Normally Fonzie only has to snap his fingers and girls run to him. Not this time. Interesting reason why. In this episode we see Al's twin brother who is a priest. We also are subjected to Joanie and Chachi attempting to sing.
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Fonzie the near-rapist
stevenfallonnyc7717 February 2023
This is a great episode to illustrate how horrible the show had become. The basic plot is that there's a pretty new teacher at school, the Fonz asks her out, and she says no.
Fonz seems like his entire world collapses from the "no" and he is desperate to have the woman say yes. This is where the Fonz gets pretty unlikable.
First, under the guise of taking her home after school, he takes her to the Cunningham home instead. Then he gets very pushy, so much so that the woman even tells him to stop pressuring her. The Fonz keeps on getting pushy and the woman keeps on backing away, even accusing Fonz of being worked up. At this point, Fonz is ranting like a lunatic, like he may even rape the woman.
So what does the Fonz do? Does he finally get the message and back off? No, as she tries to leave the house, Fonzie stops her, grabs her, forces her towards him, and plants a big kiss right on her lips.
Terrified, the woman runs out of the house, leaving Fonzie all confused. It turns out the woman was a nun! The episode goes on about Fonz's guilt, and the two eventually reconcile. It is interesting to note that Fonz's guilt was mostly because he kissed a nun, and not because he got so "rapey."
So this is an episode where we've never seen Fonzie actually force himself upon someone like that. He even tried to explain to her that he's never done that before. Is that good enough though? We saw a weak Fonz so insulted by a woman saying "no" to him, that he actually lured her somewhere, blocked the exit so she could not leave, and forced himself upon her despite her objections.
What would Potsie, Ralph, and geez, Richie think of the Fonz after that?
Uncool, Fonz. Uncool.
Fonz seems like his entire world collapses from the "no" and he is desperate to have the woman say yes. This is where the Fonz gets pretty unlikable.
First, under the guise of taking her home after school, he takes her to the Cunningham home instead. Then he gets very pushy, so much so that the woman even tells him to stop pressuring her. The Fonz keeps on getting pushy and the woman keeps on backing away, even accusing Fonz of being worked up. At this point, Fonz is ranting like a lunatic, like he may even rape the woman.
So what does the Fonz do? Does he finally get the message and back off? No, as she tries to leave the house, Fonzie stops her, grabs her, forces her towards him, and plants a big kiss right on her lips.
Terrified, the woman runs out of the house, leaving Fonzie all confused. It turns out the woman was a nun! The episode goes on about Fonz's guilt, and the two eventually reconcile. It is interesting to note that Fonz's guilt was mostly because he kissed a nun, and not because he got so "rapey."
So this is an episode where we've never seen Fonzie actually force himself upon someone like that. He even tried to explain to her that he's never done that before. Is that good enough though? We saw a weak Fonz so insulted by a woman saying "no" to him, that he actually lured her somewhere, blocked the exit so she could not leave, and forced himself upon her despite her objections.
What would Potsie, Ralph, and geez, Richie think of the Fonz after that?
Uncool, Fonz. Uncool.
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