Bertie Wooster

Bertram Wilberforce "Bertie" Wooster is the foppish, dim-witted, and very wealthy co-protagonist of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories. A British aristocrat and member of the "idle rich", he always appears alongside his highly intelligent "gentleman's personal gentleman" Jeeves, whose genius manages to extract Bertie or one of his friends from numerous awkward or difficult situations.

Jeeves

When Bertie caught his valet Meadowes stealing his silk socks, he sacked him and sent for another from the agency. Jeeves, arriving in Jeeves Takes Charge, mixes Bertie a hangover cure of his own invention and is hired almost immediately. Bertie hires Jeeves when he is 24 according to Jeeves Takes Charge. Thereafter, Bertie cedes much of the control of his life to Jeeves, clashing occasionally on matters of dress. When Jeeves expresses disapproval of a particular article of Bertie's clothing, be it a brightly-colored cummerbund, a check suit, purple socks, various hats or even a moustache, it is certain that it will be disposed of by the end of the story, sometimes after a period of coolness between him and Jeeves.

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Among Bertie's many reasons for not wanting to marry are his dislike of children and that all of his fiancees seem to dislike Jeeves, insisting that Bertie sack him after their wedding. Aunt Agatha also disapproves strongly of Jeeves's influence on Bertie, seeing it as further proof of self-insufficiency and unwillingness to take responsibility. Bertie's Aunt Dahlia, on the other hand, is extremely impressed by Jeeves's intelligence and is often party to Jeeves's clever schemes.

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