Bully (Farthing Wood)
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| Name: | Bully |
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| Species: | Brown Rat Brown Rat The brown rat, common rat, sewer rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat, Brown Norway rat, Norwegian rat, or wharf rat is one of the best known and most common rats.... |
| Season(s): | 3 |
| First Appearance: | Comings And Goings (3x01) |
| Last Appearance: | Bully, Bully, Bully (3x13) |
| Mate: | None |
| Offspring: | None |
Bully is a fictional character
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
from the animated children's television series The Animals of Farthing Wood based upon the books of the same name by author Colin Dann
Colin Dann
Colin Dann is an English author. He is best known for his The Animals of Farthing Wood series of books, which was subsequently made into an animated series....
. Bully is a large grey town rat from the town the Farthing Wood animals passed on their journey. He is always accompanied by a duo known as Brat and a brown scruffy follower known as Spike.
Bully the rat came to the park with the intention of taking over. He vowed to kill or drive out all the other animals as he deemed their old home in the sewers too degrading. His rats only manage to kill Sinuous the adder though, to which in comparison hundreds of rats perish in revenge by Adder
Adder (Farthing Wood)
Adder is a fictional character from the novel series The Animals of Farthing Wood, written by Colin Dann. He appeared in all of the sequels in the series. Adder also made appearances in the animated children's television series The Animals of Farthing Wood based upon the books. Adder is, as her...
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Bully's only fear comes from weasels. Otherwise he fears nothing, from entering a fox's den and standing up to a human gun
Gun
A gun is a muzzle or breech-loaded projectile-firing weapon. There are various definitions depending on the nation and branch of service. A "gun" may be distinguished from other firearms in being a crew-served weapon such as a howitzer or mortar, as opposed to a small arm like a rifle or pistol,...
. His power comes from his powerful tail, which he uses like a whip to any who disobey. One of the weasel offspring bites his tail off he loses the respect of his followers, and they eventually all leave the park back to the sewers.