Saint Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day is a fictional holiday character who, along with Cupid, arrives in Lawndale in the episode "Depth Takes A Holiday." They are searching for Christmas, Guy Fawkes Day, and Halloween, who have escaped from Holiday Island. St. Patrick's Day appears to be a tall leprechaun (or a short teenager) in modern clothing, and is described by Daria as a leprechaun. As he and Cupid are specifically on the mission, he is presumably one of the more competent holidays; he's the leader of the duo, but gets irritated with Cupid's laid-back, passive nature.
In "Depth Takes A Holiday," St. Patrick's Day was shown to have breath that smells of beer; this was accompanied with a small, visible exhalation of green-colored breath (most likely, the green exhalation was caused by his other-dimensional (magical?) nature as a representation of Ireland). He mentions that the 'beer-breath' is 'congenial'; even more interestingly, St. Patrick's Day mentions that he is not a drinker.
Because he is Irish, St. Patrick's Day holds a lot of animosity towards Guy Fawkes Day, who is English. He once grumbled about being "oppressed for four centuries" - roughly when the Tudor conquest of Ireland occurred, when England (which already officially ruled Ireland) deliberately tried to devastate Gaelic culture and polity - but in the present sense, so he's presumably an Irish Republican and views Northern Ireland as occupied land.
Trivia
- Ironically, the real Guy Fawkes was one of the leaders of the Gunpowder Plot, which sought to destroy the English Parliament and restore Catholic Rule to England. This was something that St. Patrick's Day would likely have approved of.
- In contrast, St Patrick's Day would probably be very upset to find out that many British people celebrate his day (i.e. all of them who like to drink).
- In the Latin American (Mexican) dubbing, he is given an Argentinian accent.
External Links
Fanfiction in which St. Patrick's Day appears
- "A Hard Days' Night" by TAG
- "Write Off Challenge 9, entries by thatLONERchick and Dennis: "St. Patrick's Day has left Holiday Island Again and is looking for a date to celebrate his holiday with. Who will be the lucky Lawndale lady, and what sorts of misadventures will occur?"]
