Pierce Hawthorn
Portrayed by Chevy Chase
First seen	Pilot
Birthday	possibly somewhere in 1945 (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
Hometown	Cheyenne, WY
Occupation	Inventor
Employer	Hawthorne Wipes
At Greendale to...	...to expand his horizons
Relationship	Single

Pierce Hawthorne (whose legal name, according to "Advanced Gay," is Piercinald Anastasia Hawthorne) is a bumbling and libidinous over-the-hill baby-boomer whose family invented and became wealthy manufacturing and marketing Hawthorne Wipes. He attends Greendale Community College because he wants to become a Jack-of-all-trades and because he has no one else to spend his time with. He is portrayed by Chevy Chase.

Bio Pierce is the 66-year-old (stated in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons) CEO of an apparently successful Moist Towelette company. Although the company has supposedly brought him much material success, it resulted in Pierce paying little attention to familial matters. He has been married seven times and has accumulated over thirty step-children because of his multiple matrimonies.

Contents 1 Career 2 At Greendale 2.1 Class history 2.2 In the study group 2.3 Relationships 3 Trivia 4 Videos 5 Comments

CareerEdit

Pierce based his life around Hawthorne Towelettes, a company his father started based around the award-winning product his father created. The business took up the majority of his time, and his life soon became defined by his job. He no longer works at Hawthorne Towelettes, but it was assumed he still owned the company or at least part of it, until the death of his father, after which he was let go by the company's controlling interests. He left to expand his horizons by traveling, performing magic, and enrolling at Greendale CC. (greendalecommunitycollege.com)

At GreendaleEdit

Pierce enrolled at Greendale because he wanted to break out of his small moist towelette centered world and explore life's possibilities. He strongly believes that you can teach an old man new tricks, and he also is out to teach some of Greendale's younger students a thing or two about life. He wants to take a wide variety of classes because he is "looking for an associates degree in being a Jack of All Trades." Pierce has helped The Dean with improving Greendale by helping create the school's mascot, the Human Being, and also wrote Greendale's new school song.

Class historyEdit

Pierce Hawthorne

Semester	Course	Instructor	Classmates
Fall 2009	Accounting	Professor Whitman	Abed, Annie, Jeff, Shirley, Troy
	Marketing	unknown	possibly Shirley
	Spanish 101	Ben Chang	Abed, Annie, Britta, Buddy, Jeff, Shirley, Starburns, Troy
Spring 2010	Sailing	Lee Slaughter	Britta, Shirley, Starburns, Troy
	Spanish 102	Ben Chang	Abed, Annie, Britta, Buddy, Jeff, Shirley, Starburns, Troy
Fall 2010	Anthropology 101	June Bauer; Ian Duncan	Abed, Annie, Britta, Chang, Jeff, Shirley, Starburns, Troy
Spring 2011	Anthropology 102	Ian Duncan	Abed, Annie, Britta, Chang, Fat Neil, Jeff, Rich, Shirley, Starburns, Troy, Vicky
	Introduction to Italian Wines	unknown	Chang, Jeff, Wu Mei (not actually enrolled)
Fall 2011	Biology 101	Marshall Kane	Abed, Annie, Britta, Jeff, Magnitude, Shirley, Starburns (kicked out), Todd, Troy, Vicky
Spring 2012	Biology	Marshall Kane	Abed, Annie, Britta, Fat Neil (kicked out), Jeff, Magnitude, Shirley, Todd, Troy, Vicki

In the study groupEdit

Pierce joined the Spanish study group to meet new people and to take up his time. He was quite taken by Shirley and according to her, he was sexually harrassing her since the first day, though he didn't really know better. Although he has been the source of a lot of conflict and tension in the group, the others know that he is a very important part of the group because he has become their scapegoat. Despite the trouble he has caused, he has also helped others in the group, such as helping Troy to act (and sneeze) more like a man and helping Shirley get over her fear of public speaking. He considers Annie his favorite member of the group. He has also had multiple father-son moments with Jeff, with the roles changing at times. He was kicked out of the group at one point, but eventually returned.

RelationshipsEdit

Due to the time consuming nature of his job and possibly his own personal attitude, Pierce was married and divorced 7 times. Pierce had a date and ended up sleeping with Dr. Escodera in the first season, but besides those incidents, Pierce made no attempts at finding a girlfriend until he becomes involved with a rival moist towelette tycoon, Wu Mei, going as far to try and marry her before Jeff reveals she is just spying on him and ruins the relationship. Pierce admits he was just using her for sex as she was just using him to take over his business, but it didn't mean that there weren't good feelings there underneath all the using. Jeff redeems himself and brings the two back together for a real date.

He spent most of his time trying to help other members of the group, or sometimes getting back at them. Pierce has gotten around 31 step-children from all of his marriages, however he now doesn't speak to any of his ex's or any of his former step-children, and he regrets not ever fully settling down and starting a family. Due to this, Pierce considers all the members of the study group to be his family. He believes that he and Jeff have a father-son dynamic although Pierce himself plays the son role most of the time.

TriviaEdit

• Pierce is part of a Buddhist Church that the others describe as a cult.
• Pierce's favorite movie is Fletch, which stars Chevy Chase. (greendalecommunitycollege.com)
• Pierce's name may be a reference to Los Angeles Pierce College, where many scenes in the show are shot.
• Pierce's last name may be a reference to the restaurant in Pulp Fiction called Hawthorne Grill.
• Pierce has been going to Greendale for 13 years. Until the study group, he has never remained friends with any of his classmates for more than one semester.
• Pierce represents Somalia in Annie's Model UN, and considers it to be a "tropical paradise," based on its severly limited government, loose regulations, free trade policies, and lack of gun control.
• Pierce never gets invited to the study groups games

VideosEdit

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Greendale Students	Jeff Winger • Pierce Hawthorne • Abed Nadir • Britta Perry • Troy Barnes • Shirley Bennett • Annie Edison • "StarBurns" • Vaughn Miller • Fat Neil • Buddy • Vicky • Quendra • Magnitude • Leonard • Garrett • Paradox • Shmitty Teens • Bill • Rich • Pavel • Mike the bully • Annie Kim • Subway • Wu Mei • Harry Jefferson
Greendale Faculty	Dean Craig Pelton • Robert Laybourne • Dr. Ian Duncan • Cory Radisson •Dr. Patrick Isakson • Professor June Bauer • Professor Whitman • Professor Michelle Slater • Professor Sean Garrity • Admiral Slaughter • Doctor Escodera • Professor Holly • Professor Sheffield • Professor Cligoris • Coach Bogner
Greendale Staff	Cafeteria staff • Nurse Jackie • Mariah • Jerry • The Greendale Human Being • Joshua • Sgt. Nunez • Ben Chang • The Changlorious Basterds
City College	Dean Spreck • Jeremy Simmons • The Black Rider
Miscellaneous	Kickpuncher • Inspector Spacetime • Boob-A-Tron • Britta Bot • Ballerannie • Jeff-in-the-box • Baby Shirley • Teddy Pierce • Evil Abed • Officer Cackowski • Urbana Champaign • Andre Bennett • Gubi Nadir • Agent Robin Vohlers • Blade • Pillow Man • Alan Conner • Faux-by

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