Artist Detailed Info: Bubs

Bubs is a character in the Homestar Runner series of animated cartoons. The businessman of the series, Bubs runs the concession stand on the side of the sports field, serves as a handyman, and claims to be a good dancer. If Bubs is to be believed, his full name is "Bubs Concession Stand", as seen on his expired ID card as "Bubs C. Stand".

Bubs seems to be some sort of a con-man, as well as a cheapskate (somewhat similar to Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants). At one point, he argues until the price of a twenty-five cent doll is dropped by two and a half cents.

He enjoys dance music and goes to night school at Disco Tech. He also owns a Keytar that he plays on occasion. Bubs loves muscle cars and once built a hot rod out of a pumpkin. Apparently, he was once able to fly, but this ability became useless after he gained a significant amount of weight, and he lost the ability entirely by saying "Sbu" (his name backwards, minus the first 'b').

Bubs's voice was inspired both by actor Redd Foxx and an actual concession stand owner The Brothers Chaps knew.

Bubs and Coach Z hang out together when they aren't working, but this is implied rather than explicitly shown. When Coach Z left a message on Marzipan's answering machine while drunk, Bubs can be heard in the background, drunkenly saying, "Hey, Coach! Tell her I said, 'Hey!' No, no, just—Tell her I said, 'Bananas!' Tell her I said, 'A bluh-buncha bananas.'" It has also been hinted that he is a divorcee, that he has money problems, and is on the run from at least one collection agency.

When Bubs dons dark sunglasses and tapes a sheet of paper reading "tH" to his chest, he becomes his alter ego, the Thnikkaman. He is accompanied by voices calling "Here comes the Thnikkaman!" on his arrival and "There goes the Thnikkaman!" on his departure. The Thnikkaman apparently possesses awesome and completely undefined powers, but his only notable actions are that he says "Yeah, shut up, kid!" and "Yeah. Okay." He is regarded by the other characters as "cool", but for no apparent reason: his coolness is self-evident to them. The Thnikkaman has also left a message on Marzipan's answering machine, with the aforementioned chorus announcing his call and subsequent hanging-up. In this call, it is implied that Bubs has a Thnikka-band and Thnikka-girls.

Bubs also does the voicework for the Wheelchair in the Sweet Cuppin' Cakes sub-cartoons.

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