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'''August Leffler''' is a [[fictional character]] who was played by [[Shay Astar]] on the [[sitcom]] ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''. She was sometimes called "Augie", a nickname which she despised ("Lonely Dick", "Body & Soul & Dick"). |
'''August Leffler''' is a [[fictional character]] who was played by [[Shay Astar]] on the [[sitcom]] ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''. She was sometimes called "Augie", a nickname which she despised ("Lonely Dick", "Body & Soul & Dick"). |
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August was [[Tommy Solomon (3rd Rock from the Sun)|Tommy]]'s steady girlfriend until she started cheating and broke up with him in the third-season episode "Moby Dick", which she confirms in fourth-season episode "Citizen Solomon" when confronted by Tommy. This was part of a [[story arc]] that involved all the aliens breaking up with their significant others. However, while the other broken relationships ([[Dick Solomon|Dick]] and [[Dr. Mary Albright|Mary]], [[Sally Solomon|Sally]] and Don, etc.) were ultimately resolved, Tommy and August's was not. In the fourth season, Tommy began dating [[Alissa Strudwick]], who soon took August's place on the show. |
August was [[Tommy Solomon (3rd Rock from the Sun)|Tommy]]'s steady girlfriend until she started cheating and broke up with him in the third-season episode "Moby's Dick", which she confirms in fourth-season episode "Citizen Solomon" when confronted by Tommy. This was part of a [[story arc]] that involved all the aliens breaking up with their significant others. However, while the other broken relationships ([[Dick Solomon|Dick]] and [[Dr. Mary Albright|Mary]], [[Sally Solomon|Sally]] and Don, etc.) were ultimately resolved, Tommy and August's was not. In the fourth season, Tommy began dating [[Alissa Strudwick]], who soon took August's place on the show. |
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In the episode "Just Your Average Dick", August says that she is of [[Dutch (ethnic group)|Dutch ancestry]]. Her family emigrated to the [[United States]] on a [[schooner]] in [[1852]]<ref name="JYAD">{{cite episode |title=Just Your Average Dick|episodelink=List of 3rd Rock from the Sun episodes|series=3rd Rock from the Sun|serieslink=3rd Rock from the Sun|network=NBC |airdate=1998-04-28 |season=3 |number=22}}</ref>. |
In the episode "Just Your Average Dick", August says that she is of [[Dutch (ethnic group)|Dutch ancestry]]. Her family emigrated to the [[United States]] on a [[schooner]] in [[1852]]<ref name="JYAD">{{cite episode |title=Just Your Average Dick|episodelink=List of 3rd Rock from the Sun episodes|series=3rd Rock from the Sun|serieslink=3rd Rock from the Sun|network=NBC |airdate=1998-04-28 |season=3 |number=22}}</ref>. |
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| August Leffler | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Lonely Dick" |
| Last appearance | "Citizen Solomon" (last speaking part) "Alien Hunter" (last appearance overall) |
| Created by | Christine Zander |
| Portrayed by | Shay Astar |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Earthling |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Student |
August Leffler is a fictional character who was played by Shay Astar on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. She was sometimes called "Augie", a nickname which she despised ("Lonely Dick", "Body & Soul & Dick").
August was Tommy's steady girlfriend until she started cheating and broke up with him in the third-season episode "Moby's Dick", which she confirms in fourth-season episode "Citizen Solomon" when confronted by Tommy. This was part of a story arc that involved all the aliens breaking up with their significant others. However, while the other broken relationships (Dick and Mary, Sally and Don, etc.) were ultimately resolved, Tommy and August's was not. In the fourth season, Tommy began dating Alissa Strudwick, who soon took August's place on the show.
In the episode "Just Your Average Dick", August says that she is of Dutch ancestry. Her family emigrated to the United States on a schooner in 1852[1].
Portrayal
August was generally portrayed as a very studious high schooler who was especially contemptuous of girls whom she regarded as shallow and unintelligent. She was known for being able to easily manipulate Tommy and was clearly the one in charge of their relationship. For instance, in her first episode "Lonely Dick", she told Tommy, who was unsure when it would be appropriate to be physically intimate with her, that she would "decide that as we go along".
August was often shown to have more highbrow interests than Tommy and her perceived intellectual superiority over him (and the "shallow" girls whom she disliked) seemed to give her a degree of elitism. She was also known for her rather quaint neo-feminist views, such as her belief, stated in "I Brake for Dick", that cosmetics are a way for men to "decorate the women they own and turn them into vacuous playthings". She seemed to also have similarly unusual opinions about other topics (according to Tommy in "I Enjoy Being a Dick", August got out of the Girl Scouts because she thought the cookie selling verged on racketeering).
Break up with Tommy
August eventually left Tommy due to her annoyance with what she regarded as his immaturity. August appeared in two fourth-season episodes after Tommy began dating Alissa, the first of which was "Citizen Solomon". In the following episode, "Alien Hunter", she appeared as a guest at Dick's birthday party, but didn't have any lines. Her appearance in this episode (as well as Alissa's absence) wasn't explained.
References
- ^ "Just Your Average Dick". 3rd Rock from the Sun. Season 3. Episode 22. 1998-04-28. NBC.
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