Robin

* Senses impending danger (though it is sometimes confused with impending annoyance)

## Physical description

### Distinguishing features

* Wears animal skins
* Prehistoric facial features

## Relationships

### Family

Unnamed cousin
Unnamed sister (partner)
Unnamed mother
Vast number of descendants

## Portrayal information

### Appears in

All episodes.

> "Bum and chips."― Robin to the other ghosts[src]
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**Robin**, real name **Rogh**, is a caveman and the oldest ghost at Button House. He is portrayed by Laurence Rickard, who also plays Humphrey's Head.

## Biography

Robin is by far the oldest ghost at Button House, having died thousands of years ago. One day Robin and two of his friends were out hunting when they were attacked by a bear. His two friends were killed but Robin escaped and climbed a tree to hide from the bear. However, soon a storm came and Robin was struck by lightning. He has the power to control light as a ghost, which could have come from his cause of death.

He is the oldest ghost and has haunted Button House before it existed. He haunted the land at first, and the village it became, and some of the villagers who died of the plague joined him as ghosts. They would have watched the construction of Button House, but the plague ghosts went to live in the basement of the house once it was finished, as the basement was in the remains of the plague pit their corpses were buried in. The caveman has also claimed that the land was his first.

Over his time haunting the grounds Robin has observed people and managed to learn English (as well as French, and some Russian); while not perfect he is completely understandable and often makes puns much to the chagrin of his fellow dead. He is mentioned to have sired children with his sister, suggesting he is an ancestor to the owners of Button House (and probably to all modern humans); he sired at least thirty children.

Given that Barclay Beg-Chetwynde claims that a "half-man, half-ape" creature haunts the grounds of Button House, it is possible that Robin has been seen by a living person other than Alison Cooper at some point in his long existence, though how and by whom has yet to be explored.

## Appearance

Robin looks like a stereotypical Stone Age caveman. His hair is wild and his beard is equally untamed, his forehead protrudes and he is filthy. Robin is dressed in an array of skins and furs, some of which have been bound to his feet and calves as shoes.

## Personality

While the other ghosts are mostly stuck in their ways, and by extension their eras, Robin is quite the opposite. He has watched human life for longer than everybody else combined has been alive, so he has learnt and essentially evolved from grunts and hunting to have a detailed personality with his own unique traits. Robin is one of the kindest, caring and most considerate ghosts to haunt Button House; he's second only to Pat. Robin's also - despite his appearance and inability to speak in grammatically correct sentences - one of the more intelligent and quick thinking spirits.

Having seen almost everything in his time Robin has remained remarkably level-headed and often comes up with the best, most logical solution to a problem the others have exacerbated. He seems to be pretty good in a crisis and excels in thinking outside of the box while remaining rational. Although, Robin has been known to become childish and grumpy when disappointed. He has a deep love of chess which he regularly plays with Julian and has become somewhat of an expert on the game. After Alison moves in he further adds to his list of fun activities by filling in the newspaper crosswords.

In the beginning, Robin's favourite thing to do to Alison was to hide in every dark corner he could find, then jump out at her and scream 'boo'. Originally he started as part of The Captain's plot to scare Mike and Alison out however kept on doing it even afterwards just for his own amusement.

In episode five, Robin is obsessed with completing the Moonah Ston Ritual, which he conducts every lunar eclipse. He loves the moon, because it has always been there, through everything changing.

He has developed some form of attachment to Mary which almost turned romantic in About Last Night but untimely they both avoided the subject and left it with 'we cool'.

## Powers

Robin has a special ability that allows him to cause lights to flicker and turn off, and with concentration he can also cause them to burn out. He has also been shown using his ghostly form as a sort of conduit to attract lightning, though this takes immense effort.

He seems to also have the ability to call nearby dogs by howling.

## Quotes

* "Pushy or no pushy?" (Who Do You Think You Are?)
* "Oh! Argh! Eeh! Uh- box- move- go uh wheel- Auurgh- CAR!" (Who Do You Think You Are?)
* "Not just a pretty face." (Who Do You Think You Are?)
* "Never bored with chess board!" (Free Pass)
* "Me speak good." (Moonah Ston)
* "No moonah ston, no help lady." (Moonah Ston)
* "Before you, was moonah. Before house, was moonah. Everything come, everything go... but always there... moonah." (Moonah Ston)
* “Bumb!” (Getting Out)
* “Ahhhhh….. bumb…. or neck…. or leg. First choice Bumb!!” (Getting Out)
* ”Course, I’m not animal” (Getting out)
* ”¿EY YOU WANT SOME” (Getting Out)
* ”Ooo Chips!!!!! Bumb and chips!!” (Getting Out)
* "Michelle driving car, Nathaniel look nice in next chair uh eeh ah … and then they do it. I'd buy that." (Getting Out)
* "Ticket!" (The Grey Lady)
* "Let it all out, I always feel better after a little cry." (About Last Night)
* "Monopoly is a trap." (Perfect Day)

## Notes

1. ↑  In the 'Button House Archives' a timeline shows Robin lived 'about' 10,000BCE.
2. ↑ According to Pineapple Day, Robin has been dead for "thousands of years".
3. ↑ "Speak as ye choose"
4. ↑ This is not as bold a claim as it sounds; the most recent common ancestor of all modern humans most likely lived no more than 3,000 years ago, and there is a point further back, thought to be around 10-15,000 years ago, beyond which *every* individual is either a common ancestor to all humans, or has no living descendants at all.
5. ↑ Perfect Day
**Kitty:** *Thirty?*
**Robin:** Or at least. Lost count.
**Julian:** Busy bunny, eh?
**Thomas:** This is not love you speak of! Tis but the carnality of a beast!
6. ↑ Moonah Ston