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'''''Mr. Bean''''' (1990-1995) is an incredibly well-loved British comedy by writer Richard Curtis and writer-star [[Rowan Atkinson]].
The show is about a very odd man about whom we know nothing except his last name, who basically wanders around, getting into trouble, finding unique solutions to predicaments, and wilfully causing mayhem. Mr. Bean is perhaps the ultimate example of [[No Social Skills]]. Not only does he seem to be unfamiliar with all social conventions and standard methods for doing anything, he never even demonstrates normal human thought processes -- witness his strategy for protecting his furniture and possessions when painting his flat, which is to wrap every single item in newspaper right down to individual grapes.
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Followed by an [[Animated Adaptation|animated series version]], which was obviously less well-received by the fans, as Mr. Bean's charm is that he is an actual person doing embarrassing things for real.
In 2006, the ''[[
[[Not to Be Confused With]] Mr. Bean the Postman from ''[[The Comic Strip Presents]]: Dirty Movie''.
The entire series can be seen
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* [[Adult Child]]
* [[The Alleged Car]]: Bean's [[wikipedia:Mini|BMC Mini]] is a small econo-car with character, and Bean makes occasional eccentric modifications to it. Depending on your taste, it could qualify as a [[Cool Car]].
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* [[Drives Like Crazy]]
* [[Free Wheel]]: Every time Mr. Bean crashes the Reliant Robin offscreen.
* [[Funny Character, Boring Actor]]: Atkinson doesn't regard himself spontaneously witty. A "making of" video of ''Mr. Bean's Holiday'' shows how meticulous Atkinson is in planning all of the gags.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: Bean seems to have great difficulty handling everyday problems, but comes up with quite intricate and ingenious ways to navigate them.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[One Foot in the Grave|Victor Meldrew]] is the dentist.
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** However, in ''Mr. Bean's Holiday'', in which his passport reveals it to be {{spoiler|[[The Danza|Rowan]]}}.
** Bean's girlfriend is simply billed as "The Girlfriend" in her first couple appearances, although she's eventually identified as one Irma Gobb.
* [[No Social Skills]]: The starting point for much of the humour--in fact, Atkinson's original concept for the character was "the most embarrassing man in the world", both to himself and to others. To be fair, he is implied to be an [[Amusing Alien|alien]] or angel by the opening and closing credits, which show him falling from and being sucked back into the sky, respectively. [[Word of God]] claims that the opening credits were meant to imply that Bean is "an ordinary man cast into the spotlight," although the "he's an alien" opinion is held by basically everyone, even Atkinson himself. And this is actually ''canonical'' in the animated series
:He does seem to be familiar with at least a ''few'' social conventions, which leads to some of the hilarity (such as not wanting to appear picky in "The Return of Mr. Bean" or not wanting to appear cowardly in "The Curse of Mr. Bean").
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Occasionally, as when Bean attempts to retrieve his trousers from the man in the bathroom stall in "Back to School, Mr. Bean" and the drill sergeant walks in on them.
* [[Offscreen Crash]]: The ending of the first episode. "The Trouble with Mr. Bean" has what could be called an Offscreen Splash.
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* [[Star-Making Role]]: For Atkinson in the States. He was already a star in the UK when this show came about.
* [[Status Quo Is God]]: Poor Teddy gets decapitated in "Mr. Bean in Room 426", used as a paintbrush in "Do-It-Yourself, Mr. Bean", and shrunk in the wash in "Tee Off, Mr. Bean", but is back to normal at the beginning of the next episode.
** Possibly [[Doing
** We do see Teddy receive a new pair of eyes in "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean" which he retains throughout the series, his head is shrunk while at the laundry which stays for at least one episode, and Teddy's decapitated head shows up a few times (not that sewing a head back onto a stuffed animal is hard to do) so it is averted in some cases.
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: His method of repainting his entire flat in one fell swoop basically consisted of putting some fireworks into a tin of paint, lighting the fuse and running. This was actually busted by ''Mythbusters''.
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