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{{Short description|Character in British comedy TV programme}}
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| name = Mr. Bean
| series = [[Mr. Bean]]
| image = Atkinson Rowan.jpg
| caption = Rowan Atkinson portraying Mr. Bean in 1997
| first="[[Mr. Bean (Mr. Bean episode)|Mr. Bean]]" (1990)
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| creator = [[Rowan Atkinson]], [[Richard Curtis]]
| portrayer = Rowan Atkinson
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| home = Flat 2, 12 Arbour Road, [[Highbury]], [[London]], England, UK
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| significant_other = [[Irma Gobb]]<br />Sabine (''[[Mr. Bean's Holiday]]'')
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'''Mr. Bean''' is a fictional character from the British [[comedy television|comedy]] television programme ''[[Mr. Bean]]'', its [[Mr. Bean: The Animated Series|animated spin-off]], and two live-action feature films. He was created by [[Rowan Atkinson]] and [[Richard Curtis]], portrayed by Atkinson, and made his first appearance on television in [[List of Mr. Bean episodes|the pilot episode]], which first aired on 1 January 1990.

== Overview ==
Mr. Bean lives in Flat 2, 12 Arbour Road, [[Highbury]], London, England. His first name and his profession, if any, are never mentioned; he introduces himself simply as "Bean." In the first film adaptation, ''[[Bean (film)|Bean]]'', "Mr." appears on his passport in the "first name" field, and he is shown employed as a security guard at London's [[National Gallery]].<ref name="auto">Mel Smith, ''Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie'', PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1997</ref> His date of birth is given variously as 15 September 1956, or as 6 January 1955 (the latter being Rowan Atkinson's actual date of birth).

At the beginning of episode two onwards, Mr. Bean falls from the sky in a beam of light, accompanied by a choir singing ''Ecce homo qui est faba'' ("Behold the man who is a bean"), recorded by Southwark Cathedral Choir. These opening sequences were initially in black and white in episodes two and three, and were intended by the producers to show his status as an "ordinary man cast into the spotlight". However, later episodes showed Mr. Bean dropping from the night sky in a deserted London street against the backdrop of [[St Paul's Cathedral]]. At the end of episodes [[The Curse of Mr. Bean|three]] and [[Mr. Bean Rides Again|six]] he is also shown being sucked right back up into the sky in the respective background scenes (black scene in episode 3 and street scene in episode 6). Atkinson has acknowledged that Mr. Bean "has an alien aspect to him".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030217224736/http://www.rowanatkinson.org/articles/00062.htm "The Fine Art of Being Mr. Bean"], archive interview in ''The [[Buffalo News]]''. Retrieved 15 June 2006.</ref> In the [[Mr. Bean: The Animated Series|animated series]] (episode, "Double Trouble") he is taken inside a spacecraft with "aliens" who look exactly like him and even have their own plushy toys. In an obvious homage, the aliens send him back home in a beam of light and music similar to the opening of the original ''Mr. Bean'' series.

== Clothing ==
Mr. Bean is usually seen wearing a brown [[tweed]] jacket, a white shirt, a thin red tie, brown trousers, black shoes and a black digital [[calculator watch]]. He occasionally changes his outfit to suit the scene he is in.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mrbean.co.uk/uk/meet-the-characters/ |title=Meet the Characters |publisher=Mr Bean |access-date=26 January 2012 |archive-date=21 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111221162049/http://www.mrbean.co.uk/uk/meet%2Dthe%2Dcharacters/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the episode "[[The Return of Mr. Bean]]", when Bean is heading to a fancy restaurant to celebrate his birthday, he wears a grey suit with a dark red tie. In the same episode he wears a [[tuxedo]]. In the episode "[[The Curse of Mr. Bean]]", when Bean is heading for the park to make a sandwich for his lunch, he wears a long dark green [[overcoat]] with a light green shirt and a dark green tie. In the same episode when Bean goes to watch a horror film with his girlfriend, he is wearing his trademark clothes but with a light colored brown sweater instead of his trademark brown tweed jacket.

== Personality ==
[[File:Rowan Atkinson and Manneken Pis.jpg|thumb|Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean in 2007 next to Manneken Pis in Brussels]]
Mr. Bean is immature, self-absorbed, extremely competitive and brings various abnormal schemes and contrivances to everyday tasks. He rarely speaks, and when he does, it is normally only a few mumbled words which are in a comically low-pitched voice. Mr. Bean often seems unmindful of basic aspects of the way the world works, and the programme typically features his attempts at what would generally be considered simple activities, such as going for a swim, using a television set, [[Interior design|redecorating]], or attending church. The humour largely comes from his original (and often absurd) solutions to problems – usually self-inflicted – and his total disregard for others when solving them, his pettiness and occasional malevolence.<ref name="auto" />

== Influences ==
Atkinson cited the comedy film ''[[Monsieur Hulot's Holiday]]'', starring and directed by French comedian and director [[Jacques Tati]], as an influence on the character, particularly its usage of wordless humor in ordinary situations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Want funny? See his movies. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-13-ca-welkos13-story.html |access-date=8 September 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=13 July 2003 |archive-date=8 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108092024/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-13-ca-welkos13-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Appearances ==
{{Main|List of Mr. Bean episodes|List of Mr. Bean: The Animated Series episodes}}
Mr. Bean is the main character of both the [[Mr. Bean|titular TV series]] and [[Mr. Bean: The Animated Series|its animated spin-off]], as well as of feature films based on the series, ''[[Bean (film)|Bean]]'' (1997) and ''[[Mr. Bean's Holiday]]'' (2007). Bean also made guest appearances at the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony#Interlude (21:47–21:52)|London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony]] and in the 2017 [[China|Chinese]] film ''Top Funny Comedian: The Movie''. Atkinson also portrayed Bean in several sketches for [[Comic Relief]] and also in television advertisements throughout the years such as [[REMA 1000]], [[M&M's]], [[Fujifilm]], [[Nissan Tino]], [[Snickers]] and most recently for [[Etisalat]] in 2019.<ref>{{Citation |last=Snickers UK |title=Snickers Mr Bean TV advert – Subtitled |date=4 October 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIVDxL2lgN4|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lbbonline.com/news/many-mr-beans-cause-tv-trouble-in-new-spot-from-hungry-mans-david-kerr |title=Many Mr. Beans Cause TV Trouble in New Spot from Hungry Man's David Kerr |publisher=LBBOnline |date= |accessdate=17 July 2022}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.mrbean.com/ Mr. Bean official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170404121700/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0008859/ Mr. Bean] on [[IMDb]]
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*[https://youtube.com/@mrbean?si=23WsI1Cr9IOhTaAH Official Youtube channel]

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