later became an auto mechanic instructor at Jefferson High School and finally a full-fledged teacher.

Fonzie was consistently portrayed as being very successful with women.

In Season 10, Fonzie maintained a long-term relationship with a single mother, but they would break up by the following year.

Fonzie's was the only person Fonzie allowed to address him by his first name, Arthur, which she always did affectionately.

Fonzie is able to be the big brother figure Joanie needs after Richie leaves for California.

Fonzie gives Joanie advice about everything from boys to schoolwork.

Fonzie is naturally delighted when his cousin who is his best friend decides to marry a young woman he has grown to love as a little sister.

Fonzie self-appointed the men's restroom at Arnold's as his "office", where he, Richie, and his friends would gather to work out developing problems.

Fonzie has an almost magical ability to manipulate technology with just a nudge, bump or a snap of his fingers; he is shown starting a car, turning on lights, coaxing free sodas from a vending machine, making girls respond, or changing the song selection on a jukebox – occasionally pounding one with his fist and eliciting the response of a classic 1950s tune, such as the Elvis Presley song Hound Dog.

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Fonzie thinks he is never wrong and, consequently, has trouble admitting so.

Such advocacy builds on the previous season's episode where Fonzie hired wheelchair-using Don King to work in his garage, promising to provide workplace accommodation for his employee.

Normally flirtatious with women, Fonzie is instead disgusted that the waitress does not serve black customers.

Mr Cunningham, who was on the same jury, went to bat for Fonzie, saying all jurors are permitted to present arguments and he took it very seriously about taking a man's freedom away, which he refused to do without proof of guilt.

Fonzie was able to get the black biker acquitted, explaining that his English-made Triumph Grand Mark 2 had its accelerators on the left handlebar.

Winkler feared being typecast as a greaser after playing Fonzie ; to avoid this, he turned down the role of Danny Zuko in Grease.

Fonzie nonetheless had difficulty finding work in the 1980s after Happy Days ended because of his association with the Fonzie role; he would work mainly behind the camera in the 1980s and eventually begin getting other roles in the 1990s, prompting a career rejuvenation.