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"Ay, ay, ay!"

―Bumblebee Man's catchphrase

Bumblebee Man

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Status: Alive Hair: Black Occupation: Actor/TV Personality Relatives: Ex-Wife: Señora Bumblebee Man First appearance: "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" Voiced by: Hank Azaria v • d • e • h

Bumblebee Man (also known as Pedro and Uncle Tom), is the star of a Spanish-language television sitcom on "Channel Ocho", in which he dresses in a bumblebee costume and performs slapstick comedy (and gets hurt doing so).

Biography

Costume

Bumblebee Man never takes off his costume in public, and almost never in private. In addition to being seen costume-less, Bumblebee Man is shown as being genuinely clumsy rather than simply acting as such. In the end, his house is destroyed and his wife leaves him.^[1]

His bowling shirt has the name Pedro on it,^[2] which could be his first name.

Language and Nationality

Bumblee Man was once shown speaking with an articulate British accent ^[3] and also translated in English what Krusty said in his campaign speech that inadvertently offended the Hispanic community. In general, however, Bumblebee Man only speaks in simple, over-enunciated (and often inaccurate) Spanish sentences. His catchphrases of choice are typically “¡Ay, ay, ay, no me gusta!” (“I don't like it!”), “¡Ay, ay, ay, no es bueno!” (“That's not good!”) and “¡Ay, Dios no me ama!” (“God doesn't love me!”). Quite commonly, his phrases will be intentionally sloppy Spanish: For example, saying "wudpequero" for "woodpecker," when it's actually "pájaro carpintero".^[4] Marge was once up late watching Bumblebee Man on TV and saw him confessing that he didn't know any Spanish until he joined Mexican television and that he was actually Belgian.^[5] At one point, he was seen taking a citizenship test, indicating that he was an illegal immigrant.^[6]

Non-canon

The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed.

The Simpsons Game

Bumblebee Man appears as one of the contestants in the Duff Ultimate Eating Challenge.^[7]

The Simpsons: Tapped Out

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Bumblebee Man Image Cost Unlock method Unlock message Yearbook 60 Level 23 Premium 30 Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name 33 Premium Characters, Premium Male, Celebrity, Kook, Adult BumblebeeMan Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Go Skating 10m 26, 7 Simpsons' Skating Rink Whoa es me! 10m 26, 7 Channel 6 Ay, Dios No Me Ama! 30m 60, 15 A Del Dos Sano Terrible Nada Es Bueno 60m 105, 26 Ay... Carumba! Attend Lessones Espanolas 4h 300, 70 Springfield Library Bumblebee Man's Secret Shame-O Overpay for Sex on the Beach 4h 260, 70 Smooches on the Beach Stay at the Swelldorado 4h 260, 70 Swelldorado Try to Win at Blackjack 4h 175, 45 $ Casino Drink and Babysit 4h 175, 45 The Boiled Potato Attend Parenting Seminars 4h 260, 70 Universal Panacea Shop for Cider 4h 260, 70 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Obtain Anxiety Medication 6h 350, 90 Springfield Medical Center Visit the Vast Waistband 7h 375, 90 The Vast Waistband Fill In As News Anchor 8h 420, 105 Channel 6 Dance the Señor Burns 8h 420, 105 Chez Guevara Eat a Buffet Meal 10h 525, 135 Up, Up and Buffet! Commenco el Divorcio 12h 600, 150 Town Hall Me averiado el Cuerpo! Have a Siesta 12h 600, 150 Havana Private Home Cultural Appropriation Enjoy a Night at the Theater 12h 600, 150 Springfield Playhouse Complain About Electric Buzzing 12h 600, 150 The Buzzing Sign Diner Acto en Show El Channel Ocho 24h 1,000, 225 Channel 6 Buy Groceries at a Kindling Store 24h 1,000, 225 Kevin's Kindling Animated Tasks Ay, Dios No Me Ama! Nada Es Bueno

Trivia

• According to The Simpsons: Tapped Out, Bumblebee Man isn't Spanish, he's from Norway.

Behind the Laughter

Character origins

Bumblebee is a caricature of El Chapulín Colorado ("The Red Grasshopper"), a character created and portrayed by Mexican television comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños (best known by his pseudonym "Chespirito"), and his show consists of simple skits, often involving heavy slapstick. In several DVD commentaries, the show's producers say that whenever they watched Univision, this character was always "on," and then they created Bumblebee Man, who is also always "on."

In other languages

In the Spanish-language version of the show, the humor of Bumblebee Man (known in this version as hombre abejorro in the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, or el hombre abeja in Spain) relies on the fact that he wears a gigantic bee costume and frequently engages in physical comedy; there has been no effort made to translate his speech to another language. However, in the Latin American version, he speaks with an over-the-top Mexican accent and in the version that airs in Spain, he does so with an Italian accent. The Japanese version leaves Hank Azaria's performance untouched.

Appearances

References

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