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Buck Bundy

Alias/Nickname:

Buck Bundy

Born:

c. 1983c. 1972[1]

Died:

c. 1995

Age:

12

Sex:

Male

Species:

Dog, Briard - French sheepdog

Appeared on:

Married... with Children

First appearance:

"Pilot"

Last appearance:

"Requiem for a Dead Briard"

Character played by:

Derek McGrath (dream sequence in "Buck Can Do It")Kevin Curran (human form in "Psychic Avengers")Unknown (female human form in "Kelly Takes a Shot")

Portrayed by:

Buck the dogKevin Curran (voice in seasons 4-7)Kim Weiskopf (voice season 8-10)Cheech Marin (guest voice in seasons 5 and 8)

Episodes:

120

Buck Bundy (c.1983 - c. 1995) was the Bundys' cynical pet Briard dog and the first Bundy family pet, from around the time he was born in 1983 until he died in 1995 in season 10's "Requiem for a Dead Briard".

The dog was played by Buck the dog, while his spoken inner monologue voice was done by Kevin Curran from Seasons 4 through 7 and Kim Weiskopf from Seasons 8 through 10. Guest star Cheech Marin also voiced Buck in three episodes during Seasons 5 and 8.

Contents

• 1 Appearance
• 2 Background
• 3 Gallery
• 4 Trivia
• 5 Appearances

Appearance[]

Buck is a large briard with a coat that, in terms of color, is fawn overlaid with black.

Although he is typically portrayed as a dog, there have been two instances where Buck is shown as a human. In Psychic Avengers, Buck is turned into an actual human (played by his voice actor, Kevin Curran) as part of the curse Madame Inga put on the Bundys. He is shown to be a tall middle aged man in a brown suit, white dress shirt, red bowtie, grey hair and wearing round glasses.

Then, in "Kelly Takes a Shot", after Amber rejects Bud's sexual advances, he turns to Buck and suddenly sees the dog transform into an attractive women (played by an uncredited actress) in a black mini-dress and curly brown hair with blonde highlights.

Background[]

Buck often insulted his human masters (in the privacy of his own mind) for their own faults and their neglect of him, and had a large, insatiable sexual appetite. Despite being viewed as "stupid" by the family, he is shown to be cunning in episodes, such as "Look Who's Barking", he tricks the female dog getting all of the attention into eating Al's cheesecake by claiming it to a present in order to not be sent to the pound. In this episode, he also mentions that he is capable of performing tricks but doesn't do any of them, as he views them to be demeaning.

He did not actually start to speak until season 4's Peggy Made a Little Lamb when Peggy begins wondering aloud about "Wheel of Fortune":

Peggy: What channel is "Wheel of Fortune" on?

Buck: Uhh... it's seven, just like yesterday and the day before.

Whenever he spoke, it was usually to express his disappointment about not being fed, the stupidity of the family or his desire to have sex with the neighborhood dogs (or, in one case, a pony in Rites of Passage), though being a dog, no one in the family knew what he was saying.

He was usually found sitting on the Bundy couch, on the kitchen floor or by the staircase, wondering when was going to get some food. He was sometimes viewed as being a dumb and sometimes disloyal dog by Al, like when he buried Al's anniversary gift in the backyard or when he tore up Al's slippers; although he still loved him, like when he tried to prevent him from getting neutered in Buck Can Do It or when he was extremely concerned about Buck not eating and blames a pregnant Peg for it in Buck Has a Bellyache.

In Psychic Avengers, Buck is turned into an actual human as part of the curse Madame Inga put on the Bundys. However, he ends up having to use the money they gave him to give to Madame Inga to get himself out of jail as no one told him that sniffing a human's behind in public was a crime.

He was originally Bud's dog, but eventually became known as the family pet and everyone had to take care of him. Though it is worth noting that Kelly took Buck's death the hardest.

After he died, Buck went to Animal Heaven, where he was ultimately judged, and reincarnated as Lucky Bundy as punishment. His death was written in to allow the dog who played him to retire due to old age and increasing difficulty in understanding his trainer's instructions.

Buck was briefly mentioned in "Breaking Up Is Easy to Do (Part 3)" after Al tries to convince Peggy and her new boyfriend, Bruce that he was there to see Lucky Bundy, before wondering if he was supposed to be bigger. Jefferson then points out that he is thinking of Buck.

During season 4 through 7, he was voiced by Kevin Curran, a producer and staff writer for the show, who also portrayed the human form of Buck in "Psychic Avengers". Following Curran's departure from the show after season 7, he was voiced by Kim Weiskopf, who would later voice Buck's replacement, Lucky Bundy.

However, in a few episodes highlighting his role he was voiced by in Cheech Marin in "Look Who's Barking", "Change for a Buck" and "Assault and Batteries".

Gallery[]

Buck, as a human after being cursed with the rest of the Bundy family in "Psychic Avengers".A female version of Buck that appears during Bud's fantasy in "Kelly Takes a Shot".Buck as a puppy in 1972 in the Season 7 episode "Christmas".

Trivia[]

• The opening intro shows that much like Kelly and Bud, Buck himself expects cash handouts from Al but to eat the cash rather than spend it.
• The Bundys, who are one of the poorest families in America, have such food insecurity that they tried to eat Buck sometimes. They mentioned they tried but failed to in "Married... with Prom Queen" while Al outright tried to do it but was interrupted before he could in "At the Zoo".
• Besides the noticeable difference between Buck's standard voice compared to when he was voiced by Cheech Marin, there is also a noticeable difference between his voice between season 7 and season 8 onward, with Weiskopf's voice being a bit deeper than Curran's voice, and being much more sarcastic.

Appearances[]

Season 1 Pilot But I Didn't Shoot the Deputy Whose Room Is It Anyway Married... without Children The Poker Game Peggy Sue Got Work Al Loses His Cherry Where's the Boss? Johnny Be Gone Season 2 Buck Can Do It For Whom the Bell Tolls Born to Walk Earth Angel You Better Watch Out Build a Better Mousetrap Master the Possibilities The Great Escape Impo-Dent Just Married... with Children Father Lode All in the Family Season 3 He Thought He Could I'm Going to Sweatland Poke High The Camping Show (mentioned) The Bald and the Beautiful The Gypsy Cried Requiem for a Dead Barber Eatin' Out Can't Dance, Don't Ask Me A Three Job, No Income Family The Harder They Fall The House That Peg Lost Married... with Queen (Part 1) The Dateless Amigo The Computer Show Life's a Beach Here's Lookin' at You, Kid Season 4 Hot off the Grill Dead Men Don't Do Aerobics Buck Saves the Day Tooth or Consequences He Ain't Much, But He's Mine Fair Exchange Desperately Seeking Miss October 976-SHOE Oh, What a Feeling At the Zoo It's a Bundyful Life (Part 1) It's a Bundyful Life (Part 2) Who'll Stop the Rain? A Taxing Problem Rock and Roll Girl You Gotta Know When to Hold 'Em (Part 1) (mentioned) What Goes Around Came Around Peggy Turns 300 Peggy Made a Little Lamb Rain Girl The Agony of De-Feet Yard Sale Season 5 We'll Follow the Sun Al... with Kelly Sue Casa, His Casa The Unnatural The Dance Show Kelly Bounces Back Married... with Aliens Wabbit Season Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? One Down, Two to Go And Baby Makes Money Married... with Who? The Godfather Look Who's Barking All Night Security Dude Oldies but Young 'Uns Weenie Tot Lovers and Other Strangers Kids! Wadaya Gonna Do? You Better Shop Around (Part 1) You Better Shop Around (Part 2) Route 666 (Part 1) Route 666 (Part 2) Buck the Stud Season 6 She's Having My Baby (Part 1) She's Having My Baby (Part 2) Looking for a Desk in All the Wrong Places Buck Has a Belly Ache If I Could See Me Now God's Shoes Kelly Does Hollywood (Part 1) Kelly Does Hollywood (Part 2) So This is How Sinatra Felt I Who Have Nothing The Mystery of Skull Island Just Shoe It Rites of Passage The Egg and I My Dinner with Anthrax Psychic Avengers Hi I.Q. Teacher Pets The Goodbye Girl The Gas Station Show The England Show (Part 1) The England Show (Part 3) Season 7 Magnificent Seven Al on the Rocks What I Did for Love Frat Chance The Chicago Wine Party Kelly Doesn't Live Here Anymore Rock of Ages Death of a Shoe Salesman The Old College Try Christmas Wedding Show It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This Mr. Empty Pants You Can't Miss Peggy and the Pirates Go for the Old Un-Alful Entry Movie Show 'Til Death Do Us Part 'Tis Time to Smell the Roses Old Insurance Dodge The Wedding Repercussions The Proposition Season 8 A Tisket, a Tasket, Can Peg Make a Basket? Hood 'n the Boyz Proud to Be Your Bud Banking on Marcy No Chicken, No Check Take My Wife, Please Scared Single NO MA'AM Dances with Weezie Change for a Buck A Little Off the Top The Worst Noel Sofa So Good Honey, I Blew Up Myself How Green Was My Apple Valentine's Day Massacre Get Outta Dodge Field of Screams The D'Arcy Files Nooner or Later The Legend of Ironhead Haynes Assault and Batteries Al Goes Deep Kelly Knows Something Season 9 Shoeway to Heaven Driving Mr. Boondy Kelly Breaks Out Naughty but Niece Business Sucks (Part 1) Business Still Sucks (Part 2) Dial B for Virgin Sleepless in Chicago No Pot to Pease In Dud Bowl A Man for No Seasons I Want My Psycho Dad (Part 1) The Naked and the Dead, but Mostly the Naked Kelly Takes a Shot Get the Dodge Outta Hell 25 Years and What Do You Get? Ship Happens (Part 1) Ship Happens (Part 2) Something Larry This Way Comes And Bingo Was Her Game-O User Friendly Pump Fiction Radio Free Trumaine Shoeless Al The Undergraduate Season 10 Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner A Shoe Room with a View Requiem for a Dead Briard Season 11 Breaking Up Is Easy to Do (Part 3) (mentioned)

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