31 Times That Mark Darcy Was Every Girl’s Dream Guy

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1. Mark Darcy and the Reindeer Sweater

The quintessential Darcy look has always been a skinny suit, but we first met him in that lovely reindeer sweater. Bridget appears on the scene at her mother’s Christmas party to be ushered into the living room to meet someone from her childhood. But before she can even meet him, she looks at him from behind and thinks to herself “Maybe this is the mysterious Mr. Right I was destined to meet.”

And as he slowly turned around, the first thing Bridget notices is his ugly sweater that his mother bought him for the holiday party. It’s disgusting and would look terrible on anyone else, but not Mark Darcy. He looks dashing despite how uncomfortable he obviously is in it and it’s a perfect introduction into how he’s going to be as a character.

Bridget continues to make a series of terrible jokes as she tries to relate to him and he makes this small attempt at a smile and it shows just how much this woman fascinates him. He later tries to deny whatever hold she has on him by calling her absolutely rude things but that just makes him even more like his character’s namesake. And it’s this initial reaction between Bridget and Darcy that makes him absolutely endearing to the audience.