Bendy the Demon

* Joey’s Design(1920)
* Nathan’s redesign(1972)

**Bendy the Demon** is a cartoon character created by Henry Stein as Joey Drew Studios' mascot in the very early 1920s.

## **Personality**

Bendy is a troublemaker, and usually causes unintentional damage with Beebee Demon. They’re impatient and easily startled or timid, yet justifiably cheerful, fun-loving, and mischievous as his devilish nature would imply.

an example of this could be found in the cartoon Tasty trio troubles, where Bendy refuses to pay for a burger.

the Devil is often adventurous, sneaking into places or going oh adventures with his friends.

## Physical appearance

Bendy is a cartoon imp with his appearance entirely colored in black apart from his face, Gloves, bow tie and pants, which is white in color. He can also be seen wearing shiny black shoes.

The shape of his head resembles cartoonish horns that always remain facing the viewer no matter which way Bendy is facing. For "hair" they have two curls up their cheeks, and one roll sitting atop their forehead.

Because he lacks a neck, his head floats a few millimeters away from his body.

Bendy also has a noticeable wide grin. However he can change expressions.

His alleged "invisible eyebrows" from above his large pie cut eyes can even move when expressing his emotions. In terms of his height, Bendy appears to be short, being easily towered over by Boris the wolf, Alice angel, and Azael angel.

## History

Bendy was originally created in the very late 1900s by Henry Stein by Joey's request prior to the next year (1920) opening of Joey Drew Studios, but the record book of Joey Drew Studios states that Joey Drew was the person who created him. This was apparently done so Joey could glorify himself and take all the credit for Bendy’s creation.

Henry first drew a cartoon character based off of Abby Lambert's drawing that Joey disproves. It looks like a smiling young girl wearing overalls with the addition of devil horns and a tail just like the original drawing, only in a cartoon form and minus the nose. Joey wants a full new approach for the character, so Henry redrew the character to have devil-based traits while using the demon goat creature drawing as a reference, drawn with a bean-shaped body and wears long pants, and shoes, shoes and a shirt. Eventually, Bendys gender was switched from Female to Male. After the second attempt by Joey's demand, Henry removed the shirt—mainly because animals are essentially naked anyway—except for the boots and pants while adding the gloves, but the head was still too goat-like and has a small beard. Therefore, the head was drawn to have more cartoon shapes and less life-looking, while making the character look younger, completed with a white face for the black circular horned head, classic pie-cut eyes, and a big toothy grin. For the finishing touch, the character was added with a bow tie. Joey decided to name the character "Bendy", as an allusion to him always bending the rules.

## Gallery

Bendys design during the Joey Drew cartoonsArchgates redesign
## Trivia

* They are genderfuild and nonbinary and use they/them/he/him.
* They’re AroAce.
* They are transgender (masc, F-M)
* They’re ageless but act childish.
* They have autism.
* They cannot speak, and can only make honking or squeaking noises. However in 1972 when archgate pictures purchased the Bendy franchise, Bendy along with other characters who originally didn’t have a voice now have one.
* Bendy's gloves originally sported three darts similar to those of Mickey Mouse, while both index fingers have a different shape. This was revealed in the demo prototype, seen in cutouts, posters, and an earlier cartoon clip. In the more recent versions of the game, the darts are replaced with a pair of buttons while tweaking the index fingers' shape. This is to make Bendy more unique when set against those other characters
* Bendy's appearance is most likely based on an amalgamation of cartoon characters such as Felix the Cat and Mickey Mouse from the 1920s. He also appears to have some influences from Max Fleischer's characters, such as Bimbo.
* His name and personality likely were inspired by the one-time character of the same name from the American animated television series *Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends*. Like the Bendy from this game, the Bendy from the aforementioned television series was a troublemaker.
* Seen from all known cartoon shorts, Bendy's horns are drawn to always appear in the same style no matter which way he is facing, the same way as the position of Mickey Mouse's ears.
* His horns also resemble Mandy's hairstyle from the American animated television series *The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy*.

CREATOR NOTE: most info is pasted from the official batim wiki, none of my interpretations are canon! This is a canon wiki for my version of bendy and the ink machine. All POC and lgbt hcs are not canon and are apart of my au and interpretation. If you somehow have a problem with things not connecting to canon then this Wiki isn't for you. Please don’t comment negative things about my hcs or interpretations about the batim story. Thank you, and have fun!