Alphonse "Al" Bundy is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television series Married... with Children,[3] played by Ed O'Neill.

Al and Peggy live in Chicago and have two children: Kelly (Christina Applegate), a promiscuous, dim-witted blonde, and Bud (David Faustino), an intelligent but sex-obsessed and unpopular schemer named after Budweiser beer.

Allegedly, Al showers and brushes his teeth as rarely as he has sex, which is extremely infrequent, as he continually avoids Peggy's advances.

In one episode, Peggy and Al receive free first class plane tickets to New York City and they are shown sipping champagne together and singing "I Got You, Babe".

Al is protective of Kelly, who he refers to by the term of endearment "Pumpkin.” He regularly insults and often physically assaults her dates (who are usually trying to take advantage of her) and throws them bodily from the house.

In another example of the neighborhood's distaste of Al during "You Better Shop Around", after he caused a city-wide blackout during a heatwave, the neighbors show up at his house with pitchforks and torches.

Other people barely acknowledge that he exists and, as a result, his name often ends up misspelled on paychecks, reserved parking spots, etc.

Politically, Al appears to have mixed views; various episodes depict him mocking Rush Limbaugh, whereas others show him as a committed fan of conservative icon John Wayne.

His views on economic issues display a left-leaning populist disdain for the wealthy, including leading a violent protest against a proposed law that would tax beer, but not wine.

Throughout the series, Al is continually saddled with massive debts caused by everything from the various failed schemes he becomes involved in to his wife's extravagant spending habits.

Peggy often jokes that Al makes minimum wage and his poor financial outlook is frequently mocked and employed as comedy.

The family also obtained money by appearing on game-shows, engaging in theft, participating in various absurd schemes, and mooching off of the Rhoades/D'Arcy's wealth.

The car is only ever referred to as "The Dodge", but the model occasionally shown is (alternately) a harvest gold or blue Plymouth Duster.