Danny Tanner

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Daniel "Danny" Ernest Tanner
Bob Saget as Danny Tanner
First appearance	Pilot
Statistics
Gender	Male
Age	30s
Occupation	Sportscaster
Title	Channel 8 Sportscaster, Host of "Wake Up San Francisco"
Family	Great-Great Grandfather (Cornwall Tanner) Father (Unknown) Mother (Claire Tanner) Sister (Wendy Tanner) Brother (Unknown) Father In-Law (Nick Katsopolis) Mother In-Law (Irene Katsopolis) Brother In-Law (Jesse Katsopolis) Sister In-Law (Rebecca Katsopolis) Nephew (Steve Tanner) Nephew (Nicky Katsoplis) Nephew (Alex Katsoplis)
Spouse	Wife (Pam Katsopolis-Tanner)
Children	Daughter (D.J. Tanner) Daughter (Stephanie Tanner) Daughter (Michelle Tanner)
Portrayed by	Bob Saget

Daniel Ernest Tanner (born 1957) was the father on the TV series Full House. He was played by Bob Saget. Danny is the widowed father of DJ, Stephanie, and Michelle after wife Pam's tragic death. Danny was obsessed with keeping his surroundings very neat and tidy.

The very conservatively dressed Danny seems out of place in San Francisco. It is suspected that he moved out to San Francisco after his parents divorced, as in the episode "The Terror In Tanner" he mentions living through the divorce of his parents when he was about the age of the mischievous son of a woman he liked, Cindy.

Danny had several girlfriends on the show, the closest being Vicki Larson, whom he met while she was filling in for Rebecca Donaldson on the talk show Danny and Rebecca co-starred in, Wake Up Francisco. This happened when Rebecca was out on maternity leave. When Rebecca returned, Vicki took a meat cutting job in Chicago, and as a result a long distance relationship between Vicki and Danny began. Eventually, Vicki and Danny got engaged after Danny proposed to her at the fireworks display during the family trip to Disneyland. However, they broke up in mid-season seven ("The Perfect Couple") after Vicki took a job in New York. Vicki and Danny never saw or spoke to each other again.

Throughout the entire lifespan of the show, Danny is continuously obsessed with two things: cleanliness and group hugs. He is said to be a "Lean, Mean, Cleaning (sometimes "hugging") Machine". This leads to the distinct possibility that several character traits are heightened because of lingering depression over his wife's death. While he mentions a love of cleaning existing from when he was little, because he wanted to be like his mom (Doris Roberts as Claire Tanner), he is much more obsessed with it in later episodes than he likely ever was before Pam's death. Likewise, his reluctance to discipline Michelle may be because of the fact that Michelle never knew a mother, and also not having Pam there to ask about how to handle things. As a result of not being able to cope with the emotional stress associated with his wife's death, Danny has been known on occasion to over indulge on alcohol. While not a predominate theme on the show, it has surfaced several times (like in the episode "Just Say No Way") as a passing theme.

In the episode, "The Not So Perfect Couple", Danny reveals on a game show that his worst nightmare is being in a crowded health spa and standing naked on a stairmaster while eating a cheese log.

Danny owns a red convertible he calls "Bullet". Bullet was a gift from Pam to Danny on his 20th birthday. When Jesse acidentally drove the car into the San Francisco Bay on Danny's 30th birthday, it is replaced by a car that looks identical to his previous car, which he named "Walter". Despite this, he is seen driving a Ford Taurus in many episodes.

[edit] References

Full House (Danny Tanner): FullHouse.org,.

Full House
Episodes/Seasons
One \| Two \| Three \| Four \| Five \| Six \| Seven \| Eight
Characters
Danny \| Jesse \| Joey \| D.J. \| Stephanie \| Michelle \| Becky Nicky and Alex \| Kimmy \| Comet \| Steve
Other
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