About

Mr. Bean


Mr. Bean is a slow-witted, sometimes ingenious, selfish and generally likeable buffoon who brings various unusual schemes and connivances to everyday tasks. He lives alone in his small flat in Highbury, North London, and is almost always seen in his trademark tweed jacket and a skinny red tie. He also usually wears a digital calculator watch (which he does not like to lose). Mr. Bean rarely speaks, and when he does, it is generally only a few mumbled words. He has a strong knowledge of trigonometry.
He is employed as a guard at London's National Gallery. Mr. Bean often seems unaware of basic aspects of the way the world works, and the programme usually features his attempts at what would normally be considered simple tasks, such as going swimming, using a television set, redecorating or going to church. The humour 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.







Teddy

Teddy is Mr. Bean's teddy bear, perhaps Mr. Bean's best friend. The bear is a dark brown, knitted oddity with button eyes and sausage-shaped limbs, invariably ending up broken in half or in various other states of destruction and disfiguration. Although Teddy is inanimate, Mr. Bean often pretends it is alive. For example, when Mr. Bean hypnotizes Teddy, he snaps his fingers and the bear's head falls backwards as if it has fallen asleep instantly (Bean used his finger to prop Teddy's head up). Mr. Bean behaves as if the bear is real, buying it a Christmas present or trying not to wake it in the mornings. The bear is often privy to Mr. Bean's various schemes and doubles as a good dish cloth or paint brush in an emergency





Mr.Bean's Car


Mr. Bean's car, a British Leyland Mini 1000, has developed a character of sorts. At first, an orange 1969 BMC Mini MK II (registration RNT 996H) was Mr. Bean's vehicle, but this was destroyed .From then on, the car was a 1977 model (registration SLW 287R), lime-green with a black bonnet.The Mini was central to several antics, such as Mr. Bean getting dressed in it or driving while sitting in an armchair strapped to the roof or attempting to avoid a parking garage toll by driving out through the entrance. It also had a number of innovative security measures; Mr. Bean fitted the door with a bolt-latch and padlock, rather than using the lock fitted to the car, and removing the steering wheel.Mr. Bean has a long-running yet unexplained feud with the driver of a light blue Reliant Regal Supervan III (registration GRA 26K), which will usually get turned over, crashed out of its parking space and so forth. This conflict originated in the first episode, when the Reliant's driver held the Mini up on the way to a mathematics exam.









Irma Gobb


Mr. Bean's "girlfriend" Irma Gobb is treated relatively inconsiderately by Bean, who appears to regard her more as a friend and companion than a love interest. However, he does become jealous when she dances with another man at a disco and she certainly expects him to propose to her on Christmas Day, with his failure to do so resulting in her leaving him for good.