Benson Dunwoody

Benson is a protagonist and a member of The New Action Squad.

## **BIOGRAPHY**

Benson was born somewhere in the late 60s or early 70s. During his childhood, his family often argue and abuse each other, even at dinner, which may be the reason for his short temper. As shown in "Think Positive", his father taught him about yelling, in their philosophy that they won't get anything in their lives unless they yell.

Since "Weekend at Benson's", he was in a relationship with Audrey. However, their relationship ended, causing him to be depressed for months.

Benson is shown ripping his hair out during a flashback after losing on a game show. Also, in "Terror Tales of the Park IV" (Unfinished Business), in Benson's flashback in which he was conversing with Mr. Maellard, he had the same hairstyle as he did in "Expert or Liar" (before it fell out), implying that this event took place before the game show and was perhaps even his first day at the park.

Outside of The Park, he is also a member of The New Action Squad as an organiser.

## **APPEARANCE**

Benson Dunwoody is a gumball machine (standing at 5'3"/5'4" and about 40 pounds) with pinkish-purple/red gumballs enclosed by a glass dome, sunken eyes and a large, straight nose that just about overlaps his mouth. The gumballs may act as facial hair for Benson, as noted by storyboarder Benton Connor. It is also worth noting that the dispenser slot sits in a rather phallic position. The turn switch on his chest is shaped like a heart symbol, hinting that's probably where his heart is. When his latch is open it is considered to him being naked, as well as his private area. If shown sick, as shown in "Sandwich of Death", his gumballs will turn green. It has been hinted that Benson once had hair in "150 Piece Kit,"  when one of the band members of Hair to the Throne had insulted Benson by asking him, "What happened to your hair?" and calling him chrome-dome, with Benson responding that it's hereditary, although the band members were shown to all be wearing wigs at the end. Also, in Benson's flashback in "Stick Hockey", Benson was shown to have long black hair. But in "The Dome Experiment" Benson was able to grow a full head of hair despite being bald. In "Peeps," Benson had some stubble where his gumballs were for a short period of time, which could've meant he was growing a beard, even though this was the only episode showing it in his real-life self. In total, there have been four times Benson had facial hair. As already mentioned, Benson had stubble for a short period of time in "Peeps" and also in "The Dome Experiment". The other two times were in the episodes "Jinx" and "More Smarter". In "Jinx", he had a full beard in his negative demon form, and he had stubble in his barbaric form in "More Smarter," hinting he is able to grow facial hair. In the episode "Expert or Liar".

## **PERSONALITY**

Benson is easily the most short-tempered character of all. His short temper is usually contributed by the lack of productivity by Mordecai and Rigby, as they always prefer to slack off and play video games rather than doing their jobs. Benson often threatens to fire Mordecai and Rigby if they don't finish their work or do a simple task such as buying tortillas or going to a Karoake Bar. Whenever they destroy park property or slack off, Benson loses his temper, turning varying shades of red, and often flips out on Mordecai and Rigby. Aside from this Benson is usually calm and, in fact, is friendly and social, even with Mordecai and Rigby. Whenever Benson is in a good mood, he'll reward his employees with time off, usually in the form of nightly entertainment or dining out.

## **TRIVIA**

* Benson has the second most number of appearances out of the Park Workers, trailing Mordecai and Rigby.
* Benson is the only character for which Sam Marin uses his natural speaking voice, as opposed to the voice changes when he voices Pops and Muscle Man.
	+ Additionally , when asked, Sam Marin picked Benson as his favourite character. His favourite character used to be Pops.
* Benson is spoofed in one episode of the TV show, MAD. In the episode, Benson appeared in a snippet called "Celebrities Without Their Make-Up", and said that actor Zack Galifianakis "looked like a regular guy" without make-up, and a make-up brush paints Benson's face of Galifianakis' face.
* In "Rage Against the TV," it's revealed that he lives in an apartment and not at the park with the others.
	+ Benson's apartment number is 1635.
* Even though Benson has anger issues, he has been shown to also have a sense of humor.
* Whenever his car was busted, he blamed it at Mordecai and Rigby, even though it was't their fault at all. However, in "Regular Show : The Movie" and "Dumped at the Altar", Muscle Man can clearly seen to destroyed his car, but he didn't yell at him.
* It is revealed in "Think Positive" that Pops is Benson's boss whenever Mr. Maellard is not around.
* In both "Dizzy" and "Benson Be Gone", Mr. Maellard says Benson's name as "Beanbag", "Bean Teen", "Beanton", "Beanson", and "Ball Bucket". However in "Busted Cart" and "Men in Uniform", Mr. Maellard gets his name correctly.