Rec. #622: Amy Santiago Is Not a Nag

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What: Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero) is a super-competitive Type A who ends up married to an immature doof (Andy Samberg). Delightfully, the joke is never, ever, ever that she is a nagging killjoy and he is a manchild who needs a wife to mother him.

Instead, they like and respect each other a lot and enjoy making each other happy. She organizes a Die Hard wedding cake for him, he reads Harry Potter for her, she defends his references to ninja turtles, he is a fervent hype man for her research skills.

And respect for her nerdery is wide-ranging! In the climactic scene of a key episode (S5, E9, "99"), Amy Santiago saves the day with logistics and everyone applauds.

Yay, respect for good research! Yay, healthy relationships! Yay for multilayered female characters! 

How to get it: See the episode with Santiago's logistical triumph on Hulu here. See a gif sequence of her tackling a bad guy while wearing a wedding dress here.