The Puberty Boy File

v1.3

[$] indicates that the scene was cut in syndication

Table of Contents:

1. Puberty Who?
2. Characteristics
3. Resume
4. Other Appearances
5. Name (or Lack Thereof), Family, etc.
6. Quotes

Puberty Who?

Puberty Boy, also called "Pimple-Faced Kid" or "Geeky Teenager," is a bumbling, dim-witted, zit-faced adolescent who works at various entry-level minimum-wage jobs. Besides the generic Puberty Boy, several other Puberty Boy-like characters have appeared in various episodes.

Characteristics

• Adolescent; in mid-late teens (see 1F08 quote)
• Severe acne problem (in 5F20, Homer tries to buy the grease on his face for his zany get-rich-quick scheme)
• Cracked, scratchy, gravelly voice (by Hank Azaria)
• Weak; very skinny
• Not very bright; no mind of his own; seeks his boss' approval for everything

Resume

• [8F17] Barber college (earliest known appearance)
• [9F11] Duff Gardens; supermarket (several different Puberty Boys)
• [9F17] Hardware store
• [9F18] Old Springfield Towne {ds}
• [9F19] Gulp-'n-Blow
• [9F19] Krusty Burger {ds}
• [9F20] The voice of an antibody in Bart's immune system
• [9F21] Hotel in Hollywood {ss}
• [1F06] Noiseland Arcade {ds}
• [1F08] Burns' casino
• [1F12] Kidstown toy store (not affiliated with Kidstown Juvenile Correction Farm)
• [1F12] Krusty Burger
• [1F19] Aztec Theater
• [1F22] Springfield Wax Museum
• [2F01] [$] Fruit and vegetable checkpoint
• [2F04] Clumsy Student Movers {hl}
• [2F06] Channel 3 (public-access station)
• [2F13] Souvenir stand in Australia (Australian-accented) {hl}
• [3F04] Lard Lad Donuts {ds}
• [3F05] Aztec Theater
• [3F08] Air force base
• [3F09] Krusty Burger
• [3F10] Barney's Bowl-A-Rama
• [3F11] Krusty Burger
• [3F12] IRS Burger (formerly Krusty Burger)
• [3G01] TV studio
• [4F17] Hardware store
• [5F01] Gun club cafe
• [5F07] [$] Krusty Burger (twice)
• [5F23] Airport
• [5F22] Fun Center
• [AABF03] Health food store
• [AABF06] Car wash
• [AABF07] Springfield War Memorial Stadium
• [DABF05] Springfield Googolplex
• [EABF07] Krusty Burger

Other Appearances

• [2F16] Boasts about Springfield High School's air hockey table
• [4F22] In New York City: riding a bicycle; calls Homer a "jackass"

Name (or lack thereof), Family, etc.

• [9F11] Bart calls one of them "Mitch"
• [1F12] Grampa calls him "Old Man Peterson" {je}
• [3F10] Lunchlady Doris is his mother (Doris: "I have no son.")
• [5F07] [$] One calls another "Sean"

Quotes

• [9F11] (at the supermarket)

         Selma is shopping in a supermarket, her bags being put away by the
         puberty kid, with a black guy (Arnold) on checkout.
  
         The kid asks her something:
  
           PB: Paper or plastic?
        Selma: You decide. [looks down] So, wearing a belt, are you?
           PB: Uh-huh.
        Selma: No suspenders for you.
           PB: [pauses] I guess not.
        Selma: Orange is really your color.
           PB: They make us wear this.
        Selma: Shall we continue this conversation over dinner?
           PB: Uh -- I'm not allowed to date customers. It's store policy.
       Arnold: No, it isn't.
           PB: [kicks him in the shin, whispering] Shut up!
       Arnold: No, go for it, man!
  

• [9F19] (after trying to pull a taco out of boiling grease) {ds}

  This is coming out of my salary. If I had a girlfriend, she'd kill me.
  

• [1F08] (at the Burns casino)

         Bart: Woo-hoo!  Jackpot.
           PB: Wait a minute: are you over 21?
         Bart: Are you?
           PB: I'm not authorized to answer that.
  
         But Bart is tossed into the street nonetheless.
  
         Bart: By the way, your martinis suck!
           PB: Oh yeah?  What are you going to do?  Start your own casino in your
               treehouse and get all your little friends to come?  I'd like to
               see that.  Ah ha ha ha...
               [Kids pile into Bart's new casino in his treehouse]
         Bart: Hi, yeah, welcome.  Have a lucky day.  Mm hmm.
           PB: Well, he certainly showed me.
  

• [2F06] (after Homer's exonerating public access message airs)

         "Two calls: that's our best ever!  [answers one] Hello?  No, Janice doesn't
         live here...[answers other] Hello?  Yes, I _am_ interested in long-distance
         savings!  _Very_ interested."
  

• [3F12] (at IRS Burger, formerly Krusty Burger)

       Homer: Lesse, I'll have four tax burgers, one IRS-wich, withhold the
              lettuce, four dependent-sized sodas, and a FICA-ccino.
          PB: Fill out schedule B.  You should receive your burgers in six
              to eight weeks.
  

Suggestions, additions and corrections are welcomed.

 je - Jordan Eisenberg
 hl - Haynes Lee
 ss - Samuel Sklaroff
 ds - Dave Sweatt