![]() ![]() Usually, his parents would accept his apology and give him the proper talk to make sure he doesn't do it again. ![]() Can't Get Away with Nuthin': Every time Beaver got involved in a troublesome situation with a disciplinary outcome, he'd always try to cover it up or think of a lie, before eventually confessing to the truth.Butt-Monkey: His second most defining trait behind being Super Gullible (and often the result of that), Beaver is the butt of exploitations at least once per episode, be it antagonism from his older brother Wally or the latter's friend Eddie, cooties, or his friends taking advantage of his gullibility to land him in humiliating predicaments such as being stuck in a billboard soup vat.Beaver would occupy this role in most of the Wally-centric episodes where the writers had nothing much scripted for Beaver to do other than to make obnoxious remarks in his presence while everyone else was trying to have a serious conversation. Annoying Younger Sibling: Wally perceives him as a menace.ABC knew they had the right actor to portray Beaver when Mathers expressed concern over missing his Boy Scout meeting during his casting call. Beaver is a Cheerful Child with a Verbal Tic consisting of euphemisms and is into baseball, comic books, and get-rich-quick schemes. The All-American Boy: Quite possibly the poster child of 1950s sitcoms.In "Beaver's Crush," his volunteering to clean up for Miss Canfield leads to the other students calling him a Teacher's Pet. After-School Cleaning Duty: Beaver's occasionally seen cleaning erasers or the like.This trait was spoofed in a TVLand promo for reruns of the series the lesson would "enter one ear," float around without making contact with the brain, and "go out the other ear." Aesop Amnesia: Beaver tended to have forgotten his lesson by the next episode.He frequently faces Sibling Rivalry with his older brother Wally. The main protagonist of the series, Beaver is a typical young boy who finds himself in many predicaments resulting from his gullibility, but always comes clean at the end of the day. ![]()
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