Boris Anderson

**Boris Anderson** is an occassional background character in ***Workin' Stiff and Friends***.

### Aliases

"The Man", Borissu, Boriso, The Animal Guru, The Tech Guru, The Insane Cultist

## Appearances

### Appears in

Caillou, Caillou Gets Grounded, M.U.G.E.N, A John Tvs Cartoon, Workin' Stiff and Friends, Yusuke and Da' Boys!

## Personality

In **the original *Caillou* series**, he is protrayed as rather outgoing, but he still known to punish his son at times, as demonstrated in *some* moments when Caillou does something more immoral than what he usual does.

In ***Caillou Gets Grounded***, however, he is protrayed quite differently, as instead of being usually outgoing, he constantly worries about the behavior of his son, and frequently punishes him, even if it *is* for no reason once-so-ever. However, in ***Workin' Stiff and Friends***, it is not implied that he has any children, as he was a member of **The Sidon Bunch** before he became independent on his own to go study under **Mr. Natural** and **Donatello**.

However, in ***Workin' Stiff and Friends***, **Boris** himself is protrayed very simiarly to **Qozak**, his best friend in the show. The *only* difference is that his optimism is less than Qozak's, as he does *not* have a job that pays very well, and, being a member of **The Happy-Happy Cult**, is frequently protrayed by society as a freak, undeserving of any love or attention once-so-ever. He is also shown to be a man of many troubles, as that, **mixed with the fact that he was a foster father**, makes him shown to be very questioning of his life in general.

## Creation

Originally, **Boris** was made as the father-figure for **Caillou** in ***Caillou***, which started off as a childrens' book series. Due to **the largely negative reception of the show** (\*which is because of **Caillou's attributed selfishness**\*), he was parodied, along with the rest of the characters from the show, in the web-series ***Caillou Gets Grounded***, in which Caillou would do something illogical, with Boris usually punishing Caillou in the end.

Over the years though, Boris's reception as a character became *largely negative*, with many complaining that, in many of the videos, he **is a child abuser**, amongst **many other crimes**. The reception of the character became *so* bad, that many videos were made in which *he* gets grounded, such as **the *Boris Gets Grounded* series**. To this day, the reception of the character is still negative, and the public opinion of ***GoAnimate* videos** as a whole has changed, with many hating on the videos, and releasing ***GoAnimate* Cringe Compilation videos**, which made fun of the videos for their percieved cliche plot points, *random* inserts of characters from *other* properties (...which is *exactly* what ***Workin' Stiff and Friends* is about**!), and how the videos can be easily recycled *again* and *again*, with very little changes or originality once-so-ever. The videos were also made to voice public opinions, which *also* is another reason why the videos became a target of frequent hatred.

However, it's also safe to say that the reception of the character has not became *entirely* negative, as there have been ***M.U.G.E.N*** and **Gacha Life** versions of the character that were made as a sort-of patische of his likeness. The original version of the character has also gained somewhat of a positive reception, and is frequently featured in meme-edits, as well as in ***Family Guy***, in the episode, "***Stewie's First Word***".

## Role In Workin' Stiff and Friends

In ***Workin' Stiff and Friends***, he is one of the more developed characters in the show, along with **Workin' Stiff and his friends**, **the gang of Company Industries**, **Yusuke Kitagawa**, and **Qozak** himself. Like them, he actually *has* a backstory, and it differs *heavily* from the original source material that he came from, similarly to the depiction of **Workin' Stiff and his friends themselves**.

His backstory, as told in ***Supreme Bomb's Days of Boredom!***, involves him *not* actually being a father, but rather him being a foster father, trying to watch over two abandoned children with his sister, **Doris**. To make it look like they were married (and to cover up the fact that they are siblings), they *both* wore wedding rings, and always told their children that they were a husband and wife duo. However, *one* day, he got kicked out of the house after he kept grounding his son, Caillou, for absolutely no reason. During this time, **he changed his get-up from a sweater to a dark green hoodie**, **wore darker clothes**, and **also grown his hair out**, to show people that he was siginficantly more depressed than usual. When he got kicked out, he ran to go seek mental help, but nobody would accept his pleads. Eventually, **he went under the instruction of Mr. Natural**, who taught him how to love the natural sights of everything. *However*, this also came with some faults, as Mr. Natural is *very* hypocritical, teaching him *also* about how to make money in cruel ways (\*similarly to **Company Industries**\*) , and how to lay people off whenever they ask him for help. After leaving him behind, he went to go learn under the instruction of **Donatello**, the smartest member of **the *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles***, to learn about how to build technology. This *too*, failed, but eventually, he got good at building stuff, but he still needed to find a place where he could be in-line with other people, so he joined **The Sidon Bunch** when he got the chance to, and befriended **Qozak The Hybrid**, a strange creature that was initally the protector of a small village of people. *However*, one day, he was approached by **Mr. Carpainter** into joining his new cult, **the Happy-Happy Cult**, and, thinking that it would provide direction for his life, joined it, **ate a *lot* of food**, as **dyed his hair blonde to make sure that *nobody* knew who he was**. He also found an avicranium, and proceeded to name it, "**Reginald**", in honor of one of his oldest ancestors.

In the show, he usually shows up as a background character with **Mr. Rabbid & The Sidon Bunch**, or is seen by himself tagging along with **Reginald** in later appearances.

### Workin' Stiff Goes Back To College

In this episode, he is seen prior to joining **the Happy-Happy Cult** as somebody who is seen tagging along with **Mr. Rabbid & The Sidon Bunch**. *Here*, he is seen outside of **Weirdtown University** while **Workin' Stiff** is trying to view what his classes are on the schedule.

### The Coffee Mug Wars

In this episode, he brings **Qozak** out in order to beat up **Ronald McDonald** and **BugGuy** for causing a huge war over throwing cups with boiling hot coffee in them. **The Fat Cat** tries to bring out **Beadon** to kill them, but he beats *him* up with ease.

### The McDonald's Scandal

In this episode, he is seen working with **Workin' Lazy**, **Uniqua**, **Ttark**, and **Bomb The Mechanic** when the primary cooking unit breaks down. *Thankfully*, using the knowledge that was gained from this encounters with **Donatello**, he was able to get it fixed. Here, his appearance is *significantly* different than his last two encounters, and **Reginald** is shown tagging along with him on his shoulder.

## Trivia

* Unlike many adaptations of the character, **he acts *nicer***, **likes animals**, and **actively works with technology**. He is *also* shown to be a ***big* eater**.
	+ The fact that he has children isn't mentioned as well, which means that in the show, he is **single**.
* His *best* friends are **Qozak**, **Reginald**, **Yusuke Kitagawa**, **Drew Pickles**, **Nightcrawler**, **Workin' Lazy**, and **Fat Albert**.
	+ He and **Qozak** were featured in **many drawings**, as well as in "***The Insane Book of Satire! (\*That Is Clean\*)***", in which they were in the apartment that **Moral Beaver (from "*Moral Beaver's Road Trip*") stayed there while he recruits David The Dove to keep going around the world while driving RV The Recreational Vehicle**.
		- Interestingly, **Boris Anderson**'s influence is *still* seen in many of **"*Joe Reuben*" *Cartoons***'s works, such as in ***Moral Beaver's Road Trip***, in which **Xaru The Lemur** and **George Reuben**'s hair are loosely based off of *his* hairstyle.
			* **Qozak**'s **ultimate form** in "***Donkey and Narwhal's Funny Cartoon Movie! (Featuring the Moral Beaver Gang)***" is **based off of *all* animals**, **plants**, and **technology**, and **has blonde hair that resembles Boris's in his later appearances in *Workin' Stiff and Friends***.

* Boris is distinctively **dual-natured**, as, **while he *does* act good and does good deeds for people**, also **heavily reacts upon his own selfish actions and still feels hatred towards all of those involved in his** "**family**".