Security Buck

Security Buck is the name of the character in Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie. His job was a security officer of the Grierson Art Gallery.

Bio
Buck worked as a security officer for the Grierson Art Gallery in Los Angeles. As he is not given much characterisation in the film, not much is known about his life.

On the day before the painting 'Whistler's Mother' is unveiled, Buck attends a security meeting hosted by Elmer to discuss the security arrangements of the painting. As he stands to attention, Buck looks rather proud.

Unfortunately, during this meeting, Bean is left alone with the painting and through a series of unfortunate events, proceeds to destroy the painting. While the damaged painting is sealed under its security barrier, nobody, apart from Bean and David Langley know what happened. That evening, Buck is tasked with being the nightshift and consequently, is the only security guard on the premises for the night.

Meanwhile, Bean comes up with a master plan to restore the painting and save the day. During the night, Bean arrives at the gallery and views from the outside. He sees Buck sitting at the reception desk, reading a newspaper and drinking a mug of coffee. To distract Buck, Bean yells "help" from outside, prompting Buck to go and investigate. This provides Bean with the opportunity to sneak inside and pour an entire bottle of laxative into Buck's coffee. Not wanting to make things easy for Buck, Bean switches the key to the men's toilet with other keys on the board.

Bemused, Buck goes back to his workstation and takes another gulp of coffee. Suddenly, Buck feels stomach cramps and an attack of severe diarrhoea coming on. Groaning, he quickly gets up and grabs the key to the toilet and bolts down the corridor. To his dismay, the key does not unlock the door and knowing he has not got time, quickly hurries back to the board. Desperate, Buck takes all the keys, the pains in his stomach and bowels becoming unbearable. To make matters worse, Buck spills all the keys on the floor just before he reaches the toilet.

Meanwhile, an uninterrupted Bean proceeds to replace the damaged painting with a poster. Bean mixes nail varnish with egg yolks to give the impression of a painting and uses a hair dryer to dry it. Plus, he chews wads of gum to stick the poster to the painting frame.

Buck's distress can be viewed on the CCTV camera while Bean is restoring the painting. Buck tries every key, but has to clutch his bottom at one point to prevent soiling with pants. Buck tries breaking down the door with a fire extinguisher to no avail. Failing this, Buck's last resort is to charge the door, which he succeeds in breaking it down. At last, Buck makes it into a cubicle and does his business to his immense relief. Simultaneously, Bean succeeds in replacing the painting and triumphantly escapes from the gallery on skateboard. As a touch of karma, Bean's head collides with the Grierson gallery sign.

Next morning, however, Buck is still suffering the effects from the laxatives and checks himself into the outpatients department at the hospital. While waiting for an appointment, Buck still has to constantly run to the toilet with further diarrhoea attacks. By coincidence, David's daughter, Jennifer, is taken to the same hospital due to being in a motorcycle crash. While waiting for news on Jennifer, Bean encounters Buck leaving the toilet. Buck, however, has to rush back in when his stomach cramps again. Bean feels relieved that Buck doesn't recognise him.

Behind the scenes

 * Buck being spiked with laxatives and his subsequent distress has been criticised by fans of Mr Bean for showing a callous side to Bean's personality. The problem lies with the fact that the audience is given no reason to dislike Buck, and he seems like a decent man doing his job. However, due to being in Bean's way, Buck may be subject to long term side effects.
 * A fan theory as to why Bean was able to distract and disable Buck so easily relates to Bean's actual job ie a security guard. More than likely, Bean has himself been on the receiving side of a laxative prank before.
 * In an early draft of the script, it is implied that Buck did not make it to the toilet in time. This is inferred by a scene where Buck sits beside a washing machine without his pants on.