Bunty
- Bunty is a human from the Rescue Bots portion of the Aligned continuity family.

Mr. Bunty is a resident of Griffin Rock. He loves him some lobster and even keeps one as a pet.
Fiction
[edit]Rescue Bots cartoon
[edit]- Voice actor: Steve Blum (English){{#if: |, {{{2}}}}}

Unable to attract the attention of anyone, Mr. Bunty attempted to score himself a lobster at the Lobster and Technology Festival and accidentally knocked a cylinder of floatium into the tank. When the lobsters turned into flobsters and started flying around, he again attempted to catch one, only for a bunch of them to gang up on him. Later, when they began literally dropping out of the sky, one of them landed on his plate. Flobsters on Parade He took pity on one of the flobsters and decided to keep it as a pet. Today and Forever Bunty was sitting on a park bench reading a newspaper when the Squilsh approached him. He fled in terror as his seating was devoured by the blob. You've Been Squilshed The hoverpicker stole his ice cream. Granted he had been taunting a small child with it moments earlier. Sky Forest
Mr. Bunty was disembarking from the ferry from the mainland when he was knocked into the water by a sonic blast. Chief Burns dived in to save him, though it turned out to be a diversion so Evan and Myles could escape. One for the Ages He was alarmed by an earthquake. In Search of the Griffin's Nest He attended the dog show which ended with the tent burning down. Rescue Dog After the Rider of Midwinter left him a loaf of bread, he turned up to the Midwinter Morning bonfire. The Riders of Midwinter He attended Griffin Rock Plant a Tree Day and fled when the Power Planter went crazy. Later he was at the dedication of the construction of Pynch Square. Movers and Shakers
Mr. Bunty was having a picnic by himself when first a soccer ball and then Cody Burns briefly appeared out of thin air. Double Villainy He along with the rest of the town sought higher ground on Mount Griffin as the island began to sink, and cheered after the rescue team managed to save the town. Rise of the Heroes
He was among the people who turned out for the Mayor's speech after the dome was erected to protect the town from Hurricane Opie, and was later put to sleep by Vigil. No Place Like Dome

While Mr. Bunty was operating the drive-in projector, a fire started and he had to be rescued by the Heatwave and Kade. Though the projector was a write-off, Doc Greene supplied a new one, which Bunty began screening Attack of Humungado on, unaware that the projector had brought monsters from the movie to life. The Attack of Humungado As the island was flown from the Arctic back to Maine, Mr. Bunty was forced to run when the statue of Horace Burns fell over. He and the rest of town had to work to keep the island in the air. Today and Forever
Bunty was among those abducted by the Velgrox, and witnessed the Rescue Bots revealing their true nature to the town. New Normal He joined the meeting to discuss the future of the Rescue Bots in Griffin Rock, and later had his picture painted by Boulder. Bridge Building He was also among the residents who received a balloon promoting Chase's run for mayor, but his little pet snipped the ribbon and so the balloon floated away. Mayor May Not He attended the Brash Ball game in the town's new Insta-adium, which was cut short when the stadium deflated. Part-Time Heroes Mt Bunty was among the disgruntled citizens who attended a truncated meeting at town hall, and had to be evacuated when a construction crane went rogue. He and other townsfolk later waited outside the hospital for Chief to be discharged. Family Business
Rescue Bots Academy cartoon
[edit]- Voice actor: Todd Perlmutter (English){{#if: |, {{{2}}}}}
When Griffin Rock was threatened by flooding, Mr. Bunty and Crustacia were evacuated by the Rescue Bot recruits, though he wasn't particularly impressed with their ability to navigate. Go Team, Go! Mr. Bunty was among the audience at the ice sculpting contest. The Icebot Cometh
Notes
[edit]- Mr. Bunty is based on Rescue Bots co-creator Brian Hohlfeld.<ref>{{#if: Hey! It's @BHohlfeld aka Mr. Bunty! #TFRescueBots |"Hey! It's @BHohlfeld aka Mr. Bunty! #TFRescueBots"—|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/439830298671714304 |Nicole Dubuc|Nicole Dubuc}}{{#if: Twitter |, Twitter|}}{{#if: |, ""|}}{{#if: 2014 |, 2014{{#if: 03 |/{{#switch:{{#len:03}}|1=003|03}}{{#if: 01|/{{#switch:{{#len:01}}|1=001|01}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/439830298671714304 ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/439830298671714304%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/439830298671714304%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/439830298671714304%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/439830298671714304%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref> As he was not originally named onscreen, his speaking role in "Flobsters on Parade" was simply credited as "large guy". His name would not be first spoken onscreen until nearly a whole season later in "One for the Ages".
- Mr. Bunty's pet flobster was first seen in "Today and Forever". A deleted scene, later tweeted by Nicole Dubuc, would have revealed the flobster was named Crustacia;<ref>{{#if: #RescueBots ...which wears a knitted pet sweater.
MR. BUNTY: Come along, Crustacia! This is no weather for invertebrates! #Season3finaleMIA |"#RescueBots ...which wears a knitted pet sweater.
MR. BUNTY: Come along, Crustacia! This is no weather for invertebrates! #Season3finaleMIA"—|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/611329115421970432 |Nicole Dubuc|Nicole Dubuc}}{{#if: Twitter |, Twitter|}}{{#if: |, ""|}}{{#if: 2015 |, 2015{{#if: 06 |/{{#switch:{{#len:06}}|1=006|06}}{{#if: 18|/{{#switch:{{#len:18}}|1=018|18}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/611329115421970432 ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/611329115421970432%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/611329115421970432%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/611329115421970432%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/611329115421970432%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref> this was later canonized in "Go Team, Go!".
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