Pongo Twistleton

Also called Pongo

A Drones friend of Bertie's, whose birthday party Bertie attends.

In each book 5 books

• In Right Ho, Jeeves
  A Drones friend of Bertie's, whose birthday party Bertie attends.
• In The Code of the Woosters
  At whose birthday party Bertie mistook a lamp for a burglar.
• In The Mating Season
  Drones member who performs Catsmeat's cross-talk act each year at the Drones smoker.
• In Ring for Jeeves
  A Drones Club member, a benchmark of low intellect.
• In Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
  Drones member who once suffered at a school treat in Somersetshire.

Connections

dealings

• tells stories to, is attended by Bertie Wooster 4
• performs the Pat and Mike cross-talk act^✦︎ 2
• dislikes Pongo's aunt 2
• hosts Pongo's birthday party^✦︎ 2
• is reckoned duller than Bill Rowcester 1
• is a member of the Drones Club 1
• refuses Gerald 1
• is told by Jeeves 1

Everyone and everything else (2)

• goes through an ordeal at the school treat^✦︎ 1
• admires the white mess jacket^✦︎ 1

Scenes they are in

1. At the Drones Pongo Twistleton keeps Bertie talking about his birthday party until nearly eleven.Chapter 1, the Drones Club

Talked about, but not there

Right Ho, Jeeves 6 scenes

1. Bertie tells Jeeves to push Gussie's romance along, then clashes with him over the white mess jacket from Cannes and insists he will wear it to Pongo Twistleton's party.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat
2. Jeeves advises going to Brinkley, they spar again over Bertie's mess jacket, and Bertie wires his aunt to expect him in a fortnight because of Pongo's party.Chapter 3, Bertie's flat
3. Bertie crawls home from Pongo's party after four and is barely asleep when Jeeves announces Aunt Dahlia, who storms into the bedroom.Chapters 3–6, Bertie's flat, as Pongo
4. Bertie leaves his aunt with an inscrutable smile and in the garden runs into a gloomy Tuppy throwing stones at a flowerpot.Chapters 7–8, the garden at Brinkley
5. Bertie returns to the drawing-room, quails at the sight of the Bassett, but takes her out for a stroll after an exchange of ‘Lovely’s about Cannes.Chapters 9–10, Brinkley Court
6. Bertie reflects that a man hoaxed into a needless bicycle ride in the dark outdoes even a woman scorned for fury.Chapter 23

The Code of the Woosters 1 scene

1. Jeeves reveals the Junior Ganymede's club book, offers to telephone its Secretary for dirt on Spode, and on his way out mentions that Gussie's engagement to Madeline is off, as the dinner gong sounds.Chapter 5, Bertie's room at Totleigh

The Mating Season 2 scenes

1. Jeeves briefs a reluctant Bertie on Esmond Haddock, his five aunts and Gussie's coolness with Madeline Bassett before a low-spirited Catsmeat Pirbright is shown in.Chapters 1–2, Bertie's flat
2. Gussie, furious at being taken for Bertie and loathing Catsmeat, rubbishes the Pat and Mike cross-talk act and refuses to hit a policeman with an umbrella, until Corky arrives and Bertie leaves her to win him round.Chapter 9, the post office

Ring for Jeeves 1 scene

1. Monica goes into the old living room, full of childhood memories, and Jill comes in from the garden and they embrace.Chapters 2–5, the living room

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 1 scene

1. Bertie tells Jeeves that Gussie and Madeline have fallen out over sunsets and the Blessed Damozel, and decides to dodge the school treat by lunching with Uncle Tom at Brinkley.Chapter 13, Bertie's room at Totleigh