Bonzi Buddy is a British television program about an UnAmerican purple gorilla brought into the spotlight by a Swedish internet streamer. It centers around the titular Bonzi Buddy, a purple gorilla of ambiguous morality who goes on adventures. Actually, hold on a second. Saying that the main characters, "go on adventures" is such a stupid and clichéd way to describe something! I checked Nick on Demand the other day and nearly every cartoon mentioned adventures in their descriptions. We might as well say the plot to Better Call Saul is Saul Goodman going on adventures! It really is so annoying, but with how ubiquitous that description is, I find myself asking: is there any other way?
Anyway, the show began in 2015, is rated TV-14 for language and violence, and airs on weekends at Nickelodeon, what a coincidence! You may be thinking, "Oh jeez! they have to go up against spunch bop and BLARG!", but that's okay. Nickelodeon is the only channel UnAnything: The Series doesn't air on, so Bonzi Buddy is secure for now. The funny thing is that the pilot episode actually was an episode of the infamous Teletubbies reboot, in turn a sequel to the episode G Na Bat Tuh Lea Nie, where the Teletubbies must mentor him in the ways of evil to impress the Illuminati. G Na Bat Tuh Lea Nie is also considered the finale to the Wonder Pets series. Trippy...
Developement[]
Not too long after G Na Bat Tuh Lea Nie was filmed, an interview with Bonzi revealed that he really enjoyed starring in the episode. Apparently, he hinted that the episode afterwards was to be, "featuring more of your favorite purple ape, me!". The Teletubbies said that if he ever approached the Home Dome again, they will force feed him Pilk until he vomits out his vital organs. Henceforth, Bonzi had to be sneaky and crafty and stuff.
The following episode was to be called, "ARG me Mateys!", and would center around the Teletubbies discovering a Pirate themed ARG via the Boom Beach app. However, Bonzi Buddy hijacked the Tubby Phone before recording so that he could make every download button on the app store give BonziBUDDY instead of the app advertised. When he escaped the phone during filming, he flew away on a surfboard. the camera worker was distracted and followed Bonzi Buddy, thus making the whole episode about him.
Bonzi Buddy then paid five different Skinwalkers that looked like him to produce a show based around him. so they did, what subserviant little malevolent spirits!
Episodes[]
Pilot[]
- Bonzi Buddy
- Using the Tubby Phone as a gateway, Bonzi Buddy successfully reaches the mortal plane of existence, something about Donald Trump and pie happens. This episode is meant to be a pilot poorly disguised as a Teletubbies episode. It did get picked up though, unlike that poor ol' Perry the Platypus spin-off.
Season 1[]
1. Bonzi for Hire
- Bonzi Buddy decides he needs a job so that he can make money and build a house, so he becomes a digital assistant at some classroom in Ohio. However, advertisements get in the way of the lesson, so Bonzi gets fired under the belief that he was using the job just to advertise.
2. Digital Bananas
- Bonzi Buddy gets hungry so he tries to eat a Banana, but he bites into the brown part and dies.
3. The Most Annoying Game
- Bonzi respawns and goes out to hunt the Talking Moose for dinner.
4. Rainbow Concentration
- Bonzi Buddy tries to teach Kermit how to get and use psychic powers. Yeah, this episode was only made for the title lol.
5. Bonzi's Junkyard Journey
- Bonzi Buddy gets a job at a scrapyard controlling a car magnet. However, he soon discovers a treasure map in a wrecked truck, and decides to follow it.
6. Security Guard Shenanigans
- Bonzi Buddy becomes the AI of a security system in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. However, a Bandit breaks in to steal the Hope Diamond, so Bonzi Buddy as the security system takes control of the museum and begins attacking the city! Leaving the mayor to give the head of the museum community service for the damage he caused, even though Bonzi Buddy and the Bandit were in the museum the whole f---king time, and were responsible for everything! GAH! F---K THIS EPISODE!
7. Bonzi vs Evil Dead
- Bonzi Buddy goes on a vacation to the Satanist Empire, but he accidentally blurts out an ad for some megachurch, causing everyone to chase after him. Can God save Bonzi from this pickle?
8. The Collapsing Computer
- Bonzi becomes the digital asistant for Cookie Monster, but then Cookie Monster discovers that Cookies are in his computer, so he tries to eat it. Can Bonzi escape before it caves in on him?
9. Trapped in .exe Land
- A Halloween special, Bonzi Buddy accidentally finds himself in a file called, "Fanboy and Chum Chum.exe". Can he prevail over the evils in this distorted version of Galaxy Hills?
10. Showtime!
- Bonzi Buddy tries to sharpen himself up in time for his suprise appearance in the next Windows Destruction stream Joel is doing.
12. Christmas Gorilla
- Bonzi has to substitute for Santa Claus after he gets his beard stuck under a door. Unfortunately, Santa has no computer on his sleigh, so craziness ensues.
13. Eyeware Program
- Bonzi Buddy tries to hit it off with The Eye Monkeys, but he accidentally angers The Monkey With a Face Growing on His Butt, so he is shooed away.
14. Bonzi Saves the Day!
- Bonzi Buddy must hack into a music mixing studio thing (idk I'm no music producer) to corrupt the files and stop what's being made. Why? Because it's the new AJR album!
Season 2[]
1. Bonzi's Parents, Part 1
- Bonzi Buddy discovers that he has parents, so he assumes his father is Joel. However, Joel declines this, so Bonzi goes on a quest to find out who his parents are.
2. Bonzi's Parents, Part 2
- Bonzi discovers that he was made by Joe and Jay Bonzi, and goes to meet them. He concludes that he has two dads.
3. Bonzi's Sea Shanty
- Bonzi Buddy boards the Queen Zenobia and gets killed by a bunch of Wall Blisters.
4. DonkeyBUDDY
- Bonzi Buddy finds himself in a Donkey Kong arcade cabinet. Can he best the mad ape?
5. DonkeyBUDDY: The Squeakquel
- Bonzi Buddy tries to have some fun with Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, but they both go ape on him.
6. Primate Hustle
- Bonzi Buddy checks up on his NFT buisness. How are his stocks?
7. Gone Proto
8. Casa Del Bonzi
- Bonzi Buddy finally gets that house built! How does he pay for it?
9. Mafia Macaques
- Bonzi Buddy took out a loan from a mafia family! He must repay them!
10. Bonzi vs Peedy
- Bonzi Buddy squares off with Peedy the Parrot, until Prody Parrot convinces them to be friends.
11. Monkey in the PROGRAM
- When out for a blissful picnic with Proto, Peedy, and Prody, Bonzi gets kidnapped by Susie, who plans to reprogram him into a destructive, competition ending worm virus thing. Bonzi has other plans, so he takes control of Star Dream and shoots up the Haltmann Works Company HQ.