- "Maybe if I'd spent some time trying to fix the relationship instead of bikes, I could've kept her..."
- — Ricky
Ricky Pucino is a character in Bully, and is a member of the Greasers at Bullworth Academy. He was voiced by TJ Del Reno.
Character description
Ricky wears a black leather jacket, a blue sweater, with tan slacks, and brown boots. During the winter he simply zips his jacket up. His hair is brown and slicked back and a few strands of hair are hanging on the right of his forehead. He also has brown eyes. He has a cigarette stuck behind his left ear and speaks with a Philadelphia accent.
Ricky and Peanut have a similar appearance, but Ricky has some strands of hair coming down from his forehead on his right whilst Peanut has his combed straight back. Ricky and Peanut also have different accents, and their leather jackets are different colors, Ricky's being black while Peanut's is brown.
Characteristics
Ricky has two overwhelming interests that nearly border on obsession - fixing bikes, and pining over the girlfriend who recently broke up with him because he prioritized bikes over the relationship.
He tends to react to most situations through the lens of his breakup. If he's fighting, he's angry over the breakup. If he's talking with his fellow Greasers he moans about the breakup constantly. If he's being bullied or victimized in any way, he'll use the breakup to beg for mercy and sympathy. Occasionally he'll claim he's making progress towards getting over her, but this is drastically outweighed by his constant complaining. If he's beaten up, he'll even daydream about her coming to visit him in the hospital. He also collects pin-ups, and it's also implied that his girlfriend's disapproval of this also contributed to the breakup.
When it comes to bikes, Ricky regularly brags about how good he is at fixing bikes and how many bikes he's fixed. If he's trying to be nice to someone, or if he's trying to beg out of being bullied, he'll offer to fix their bike. He also regularly uses metaphors about fixing bikes in general, specifically bike parts and tools used in bike repair.
He's notably oblivious to the real cause of his problems. He claims his pin-ups are the only thing he can count on and contemplates whether he can fix his broken heart with a wrench.
As for his more minor personality traits, Ricky has a personal grudge against the Jocks and spends as much time complaining about them as he does the Preppies, if not more. In the Bully comics, Ricky's girlfriend leaves him for a Jock, which may explain his animosity towards the Jocks. Ricky has an older brother who once attended Bullworth Academy, and he got in trouble with Mr. Galloway for trying to hand in one of his brother's essays as his own.
Role in game
Ricky first appears in the This Is Your School mission, where he is seen loitering against the cafeteria lunch case with Hal and Johnny. During Chapter 2, Ricky helps Jimmy get a race trophy back from the Preppies, in Beach Rumble. Ricky was talking with the store's owner Tobias Mason about tweaking his bike, when Jimmy comes in to claim his prize for winning the first Bullworth Vale bike race. Chad and Gord soon barge in, and after insults on both sides have flown about, Gord steals the trophy. Ricky offers to help Jimmy get it back, most likely for the chance to "pound on some rich scum."
Later in Chapter 3, during Wrong Part of Town as Jimmy, Chad and Algie are trying to make their escape, it's Ricky who notices Algie on a girl's bike and says to his friends in delight, "Is that Algie? On a girls' bike?".
Ricky, along with Lucky and Peanut, attempt to attack Jimmy in Here's to you Ms. Philips.
Deleted content
Ricky had a role in the deleted mission The Paddle, where he helped Jimmy distract the Jocks Damon, Kirby, and Dan by flirting with Mandy, prompting them to chase him.
Trivia
- Ricky seems to bear a resemblance to Grand Theft Auto III protagonist Claude, which many fans speculate as a tribute of some sorts; they both have similar hairstyle and jackets, even facial features. The full effect of the resemblance between Ricky and Claude can be seen in the opening cutscene of 'Beach Rumble'. Ricky also suffers from ex-girlfriend woes, albeit not the same kind as Claude.
Quotes
- Main article: Ricky Pucino/Quotes
| Greasers | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Johnny Vincent |
| Second-in-command | Peanut Romano |
| Members | Hal Esposito | Lefty Mancini | Lola Lombardi | Lucky De Luca | Norton Williams | Ricky Pucino | Vance Medici |
| Hangouts | Auto Repair Shop | New Coventry |
| Category:Greasers | Category:Characters | |