History Series / MrBean

Nothing to do with Creator/SeanBean.

* EnmityWithAnObject: It's not clear whether Bean's SitcomArchNemesis is the [[TheGhost never seen]] driver of the blue Reliant Robin or the ''car itself''.

* BigDamnHeroes: Or at least the closest a show like this can get. In "Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean", Bean saves the baby from flying away due to balloons on its carriage on it by shooting it down with one of the carnival's bows and arrows.

''Mr. Bean'' is an incredibly well-loved BritCom by writer Creator/RichardCurtis and writer-star Creator/RowanAtkinson, originally broadcast by Creator/{{ITV}} from 1990–95.

* LastSecondPhotoFailure: In "Goodnight, Mr. Bean", Mr. Bean tries to take a picture with one of the Royal Guards. After he spends the entire segment outlandishly preparing him for the photo, he sets the timer on his camera and before it can run out, the Change of Guards is called and the Royal Guard marches to his next post, leaving a shot of Mr. Bean starting to chase after him.

* LostFoodGrievance: In "Tee Off, Mr Bean", Mr. Bean's golf ball lands in a child's double ice-cream cone, displacing one of the balls of ice-cream. Mr. Bean then hits the golf ball away, leaving the child holding a tiny stump of a cone, looking disappointed. Not seeing what had happened, the child's mother says sternly "No more".

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first episode is different from all that would follow right from the start, as it omits the usual 'falling from the sky' intro and choral theme song and instead simply begins with a subtitle and jaunty theme, though the standard intro is added on in later releases. In the exam scene, Bean speaks a couple sentences to another student that are slightly wordier and more coherent (albeit still in a funny-sounding voice) than his usual mumbling. In the same episode, he drives a red Mini instead of a green one, [[spoiler:which he crashes during the credits, perhaps explaining why he probably gets a new Mini later on.]]

* CharacterTics: Mr. Bean sticks out his tongue and waggles it whenever he is anticipating eating a treat.

''Mr. Bean'' is an incredibly well-loved BritCom by writer Richard Curtis and writer-star Creator/RowanAtkinson, originally broadcast by Creator/{{ITV}} from 1990–95.

The entire series is available on WebVideo/YouTube, care of [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC1EDzqtkrh8QNm-HxtB83ub1O7DdVAfJ the official channel.]]

** Subverted in "Back to School, Mr. Bean". [[spoiler: After Bean realizes his car got crushed by a tank at the end of "Back to School, Mr. Bean,"]] he appears to be distraught, but [[spoiler: after examining the wreckage, he finds his padlock intact, and reverts back to his usual self, indicating that that was the only part of the car he was worried about.]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first episode is different from all that would follow right from the start, as it omits the usual 'falling from the sky' intro and choral theme song and instead simply begins with a subtitle and jaunty theme, though the standard intro is added on in later releases. In the exam scene, Bean speaks a couple sentences to another student that are slightly wordier and more coherent (albeit still in a funny-sounding voice) than his usual mumbling. In the same episode, he drives a red Mini instead of a green one, [[spoiler:which he crashes during the credits, perhaps explaining why he probably gets a new Mini later on]].

* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In "The Curse of Mr. Bean", he falls into a pool so hard his trunks get blown off, and unfortunately, a little girl innocently picks them up with her snorkel and leaves with them without her parents noticing.

* GrossUpCloseUp: In "Mr. Bean In Room 426", he has a nightmare over some rotten oysters he'd binged earlier. We get a sickening closeup of Bean holding an oyster shell up to his mouth, only for slime to spill out.

* ImprobableParkingSkills: Mr Bean thrives on these.

* JingleTheCoins: In "Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean", Mr Bean tries to beat a fairground arcade machine by taking a run at it, and throwing his whole weight against it. He smiles happily as he hears the sound of lots of coins falling; then he is faced with a grinning young boy who has seized the money, and is gleefully shaking his clothes full of it.

* NewYearHasCome: He hosts an awfully dreary party in "Do It Yourself, Mr. Bean" where he feeds his friends [[LethalChef twigs covered in Marmite and sugared vinegar in place of champagne]] because he didn't remember to go shopping beforehand and ran out of his planned refreshments, and offers no interesting ways to pass the time. His friends escape by winding his clock forward and pretending it's already midnight.

However, in October 2014, the character returned in an ad for the chocolate bar "Snickers" as part of their "You're Not You When You're Hungry" campaign, where he plays the alter-ego of a Chinese assassin and blunders across rooftops, making a complete ass of himself... until he's told to "eat his Snickers" and reverts to assassin mode. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM4aD_B3WYA here]].

The entire series is available on [=YouTube=] care of [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC1EDzqtkrh8QNm-HxtB83ub1O7DdVAfJ the official channel.]]

* {{Angrish}}: The sergeant at the college Bean visits in "Back To School Mr. Bean" goes ''mad'' with rage when he returns to find his troop all standing on one leg and waving, courtesy of Bean.

* BananaInTheTailpipe: Actually a golf ball in the tailpipe during Mr. Bean's Golf Game in "Tee Off' Mr. Bean." After the guy's engine sputters for a few seconds, it explodes which sends the golf ball flying out.
* {{Bathos}}: "Back to School Mr. Bean" has by far the saddest ending, with Bean's car completely destroyed and a tear-jerking rendition of the theme tune playing as he staggers towards the remains before dropping to his knees. Then we see him salvage the driver door's padlock and crack a smile before scurrying off.

** One notable example is in "Room 426" when Bean attempts to get past an old woman walking down the stairs by [[ItMakesSenseInContext climbing through the outer side of the stairs]] and somehow doesn't notice an old man ahead until the old man is actually visible on the screen. This gets him [[HoistByHisOwnPetard trapped]] between the old man and the old woman, and while the gag works through a camera frame, it probably couldn't happen in real life.
** On two other occasions, a car is parked, but the audience cannot see that somebody is inside it. In "Mr Bean goes to Town", Mr Bean takes off his shoe and sock, and puts them on the roof of a parked car, which drives away. In "The Trouble with Mr Bean", he parks his car in an impossibly narrow space by getting out of the car, and pushing it into the space; then one of the adjacent cars drives away, the driver invisible to the audience.

** "Do It Yourself, Mr. Bean." During Bean's failed New Year's party, one of his friends leaves his hat on the mantel, and leaves the party without it. The next day, when Bean paints the apartment with explosives, we hear a door open while he waits for the explosion. When he enters the room, everything has been painted perfectly white... but the silhouette of Bean's friend retrieving his hat is visible by the mantel.
** "Mr Bean Goes to Town": the first part of the episode is Mr. Bean setting up his new television set, which only works when he is in just the right position. At the end of the episode, he walks past a shop window full of televisions, causing them all to show fuzzy lines.

* CantSeeADamnThing: In "Merry Christmas Mr Bean", he gets his head stuck inside his enormous turkey, and has to stumble around with it on his head.

** In "Back To School Mr. Bean," there's a brief scene of Bean in a chemistry lab mucking up a little boy's experiment and causing an explosion, but getting away just in time. In the next scene, Bean is in an art class, ''extremely'' prudish about drawing a nude model, so he scurries away to the pottery section. Just as he does, the boy from the chemistry lab (who is now ''covered'' in blue chemical powder) and his teacher burst into the room to find Bean... only for the teacher to grab the boy and rush right back out as soon as the boy notices the nude model.

* ChristmasCarolers: After finding nothing but violent films playing on TV on Christmas Eve night, Mr. Bean is greeted by carolers so he adjusts his armchair to watch them. After listening for a few seconds, the song starts making him fall asleep, so he goes to the door and slams it in their faces. This might be a nod to "Blackadder's Christmas Carol", where Blackadder says "Here's your present, it's a door in the face".

* CountingSheep: "Good Night, Mr. Bean". Bean tries to get to sleep by literally counting the sheep in a large photograph. When he gets frustrated that he keeps losing count, he counts the sheep along two adjoining sides and then multiplies the results in a calculator. After marveling at the tally, he instantly falls unconscious.

* DangerTakesABackSeat: In ''Mind the Baby, Mr Bean,'' there is a RunningGag that a Doberman barks and runs after Mr Bean when he squeaks a baby's toy. Near the end of the episode, the dog climbs into his car when he squeaks it, unseen by Mr Bean. The episode ends when Mr Bean squeaks it again while driving, and the dog barks, scaring Bean out of his wits.

* ExactWords: In "Tee Off, Mr Bean"k Bean is told to not touch a golf ball with his hands and to use the putter to move it instead. Sure enough, the rest of the episode involves Bean going across town attempting to retrieve the ball using '''only''' the putter.

* CongruentMemory: In "Mr. Bean Goes To Town" Mr. Bean's camera is stolen by a thief. Bean manages to catch him by putting a wastebasket on his head and poking him with a pencil, but he runs off with the bin still over his head when an officer arrives. Later, in a police lineup, Mr. Bean cannot recognize any of the suspects by appearance, so he asks for bins to be put over their heads and pokes each with a pencil until he hears the same sound, picking out the thief.

* DIYDentistry: In the live-action episode "The Trouble With Mr. Bean", Bean accidentally renders his dentist unconscious and has to resort to filling his own cavity. He ends up putting paste on several teeth (due to the X-ray being readable in four different ways because the holder it's placed in spins around both horizontally and vertically), resulting in him gluing his jaw shut. The dentist wakes up and Bean screams, thus ungluing his jaw.

** Subverted in "Back to School, Mr. Bean." [[spoiler: After Bean realizes his car got crushed by a tank at the end of "Back to School, Mr. Bean,"]] he appears to be distraught, but [[spoiler: after examining the wreckage, he finds his padlock intact, and reverts back to his usual self, indicating that that was the only part of the car he was worried about.]]
** [[spoiler: "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean." Irma hinted, nearly to the point of outright request, that she wanted an engagement ring for Christmas by pointing at one in a shop window. Bean doesn't really get hints that well, and after Christmas dinner he proudly presents her with [[ComicallyMissingThePoint the picture that was sitting behind the ring in the window.]] This reduces her to tears, leading Bean trying to confort her, until he suddenly realizes he forgot something, says "I forgot the most important thing!" and pulls out a ring box from his pocket, presenting it to Irma. [[HopeSpot She's overjoyed and hugs him and upon opening the box, it does seem to contain a metal ring...]][[FromBadToWorse only for it to turn out to be a wall hook for the portrait instead, which Bean then proceeds to obliviously explain the use of to her, as her hopes are crushed again.]] Realizing he has no intention of proposing, Irma is crushed, and walks out in tears, leaving poor Mr. Bean alone, not even understanding what he did wrong.]]

* ExactWords: In "Tee Off, Mr Bean," Bean is told to not touch a golf ball with his hands and to use the putter to move it instead. Sure enough, the rest of the episode involves Bean going across town attempting to retrieve the ball using '''only''' the putter.

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* GreenAroundTheGills: In "Mr. Bean in Room 426" Mr. Bean turns green after he realizes he has eaten a whole plate of bad oysters.

* HerosClassicCar: PlayedForLaughs Bean's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini BMC Mini]] is a [[TheAllegedCar small econo-car]] with character, and Bean makes occasional eccentric modifications to it. Depending on your taste, it could qualify as a CoolCar.

* JingleTheCoins: In "Mind the Baby, Mr Bean", Mr Bean tries to beat a fairground arcade machine by taking a run at it, and throwing his whole weight against it. He smiles happily as he hears the sound of lots of coins falling; then he is faced with a grinning young boy who has seized the money, and is gleefully shaking his clothes full of it.

* KidsAreCruel: In "Curse of Mr Bean", a young boy stomps on Mr. Bean's hand as he dangles precariously from a diving board over a pool because he's scared of heights.

* NewYearHasCome: He hosts an awfully dreary party in "Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean" where he feeds his friends [[LethalChef twigs covered in Marmite and sugared vinegar in place of champagne]] because he didn't remember to go shopping beforehand and ran out of his planned refreshments, and offers no interesting ways to pass the time. His friends escape by winding his clock forward and pretending it's already midnight.

** In "The Trouble With Mr. Bean", the titular character's response to his electronic alarm clock going off is to drop it into a glass of water and then hanging it up to dry on a clothesline off the lanyard hanging off it, implying that it's what he does every day and somehow the alarm clock isn't permanently damaged by it.
** In "Do It Yourself Mr Bean", Mr Bean saws a new serving hatch through his kitchen wall, without checking what is on the other side. The telephone rings, just before Mr Bean saws through the cable.

* ShrunkInTheWash: Teddy gets shrunk in the wash in ''Tee Off, Mr. Bean''. Of course he's back to normal again next episode.

* SixIsNine: In "Goodnight, Mr. Bean" he is waiting in a doctor's office. Bean has ticket #52. He realizes that on the digital display #25 and #52 are the same number flipped upside down, so he flips the counter over after #24 is called, causing his number to be called next by a confused receptionist.

* SleepingDummy: In "Do it Yourself, Mr. Bean", he plants a dummy in a sleeping bag in front of a shop he wants to be first in line at for January sales. It's made from some balloons (which he pops in front of the stunned queue while revealing his deception) and a head of cauliflower (which he throws in the nearby rubbish bin).

* TakeOurWordForIt: When Mr Bean is watching television, usually the audience does not see what he sees, only Mr Bean's reaction. The same happens in the horror movie sketch in "The Curse of Mr Bean": the audience knows it is a horror movie from the shot of a sign saying "A Nightmare", and Mr Bean making spooky noises before the movie begins.
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: In ''Back to School Mr Bean'', Mr Bean is horrified by the sight of a topless model he is expected to draw. The audience only sees the model from the back.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Bean is restless and easily bored (sign of ADHD), sometimes struggles to read other people's social cues (sign of Aspergers syndrome), and may even have Peter Pan syndrome (playing with toys, talking to an imaginary friend, and his overall behavior).

* BehindTheBlack: Several jokes work like this. One notable example is in "Room 426" when Bean attempts to get past an old woman walking down the stairs by [[ItMakesSenseInContext climbing through the outer side of the stairs]] and somehow doesn't notice an old man ahead until the old man is actually visible on the screen. This gets him [[HoistByHisOwnPetard trapped]] between the old man and the old woman, and while the gag works through a camera frame, it probably couldn't happen in real life.

* ShaggyDogStory

** In "Mr Bean in Room 426", Mr. Bean turns everything he does into a competition with the man in the room next to him. He races to receive his room key before this man, races up the stairs while the neighbour uses the elevator. When choosing food for dinner, Mr. Bean takes double of everything his neighbour takes, and imitates his every gesture, including pouring water from a jug, in perfect synchronicity. Once the man actually starts eating, Bean takes it UpToEleven and does things like stuffing multiple whole sticks of celery in his mouth and rapidly chomping on them like a rabbit when the man takes a bite out of a single one and ravenously taking alternating bites from a pair of chicken drumsticks he's holding in his hands when the man starts eating his own. This ends up getting him severely ill when he pours multiple oysters down his gullet when the man was just preparing to start eating them before noticing that they had gone bad.

''Mr. Bean'' is an incredibly well-loved British comedy series by writer Richard Curtis and writer-star Creator/RowanAtkinson, originally broadcast by Creator/{{ITV}} from 1990–95.

It was followed by an AnimatedAdaptation, which was less well-received by the several fans who cited the whole point of the original show is Rowan Atkinson's physical performance. That said, it actually lasted a fairly long while, going for five seasons and 130 episodes.[[note]]Initially three from 2002-2004. But suddenly came back in 2014 and ran until 2019.[[/note]] It can be found in kids' channels on Creator/PlutoTV or the full seasons streaming on Creator/{{Tubi}}.