Teddy[edit]

Mr. Bean and Teddy.

Teddy is Mr. Bean's teddy bear and, apparently, best friend. This little brown bear is a knitted
oddity with button eyes and sausage-shaped limbs which invariably end up broken in half or in
various other states of destruction and disfiguration. Although Teddy is inanimate, Mr. Bean often
pretends it is alive in which he always buys it a Christmas present or tries not to wake it up in the
morning. For example, when Mr. Bean hypnotizes Teddy, he snaps his fingers and the bear's
head falls backwards as if it had fallen asleep instantly. (Bean used his finger to prop Teddy's
head up.) Teddy is often privy to Mr. Bean's various schemes and doubles as a tool or other
items in emergencies; it has been decapitated ("Mr. Bean in Room 426"), used as his paint brush
("Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean") and shrunk in the wash ("Tee Off, Mr. Bean"). Teddy is also Mr.
Bean's "pet" in "Hair by Mr. Bean of London" where he is used to win a pet show.
Over the years, Teddy has undergone several changes. When it debuted on "The Trouble with
Mr. Bean", it had a smaller head. Two episodes later, its head reached its current size but its
"eyes" were not present until Bean placed gold thumb tacks on its face. The "eyes" have since
been replaced with two small white buttons sewn over Teddy's face, giving it a distinctive image.
After filming ended, Teddy was donated by Atkinson to Gyles Brandreth's Teddy bear
museum in Stratford-upon-Avon. In 2008 upon the museum's closing, Teddy was sold at auction
for £180.[17]