Vinnie Patterson
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Vincent 'Vinnie' Patterson is a fictional character
from the Australia
n soap opera
Home and Away
. He made his first on-screen appearence on 14 July 1997 and departed on 1 March 2002. Vinnie made one-off return in 2004 in the disguise of a teddy bear portrayed an uncredited actor.
(Nic Testoni
) works on his boat and splashes him much to his annoyance. Vinnie lends the ski to Aaron Welles (Ritchie Gudgeon
) and lands him in trouble when Travis assumes Aaron was the one speeding around. When Vinnie annoys Travis again, he falls off the ski and has to be rescued. Vinnie later dates Aaron's sister, Justine (Bree Desborough
). When Travis and his wife Rebecca
(Belinda Emmett
) take over the caravan park and become Justine's guardians, they are not keen on Vinnie constantly being around. Vinnie and Justine become closer and after Justine asks if he can stay over, Travis and Rebecca reluctantly agree. It soon emerges Vinnie, despite having a reputation as a ladies man is still a virgin and they decide to wait. Vinnie draws Justine's ire when he flirts with Gypsy Nash
(Kimberley Cooper
) when she arrives in the Bay.
Vinnie's father, Ralph (Alan Cinis) goes bankrupt after being exposed for tax evasion and Vinnie is forced to look for work and first tries his hand as the manager of two bands; The Chick Magnets consisting of Aaron, Joey Rainbow (Alex O'Han) and Tom Nash (Graeme Squires) and The Broken Dolls formed of Justine, Gypsy and Tiegan Brook (Sally Marrett) and tries to convince principal Donald Fisher
(Norman Coburn
) to let the band play at the school dance. The bands soon merge and become known as the Broken Magnets.
Vinnie's next series of jobs prove ultimately more unsuccessful, Travis hires him on his boat but due to his careless he is fired and when he tries hand at working for an Undertaker, Vinnie loses that job when he sells Alf a display coffin. Not one to be deterred, Vinnie continues and lands a gig a part-time gig as a stripper. After winning a triathlon, Vinnie wins the grand prize; a job at Bonza Burger who are sponsoring the event. Vinnie tries everything can to have his boss Jason fire him and succeeds by wearing the Bonza Burger uniform on a stripping assignment.
Vinnie later joins Jesse McGregor
(Ben Unwin
) at Travis' old place and persuades Sally Fletcher
(Kate Ritchie
) to move in with them in a ploy to get her to the housework but it backfires when Sally draws up a roster. Vinnie hires Justine to do his share. After a misunderstanding where Vinnie pretends to be Jesse in order to date a girl, Justine finds out and dumps him. Vinnie tries to win her back with a proposal but discovers her kissing Tom backstage after the school play.
Vinnie and Sally soon find themselves getting closer together and share a kiss one day. After spending the holidays together, they return to the Bay, pretending they took separate vacations in order to keep their relationship secret. Jesse eventually finds out and they persuade him not to say anything. When the couple go public by annoying their relationship in the Diner, there is very little reaction as Jesse has informed several people beforehand until Justine walks in and sees Vinnie kissing Sally. A while later Sally suspects she is pregnant prompting Vinnie to worry, but it is a false alarm.
Vinnie receives some news from a solicitor who tells him he could receive $50,000 if he returns to school to complete Year 12 and obtain a HSC score high enough to get into University. He visits Donald who lets him return to school out of gratitude for helping get his pregnant wife Marilyn
(Emily Symons
) to hospital, but Vinnie has to readjust to school life including wearing the uniform.
While visiting a nudist Beach with Sally, Vinnie ends up with a full-body sunburn and while Sally applies some lotion, she finds a lump. Vinnie visits doctor James Fraser ([Michael Piccirilli), who diagnoses him with testicular cancer
. Vinnie reluctantly agrees but asks for Sally to keep it a secret and is annoyed with her when she lets it slip to Jesse and Gypsy. Vinnie later decides to tell everybody and agrees to the surgery. However, when learning of the possibility of losing a testicle, he decides to try alternative therapies including healthy eating. This fails when Vinnie cannot stick to an alternative diet. Eventually, Vinnie has the surgery and has the testicle removed. When Vinnie awakes, he calls out for Justine much to Sally’s shock. Vinnie quickly reassures Sally that she is the one he wants to be with.
When Year 12 study the novel Great Expectations
as part of the HSC, Vinnie begins to wonder if Donald is his secret benefactor. Vinnie gets a shock when he finds that the benefactor is none other than Ralph. Ralph presents a new business venture but is revealed to be a con and flees the bay. Vinnie realises that he will not see a penny of the money and puts little to no effort into his exams and receives one of the lowest HSC scores on record.
Vinnie and Sally soon break up and Vinnie throws himself into become a photographer and tries to make a career out of it. Sally lends him the money for a digital camera. Vinnie throws Sally a 21st birthday party in a last-ditch attempt to win her back but she makes it clear that the relationship is over.
After Leah Poulos
(Ada Nicodemou
) flees her wedding and hitches a lift, Vinnie is on the scene to pick her up and lets her stay in Sally’s room while she is away. Vinnie and Tom, who has since moved in, both take a liking to her and Vinnie steps aside to give Tom a chance but it is Vinnie that Leah is interested in. After Leah feels uncomfortable living with someone she is dating, she moves in with Shauna Bradley (Kylie Watson
) and is later joined by Sally. After Leah treads on a needlestick while helping Vinnie clear the beach, they both fear for Leah’s health. Vinnie proposes but Leah turns him down and tells him to ask again in three months after she receives the test results. The tests return negative and Vinnie doesn’t propose straight away, Leah thinks he has gone cold on the idea. Vinnie, with the help of Harry Reynolds
(Justin Melvey
), uses a plane with a banner showing his proposal to Leah and she accepts. The wedding goes smoothly and Leah moves back in with Vinnie. Leah soon falls pregnant and Vinnie has money worries and takes an extra job of as a children’s entertainer, Vin-Vin the Clown.
Ralph reappears and Vinnie is initially suspicious but softens when Ralph tells him he is dying and wants to set Vinnie up in business. They organise a company which will buy and sell stock from bankrupt companies. After Leah’s brother Alex
(Danny Raco
) and Alf Stewart
(Ray Meagher
) suspect Ralph of playing Vinnie for a fool, he initially refuses to believe it but when Ralph flees and he finds a note reading “I’m Sorry”, Vinnie is faced to force the truth. Leah’s father, Theo (Silvo Orfia) helps out financially.
Shortly after the birth of his new son, VJ, Vinnie is arrested and charged with fraud and with no evidence to connect Ralph to the crime, Vinnie is tried and convicted, resulting in a two-year prison sentence. Vinnie tells Leah on her first visit not to visit him any more but to pretend he is away on holiday and they agree to communicate via letters before a tearful goodbye.
Vinnie is soon joined in prison by Jesse, who he asks to keep an eye on his family when he is released. When news of Vinnie’s alleged death in a prison fire filters to the bay, everyone is devastated. It is later revealed that Vinnie survived the fire and is living in witness protection. Leah contemplates leaving to be with him but decides to stay as she is now with Dan Baker (Tim Campbell)
On the day of VJ’s 3rd birthday party, a stranger in a bear costume arrives and entertains the children throughout the day. When he leaves, Leah learns that it was Vinnie in disguise and finds a letter from him, telling her to move in with her life.
In 2010, Elijah Johnson
(Jay Laga'aia
) arrives in Summer Bay and reveals to Leah that Vinnie died in a farming accident 18 months earlier and during his dying days he recounted his life in the Bay and how he wanted to be there for Leah and VJ. Elijah takes them to visit Vinnie’s grave in order to give them closure.
Character (arts)
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from the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
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...
. He made his first on-screen appearence on 14 July 1997 and departed on 1 March 2002. Vinnie made one-off return in 2004 in the disguise of a teddy bear portrayed an uncredited actor.
Storylines
Vinnie is first seen riding a jet ski while Travis NashTravis Nash
Travis Nash is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by actor Nic Testoni. He made his first on screen appearance on 10 April 1995 and departed on 11 August 1999.-Backstory:...
(Nic Testoni
Nic Testoni
Nicolas John Testoni is an Australian actor and producer most notable for his Logie Award winning role of Travis Nash in Home and Away from 1995 to 1999. Testoni wrote the film Mr. Patterns depicting the life of Geoffrey Bardon, which was released by his production company "Reel World Productions"...
) works on his boat and splashes him much to his annoyance. Vinnie lends the ski to Aaron Welles (Ritchie Gudgeon
Ritchie Gudgeon
Richie Gudgeon is an Australian actor, known for his role as Aaron Welles in the television soap opera Home and Away from 1997 to 1999.Richie currently tours as a musician throughout New South Wales.-External links:...
) and lands him in trouble when Travis assumes Aaron was the one speeding around. When Vinnie annoys Travis again, he falls off the ski and has to be rescued. Vinnie later dates Aaron's sister, Justine (Bree Desborough
Bree Desborough
Bree Desborough is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Justine Welles in the soap opera Home and Away.-Career:...
). When Travis and his wife Rebecca
Rebecca Nash
Rebecca Nash is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away. The character was played by actress Jane Hall in 1989, Danielle Carter in 1994, and Belinda Emmett from 1996 to 1999...
(Belinda Emmett
Belinda Emmett
Belinda 'Belle' Jane Emmett was an Australian actress and singer. She was married to television personality Rove McManus and was known for her roles in the TV drama series Home and Away and All Saints.-Early life:...
) take over the caravan park and become Justine's guardians, they are not keen on Vinnie constantly being around. Vinnie and Justine become closer and after Justine asks if he can stay over, Travis and Rebecca reluctantly agree. It soon emerges Vinnie, despite having a reputation as a ladies man is still a virgin and they decide to wait. Vinnie draws Justine's ire when he flirts with Gypsy Nash
Gypsy Nash
Gypsy Smith is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Kimberley Cooper. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 18 February 1998...
(Kimberley Cooper
Kimberley Cooper
Kimberley Cooper, in Sydney New South Wales, is an Australian actress who played Gypsy Smith in Home and Away . Cooper won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent on Australian television in 1999 and the Best Aussie Actress for The Inside Soap Awards, UK, 2000...
) when she arrives in the Bay.
Vinnie's father, Ralph (Alan Cinis) goes bankrupt after being exposed for tax evasion and Vinnie is forced to look for work and first tries his hand as the manager of two bands; The Chick Magnets consisting of Aaron, Joey Rainbow (Alex O'Han) and Tom Nash (Graeme Squires) and The Broken Dolls formed of Justine, Gypsy and Tiegan Brook (Sally Marrett) and tries to convince principal Donald Fisher
Donald Fisher (Home and Away)
Donald Fisher is a fictional character in the Australian television soap opera Home and Away played by actor Norman Coburn as a regular character, from the soap's inception in 1988 to 2003. Coburn has since returned for brief appearances in 2004, 2005 and 2007...
(Norman Coburn
Norman Coburn
Norman Coburn is an Australian television character-actor notable for his roles primarily in soap operas,also his has appeared in many theatre roles .-Home and Away:...
) to let the band play at the school dance. The bands soon merge and become known as the Broken Magnets.
Vinnie's next series of jobs prove ultimately more unsuccessful, Travis hires him on his boat but due to his careless he is fired and when he tries hand at working for an Undertaker, Vinnie loses that job when he sells Alf a display coffin. Not one to be deterred, Vinnie continues and lands a gig a part-time gig as a stripper. After winning a triathlon, Vinnie wins the grand prize; a job at Bonza Burger who are sponsoring the event. Vinnie tries everything can to have his boss Jason fire him and succeeds by wearing the Bonza Burger uniform on a stripping assignment.
Vinnie later joins Jesse McGregor
Jesse McGregor
Jesse McGregor is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away. The character was played by actor Ben Unwin between 1996 and 2000 and again between 2002 and 2005.-1996-2000:...
(Ben Unwin
Ben Unwin
Ben Unwin is an Australian actor. He is best known for portraying the character Jesse McGregor on the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 1996 to 2000 and 2002 to 2005....
) at Travis' old place and persuades Sally Fletcher
Sally Fletcher
Sally Louise Fletcher is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Kate Ritchie...
(Kate Ritchie
Kate Ritchie
Katherine "Kate" Ritchie is an Australian actress, best known for her long-running role as Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away. She played the character for 20 years from 1988–2008...
) to move in with them in a ploy to get her to the housework but it backfires when Sally draws up a roster. Vinnie hires Justine to do his share. After a misunderstanding where Vinnie pretends to be Jesse in order to date a girl, Justine finds out and dumps him. Vinnie tries to win her back with a proposal but discovers her kissing Tom backstage after the school play.
Vinnie and Sally soon find themselves getting closer together and share a kiss one day. After spending the holidays together, they return to the Bay, pretending they took separate vacations in order to keep their relationship secret. Jesse eventually finds out and they persuade him not to say anything. When the couple go public by annoying their relationship in the Diner, there is very little reaction as Jesse has informed several people beforehand until Justine walks in and sees Vinnie kissing Sally. A while later Sally suspects she is pregnant prompting Vinnie to worry, but it is a false alarm.
Vinnie receives some news from a solicitor who tells him he could receive $50,000 if he returns to school to complete Year 12 and obtain a HSC score high enough to get into University. He visits Donald who lets him return to school out of gratitude for helping get his pregnant wife Marilyn
Marilyn Chambers (Home and Away)
Marilyn Chambers is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Emily Symons. She made her first on-screen appearance on 12 May 1989. Symons departed in 1992, but she returned in 1995 and stayed for four years. She made a brief return in 2001...
(Emily Symons
Emily Symons
Emily Symons is an Australian actress.Symons's mother remarried when she was just four years old and Symons did not see her biological, English father again until ten years later. She left school before finishing her exams and launched herself into the acting world...
) to hospital, but Vinnie has to readjust to school life including wearing the uniform.
While visiting a nudist Beach with Sally, Vinnie ends up with a full-body sunburn and while Sally applies some lotion, she finds a lump. Vinnie visits doctor James Fraser ([Michael Piccirilli), who diagnoses him with testicular cancer
Testicular cancer
Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system.In the United States, between 7,500 and 8,000 diagnoses of testicular cancer are made each year. In the UK, approximately 2,000 men are diagnosed each year. Over his lifetime, a man's risk of...
. Vinnie reluctantly agrees but asks for Sally to keep it a secret and is annoyed with her when she lets it slip to Jesse and Gypsy. Vinnie later decides to tell everybody and agrees to the surgery. However, when learning of the possibility of losing a testicle, he decides to try alternative therapies including healthy eating. This fails when Vinnie cannot stick to an alternative diet. Eventually, Vinnie has the surgery and has the testicle removed. When Vinnie awakes, he calls out for Justine much to Sally’s shock. Vinnie quickly reassures Sally that she is the one he wants to be with.
When Year 12 study the novel Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times....
as part of the HSC, Vinnie begins to wonder if Donald is his secret benefactor. Vinnie gets a shock when he finds that the benefactor is none other than Ralph. Ralph presents a new business venture but is revealed to be a con and flees the bay. Vinnie realises that he will not see a penny of the money and puts little to no effort into his exams and receives one of the lowest HSC scores on record.
Vinnie and Sally soon break up and Vinnie throws himself into become a photographer and tries to make a career out of it. Sally lends him the money for a digital camera. Vinnie throws Sally a 21st birthday party in a last-ditch attempt to win her back but she makes it clear that the relationship is over.
After Leah Poulos
Leah Poulos
Leah Jean Poulos is a former speed skater.Leah Poulos specialized in the sprint events and made her international debut at the World Sprint Championships in 1970, where she won a silver medal in the 500 meter event...
(Ada Nicodemou
Ada Nicodemou
Ada Nicodemou is a Greek Cypriot-born Australian actress, best known for her role as Leah Patterson-Baker in the soap opera Home and Away.-Early life:Nicodemou was born in Larnaca, Cyprus. She has been an Australian resident since 1987....
) flees her wedding and hitches a lift, Vinnie is on the scene to pick her up and lets her stay in Sally’s room while she is away. Vinnie and Tom, who has since moved in, both take a liking to her and Vinnie steps aside to give Tom a chance but it is Vinnie that Leah is interested in. After Leah feels uncomfortable living with someone she is dating, she moves in with Shauna Bradley (Kylie Watson
Kylie Watson
Kylie Watson is an Australian actress, interior designer and model. She is best known for playing lifeguard Shauna Bradley in Australian soap Home and Away between 1999 and 2002. She is now a successful interior designer....
) and is later joined by Sally. After Leah treads on a needlestick while helping Vinnie clear the beach, they both fear for Leah’s health. Vinnie proposes but Leah turns him down and tells him to ask again in three months after she receives the test results. The tests return negative and Vinnie doesn’t propose straight away, Leah thinks he has gone cold on the idea. Vinnie, with the help of Harry Reynolds
Harry Reynolds (Home and Away)
Harry Reynolds is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Justin Melvey. He made his first on-screen appearance on 13 September 1999.-Casting:...
(Justin Melvey
Justin Melvey
Justin Melvey is an Australian actor who has appeared in a number of television series in Australia and the US.Melvey is best known to Australian audiences for his role as Harry Reynolds in the evening soap opera Home and Away from 1999 to 2001...
), uses a plane with a banner showing his proposal to Leah and she accepts. The wedding goes smoothly and Leah moves back in with Vinnie. Leah soon falls pregnant and Vinnie has money worries and takes an extra job of as a children’s entertainer, Vin-Vin the Clown.
Ralph reappears and Vinnie is initially suspicious but softens when Ralph tells him he is dying and wants to set Vinnie up in business. They organise a company which will buy and sell stock from bankrupt companies. After Leah’s brother Alex
Alex
Alex is a common English name, usually a nickname of the male given name Alexander, its female equivalent Alexandra. The East European male name Alexey sometime is also nicknamed as Alex.-People whose names are Alex:...
(Danny Raco
Danny Raco
Danny Raco is an Australian actor and director, known for his television work.Raco was born in Rome, Italy. He got his start playing Marco Vialli on the teenage soap opera Heartbreak High from 1998 to 1999. In 2001, he joined the cast of a primetime soap opera, Home and Away, playing Alex Poulos...
) and Alf Stewart
Alf Stewart
Alfred Douglas "Alf" Stewart is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Ray Meagher. The character debuted on-screen during the serial's pilot episode on 17 January 1988...
(Ray Meagher
Ray Meagher
Ray Meagher surname pronouned "Marr" , is a veteran Australian character actor. He has appeared regularly in Australian film and television since the mid 1970s, and is notable as the longest continuing performer in an Australian television role, as Alf Stewart on Home and Away, having played the...
) suspect Ralph of playing Vinnie for a fool, he initially refuses to believe it but when Ralph flees and he finds a note reading “I’m Sorry”, Vinnie is faced to force the truth. Leah’s father, Theo (Silvo Orfia) helps out financially.
Shortly after the birth of his new son, VJ, Vinnie is arrested and charged with fraud and with no evidence to connect Ralph to the crime, Vinnie is tried and convicted, resulting in a two-year prison sentence. Vinnie tells Leah on her first visit not to visit him any more but to pretend he is away on holiday and they agree to communicate via letters before a tearful goodbye.
Vinnie is soon joined in prison by Jesse, who he asks to keep an eye on his family when he is released. When news of Vinnie’s alleged death in a prison fire filters to the bay, everyone is devastated. It is later revealed that Vinnie survived the fire and is living in witness protection. Leah contemplates leaving to be with him but decides to stay as she is now with Dan Baker (Tim Campbell)
On the day of VJ’s 3rd birthday party, a stranger in a bear costume arrives and entertains the children throughout the day. When he leaves, Leah learns that it was Vinnie in disguise and finds a letter from him, telling her to move in with her life.
In 2010, Elijah Johnson
Elijah Johnson (Home and Away)
Elijah Johnson is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Jay Laga'aia. When the serial created the character, they felt it was a role that would be well suited to Laga'aia and invited him to join the cast. Laga'aia accepted and filmed for a...
(Jay Laga'aia
Jay Laga'aia
Jay Laga'aia is an actor and singer. He is best known internationally for his role as Captain Typho in the films Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.-Career:...
) arrives in Summer Bay and reveals to Leah that Vinnie died in a farming accident 18 months earlier and during his dying days he recounted his life in the Bay and how he wanted to be there for Leah and VJ. Elijah takes them to visit Vinnie’s grave in order to give them closure.