Toadfish Rebecchi

Jarrod Vincenzo "Toadfish" Rebecchi (known simply as Toadie) is a fictional character on the popular Australian soap opera Neighbours, portrayed by Ryan Moloney.

History
The character first appeared with a hectic undercut in 1995 on a recurring basis, as a friend of Billy Kennedy (played by Jesse Spencer), but gradually became popular enough with the viewers to become a long-standing permanent character.

His nickname derives from the Toadfish. The Rebecchi family has a tradition of fish-based nicknames, such as his brother, Stonefish Rebecchi (Anthony Engelman) and this since has rubbed off on his cousins Scott "Stingray" Timmins (Ben Nicholas), Wayne "Tadpole" Reeves (Jonathon Dutton) and Tad's sister Gemma "Gemfish" Reeves.

The Rebecchis (Clarks) were once one of the central families of Ramsay Street, but only Toadie remains as a regular. He has consistently remained one of the series' most popular characters.

Toadie was first introduced as the younger brother of Stonefish Rebecchi, and like Stonefish, Toadie was a troublemaker at school, but soon became close friends with Billy, the son of local doctor Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher) and high school English teacher Susan Kennedy (Jackie Woodburne). Always scheming to make his life easier, Toadie's life turned around while attempting to fake dyslexia in high school to be given preferential treatment in examinations. Toadie was required to take an intelligence test and it was discovered that he had an extremely high IQ. With encouragement from Susan, he broke out of his lazy approach to his studies and applied himself in order to graduate with top marks (a storyline commonly repeated since). He has become a respectable lawyer (though sometimes a slob) as part of the firm "Tim Collins and Associates" which is based in the former offices of Karl's Medical Centre. He is also a former wrestler (fighting under the name "The Lawman", whose trademark move was 'The Summons') and former co-host of the wrestling show "Choke-Hold" (on the fictional 'Channel 44') with Connor O'Neill (Patrick Harvey) (as "The Shamrock"), as well as having owned a bikini store named "Bounce", which was given to him by a law client in severe debt. The shop closed after minor partner Serena Bishop (Lara Sacher) died in a plane crash, leaving Toadie further out-of-pocket, despite many attempts to make it a success. Perhaps Toadie's most distinctive initial feature was his long, frizzy ponytail which, when it was eventually cut off, was displayed behind the bar at Lou's Place. Since then Toadie has adopted a shorter hairstyle.

While he has had many comedic storylines, Toadie is not without his fair share of tragedy. At school he was never liked by girls, in stark contrast to his best friend Billy Kennedy. His lack of success with women continued into his college life, where his only long-term relationship was with Charlie, a young woman who was ultimately using him to get an Australian visa. Toadie formed a close friendship with Dee Bliss (Madeleine West), his beautiful blonde housemate, counselling her when she miscarried her child. The couple's friendship eventually blossomed into romance, but on their wedding day whilst the happy couple were setting off on their honeymoon, their car careened off a cliff into the sea. (Dee's body was never found, and is presumed drowned.)

Toadie's very good friend Connor, is thought to have been murdered by Robert Robinson (Adam Hunter), though Toadie was sent Connor's wallet from another country, giving hope that Connor may be alive and holidaying overseas.

Toadie has recently developed feelings for the married Stephanie Scully (Carla Bonner), to whom he had been attracted when she first arrived in Erinsborough. Karl became concerned that Toadie may have melanoma after the identification of a suspicious mole, but he tested negative.

In the Neighbours season finale of 2006, Katya (Dichen Lachman), Zeke (Matthew Werkmeister), Steph, Charlie (Aaron Aulsebrook-Walker) and Toadie were held hostage by Guy Sykes (Fletcher Humphrys) in No. 32. Zeke distracted Guy as Toadie knocked him to the ground, allowing the others to escape. As Toadie ran out to meet them, Guy shot him from inside. Karl and Steph surrounded him as he lay there. He was sent to hospital, where he almost died. Steph pledged her love to Toadie; meanwhile he dreamt that his love for Steph was ruining her relationship with her departed husband, Max (Stephen Lovatt). Toadie broke things off with Steph, who then went back to a recently-returned Max. This did not last long, and Max left town again, permanently.

Despite Steph being free again, Toadie rejected her in favor of dating Abby Stafford (Louise Crawford). Toadie then found out Abby had a daughter, Zoe. Toadie, Abby and Zoe began life as a family, like going out to watch Toy Story with Zoe. In April, Abby heard Toadie say to Rosie that he wasn't still over Steph. Abby started asking for money, to pay him back for him using her as a runner-up. She then told him she was quitting as a secretary and leaving him. Zoe then rang Toadie and asked if he was still on for watching cartoons with her. Toadie resisted calling Abby and apologising, instead deciding to go on with Steph Hoyland.

Toadie and Rosetta's (Natalie Saleeba) boss recently put them under unacceptable amounts of pressure. After Tim's (Ben Anderson) pressuring put Toadie in hospital from a panic attack, Rosie and Toadie decided to quit and start their own partnership.

Recently Toadie started defending Susan from a hit and run charge. At first, he didn't think he would be objective enough, but now he realised that he was the best person for the job.

Paternal line

 * Kevin Rebecchi (father), married to Angie Rebecchi (mother)
 * Shane Rebecchi (brother)
 * Kevin "Stonefish" Rebecchi (brother), married to Chantelle Rebecchi (sister-in-law)
 * Jarrod "Toadfish" Rebecchi, married to Dione "Dee" Bliss (presumed deceased), Engaged to Steph Scully
 * Janelle Rebecchi (aunt), married to Kim Timmins (divorced) and Allan Steiger
 * Heidi Steiger (step-cousin)
 * Dwayne Timmins (cousin)
 * Brandon Timmins (cousin)
 * Dylan Timmins (cousin), had a relationship with Sky Mangel
 * Kerry Mangel (first cousin once removed)
 * Scott "Stingray" Timmins (cousin, deceased)
 * Janae Timmins (cousin) married to Boyd Hoyland (annulled)
 * Anne Baxter (cousin)
 * Bree Timmins (adoptive cousin)

Maternal line

 * Angie Rebecchi (mother), married to Kevin Rebecchi (father)
 * Coral Reeves (aunt), married to Barry R.Reeves
 * Wayne "Tad" Reeves (adoptive cousin)
 * Gemma "Gemfish" Reeves (cousin)