"Dude" is Hurley's catchphrase by which he addresses apparently everybody. His final dude count in Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, the Missing Pieces, Season 4 , Season 5, Season 6 and the Epilogue was 330, and his final average D.P.E. (dudes per episode) is 3.2.

"Dude" was also used by four other characters (Michael, Johnny, Dave, and David Reyes) 21 times.

Michael Emerson also calls Jorge Garcia "dude" at Comic-Con 2009.

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Hurley's DPE (Dudes Per Episode)

The table below shows how many times Hurley said "dude" in each episode.

The yellow-marked episodes are (at least partly) Hurley-centric. In episodes marked with "-" Hurley does not appear.

Ep 1 Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5 Ep 6 Ep 7 Ep 8 Ep 9 Ep 10 Ep 11 Ep 12 Ep 13 Ep 14 Ep 15 Ep 16 Ep 17 Ep 18 Ep 19 Ep 20 Ep 21 Ep 22 Ep 23 Ep 24 Total Average DPEs Season 1 1 4 4 3 0 1 7 2 8 4 1 0 6 2 1 1 1 14 1 1 2 0 5 5 73 3.0 Season 2 3 0 3 11 1 0 - 1 0 - 4 1 2 4 0 1 4 2 2 3 0 1 1 44 2.0 Season 3 - - 3 0 2 - - 6 - 17 3 - - 9 8 1 14 2 1 1 2 3 72 4.8 Missing Pieces - 1 - - - - 1 - - - 2 - - 4 1.3 Season 4 8 1 2 1 - 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 7 28 2.3 Season 5 3 8 - 1 - 2 6 0 4 0 1 - 13 1 3 0 5 47 3.4 Season 6 9 3 2 2 14 - 7 - 2 0 1 5 1 4 - 2 8 60 3.5 Epilogue 2 2 2

Other characters saying dude

Official Lost Podcast

In the February 19th, 2008 edition of the official Lost podcast, Lost executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse entertained a question from "idontlikelocke" about why the amount of "dudes" spoken by Hurley had decreased after Season 1, only to increase after Season 2. Damon Lindelof joked that it was because of a contract dispute between the show and Jorge Garcia over the number of times he could say "dude" per season.

See also