His son, Joel, is one of Nick's friends.

Stephen Cook coined the name " Nick's class " after Nick Pippenger, who had done extensive research on circuits with polylogarithmic depth and polynomial size.

The novel is set in the weeks following Nick's recapture after several years on the run, alternating between moral arguments with his interrogator, who is trying to discover why the program's star pupil had absconded, and flashbacks of his career.

Nick shrewdly suspects that her boyfriend, who is considerably older than Alex, plans to sleep with her and then dump her, but she does not want Nick's advice.

* Gary Farmer as Burt ; Nick's loyal associate who serves as security.

Paul's boss Nick's daughter, and one of Bridget's rivals, who later becomes her friend.

( In a later book of the series, The Tin Woodman of Oz, the girl is said to be the Witch's servant, and it is the Witch herself who decides to enchant Nick's axe.

When one of Nick's informants witnesses firsthand the assassination of Uncle Benny at the hands of Bobby under authorization from Henry, he alerts Nick who then alerts the District Attorney because she is looking to indict the Tongs under the RICO Act.

The plot focuses on Nick's community service and recovery from drug addiction, as well as his strained relationship with his father who was managing partner of the corporate law firm where Nick was employed full time.

Nick's congenial manner wins him acceptance from his fellow jurors, with the exception of Frank Herrera ( Curtis ), a former Marine who takes an instant dislike to him.

Parks puts up with Nick's brash and over-the-top nature because she knows when all hell breaks loose, Nick is the only man who consistently delivers.

Directed by Randal Kleiser and released by Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri and Amy O ' Neill, who reprise their roles as Wayne, Diane, Nick, and Amy Szalinski respectively, as well as newcomer Keri Russell as Mandy, Nick's love interest and babysitter of Adam, the Szalinskis ' new two-year-old son, whose accidental exposure to Wayne's new industrial-sized growth machine causes him to gradually grow to enormous size.

Recurring roles included Tom Wilson ( as Coach Fredericks ), Chauncey Leopardi ( as bully Alan White ), Shaun Weiss ( as student Sean and the bass player in Nick's band ), Joel Hodgson ( as a salesman who loves disco ), Trace Beaulieu ( as Mr. Lacovara, the school's biology teacher ), Joanna García ( as head cheerleader Vicki Appleby ), Kayla Ewell ( as Maureen Sampson, a transfer student ), Lizzy Caplan ( as student Sara ), Claudia Christian ( as Bill's mother ), Samaire Armstrong ( as " Deadhead " Laurie ), Ben Foster ( as the mentally handicapped student Eli ), and Kevin Tighe ( as Nick's father ).

* Nicky Diamond Jr., ( Brendan Muller ): Nick's son, who appeared in several episodes.

* Vincent Ventresca as Jimmy Savage – Nick's brother who works as a firefighter along with Nick.

The series also introduces two new characters: Monique Dupre, a French secret agent assigned by Philippe Roache to keep an eye on Godzilla and H. E. A. T., and Randy Hernandez, an intern of Nick's who specializes in computer hacking.

* Allegra Zane: A 14-year-old alleged computer genius ( though only once do we see her use a computer ) who is Nick's only friend and a karate expert.

Annie goes to California, where she meets her father, the Parker family's housekeeper Chessy ( Walter ), their dog Sammy, and Nick's young, opportunistic fiancée Meredith ( Hendrix ), who is only interested in Nick's money.

She tells Ambar that he didn't do anything that night and is in love with Ambar, who finally realizes Nick's true love for her.

He portrayed Bruno Gerussi's rival beachcomber, Relic – a clumsy man of Welsh descent who lived on a house boat and used his speedboat to outrun and challenge Nick's claims to logs.

Despite Relic's role as Nick's antagonist, his character was well loved by viewers who enjoyed his antics and his eventual comeuppance.

Jennifer Jason Leigh also stars in the film as a kooky but loyal friend and classmate of Nick's, who ultimately proves to be a career savior.

He was seen yelling at someone in Bump And Grind, grabs a camera from a man taking pictures of a dead hooker in Man Up, loudly tells Brass about an irate witness being a jerk who claimed that the victim had a young daughter in 418 / 427, and physically stops two shady crematorium workers with a wooden plank, much to Nick's amazement.

`` It's like banging a shin '', he said, his eyes lingered on Nick's face, then moved back to Elaine.

Paula finds a magic marker and they write words on Nick's chest and back like " pig " and " rapist.

Death ( McKellen ) walks through the resulting portal and follows Slater and Danny to Nick's theater, where Danny hopes to save Slater by transporting him back into the Slater film.

Nick's lackeys were killed before him in confrontations with Ozzy and Drix but when Nick was finally powerful enough to hold Ozzy and Drix back from foiling his plans, Hector decided not to smoke anymore in favor of Christine and Nick was weakened by him breaking the addiction, giving Ozzy the chance to squash him under his shoe.

She suggests a break-up when the children start to act strange, but agrees to go back to Nick's dad in the end.

Freeman, a tall gaunt African-American, gradually comes to realize that he has more sympathy with Nick's views than his employer's, and eventually absconds himself, giving Nick computer access so that Nick can make his own escape.

Besides the two Hearing Aid tapeworms, and Nick's ultimate tapeworm, there is a " denunciation tapeworm " created as revenge by a representative of " Anti-Trauma Inc ." whom Nick insults and curses.

Mike enters himself in a game of Russian roulette against Nick, hoping to jar Nick's memory and persuade him to come home, but Nick's mind is gone.

Nick and Nora Charles are looking forward to a relaxing day at a racetrack, but when a jockey accused of throwing a race is found shot to death, Police Lieutenant Abrams requests Nick's help.

Nick and Nora's visit Nick's parents in Nick's hometown of Sycamore Springs.

The residents are convinced that Nick is in town on an investigation, despite Nick's repeated denials.

( Early on, it is revealed that Nick's father, Dr. Bertram Charles, has never been overly impressed with his son's unusual career choice, so this gives Nick an opportunity to change his father's mind.

The complexity class, Nick's Class ( NC ), of problems quickly solvable on a parallel computer, was named by Stephen Cook after Nick Pippenger for his research on circuits with polylogarithmic depth and polynomial size.

An enraged Nick storms into Nilsen's office, assaults him, and accuses him of having sold Nick's file to Catherine.

He said that Nick ran a red light and was belligerent but that he would drop the charges if Sam would hop into Nick's Porsche like his TV character, J. T.

Following an interview with Nick Leeson in prison, Sir David Frost realized the potential for a movie and optioned the rights to Nick's story.

After that, they showed a trailer for the new Piper O ' Possum mascot, followed by the goodbye to everyone at Nick Jr., the 1994-2004 mascot, Face, the final Nick Jr. bumper, followed by the clock and schedule to Nick's Friday lineup.

Nick decides to tell all to D ' Angelo ; but because so much time has elapsed, D ' Angelo cannot use Nick's information to reduce his sentence, but makes a deal that if Nick helps the police on another case, he will be paroled.

Nick's teenage son, Ben, is a product of his past relationship with the Italian heiress Anna Cellini, though Anna's tyranical father never approved of Nick, he wants to claim Ben as his grandson.

In " Battle of the Exes " ( 1984 ), Sam pretends to be Carla's " boyfriend " at her request to spite her ex-husband Nick Tortelli ( Dan Hedaya ) and Nick's wife Loretta ( Jean Kasem ).

Although Nick was initially leery of Heath and felt he had to test Heath's mettle, Heath would go on to prove himself worthy of even Nick's acceptance, and eventually Nick seemed to grow even closer to Heath than he was to Jarrod, perhaps in a sense due to Heath having more in common with him than Jarrod did.