Olive Snook
| Olive Snook | |
|---|---|
| 'Pushing Daisies' character | |
| First appearance | Pie-lette |
| Created by | Bryan Fuller |
| Portrayed by | Kristin Chenoweth |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | female |
| Occupation | waitress, dogsitter, ex-jockey |
Olive Snook is a fictional character on the ABC dramedy Pushing Daisies. She works for Ned at the Pie Hole, where she serves pies. She lives in an apartment next to Ned's above the restaurant. She has strong feelings for the emotionally detached employer and often babysits his dog, Digby, from whom she gets the physical affection that she craves from Ned. As of The Fun in Funeral, Olive has no knowledge of Ned's magic touch.
Biography
Olive Snook is one of the few friends of Ned, whom she works for and harbors a crush that she makes no effort at hiding. She has made repeated advances upon him, unaware that he is uncomfortable with emotional attachments due to the death of his mother and his resurrecting abilities, of which Olive is unaware. Olive, who normally has no problem with men, has been confused and saddened by Ned's repeated, although polite, rejections. [2]
Nevertheless, Olive genuinely enjoys working at the Pie Hole. Every day she concentrates all of her love into a single pie because she feels the customers will experience those same feelings, and she claims she sells more of that type of pie by the end of each day. [2]
Olive often babysits Digby, Ned's Golden Retriever, who serves as a surrogate for the human connection she wants with Ned. She pets Digby often and has voiced to Ned that the dog is needy and neurotic due to the a lack of petting from Ned, who pretends to be allergic. [2]
Olive does not like Chuck very much because she is in the way of her getting any affection from Ned.[3]
After talking with her Chuck's aunts, former Darling Mermaid Darlings Vivian and Lily Charles, who she once saw at a county fair when she was a little girl, Olive finds out that Chuck is not dead as generally believed. However, she now believes that Chuck faked her own death.[4]
Personality and traits
Olive Snook is a charming and chipper woman who puts great care and love into her work. She stresses the importance of emotional connections and is not shy about expressing the romantic feelings she has for Ned. She also has her bubble headed moments, like when she admits to Emerson Cod that she once believed the word "masturbation" meant chewing one's food. [2] When her heart really is broken, she breaks into song.[3] She has a fear of breaking rules, as evidenced be her approach to the Charles household in Coeur d'Coeurs, which is not part of the regular delivery route.[4]
Behind the Scenes
In "Dummy", Olive has shorter and more caramel-colored hair. This is merely because Kristin Chenoweth thought that the shorter hair would fit the character better.