Editing Bertie Wooster (section)

===Friends===

Bertie is loyal to his friends, willing to do whatever he can to solve their problems, saying "when there is a chance of helping a pal we Woosters have no thought of self".<ref>Wodehouse (2008) [1925], ''Carry On, Jeeves'', chapter 6, p. 149.</ref> This has led to problems for him, since he is regularly drawn into troublesome tasks. Though he continues to provide help, Bertie is aware that people do not hesitate to give him unpleasant jobs; as he says, "Whenever something sticky was afoot and action had to be taken the cry was sure to go up, 'Let Wooster do it.'"<ref>Wodehouse (2008) [1974], ''Aunts Aren't Gentlemen'', chapter 18, p. 167.</ref> Bertie's friends are eager to ask for advice from Jeeves, who enjoys helping Bertie's pals. Jeeves essentially runs a "big Mayfair consulting practice" from their home, and Bertie is accustomed to his acquaintances consulting Jeeves directly without talking to him first. Sometimes Bertie tries to assert that he can also solve problems, but truly he thinks of Jeeves as a genius as much as everyone else does.<ref>Usborne (2003), pp. 86, 93.</ref>

Among Bertie's friends, those who appear in the most Jeeves stories are [[Bingo Little]] (10 short stories), [[Gussie Fink-Nottle]] (4 novels), and [[Tuppy Glossop]] (3 short stories, 1 novel). Others include Rev. [[Stinker Pinker|Harold P. "Stinker" Pinker]], [[Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright|Claude "Catsmeat" Potter-Pirbright]], [[List of Jeeves characters#Oliver "Sippy" Sipperley|Oliver "Sippy" Sipperley]], and [[List of Jeeves characters#Rockmetteller "Rocky" Todd|Rockmetteller "Rocky" Todd]]. Sometimes a friend or acquaintance will become a jealous antagonist, for example [[G. D'Arcy "Stilton" Cheesewright]].

Some pals of Bertie's are occasionally mentioned who do not play major roles in the Jeeves stories, including Freddie Widgeon, Cyril "Barmy" Fotheringay-Phipps, and [[Oofy Prosser]]. Many [[Drones Club]] members appear in the separate Wodehouse Drones Club stories. Bertie is acquainted with [[Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth|Lord Emsworth]], another of Wodehouse's best-known characters, who appears in the [[Blandings Castle]] stories.<ref>Wodehouse (2008) [1925], ''Carry On, Jeeves'', chapter 1, p. 19.</ref> Bertie also knows Lord Emsworth's son [[Freddie Threepwood]].<ref>Wodehouse (2008) [1938], ''The Code of the Woosters'', chapter 4, pp. 94–95.</ref>