Pedro Chespirito

“Ay, ay, ay!”

―Bumblebee Man's Catchphrase

Pedro Chespirito, or Bumblebee Man, is the star of a Spanish-language television sitcom on Channel 8, in which he dresses in a bumblebee costume and performs slapstick comedy.

Biography

The Bumblebee Man is the star of a Mexican Spanish-language television sitcom on Channel Ocho, in which he dresses in a bumblebee costume and performs Slapstick comedy.

Costume

Bumblebee Man never takes off his costume in public, and almost never in private. The sole exception is a short segment showing his private life in "22 Short Films About Springfield". 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 is his first name.

Language and Nationality

Bumblebee Man speaks Spanish primarily, but is once shown speaking in articulate English when he replaced Kent Brockman for a brief moment and when talking to his producer ^[3].

Generally, Bumblebee Man 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]. This can be explained by influences from the English-speaking community which he lives in.

In The Simpsons: Tapped Out, he confesses to Lisa that he is actually Norwegian (even though the whole game is non-canon).

In the few instances that he speaks English, he uses a southeastern British Accent.

Other Facts

In "Flaming Moe", Bumblebee Man is indicated to be a member of the Furry fandom (a fanbase for anthropomorphic animals), and is shown holding a sign saying "Furries Fur Moe".

He got kissed by a donkey in The Simpsons Movie.

Non-Canon Appearances

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

The Simpsons Game

Bumblebee Man appears as one of the contestants in the Duff Ultimate Eating Challenge^[5].

The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Bumblebee Man comments that he is originally from Norway and he takes Spanish lessons.

"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"

At the end of the special Troy McClure explains that Selma will marry him.

Treehouse of Horror series

In the final segment "Treehouse of Horror X", he shown boarding the rocket ship to Mars.

Behind the Laughter

Character Origins

Bumblebee Man 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. Channel 8 is a reference to El Chavo del Ocho, by the same creators. In several DVD commentaries, the show's producers say that whenever they watched Telemundo, this character was always "on," and then they created Bumblebee Man, who is also always "on". Roberto Gómez Bolaños passed away on November 28th, 2014.^[6]^[7]

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 a Mexican accent. The Japanese version leaves Hank Azaria's performance untouched.

Trivia

The only episode he appears without his costume is "22 Short Films About Springfield".
In episode "Four Regrettings And A Funeral", he mentions that his parents were killed while playing paintball. Chip Davis helped him deal with his grief.
The Bumblebee Man had a pale white skin complexion on Virtual Springfield. He appeared twice in the Windows and Mac versions of the video game. The first place he appeared in was "NoiseLand Arcade" where he made his debut in the game "Smite of the Bumblebee" that Professor Frink plays while the player enters the location. The second place he appeared in was on The Simpson Family's rabbit eared TV set where his bottom can be seen burning heavily.
He is neighbors with Sea Captain.^[8]^[9]
Lisa believed him to be attempting to kill Homer in "The Great Louse Detective", but Sideshow Bob discovered it was actually Frank Grimes Jr.
In the episode "Haw-Haw Land", it is shown that there are actually two guys in the costume.
He is left-handed.^[10]

Appearances

Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"
Episode – "Mr. Plow"
Episode – "Last Exit to Springfield"
Episode – "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show"
Episode – "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
Episode – "Homer Goes to College" (deleted scene)
Episode – "Rosebud"
Episode – "Bart Gets Famous"
Episode – "Homer Badman"
Episode – "A Star is Burns"
Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)"
Episode – "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"
Episode – "Team Homer"
Episode – "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield"
Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"
Episode – "You Only Move Twice"
Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)"
Episode – "Bart After Dark"
Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"
Episode – "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"
Episode – "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"
Episode – "The Cartridge Family"
Episode – "Lisa the Skeptic"
Episode – "Maximum Homerdrive"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror X"
Episode – "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily"
Episode – "Insane Clown Poppy"
Episode – "Last Tap Dance in Springfield"
Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields"
Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge"
Episode – "Little Girl in the Big Ten"
Episode – "The Frying Game"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX"
Episode – "You Kent Always Say What You Want"
Episode – "The Great Louse Detective"
Episode – "The Wettest Stories Ever Told"
Episode – "Million Dollar Maybe"
Episode – "E. Pluribus Wiggum"
Episode – "Regarding Margie"
Episode – "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches"
Episode – "The Saga of Carl"
Episode – "Days of Future Future" (First Church of Springfield)
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"
Episode – "The Simpsons Guy" (cameo)
Episode – "The Musk Who Fell To Earth" (Title Screen)
Episode – "Halloween of Horror"
Episode – "Simprovised"
Episode – "The Serfsons"
Episode – "The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used To Be"
Episode – "The Clown Stays in the Picture" (seen on Mexican TV channel during flashback)
Episode – "Frinkcoin" (seen on yacht)
Episode – "Better Off Ned (episode)"
Episode – "Highway to Well"
Episode – "Warrin' Priests (Part One)"
Episode – "Warrin' Priests (Part Two)"
Episode – "Now Museum, Now You Don't (episode)"
Episode – "Panic on the Streets of Springfield"
Episode – "The Last Barfighter"
Episode – "The Star of the Backstage"
– The Simpsons Movie
Video game – The Simpsons Wrestling
Video game – The Simpsons Road Rage
Video game – The Simpsons: Hit and Run
Video game – The Simpsons Game
Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out
Special – "Moe Live Tweets!" Mentioned

The Simpsons: Season Four
"Kamp Krusty":	"A Streetcar Named Marge":	"Homer the Heretic":	"Lisa the Beauty Queen":	"Treehouse of Horror III":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie":	"Marge Gets a Job":	"New Kid on the Block":	"Mr. Plow":	"Lisa's First Word":
Minor	Absent	Absent	Minor	Absent
"Homer's Triple Bypass":	"Marge vs. the Monorail":	"Selma's Choice":	"Brother from the Same Planet":	"I Love Lisa":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Duffless":	"Last Exit to Springfield":	"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show":	"The Front":	"Whacking Day":
Absent	Minor	Minor	Absent	Absent
"Marge in Chains":	"Krusty Gets Kancelled":
Absent	Minor

The Simpsons: Season Five
"Homer's Barbershop Quartet":	"Cape Feare":	"Homer Goes to College":	"Rosebud":	"Treehouse of Horror IV":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Minor	Absent
"Marge on the Lam":	"Bart's Inner Child":	"Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood":	"The Last Temptation of Homer":	"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Homer the Vigilante":	"Bart Gets Famous":	"Homer and Apu":	"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy":	"Deep Space Homer":
Absent	Minor	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Homer Loves Flanders":	"Bart Gets an Elephant":	"Burns' Heir":	"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song":	"The Boy Who Knew Too Much":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Lady Bouvier's Lover":	"Secrets of a Successful Marriage":
Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Six
"Bart of Darkness":	"Lisa's Rival":	"Another Simpsons Clip Show":	"Itchy & Scratchy Land":	"Sideshow Bob Roberts":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Treehouse of Horror V":	"Bart's Girlfriend":	"Lisa on Ice":	"Homer Badman":	"Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Minor	Absent
"Fear of Flying":	"Homer the Great":	"And Maggie Makes Three":	"Bart's Comet":	"Homie the Clown":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Bart vs. Australia":	"Homer vs. Patty and Selma":	"A Star is Burns":	"Lisa's Wedding":	"Two Dozen and One Greyhounds":
Absent	Absent	Minor	Absent	Absent
"The PTA Disbands":	"'Round Springfield":	"The Springfield Connection":	"Lemon of Troy":	"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Seven
"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)":	"Radioactive Man":	"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily":	"Bart Sells His Soul":	"Lisa the Vegetarian":
Cameo	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Treehouse of Horror VI":	"King-Size Homer":	"Mother Simpson":	"Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming":	"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Minor	Absent
"Marge Be Not Proud":	"Team Homer":	"Two Bad Neighbors":	"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield":	"Bart the Fink":
Absent	Minor	Absent	Minor	Absent
"Lisa The Iconoclast":	"Homer The Smithers":	"The Day The Violence Died":	"A Fish Called Selma":	"Bart on the Road":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Cameo	Absent
"22 Short Films About Springfield":	"Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"":	"Much Apu About Nothing":	"Homerpalooza":	"Summer of 4 Ft. 2":
Minor	Absent	Cameo	Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Eight
"Treehouse of Horror VII":	"You Only Move Twice":	"The Homer They Fall":	"Burns, Baby Burns":	"Bart After Dark":
Absent	Minor	Absent	Cameo	Cameo
"A Milhouse Divided":	"Lisa's Date with Density":	"Hurricane Neddy":	"El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)":	"The Springfield Files":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Minor	Absent
"The Twisted World of Marge Simpson":	"Mountain of Madness":	"Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious":	"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show":	"Homer's Phobia":
Minor	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Brother from Another Series":	"My Sister, My Sitter":	"Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment":	"Grade School Confidential":	"The Canine Mutiny":
Absent	Absent	Cameo	Cameo	Absent
"The Old Man and the Lisa":	"In Marge We Trust":	"Homer's Enemy":	"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase":	"The Secret War of Lisa Simpson":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Nine
"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson":	"The Principal and the Pauper":	"Lisa's Sax":	"Treehouse of Horror VIII":	"The Cartridge Family":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Cameo
"Bart Star":	"The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons":	"Lisa the Skeptic":	"Realty Bites":	"Miracle on Evergreen Terrace":
Cameo	Absent	Cameo	Absent	Absent
"All Singing, All Dancing":	"Bart Carny":	"The Joy of Sect":	"Das Bus":	"The Last Temptation of Krust":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Dumbbell Indemnity":	"Lisa the Simpson":	"This Little Wiggy":	"Simpson Tide":	"The Trouble with Trillions":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Girly Edition":	"Trash of the Titans":	"King of the Hill":	"Lost Our Lisa":	"Natural Born Kissers":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Gallery

The full image gallery for Pedro Chespirito may be viewed at Pedro Chespirito/Gallery.

Citations

↑ 22 Short Films About Springfield
↑ Team Homer
↑ Bart Gets Famous
↑ Season 7 DVD Commentary - "22 Short Films About Springfield" - The crude Spanish was used deliberately so that American viewers would still understand what was being said.
↑ Around the World in 80 Bites
↑ Roberto Gómez Bolaños ‘Chespirito’ Dies: Mexican Legend Dead At 85 From Heart Failure, Latin Times, November 28, 2014
↑ Murió Roberto Gómez Bolaños, 'Chespirito', Noticieros Televisa, November 28, 2014 (in Spanish — English translation via Google Translate)
↑ The Simpsons Movie
↑ Robot Chicken couch gag
↑ Simpsons Comics

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[1] 22 Short Films About Springfield

[2] Team Homer

[3] Bart Gets Famous

[4] Season 7 DVD Commentary - "22 Short Films About Springfield" - The crude Spanish was used deliberately so that American viewers would still understand what was being said.

[5] Around the World in 80 Bites

[Chespirito_1-6] Roberto Gómez Bolaños ‘Chespirito’ Dies: Mexican Legend Dead At 85 From Heart Failure, Latin Times, November 28, 2014

[Chespirito_2-7] Murió Roberto Gómez Bolaños, 'Chespirito', Noticieros Televisa, November 28, 2014 (in Spanish — English translation via Google Translate)

[8] The Simpsons Movie

[9] Robot Chicken couch gag

[10] Simpsons Comics

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