Bean the Dynamite

Bean the Dynamite (ビーン・ザ・ダイナマイト) is a male, anthropomorphic green duck in the game Sonic the Fighters, also known as Sonic Championship outside of Japan.

Bean likes to throw bombs at his enemies, and seems to have an endless supply of them.

Archie

 * For more information, please see: Bean the Dynamite (Archie).

He and Bark appear in issue #160 of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comic. During which, Bean jumps out of a window after Fiona Fox's keys, and is later knocked out by Shadow the Hedgehog. He also made a cameo in the series' 50th issue. Like Bark, he used to be part of a mercenary band led by Nack the Weasel. He is also known to be very annoying to Sonic.

He also apears in the Treasure Team Tango Arc (21-24) on Team Hooligan (Fang, Bean, and Bark) trying to steal the Sol Emerald from Team Rose. When his Team is ambushed by Team Babylon (end of issue 22), he finds Jet and reunites with Jet (issue 23) and asks Jet for photos.

Virtua Striker 2

 * Bean appeared as a member of the MVP Yuki Chan team, a secret team in Virtua Stiker 2, the second installment in Sega's popular arcade soccer series released in 1997.

To access said team, at the Team Select screen, press: down-right, start, down, left, start, right, start, right, down-left, start, down, start, start, start.

Fighters Megamix

 * Bean is an unlockable character in Fighters Megamix, a Beat 'em-up released on the Sega Saturn in 1996.


 * He appeared as a collectable toy in Shenmue and Shenmue II.

Origins
Bean was modeled on Bin and Pin, the avian stars of SEGA's 1988 arcade game Dynamite Dux.

Trivia

 * He is one of the three characters (along with Fang the Sniper and Mephiles the Dark) to have a title that does not refer to his species. Dynamite refers to his expertise in explosives.
 * When Sonic Riders was published in Nintendo Power, many fans and reporters mistook Jet the Hawk for Bean due to their similar appearances.
 * Bean made one more appearance than Bark the Polarbear in Virtua Striker 2.
 * Bean was the first playable bird character.
 * According to an interview in Sonic Central, Sonic doesn't know the whereabouts of Bean, Ray the Flying Squirrel, Mighty The Armadillo, Bark the Polarbear, or Nack the Weasel. This explains why these characters haven't made a game appearance for a long time.
 * Bean is a crazy bad guy in the Archie Comics, but these traits were never seen in the video games.
 * In Sonic Universe #23, they describe Bean as a "Dynamite Duck", possibly a reference to game where the main characters were what Bean was off of, Dynamite Dux.
 * Bean's appearance is based off of Bin and Pin, the stars of the SEGA arcade game, Dynamite Dux. The onlly differences is that Bean is green (not blue or red), he has an ascot (not a bow tie), and he has Sonic's shoes (not plain red shoes).