Boondog

Boondog (ブンブン) is a character encountered in Honeybee Land and Honeybee Tower in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Description
Boondog appears to be a cross between a bee and a dog. When first encountered, he often explaims "Bzzzark! Bzzzark!", which he claims is Beehound language. He also adds a "bzzz" sound to the beginning of some of his words, and often makes bee puns, occasionally mixing them with dog puns. He appears to do typical bee behavior in his day-to-day life, such as pollinating plants and a love for honey.

Story
After Tibby falls from the sky and meets the player, they try going to the Green Tower they saw in the distance. After a while, they end up in Honeybee Land, where they meet Boondog, who has lost his flow and cannot let them pass until they help him. He describes this feeling as an identity crisis. In order to restore it, the player and Tibby must clear four Rhythm Games.

After clearing the first game, Boondog tells the player about the coins they just received. After getting the All Clear, Boondog is once again inspired, and unlocks the door to Machine Land. He informs the player on how they can move on to the next land, and asks them to come back and visit.

After Honeybee Land has been cleared, Boondog may visit the Café as a customer, where the player can talk to him. He supports the Café as a dog-owned business, and says it is his favorite place to relax. He always drinks tea with honey, but he sometimes puts too much of it. Boondog also suspects he and the Barista might be related. He acknowledges that Honeybee Land doesn't have as many bees as one might expect, and asks the player to help them out as a favor while he drinks his tea. His mother is worried about his health, and she scolds him for spending all his money at the Shop. Boondog is a big fan of video game, and his mother tells him he spends too much time on them. Boondog notices one time that she was playing anyway after he'd gone to bed. Boondog mentions he had been stung by a bee once, and he likes maple syrup on pancakes instead of honey, for which he feels like he's letting his people down. He was picked up by Dieter as a hitchhiker on one ocassion, and gave him 12 pounds of honey as thanks, although Dieter is not sure what to do with it.

Later on, after Tibby and the player clear Lush Tower, Tibby tries to use its power to return to Heaven World, but it is not enough. Trey informs him that they need a rainbow of power for that, after which the six towers appear, one of them being Honeybee Tower. Here, the player and Tibby encounter Boondog once again, who tells them that his tribe has been guarding the tower from intruders for ages, but haven't kept it clean, and as such it has lost its flow. To restore it, the player and Tibby need to clear the five Rhythm Games within. Upon doing so, Boondog awakens the tower's secret power, which helps create the rainbow needed to reach Heaven World.

Trivia

 * One of Ashley's badges in Nintendo Badge Arcade includes a bee costume resembling Boondog.