Was Mr.Bean an alien.

smegmar · 28-11-2011 03:12PM #1

A friend and I were recently talking about our old childhood memories. We mentioned many TV series that shaped our childhood and eventually we came to Mister Bean. The following conversation took place.

Me: "Yea, it's still funny to this day"
He: "True, I'll have my kids watch it"
Me: "It's a shame they had to finish the series, he never got home"
He: "O_o"
Me: "....yea he was an Alien trying to get home"
He: "eh...Are we talking about the same series?"
Me: "Yeah, I thought everyone knew that, go see the intro credits again, he falls out of a spaceship and is trying to get back, that's why he's so weird."

The Discussion went on but I always thought it was the unmentioned subtext to the whole series. So did anyone else think the same.....

Here's the intro so you can see again and get nastalgic for a while.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYOWIdPHXts

Inb4 "You're an Alien"

John Doe1 · 28-11-2011 03:13PM

You are an alien

testicle · 28-11-2011 03:13PM

Yes

TeddyTedson · 28-11-2011 03:13PM

I'm not sure if Bean was alien or not, but I hope I'm not on my own here thinking he was more than just a bit of a creep.

alwaysadub · 28-11-2011 03:14PM

I've never once heard anyone mention he could be an alien!!

My name is URL · 28-11-2011 03:14PM

No, he was just intellectually disabled. And we shouldn't laugh at him.

mecanoman · 28-11-2011 03:15PM

The Cartoon series was great, he had many more wacky adventures.
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Fart · 28-11-2011 03:16PM

I thought it was obvious that he was an alien.

Insect Overlord · 28-11-2011 03:17PM

Does that mean his full name is Mr. Hugh Mann Bean?

Snakeblood · 28-11-2011 03:18PM

My name is URL wrote: »

No, he was just intellectually disabled. And we shouldn't laugh at him.

Luckily he never did anything remotely humourous, so we're safe enough.

smegmar · 28-11-2011 03:21PM

I thought it was why his alien body was messing with the TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm3_qEMTdc4

Whispered · 28-11-2011 03:21PM

:eek: It all makes sense now!

ejmaztec · 28-11-2011 03:22PM

Nanu feckin nanu.

Dotrel · 28-11-2011 03:22PM

Mr. Bean = comedy for people who found Jerry Lewis too intellectual.

du Maurier · 28-11-2011 03:23PM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'm not sure if Bean was alien or not, but I hope I'm not on my own here thinking he was more than just a bit of a creep.

"Teddy!". Is this because he was mean to you and cut you to shreds? He was a right bastard though, to be honest.

Laois_Man · 28-11-2011 03:24PM

Is 'The X-Factor' full of aliens just coz it's opening credits has a giant 'X' flying thru space towards Earth?

**awaits the "where did you think Janet Devlin came from" replies!!

smegmar · 28-11-2011 03:31PM

My name is URL wrote: »

No, he was just intellectually disabled. And we shouldn't laugh at him.

Laois_Man wrote: »

Is 'The X-Factor' full of aliens just coz it's opening credits has a giant 'X' flying thru space towards Earth?

**awaits the "where did you think Janet Devlin came from" replies!!

I concede your point, sometime aliens and the mentally retarded can be difficult to differentiate.

Be||e · 28-11-2011 03:46PM

I always thought he was an alien.

But watching the credits again, it's possible that he had been abducted by aliens and was dumped back on earth due to his stupidity. Or was mentally deficient due to all the alien tests. Hmm

du Maurier · 28-11-2011 03:48PM

Be||e wrote: »

I always thought he was an alien.

But watching the credits again, it's possible that he had been abducted by aliens and was dumped back on earth due to his stupidity. Or was mentally deficient due to all the alien testing. Hmm

I would happily subscribe to this thought.

bluto63 · 28-11-2011 03:52PM

I thought it was symbolic to show he was alien to society/ alienated from society, not necessarily an alien

AnonoBoy · 28-11-2011 03:52PM

So Mr. Bean was just an English version of ALF is what you're saying?

TheZohanS · 28-11-2011 03:56PM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'm not sure if Bean was alien or not, but I hope I'm not on my own here thinking he was more than just a bit of a creep.

Be janey the mods must have been in a good mood to let you back!

Nah he wasn't a creep and he wasn't an alien, he was a real person with feelings, just like Teddy.

Noopti · 28-11-2011 03:59PM

Jesus you're right!! :eek:

28-11-2011 04:55PM

If anything, it seems to suggest that he was sent from Heaven - the light and the gospel-like singing.

Niles · 28-11-2011 04:59PM

I used to wonder this too, but didn't the producers state that the opening sequence was meant to symbolise an ordinary man being cast into the spot light or something. Not that I'd consider Mr. Bean to be an ordinary man... I think I prefer the alien theory.

Aoifey! · 28-11-2011 05:26PM

Mr.Bean was overrated, it's not even that funny.

Chuck Stone · 28-11-2011 05:44PM

So is he an alien or what?

I never made the connection tbh. Actually I feel a bit disturbed by this revelation.

Be||e · 28-11-2011 05:47PM

Aoifey! wrote: »

Mr.Bean was overrated, it's not even that funny.

I don't know if I'd find it funny now, but it was brilliant as a kid.

Actually, scratch that - I just watched this scene again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4cmrMJul1g

Still makes me laugh.

Remmy · 28-11-2011 05:53PM

I used to love Mr bean as a kid! I loved that green mini that he had with the black wings/bonnet.

shizz · 28-11-2011 05:57PM

Yeah he was an Alien. In the animated series a spaceship comes to pick him up full of People that look exactly like him. Can't remember what else happened in that though.

Taken from the Mr.Bean Wiki

In the animated series (episode 38, "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 similar to the opening of the original Mr. Bean series. Whether Mr. Bean himself is an extra-terrestrial is not clear.

I always thought he was an alien. Thought it was obvious?

OneArt · 28-11-2011 05:58PM

My mam told me he was an alien. But then again she said everyone was an alien. Never saw her wearing a tinfoil hat though... But I think there's a more important question:

Was Mr. Alien a bean?

Was Mr.Bean an alien.

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