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Beatrice "Bea" Menace[12] is Dennis the Menace's little sister. She is a baby girl who is often known as a little menace by her older brother Dennis.

Character history[]

Introduction to The Beano[]

As part of The Beano's 65th anniversary, The Beano no. 2925 teased a "big surprise". Five issues later, Dennis' parents announced his mother was pregnant, making Dennis faint in shock, but ended on a cliffhanger as his mother went into labour and rushed to the nearby hospital. The front cover of the following issue showed Dennis' delighted father rushing out of the maternity ward to tell his son (and Gnasher) "It's a girl!" The story inside showed Dennis and Gnasher's worry that a little sister would mean constant crying, baby toys all over the house, and that she could grow up to be an ultra-feminine little girl obsessed with makeup and perfume, who over-occupies the bathroom. The final panels reveal he has nothing to worry about as Walter takes a family photo that shows Bea kicking her father in the mouth and spraying her mother with a milk bottle. She would later win the vote for naughtiest baby in Beanotown at a week old.

Solo stories[]

In The Beano no. 2935, Bea starred in Beaginnings drawn by Nigel Parkinson. It was about her misbehaviour at home, saying her first word ("mud") and playing with her older brother's pets. The title changed to Dennis's Little Sister Bea – the Mini-Menace from [[The Beano no. 3099, but was also known as Bea. She shares notable similarities with fellow Beano character, Ivy the Terrible, who, from August 2008, joined Bea in her strip, renamed Bea and Ivy. Nigel Parkinson continued as artist, as Ivy had been reprinted before the team up.

Bea's own strip returned for a few issues in 2009, however, this was dropped later that year, mainly due to her older brother's relaunch. In 2010 Bea joined up with Gnipper and Harley, Gran's pet pig, in a new strip titled The Bea Team, the title being a parody of The A-Team film which was released around the time the strip was in The Beano. In 2014, Bea returned to her strip drawn by Nigel Parkinson.

Subsequent appearances[]

The Beano no. 2942 (5 December 1998) was a special issue dedicated to her, where she appeared in every strip in the comic.

Bea makes appearances in the CBBC series Dennis the Menace and Gnasher.

Personality[]

Bea is an uncontrollable baby girl who is a Mini-Menace. She is considered to be a "menace in training". She looks up to her older brother Dennis, who is her hero that is very protective of her and does not approve of people harming her. She also likes having fun with Dennis, as in one strip, she reused her old pram as a racecar to race against Dennis. Bea is a fun-loving tomboy, as she usually farts and even likes how flatulent she is. This could mean that Bea might have a flatulence problem as she constantly farts. Her farts are sometimes nicknamed "Bea Bombs". In the 2009 re-launch, she became far more baby-like, but she went back to her original personality in 2012.

Physical appearance[]

Bea's appearance is extremely similar to her elder brother's in that she sports short jet-black messy hair and a behind the nose grin. She is a toddler who wears a striped yellow and black onesie with a short ponytail with a yellow hair band to match. After the 2009 re-launch of Dennis and Gnasher, eyelashes were added to her appearance along with the other female characters and she became far more baby-like in looks. But she went back to her more original look in 2012.

Trivia[]

  • Bea's prized possessions are her reinforced rattle (good for bashing stuff with) and an old catapult Dennis gave her.[13]
  • Bea's motto is "Me can do that!"[14]
  • Bea's super skill is that she can fill her nappy on demand.[15]
  • Bea's name was chosen by Beano readers.[16]

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