Pacey Witter

Pacey Witter
Dawson's Creek character
Joshua Jackson as Pacey Witter
First appearance	"Pilot" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	"...Must Come To An End" (episode 6.24)
Created by	Kevin Williamson
Portrayed by	Joshua Jackson
Information
Full name	Pacey J. Witter
Nickname(s)	Pace
Occupation	Chef and Restaurateur Video store clerk Security guard Graduate of Capeside High
Title	Owner of the Icehouse
Family	John Witter (father) Mrs. Witter (mother) Doug Witter (brother) Gretchen Witter (sister) Kerry Witter (sister)
Significant other(s)	Joey Potter (Assumed wife) Andie McPhee (ex-girlfriend) Jen Lindley (fling) Audrey Liddell (ex-girlfriend) Melanie Shay Thompson (ex-girlfriend) Tamara Jacobs (ex-girlfriend) Karen Torres (fling) Alex Pearl (fling) Sadia Shaw (fling) Emma (fling)
Relatives	Jack McPhee (brother in-law) Amy Lindley (adoptive niece) 1 unnamed niece 2 unnamed nephews
Hometown	Capeside, Massachusetts
Residence	New York City, New York Formerly: Boston, Massachusetts

Pacey J. Witter (born January 28, 1983) is a fictional character from the WB television drama Dawson's Creek, portrayed by Joshua Jackson, and appeared in 124 episodes.

Pacey Witter is the son of the local chief of police John Witter and is the youngest of four children, including his older policeman brother, Doug Witter, and older sisters Gretchen and Kerry Witter. He is an academic underachiever who uses humor and sarcasm to relate to people, as well as to hide his emotional pain stemming from his very unhappy childhood. Because of Pacey's underachiever status in school and lack of common sense, he is branded by his uneducated, working-class family as their "great disappointment", or "great embarrassment". Both of his parents frequently call him a loser right to his face, which has led to his very low self-esteem. Pacey's father is also an alcoholic and a domestic abuser, who either ignores or bullies Pacey every chance he gets. Pacey's best friend is Dawson Leery, and he appears in a few of Dawson's early films. Pacey is a romantic at heart, seeking from women the love and affection that he never receives from his parents. Some of Pacey's romantic interests were Tamara Jacobs (Season 1), Andie McPhee (Season 2), Audrey Liddel (Season 5), and Joey Potter, his true love.

In season one, Pacey falls in love with and loses his virginity to his English teacher, Tamara Jacobs (Leann Hunley). Unfortunately for Pacey, Dawson had accidentally filmed Pacey's first time with Ms. Jacobs during a getaway to the ruins with Jen Lindley. When Pacey relays the details of his sexual encounter with Ms. Jacobs to Dawson in a school bathroom, the conversation is overheard by another boy smoking marijuana in the next stall over. Rumors quickly begin to spread about the nature of Pacey's relationship with the 36-year-old teacher. The ensuing scandal eventually forced Ms. Jacobs to break up with Pacey and leave town.

The gang lands themselves in Saturday detention for eight hours with the annoying librarian and class trouble maker, Abby Morgan. While Dawson reveals that he's in for breaking Pacey's nose with a basketball, Joey for slugging Grant Bodine, a senior who was sexually harassing her, and Jen for swearing in class, it is not revealed until later that Abby was only in for class tardiness (although she said she was in for having an orgy on the floor of the boys' bathroom) and Pacey finally reveals that he was caught masturbating by a male teacher.