Bubo

**Bubo** is a violent and rude little imp, who causes great delight in wreaking havoc. He is a recurring antagonist, who has appeared more times than most of the other trap door monsters in the whole series. A few of the episodes are even centred on him and his antics.

## Biography

Bubo first appeared in Gourmet’s Delight, where he climbs out of the trap door to cause trouble. He deliberately steps on Drutt, and throws Boni into a pot of scunge. Berk intervenes, intent of stopping Bubo’s nasty antics, only to slip on some scunge, and landing headfirst into his cupboard. Bubo chucks scunge at Berk, who throws some back at Bubo in retaliation. He then tries to catch Bubo. Not long after Berk is kicked by the horrid little yellow monster, Berk successfully catches Bubo, and he blows into the small air duct sticking out of Bubo’s head, causing Bubo to inflate like a balloon. Berk releases Bubo, and opens the trap door, which sends the yellow imp back through.

Bubo reappears in Fester Rancid, where he comes back to torment Boni and Drutt. Like before, he deliberately squashes Drutt, and he vigorously handles Boni. Berk, wondering why Boni had suddenly gone missing from his spot, soon discovers that Bubo came out of the trap door to cause more trouble. Bubo then runs out of the castle with Boni, so Berk and Drutt rush to Boni’s rescue. Berk and Drutt look for Boni around the swamp, only to find him there with Bubo. Just when Berk is about to take Boni home, Bubo attacks Berk with a branch, which Bubo used to hit Boni with earlier, causing Berk to fall into a lake. As a monster emerges from the lake, Berk jumps out, just before the monster is able to swallow him. Bubo throws some mud at Berk. Bubo runs away, but is caught. As a punishment, Berk throws Bubo into the lake, which he hopes will rid of the naughty little creature forever. However, as Berk, Boni and Drutt make their way back to the castle, Bubo sneaks out.

Bubo has had cameo appearances in other episodes of the first season. In Don’t Open That Trap Door, he comes out of the trap door, along with several other monsters, and dances to the theme song of The Trap Door from Berk’s radio. In Bye Bye Berk, when Berk accidentally leaves the trap door open, Bubo is one of the monsters to emerge; he is seen chucking scunge at Berk.

Bubo makes his third central appearance, as well as his last in the show’s entirety, in the season two premiere, Scunge. In the episode, Bubo sneaks out of the trap door, causing further mischief. After Bubo hurls scunge at Berk, Berk decides to conduct a “scunge fight” between him and Bubo. Rogg comes out of the trap door, and, intrigued by the fight, decides to join in. With assistance from Rogg, Berk knocks Bubo over with scunge. Before Bubo is about to attack Rogg, Rogg thumps him against the trap door walls, sending Bubo down the trap door, once again.

## Trivia

* In his debut episode, Bubo is first shown to be invisible. He likely had a visually-seen form initially, but we do not physically see him until Berk throws scunge at him. It is uncertain what his original colour was, though it can be assumed to be yellow, as that was the colour he became when he turned visible by Berk.
* In Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite, we hear Bubo’s voice, although we do not actually see him. The voice could easily have belonged to another monster, and the monster may not have even existed, since most of the events in that episode were later revealed to be a dream.