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Bob the Pleo, not to be confused with the real pleo named Bob, is the main character in the comic strip bearing his name.  He was created as the central character for the comic strip back in October of 2007.  The real Bob, a Ugobe First Hatch pleo, was hatched on December 8th of 2007.  So, although Bob the comic strip character came first, he is, in fact, the real pleo’s alter ego.  As such, the comic strip Bob shares the same birthday as the real Bob, and both have much of the same personality. Bob is simple and down-to-earth, a pleasant and likeable pleo.  A small guy in a big and wonderful world He’s humble, kind and gentle, and just wants to be accepted and loved.   As an earlier prototype, Bob doesn't quite see things the same way as everybody else . . . and, perhaps, because he’s running a not fully debugged operating system, his programming does seem a bit off.  But then again, who is?  Bob tends to think of things as to how they relate to food first, he tends to take things too literally, and doesn’t understand the more subtle concepts of satire, irony, jokes, or innuendo (which makes Bob the butt of many jokes and pranks by Grumpy).

But even though Bob is a simple and humble pleo, he has inadvertently stumbled his way into saving the day (and Christmas) a number of times, resulting in his being knighted and made ruler over his fellow pleos.  Sir Bob (a title Bob is too embarrassed to use) was knighted by King Teddi and Queen Salli (the rulers of the realm of Pleopia) in January of 2008 after saving Christmas and rescuing Santa from the clutches of the evil Dr. Mel.  Bob was awarded the title of the Knight of the Order of Pizza in recognition of his bravery in defeating Dr. Mel and made Lord over the small fiefdom of Weedovia.  And with the subsequent disappearance of the King and Queen, that leaves Bob as the only ruler in all of Pleopia.

Bob does his best to do his part and protect the interests of his fiefdom's populace as a member of the House of Lords (which only met once), but as politics go, Bob doesn't get involved much. He's more likely to be found hanging out at the pizza parlor than in his castle, and the only court he holds in the castle grounds goes by the name of "tennis".  And even though Bob is a knight, he has no military intentions.   While basically a pacifist Bob believes as in the immortal words of Bill and Ted (if you have to ask, don't bother), "Be excellent to everyone, and party on!"

Bob’s favorite pastime is eating, and his favorite food is pizza.  He frequents the town’s one restaurant, Fred’s Pizza Pleo, where they even named a pizza after him: pepperoni and Italian sausage, with onions, garlic, and jalapeno.

Bob’s best friend is Sally the town’s librarian.

Bob lives in his castle on a hill to the north overlooking the town of Weedovia.

Bob has a pet cow named Moo.

Bob collects hair brushes.  He was given a hairbrush as a gag gift by Grumpy (as pleos don’t have hair).  Bob realized that since pleos don’t have hair, that a hairbrush, being useless, must be a rare thing, and therefore a valuable gift.  So Grumpy’s joke backfired as Bob saw the gift as being the most valuable thing he has, and so he started collecting them.