Wasn't he a gang member in American Graffiti also?
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One and the same. He appeared on a very early episode, if not from the first season.
They were a rival gang.
Richie helped out a little girl who was being picked on, so the leader of the gang now regarded Richie as okay.
Potsie's bike was stolen so Richie decided to cashin in on the favor and get the bike back from the gang. Jai was the most outspoken gang member.
the gang member whose sister Richie had helped showed up and said give them the bike.
Ralph unfortunately (or was it Potsie) had delivered a note which threatened the gang as they thought they would have the football team to back them up (only the mascot showed up).
Fonzie showed up just as they were about to be beaten up with his hoods and they all broke up.
Good bit with Fonzie shoving Jai in the face. Jai came across as one arrogant, attidude-driven little SOB.

Manuel Padilla jnr, who Jai off Tarzan?
I always thought Fonzie hung out with younger kids to look tough!
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He began as a high school dropout with attitude, and that was enough. He had a reputation and Richie wanted to help him.
It was more than needing to see him hit someone. He took a test, passed it and wadded it up about to throw it away, then he smoothed it back out and looked at it.
He hit many a jukebox.
There is a very early episode in which he hit a drink machine and got two drinks out of it, but Manuel Padilla Jr had hit it before him and got one drink out. Padilla was likewise a hood, and a very convincing one at that. They stole Potsie's bike.
He got mad once and hit a payphone and got a dial tone. That was very good.
He had to hit Richie as Richie had made out with his girl. they were in the restroom and someone came in and hit Richie in the eye with the door, giving him a bruise.
Fonzie didn't want to hit Richie and decided that hit by the door would be their cover.
When Richie came out with the shiner, Misty Rowe ran to him and started calling Fonzie a beast.
Ralph Malph saw being hit by Fonzie got Richie the girl, so Ralph ran after Fonzie trying to get him to fight.
"I don't waste my hits on nerds," Fonzie said and walked away.
So it was a gradually established reputation with no hitting.

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the show was geared towards children. Children just saw all adults as bigger than them.
The point was for Fonzie to be liked so it was rare for a kid to see him actually fight. We were supposed to know he was tough without seeing him hurt anyone.
It was mentioned in the episode in which he tries to teach Richie to be tough that if one acts tough then the other guys usually backs down before anything has to happen.

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I work with a guy who is a defensive tactics expert. He's 5' 5" tall. I saw him take down an over 6 foot tall inmate in a matter of seconds and literally had the "thug" crying real tears. It's the old saying, "it's not the sizeof the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog".

"It is a testament to Winkler's acting talents that he portrayed the Fonz as fearless and unafraid."
It would be a testament to your writing talents if you could explain the difference between "fearless" and "unafraid".

I think they showed that clip in Forrest Gump. That was when Forrest didn't know whether to be a karate fighter, a ping pong player or a shrimp boat captain.

Happy Days is fake?
That scuffle was not off-camera.

Dude, it's totally fake. That's why all his fights were off stage.
"Never answer a question with a question" -
Proverbs 12:3

There was another one where he flipped two guys at Arnold's. Chachi got to hold his coat.

Lynda Goodfriend, the actress who portrayed Lori Beth, was in that club for a couple of episodes as a girl named Kim.
She was Ralph's date for prom and Richie's when the group was stuck in the Cunningham Hardware vault.

There was also that girls' club, The Assorted Nuts. They were always in the background. I think the only time they were ever actually referred to was in the first episode, where Ralph mentioned liking all of them.

Thank you for the kind words. I also enjoy your posts. I too would rather exchange posts with fans than be bothered by silly people with nothing better to do than be trolls.

IcingOnTheCake is THE GOODS. I have seen her postings on this and the "Laverne & Shirley" Boards. Most of the people who post on imdb are rude bozos with personal agendas who know nothing. It is a pleasure to see posts from an intelligent human being.

The 'greaser' types had "gangs" and the good kids had "clubs".
Let's see if we can remember all of them.

1. Falcons
2. Red Devils
3. Dragons
4. War Mongers
5. Gems
6. Magnets
7. Demons
   Have I forgotten any? I know the Angora Debs were in Milwaukee but they were only on Laverne & Shirley.

The Red Devils were the gang who wanted to initiate Joanie.

Was that the She-Devils? or were the She-Devils the ones who hosted the "nerd-party"?
My "#3" key is broken so I'm putting one here so i can cut & paste with it.

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"I saw no episodes where he "hit" anyone, but he did kick a cuppla guys in a gymnasium. He stood on his hands and kicked 2 guys at same time."
If this is the episode in the school gym where Richie, Ralph, and Potsie fought three guys from the gang that was trying to initiate Joanie by having her make-out with every member, it was Fonzie and Carmine from Laverne and Shirley that stood on their hands and kicked the guys.

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