# Buddy

Buddy may refer to:

## People

* Buddy (nickname)
* Buddy (rapper), real name Simmie Sims III (1993–Present)
* Buddy Cage (1946–2020), American pedal steel guitarist, member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Buddy Holly (1936–1959), artistic name for American singer-songwriter Charles Hardin Holley
* Buddy Jewell (born 1961), American country musician
* Buddy Knox (1933–1999), American singer and songwriter
* Buddy Knox (guitarist), Australian musician
* Buddy Vedder (born 1994), Dutch actor and television presenter
* Brett "Buddy" Ascott (born 1959), British drummer

## Fictional characters

* Buddy, a character in the 1983 American made-for-television drama movie Baby Sister
* Buddy (Looney Tunes), a character from Looney Tunes
* Buddy, a blue mute rat in The Nut Job, and its sequel The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
* Buddy, a character in the video game Lisa: The Painful
* Buddy, one of the four protagonists in SuperKitties
* Buddy, a member of the Short Circus on the American television series The Electric Company
* Buddy, a fictional T. Rex and protagonist of Dinosaur Train
* Buddy Bradley, the protagonist of Peter Bagge's comic book Hate!
* Buddy Baker, aka Animal Man, from DC Comics
* Buddy Cole (character), recurring character on the Canadian sketch-comedy show The Kids In The Hall portrayed by Scott Thompson
* Buddy Hobbs, protagonist of the film Elf, played by Will Ferrell
* Buddy Lee, a doll that served as an advertising mascot for Lee Jeans in the mid-20th century and the turn of the 21st century
* Buddy Lembeck, a character on the 1980s TV sitcom Charles in Charge
* Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence, the younger daughter on the 1970s TV drama Family
* Buddy Love, the alter ego of the Nutty Professor in the 1963 and 1996 films of that name
* Buddy Pine, the alter ego of Syndrome, the supervillain from the 2004 film The Incredibles
* Buddy Sanderson, a character in the 2001 American supernatural parody movie Scary Movie 2
* Buddy Threadgoode, a character in Fried Green Tomatoes

## Transportation

* Buddy (electric car), a Norwegian electric car
* Buddy (scooter), a motor scooter

## Books

* Buddy (Hinton novel), a 1982 novel by Nigel Hinton
* Buddy (Herlong novel), a 2012 novel by M.H. Herlong

## Film and TV

* Buddy film, a genre in which two (or on occasion, more than two) people, often both men, are put together
* Buddy (1997 film), a film about a gorilla named Buddy
* Buddy (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* Buddy (2013 film), an Indian film
* Buddy (TV series), a 1986 BBC schools drama

## Music

* Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, a jukebox musical on the career of Buddy Holly
* Buddy, artistic name for Italian singer Gianni Nazzaro
* Buddy (German singer), artistic name for German singer Sebastian Erl
* Buddy (band), a California indie pop band
* "Buddy" (De La Soul song), a 1989 song by De La Soul
* "Buddy" (Musiq Soulchild song), a 2007 song by Musiq Soulchild
* "Buddy", a 1969 song on the Good Times album by Willie Nelson
* "Buddy", a 2007 song on the Action album by B'z
* "Buddy", fandom name for K-pop girl group GFriend

## Other uses

* Buddy (dog actor), dog appearing in Air Bud media
* Buddy (Bill Clinton's dog), pet of former U.S. President Bill Clinton
* Buddy Thunderstruck, fictional dog in the film of the same name
* Buddy (magazine), a music magazine serving the Texas area
* Buddy (software), a Docker-based continuous integration tool
* "The Buddies", nickname of St Mirren F.C., a football club based in Paisley