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Phillip "Phil" Goldstein is a student at Abraham Lincoln Middle School and the founder of "Phil's Phaves". He first appeared in the episode "Phillip Goldstein". He is portrayed by Albert Tsai.
Biography[]
- "I need you to take me to "Les Mis" because the rules of Shabbat forbid my parents from driving me and I can't handle money, so I can't buy tickets and a proper souvenir."
"And how is that my problem?"
"It's not, but it's your only way to see the Beastie Boys." - ―Phillip Goldstein and Eddie Huang
Phillip Goldstein first appeared in "Phillip Goldstein". Jessica takes immediately liking to Phillip for practicing cello very much and having very strong determination in school work unlike Eddie, which led to Jessica strongly favoring Phillip over Eddie.
However, at the end of the episode Jessica finds that Phillip is selfish as he doesn't care if harm happens to Eddie, having abandoned him at the concert just because he didn't want to go. Jessica then treats Eddie to the concert the next night deciding that Eddie is a better person than Phillip is.
Phillip briefly appeared again in the episode "Very Superstitious", where he was seen as one of the kids, running for class president. He was giving out fliers to people, and wearing his yarmulke.
Phillip returned in "Phil's Phaves". In this episode, Louis and Jessica are shocked to see that someone wrote a bad review of Cattleman's Ranch Steakhouse on the internet. They contact the critic to come back again and give Cattleman's another chance. When he comes, it is revealed to be Phillip Goldstein. The service given to him was so annoying, that he gave the restaurant an even lower grade this time around. Louis and Jessica eventually got revenge on him by writing an angry blog post about him, saying that he has horrible opinions. This sparked a riot among the PTA, saying that they were cyberbullying or "compu-teasing" as they called it in the episode. Phillip devised another mischievous plan, and acted very over dramatic about this in order to shame Louis and Jessica into admitting their harassment and that got them to take down their website for good.
Personality[]
- "You just left him? Phillip, you should be ashamed of yourself. Eddie gave up going to his concert to look for you, and you broke your promise to him! You are very selfish. You are not a good Chinese boy."
- ―Jessica Huang to Phillip Goldstein
Phillip Goldstein is Jewish, having been adopted by Jewish parents and raised in Judaism. He even wears a yarmulke. Phillip is very committed to his religion and never lets any of the rules slide.
Episode Appearances[]
Trivia[]
- As he was adopted and raised by a white Jewish family, Phillip does not know how to speak or even understand Chinese languages.