Trivia / Bunsen Is a Beast

• Actor Allusion:
  • Amanda was once another grumpy, pigtailed schoolgirl, only then she was much easier on the eyes.
  • Jeremy Rowley (Bunsen) and Jerry Trainor (Commander Cone) respectively played Lewbert and Spencer on iCarly.
  • Tara Strong once again plays the tooth fairy.
• Art Shift: Bunsen marks a notable change in Butch Hartman's art style, which is usually more angular in nature. This show is also Hartman's first cartoon to completely be animated in Adobe Flash, whereas his previous shows were animated traditionally (except for the last 13 Fairly OddParents episodes).
• Celebrity Voice Actor: We have Jeremy Rowley and Ben Giroux as Bunsen and Mikey.
• Crossdressing Voices:
  • This was going to be the case with Mikey, as mentioned under What Could Have Been, but he ended up being voiced by the male Ben Giroux.
  • It is however played straight with a young goth boy, who's voiced by Jennifer Hale.
• Dawson Casting: Once again, we have teen and preteen characters voiced by adults
• Dueling Shows: With Disney Junior's Vampirina, another show about a supernatural somebody trying to fit into human society.
• Out of Order:
  • The episode "Bunsen is a Beast!" premiered as the first segment of the second episode, but is clearly intended to be where the series begins due to depicting Bunsen's first day of school as well as his first meetings with Mikey and Amanda.
  • "The Boy Who Cried Wolfie" was incidentally supposed to air before "Beast Halloween Ever", as the former has Mikey meeting Wolfie for the first time and the latter has Wolfie's appearance treated as nothing special.
• Screwed by the Network: By June 2017, most of the reruns had moved to Nicktoons while the main channel still aired new episodes.
  • Nickelodeon only aired the show for TEN months; it moved to Nicktoons in December 2017.
  • There were multiple occasions the show had episodes pulled on Nickelodeon, including the Christmas special and many premieres over the summer.
  • The final insult came when Butch Hartman explained that the show was meant to last for only one season, as he would be leaving Nickelodeon after spending 20 years working with them.
  • The finale aired with no promotion and late at night, almost as if Nick was trying to bury the show completely after Hartman had left.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Butch Hartman originally conceived the premise for a picture book, until a higher-up at Nickelodeon suggested pitching it as a cartoon.
  • In early artwork and footage for the series, Mikey had a different shirt, blue eyes, and was played by Maile Flanagan, the voice of Naruto Uzumaki.

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