| “ | Are you thinking what I'm programmed to be thinking? | „ |
| - Besley Butlertron |
Mr. Butlertron #8133B, (AKA "Besley Nestle"), is the loyal robot servant and friend/partner to Principal Scudworth and a secondary character who serves as a mentor to the clones, specially Joan. He is programmed with a highly sensitive compassion protocol (a parody of the title character of the late '80s sictom, Mr. Belvedere). He is voiced by Christopher Miller.
Biography[]
Background[]
As a child, Besley Butletron used to hang out with his foster brother named Wesley. They both believed that they were indentical twins until their Mom revealed that Besley was a robot and that he was only bought to give Wesley a brother. He then goes crying on a bus to Anwhere But Here.
Several years later, Mr. B is living in a low-class motel, where he performs sex work in order to pay the rent. One of his frequent customers becomes pregnant, which renews Mr. B's hope, until he discovers that this woman had cheated on him with a VCR and that the child was not his.
Butletron then goes back to visit his brother, who has now become a priest. Tragically, Wesley meets his demise while attempting to baptize Mr. B, as he ends up drowning. After his loss, Mr. B goes to the last place for an extremely desperate person to ever go: Hollywood. Mr. B manages to find his way as a prominent sitcom star. It is during this phase of his life that he crosses paths with Scudworth, who presents him with a remarkable proposition. Scudworth offers to clone Wesley using a strand of hair that Mr. B had kept, on the condition that he collaborates with him on his Clone project.
Production[]
As a far more obvious allusion to Mr. Belvedere, Mr. Butlertron was initially named "Mr. Belvetron", and lines were recorded with him being called by this name, but it was eventually changed due to legal reasons. However, the premiere Canadian broadcast occurred far before the American premiere and before legal issues arose (or at least before anything could be done about them), and so this original intended name did see airtime. Dialogue calling him by this name was re-edited around episode 3, although by that time his name was mostly shortened to Mr. B, so the change did not seem so out of place.
Nonetheless, one of the bonus features on the DVD release shows Phil Lord performing lines as Principal Scudworth from episode 7, "Plane Crazy: Gate Expectations", referencing to Mr. B as "Mr. Belvetron". As production on episodes of television shows, especially animated series, normally occurs weeks if not months before their original broadcast, it is not strange that the name was still in use by the production team as late as the 7th episode. Although, it was never broadcast with the line in this form.
Voice[]
Mr. Butlertron's voice is extremely metallic and monotonous, and he usually only has two intonations: a regular robotic voice, and a slightly deeper variant he uses at the end of sentences. He will often speak in his regular voice and then switch to his deeper voice at the end to call whoever he's addressing "Wesley". One exception He does however sometimes use a higher intonation at the end of sentences, though not as much. Most notably, this can be heard when Mr. B drops the beat in the song I Like The Way This Party Is Currently Going, in the episode "Spring Broken".
Appearance[]
Mr. Butlertron is a gray square-shaped robot with a curved front and a crooked antenna on to of his head. He has two gray arms that usually bend in different directions. He also has three wheeled stands for traveling around on. He has short brown hair, a brown mustache, wall-eyes, and a light-up grille for a mouth. He wears a red sweater vest and a blue bowtie.
Personality[]
He has a very compassionate and friendly nature, often acting like a parental figure when interacting with the clones, as shown when he advises and comforts Joan in her times of need. Though he is usually polite and laidback, he does have a temper which came out when he had a fight with Scan Grade, when he showed jealousy towards Cybo-Pooch and when he was "fired" by Candide Sampson. He is Principal Scudworth's loyal butler/partner, as well as Clone High's vice principal and dehumidifier. He is the voice of reason in a situation and tells others what the right course of action is.
Foreign voice actors[]
| Language version | Actors |
|---|---|
 Secundaria de clones (Latin American Spanish)
|
Rolman Bastidas |
 Projeto Clonagem (Brazillian Portuguese)
|
Sérgio Stern |
 Projecto Clonagem (European Portuguese)
|
? |
 Clone High (French)
|
Nessym Guetat |
 Clone High (Italian)
|
? |
Trivia[]
- Mr. Butlertron calls everyone "Wesley", a reference to the youngest son on Mr. Belvedere, Wesley Owens.
- Mr. Butlertron is shown without his mustache in a photograph taken in the '80s, in the opening of the show.
- He also has chest hair and armpit hair as shown when he took off his red cardigan sweater vest.
- It is suggested in "A.D.D.: The Last D is for Disorder", that his compassion and approachable nature comes from his "magic" red cardigan. This, however was just Scudworth's stupid theory, as it really comes from his obvious nice attitude. However, Mr. B is able to levitate himself back onto his wheels after being chucked out of the window by Gandhi, implying that the garment does possess magical qualities.
- In some instances, Mr. B is referred to by Scudworth as "Lynn". This is another reference to Mr. Belvedere, as the character's full name was Lynn Aloysius Belvedere.