Bonzi Buddy

Bonzi Buddy (often stylized as an application as BonziBUDDY, misspelled by some as Bonzai Buddy) is a Windows desktop assistant released in 1999 and discontinued in 2004 by Bonzi Software for Microsoft Windows operating systems.
He is also one of the supporting characters in the SuperMario231 series.
==Appearance==
Bonzi Buddy appears as a purple gorilla, but some may relate with Donkey Kong due to his appearance.
==Personality==
Bonzi Buddy likes to sing, talk, search, and do something else.
Bonzi, in SuperMario231's Bloopers, appears to be same but different. He is best friend of Red.
==Trivia==
* Bonzi Buddy discontinued in 2004 but can be downloaded and still works until now.
* The Bonzi Buddy software used Microsoft Agent technology similar to Office assistant.
* On February 18, 2004, the Federal Trade Commission released a statement indicating that Bonzi Software, Inc. was ordered to pay $75,000 in fees, among other aspects, for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal information from children under the age of 9 with BonziBUDDY.
** It's because many children are interested to download and install Bonzi Buddy on any Windows OS (like Windows XP).
** Children using Bonzi Buddy collecting information under the age of 9.
** Prior the malware taking down, the software was hated for many years.
* Bonzi Buddy is now 1st in the Top 5 useless desktop assistants.
* REMINDER: You must use a virtual machine to run Bonzi Buddy software.
* He was named after the software of the same name (Bonzi software) and a program of the same name (BonziBUDDY), although SuperMario231 himself decides to use the character's full name as "Bonzi Buddy".
** He was also named after the last name of the two developers. (Jay Bonzi and Joe Bonzi)
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