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{{Infobox character
| colour = #EF172E
| name = Bubbles
| image = [[Image:Bubbles Trailer Park Boys.png]]
| caption = Bubbles as seen on the promotional poster for [[Trailer Park Boys: The Movie]]
| first = [[Take Your Little Gun and Get Out of My Trailer Park|Episode 101]]
| nickname =
| gender = Male
| age =
| born = [[1972]]
| occupation = shopping cart repairman
| family =
| children =
| relatives =
| residence = [[Sunnyvale Trailer Park]]
| episode = [[List of Trailer Park Boys episodes|53]]
| portrayer = [[Mike Smith (actor)|Mike Smith]]
}}
'''Bubbles''' is a [[fictional character]] on the Canadian television series [[Trailer Park Boys]] portrayed by [[Mike Smith (actor)|Mike Smith]].
<ref name="actor">
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290988/ IMDB Entry]
</ref> He is one of the three main characters on the show along with [[Julian (Trailer Park Boys character)|Julian]] and [[Ricky (Trailer Park Boys character)|Ricky]].<ref name="maincharacters">
{{cite web | author = Marc Capancioni | url = http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/Television/article/477339 | publisher = Toronto Star | title = Playing Mr. Lahey for laughs | accessdate =2008-08-15}}
</ref> The character, a small skit Mike Smith had been doing for years, was made popular in [[The Cart Boy]], a short by [[Mike Clattenburg]], and was originally designed to be a supporting character. However, the popularity of Bubbles led to his being continued as a main character in the series. <ref name="tvguide">[http://www.tv.com/mike-smith/person/103817/biography.html TV.com Biography]</ref>
==Character Biography==
Bubbles is Julian and Ricky's best friend and [[conscience]], known for his hoarse voice, absent-mindedness, and coke-bottle glasses.<ref name="cbcref"> [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/trailerparkboys.html CBC Arts review] [[October 6]] [[2006]]</ref> [[Child abandonment|Abandoned]] as a five year old, Bubbles lives in Julian's [[tool shed]] with his [[cat]]s, who are his only family (aside from Julian and Ricky). He makes a living by stealing shopping carts from one mall and selling them to another.<ref name="dvdreview">[http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_review_trailer_park_boys_season_12_on_dvd.php 8 Bit Joystick DVD Review]</ref>
==Characterization==
Bubbles represents an innocence that the other characters often lack, usually staying out of trouble and helping the meek, as illustrated by his love for cats. In spite of sometimes appearing slightly [[mentally disabled]] to some people at first glance, he is really not that dim at all.<ref name="dvdreview"/>
Bubbles is in fact an intellectual, quoting both [[Plato]] and [[Catcher in the Rye]] comfortably.<ref> {{cite web | author = Jonathan Durbin | url = http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20031124_70088_70088 | publisher = Macleans | title = Canadian Crude | accessdate = 2008-08-16 | date = 2003-11-24}}</ref>
Whenever the cops swoop into the trailer park to bust one of the boys' operations, Bubbles usually manages to avoid getting busted or nailed by the police in most of the show, with even Randy vouching for him at one point, at least until he was caught at the end of Season Four by [[list of Trailer Park Boys characters|Officer George Green]] in the episode "Working Man".<ref>[[Trailer Park Boys]] [http://www.tv.com/trailer-park-boys/workin-man/episode/336152/summary.html Episode 29] [[May 30]] [[2004]]</ref>
Bubbles alter-ego is Conky, a [[ventriloquism|ventriloquist dummy]] that he constructed in grade 6. Conky is verbally abusive to Ricky and Julian, and has met his end at several points in the series, only to return later.<ref>[[Trailer Park Boys]] [http://www.tv.com/trailer-park-boys/a-shit-river-runs-through-it/episode/1070444/summary.html Episode 56] [[June 10]] [[2007]]</ref> Conky also makes regular appearances in the trio's stand up comedy tours.<ref>[http://www.livetourartists.com/roster/trailer-park-boys/index.htm The Ricky, Julian and Bubbles Community Service Variety Show]</ref>
==See also==
*[[Trailer Park Boys]]
*[[List of Trailer Park Boys characters]]
*[[Mike Smith (actor)|Mike Smith]]
==References==
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{{Trailer Park Boys}}
[[Category:Trailer Park Boys characters]]
[[Category:Fictional characters with mental illness]]
[[Category:Fictional criminals]]
[[Category:Fictional Canadians]]
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First appearance | Episode 101 |
Portrayed by | Mike Smith |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | shopping cart repairman |
Bubbles is a fictional character on the Canadian television series Trailer Park Boys portrayed by Mike Smith. [1] He is one of the three main characters on the show along with Julian and Ricky.[2] The character, a small skit Mike Smith had been doing for years, was made popular in The Cart Boy, a short by Mike Clattenburg, and was originally designed to be a supporting character. However, the popularity of Bubbles led to his being continued as a main character in the series. [3]
Character Biography
Bubbles is Julian and Ricky's best friend and conscience, known for his hoarse voice, absent-mindedness, and coke-bottle glasses.[4] Abandoned as a five year old, Bubbles lives in Julian's tool shed with his cats, who are his only family (aside from Julian and Ricky). He makes a living by stealing shopping carts from one mall and selling them to another.[5]
Characterization
Bubbles represents an innocence that the other characters often lack, usually staying out of trouble and helping the meek, as illustrated by his love for cats. In spite of sometimes appearing slightly mentally disabled to some people at first glance, he is really not that dim at all.[5] Bubbles is in fact an intellectual, quoting both Plato and Catcher in the Rye comfortably.[6]
Whenever the cops swoop into the trailer park to bust one of the boys' operations, Bubbles usually manages to avoid getting busted or nailed by the police in most of the show, with even Randy vouching for him at one point, at least until he was caught at the end of Season Four by Officer George Green in the episode "Working Man".[7]
Bubbles alter-ego is Conky, a ventriloquist dummy that he constructed in grade 6. Conky is verbally abusive to Ricky and Julian, and has met his end at several points in the series, only to return later.[8] Conky also makes regular appearances in the trio's stand up comedy tours.[9]
See also
References
- ^ IMDB Entry
- ^ Marc Capancioni. "Playing Mr. Lahey for laughs". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ TV.com Biography
- ^ CBC Arts review October 6 2006
- ^ a b 8 Bit Joystick DVD Review
- ^ Jonathan Durbin (2003-11-24). "Canadian Crude". Macleans. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
- ^ Trailer Park Boys Episode 29 May 30 2004
- ^ Trailer Park Boys Episode 56 June 10 2007
- ^ The Ricky, Julian and Bubbles Community Service Variety Show