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Bumblebee Man

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Character Information
Gender: Male
Status:
Unknown
Age: 45
Hair: Unknown
Occupation: Actor
Relatives: Ex-Wife - Unnamed
First appearance: Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie
Voiced by: Hank Azaria


The Bumblebee Man, voiced by Hank Azaria, appears on a television show on "Channel Ocho" dressed in a bumblebee costume. In the episode "Team Homer," his bowling shirt bears the name "Pedro". He works at the same studio as Kent Brockman.

Costume

Bumblebee Man never takes off his costume, even when by himself; the sole exception is the episode "22 Short Films About Springfield", in which his private life is shown.

Life

In this short segment, he is portrayed as innately clumsy rather than simply acting as such. In the end, his house is destroyed and his wife leaves him, not wanting to deal with his maladroit nature any longer.

Nationality

In "Bart Gets Famous", he speaks with an articulate "English" accent, but this was mentioned in an episode commentary as a mistake. In general,

Language

Bumblebee Man only speaks in simple, over-enunciated (and 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, in the episode "22 Short Films about Springfield", there are several words used that are not real (woodpecker in Spanish is not "wudpequero"; it is "pájaro carpintero"). The crude Spanish was used so that English-speaking viewers would still understand what was being said.[1]

Creation

Bumblebee Man is a caricature of "El Chapulín Colorado" ("The Red Grasshopper"), a character created and portrayed by Mexican television comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños (aka "Chespirito"), and his show consists of simple skits, often involving heavy slapstick. The staff have said that whenever they watched Telemundo, this character was always "on", thus they created Bumblebee Man, who is also always "on".[2] His costume was based on one used in the Saturday Night Live sketch "Killer Bees".[3]


  1. Season 7 DVD Commentary - "22 Short Films About Springfield"
  2. Reiss, Mike. (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  3. Joe Rhodes. "Flash! 24 Simpsons Stars Reveal Themselves"TV Guide. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.