Boris Anderson

Boris Anderson is an occassional background character in Workin' Stiff and Friends.
== Personality ==
In the original Caillou series, he is protrayed as rather outgoing, but he still known to punish his son at times, as demonstrated in some moments when Caillou does something more immoral than what he usual does.
In Caillou Gets Grounded, however, he is protrayed quite differently, as instead of being usually outgoing, he constantly worries about the behavior of his son, and frequently punishes him, even if it is for no reason once-so-ever. However, in Workin' Stiff and Friends, it is not implied that he has any children.
However, in Workin' Stiff and Friends, Boris himself is protrayed very simiarly to Qozak, his best friend in the show. The only difference is that his optimism is less than Qozak's, as he does not have a job that pays very well, and, being a member of The Happy-Happy Cult, is frequently protrayed by society as a freak, undeserving of any love or attention once-so-ever. He is also shown to be a man of many troubles, as that, mixed with the fact that he was a foster father, makes him shown to be very questioning of his life in general.
== Creation ==
Originally, Boris was made as the father-figure for Caillou in Caillou, which started off as a childrens' book series. Due to the largely negative reception of the show (*which is because of Caillou's attributed selfishness*), he was parodied, along with the rest of the characters from the show, in the web-series Caillou Gets Grounded, in which Caillou would do something illogical, with Boris usually punishing Caillou in the end. 
Over the years though, Boris's reception as a character became largely negative, with many complaining that, in many of the videos, he is a child abuser, amongst many other crimes. The reception of the character became so bad, that many videos were made in which he gets grounded, such as the Boris Gets Grounded series. To this day, the reception of the character is still negative, and the public opinion of GoAnimate videos as a whole has changed, with many hating on the videos, and releasing GoAnimate Cringe Compilation videos, which made fun of the videos for their percieved cliche plot points, random inserts of characters from other properties (...which is exactly what Workin' Stiff and Friends is about!), and how the videos can be easily recycled again and again, with very little changes or originality once-so-ever. The videos were also made to voice public opinions, which also is another reason why the videos became a target of frequent hatred.
However, it's also safe to say that the reception of the character has not became entirely negative, as there have been M.U.G.E.N and Gacha Life versions of the character that were made as a sort-of patische of his likeness. The original version of the character has also gained somewhat of a positive reception, and is frequently featured in meme-edits, as well as in Family Guy, in the episode, "Stewie's First Word".
== Role In Workin' Stiff and Friends ==
In Workin' Stiff and Friends, he is one of the more developed characters in the show, along with Workin' Stiff and his friends, the gang of Company Industries, Yusuke Kitagawa, and Qozak himself. Like them, he actually has a backstory, and it differs heavily from the original source material that he came from, similarly to the depiction of Workin' Stiff and his friends themselves.
His backstory, as told in Supreme Bomb's Days of Boredom!, involves him not actually being a father, but rather him being a foster father, trying to watch over two abandoned children with his sister, Doris. To make it look like they were married (and to cover up the fact that they are siblings), they both wore wedding rings, and always told their children that they were a husband and wife duo. However, one day, he got kicked out of the house after he kept grounding his son, Caillou, for absolutely no reason. During this time, he changed his get-up from a sweater to a dark green hoodie, wore darker clothes, and also grown his hair out, to show people that he was siginficantly more depressed than usual. When he got kicked out, he ran to go seek mental help, but nobody would accept his pleads. Eventually, he went under the instruction of Mr. Natural, who taught him how to love the natural sights of everything. However, this also came with some faults, as Mr. Natural is very hypocritical, teaching him also about how to make money in cruel ways (*similarly to Company Industries*) , and how to lay people off whenever they ask him for help. After leaving him behind, he went to go learn under the instruction of Donatello, the smartest member of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to learn about how to build technology. This too, failed, but eventually, he got good at building stuff, but he still needed to find a place where he could be in-line with other people, so he befriended Qozak The Hybrid, a strange creature that was initally the protector of a small village of people. However, one day, he was approached by Mr. Carpainter into joining his new cult, the Happy-Happy Cult, and, thinking that it would provide direction for his life, joined it, ate a lot of food, as dyed his hair blonde to make sure that nobody knew who he was. He also found an avicranium, and proceeded to name it, "Reginald", in honor of one of his oldest ancestors.
=== Workin' Stiff Goes Back To College ===
In this episode, he is seen prior to joining the Happy-Happy Cult. Here, he is seen outside of Weirdtown University while Workin' Stiff is trying to view what his classes are on the schedule.
=== The Coffee Mug Wars ===
In this episode, he brings Qozak out in order to beat up Ronald McDonald and BugGuy for causing a huge war over throwing cups with boiling hot coffee in them. The Fat Cat tries to bring out Beadon to kill them, but he beats him up with ease.
=== The McDonald's Scandal ===
In this episode, he is seen working with Workin' Lazy, Uniqua, Ttark, and Bomb The Mechanic when the primary cooking unit breaks down. Thankfully, using the knowledge that was gained from this encounters with Donatello, he was able to get it fixed. Here, his appearance is significantly different than his last two encounters, and Reginald is shown tagging along with him on his shoulder.
== Trivia ==
* Unlike many adaptations of the character, he acts nicer, likes animals, and actively works with technology. He is also shown to be a big eater. 
** The fact that he has children isn't mentioned as well, which means that in the show, he is single.
* His best friends are Qozak, Reginald, Yusuke Kitagawa, Drew Pickles, Nightcrawler, Workin' Lazy, and Fat Albert.
** He and Qozak were featured in many drawings, as well as in "The Insane Book of Satire! (*That Is Clean*)", in which they were in the apartment that Moral Beaver (from "Moral Beaver's Road Trip") stayed there while he recruits David The Dove to keep going around the world while driving RV The Recreational Vehicle.
*** Interestingly, Boris Anderson's influence is still seen in many of "Joe Reuben" Cartoons's works, such as in Moral Beaver's Road Trip, in which Xaru The Lemur and George Reuben's hair are loosely based off of his hairstyle.
**** Qozak's ultimate form in "Donkey and Narwhal's Funny Cartoon Movie! (Featuring the Moral Beaver Gang)" is based off of all animals, plants, and technology, and has blonde hair that resembles Boris's in his later appearances in Workin' Stiff and Friends.
* Boris is distinctively dual-natured, as, while he does act good and does good deeds for people, also heavily reacts upon his own selfish actions and still feels hatred towards all of those involved in his "family".