Wanted is the 6th episode of Season 3 and 40th episode overall of Mr. Bean: The Animated Series.
Synopsis
Being mistaken as a criminal who got out of prison, Mr. Bean ends up being the scapegoat for the let-loose criminal. The lookalikes end up doing time on their jobs separately as a different person.
Plot
A criminal who shares a somewhat similar appearance with Bean has escaped from the prison. However, the alarm goes off as the criminal runs from the prison to escape. Mr. Bean is getting ready for a bath but he hears the siren and sees a police helicopter flying outside looking for the criminal. Mr. Bean groans and shuts the curtains, as the criminal puts a ladder on the other window so he can hide in his house. He nearly tips over a vase and eats the remains of a half-eaten sandwich that Mr. Bean ate and leaves a bit of it (which may be the reason that the criminal might have escaped for food). He sees Mr. Bean's clothes and just as he was about to put them on, Mr. Bean comes out of the bathroom drying his face with a towel. As Mr. Bean went to get his shaver, the criminal was hidden under the rug and the former walked over it and then went back to the bathroom. However, before he returned to his bath, Mr. Bean noticed that he felt that the rug had a lump but as he looked back, the rug was flat. He turns off the light and leaves to shave. As soon as the door was shut, the criminal was seen hiding behind the door and he prepares to put Mr. Bean's clothes on. Later, as Mr. Bean shaves, he accidentally gets his shaver stuck to his nose because of a nose hair and uses scissors to get it off. Soon, the criminal was in Mr. Bean's clothes and screwed the light bulb out. Mr. Bean had finished shaving so he came back into his room. Mr. Bean tries to turn on the light but since the criminal put out the bulb, it was dark and Bean couldn't see well. He puts on the criminal's clothes without knowing as it is dark and goes to bed. However, he found it hard to go to sleep due to a lump being there. Mr. Bean bangs it hard so that it is flat and he can sleep in peace. The lump turns out to be the criminal who was squashed all night.
In the morning, Mr. Bean wakes up and the criminal is still hiding under the bed. Later, the cops are seen outside putting up wanted posters to find the criminal as Mr. Bean comes out to collect the milk. While doing so, he sees the police and curious goes to see what's going on. The police tell him that they are looking for an escaped prisoner and are putting out wanted posters. They ask if he has seen the criminal as they show him the poster of the criminal's face, instead Mr. Bean begins ranting as he is shown to dislike the criminal already as he said "Shocking!". The criminal looks out the window to see Mr. Bean talking to the police and panics. However, the chief cop was about to leave when until noticed that Mr. Bean looked similar to the prisoner and saw he was wearing the criminal's prison uniform as his nightgown opened. The cops assume that Mr. Bean is the criminal, believing that he is disguising himself, and arrests Mr. Bean by mistake. The criminal laughs at his luck and of Mr. Bean's unfortunate predicament while taking Mr. Bean's milk inside. Then the Rock Delivery Truck arrives. However, Scrapper, thinking he was the real Mr. Bean, annoyed the criminal resulting in him being kicked. Mrs. Wicket is then seen looking out the window for rocks.
At the prison, Mr. Bean was being taken to his prison cell, passing by other criminals. He sees the burglars (he often gets them into prison) watching his favorite show and he laughs at the clown's accident. However, he gets shooed by the big burglar. Mr. Bean arrives at his cell and then makes a Teddy made out of his food while the criminal watches TV at Mr. Bean's house. His stuffed bear is also taken, Mr. Bean Draw the Clown On TV on the wall. The Criminal heard Mrs Wicket Coming Upstairs then The Criminal Turn Off the TV. Then The Criminal Goes To The Door and Listen Mrs Wicket Coming Upstairs. the criminal is forced by Mrs. Wicket (who failed to realize his identity) to do rockery. he later tries many ways to get out of the cell but fails to do, he makes an move and takes the keys from guard, While he was running he sees the big burglar and another one accompanied with him,they request him to get them out too, at first he refuses to but later he opens their cell, they puts Bean in the cell, Bean having failed the best opportunity sits and watches the same clown show which those burglars were seeing, Meanwhile Mrs.Wicket unknowingly orders the criminal to cut the grass of from garden, He screams in rage and runs off to jail, He Apologizes to bean, They change their clothes and enjoy the clown show eating chicken and sharing a seat together, Meanwhile, the prison guard finds out that the burglar duo have broken out of their cell (they escaped earlier with "help" from Bean). After that the criminal takes bean to the escape entrance that he had made somehow, He says goodbye to Bean and goes in the prison. Suddenly, the alarm goes off as Bean runs from the prison to escape and rush home, in a pursuit.
Characters
Starring
Featuring
- Mrs. Wicket
- Scrapper
- The Thieves
- Prison Guard
- 2 police dogs
- Policeman
- Bobby McDim
- Clown (on TV)
- The Prisoner
Trivia
- One of the prisoners shouts "Send me to Varga!" Varga produced the animation of the series from Season 1-3.
- Mr. Bean getting his shaver stuck to his nose is a reference to one of the scenes live-action episode, The Trouble with Mr. Bean.
- Ironically, in the episode, he uses scissors to get it off like in this one.
In Other Languages
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Gezocht |
| French | Avis de recherche |
| German | Der Häftling |
| Italian | Ricercato |
| Polish | Poszukiwany |
| Romanian | Căutat |
| Russian | В розыске |
| Slovenian | Išče se |
Gallery
Main article: Wanted/Gallery