Bunsen Is a Beast 3-Disc Box Set DVD

Bunsen Is a Beast aired on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons in the late 2010s, an animated comedy series created by Butch Hartman about a small purple beast named Bunsen who attends his first year at an otherwise all-human middle school in his hometown. The premise placed Bunsen and his human best friend Mikey at the center of weekly comic adventures, with each episode delivering paired short stories built around Bunsen's particular monstrous-but-friendly nature and the broader school-life and friendship dynamics that defined the show.

What stands out is the show's commitment to its central premise. The contrast between Bunsen's beast-like appearance and his thoroughly cheerful, optimistic personality drove much of the comedy, with the school-and-friendship setting providing the broader narrative framework for the running theme of acceptance and belonging across difference. The animation favored bright, exaggerated character work appropriate to its high-energy comic register, the music carried fast cues, and the supporting cast of school friends, family members, and recurring antagonists gave each episode somewhere specific to land.

In the broader era of late-2010s Nickelodeon programming, this kind of monster-flavored school comedy was a particular fixture, with the network supporting properties from established creative voices alongside its broader programming. It suited household afternoon viewing for elementary and middle-elementary kids, viewers who appreciated cartoon comedy with character-driven friendship dynamics, and the casual cable rhythm of the period. It pairs well with other late-2010s Nickelodeon animation.

Favorite episodes include the franchise-launching "Bunsen is a Beast! / Body and the Beast," the family-comedy "Bearly Acceptable Behavior," the milestone "Bunsen the Beast / Friend or Phobe," the sweets-comedy "Bunsen Screams for Ice Cream," the workplace-comedy "Tooth or Consequences / Ice Cream Strikes Back," the friendship-arc "Beastie Besties," the cosmic-themed "Astro-Nots / Cookie Monster," the milestone "Bunsen's Beast Ball," the literary-spoof "Bromeo and Juliet," the holiday warmth of "Happy Beastgiving," the legendary "The Boy Who Cried Wolfie," the holiday-themed "Bunsen Saves Christmas," and the holiday-themed "Bunsen is a Beast: Beast Halloween Special." This 3-disc set gathers all 14 episodes of the run, a complete archive of late-2010s Nickelodeon school-comedy animation that disc ownership keeps available.