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Mr. Bean

• Live-action
• Animated season 1
• Animated season 2 onwards

Biographical information

Family

Unnamed Mother

Friends

Teddy

Irma Gobb (girlfriend)RupertHubertMrs. WicketSabineStepanDavid Langley

Enemies

Mrs. Wicket (usually/sometimes)

Irma Gobb (sometimes)Reliant Regal (mostly)ScrapperThe ThievesRestaurant OwnerThe Chef

Physical description

Species

Human

Gender

Male

Location

Flat 2, 12 Arbour Road, London, UK

Behind the scenes

Debut

Mr. Bean

Portrayed by

Rowan Atkinson

"Oh, yes. I've concentrated on trigonometry." — Mr. Bean's first line

Mr. Bean is the titular main protagonist of the comedy series of the same name. He is a slow-witted, sometimes ingenious, selfish, and generally likable buffoon who brings various unusual schemes and connivance to everyday tasks.

Contents

• 1 Background
  • 1.1 The original live-action TV show
• 2 Personality
• 3 Clothing
  • 3.1 Mr. Bean (TV Series)
  • 3.2 Mr. Bean Animated Series
• 4 Notable Quotes
• 5 Trivia
• 6 Gallery
• 7 Popular Culture

Background

Mr. Bean (born 15 September 1956) lives alone in his small flat in Highbury, North London. He's almost always seen in his trademark tweed jacket and skinny red tie. Mr. Bean rarely speaks, and when he does, it's generally only a few mumbled words, which are in a comically low-pitched voice. He's been shown in the first episode to have a strong knowledge of trigonometry.

His ingenuity often leads him to finding ridiculous and impractical solutions to these problems (such as painting a room by putting fireworks into a paint can). Bean will often get confused at the world, not understanding what's going on. He's also quite selfish — if someone is doing something he doesn't like, he gets very agitated. He also doesn't like people taking his things.

Mr. Bean often seems unaware of basic aspects of the way the world works, and the program usually features his attempts at what would normally be considered simple tasks, such as going swimming, redecorating, or going to church. The humor largely comes from his original (and often absurd) solutions to problems and his total disregard for others when solving them, his pettiness, and occasional malevolence. He acts silly sometimes.

The original live-action TV show

At the beginning of episode 2 onwards, Bean falls from the sky in a beam of light, accompanied by a choir singing Ecce homo qui est faba (Behold the man who is a Bean). These opening sequences were initially in episodes 2 and 3, and they were intended by the producers to show his status as an "outcast cast into the spotlight". But later episodes showed Mr. Bean dropping from the night sky in a deserted London street against the backdrop of St. Paul's Cathedral. Rowan Atkinson himself has acknowledged that Bean "has a slightly outcast aspect to him".

Personality

Mr. Bean is often portrayed as a childish buffoon. He is usually obnoxious, crazy, selfish and sometimes seems stupid. He can sometimes be a gentlemen towards other women, like Roxy and Sabine, but he doesn't show much care to his girlfriend which was proven in many episodes (live-action and animated). Mr. Bean often pretends his teddy is real but he doesn't always treat Teddy nicely. Mr. Bean is also a pain to the Reliant Regal in loads of episodes becoming a running gag in the series. In a few occasions, Mr. Bean had been a bit kind but he rarely shows it. He also tends to hate Irma kissing him, and whenever Irma does this to him, he would usually smudge his cheek.

Clothing

Mr. Bean (TV Series)

Mr. Bean is mostly seen wearing a brown tweed jacket, a white shirt, a thin red tie, dark brown trousers with a lighter brown belt, gray socks, and black shoes. Occasionally, he will change his outfit (often to suit the scene he is in). He is sometimes seen holding a brown suitcase. He also usually wears a digital calculator watch.

In the episode The Return of Mr. Bean, when Bean is heading to a fancy restaurant to celebrate his birthday, he wears a grey suit with a dark red tie. In the same episode, when Bean heads to meet the queen, he wears a tuxedo.

In the episode The Curse of Mr. Bean, when Bean is heading for the park to make a sandwich for his lunch, he wears a long dark green overcoat with a light green shirt and a dark green tie. In the same episode when Bean visits a cinema, he is wearing his trademark clothes, but instead of his brown tweed jacket, he wears a light brown sweater.

In the episode Mr. Bean Rides Again, Bean is seen wearing a trademark brown tweed jacket, a white shirt, but the tie is thin black tie with red stripes and gold trim in the first half while the second half that his tie is now black.

Bean's casual outfit.Bean's casual outfit but with Whistler's Mother tie in the 1997 film.Bean's grey outfit from The Return of Mr. BeanBean's tuxedo from The Return of Mr. BeanBean's green outfit from The Curse of Mr. BeanBean's sweater from The Curse of Mr. BeanBean's pajamas in Goodnight Mr. Bean

Mr. Bean Animated Series

Bean's casual outfit.The same outfit Bean wears almost everyday but without the jacket and with a short sleeve blouse .Mr. Bean's casual outfit with a bow-tie instead of the red tie.The outfit Bean wears on special occasions like weddings for example.Bean's swimming suit, seen in episodes "The Cruise" and "Holiday for Teddy"Mr. Bean's halloween vampire costume, seen in the episode "Halloween"Mr. Bean's pyjamas.Mr. Bean's other pyjamas. He's also wearing a dark red bathrobe.Young Bean's casual outfit.Young Bean's winter outfit.Young Bean's pyjamas.

Notable Quotes

• Teddy! (Every time Mr. Bean sees/thinks something bad happen to Teddy)
• Right! (Every time he is mad/planning for revenge)
• Help! Help! (Every time he plays around Teddy or some games and tricks)
• How much?! (When he sees the price of a random item)
• I wonder... (Every time Mr. Bean has a cunning, usually good idea)
• AAAAGGGHHH!!! (When he sometimes fearfully, angrily or painfully screams)
• I'll be right back. (Every time Mr. Bean leaves Teddy to do something)
• Oh no! (Every time Mr. Bean commits mistakes or fails to accomplish his task)
• What?! (When he sees something ridiculous)
• Honestly?/Honestly! (When Bean were forced to do something by someone else and annoyed by something)
• Oh dear. (When there's a problem or situation)
• Oh my goodness! (When he sees something interesting)
• Your Majesty... (Every time Mr. Bean meets Queen Elizabeth II)
• Cup of Tea? (Every time Mr. Bean asks for Tea for other people)
• This is going to take ages! (When Mr. Bean is annoyed that the queue or something is taking too long)

Trivia

• Despite Mr. Bean rarely speaking in most of his live-action appearances, in the animated series of Mr. Bean, he tends to talk more often following the revival of the latter series.
• His first name (he names himself Bean to others) and profession, if any, are never mentioned. In the first film adaptation, the name "Mr." appears on his passport in the "first name" field, and he is shown employed as a guard at London's National.
• Mr. Bean claims his tweed suit was given to him as a gift.
• Mr. Bean apparently is artistic, due to the reaction of the Art Teacher in the live-action episode, Back to School Mr. Bean.
• He makes an appearance in the music video of the Boyzone song "Picture of You". This is the song that was heard in the end credits of Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie.
• Being the titular character, he is the only character to appear in every episode of the series (both live-action and animated) and every Mr. Bean-related movie.
• His favourite dish is fish and chips, as revealed in the Animated Series.

Gallery

Mr. Bean (character)/Gallery

Popular Culture

• In the 23rd season of the show Saturday Night Live. There was also the sketch called "Set Our Nanny Free" on November 8, 1997, hosted by Jon Lovitz. Mr. Bean was also featured in it & he was played by Norm MacDonald. He was seen in the studio playing his fingers pretending to be in prison.

Norm MacDonald as Mr. Bean