Old 29 (School Bus)

This page is about the school bus. For the episode about the school bus, see "Old 29 (Episode)". For the song about the school bus, see "Old 29 (Song)".
Old 29 is an old school bus for New Kent County Public Schools that is known for haunting the roads of New Kent County throughout its decommissioned years.
== History ==
Old 29 started out as a school bus that drove students to and from New Kent County's schools during from the mid-1980s (probably) to the late 2000s. In the early 2010s, however, Old 29, among most of the older school buses, was replaced with a C2 bus and decommissioned by the NKC Transportation Department, being sent either to Mexico or Philbates Auto Wrecking Inc.
During his 7th grade, Connor Banjoper noticed that the older buses were being replaced by the C2 buses, because he remembered certain other buses looking different than they used to; for example: he noticed that Bus #2 was now a C2 bus, and he remembered it being a Thomas Vista bus. In Spring 2014 AD, having developed interests for both the Old Bus #29, and the then-current Bus #29, Connor Banjoper started a county legend about the former, stating that every night, it would emerge from Philbates Auto Wrecking Inc. (assuming it was sent there, and not Mexico) and haunt the roads of New Kent County from 8:00PM to 6:00AM with the ghost of Warren Gamaliel Harding driving it (which makes sense because Harding was the 29th President of the United States). He even wrote a song about Old 29, which is a parody of "Graveyard 8", which is a song about another haunted bus in New York City.
Connor Banjoper had hoped to see Old 29 in person since then, and claimed it would be one of the first things he did once he got his driver's license. Unfortunately, Philbates Auto Wrecking Inc. unexpectedly closed down permanently in March 2022 AD, leaving Connor Banjoper (still having only his learner's permit) unable to search for Old 29, much to his disappointment. Connor Banjoper would have to wait until he found out which junkyard Old 29 was (presumably) sent to in order to attempt to find Old 29.
On Halloween morning, 2030 AD, Connor Banjoper set up a surveillance camera on a sidewalk in attempt to capture Old 29 on camera to verify the age-old legend. Lucy the Cat and Luan the Fox noticed this, and Banjoper told them about Old 29, and even sang the song about it. Then, Lucy recalled encountering a school bus that matched Old 29's description (it was Old 29) while driving home from an event in Providence Forge. Connor Banjoper warned the two girls to watch out for Old 29 so they don't get killed or injured, to which Lucy and Luan more than willingly heed.
On Halloween night, 2030 AD, Faina hosted a Halloween party at her house. At one point, Davide - unaware of the legend of Old 29 - decided to help Faina get drinks from the back of her car to bring into the party. As he was getting the drinks out of the car, he noticed an ominous orange glow getting brighter as it approached him. Davide, failing to get out of the road in time, got run down by none other than Old 29, much to Faina's dismay. After this occurrence, Faina decided to avenge Davide by pursuing Old 29 in its tracks and running it off the road. Connor Banjoper loaned the partygoers his RV to chase down Old 29, and Ruby drove the RV to protect Faina's status as the "universe's 2nd safest driver" because both Faina and Ruby knew the pursuit would involve reckless driving.
Later that night, as the gang searched for Old 29, they came across an SUV on the side of the road that was wrecked by Old 29 earlier. Moments later, Old 29 sped past them, and the pursuit began. The RV chased the school bus down a stretch of Interstate 64 before PIT-maneuvering it off the road into a nearby tree. As the gang celebrated their alleged victory over Old 29, it came back on the road seconds later, this time with Warren G. Harding's ghost's intent to exterminate them as revenge for disturbing his nightly drive through New Kent County. Old 29 proceeded to pursue the RV down Interstate 64 until they reached Exit #227 and continued towards the New Kent County/James City County border, where the chase ended in a field after Old 29 pulled out in front of a United States military vehicle and overturned. Seeing this as an opportunity to defeat the ghost of Warren G. Harding, Ruby takes a vacuum cleaner from the RV and sucks Warren G. Harding's ghost into it, thus ending his possession of Old 29 and saving New Kent County from future hauntings.
Connor Banjoper congratulated Faina and Ruby for their bravery and rewarded each of them with $250,000 USD in cash as a token of his appreciation. Connor Banjoper then told the Barhamsville Police Department to deliver Old 29 to his house, so he could use it for his own purposes and ideas.
Old 29 is currently being used as a lounging area in Connor Banjoper's backyard, where he (and sometimes his close friends) hangs out to luxuriate in his (or their) own presence (or company). Connor Banjoper has no plans to scrap or sell Old 29 at any point in the future, and he intends to keep it for as long as possible.
== Trivia ==
* The legend of Old 29 dates as far back as May 2014 AD (because that's when it started).
* The song about Old 29 is a parody of "Graveyard 8" from the Penguins of Madagascar TV series, which that song is also about a haunted bus.
** Except Graveyard 8 is a city bus, while Old 29 is a school bus.
* Warren Gamaliel Harding's ghost was chosen to possess Old 29 because Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States.
* According to Connor Banjoper, the buses that were replaced by the C2 buses, including Old 29, were originally sent to Mexico prior to the day Old 29 returned to New Kent County. He found this out one day in August 2018 AD, when Mervin Hence - the director of the transportation at the time - suggested this to him when he visited the bus depot that day.
* Old 29's route goes all throughout New Kent County, Virginia, but also goes through West Point, Virginia (no further than the southern base of the Mattaponi River bridge), and as far southeast as the intersection of Barhamsville Road and Pocahontas Trail (where it turns from the former to the latter or vice versa). It goes no further west than the New Kent County/Henrico County border.
* It is unclear what make, model, or model year Old 29 is, but it could be a mid-1980s GMC B-series, as at least four of the old New Kent County school buses were that make and model before they were replaced by the C2 buses.
* Old 29 runs from 8:00PM to 6:00AM (Eastern Standard Time), which is the same starting and ending time Connor Banjoper believes is the best time for all-night parties.
* Old 29 emits an orange glow when it drives throughout New Kent County all night.
* The "Barhambots" episode of the same name was deliberately made the 29th episode overall to match the bus's number.
== Episode Appearances ==
* "Old 29" (S3E9) - {DEBUT}
* (TBA)
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