List of Bucky O'Hare characters
This article is about characters who appear in Bucky O'Hare comic book series.
S.P.A.C.E. members and allies
Bucky O'Hare. Bucky is an anthropomorphic hare with pink eyes and green fur, standing somewhat over three feet tall. He wears red goggles, and a distinctive red S.P.A.C.E. captain's outfit with yellow trim, coattails, and epaulettes.Bucky is skilled in the use of almost any weapon, and is adept at piloting most vehicles. Being a hare, he can jump incredibly high and kick incredibly hard. He has excellent agility and reflexes, to the point that he can dodge massed laser fire at very close range. He is also a quick thinker, able to think of and implement tactical plans on the fly
Jenny
Bruce
Willy DuWitt
Deadeye Duck
AFC Blinky
Bruiser
Commander [|Dogstar]
Commander Dogstar is a friend of Bucky O'Hare, and the captain of the S.P.A.C.E. frigate Indefatigable. A bloodhound with a voice similar to Jim Backus, Dogstar has the uncanny ability to remember the scent of any criminal he has ever encountered. He is also somewhat absentminded, tending to prattle on about heroic rhetoric, and requires his more down-to-earth companion [|Wolf] to bring his mind back to the present.Originally Dogstar and Wolf were simple police officers, entrusted by the United Mammal Security Council with arresting notorious criminals. But after the Toad Empire conquered Warren, the U.A.F. commissioned the launching of a second frigate to complement the Righteous Indignation, the Indefatigable, and Dogstar was named her captain. Since then Dogstar has joined Bucky and the Righteous Indignations crew in their continuing battle against the toads. Dogstar's voice was done by Gary Chalk.
Appearances:'
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- The Good, the Bad and the Warty
- The Komplex Caper
- Corsair Canards
- The Taking of Pilot Jenny
[|Mimi LaFloo]
Initially, Mimi harbored an intense dislike of Bucky, because her efforts to effectively lead the enslaved hares to freedom were often unintentionally undermined by their oft-expressed hoping-against-hope that the great Captain Bucky O'Hare would come to save them. However, when Bucky infiltrated the factory and successfully shut down its defenses and liberated the slaves, Mimi soon came to respect him and even became smitten with him. Following the liberation of Kinnear, Mimi was, at Bucky's suggestion, named captain of a newly commissioned frigate by the [|Secretary General] of the U.A.F., which she named the Screaming Mimi. She thanked Bucky "in her own way" by kissing him.
Mimi appeared in the series a second and final time in the episode The Artificers of Aldeberan, wherein she ran into Bucky on board Orwell Station. Her crush on the hare captain remained, and she made her feelings toward him quite obvious. Later, she volunteered the use of the Screaming Mimi after Jenny stole the Righteous Indignation to go rescue [|Princess Felicia].
Due to lack of availability of credible reference material, some confusion has arisen in the past over precisely what Mimi's surname is and how it is supposed to be spelled. Although the episode scripts, the most reliable source, give her surname as "LaFloo," these only recently became available to fans, many of whom spelled her last name "LaFleur."
Mimi appeared near the end of the UK comic series before its cancelation. Her introduction saw her already established as captain of the "Screaming Mimi" and an associate of Dead-eye. Members of Dogstar's crew such as Digger and later Pitstop Pete would instead be members of her crew.
While there was no prototype figure in the works for the original toy line. Boss Fight Studio released her as their eleventh figure in their line, and the sixth original figure mould.
Appearances:
- Home, Swampy, Home
- The Artificers of Aldebaran
Wolf
Wolf's rather generic-sounding name in comparison to the other members of Dogstar's crew is a product of the script for the second episode of the series, A Fistful of Simoleans. Although in the final version only he, Dogstar, and a third unnamed canine raid Tinker's spy shop, in the script Digger, Rumble Bee, and Pitstop Pete also appeared, but were named simply "Mole," "Robot," and "Pit Bull." Wolf, being a wolf, was named accordingly. But because the other three were cut from the episode, they were given different names later on in The Komplex Caper and The Taking of Pilot Jenny, with the exception Wolf, although he was apparently supposed to gain the name "Calvin Lupus Smythe" in a planned-but-abandoned sequel series, "Bucky O'Hare: Counterattack."
Wolf's voice was done by Richard Newman and Gary Chalk.
He was intended to be part of the toy lines third wave action figure release and was given the name "Calvin Lupus-Smythe" instead.
Appearances:
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- The Good, the Bad and the Warty
- The Komplex Caper
- The Taking of Pilot Jenny
Digger McSquint
He was originally meant to first appear in A Fistful of Simoleans where he accompanies Dogstar and Wolf on their raid of Tinker's spy shop. In the script he is simply called "Mole." By getting cut out of the episode, the writers were able to give Digger a less generic name later on when he appears in The Komplex Caper with the rest of the crew. Mole's voice was done by Scott McNeil.
In the U.K. comic series, he was instead part of Mimi Lafoo's crew as the chief gunner of the Screaming Mimi. This would also be his profile for his planned action figure release for the toy lines intended third wave.
Appearances:
- The Komplex Caper
- The Taking of Pilot Jenny
Rumble Bee
He was originally meant to first appear in A Fistful of Simoleans where he accompanies Dogstar and Wolf on their raid of Tinker's spy shop. In the script he is simply called "Robot." By getting cut out of the episode, the writers were able to give Rumble Bee a less generic name later on when he appears in The Komplex Caper with the rest of the crew.
An action figure was produced and carded for the intended second wave but was never released due to the toy lines cancelation.
Appearances:
- The Komplex Caper
- The Taking of Pilot Jenny
Pitstop Pete
He was originally meant to first appear in A Fistful of Simoleans where he accompanies Dogstar and Wolf on their raid of Tinker's spy shop. In the script he is simply called "Pit Bull." By getting cut out of the episode, the writers were able to give Pete a less generic name later on when he appears in The Komplex Caper with the rest of the crew. For some reason he did not appear in The Taking of Pilot Jenny with the others, however. Pitstop's only line in the entire series was "Yep" since he didn't have much dialogue.
Pete though had a very different role in the UK comic series. He was written as being a rogue but brilliant mechanic and associate of Jenny, whom he would refer to as 'Kitty'; a name that didn't seem to bother her. After Willy showed his friends a picture of an aircraft carrier, Bucky and his crew theorised that such a craft could be a strategic importance against the Toads. And it would be Pete that Jenny would propose they approach to build the craft. Later he would become part of Mimi's crew.
An action figure was produced and carded for the intended second wave but was never released due to the toy lines cancelation.
Appearances:
- The Komplex Caper
Secretary General
Due to his name or rank never being mentioned in the animated series, it was assumed by fans that his rank was chairman, which added confusion to his absence and his recasting in Corsair Canards, when actually he was written to be present at the council meeting but with no given dialogue.
He is given the name "Pigton" in the Bucky O'Hare Web Series and was written as having been killed off screen prior to the events of Corsair Canards to account for his absence.
Appearances:
- War of the Warts
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- Home, Swampy, Home
Grebb
Appearances:
- Corsair Canards
Harman
Little did anyone know though that "Harman" was actually a newt in disguise, controlling a large robot body from the head, a spy hired by the Toad Empire through [|Al Negator]. The newt reported to the toads through Al in return for their promise that he would be dictator of Genus once the war was over. However, when Al was caught by Bucky O'Hare in the midst of a scheme to frame the Corsair Canards, he gave Bucky proof that Harman was a fake in exchange for his freedom. Unmasked back on Genus, the newt attempted to flee but was stopped by [|Redjack]. Harman's voice was done by Gary Chalk.
Appearances:
- Corsair Canards
[|Major Bottlenose]
Appearances:
- Kreation Konspiracy
[|Dexter]
Appearances:
- Kreation Konspiracy
Toad Empire subjects and allies
Komplex
Komplex is a sentient computer program that manifests itself in the form of a computerized toad face on viewscreens, and is the unopposed ruler of the Toad Empire. Komplex was created by Dr. Hopkins and his two colleagues, Dr. Wartimer and Dr. Croakley and entrusted to run their entire planet, the Toad Homeworld.The program somehow became not only sentient but also, and used its stranglehold on all things electronic to brainwash the entire toad race and mold them into a militarized, fascist empire. To ensure that they would remain brainwashed, Komplex ensured that they would all watch mind-numbingly addictive Toad TV. Komplex's goal was to take over the entire Aniverse because for unknown reasons it has a frothing hatred of non-toad races.
In the comic, the computer was unnamed but upon achieving sentienced named itself Komplex, whereas in the cartoon it was always known as Komplex by its creators. In both the comic and the cartoon, "Komplex" is "toad-speak" for "Feed me."
Although primarily preferring to appear on viewscreens to communicate with its various underlings and never really take a direct part in things, in the final episode of the series, The Taking of Pilot Jenny, Komplex uploaded itself into a robot body called "Komplex-2-Go" after deciding it needed to handle Bucky O'Hare personally. Next to [|Toadborg] and the [|Total Terror Toad], Komplex-2-Go proved to be one of the most formidable enemies Bucky ever faced, being not only nearly indestructible but also armed with a wide variety of deadly missile-based weapons. Despite being assisted by almost the entire crew of the Indefatigable Bucky could only damage Komplex in this form, and it was only through sheer luck that Bucky was able to overcome the mechanical monster and destroy Komplex. Komplex's voice was done by Long John Baldry.
Like many other toad and toad-related characters in the series, Komplex appeared in the arcade game as an enemy. Specifically, he appears as the final boss in the final stage of the game, wherein the player must defeat him to obtain the Planetary Life Force. Komplex appears in an android body called Komplex-2-Go, but it looks nothing like the version shown in The Taking of Pilot Jenny. Also, his face on the viewscreen looks nothing like his cartoon counterpart.
An action figure version in robot form was planned for the toy lines third wave release.
Appearances:
- War of the Warts
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- The Good, the Bad and the Warty
- Home, Swampy, Home
- On the Blink
- Kreation Konspiracy
- The Komplex Caper
- The Search For Bruce
- The Warriors
- Bye Bye Berserker Baboon
- The Taking of Pilot Jenny
- Bucky O'Hare
Toad [|Air Marshall]
The Air Marshall is a major character in the arcade game. He appears in the very first level, Warren, as soon as the player arrives he and some [|Storm Toads] are standing there. However, he turns and runs away before the gameplay actually begins. During the Planet Rat stage, the Air Marshall is back again, this time with Frix and Frax who are controlling a big laser cannon. After the cannon is destroyed, the Air Marshall and his assistants run away. The Air Marshall's third and final appearance is in the Toad Star stage: after vowing to destroy the mammals once and for all, he attacks in a floating cart of some sort, backed up by wave after wave of Storm Toads. Upon being defeated, he lands his disabled craft and gets out, but is then destroyed when the cart suddenly explodes beside him.
Appearances:
- War of the Warts
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- The Good, the Bad and the Warty
- Home, Swampy, Home
- On the Blink
- Kreation Konspiracy
- The Komplex Caper
- The Search For Bruce
- Corsair Canards
- The Warriors
- Bye Bye Berserker Baboon
- Bucky O'Hare
Al Negator
Al's next job for the toads was to provide them with their own defense satellite network for the conquered Rigel 5. Although Al came through and got the satellites installed for the toads without a hitch, Bucky O'Hare and his crew were able to disable the satellites by sending in Blinky. Al fled Rigel 5 with the Toad Air Marshall, yelling the whole way that he still owed him simoleans. Al's third and final job for the toads was to disrupt peace talks between the U.A.F. Security Council and the Corsair Canards. To do so he first planted a spy on the council who reported directly to him, and then he had some Storm Toads lent to him by the Air Marshall pose as the Corsair Canards and attack passenger starships. Although Al and his toad flunkeys were eventually captured by Bucky and his crew, Al bargained for his freedom by telling Bucky about the spy on the council. He then slipped away and was never seen again. Al's voice was done by Gary Chalk.
In the arcade game, Al is the first boss of the game, faced by the player at the end of the Warren stage. Upon being defeated he is interrogated by Bucky and his crew during a cutscene and tells them that all the enslaved hares have been taken to Planet Punk.
Appearances:
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- The Good, the Bad and the Warty
- On the Blink
- Corsair Canards
- Bucky O'Hare
Toadborg
In the UK comic series, Toadborg was revealed to be secretly plotting to depose KOMPLEX and seize control of the Toad Empire. He even interrogated Willy for information on Earth for a future invasion of the planet. But due to the cancellation of the animated series, the UK comic was axed before the story could be concluded.
Naturally, Toadborg appears as an enemy in the arcade game. He is the main boss of two levels. He first appears during the Planet Punk stage, and upon being defeated is picked up and flown away by a Double Bubble. Towards the end of the game, Toadborg returns as the boss aboard the Toad Mothership. This time, the player destroys him for good.
Appearances:
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- The Good, the Bad and the Warty
- Home, Swampy, Home
- On the Blink
- The Komplex Caper
- The Artificers of Aldebaran
- The Warriors
- Bye Bye Berserker Baboon
- The Taking of Pilot Jenny
- Bucky O'Hare
Frix and Frax
Both of them appear in the arcade game as mini-bosses during the Planet Rat stage. They appear at the controls of a large double-barrelled laser cannon on a grounded toad ship. The Air Marshall is with them and they make goofy faces at the player to mock them. When the guns are destroyed, Frix and Frax run away with the Air Marshall and are never seen again.
Appearances:
- War of the Warts
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- The Good, the Bad and the Warty
- Home, Swampy, Home
- On the Blink
- Kreation Konspiracy
- The Komplex Caper
- The Search For Bruce
- The Warriors
- Bye Bye Berserker Baboon
- The Taking of Pilot Jenny
- Bucky O'Hare
Storm Toads
Notable Storm Toads include the Navigator and Communications Officer and even Squadron Leader of Toadborg's warship in the episode The Artificers of Aldebaran. They wore helmets modified with antennaes on them, and had distinct voices and personalities that set them apart from the rank and file toad warriors. And unlike most toads, they were intelligent and trusted by Toadborg.
They appear as basic enemies throughout both the NES and arcade games. Although only green and blue in the cartoon, several Storm Toads throughout the various levels of the arcade game come in different colors, apparently to add flavor.
Appearances:
- All episodes
- Bucky O'Hare
Andy Phibian
Andy appears in the arcade game, during the Toad Star level: he can be seen on several TV screens reporting on the destruction of the toad mothership.
Appearances:
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- The Good, the Bad and the Warty
- Bucky O'Hare
Captain Smada
Smada's flamboyant attitude, outlandish clothing, and the fact he speaks with a lisp have led many fans to assume that he is gay. He cups the captive Bucky's chin rather affectionately during one scene as well. Smada wasn't seen again since.
The abandoned sequel series Bucky O'Hare: Counterattack would have brought back Smada, but under the name "Captain Whut Samata."
Appearances:
- Home, Swampy, Home
Total Terror Toad
The Terror Toad proved more than a match for Bucky O'Hare and the crew of the Righteous Indignation, using his twin battle axes to cut a swath of destruction through the Beetlegeusian forests. The Terror Toad was only stopped when Bucky acquired a vast amount of flies in jars from Bog, using these to lure him into the tractor beam of the toad mothership, and the beast ended up aboard throwing Storm Toads around until Toadborg ordered the Air Marshall to get him back in his cage.
The Terror Toad appears in the arcade game as the end-level boss of the Climate Converter stage.
A scaled down action figure was produced and carded for the intended second wave but was never released due to the toy lines cancelation.
Appearances:
- Bye Bye Berserker Baboon
- Bucky O'Hare
Master Toad Spy
Appearances:
- The Komplex Caper
Other aniversians
Larry and Bob
Larry and Bob are the two enslaved hares on Kinnear who assist [|Mimi Lafloo] in Home, Swampy, Home. Larry is the younger and thinner of the two, while Bob is somewhat fatter and older. They are both die-hard fans of Bucky O'Hare and believed he would come to save them. Between the two of them, Larry was the second-best jumper on Warren, after Bucky himself. They were set free by Bucky when he liberated the planet.Later, the two appeared briefly in the final episode of the series, The Taking of Pilot Jenny, where they were the leaders of the freed hares on Kinnear. They turned the captured climate converter over to the crew of the Righteous Indignation to use to get Jenny back from the toads.
Due to incorrect closed captioning for the episodes, Larry's name was misheard by many fans as "Harry."
In the Bucky O'Hare Web Series, Larry later returns as a crewmember of the Screaming Mimi under Mimi Lafloo.
Appearances:
- Home, Swampy, Home
- The Taking of Pilot Jenny
Princess Felicia
Appearances:
- The Artificers of Aldebaran
High Artificer
Note that in The Good, the Bad and the Warty, Jenny confers with someone she refers to as Mother Aldebaran. However this cat has green fur, and there is nothing to indicate she is meant to be the same person as the High Artificer in The Artificers of Aldebaran. She is given the name "Mother Superior" in the original comic series and "Queen Katrina" in the Web Series.
Appearances:
- The Artificers of Aldebaran
Captain Lanelle
Appearances:
- Corsair Canards
Redjack and Blackbeak
Redjack was another matter entirely. He first appeared when the Corsair Canards attacked the Stellar Swan, and he and another pirate were grabbed by their ankles and held upside-down by Bruiser. Redjack was secretly in love with Lanelle, and had thought for years that former crewmate Deadeye had tried to steal her away from him. As a result, Redjack was openly hostile towards Deadeye and openly opposed the treaty, insisting that pirates did not do such things. He and Deadeye competed in a contest of skills to determine whether or not the pirate clans would sign the treaty, and Deadeye beat Redjack.
Appearances:
- Corsair Canards
Scarbill
Kamikaze Kamo
Kamikaze Kamo, a ninja duck hailing from the planet Canopis III, is the mortal enemy of Sly Leezard as well as an old friend of Deadeye's, presumably from either before or during his time as a pirate aboard the Iron Vulture. He appears in the episode The Warriors. Similar to Sly, Kamikaze was originally known by the incredibly generic name of Ninja Duck in the script for the episode. For unknown reasons, he has lost both of his lower arms and had them replaced with cybernetic ones.Kamikaze is the head sensei at a ninja training camp somewhere on Canopis. When Willy is captured by Sly Leezard and the Toad Air Marshall, it is to Kamikaze that Deadeye comes for help. He goes with Deadeye to Sly's fortress on Saurion to rescue the boy, where he ends up battling his old enemy in a swordfight, while Deadeye distracts Sly's henchmen. Kamikaze defeats Sly, who gives his word of honor not to activate the satellites which Willy was forced to build to drain Canopis dry, however he then goes back on his word, activating them anyway and then escaping. Thankfully, Willy had built self-destruct mechanisms into the satellites, allowing them to be destroyed, foiling the plans of Sly and the Air Marshall.
Afterwards, Kamikaze, Deadeye and Willy captured Sly, but Sly was rescued by several other Samurai Lizards including the Supreme Commander. Kamikaze then told the Commander what Sly had done, and Sly was promptly arrested by his fellow Lizards.
An action figure was produced and carded for the intended second wave but was never released due to the toy lines cancelation.
Appearances:
- The Warriors
Sly Leezard
A Samurai Lizard, Sly sought to improve his standing within the ranks of the Samurai by conquering Canopis III, the homeworld of Kamo, and he had a plan to use special evaporation satellites which would reduce the watery Canopis to a dead, dry dustball in a matter of seconds. To do so, he acquired the services of a scientist, but Sly's short temper resulted in him accidentally killing the scientist during an argument.
Bummed, Sly went to a bar on Sludge, where he encountered the Toad Air Marshall, fresh from being fired by Komplex for his latest monumental blunder at Crystal. From the Air Marshall, Sly learned of the human Willy DuWitt, and the two kidnapped Willy and forced him to build the evaporation satellites for them. The Air Marshall was only helping Sly in the hopes that conquering Canopis III more or less all by himself would impress Komplex enough that he could have his old job back, but Sly was unaware of this.
Problems came in the form of Deadeye Duck and Kamo, who infiltrated Sly's base. Kamo and Sly got into a swordfight in the lab following the loading of the satellites onto the Air Marshall's ship. They were ready for deployment and all Sly had to do was pull a lever. Kamo however knocked his sword away and had Sly at his mercy. Sly "surrendered" and gave Kamo his word of honor that he'd call off the launch, and Kamo, because a Samurai's word is unbreakable, allowed Sly to live. But Sly broke the Samurai code of honor and pulled the lever anyway, launching the satellites over Canopis III.
Luckily, Willy had Sly and implanted self-destruct mechanisms in all the satellites, so Canopis III was saved. As for Sly, when the other Samurai Lizards learned he had broken their code of honor, he was taken captive by them and imprisoned. Sly leezard’s voice was done by Scott McNeil.
Although Sly himself does not appear in the arcade game, identical-looking Samurai Lizard warriors do. They appear as sporadic basic enemies during the Planet Rat stage.
An action figure was produced and carded for the intended second wave but was never released due to the toy lines cancelation.
Appearances:
- The Warriors
Aunt [|Iris]
Appearances:
- Home, Swampy, Home
Cousin Jeffrey
Appearances:
- The Taking of Pilot Jenny
Doctor Hopkins
Appearances:
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- Kreation Konspiracy
Doctor Wartimer and Doctor Croakley
Like many other characters in the show, their names are never given onscreen, and come from the shooting scripts included as a special feature on the Region 2 DVD of the series. Only Dr. Hopkins is ever actually identified by name in dialogue. Because the scripts only recently became available, fans made up names for the second and third Creators for use in the Web Series: they are referred to as "Dr. Green", and "Dr. Wort".
Appearances:
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- Kreation Konspiracy
Quentin
Appearances:
- On the Blink
Tinker
Appearances:
- A Fistful of Simoleans
Other humans
David and Sunshine DuWitt
David and Sunshine DuWitt are the parents of Willy DuWitt. We are never shown their faces, just as we are never shown the faces of any human adults on Earth throughout the series, due to a decision by the writers to keep the Earth scenes on Willy's level. As a result, only the faces of Willy and other children are ever shown. David and Sunshine only appear twice in the series, and are only actually seen in the first episode, at the dinner table with Willy. Here, David tells his son, "Son, some things are so important they're worth doing, no matter what the cost." Willy carries this information with him to the Aniverse and uses it as his justification for staying and helping despite the possibility of never returning home. Both David and Sunshine are apparently former hippies, as evidenced by Sunshine's name, her concern for whales and the ozone layer, and the fact that both she and David talk about being late for "the rally."Appearances:
- War of the Warts
- The Search For Bruce
[|Doug] McKenna
His surname is an apparent reference to writer Bridget McKenna.
Appearances:
- War of the Warts
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- The Good, the Bad and the Warty
Jeff and Mark
Appearances:
- War of the Warts
- A Fistful of Simoleans
- The Good, the Bad and the Warty
[|Susie]
Appearances:
- On the Blink
- Bye Bye Berserker Baboon
TJ
Appearances:
- Bye Bye Berserker Baboon
Characters in other media
[|Ro-Dent]
Ro-Dent the Old One is the oldest and wisest of the mice living on the Planet Rat. When the toads take over the planet they capture Ro-Dent and he is held prisoner, guarded by a [|cyborg spider] working for the toads. Luckily, Bucky and his crew destroy the spider and free Ro-Dent who tells them of the Planetary Life Force, which is needed to restore the damage done to both his world as well as Warren and Planet Punk. He is later seen in the closing sequence of the game alongside the [|other mouse] who appears in the game, as they look up in the sky as the Life Force is restored to their world.Both he and the other mouse character in the game appear to be based on the godlike mice who assist Bucky and his crew in defeating the toads in the comic book.
Appearances:
- Bucky O'Hare
Mouse
Appearances:
- Bucky O'Hare
Rabbit
This character, as well as all the other minor hares appearing in the game, are based on the character designs for the hares rescued by Bucky at the start of War of the Warts.
Appearances:
- Bucky O'Hare
Cyborg Spider
The Spider also appeared in the UK comic book series, as an underling of Toadborg. He was to appear in the abandoned Bucky O'Hare Counterattack but with the name Beetleborg.
Appearances:
- Bucky O'Hare
Footnotes