Toadfish Rebecchi
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Jarrod Vincenzo Rebecchi (commonly known as Toadfish or Toadie) is a fictional character
from the Australian Network Ten
soap opera Neighbours
, played by Ryan Moloney
. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 8 February 1995.
and appearing as a minor character called Cyborg who vandalised the Willis family's property. Moloney was initially scheduled to play Toadie in one scene, but he went on to become a recurring character. Toadie proved to be very popular with the Neighbours viewers and he was asked to continue on the show full time. By 2003 Moloney said he had remained grounded and surpassed the "big-headed stuff" that comes with being in a soap opera. Moloney celebrated his 15th year on Neighbours in 2010. Moloney said: "Fifteen years on the show is quite an achievement in my eyes." During an interview with entertainment website, Digital Spy
, Moloney said "Like Toadie, I've literally grown up with Neighbours. Since I started out as a tearaway teenager in the series, I've experienced many transformations."
Moloney told What's on TV that he plans to stay in Neighbours until the producers decide to they no longer require his service. He also added "It's just the best job in the world. I turn up, I muck around, tell a few jokes and then go home."
es of Australia. The serial's official website described a young Toadie as "fun-loving, mischievous and the class clown." TV Week
branded Toadie "another troubled-teen-turned-good" who was "fond of a practical joke". Soap opera reporting website, Holy Soap
, said he was "initially a bit of a layabout" that "got his act together and qualified as a lawyer." He also observed him as coming in "as a rough bloke and now he's a nancy." Toadie is portrayed as an "unlucky in love character". He would often played as the "third-wheel" along side Billy Kennedy (Jesse Spencer
), who was more popular with female characters. In 2003, Moloney said: "Billy always got the chicks and it annoyed me because I wanted a chance at pashing someone... and now it's all making up for lost time." Moloney said when Toadie is "not in love and when he's not heartbroken" he has the ability to do anything he wants.
Toadie's persona is similar to Moloney's in the sense that they both "mess around". He further added, "In fact he is me, seeing how much fun and frivolity I can get away with." Molony documented Toadie changing from "a bit of a bad boy" into a "lawyer who’s supposedly a responsible member of the community." He felt that to begin with Toadie was not a good lawyer, because many his clients would receive prison sentences. On Toadie's professionalism, Moloney said he is the type of lawyer that "probably likes to take his pants off behind the desk."
Toadie's image has changed repeatedly during his tenure. He first appeared in 1995, he had long-hair. He used to style a mullet similar to Scott Robinson's
(Jason Donovan
) hairstyle. Moloney jested that it appeared as though a possum was on his head.
(Patrick Harvey
) decide to take part in local wrestling, where he meets Genevieve Doyle (Lulu McClatchy
). Moloney was required to train and learn wrestling routines in preparation for his scenes. He found it "physical and hard" to perform the stunts, without bringing any harm to himself or colleagues.
Toadie begins a relationship with old friend Steph Scully
(Carla Bonner
). Their relationship develops after Steph's marriage to Max Hoyland
(Stephen Lovatt
) falls apart. During an interview with What's on TV
, Bonner said they have been friends for years, "but it’s never extended beyond friendship until now." Bonner thought it was "inevitable" because they spent so much time together and he fitted into her life. She concluded "Toadie’s been a fantastic support to Steph, there every step of the way." They later become engaged. Describing the developments in Toadie and Steph's relationship during 2008, Dan Bennet speaking for Newtwork Ten stated: "Steph has already agreed to a long engagement with Toadie, but she's not ready to marry. This relationship will reach a massive fork in the road early in the new year. Toadie will force Steph to decide what she wants from this relationship." Moloney said that considering Toadie's ill fated association with weddings, he "should stay single forever. It's safer that way." Executive Producer Susan Bower
said Toadie and Steph would always be "soul mates." Although she opined they did not have real love between them and there were other characters more suited to Steph.
In 2008, viewers saw Toadie trying to adopt an East Timorese orphan, after claiming that he had lived in Indonesia for 12 months. Producers decided to stop the storyline at the last minute and they introduced Callum Jones
(Morgan Baker
) for Toadie instead. Of the axed storyline, Moloney said "I thought was just ridiculous. And it was just to spite Steph! I was like, 'What are we doing?'" To begin with Toadie is more of a brother figure to Callum. Moloney said this was because Toadie "has no idea what he is doing with kids and constantly gets angry and shouts at him first. He then thinks about his actions and tries to think how he can get through to him better." Bower was pleased with their progression. She said Toadie was "working incredibly well with Mini Me" Callum. Toadie becomes close to Callum's teacher, Kelly Katsis (Katrina Milosevic
). Though they date and kiss, nothing more happens between the pair. Moloney said that Toadie's new found parental role had to come foremost to his own feelings. Moloney added "He's new to fatherhood and it's like baptism of fire." Though he did feel that Kelly would have been a good character to keep in Toadies life. Callum started emulating certain characteristics of Toadie, Moloney said that he was like a young version of his character.
(Eve Morey
) and they begin a relationship. Moloney told Holy Soap that Sonya is Toadie's "someone special" and that she is perfect for him. Of Sonya, Moloney said "She's funny and a little bit zany and really accepting and loving as well." However, their relationship ends when Toadie reveals that he is back together with Steph. Toadie leaves Sonya is "heartbroken", though he keeps the fact it is a sham a secret. Toadie becomes torn when Sonya tells him she loves him, but he carries on the lie. Of the situation, Moloney said "Toadie is in love with Sonya, but he's had to give up the chance to follow his heart. Now we see that he really wants nothing more than to be able to tell her he loves her and that he wants to be with her – but he just can't." Toadie realises that Sonya still loves him when he notices she is still wearing the bracelet he gave her. Toadie becomes jealous of Sonya's new boyfriend David Foster (Ben Ridgwell). Sonya discovers that the wedding is a sham and the baby is not Toadie's. She agrees to wait for Toadie, but Steph's secret is revealed early and Sonya and Toadie decide to start their relationship over.
Callum wins tickets for a tropical cruise and he decides to give them to Toadie and Sonya. Toadie meets Eli Baker (PJ Lane), Sonya's ex-boyfriend, on the trip. Eli brings "out an inferiority complex" in Toadie and he feels challenged by him. Toadie and Eli compete in a karaoke competition. The scenes for the cruise storyline were filmed in late August 2010, around Darling Harbour
and on board the Pacific Jewel. The episodes marked only the second time Neighbours had filmed outside of Victoria. The actors and crew took five hours to shoot on and around the Pacific Jewel's running track and circus arena on the top deck. In February 2011, Morey revealed that she would like to see Toadie and Sonya have children together in the future. Toadie discovers that Sonya is Callum's mother and Morey explained that Toadie's reaction is one of devastation. Toadie has to ask Sonya if she ever loved him or was only with him to get Callum. Dieter Brummer
joined the cast as Sonya's ex-boyfriend, Troy Miller in March 2011. Brummer told TV Week that Troy will cause waves between Sonya and Toadie.
(Alan Fletcher) because of his behaviour and his mother Angie
(Leslie Baker) later sends him to live with his aunt Coral (Denise Scott
). A few months later, Toadie is sent back to Erinsborough and he decides to try and make a go of things at school. Toadie discovers that he has an above average IQ and is put into an accelerated learning class, but he keeps up his mischievous ways. Toadie becomes good friends with Hannah Martin
(Rebecca Ritters
) and Lance Wilkinson
(Andrew Bibby
). Toadie is horrified to learn that his mother and father plan to leave Erinsborough and he and Billy manage to persuade Karl and Susan Kennedy
(Jackie Woodburne
) to let Toadie move in. Toadie passes his exams and begins studying law at Eden Hills University. He becomes a popular DJ on Uni FM, moves in with Lou Carpenter
(Tom Oliver
) and takes a job at Lou's Place. Toadie moves into Number 30 with Sarah Beaumont
(Nicola Charles
) and Joel Samuels
(Daniel MacPherson
). Toadie briefly becomes a guardian to his cousin, Tad
(Jonathon Dutton
).
Toadie and Joel meet Dee Bliss (Madeleine West
) and she later moves in with them. Toadie is not happy when Geri Hallett (Isabella Dunwill
) becomes his new Uni FM co-host and he plots to get her fired. His new co-host is Steph and Toadie develops feelings for her, but they decide to just be friends. Toadie is sacked from Uni FM, when he gives out some illegal advice. He is charged with inciting a crime and he decides to defend himself. Toadie becomes friends with law student, Maggie Hancock (Sally Cooper), and she helps Toadie win his case. A romance develops between Toadie and Sheena Wilson (Zoe Stark
), but when he tells her that her mother keeps coming onto him, Sheena dumps him. Toadie gets a job with corporate law firm Stewart, Whitehead & Moore and becomes involved in Karl and Susan's divorce. Toadie later goes to work for Tim Collins (Ben Anderson
). He falls in love with Dee and the couple get engaged. Shortly after they wed, Toadie drives their car off a cliff into the sea and Dee goes missing. This leaves Toadie devastated.
A while later, Toadie falls for Sindi Watts
(Marisa Warrington
) and they start dating. With his friend, Connor, Toadie becomes a wrestler. He meets Genevieve and they begin a relationship, but it ends when she goes on tour. Toadie is left a bikini store by client and he runs it with Connor for a while. Connor goes missing and Toadie believes he has been killed by Robert Robinson. Connor later sends Toadie some gifts and proves he is still alive. Toadie is shot in the back by Guy Sykes and he almost dies. Steph tells Toadie that she loves him, but she goes back to her husband. Toadie dates Abby Stafford (Louise Crawford
), but their relationship ends when he realises that he is still in love with Steph. Toadie and Steph begin dating and Toadie proposes to Steph. However, on their wedding day, Toadie realises that Steph does not love him and he leaves her to go travelling.
Steph introduces Toadie to Callum and Toadie invites Callum to stay with him after his grandmother is taken to hospital. Toadie sends Callum to live with Robyn Lovell (Patricia Pitney), but after a short stay, Callum comes home and Toadie becomes his legal guardian. Toadie briefly dates Callum's teacher, Kelly. Guy Sykes returns and holds Toadie and Callum hostage. Toadie helps Callum escape and wrestles Guy to the ground, before the police arrive. Toadie discovers that Bob has cancer and has to have him put down. Toadie, Callum and their neighbours scatter his ashes at the lake. Toadie gets Callum a new dog called Rocky and they train him to be a guide dog. During Rocky's training, Toadie and Callum are visited by Sonya. Toadie asks her out, but she turns him down. Toadie and Elle Robinson (Pippa Black
) believe Sonya and Lucas Fitzgerald
(Scott Major
) are seeing each other, but Sonya reveals she is his Gamblers Anonymous sponsor. Sonya and Toadie then begin a relationship.
Toadie agrees to help Steph cover up the fact she is pregnant with Daniel Fitzgerald
's (Brett Tucker
) baby. They tell their family and friends that they are back together, which ruins his relationship with Sonya. Toadie and Steph decide to marry. He becomes upset when he learns that Sonya is moving away. At the wedding reception, Toadie asks Sonya to wait for him and she agrees. Paul Robinson
(Stefan Dennis
) discovers Toadie and Steph's secret and Paul blackmails Toadie. Paul reveals Steph's secret and Libby Kennedy
(Kym Valentine
) is devastated. Toadie tells her about his part in the cover up and Karl and Susan tell him that he is no longer part of the family. Callum also becomes angry with Toadie, but Sonya gets them talking again. Toadie and Libby later make up.
Toadie is devastated when Steph is sent to prison for accidentally killing Ringo Brown
(Sam Clark
). Sonya moves in and Toadie and Callum go on holiday. Callum decides to find his real mother and Toadie supports him. Callum has an accident and while he is in the hospital, he identifies Sonya as his mother. Toadie is angry with Sonya for lying to him and asks her to leave. Lucas convinces Toadie that Sonya really loved him and Toadie calls Harold Bishop
(Ian Smith
) for help. Callum's father, Troy Miller (Dieter Brummer
), arrives and Toadie allows Callum and Troy to spend time together. After they both attend Harold's wedding to Carolyn Johnstone (Paula Duncan
), Sonya and Toadie get back together. Troy is not happy and he punches Toadie, before leaving. Toadie overhears a conversation at the police station about Mark Brennan
's (Scott McGregor
) death. He tells Sonya, but struggles to tell Mark's ex-girlfriend Kate
(Ashleigh Brewer
).
Toadie takes a job with Simmons & Colbert and gets a loan for Sonya, so she can buy the community garden. Toadie's workload increases and he begins representing a company who want to build a new shopping complex in Erinsborough. Toadie tries to keep this a secret from his friends and neighbours, but is forced to reveal he is representing the company at a public meeting. Toadie is forced to leave Sonya's birthday party early when Peter calls him into work. Paul gets a preservation order for the old newspaper office, forcing Toadie to move the car park of the development or risk being fired by Peter. Toadie realises to keep the development going, Lucas and Kyle Canning
's (Chris Milligan
) businesses would need to be brought out. He gives Kyle, Lou and Lucas the information about the offer and Lou decides to accept. Lucas declines the offer. Peter puts pressure on Toadie to get Lucas to sell. Toadie invites Lucas and his partner, Emilia Jovanovic (Freya Stafford
), to lunch and he tries to get Lucas to accept the lastest offer for his garage. Lucas declines and later blames Toadie and his law firm for sabotaging his garage. Peter gives Toadie a permanent position at Simmons & Colbert.
award for 'Best Actor in a Soap' in 2004. In 2010, Moloney won the very first "Best Daytime Star" award at the Inside Soap Awards
. Moloney won the award for a second time in 2011.
In 2008, men's magazine Zoo Weekly
placed Toadie on their annual Top 50 People We Hate List. Zoo editor Paul Merrill said "Toadie has just been on the show for too long, he's not a great character and we wish he wasn't on the show." Though, in a survey carried out by Yahoo!
to find viewers favourite Neighbours character of all time, Toadie came joint second with Harold Bishop with 15 per cent of the votes. Stephen Moynihan writing for The Age
said Toadie is one of the "most enduring and popular characters" in Neighbours.
The Herald Sun
's Siobhan Duck included Toadie and Dee's wedding day tragedy on a list of "Top 6 Neighbours moments". Whilst Duck's colleague Darren Devlyn said it was one of Neighbours' most memorable weddings. Herald Sun readers also voted the wedding as the third "most memorable" moment in Neighbours history. Daniel Kilkelly and Ryan Love of Digital Spy
also shared Devlyn's sentiment. They said the wedding caused "a whole flood" of tears to the eye and said the ceremony was like a "fairytale". They concluded "as for Toadie, his luck when it came to weddings never did get any better…"
In 2010, to celebrate Neighbours' 25th anniversary Sky
, a British satellite broadcasting company profiled 25 characters of which they believed were the most memorable in the series history. Toadie is in the list and describing him they state: "Toadie – or Jarrod, to his bogan mother – has taken the mantle from Harold of looking after the Ramsay Street flock, ending his time as the errant child of the Street. After all, he entered the show as a bad influence on pretty boy Billy Kennedy, and there was that weird period when he ran a bikini store, Bounce, with House of Trouser co-member Connor. There's something a little Ian Beale
about the character – he's slightly annoying, it's difficult to care about his plots and you dread the day he's going to attempt a sex scene, but the show just wouldn't work without him." They also describe his most memorable scenes as the death of his wife Dee; looking after Callum; on-off relationship with Steph. Holy Soap also described Dee's death scenes as his most memorable. Roz Laws of the Sunday Mercury
said Toadie and Callum shared an "unlikely love" for wrestling. She also wondered if he was actually up to the challenge of looking after Callum full time.
Jaci Stephen writing for the Daily Mail
has often been critical of Toadie's eating habits and professionalism. Stephen was unimpressed by the fact he takes on so many legal cases. She jested "as far as I can tell he runs Australia's entire legal system (even though he never opens a book)." Stephen also said Toadie was as "ubiquitous a lawyer" as Rachel Armstrong
from Home and Away
is a doctor. Then proceeded to ask "Are they short on training places down under?" Stephen passed comment over Toadie's tendency to be shown consuming large amounts of Pizza. She said it was a pity he does not watch what he eats. She has also said she could not imagine Toadie and Callum joining Weight Watchers
or never eating pizza again. Stephen criticised Toadie's sham marriage to Steph, because it wasted nine months of Toadie and viewers lives alike. She also felt the story had the custom to drag on and feel like "nine years".
Natalie Craig writing for the The Sydney Morning Herald
said Toadie was always destined for greatness. She said as a teenager he was a "major ratbag with a major mullet to match", but a genius at the same time. Craig opined many "memorable Toadie moments" occurred when he shared his home. She cited her favourite ever scene as being one in which Toadie, Joel and Lance had a stand-off over the washing up.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
from the Australian Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
soap opera Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
, played by Ryan Moloney
Ryan Moloney
Ryan Moloney is an Australian actor best known for his portrayal of the fictional character Jarrod "Toadfish" Rebecchi in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.-Before Neighbours:...
. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 8 February 1995.
Character creation and casting
The character of Toadfish was created by writer Elizabeth Packett. Ryan Moloney was cast in the role after previously auditioning for the role of Brett StarkBrett Stark
Brett Stark is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Brett Blewitt. He debuted in the episode airing on 30 November 1993, along with his sister, Danni Stark and remained as a regular in the show until 8 March 1996. Blewitt returned as Brett for five...
and appearing as a minor character called Cyborg who vandalised the Willis family's property. Moloney was initially scheduled to play Toadie in one scene, but he went on to become a recurring character. Toadie proved to be very popular with the Neighbours viewers and he was asked to continue on the show full time. By 2003 Moloney said he had remained grounded and surpassed the "big-headed stuff" that comes with being in a soap opera. Moloney celebrated his 15th year on Neighbours in 2010. Moloney said: "Fifteen years on the show is quite an achievement in my eyes." During an interview with entertainment website, Digital Spy
Digital Spy
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, Moloney said "Like Toadie, I've literally grown up with Neighbours. Since I started out as a tearaway teenager in the series, I've experienced many transformations."
Moloney told What's on TV that he plans to stay in Neighbours until the producers decide to they no longer require his service. He also added "It's just the best job in the world. I turn up, I muck around, tell a few jokes and then go home."
Characterisation
Toadie's nickname was derived from the toadfishToadfish
Batrachoididae is the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes. Fish in this family are usually called toadfish: both the English common name and scientific name refer to their toad-like appearance .Toadfish are benthic ambush predators that favor sandy or muddy substrates where...
es of Australia. The serial's official website described a young Toadie as "fun-loving, mischievous and the class clown." TV Week
TV Week
TV Week is a weekly television magazine in Australia, first published as a Melbourne-only publication in December 1957 , and bearing a strong affiliation to television station GTV.The publication is still publishing weekly...
branded Toadie "another troubled-teen-turned-good" who was "fond of a practical joke". Soap opera reporting website, Holy Soap
Holy Soap
Holy Soap is a UK television and entertainment website founded in June 2009 by the British television company Channel 5. The website is the official UK home of the Australian soap operas Home and Away and Neighbours, which are broadcast on the channel...
, said he was "initially a bit of a layabout" that "got his act together and qualified as a lawyer." He also observed him as coming in "as a rough bloke and now he's a nancy." Toadie is portrayed as an "unlucky in love character". He would often played as the "third-wheel" along side Billy Kennedy (Jesse Spencer
Jesse Spencer
Jesse Gordon Spencer is an Australian actor and musician. He is best known for his current portrayal of Dr. Robert Chase on the medical drama House and for playing Billy Kennedy in the Australian soap-opera Neighbours....
), who was more popular with female characters. In 2003, Moloney said: "Billy always got the chicks and it annoyed me because I wanted a chance at pashing someone... and now it's all making up for lost time." Moloney said when Toadie is "not in love and when he's not heartbroken" he has the ability to do anything he wants.
Toadie's persona is similar to Moloney's in the sense that they both "mess around". He further added, "In fact he is me, seeing how much fun and frivolity I can get away with." Molony documented Toadie changing from "a bit of a bad boy" into a "lawyer who’s supposedly a responsible member of the community." He felt that to begin with Toadie was not a good lawyer, because many his clients would receive prison sentences. On Toadie's professionalism, Moloney said he is the type of lawyer that "probably likes to take his pants off behind the desk."
Toadie's image has changed repeatedly during his tenure. He first appeared in 1995, he had long-hair. He used to style a mullet similar to Scott Robinson's
Scott Robinson
Scott Robinson may refer to:*Scott Robinson *Scott Robinson , player in the National Hockey League*Scott Robinson , American jazz musician...
(Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
) hairstyle. Moloney jested that it appeared as though a possum was on his head.
Relationships
In one storyline Toadie and Connor O'NeillConnor O'Neill
Connor O'Neill is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Patrick Harvey. He made his first on-screen appearance on 19 April 2002. He is best known for his friendships with Toadie Rebecchi and Stu Parker with whom he lived at No.30, now better known as...
(Patrick Harvey
Patrick Harvey
Patrick Harvey is an Irish/Australian actor. He played Northern Irish immigrant Connor O'Neill on the television soap opera Neighbours. His first appearance on the soap was in April 2002...
) decide to take part in local wrestling, where he meets Genevieve Doyle (Lulu McClatchy
Lulu McClatchy
Lulu McClatchy is an Australian actress and comedian. She started to write and perform her own shows at the Edinburgh Festival. She created the comedy show Supergirly and went on to present a slot on Live & Kicking. She also performed in her own sitcom, as well as performing with Elton John in the...
). Moloney was required to train and learn wrestling routines in preparation for his scenes. He found it "physical and hard" to perform the stunts, without bringing any harm to himself or colleagues.
Toadie begins a relationship with old friend Steph Scully
Stephanie Scully
Stephanie Jo "Steph" Scully is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Carla Bonner. She made her first on-screen appearance on 21 October 1999. Stephanie is the eldest daughter of Joe and Lyn Scully and the mother to a son, Charlie...
(Carla Bonner
Carla Bonner
Carla Bonner is an Australian actress best known for playing the role of Steph Scully in the soap opera Neighbours, a role she played from 1999 to 2010...
). Their relationship develops after Steph's marriage to Max Hoyland
Max Hoyland
Max Hoyland is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Stephen Lovatt. He made his first appearance on 22 August 2002 and departed on 16 February 2007.-Casting:...
(Stephen Lovatt
Stephen Lovatt
Stephen Lovatt is a New Zealand actor, best known for his portrayal of the character Max Hoyland on the Australian soap Neighbours.-Career:...
) falls apart. During an interview with What's on TV
What's On TV
What's on TV is a weekly television listings magazine published by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary.-Overview:What's on TV is a weekly UK television magazine. It publishes features, TV listings, news and gossip from soap operas, as well as puzzles and competitions...
, Bonner said they have been friends for years, "but it’s never extended beyond friendship until now." Bonner thought it was "inevitable" because they spent so much time together and he fitted into her life. She concluded "Toadie’s been a fantastic support to Steph, there every step of the way." They later become engaged. Describing the developments in Toadie and Steph's relationship during 2008, Dan Bennet speaking for Newtwork Ten stated: "Steph has already agreed to a long engagement with Toadie, but she's not ready to marry. This relationship will reach a massive fork in the road early in the new year. Toadie will force Steph to decide what she wants from this relationship." Moloney said that considering Toadie's ill fated association with weddings, he "should stay single forever. It's safer that way." Executive Producer Susan Bower
Susan Bower
Susan Bower is an Australian television producer and television writer best known for her work on the soap opera Neighbours.-Career:Bower is a former nurse who worked at The Alfred Hospital for 20 years before getting her scriptwriting breakthrough on A Country Practice, where she provided the...
said Toadie and Steph would always be "soul mates." Although she opined they did not have real love between them and there were other characters more suited to Steph.
In 2008, viewers saw Toadie trying to adopt an East Timorese orphan, after claiming that he had lived in Indonesia for 12 months. Producers decided to stop the storyline at the last minute and they introduced Callum Jones
Callum Jones
Callum Jones is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours played by child actor Morgan Baker. He made his first appearance on-screen on 9 June 2008. The character was introduced to the show following the decision to stop a storyline that saw Toadfish Rebecchi adopt a child...
(Morgan Baker
Morgan Baker
Morgan Baker is an Australian child actor. He has been playing Callum Jones on the soap opera Neighbours since June 2008.-Career:...
) for Toadie instead. Of the axed storyline, Moloney said "I thought was just ridiculous. And it was just to spite Steph! I was like, 'What are we doing?'" To begin with Toadie is more of a brother figure to Callum. Moloney said this was because Toadie "has no idea what he is doing with kids and constantly gets angry and shouts at him first. He then thinks about his actions and tries to think how he can get through to him better." Bower was pleased with their progression. She said Toadie was "working incredibly well with Mini Me" Callum. Toadie becomes close to Callum's teacher, Kelly Katsis (Katrina Milosevic
Katrina Milosevic
Katrina Milosevic is an Australian actress who has appeared in many television programmes and theatre productions.Katrina Milosevic graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1997 with a degree in Performing Arts and went on to work on series including The Games and Blue...
). Though they date and kiss, nothing more happens between the pair. Moloney said that Toadie's new found parental role had to come foremost to his own feelings. Moloney added "He's new to fatherhood and it's like baptism of fire." Though he did feel that Kelly would have been a good character to keep in Toadies life. Callum started emulating certain characteristics of Toadie, Moloney said that he was like a young version of his character.
Sonya Mitchell
Toadie meets Sonya MitchellSonya Mitchell
Sonya Mitchell is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Eve Morey. She made her first on-screen appearance on 14 August 2009. Sonya was initially a recurring character, but Morey was promoted to regular cast member in July 2010...
(Eve Morey
Eve Morey
Eve Morey is an Australian actress best known for playing Sonya Mitchell in the soap opera Neighbours.-Career:Morey majored in drama and media studies, while undertaking a Bachelor of Arts Degree at Deakin University...
) and they begin a relationship. Moloney told Holy Soap that Sonya is Toadie's "someone special" and that she is perfect for him. Of Sonya, Moloney said "She's funny and a little bit zany and really accepting and loving as well." However, their relationship ends when Toadie reveals that he is back together with Steph. Toadie leaves Sonya is "heartbroken", though he keeps the fact it is a sham a secret. Toadie becomes torn when Sonya tells him she loves him, but he carries on the lie. Of the situation, Moloney said "Toadie is in love with Sonya, but he's had to give up the chance to follow his heart. Now we see that he really wants nothing more than to be able to tell her he loves her and that he wants to be with her – but he just can't." Toadie realises that Sonya still loves him when he notices she is still wearing the bracelet he gave her. Toadie becomes jealous of Sonya's new boyfriend David Foster (Ben Ridgwell). Sonya discovers that the wedding is a sham and the baby is not Toadie's. She agrees to wait for Toadie, but Steph's secret is revealed early and Sonya and Toadie decide to start their relationship over.
Callum wins tickets for a tropical cruise and he decides to give them to Toadie and Sonya. Toadie meets Eli Baker (PJ Lane), Sonya's ex-boyfriend, on the trip. Eli brings "out an inferiority complex" in Toadie and he feels challenged by him. Toadie and Eli compete in a karaoke competition. The scenes for the cruise storyline were filmed in late August 2010, around Darling Harbour
Darling Harbour, New South Wales
Darling Harbour is a locality of the city centre of Sydney, Australia. It is a large recreational and pedestrian precinct that is situated on western outskirts of the Sydney central business district. The locality extends northwards from Chinatown, along both sides of Cockle Bay to King Street...
and on board the Pacific Jewel. The episodes marked only the second time Neighbours had filmed outside of Victoria. The actors and crew took five hours to shoot on and around the Pacific Jewel's running track and circus arena on the top deck. In February 2011, Morey revealed that she would like to see Toadie and Sonya have children together in the future. Toadie discovers that Sonya is Callum's mother and Morey explained that Toadie's reaction is one of devastation. Toadie has to ask Sonya if she ever loved him or was only with him to get Callum. Dieter Brummer
Dieter Brummer
Dieter Brummer is an Australian actor of German descent, probably best known for his role on the television soap opera Home and Away.-Career:...
joined the cast as Sonya's ex-boyfriend, Troy Miller in March 2011. Brummer told TV Week that Troy will cause waves between Sonya and Toadie.
Storylines
Toadfish is a practical joker at school and he soon becomes close friends with Billy. Toadie comes into conflict with Billy's father, KarlKarl Kennedy
Karl Raymond Kennedy is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Alan Fletcher. The character and his family were created by storyliners in an attempt to bring the show back to its roots. Karl made his first on-screen appearance on 20 September 1994 along with his...
(Alan Fletcher) because of his behaviour and his mother Angie
Angie Rebecchi
Angela "Angie" Rebecchi is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, portrayed by Lesley Baker.The character first appeared in 1995 to 1996. Angie later returned for several weeks in 2002, then for her youngest son, Toadie's ill-fated wedding to Dee Bliss in 2003. Angie also...
(Leslie Baker) later sends him to live with his aunt Coral (Denise Scott
Denise Scott
Denise Margaret Adelaide Scott is a Melbourne-based stand-up comedian, actor and radio personality.-Career:She has appeared frequently on Australian television since her regular slot on ABC TV's The Big Gig in 1990, and a weekly segment on Tonight Live with Steve Vizard...
). A few months later, Toadie is sent back to Erinsborough and he decides to try and make a go of things at school. Toadie discovers that he has an above average IQ and is put into an accelerated learning class, but he keeps up his mischievous ways. Toadie becomes good friends with Hannah Martin
Hannah Martin
Hannah Martin is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Rebecca Ritters. She made her first on-screen appearance on 20 July 1992. Hannah is the only child of Philip and Julie Martin and the younger sister to Michael and Debbie. The Martin family were written out...
(Rebecca Ritters
Rebecca Ritters
Rebecca Ritters is an Australian actress, mostly known for her role as Hannah Martin in the soap opera Neighbours. She first appeared in the show in 1992 when she was eight years old and remained in the show for a further seven years...
) and Lance Wilkinson
Lance Wilkinson
Lance Charles Wilkinson is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Andrew Bibby. He made his first on-screen appearance on 3 October 1995. Bibby was cast in the recurring role of Lance after an audition. After a year, Bibby auditioned for another character called...
(Andrew Bibby
Andrew Bibby
Andrew Bibby , in Melbourne, Victoria, is an Australian actor who played Lance Wilkinson on the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 1995, 1996–2001 and in 2005...
). Toadie is horrified to learn that his mother and father plan to leave Erinsborough and he and Billy manage to persuade Karl and Susan Kennedy
Susan Kennedy
Susan Kennedy , is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Jackie Woodburne. The character and her family were created by storyliners in an attempt to bring the show back to its roots. Susan made her first on-screen appearance on 3 October 1994 along...
(Jackie Woodburne
Jackie Woodburne
Jackie Woodburne is a Northern Irish-born Australian actress.-Personal life:Woodburne was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Her father was a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. She has two older siblings: John and Stephen. At age three she emigrated with her family to...
) to let Toadie move in. Toadie passes his exams and begins studying law at Eden Hills University. He becomes a popular DJ on Uni FM, moves in with Lou Carpenter
Lou Carpenter
Louis "Lou" Carpenter is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Tom Oliver. He made his first on-screen appearance on 30 March 1988. Lou appeared for a brief time, before leaving and later returning in January 1992 as a regular cast member. He is the longest...
(Tom Oliver
Tom Oliver
Tom Oliver is an English television, film and theatre actor best known today for playing the role of Lou Carpenter in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.-Career:...
) and takes a job at Lou's Place. Toadie moves into Number 30 with Sarah Beaumont
Sarah Beaumont
Sarah Beaumont is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Nicola Charles. She made her first on-screen appearance on in 25 September 1996. Sarah departed on 13 July 1999...
(Nicola Charles
Nicola Charles
Nicola Charles is an actress, primarily known for her role in Australian soap opera, Neighbours.-Career:...
) and Joel Samuels
Joel Samuels
Joel Matthew Samuels is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Daniel MacPherson. Joel made his first on-screen appearance on 13 May 1998...
(Daniel MacPherson
Daniel MacPherson
Daniel Donald MacPherson is an Australian actor and television presenter, best known for his roles as; Joel Samuels on Neighbours, PC Cameron Tait on British police drama The Bill, and Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner in City Homicide...
). Toadie briefly becomes a guardian to his cousin, Tad
Tad Reeves
Wayne Terrance "Tadpole" Reeves is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Jonathon Dutton...
(Jonathon Dutton
Jonathon Dutton
Jonathon Dutton is an actor who started his career playing the role of Tad Reeves in the Australian soap opera Neighbours....
).
Toadie and Joel meet Dee Bliss (Madeleine West
Madeleine West
Madeleine West is an Australian actress known for her TV roles, having played Dee Bliss on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2000–2003 and high-class escort Mel on Satisfaction from 2007 to 2010.-Career:...
) and she later moves in with them. Toadie is not happy when Geri Hallett (Isabella Dunwill
Isabella Dunwill
Isabella Dunwill is an Australian actress best known for her role in iconic Australian soap opera Neighbours.Initially signing on for a two-episode role as Geri Hallett, she would become a recurring cast member between 1998 and 2001...
) becomes his new Uni FM co-host and he plots to get her fired. His new co-host is Steph and Toadie develops feelings for her, but they decide to just be friends. Toadie is sacked from Uni FM, when he gives out some illegal advice. He is charged with inciting a crime and he decides to defend himself. Toadie becomes friends with law student, Maggie Hancock (Sally Cooper), and she helps Toadie win his case. A romance develops between Toadie and Sheena Wilson (Zoe Stark
Zoe Stark
Zoe Stark is an Australian actress who played Sheena Wilson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006. Stark also appeared in two episodes of Blue Heelers as Katya in 2003....
), but when he tells her that her mother keeps coming onto him, Sheena dumps him. Toadie gets a job with corporate law firm Stewart, Whitehead & Moore and becomes involved in Karl and Susan's divorce. Toadie later goes to work for Tim Collins (Ben Anderson
Ben Anderson (actor)
Ben Anderson is an Australian actor from Melbourne, Australia. He is best known on Australian TV for his role on popular soap Neighbours as lawyer Tim Collins...
). He falls in love with Dee and the couple get engaged. Shortly after they wed, Toadie drives their car off a cliff into the sea and Dee goes missing. This leaves Toadie devastated.
A while later, Toadie falls for Sindi Watts
Sindi Watts
Sindi Parker is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Marisa Warrington. She made her first on-screen appearance on 19 July 2002. Sindi was initially a recurring character, before she was promoted to regular...
(Marisa Warrington
Marisa Warrington
Marisa Michelle Warrington is an Australian actress who played Sindi Watts on the Australian soap opera Neighbours....
) and they start dating. With his friend, Connor, Toadie becomes a wrestler. He meets Genevieve and they begin a relationship, but it ends when she goes on tour. Toadie is left a bikini store by client and he runs it with Connor for a while. Connor goes missing and Toadie believes he has been killed by Robert Robinson. Connor later sends Toadie some gifts and proves he is still alive. Toadie is shot in the back by Guy Sykes and he almost dies. Steph tells Toadie that she loves him, but she goes back to her husband. Toadie dates Abby Stafford (Louise Crawford
Louise Crawford
Louise Crawford is an Australian television actress who has appeared in several Australian soap opera dramas, her most recent role being as Sgt. Karen Hatzic in primetime drama series City Homicide.-Career:...
), but their relationship ends when he realises that he is still in love with Steph. Toadie and Steph begin dating and Toadie proposes to Steph. However, on their wedding day, Toadie realises that Steph does not love him and he leaves her to go travelling.
Steph introduces Toadie to Callum and Toadie invites Callum to stay with him after his grandmother is taken to hospital. Toadie sends Callum to live with Robyn Lovell (Patricia Pitney), but after a short stay, Callum comes home and Toadie becomes his legal guardian. Toadie briefly dates Callum's teacher, Kelly. Guy Sykes returns and holds Toadie and Callum hostage. Toadie helps Callum escape and wrestles Guy to the ground, before the police arrive. Toadie discovers that Bob has cancer and has to have him put down. Toadie, Callum and their neighbours scatter his ashes at the lake. Toadie gets Callum a new dog called Rocky and they train him to be a guide dog. During Rocky's training, Toadie and Callum are visited by Sonya. Toadie asks her out, but she turns him down. Toadie and Elle Robinson (Pippa Black
Pippa Black
Pippa Black is an Australian actress. From 2005 to 2009, Black played Elle Robinson in the soap opera Neighbours. Black played Tonya in the NBC series Outsourced from 2010 to 2011.-Career:...
) believe Sonya and Lucas Fitzgerald
Lucas Fitzgerald
Lucas Fitzgerald is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, portrayed by Scott Major. He made his first on-screen appearance on 22 July 2008. The role of Lucas is Major's second character on the show, he previously played Darren Stark in 1993. Lucas is the brother of Daniel...
(Scott Major
Scott Major
Scott Major is an Australian actor. Major's acting début was playing Murray on Home and Away in the 1990s. He joined the Neighbours cast for a brief period in 1993 as the original Darren Stark. and then was a part of the Heartbreak High cast as "Rivers" from 1994–1995...
) are seeing each other, but Sonya reveals she is his Gamblers Anonymous sponsor. Sonya and Toadie then begin a relationship.
Toadie agrees to help Steph cover up the fact she is pregnant with Daniel Fitzgerald
Daniel Fitzgerald (Neighbours)
Daniel Fitzgerald is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Brett Tucker. He made his first on-screen appearance on 1 September 1999. Dan becomes a teacher at Erinsborough High and shares a house with fellow teacher, Tess. He remained as a recurring...
's (Brett Tucker
Brett Tucker
Brett Alan Tucker is an Australian actor and singer. He was a series regular in The Saddle Club and McLeod's Daughters...
) baby. They tell their family and friends that they are back together, which ruins his relationship with Sonya. Toadie and Steph decide to marry. He becomes upset when he learns that Sonya is moving away. At the wedding reception, Toadie asks Sonya to wait for him and she agrees. Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson (Neighbours)
Paul Stewart Robinson is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, a long-running serial drama about social life in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough. He is played by Stefan Dennis. Paul debuted in the serial's first episode in 1985 and appeared on a...
(Stefan Dennis
Stefan Dennis
Stefan Dennis is an Australian actor, best known for playing the role of Paul Robinson in the soap opera, Neighbours, from its first episode in March 1985 to the present day...
) discovers Toadie and Steph's secret and Paul blackmails Toadie. Paul reveals Steph's secret and Libby Kennedy
Libby Kennedy
Elizabeth Grace "Libby" Kennedy is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Kym Valentine. She made her first on-screen appearance on 3 October 1994 and departed in 2004, before returning on 12 November 2007. Libby is the only daughter of Karl and Susan Kennedy...
(Kym Valentine
Kym Valentine
Kym Valentine is a Maltese Australian actress best known for her portrayal of Libby Kennedy in the soap opera Neighbours.-Early and personal life:...
) is devastated. Toadie tells her about his part in the cover up and Karl and Susan tell him that he is no longer part of the family. Callum also becomes angry with Toadie, but Sonya gets them talking again. Toadie and Libby later make up.
Toadie is devastated when Steph is sent to prison for accidentally killing Ringo Brown
Ringo Brown
Ringo Brown is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Sam Clark. Clark was given the role after he entered and won a Dolly magazine competition. He made his first on-screen appearance on 24 January 2007...
(Sam Clark
Sam Clark
-Studio albums:-Singles:-Music videos:-Filmography:-Awards and nominations:-External links:* on SoundCloud...
). Sonya moves in and Toadie and Callum go on holiday. Callum decides to find his real mother and Toadie supports him. Callum has an accident and while he is in the hospital, he identifies Sonya as his mother. Toadie is angry with Sonya for lying to him and asks her to leave. Lucas convinces Toadie that Sonya really loved him and Toadie calls Harold Bishop
Harold Bishop
Harold Bishop is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Ian Smith. He made his first on-screen appearance on 30 January 1987. Smith was offered a role by Neighbours creator and executive producer Reg Watson...
(Ian Smith
Ian Smith (actor)
Ian Smith is an Australian soap opera character actor and television screenwriter, best known today for his long-running role as the caring, kindly coffee shop owner Harold Bishop in the soap opera Neighbours....
) for help. Callum's father, Troy Miller (Dieter Brummer
Dieter Brummer
Dieter Brummer is an Australian actor of German descent, probably best known for his role on the television soap opera Home and Away.-Career:...
), arrives and Toadie allows Callum and Troy to spend time together. After they both attend Harold's wedding to Carolyn Johnstone (Paula Duncan
Paula Duncan
Paula Margaret Duncan is an Australian actress. She is prominent mainly in the genre of soap opera. Her sister is fellow soap actress Carmen Duncan....
), Sonya and Toadie get back together. Troy is not happy and he punches Toadie, before leaving. Toadie overhears a conversation at the police station about Mark Brennan
Mark Brennan (Neighbours)
Mark Brennan is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by model and television presenter Scott McGregor. He made his first on-screen appearance on 30 August 2010. McGregor initially had a four week guest contract with the show, but this was increased to six months...
's (Scott McGregor
Scott McGregor (model)
Scott McGregor is an Australian model, television presenter and actor.-Career:Since 2005 he has worked as a model on the Nine Network program Temptation, as well as television presenting work for Foxtel...
) death. He tells Sonya, but struggles to tell Mark's ex-girlfriend Kate
Kate Ramsay
Kate Ramsay is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Ashleigh Brewer. She made her first on-screen appearance on 15 May 2009. She is the eldest sibling of Harry and Sophie Ramsay...
(Ashleigh Brewer
Ashleigh Brewer
Ashleigh Brewer is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing Kate Ramsay in the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours.-Biography and personal life:...
).
Toadie takes a job with Simmons & Colbert and gets a loan for Sonya, so she can buy the community garden. Toadie's workload increases and he begins representing a company who want to build a new shopping complex in Erinsborough. Toadie tries to keep this a secret from his friends and neighbours, but is forced to reveal he is representing the company at a public meeting. Toadie is forced to leave Sonya's birthday party early when Peter calls him into work. Paul gets a preservation order for the old newspaper office, forcing Toadie to move the car park of the development or risk being fired by Peter. Toadie realises to keep the development going, Lucas and Kyle Canning
Kyle Canning
Kyle Canning is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Chris Milligan. The actor successfully auditioned for the six week recurring role of Kyle and he made his first on screen appearance on 26 November 2008. Milligan was later asked back every couple of months...
's (Chris Milligan
Chris Milligan
Chris Milligan is an Australian actor. He has appeared in numerous television series and is best known for his role as Kyle Canning in the soap opera Neighbours.-Career:...
) businesses would need to be brought out. He gives Kyle, Lou and Lucas the information about the offer and Lou decides to accept. Lucas declines the offer. Peter puts pressure on Toadie to get Lucas to sell. Toadie invites Lucas and his partner, Emilia Jovanovic (Freya Stafford
Freya Stafford
Freya Stafford is an Australian actress who has appeared in the television programs Head Start and White Collar Blue as central characters.-Early and personal life:Stafford was born and raised in Hobart, Tasmania...
), to lunch and he tries to get Lucas to accept the lastest offer for his garage. Lucas declines and later blames Toadie and his law firm for sabotaging his garage. Peter gives Toadie a permanent position at Simmons & Colbert.
Reception
For his portrayal of Toadie, Moloney was nominated for a Rose d'OrRose d'Or
The Rose d’Or is one of the most important international festivals in entertainment television. It was founded in Montreux in 1961 and has taken place in Lucerne since 2004. Producers, executives from independent and public service broadcasters and heads of production companies from over 40...
award for 'Best Actor in a Soap' in 2004. In 2010, Moloney won the very first "Best Daytime Star" award at the Inside Soap Awards
Inside Soap Awards
The Inside Soap Awards is a yearly award ceremony run by Inside Soap magazine since 1996. The awards celebrate the British and Australian soap operas and their actors. Until 2007, EastEnders had won the award for "Best Soap" on every occasion...
. Moloney won the award for a second time in 2011.
In 2008, men's magazine Zoo Weekly
Zoo Weekly
Zoo is a weekly lads' magazine published in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 29 January 2004, as the second weekly men's magazine in the UK after the similar and rival magazine Nuts)...
placed Toadie on their annual Top 50 People We Hate List. Zoo editor Paul Merrill said "Toadie has just been on the show for too long, he's not a great character and we wish he wasn't on the show." Though, in a survey carried out by Yahoo!
Yahoo!
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to find viewers favourite Neighbours character of all time, Toadie came joint second with Harold Bishop with 15 per cent of the votes. Stephen Moynihan writing for The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
said Toadie is one of the "most enduring and popular characters" in Neighbours.
The Herald Sun
Herald Sun
The Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Limited, itself a subsidiary of News Corporation. It is available for purchase throughout Melbourne, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital...
's Siobhan Duck included Toadie and Dee's wedding day tragedy on a list of "Top 6 Neighbours moments". Whilst Duck's colleague Darren Devlyn said it was one of Neighbours
Digital Spy
Digital Spy is a British entertainment and media news website. According to Alexa Internet traffic statistics, as of February 2011, Digital Spy is the 93rd most popular website in the United Kingdom, with an overall Alexa ranking of 2,088....
also shared Devlyn's sentiment. They said the wedding caused "a whole flood" of tears to the eye and said the ceremony was like a "fairytale". They concluded "as for Toadie, his luck when it came to weddings never did get any better…"
In 2010, to celebrate Neighbours
British Sky Broadcasting
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc is a satellite broadcasting, broadband and telephony services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with operations in the United Kingdom and the Ireland....
, a British satellite broadcasting company profiled 25 characters of which they believed were the most memorable in the series history. Toadie is in the list and describing him they state: "Toadie – or Jarrod, to his bogan mother – has taken the mantle from Harold of looking after the Ramsay Street flock, ending his time as the errant child of the Street. After all, he entered the show as a bad influence on pretty boy Billy Kennedy, and there was that weird period when he ran a bikini store, Bounce, with House of Trouser co-member Connor. There's something a little Ian Beale
Ian Beale
Ian Albert Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Adam Woodyatt. He is the longest-serving character and the only remaining original character to have appeared continuously since the first episode on 19 February 1985...
about the character – he's slightly annoying, it's difficult to care about his plots and you dread the day he's going to attempt a sex scene, but the show just wouldn't work without him." They also describe his most memorable scenes as the death of his wife Dee; looking after Callum; on-off relationship with Steph. Holy Soap also described Dee's death scenes as his most memorable. Roz Laws of the Sunday Mercury
Sunday Mercury
Sunday Mercury is a Sunday tabloid published in Birmingham, UK, and owned by Trinity Mirror.The first editor was John Turner Fearon , who left the Dublin-based Freeman's Journal to take up the position...
said Toadie and Callum shared an "unlikely love" for wrestling. She also wondered if he was actually up to the challenge of looking after Callum full time.
Jaci Stephen writing for the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
has often been critical of Toadie's eating habits and professionalism. Stephen was unimpressed by the fact he takes on so many legal cases. She jested "as far as I can tell he runs Australia's entire legal system (even though he never opens a book)." Stephen also said Toadie was as "ubiquitous a lawyer" as Rachel Armstrong
Rachel Armstrong
Rachel Holden is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Amy Mathews. Rachel debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 16 January 2006. In 2010 Mathews quit the serial to pursue other projects and her on-screen husband Tony Holden was also...
from Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
is a doctor. Then proceeded to ask "Are they short on training places down under?" Stephen passed comment over Toadie's tendency to be shown consuming large amounts of Pizza. She said it was a pity he does not watch what he eats. She has also said she could not imagine Toadie and Callum joining Weight Watchers
Weight Watchers
Weight Watchers is an international company that offers various dieting products and services to assist weight loss and maintenance. Founded in 1963 by Brooklyn homemaker Jean Nidetch, it operates in about 30 countries around the world, generally under names that are local translations of “Weight...
or never eating pizza again. Stephen criticised Toadie's sham marriage to Steph, because it wasted nine months of Toadie and viewers lives alike. She also felt the story had the custom to drag on and feel like "nine years".
Natalie Craig writing for the The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
said Toadie was always destined for greatness. She said as a teenager he was a "major ratbag with a major mullet to match", but a genius at the same time. Craig opined many "memorable Toadie moments" occurred when he shared his home. She cited her favourite ever scene as being one in which Toadie, Joel and Lance had a stand-off over the washing up.