Bugs

* Post-war
* Pre-war

Commander

**Bugs** is a character in Scoob and Shag.

## Description

### Appearance

Bugs appears as a furry bunny rabbit, with buck teeth and two giant ears. He has droopy, and often dark shading around his eyes, and three whiskers coming from each side. He also adorns a cool robe.

### Personality

An unempathetic showboat, he craves attention, and even goes as far as to request it from the viewers, asking them to watch as he uses his Ballyhoo to vaporize Swipes.

## History

### Pre-war

Bugs was a Commander before the war. He and Scoob seemed to be on great terms, playfully kidding around with eachother. In "Rerun," Bugs tells Scoob that he'd intercepted a transmission that "piggybacked off of [their] latest Earth broadcast." Bugs managed to trace the signal back to Mars. He says that the Martians want to open up communication with Toone and negotiate peace. He tells Scoob that no other commander knows about this interception at the moment, and asks Scoob to keep the information between the two of them. Scoob says he will if Bugs is buying lunch.

The next time we see Bugs, he is approaching the commanders with the discovery of the Martians. Betty comments that it's not important enough for "Number One's" (presumably Mickey) attention. Bugs reveals to the commanders that the Martians have the potential to harness Ballyhoo. Homer doesn't think Bugs made the right decision letting the Martians harness Toone frequencies, and Spongebob asks if they like jellyfishing. Betty agrees with Homie, so Bugs decides to show them a transmission from the Martians. The transmission shows that the Martians are being attacked, and offscreen something horrible happens that causes Homie to order Bugs to end the broadcast. It's too late though, as the Antihoo transmission has already been transmitted to Toone.

Scoob walks in on Bugs typing away at a keyboard and asks what he's doing. Bugs is sending their coordinates to Mars in order to try and help the Martians. He makes a comment to the audience, and Scoob makes a concerned comment about it. Bugs insists he's fine.

Bugs is next seen when Velm runs into Leo and Samurai Jack, who are holding Bugs at swordpoint and taking him to Homie. Bugs makes a comment about Homie's kids, before using his Ballyhoo on the swords. Homie begins to use his own Ballyhoo, but Bugs points out the Martian ships that are descending behind him. After that, Bugs and "a handful of others" including Sam defected, and the war began.

### Post-war

Bugs appears first in Brig. Swipes seems particularly afraid of him, and tells the group that his enemies on the battlefield call him "The Noise." Bugs breaks the fourth wall and Kerm remarks "who is he talking to?" implying that he's aware of the viewer and the others are not. Yoge explains this, saying that Bugs is able to hear the "voices of the people that created the energy," meaning the kids who watch cartoons on Earth. Once he hears that the team is trying to rescue Scoob, he begins to use his Ballyhoo: Dead Air.

Kerm and Yoge use Product Placement and Simulcast in order to give Bugs' ballyhoo something to target that isn't one of them, but Bugs lunges for Shag. Swipes jumps in the way, however, and Bugs uses Dead Air on him. While Swiper is being consumed with static, Bugs turns to the viewer and says that "as long as [we] keep watching, [he] keeps getting stronger." He asks for us to choose who's next on the recieving end of his Ballyhoo: Kerm or Yoge.

He puts a hand on Yoge's shoulder, but before he can take out another member of the team, Scoob shows up and holds Bugs at gunpoint with his Ballyhoo, Channel, and Sam's gun. Bugs tells Scoob he knows Scoob isn't lying about his memory loss because the Scoob he knew wouldnt let Bugs get this close to him. He uses his Ballyhoo on Scoob's hand, and Scoob pulls away quickly, drawing his gun and firing into the wall. Bugs escapes by creating space within space in order to propell himself away from the attack. He then attacks Scoob, and they fight. The others watch in awe.

Bugs manages to kick Scoob into a wall after he hesitates to shoot Bugs. Bugs asks why he keeps hesitating when Scoob has had plenty of chances to hit him. Scoob says he doesn't know. This causes a shock in Bugs.

Bugs and Scoob crash through the wall just as Mick is trying to get the picture of Goku from Shag. Bugs holds Scoob at bay with a jagged weapon version of his Ballyhoo in hand. The Martians show up, and Bugs tells them to stay out of it. Before anyone can do anything else, Mick uses the keycard in the back of the picture and the side of the ship explodes. Bugs sits up from the rubble and tells everyone to be quiet, but trails off when he sees Mickey through the smoke.

Scoob and Mickey begin to fight, but Bugs joins in soon after, telling Scoob that their fight isn't done. However, Bugs and Scoob have a common enemy in Mickey, so they fight him together. Scoob and Bugs can't keep up with Mickey's attacks, but they're saved by Kerm using Product Placement.

As Bugs and Scoob are running to go find Shag and Mickey, Bugs asks why they can't just kill Mick, revealed to be the original Shag. When they arrive, Mickey threatens Shag in order to keep Scoob from interfering, but Mickey's watch goes off so he leaves. Shag, Scoob, and the others are rescued by Swipes and Courage in a helicopter, but when Scoob looks back at Bugs, Bugs leaves using his Ballyhoo.

Bugs appears again in 100: Sides, where he's at a bar in a dress. Some buff guy flirts with him, and as Scoob walks in Bugs punches the guy and he flies into the wall next to the door. Scoob asks Bugs about Antihoo monsters that can use Ballyhoo. Bugs tells Scoob that Mickey has gotten the Martians to join his side, and might know how to control Antihoo. Scoob asks Bugs to join his side, but Bugs declines. He tells Scoob that they have a better chance if they can make the Martians realize they have a common enemy.

## Abilities

**Increased Lifespan**: Due to the Ballyhoo energy present in his body, Bugs has a longer lifespan than humans and regular members of his species.

**Blessing of twilight:** Bugs currently has the blessing of twilight, which seemingly allows them to shape dead-air into other constructs (such as blades)

**Martian Arts:** Bugs has the ability to use Martian arts in conjunction with their blessing, further boosting it's effectiveness.

### Physical Abilities

**Enhanced Strength:** Bugs is very strong, he can easily break walls with his kicks.

### Ballyhoo

**Dead Air:** Bugs' Ballyhoo is Dead Air. When activated, it creates static like energy alongside a loud static sound, and when directly used on someone or something by physically touching them, they are sucked by it (getting vaporized and disintegrated in the process). Bugs can manipulate the static energy in order to create projectiles and handheld weapons.

Dead Air creates "space within space," which normally would cause whatever interacted with it to be sucked up into it. But, since Dead Air cannot affect Bugs, she is able to use it to propel himself forward.

## Appearances

 N | (No) No appearance and no mention by name or title

## Trivia

* Bugs is the second Commander to appear in the series.
* Bug's ability Dead Air seems to be a reference to Okuyasu's Stand The Hand From JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
* According to the author, Bugs is a transwoman, having transitioned over the two-year timeskip.