page_title: List of American Pie characters
section_title: Paul Finch
hierarchical_section_title: List of American Pie characters / Characters from American Pie / Paul Finch
caption_attribution_description: Eddie Kaye Thomas at the Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist red carpet premiere
context_page_description: This is a list of characters from the film series American Pie consisting of American Pie, American Pie 2, American Wedding, American Pie Presents: Band Camp, American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile, American Pie Presents: Beta House, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, and American Reunion. Only one character, Noah Levenstein played by Eugene Levy, has appeared in all eight released films. Biggs, Hannigan, Scott, Nicholas, Thomas, Coolidge, Cho, Isfield, Cheek, and Owen all play their characters in four films each; other characters appear in fewer films.
context_section_description: Portrayed by Eddie Kaye Thomas
  Appeared in: American Pie, American Pie 2, American Wedding, and American Reunion
  Paul Finch, commonly referred by his surname Finch, first appears in American Pie as a mochaccino-drinking sophisticate and he is the friend of Jim Levenstein, Kevin Myers and Chris "Oz" Ostreicher. He is a member of The nerdy four friends make a pact to lose their virginity before they graduate from high school. Finch, meanwhile, pays Vicky's friend Jessica $200 to spread rumors around the school of his sexual prowess, hoping that it will increase his chances of success. Unfortunately, he runs into trouble when Stifler, angry that a girl turned him down for the prom because she was waiting for Finch to ask her, puts a laxative into Finch's mochacchino. Finch, being paranoid about the lack of cleanliness in the school restrooms, and unable to go home to use the toilet as he usually does, is tricked by Stifler into using the girls' restroom. Afterward, he emerges before many other fellow students, humiliated and is left dateless. At the prom, everything seems hopeless for the four boys until Vicky asks the girl that Chuck Sherman claimed to have bedded about her first time. She proclaims to everyone at the prom that she and Sherman did not have sex at Stifler's party, leaving Sherman embarrassed and making him wet himself. The revelation takes the pressure off of Jim, Kevin, Oz and Finch, and they head to the post-prom party with new hope. At the after-party at Stifler's house, all four boys fulfill their pledge. Finch strays downstairs to the basement recreation room where he meets Stifler's mother, Jeanine. She is aroused by his precociousness, and they have sex on the pool table. In the morning Stifler enters the room, realizes that his mom has had sex with Finch and faints, unable to believe that his mom and "shitbreak" are together. The morning after the prom Jim, Kevin, Oz, and Finch eat breakfast at their favorite restaurant where they toast to the future.
  Paul reappears in American Pie 2, where he, Jim, Kevin, Oz, and Stifler return to their hometown in East Great Falls, Michigan for the summer break after their first year of college. They attend a party hosted by Stifler, but not only does their new status as college students not give them any success with local girls, but the police also shut down the party. After arriving in Grand Harbor, Kevin finds them work as painters and decorators for a house nearby. Stifler is intrigued by the two sexy female owners, who appear to be lesbians, and excitedly breaks into their house while they're away. Jim and Finch follow him, trying to get him out, but they are caught by the owners, who relent on calling the police. But after Stifler identifies his interest in their homosexuality, they insist on the boys performing "like for like" homosexual acts on each other in return for being able to watch the girls do the same thing. Oz and Kevin take turns watching up a ladder and listening on the walkie-talkie also in the room. The conversation is accidentally picked up and heard by many other people in the neighborhood. After this, the boys plan to throw a huge summer party at the house, bigger than anything they've done before. Finch has become involved in the sexual art of Tantra, and claims that through Tantric sex, he can "make an orgasm last for days". He is waiting patiently for Jeanine, hoping she will show up and be willing to have sex with him again. He thinks she arrives when a vehicle turns up after Stifler is talking on the phone, but it turns out to be Stifler's little brother Matt. Finally, the party begins at the beach house. Kevin sees his ex-girlfriend Vicky but is crushed when he sees her with a new boyfriend and leaves to go to the beach by himself. Oz, Finch and Jim follow him down, where he confides in them that he never got over Vicky and that with the party, he was hoping to relive his senior year prom night, in particular, sleeping with Vicky at the end of it. The others help Kevin realize that it will never happen, and the quartet return to the
caption: Eddie Kaye Thomas
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