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Bud Bundy
Budrick Franklin Bundy, (David Faustino) is the second child, born on January 22 around 1974. In the first season, Bud is revealed to be in fifth grade, making him 10 or 11, but in subsequent seasons, he was aged to be within one year of Kelly, graduating high school in 1991.
He was named after Al’s favorite beer, Budweiser. The first word Bud spoke was “hooters.” He believes himself to be attractive, sexy, and smooth, but often is typically caught in sexually humiliating scenarios. He is also shorter in stature than his sister, and a lot shorter than his mother. He does not appear to know how to impress women upon meeting them, and is often rejected. It is unclear when Bud lost his virginity, as it was depicted that he may have bedded women as far back as age 14, but in the fourth season, it is mentioned that he is still a virgin. Later in the series, he manages to have one-night-stands, including one with his cousin’s fiancee, played by Joey Lauren Adams. He tries to get girls with the help of various alter-egos, including street rapper ‘Grandmaster B’ — a persona often ridiculed by his family with the epithets ‘Bed-wetter B’, grasshopper B, ‘Butt Wagger B’, ‘Cross-Dresser B’, ‘Grandma B’, ‘Grand Bastard B’, ‘Grand Marshall B’,[1] etc. (Faustino has actually been featured in a few rap albums in real-life, and he also manages a nightclub.) Another alter-ego is ‘Cool Bud’, Bud’s sexual, suave side with which he eventually ‘merges’, prompting him to become more ‘cool’. Bud has been known to fail at romance, as those attracted to him are often undesirable (such as fat hotel guests, dowdy college librarians, and male hotel workers). Bud also takes an interest in Marcy; when Steve leaves her, he actively pursues her. After playing a trick on Kelly to prove her stupidity, Kelly proves not to be so foolish by making Bud and Marcy falsely believe they spent the night together. (Bud asks Marcy, “You are on the pill, right?” In response, Marcy looks nervous.)
Out of the Bundys, Bud seems to be the most ashamed of the family as he often pretends not to know them. He is also arguably the most academically intelligent. He ridicules Kelly as a promiscuous dimwit, and although he quite frequently uses her ignorance to his benefit, he occasionally feels obliged to defend her when others exploit her foolishness — but he is known to scheme against his own family. He makes honor roll throughout high school, and gets himself through college (and even earns scholarship money, which his family spends without his consent). During his college years, Bud is portrayed as the leader of his “social circle” (most of whom are stereotypical “losers”), as he appears to be the only one with the least bit of self-confidence. He is also Kelly’s agent, receiving 80% of everything she makes. While being the bait of the family, Bud is the most matured member of the Bundys despite his personality.
Although he is occasionally bullied and beaten by bigger men, Bud has inherited his father’s talents for fist-fighting, once teaming up with Al to single-handedly beat up an entire gang of teenage punks, while helping Peg’s father find a bear from Wanker County on the loose in Chicago. In two episodes, he has also assisted his fellow Bundys when they brawl with another family — Al beats up the father, Peg beats up the mother, Kelly beats up the daughter, and Bud beats up the son. On his eighteenth birthday, Bud also helped Al during a strip-club brawl. He is not above fighting dirty by smashing his opponents over the head with chairs or bottles.
