Randy Parker is Ralphie’s younger brother in A Christmas Story, a small child navigating winter, dinner, schoolyard bullies, and family life with considerably less dignity than his older brother would prefer.

Randy is often caught in the wake of Ralphie’s adventures rather than driving them himself. He tags along to school, hides when Scut Farkus appears, participates in the Parker family’s Christmas rituals, and demonstrates an impressive talent for turning ordinary childhood inconveniences into full-body emergencies.

His most famous enemy may be winter clothing.

Bundled into so many layers that moving his arms becomes nearly impossible, Randy embodies the specific misery of being dressed for cold weather by a parent who has absolutely no intention of allowing frostbite on their watch.

Food does not fare much better.

Between complaints about meatloaf and his mother finding increasingly creative ways to make dinner happen, Randy brings the younger-sibling chaos that keeps the Parker household from ever becoming too peaceful.

He is cold.

He hates meatloaf.

He would probably like somebody to help him put his arms down.