Will McKenzie

## William "Will" McKenzie

* UK
* Opening theme
* Casual outfit
* 2011 film
* 2014 film
* USA

### Family

Polly McKenzie (mother), Mr. McKenzie (father, mentioned in *Dear, United Kingdom*), Philip Gilbert (stepfather)

### Friends

Simon Cooper, Neil Sutherland, Jay Cartwright, Charlotte Hinchcliffe (girlfriend), Carli D'Amato, Katie Evans, Lauren Harris, Tara Brown, Kerry, Alistair Scott, Katie Sutherland, Andrew Cooper, Hannah Fields, Sophie Brown, Rachel, Mark Donovan, David Glover, Louise Graham, Sadie Cunningham, Chris 'Amato, Chloe,
**Fanfics:** Vasily Petrovich Goloborodko, Sergei Viktorovich Mukhin, Yuri Ivanovich Chuyko, Sergey Viktorovich Mukhin, Mikhail Ashotovich Tasunyan, Ivan Andreyevich Skorik, Lyudmila Skorik, Mikhail Ivanovich Sanin, Oksana Skovoroda, Tolik, Dmitriy Vasilevich Surikov, Anna Mikhailovna, Bella Rudolfivna, Ignacy Konieczny, Michał Zieliński, Cezary Kujawa, Maria Nowacka, Grzegorz Jarosz, Olga Sienkiewicz, Alicja Konieczna, Staś Konieczny, Lucjan Konieczny, Ewa Konieczna, Basia Konieczna-Mazur, Oliwia Konieczna-Mazur, Benji Dunn, Bruce Garrett, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Nicholas Angel, Danny Butterman, Gary King, Andy Knightley, Steven Prince, Peter Paige, Oliver Chamberlain, Trevor Bingley, Sam Chamberlain, Alec Hardy, Ellie Miller, Shaun Riley (employer), Ed, Liz, Dianne, David, Andy Wainwright, Andy Cartwright, Doris Thatcher, Tony Fisher, Bob Walker, The Turner Twins, Saxon, and others

### Enemies

**The Inbetweeners:** Mark Donovan, David Glover,

### Likes

His briefcase, his friends, Charlotte, his mum

### Dislikes

Mr. Gilbert (briefly), Mark Donovan, David Glover, being bullying

## Character's Bio

### Nicknames

Will
Briefcase Wanker
McKenzie
Bin Boy
Mr. I Fuck Kids
Briefcase Mong
Briefcase

### Age

**The Inbetweeners:** 16-18
**Fanfics and comics:** 26

## Physical Apearance

### Eye Colour

**The Inbetweeners:** Brown
**Fanfics and comics:** Turquoise blue

### Complexion

**The Inbetweeners:** Fair
**Fanfics and comics:** Pale

### Status

Alive

**William "Will" McKenzie** (born 12 January 1992) is the main characters of the E4 coming-of-age British sitcom *The Inbetweeners*. He made his first appearance during the pilot episode "First Day", broadcast on 1 May 2008. He appears in every episode of the series, as well as appearing in the follow-up films *The Inbetweeners Movie* (2011) and *The Inbetweeners 2* (2014). He was portrayed by Simon Bird.

He serves as the narrator in the show and is therefore the principal character. The series and films focus on Will's struggle with socializing during his period between childhood and adulthood, from ages 16-19. He has many nicknames, the most common being "Briefcase Wanker". Will is the youngest of the four boys.

## Characterization

Will is the central character and the narrator of the show as well. In the first episode, Will starts his first day in his new school with a briefcase, which leads to him being nicknamed "Briefcase Wanker". He is the most unpopular of the four leads, with special attention from Mark Donovan, and Mr. Gilbert, albeit for reasons that were his own fault. He's portrayed to be obviously smug about his own maturity above the state school students and this ultimately is key reason for his verbal abuse.

Will is the shortest of the four leads. He wears glasses and carries a briefcase, all of which make him stand out as an easy target to bully. He also almost-uniquely wears the school blazer, again making him stand out. His posh accent is also commented on, a result of his private education. Despite this, he is admired by a few girls throughout the series and films, likely due to his intelligence and wit. In the first season, he "pulls" Charlotte Hinchcliffe, which earns him the grudging admiration of the group. He also has romantic encounters with Daisy, Kerry and later, Alison during the first film and Katie during the second film. He was also asked to model for the fashion show by Carli, who is generally friendly to him but Will was rejected by Lauren and Rachel.

Will is the least popular and most mocked of the four boys. Most of the school, particularly the sixth formers, mock him, due to his different social class, though all praise him for his organization of the Christmas prom in Series 1. Will is the most skeptical of the group towards Jay's lies and despite his intelligence and overall level-headedness, is occasionally prone to launching into extremely inappropriate or offensive rants. Mark Donovan hates him, mainly due to the attention he receives from his ex-girlfriend Charlotte. Out of the four, Will is closest to Simon and they generally end up in the most bother of the group, either by their own actions or by the actions of Jay and Neil.

## Biography

### The Inbetweeners

#### Background

Will moves from an un-named private school to a local sixth form comprehensive school because his mother, Polly, can no longer afford the private school fees. Will's parents have recently separated, due to his father having an affair with a woman four years older than Will, but his mother attributes the school move to bullying.

#### Series 1

On moving to the new school, Simon, Neil and Jay become Will's friends after initially trying to avoid him. Will is best known for his upper-class mannerisms, which makes him an even bigger target for bullies than he would have been at his old school. While he displays a deadpan cynicism during narration and among the other boys, he can be overwhelmingly optimistic, much to the ire of Mr. Gilbert. Will is also quite stubborn, getting into arguments when he feels wronged and quickly escalating into shouting at the person he is arguing with. These situations are always followed by a moment of humiliation for Will. He is an unconventional hero - although he is generally the wittiest and most level-headed of the group, he is prone to making bad choices and outrageous remarks.

He is generally sophisticated, sensible and possesses intelligence that surpasses that of his friends. Another dominant characteristic is his tendency to deliver sarcastic, dry humoured remarks, some of which get him into trouble. Will also appears to follow certain ethical laws, though is not above occasionally committing dubious acts, such as purchasing alcohol illegally, insulting Neil's father while intoxicated, and accidentally insulting people who are disabled, among others.

#### Series 2

Will aspires to have a career in law or maybe the media, and was supposed to be attending a local newspaper office for work experience. However, a mix-up with applications sends Neil to the newspaper office (instead of "driving aeroplanes") and Will spends his placement at a garage, where he ultimately fails to fit in and gets bullied by the staff working there. At the end of the second series, when the boys face exams, Will began to crack under pressure and relies on energy drinks to keep him awake - believing that if he didn't sleep he can spend more time revising. This plan unfortunately backfires, leading to him soiling himself during his final exam, and after completing it several hours late, he goes to the pub and downs three pints of lager, compensating for the fact that he has probably failed his Politics AS level.

He is interested in Charlotte "Big Jugs" Hinchcliffe, and the two of them have been known to spend time together, with Will accidentally ruining their relationship. He nearly lost his virginity to Charlotte after telling her in school a few days prior that he had had numerous lovers, although when they did attempt to have sex, Charlotte was let down by Will's unsuccessful attempt; in his own words, "rubbing up against the perineum".

#### Series 3

In Series 3, Will is convinced to go on a double date with Simon, Tara, and Tara's friend, Kerry (or "Big Kerry" according to Will). He is repulsed by her as she is taller than he is, and is rather ditzy and boring; however once he hears how she is known for fellating her last few boyfriends, he continues his relationship with her. They unexpectedly share a kiss when Kerry escorts him back home, which gives her the impression that they are now dating. At Neil's eighteenth birthday party, Will causes outrage by attempting to harshly break-up with Kerry, not knowing that her father had died a month previously, and that Tara had arranged their relationship to comfort her. Will later attempts to arrange a final camping holiday with the lads before they go their separate ways after leaving school. Will is the only character out of the four to never pass his driving test; this is in large part due to the fact his mother did not sign him up for driving lessons on his 17th birthday as she thought the minimum age was 18.

#### Films

In *The Inbetweeners Movie*, the group go on holiday to Malia in Greece after leaving school, where Will meets Alison, a woman with a similar personality to him. Despite Alison initially acting distant towards Will's advances, owing to the fact that she already has a boyfriend, they become closer and she suggests they go skinny dipping one night. At the beach the following night, Alison strips naked in front of Will, imploring him to do the same before placing his hand on her breast, and they appear to be growing closer until she catches her boyfriend having sex with another woman and runs off crying. They ultimately reconcile at a boat party later that week, where Alison admits to Will that she really likes him. Will affirms that he likes her as well and they begin a relationship which lasts for their final duration of their holiday in Malia and for an unspecified time after although they break up before the events of the second film. It is unknown why Will and Alison broke up although it's possibly due to his unpopularity, awkwardness, lack of sexual experience, tendency to launch into offensive rants, long distance (as Will went to university in Bristol) or another unspecified reason. Their breakup is kept ambiguous and Alison isn't seen again.

In the events of the second film, Will is ostracized by fellow students in Bristol and admits to Simon and Neil that he is unhappy there. On Jay's recommendation, they decide to surprise him and visit him in Australia. In Sydney, Will bumps into Katie, a classmate from his private school and becomes attracted to her.

Meeting Katie's backpacker friends, Will is determined to fit in with them but is quickly dismissed as a "tourist" rather than a traveller and passive-aggressively mocked, particularly by Ben. In an effort to impress Katie, he tries to adopt a "traveller" persona. Will manages to seduce Katie and they have a sexual encounter in the hostel dormitory but unbeknown to him, she passes out from alcohol and a fellow backpacker who walked in, assumes he is sexually assaulting her, triggers a rape alarm that Polly had got him earlier.

Later, Will argues with his friends as they plan to travel to Birdsville to find Jane while he wants to stay in Byron Bay with Katie. Finding that he couldn't fit in with the backpacker personalities and after finding out that Katie is sleeping with multiple men, including Ben, he launches into a rant and later catches up with his friends in Birdsville.

Afterwards, the group travel around Southeast Asia and upon arrival back in the UK, Will learns that Polly is engaged to Mr. Gilbert and attempts to run back to the plane, being tackled by security while doing so.

## Physical Appearance

### The Inbetweeners

Will has fair skin, black hair and brown eyes and he also wore a pair of glasses. In his school uniform, he wears white shirt, very pale blue and deep Prussian blue striped necktie, black blazer with Rudge Park Comprehensive School badge, matching trousers and shoes.

### Fanfics & Comics

Will had pale complexion, black hair and a pair of turquoise blue eyes.

## Relationships

*Main article:* Will McKenzie/Relationships

Will had several relationships with his friends, love interests, family and enemies.

## Fanfics

### Dear, United Kingdom

Will was first appearing in the upcoming British soap opera black comedy fanfic and comic series. He and his friends were among of Shaun's employees and they worked at Foree Electric.