Sippy Sipperley

Also called Sippy, Mr Sipperley, Sipperley, Oliver, old Sippy, Oliver Sipperley, Oliver Randolph Sipperley, Mr Souperley

Oliver Randolph Sipperley, an author dependent on his aunt, jailed for thirty days for assaulting a policeman on Boat Race night.

In each book 4 books

• In Carry On, Jeeves
  Oliver Randolph Sipperley, an author dependent on his aunt, jailed for thirty days for assaulting a policeman on Boat Race night.
• In Very Good, Jeeves
  Oliver Randolph Sipperley, Bertie's old pal, editor of The Mayfair Gazette, cowed by his old headmaster and in love with Gwendolen Moon.
• In Right Ho, Jeeves
  Gussie's university friend, subject of one of Jeeves's past triumphs, who gives Gussie a bed and a change of clothes.
• In Thank You, Jeeves
  Oliver Sipperley, Bertie's old friend and partner in a Boat Race night helmet-pinching.

Connections

dealings

• is a friend of, is a pal of Bertie Wooster 10
• is nephew or niece of, depends financially on Aunt Vera 7
• is taught by, has an inferiority complex towards Waterbury 7
• is in love with, lacks the nerve to propose to Gwendolen Moon 6
• is asked for help by, is lured by Jeeves 6
• was at university with, is stayed at by Gussie Fink-Nottle 3
• attacks, hits the Boat Race night policeman 2
• is sentenced by the Bosher Street magistrate 1

Everyone and everything else (8)

• is fond of Heloise Pringle 1
• runs The Mayfair Gazette^✦︎ 1
• steals the policeman's helmet^✦︎ 1
• dislikes the Pringles^⁂ 1
• is employed by the proprietor 1
• is reported by Sippy's form-master 1
• lives at Sippy's place 1
• attacks Tibby^♞︎ 1

Scenes they are in

Carry On, Jeeves 3 scenes

1. Bertie is fined five pounds while Sippy receives thirty days without the option.Chapter 7, Bosher Street Police Court, as Sippy
2. Bertie recalls urging the depressed Sippy to steal a policeman’s helmet.Chapter 7, Piccadilly Circus, as Sippy
3. Sippy fears that missing his visit to the Pringles will expose his imprisonment to his aunt.Chapter 7, the little dark room, as Sippy

Very Good, Jeeves 2 scenes

1. Sippy confesses his love for Gwendolen Moon, then quails before his old headmaster Waterbury, who presses his articles on him.Chapter 2, The Mayfair Gazette offices, as Sippy
2. Waterbury dodges the trap by the private door; a radiant Sippy arrives, rejects his article and announces his engagement to Gwendolen.Chapter 2, The Mayfair Gazette offices, as Sippy

Talked about, but not there

Carry On, Jeeves 12 scenes

1. Bertie explains Rocky’s leisurely career as a poet and his expectations from a wealthy aunt.Chapter 5, as Oliver Sipperley
2. Bertie leaves the dock feeling responsible for Sippy’s imprisonment.Chapter 7, Bosher Street Police Court, as Oliver
3. Bertie explains Sippy’s predicament and asks Jeeves to find a solution.Chapter 7, Bertie's flat, as Mr Sipperley
4. Jeeves persuades Bertie to impersonate Sippy by warning him that Aunt Agatha knows about his fine.Chapter 7, Bertie's flat, as Mr Sipperley
5. Bertie meets the dismal Pringles, inherits Sippy’s reputation for tormenting cats and discovers Heloise’s resemblance to Honoria.Chapter 7, the Pringle drawing-room, as Sippy
6. Jeeves explains Heloise’s kinship to Honoria and advises Bertie to avoid her.Chapter 7, the Pringles' house, as Sippy
7. Heloise’s constant pursuit convinces Bertie and Jeeves that she intends to marry him.Chapter 7, the Pringles' house, as Sippy
8. Heloise presses Bertie to abandon Jeeves and Bertie Wooster until Aunt Jane’s demand for the cat saves him.Chapter 7, the summer-house, as Sippy
9. Sir Roderick exposes Bertie’s identity and calls him insane, forcing him to reveal Sippy’s imprisonment.Chapter 7, the Pringle drawing-room, as Oliver
10. Jeeves advises Bertie to tell Aunt Vera himself and arranges their departure.Chapter 7, Bertie's room at the Pringles', as Mr Sipperley
11. Aunt Vera surprises Bertie by laughing at the news of Sippy’s imprisonment and declaring herself proud of him.Chapter 7, the Paddock, as Sippy
12. Jeeves reveals how his constable cousin’s summonses turned Aunt Vera against policemen, and Bertie rewards him.Chapter 7, the inn, as Sippy

Very Good, Jeeves 7 scenes

1. Bertie overrules Jeeves's criticism of the dragon vase he bought at auction and goes off to see Sippy.Chapter 2, Bertie's flat, as Mr Sipperley
2. Bertie lays Sippy's inferiority complex before Jeeves, who asks for time to think.Chapter 2, Bertie's flat, as Mr Sipperley
3. Over tea in bed Bertie rejects Jeeves's idea of a feigned injury and orders flour for a booby-trap to humiliate Waterbury.Chapter 2, Bertie's flat, as Mr Sipperley
4. Jeeves explains he lured Sippy to the flat, coshed him with the putter, summoned Gwendolen and smashed the vase as cover.Chapter 2, the street, as Mr Sipperley
5. Losing his nerve, Bertie climbs the cedar with a flower-pot and is caught up the tree by a policeman, until Jeeves appears with a story of intruders.Chapter 7, the garden, as Oliver Randolph Sipperley
6. With Jeeves off on holiday, Bertie dodges Sippy's invitation to amuse the Moons and gladly accepts a wired invitation to Aunt Dahlia's.Chapter 8, as Mr Sipperley
7. Jeeves returns from holiday and proposes inviting golden-curled Sebastian Moon to provoke Thos.Chapter 8, Brinkley Court, as Sippy

Right Ho, Jeeves 3 scenes

1. Back at the flat, Jeeves tells Bertie that Gussie Fink-Nottle has come up to London, in love but unable to propose, to seek Jeeves's help, and the girl turns out to be Madeline Bassett.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat, as Mr Sipperley
2. 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 Mr Sipperley
3. Wandering stricken in the garden, Bertie bumps into Jeeves, makes him promise not to claim the mess jacket as his fee, and agrees to Jeeves's fire-alarm plan, fixing to ring the bell at 12.30 that night.Chapter 21, the garden at Brinkley, as Sipperley

Thank You, Jeeves 1 scene

1. Bertie despairs at having to marry Pauline, and Jeeves arrives with pyjamas and a plan to black his face with boot polish so he can slip ashore with the departing minstrels.Chapter 12, the state-room, as Oliver Sipperley