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Bushroot

Dr. Reginald Bushroot is a botanist who became part plant through one of of his failed experiments.

He is voiced by Tino Insana.

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Character

Background

Bushwig

Bushroot before his self-mutation

Before his mutation, Reginald Bushroot was a botanist employed at the St. Canard University, where he shared laboratory space with colleagues Rhoda Dendron, Larson, and Gary. Bushroot and Dendron were good company to each other, but Larson and Gary took great joy in bullying the physically weaker and psychologically delicate Bushroot. As his funding for his experiments was about to be cut, to prove his theories were correct, Bushroot performed an experiment on himself and was permanently transformed into a half-duck half-plant creature

He pursued revenge on rival scientists Dr. Gary and Dr. Larson who had nicknamed him "Reggie the Veggie." Bushroot kills Dr. Gary and Dr. Larson and attempted to woo the beautiful Dr. Rhoda Dendron, who had previously defended Bushroot from bullies. Rhoda was dismayed by Bushroot's lack of scientific ethics and shunned him when he appeared before her. Heartbroken and more than a little insane, Bushroot took her hostage, intending to perform the same experiment on her, but was stopped by Darkwing Duck.

In later episodes Bushroot mainly commits crimes to fund his experiments, though sometimes he acts in a manner reminiscent of an environmentalist. Bushroot has the ability to control any and all forms of plant, though some seem to obey better than others. He sometimes has to use chemicals or fertilizers to make a plant useful in a fight. In one episode, he attempts to create a mate for himself, but mistakenly used the wrong seeds and creates a giant slobbering mutant potato named Posey. He also has a pet plant named Spike which resembles a Venus flytrap.

Bushroot has dark green feathers, vines for arms, ivy leaves for hands, and shaggy magenta foliage for hair. He has the ability to regenerate himself when cut and is therefore virtually impossible to kill. He has also been known to fake his own death through leaving dried dummy husks behind and regenerating through various methods. Aside from his many plant cohorts, Bushroot was also allied as a member of the Fearsome Five, acting as one of Negaduck's henchmen. In the Life, the Negaverse and Everything, Bushroot's counterpart is a member of the Friendly Four, and he seems braver and more willing to act and speak up. In the episode "A Star Is Scorned" Bushroot is portrayed as an less than intelligent actor (along with the rest of the Darkwing Duck cast) for "Dizzy" (Disney) studios.

After blooming into a plant-duck hybrid he gained a mental connection with and the loyalty of flora, putting him in charge of an immense potential army. With the power to make mighty trees and thorny vines strike at his enemies, this would make him one of the most dangerous beings in Saint Canard. However his personality, largely being that of a pacifist, renders the potential violence of these powers near non-existent. Only once has he used them in a genuinely lethal way, and aimed at long term tormentors of his.

He is effectively indestructible, as he can abandon one husk and transfer his mind into a fresh one and simply regrow his body, allowing him to survive fatal accidents like being chopped to pieces, drying up, etc.

Personality

Bushroot is driven by desire for love and companionship. He had a very low self esteem before his mutation, and this often drags him down from being able to achieve his dreams and goals. Now, after his mutation, it was as if that self esteem was taken from him, thrown onto the floor, crushed, stamped on, beaten, burned up, and then flung back to him. No matter what he does, people would run from him in fright, or attack him on sight. They never gave him a chance to show that he could be more than this. An example would be It's a Wonderful Leaf, where he'd just wished to do some normal shopping, until he was hurt and attacked by the mall shoppers for no particular reason. Had people shown more kindness and acceptance towards him, he would never have gone down the path of villainy.

Unlike most St Canardians, Bushroot is not aggressive, and all he used to want was world peace. Even as a villain, he has reservations about hurting people, and most of his crimes consists of making a wife for himself, or a friend. This also makes him a coward and a pushover. He was unable to stand up for himself, especially against the bullies in St Canard University, and now, he still allows himself to be pushed around by his team.

He also has the ability to do good, even after being labelled as a villain. In Twin Beaks, he assisted an army of cow aliens to spy on some evil cabbages, and even helped stop them from wold domination by working together with Darkwing. He also decided to help Darkwing and release Gosalyn when she turned into a slime monster in Slime Okay, You're Okay, where it was revealed he wished to establish a friendship with the hero.

Bushroot is also shown as patient and unconditional. In Night of the Living Spud, he was willing to marry an unpleasant, barely sentient and demanding potato vampire, and even feel sadness and anger for her death. He also took care of a ravenous and savage piece of hedge in Slime Okay, You're Okay, refusing to give up on it even when it ate his books.

However, this does not mean Bushroot is not a villain. Due to his selfishness and a tendency to go overboard upon losing his temper, he has hurt more people that he'd intended to. He never considered Rhoda's feelings before hooking her up to his plant converter against her wishes, insisting she would like it. When he was attacked by mall shoppers in It's a Wonderful Leaf, he decided to take Christmas away from everyone, and he never considered the ones who didn't deserve it, such as Honker Muddlefoot. In Night of the Living Spud, when he found out Darkwing was making out with his potato wife, it sent him into a rage, and he even tried to mow Darkwing down. He also desires vengeance, one of the biggest examples being Dr. Gary and Dr. Larson, whom he'd murdered after years and years of bullying. He seems to suffer from bouts of insanity as well, which was probably caused by his loneliness, pent-up anger and need for a friend.

Bushroot

Bushroot current apperance

Appearance

Prior to his mutation Bushroot was a short balding duck with a few strands of black hair, blue eyes ,and white feathers. He usually wore a blue suit with a black neck tie. After his mutation his feathers turned green and got a full head of purple hair.

Fiction

Cartoon

"Beauty and the Beet" "Easy Come, Easy Grows" "Night of the Living Spud" Bushroot is among the villains Darkwing dreams up during a period of low crime. In the dream, he is defeated by a giant Morgana Macawber. "Ghoul of My Dreams" While Bushroot himself doesn't appear in this episode His appearance is used by tuskernini to rob a bank."Adopt-a-Con" Joining Negaducks fearsome five he and liquidator were tasked with getting rid of the police by planting bean stock seeds around the police station. While doing so, he expressed fear of running into a policemen , Only to quite literally run into a policeman who quickly called out for his collages. Out of fear bushroot ran and hide behind liquidator who easily washed away the policemen. Then using he's ability to control plants he made the bean stock entrap the police station and lifted it thousands of feet in the air. But just as liquidator and bushroot were celebrating a job well done Darkwing Duck arrived to put a stop their crimes. But just as the daring hero was about to attack the villainous pair he was crushed by a street light which was toppled over by steggmutt who had just arrived to give Darkwing his change. Horrified of steggmutt Bushroot ran and hid behind a trash can and hoped it wasn't a plant eater. Only for him and liquidator realized that steggmutt was childish and like to play games like lets pretend. Using this to their advantage liquidator told Steggmutt to pretend Darkwing's on fire and Bushroot told Him to put out the darkwng. While steggmutt was "putting out" Darkwing Bushroot and liquidator used this as a chance to escape. They went back to their secret hide out where they met up with Quackerjack, Megavolt, and Negaduck and Informed him that the police station was out of the way. Pleased with this news, Negaduck informs him and the rest of the fearsome five that he's going to take out shush central which impressed them. Bushroot then ask's what will he do if Darkwing Duck show's up only for him to fire two rocket in their direction. Later he appears on the bridge with the rest of the fearsom five when they activate the force field around st. canard and then quickly left in negaducks helicopter. Afterwards he and the others went back to their hotel hideout. Darkwing Duck wasn't far behind them though was soon at there door step, where he was jumped by Bushroot, Liquidator, quackerjack and Megavolt. Then he was dropped to his supposed death. "Just Us Justice Ducks, Part 1" When Morgana was looking for the Fearsome Five's hide out she ran into bushroot who told falsely told her that Darkwing duck was dead. Shocked by this news she told eek ans squek to attack. but he was saved by two fly traps who ate eek and squek. Morgana quikly turned the flytraps into daisy's to free her pet bats and claimed daisy's were harmless only for Bushroot to use said daisy's to tie he up and use a tree to knock her unconscious. He then brought Morganas unconscious body to Negaduck who was delighted to see the hero's fall. Later while Negaduck was getting ready to kill the justice ducks by throwing the switch Bushroot had gotten in a fight with Quackerjack because his toys were trampling his plants. Only for Negaduck to show up and splice a model of the cilt into four peices and tell they can rule four independent parts of the city They were pleased by this idea until Negaduck told them that he gets to keep the money. Upset with this Bushroot and the other plan to kill Negaduck. but Just as they decided to do so, Darkwing duck disguised as Negaduck shows up. Bushroot and company then try to kill darkwing only for him to run of to the otherside of the room. As liquidator, Megavolt, and Quackerjack were moving in for the kill. Bushroot started chanting "Kill Negaduck, Kill Negaduck." Only for the real Negaduck to enters the room enraged.But Bushroot and the others lie and say they knew that the fake was darkwing and that they were testing Negaduck. and then they jumped Darkwing. And soon negaduck had bushroot hold darkwing as he watch negaduck pull the switch that would kill the justice ducks. Darkwing then escaped from Bushroots grasp to try to stop negaduck from pulling the switch but bushroot quickly got a hold of Darkwing again. But when negaduck pulled the switch He Came at Darkwing with A Chainsaw scaring of Bushroot. Then Negaducks Chainsaw was turned into A yak which grabbed all of the fearsome fives attention. After the justice ducks were freed A big brawl between the fearsome five and the justice ducks broke out. Bushroot then used two cacti to protect himself only for them to be destroyed by steggmutt who asked darkwing how to take care of Bushroot. Only for darkwing to get a bit of revenge and tell him to pretend Bushroots on fire and to put out the Bushroot. After Steggmutt "put out" Bushroot and Negaducks plan was foiled Bushroot was sent to prison. "Just Us Justice Ducks, Part 2" "Life, the Negaverse and Everything" "Darkwing Doubloon" "It's a Wonderful Leaf" "The Incredible Bulk" "Twin Beaks" Bushroot is one of the villains terrorized out of St. Canard when Darkwing, out of grief, drastically improves his strategies to make the city crime-free. Though because Gosalyn went back in time to undo her disappearance, this never happened. "Time and Punishment" "Slime Okay, You're Okay" "Jail Bird" "A Star Is Scorned"

Books

"Darkwing Duck and the Robot Plants"

Disney Comics comics

"Just Us Justice Ducks Part One" "Just Us Justice Ducks Part Two"

Disney Adventures comics

"Salad Daze!" Bushroot puts money together with Moliarty, Tuskerninni, Steelbeak, Liquidator, Megavolt, and Quackerjack to watch the Miss Corn Fritters Pageant on pay-per-view. Their session is temporarily disrupted by Darkwing Duck, who suspects that they are involved in the abduction of Fluffy. However, Darkwing also meant to watch the pageant and readily agrees to pay ten bucks to get to watch along. Some hours later, the pageant finishes and everyone gets back to business, which for the villains means attacking Darkwing Duck. Bushroot attacks Launchpad, but he gets away and Tuskerninni trips into his colleagues, knocking them out cold. Darkwing calls the cops on them and they are all hauled off to jail, even though they had nothing to do with Fluffy's disappearance. "The Kitty Kat Kaper" "Fluffy's Reign of Terror!"

The Disney Afternoon comics

"Kitchen Clean-Up" "Club Mud: The Last Resort" "Beating Beets" "The Big Snooze"

Boom! Studios comics

"The Duck Knight Returns, Part 1" "The Duck Knight Returns, Part 2" "The Duck Knight Returns, Part 3" "The Duck Knight Returns, Part 4" "Crisis on Infinite Darkwings, Part 1" "Dangerous Currency, Part 3" "Dangerous Currency, Part 4"

Joe Books comics

"The Duck Knight Returns, Part 1" "The Duck Knight Returns, Part 2" "The Duck Knight Returns, Part 3" "The Duck Knight Returns, Part 4" "Crisis on Infinite Darkwings, Part 1" "Orange Is the New Purple, Part 1" "Orange Is the New Purple, part 3" "The Kitty Cat Caper!" "Dawn of the Day of the Return of the Living Spud"

Video games

"Darkwing Duck"/"Darkwing Duck"

Notes

  • Bushroot is presumably modeled after Poison Ivy or the Florinic Man who are also scientists who mutated into beings half plant, half human.
  • He believes Stegmutt to be a plant eating dinosaur.
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