Badass Bobby

Badass Bobby was an Irish animated web series created by Brian Fitzgerald under the YouTube channel "Buzzy Trombone". It was based off of two short films that his deceased friend Alan did as a joke for two summer courses in 2018 and 2019 respectively, and ran on YouTube for seven months on the channel and briefly came back in 2022. It had the two short films, two feature films and three series of TikTok videos.

Background
Badass Bobby was based off of two short films, which were created by a 16 year old kid with dyspraxia named Alan Wansley, who for privacy reasons on the summer courses went under the name "Paulo Redmondo", a name he felt was cool, and the name Brian Fitzgerald continued to use in honour of his friend's memory. Alan and Brian were friends since primary school and stayed in contact on Snapchat, and sharing a YouTube channel called "Buzzy Trombone" where they spent time in 2016 bullying people who were either pedophiles, or were contemporary people their age obsessing over the app "Musical.ly".

When Alan died from cancer in July of 2019, Brian was heartbroken to hear it, so to help him stomach the reality of his friend's death, he decided to take the two main characters that were made for those two short films and put them in TikTok videos that would make fun of people on the 2019 season of Love Island. Those two characters being Bob and Jack.

Brian initially ended the series in March of 2020 once he felt better about the reality of his friend's death and to do his Leaving Cert. However when COVID 19 became a problem throughout 2020 and the beginning of 2021, he felt much worse about ending the series at an inappropriate time and decided to go back to making videos about the two characters temporarily, (those videos being deleted from YouTube). In 2022 however, he decided to make another film with archived footage of the two characters that he had made from the videos that he had kept in his Google Drive.

The Series
The series tells the story of Bob and Jack, who were genetic experiments born in a research facility in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. For the three series of TikTok videos, they spent their time sitting on a couch insulting Maura Higgins behind the scenes on acid, going on an acid trip making fun of people other than Maura, and going back to Ireland to make fun or Maura again, only getting caught up on the Brexit deal, pissed off about it. The first movie sees Bob as a character, adjusting to the winter series of Love Island changing his points of view about certain people, and the second movie has him lowering his expectations for the future. Both movies having Jack in a supporting role and voice of reason.

The other characters that support their story are characters based off of pre existing characters from other cartoon properties, such as The Loud House, Garfield, CatDog and My Little Pony. With the characters being described by the creator Brian Fitzgerald as "cosplayers who happen to be in the wrong place at the right time".

The series was animated mainly in Powerpoint, but the second film uses a bit of After Effects and Adobe Photoshop. Animation wise, the series was often crude and simplistic for both comedic effect and in order to save time in creating episodes. With it being recorded on an iPhone 7.

Major

 * Bobert "Bastard-face" Leen
 * Jesse Jackson
 * "Walter Wankstain Mathieu"
 * Maura Higgins
 * Leni Loud
 * Lori Loud
 * Curtis Pichard
 * SnarkyMarky

Minor

 * Garfield
 * Odie
 * CatDog (Jimmy and Tommy)
 * Paula
 * Rarity (Katie)
 * Sweetie Belle (Sweetie)
 * Pinkie Pie (Elane)
 * Derry the Duckapus
 * Lynn Sr Loud
 * Rita Loud
 * Lincoln Loud
 * Lily Loud
 * Lana Loud
 * Lola Loud
 * Lisa Loud
 * Luna Loud
 * Luan Loud
 * Lynn Loud
 * Paddy
 * Sarah Maddack
 * John Mcguirk

Celebrities

 * Ian Stirling
 * Laura Whitmore
 * Jeremy Clarkson
 * Tom Kenny

Whiskpuss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_As_W6mvCtg&t=1s

DoggoCatto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmFFa5FkHT0

Badass Bobby: Series One
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6kRuyHf333VsJXOEuuWS1D5v5RJXlQLY

Badass Bobby: Series Two
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6kRuyHf333VY_71Cn2ipHMjsFeaz5csV

Badass Bobby: Series Three
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6kRuyHf333VC8sq-c1bF01_6A-zjBMfL

Love Ireland (The Ultimate Badass Bobby Feature Film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVKoDTp2Wns&t=2597s

Schizophrenia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVh19j097z4

Cococabana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTI68MRDQTk&t=60s

Loud & Soft (The Love Island Movie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlQhi7d_v5A&t=1542s

Plot (AVOID IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED)
In 2001, Bobert Leen (a west highland terrier), Jesse Jackson (a golden tabby cat with grey stripes) and Derry the Duckpus (a yellow duck), are born in a research facility in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. In 2004 they manage to escape the facility and move to Cork City to pursue a career in Music, starting a celi band that they called "Wind That Shakes The Window", which goes well, however it goes against what Derry wants for the two boys, which is money for a house. In 2009 after losing against Rihanna at a music festival, he drops the ball and says that it wasn't what he wanted and that they should quit their careers, with Bob and Jack refusing, reassuring him that they'll be okay. That same night, Derry kills himself by hanging.

In 2010, they are adopted by an Irish veteran of the Vietnam War named Mike Skullie. Six years later Bob and Jack do cocaine one night and start seeing a ghost that Jack manages to kill by opening the blinds to reveal early morning sunlight. That same year, Bob and Jack are put in community service and have to host the 2016 season of Big Brother, with their bits being cut out and dubbed over by the show runners. After a conversation between a contestant named Jane is filmed, and obviously edited by the show runners, Bob and Jack are interrogated by the person running the community service, scolding them for complaining about not getting paid as it is a "serious criminal offense", to them responding with a remark about him looking like Tony Soprano.

In 2017, Bob suffers from complacency boredom and wishes for something cool to happen, with that wish coming true the following year at an Ed Sheeran concert. At the end of 2018, Jack and Mike end up in a car accident with Jack surviving and Mike dying due to a heart attack brought on by the intrusion of a police officer. This causes Jack to become morbidly obese, even after being adopted by the same family that Chris Savino stalked for his inspiration for the Loud House in 2019, who's grandad was friends with Mike. Jack snaps, throwing a beer bottle at the tv, with this prompting Bob to try to reason with him. They move on and get used to being social with the kids in the house, especially Lori and Leni. They also lose a good amount of weight via exercise.

While on a holiday to Mallorca that same year after discovering the app, TikTok, Leni tries to get Bob to get her on the 2019 season of Love Island for a laugh. He and Jack walk into Ian Sterling's office set up in the villa they're filming at, and meet an orange dachshund named Wally, who has run away from his family to do what he wants. Jack offers him a place to stay and he accepts, with Bob being delighted. They spend the rest of their time there mocking the contestants of Love Island for a laugh, and smoking weed, with them buying the same red Nissan Micro from the Inbetweeners called "The Minge Mobile". Which they take back to the United States, via a ferry. On the ferry, they smoke weed and imagine themselves doing some crazy scenarios such as insulting a church in Dromohane, County Cork, Ireland.

Eventually due to boredom from not having any company, Bob and Jack go back to Ireland for a holiday after learning about how the former Love Island contestant Maura Higgins is doing a show for ITV talking about Ireland, simply to keep that ego trip going. Along the way, they bully Americans at secondary schools in the country and meet a drunk man who joins them named Paddy. Later in the holiday, Jack gets an idea to stop Brexit by taking a ferry to the UK to kill Boris Johnson, with the plan failing because of him holding a mirror to Bob and Jack telling then to "stop being scared". With Paddy giving the same answer to them on the ferry ride back. 2019 ends with the boys going back to America to tie up some loose ends with the family and giving Rita a birthday present, which is Petit perfume. With Wally helping them out with the present.

2020 starts out with Bob, Jack and Wally going out to different bars in Michigan for a laugh, with Bob getting an idea to raid the Love Island villa in South Africa that is being used for the winter show. With the family coming along for the ride, they get chased by airport security for an unknown reason. Once they sneak onto the show and start stealing some food that the contestants can eat, they're at first lucky that they got the deal and get their new friends, Garfield, Odie, CatDog, Charles, Cliff, Walt and Geo, to bring the Minge Mobile over to the continent on a ferry after seeing twins on the show. However one night, Bob storms off the set, angry at how bland it is compared to the 2019 season and decides to do something else in South Africa with Jack.

The two find a plaque describing Mike Skullie's experience in the Vietnam war on a museum wall, giving Jack an idea to honour his legacy by putting a picture on the wall and explaining every bit of his history that he would've told them face to face. The day ends with Bob and Jack getting drunk at another bar, with Bob and Leni watching the winter Love Island on the tv, and Lori encouraging him to get back on there. To which he reluctantly does the next morning.

After watching someone depart the villa, Bob, Jack and Wally who are still annoyed, head to the fields to extract some wine. Wally runs to the winery in the field, whilst Bob and Jack watch four contestants on have a date in teams of two, annoyed at how boring they think they are but in reality have good manners and are taking things steady. The day ends with the boys driving back to the house in the Minge Mobile with the wine they extracted and Bob getting drunk on some gin from the set. The next day at the beach, Garfield asks Bob why he even bothered coming to South Africa to begin with, thinking that fate has brought him back for a reason. The day ends with Bob drinking more gin and Lori looking on in disgust.

The next morning, Bob and Jack decide to go back to the museum to take a picture of the plaque as a memory, but are interrupted by Ian Sterling, who has a private second job as a security guard, ordering the boys and their friends to get out as animals aren't allowed in the building. Bob sucks up to this and calls Ian a "faggot".

The next morning, Bob and Jack notice that Luna has overdosed on something and examine her. With her turning out fine in the end.

Over the next few days, Bob, Jack and Wally continue to do some crazy activities such as driving a golf cart off of a cliff, making fun of Ian Sterling's Subaru and working as cashiers at a coffee shop, turning away VSCO girl. During this time period, Bob starts to become more close with Leni, almost to the extent of a relationship. One evening, Bob and Jack end up playing in front of a large crowd of people with Luna, all while Bob suffers internal trauma being reminded of the night Derry killed himself and sucking it up.

Four days later, Bob watches a video on the Love Island YouTube channel that is a tribute to Caroline Flack after she committed suicide on the 15th of February, and realising his wrong doings, goes over to Ian's office with Wally to apologise for what he did. With Ian immediately recognising Bob from Wind That Shakes The Window, surprising Bob, and leaving him with the words "Keep surprising people". The holiday in South Africa ends with Bob and Leni going on a date in the same castle where the final episode of the winter show is filmed, finally putting away his ego.

In March of that same year when COVID 19 is around the corner, Bob and Jack blow up Mike's old house not wanting someone to buy it and scared that someone might ruin his legacy. The family goes on another holiday to a hotel in New York the following month, despite the covid 19 restrictions and Wally leaves them on the first night after hearing two of his old owners calling out for him. Giving his blue collar to Jack.

The next year, the granddad of the family dies and Bob gives the eulogy, telling everyone about how he and Mike were friends in the Vietnam war and how they were smarter than everyone else. The rest of the day involves Bob and Jack being surprised at the number of people who supported Wind That Shakes The Window, showing up at Royal Woods with Ringo Starr, who offers them an option to become teachers on Masterclass. Taking this offer, Bob and Jack make a video about music and drive the Minge Mobile off of a cliff, knowing that they don't need it anymore. The day ends with them finally complacent with their position in life, with Bob saying "Country Roads", and Jack saying "We are Home".

The following year in May, Bob goes on a holiday by himself to Mallorca for old times sake and ends up meeting a slapping horse from a My Little Pony convention named Sweetie and her lesbian friends. The two of them end up sleeping together in a cheap apartment. Two months later, Jack ends up getting hooked up with a slapping horse himself who would've met him a long time ago, and encourages him to love himself and know that he is appreciated. The night ends with Bob reuniting with Wally tearfully.

A few days later Jack looks at a DeviantArt page he and Bob made about their lives with is fabricated by Bob to suit his expectations for the future. Garfield tells Bob the story about Jon who had killed himself not too long ago, with Bob telling Garfield that it wasn't his fault that he killed himself, and Jack asking to go to a rally in the van. Wally doesn't join in as he himself has gotten a part-time job and hooked up with a slapping horse, very focused on balancing both and enjoying his life.

Because of the race that Ringo Starr notices, Paul McCartney calls Jack and tells him that he and Ringo want to make him and Bob and offer for teaching at a college. During the meeting, Paul comments on the DeviantArt page about it being silly, with Ringo agreeing. The day at the college consists of Bob giving some speeches and teaching in front of classes and explaining different things, the night ends with Jimmy (cat), asking if it would be possible to get separated from Tommy (Dog), with Bob jumping at the favour.

The family goes on a holiday to Las Vegas where Bob and Jack gamble and go on stream with a student form the college to raise some money for a Ukrainian charity. They end up getting a diagnosis for kennel cough and tape worms respectively the next day and spend the rest of the holiday prank calling people, with one of the prank calls leading to the death of an autistic man. The day the man dies, ends with Bob and Sweetie watching the sunset together and talking about each other.

In September, Bob and Jack end up getting caught in the middle of a mall fire, with the baby of the family being the only one to be taken to the hospital to have her lungs pumped. The house ends up getting robbed by a transgender teacher who Bob and Jack bullied in 2019 in Ireland, with the teacher being shot in the van and Bob and Jack retrieving the stuff that was stolen. Wally asks the police to file a report on it to tell the teacher's family.

When Leni leaves for college, Bob and Jack spend their last few hours with her at a bar getting drunk as Bob comments on the DeviantArt page and how he thinks he doesn't need it anymore, with Leni pleased at how much he's grown. They say goodbye in the car park of her college and the boys drive home with her sunglasses in the van after sobering up. Bob and Jack decide to give Ringo and Paul their two weeks notice and resign from the music business altogether to live a life of retirement. The day continues with Bob telling the lesbians what he and Jack did, making a reference to Samuel Jackson's character from Pulp Fiction and the religious passage he used when shooting someone.

After getting a call from Wally asking if they want to get a beer, Bob and Jack take off their collars to join Wally at a pub in the big city, entering a life of independence and anonymity in the process. With their final post on DeviantArt being a picture of them dying in a building fire whilst hugging.