Gail the Snail

Gail the Snail is a recurring minor character in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and a cousin of Dennis and Dee Reynolds. She is also Barbara Reynolds's niece and Aunt Donna's daughter.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Gail got the nickname "snail" because Dennis and Dee would throw salt at her to keep her away from them. Gail has always been annoying. As a kid she would glom onto the Reynolds twins at all of her family's parties— that's why at some point in their youths Dennis and Dee were forced to torture her. Dennis and Dee would throw Gail into the dryer (preliminarily sprinkling her with salt). Since she was a kid, the only way to get rid of her was to "salt the snail" i.e. throw salt at her until she flees. This is depicted onscreen twice by Charlie in Season 5 and by Dee in Season 13. Dennis and Dee have shown remorse for treating her so badly, even though they insist it was necessary.

2009[]

Gail's father dies in season 5. At the funeral, she shows little interest, claiming that she's "over it". She is introduced to the rest of the gang who take an immediate disliking to her. She engages in a brief relationship with her uncle-in-law Frank, but they only dry hump each other. Gail later gives Frank a hand job under the table in front of her mother, though Frank describes it as her just "mashing" his junk. She later latches on to Mac, who rejects her. When she refuses to leave the bar, Charlie resorts to salting her, causing her to leave. Charlie says that salting her was a horrible experience, but Dennis assures him that it was the only option.

2013[]

Gail works at a Wawa gas station/convenience store. She refuses to serve Dee so the gang invites her to their Thanksgiving "beef squashing". Attempting to make Frank jealous, she gives Hwang, Charlie and Frank's landlord, a handjob under the table. He too mentions that she is "mashing it", but he is very aroused nonetheless. Frank asks for sloppy seconds, but Charlie stops her.

2018[]

Gail returns to attempt to sabotage Dee's attempts at beating Boggs' beer drinking record by buying out all the alcohol because Dee didn't invite her on the trip. Gail would end up helping Dee, however, as Dee's hatred for Gail encouraged her to keep drinking and break the record. Gail later passed out from drinking too much.

2023[]

Gail is shown as the third member of the Fridge-It Bitches bowling team, alongside the Waitress and Artemis much to Dee's irritation. Gail starts off the night by giving a "rando" in the parking lot a blowjob and asking for a straw to drink her bagged Jello shot with. She is paired off against Mac, and in the first round only gets one pin as she is distracted from "wanting to have [Mac's] babies". She is able to successfully throw Mac off in the next rounds by making him insecure about whether or not he could spin the bowling ball. By the end of the night, Gail has ditched the game entirely to have a three way with Frank and Artemis.

Trivia[]

Gail was originally meant to be a part of a duo of siblings to mirror Dennis and Dee; the Garbage Pail Kids versus Cabbage Patch Kids. Her sibling was going to be called "Not Quite Right Robin", but it was ultimately decided to scale back to one sibling.^[1]
Gail has a three way with Frank and Artemis.^[16x7]