27 Facts About Seth Cohen

Seth Ezekiel Cohen is a fictional character on the Fox television series The OC.

Seth Cohen's goal was to attend Brown University, but he ends up going to Rhode Island School of Design and continuing work on his comic book Atomic County.

Seth Cohen is very sarcastic and uses irony to find the humor in the events that occur around him.

Seth Cohen is shown throughout the series to be self-obsessed and neurotic, with a tendency to make himself the center of attention.

Seth Cohen is a self-proclaimed geek and likes comic books, science fiction, video games, and old movies.

Seth Cohen would go out on his sailboat, the Summer Breeze, to escape Newport; in Season 2 he admitted to Ryan that he sold it for cash while docked at Santa Barbara and caught a Greyhound to Portland.

Seth Cohen was further designed as an artist in the second season.

Wight, who said he easily related to Seth Cohen, first made sketches of the four main superheroes, and the rest came later as the episodes were being developed.

Seth Cohen was born in Berkeley, California, to parents Sanford "Sandy" Cohen and Kirsten Cohen.

Seth Cohen was befriended by Ryan Atwood when the latter was brought home by Sandy.

Seth Cohen quickly turned him down for a date after seeing a few cheerleaders eyeing the pair.

However, their relationship was short lived as they broke up when Seth Cohen made it obvious that he truly wanted Summer instead and had made the wrong choice.

Seth Cohen refused to put up with this and declared his love for her atop a coffee cart in front of the school.

Seth Cohen tried to make Ryan stay and was distraught at his departure but tried to appear uninterested by it, although it pained him deeply.

Seth Cohen left a note for her, and for his parents, who were distraught over losing both Seth and Ryan in one day.

Early in season 2, Seth Cohen is staying with Luke Ward in Portland, Oregon and working at a kayak rental shack.

Seth Cohen refuses to come home despite his parents' calls as he was still resentful of his parents for letting Ryan go back to Chino, forcing Sandy to ask Ryan to accompany him to Portland in hopes of persuading Seth to return.

Once Seth Cohen returned, Summer had moved on with Zach Stevens.

The tension came to a breaking point when Zach, Summer and Seth Cohen went on a trip to sell their comic book.

Seth Cohen subtly admitted his feelings about Summer, who was about to leave on a trip to Italy with Zach a few weeks after, but Seth Cohen begged for her to be with him.

Zach ultimately gave Summer up at prom, and Seth Cohen swooped in to again tell the school how he loved Summer when she was named Prom Queen.

Summer got in and Seth Cohen did not, but he lied and told her he did because he didn't want her to pass up Brown, which led to their breakup.

When he visited Brown, Seth Cohen came across Anna and she helped him get an interview for the Rhode Island School of Design.

Seth Cohen visited home for Thanksgiving, and Seth confronted her with this concept, which she eventually accepted, telling him via voice mail as she left to return to Brown to deal with it on her own.

Seth Cohen supported her by stepping back and giving her space to pursue her new interests; however, this made Summer realize how important Seth Cohen was in her life and their relationship grew stronger.

False pretenses led to Summer's semester-long suspension from Brown just as Seth Cohen was to start at RISD, but Seth Cohen decided he would put off college until the following fall so they could return to Providence together.

Seth Cohen accepted the offer from GEORGE but promises to stay in contact.