Mr. Bean (animated TV series)

Mr. Bean is an animated television series by Varga Studio based on the British live-action series of the same name. Characters from the original live action series included Mr. Bean, Irma Gobb, Teddy, and the mysterious driver of the Reliant Supervan, with the new addition of Mrs. Wicket, Bean's landlady, and her evil cat Scrapper.

The series again featured little actual dialogue, with most being either little sound bites or mumbling, mild slapstick, with occasional sexually suggestive moments. Rowan Atkinson provided the voice for Bean; additionally, all of the animated Bean actions are taken from Atkinson himself. Other characters' voices are provided by Jon Glover,Rupert Degas, Gary Martin, Sally Grace and Lorelei King.

Despite the series' actual title being simply Mr. Bean, some broadcasters referred to this series as Mr. Bean: plus a subtitle for disambiguating with the original live-action series. Disney Channel Asia refers this series as "Mr. Bean - The Animated Series" and the original live-action series as "Mr. Bean - Live Action Series" in their schedule.[3]  The German version, aired on Super RTL, is titled "Mr. Bean - Die Cartoon-Serie".[4]

In January 2014, ITV announced a new animated series featuring Mr Bean with Rowan Atkinson returning to the role. The new series will feature 52 new episodes, the new episodes are due to begin airing from 16 February 2015 on CITV.[5]



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[hide]  *1 Characters  ==Characters[ edit] == ==Fictional buildings[ edit] ==  ==Episodes<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Main article: List of Mr. Bean (animated TV series) episodes<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The programme originally lasted for three series, which contained a total of 52 episodes. The first two series in 2002-2003 were broadcast in a prime-time Saturday night slot on ITV, and featured two back-to-back episodes in a half-hour segment. However, the third series in 2004 was broadcast daily on CITV, and the series was run as twenty single episodes, rather than back-to-back segments. The final episode of the third series was titled "Double Trouble", and it was aired on 2 June 2004.
 * 2 Fictional buildings
 * 3 Episodes
 * 4 DVD releases
 * 4.1 Region 1
 * 4.2 Region 2
 * 4.3 Region 3
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links
 * Mr. Bean (Voiced by Rowan Atkinson) - the title character who serves as the main protagonist of the series. He is mischievous and makes numerous disasters and always encounters problems in a roundabout way. He is shown to be both immature yet surprisingly resourceful when he needs to be. He wants every environment around him to be clean and out of trouble. In A Royal Makeover, it is revealed that he lives in 112 Arbour Road as seen in the packages Elizabeth II sent to him and Mrs. Wicket.
 * Teddy - Mr Bean's lifelong best friend. As a stuffed companion, Mr. Bean assumes Teddy is alive.
 * Mrs. Julia Wicket (Voiced by Sally Grace) - Mr. Bean's demeaning landlady who serves as the main antagonist. She was married 50 years ago for a mere ten minutes before her husband wisely made a dash for freedom. She is the owner of the evil one eyed cat named Scrapper. She is seldom nice to Bean, and is always despising and very brutal towards him, possibly because it was his fault that her husband left her at the altar. Mrs Wicket really loves cats but she hates dogs.
 * Scrapper - the evil one-eyed cat who despises all humans, especially Mr. Bean, although he does feign affection for his owner, Mrs Wicket. Scrapper is the second main antagonist in the series. His hobbies include scratching, mousing and getting Bean into trouble with Mrs. Wicket at every opportunity. He was adopted by Mrs. Wicket in Young Bean after young Mr. Bean delivered it to her.
 * Irma Gobb (Voiced by Matilda Ziegler) - Mr. Bean's girlfriend. A sweet girl, who probably has a sort of degree in something or other, she is fond of Mr. Bean but mainly visits so that her teddy can play with Bean's Teddy. She usually stays long enough to get a free meal.
 * Lottie - Irma's teddy bear. She looks almost identical to Mr. Bean's Teddy, except she has eyelashes and a red bow. She's been seen as Teddy's girlfriend, but Bean does not accept them for a relationship.
 * Mr Bean's Mini - Mr. Bean's loved green Mini. It is green as seen throughout the whole series, including the live action episodes (except for the first episode in the live action version, which was orange, and destroyed after a stunt). The plate number of his car is "STE 952R".
 * Reliant Supervan III - the three-wheeler blue car known as a Reliant Regal usually happens to be a victim of a collision when Mr. Bean speeds up his Mini, similar to the live action episodes. Its plate number is "DUW 742", as seen in Royal Bean. The driver of Reliant is never revealed.
 * The Burglars - a duo of unnamed crooks who frequently commit crimes while in various disguises. One is large and beefy, and the other is pint-sized. They always fail after Mr. Bean comes up to them in his plans. They are supporting antagonists. They appeared on the episode: Missing Teddy, Homeless, Wanted, In the Pink, and Bean's Bounty.
 * The Neighbors - unnamed characters who are portrayed as a working-class family depicted as stereotype, obese, boring and stupid people. The father is portrayed as the most stupid in the whole family and is shown as a very aggressive and cruel person towards Mr. Bean. His wife is a lazy person. The couple have three rambunctious and naughty children. The family is shown to be in a constant disagreement with each other. Family appearances: Neighbourly Bean as main antagonists and Scaredy Bean as cameos. Father and son appearances: Super Marrow, Chocks Away, and The Ball.
 * Tutati - the black diabolical dog owned by Mr. Bean's next-door neighbors. He is depicted as a very aggressive dog and will hurt Bean for no apparent reason. His hobbies are biting and scratching. Whenever a retaliation is made, his aggression worsens. Dog appearances: A Running Battle, Inventor, and Neighbourly Bean.
 * Queen Elizabeth II - Mr. Bean is a fan of the Queen. She only appears in two episodes, Royal Makeover on television in the film "The Queen Indoors" and in Royal Bean in person. She knights Mr. Bean in Royal Bean after he saves one of her Welsh Corgis.
 * The Mime - a French immigrant Mime. In his first appearance in Art Thief he was in Paris France near The Eiffel Tower showing some people and a couple of Mimes. He was nearly knocked over by Mr Bean's Mini. He later appeared in Mime Games. He snuck into Mr. Bean's home. He was last seen in the whole series as a main character drowning in a pond at Hyde Park but lived. He did make a cameo appearance in Haircut waiting for his hair to be cut only on DVD. First appearance: Art Thief Season 2 Episode 4. Last appearance: Haircut Season 3 episode 14 as a Cameo Character.
 * Harry - He only appears in The Visitor. It is rumoured that his character is based upon another, "Hubert", appearing in an episode of the live action Mr.Bean show called "Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean", aired on 10 January 1994. It is revealed that he and Mr. Bean were once childhood friends, even possessing a catch-phrase of sorts.
 * Restaurant Owner - A snooty, French-American owner who owns a fancy French restaurant. He is a stereotypical French person; being snooty and greedy. He despise Mr. Bean in some episodes due to his clumsiness. Every episode he appears, he gives the customer a bill in which they cannot pay. His dialogue is very audible and his crew-workers include an overweight chef, a blond-haired waiter and two suave violinists (one of them loves Irma). First appearance: The Visitor (2003 Season 2, Ep. 2). Last appearance: Hot Date (2003 Season 2, Ep. 9).
 * Roxy - (Voiced by Sophie-Louise Dann) - A popular singer whom Mr. Bean has a crush on and tries to get autographs from her. She gives Mr. Bean one in a handkerchief with a lipstick mark after her mean security guard prevents him. She only appears in Bean In Love. A similar character appears in Restaurant.
 * Traffic Warden - A woman who issues tickets to the parking violations and also giving fees for car parking. However, every time Mr. Bean sees her, he parks his car elsewhere so that the traffic warden will not ticketed or give a fee on him.
 * Mr. Pod - (Voiced by Rowan Atkinson) - A clone of Mr. Bean from outer space. He only appears in Double Trouble
 * Dr. Fangpuller - A dentist and he only appears in Toothache.
 * Mrs. Wicket's best friends - Unnamed characters (the man and the old woman), whom are Mrs. Wicket's close friends. They also hosted the competitions such as running marathon and the biggest watermelon competition. To stay in touch Mrs. Wicket, the old woman visits her.
 * Goddawin - A rival runner. He only appears in A Running Battle. He and Bean may be friends.
 * Wanted person - He is Mr. Bean look-alike escaped convict and he only appears in Wanted. The case of escaped convict is unclear.
 * Japanese kid - He only appears in Gadget Kid. While his visit at the museum, he befriends Bean and then he shows the modern gadget devices. He also has a stuffed companion which is panda.
 * Albert Einstein - He only appears in Inventor. He had a crush on Mrs. Wicket but Mr. Bean disabled that.
 * Harlotts Department Store - A 10-storey building that Mr. Bean buys whatever he wants. Example of that is buying a sofa in the episode Sofa (which is similar to the live episode, Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean, buying the lamps for his watermelons in the episode SuperMarrow, and buying a tent for camping in the episode Camping.
 * S.O.S - A building that stores some different breeds of cats. The building is only seen in Dead Cat where Mr. Bean finds a replacement for Mrs. Wicket's cat named Scrapper after he presumed that Scrapper is crushed to death by garbage truck. The owner of that building is seen also in SuperMarrow.
 * Goodall's Music - A store of different kinds of musical instruments. A place where Bean buys a grand piano after the record of Beethoven is broken.
 * Purrrrdums - An establishment of pets for sale like dogs, cats, parrots, and a chameleon. Bean buys a dog, a parrot, then a chameleon for his pet in the episode No Pets. However, the owner is once a victim of the burglar duo when he is threatened by selling the pink animals from the burglar duo.
 * Restaurant Haute Cuisine des Toffs - A place for Bean's eating establishment. A restaurant consists the French-American owner and his crew including a waiter, two violinists, and a overweight chef. It is seen in the episode Visitor (where Bean invites Harry to eat), Restaurant (where Bean celebrates his birthday, plus unaware that he is to be dined together with the two celebrities), and Hotdate (where Bean invites his girlfriend, Irma to eat).
 * Morsels Superstore - A building of grocery. It is seen only in the episode Super Trolley where Bean buys the groceries for Mrs. Wicket plus the three popcorns for himself (POP). However, when the trolley he used is already damaged, the store manager stalk him until he made is own homemade mechanical trolley.
 * W.E. Starchit - An establishment for laundry shop. It is seen only in the episode Goldfish where Bean brought his stinky-smelled Teddy after he accidentally thrown him into the bucket of fishes. The scene where Bean washed himself inside the washing machine is similar to the live episode, Tee Off, Mr. Bean, act 1.
 * Harry's Barber Shop - A place where Bean is about to have his hair trim but he walks out impatiently when the barber is too slow to cut, seen in the episode Haircut. The scene is similar to the live episode, Hair by Mr. Bean of London, only the owner is Derrick.
 * Antiques - An establishment of selling vintage and antique objects. Example of that is that Bean abandons his damaged sofa in the episode Sofa and Bean buys an air balloon after he sells the damaged car in the junk yard in the episode Car Trouble.
 * Toots Toys - An establishment of selling different kinds of toys and dolls. It is seen in the episode Birthday Bear (where Bean buys the toy for birthday celebrant, Teddy) and Chocks Away (where Bean buys a toy remote plane).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In January 2014, CITV announced that a new animated series would be made with Atkinson once again providing his voice for the role. 52 new episodes, each lasting 12 minutes were recorded in 2014 and will begin airing on 16 February 2015 on CITV in two back-to-back episode slots. ==DVD releases<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The animated version has been re-released on DVD by A&E Home Video in Region 1 (actually are Region Free), and Universal Pictures in Regions 2 and 4. In the US, all 52 episodes were released on six volumes. However, in the UK and Australia, the six volumes only contained 47 of the 52 episodes, with the other five episodes appearing each as extras on the DVD releases of the live-action series. The reason for this is that when the episodes were classified by the BBFC in the UK, they were given a PG certificate rather than a U certificate. It was decided that the DVDs of the animated series should have a U certificate so the five PG episodes were not included. ===Region 1<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Region 2<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Region 3<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===