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This article is about the original 1969 - 1996 Letter People
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Mister R is a Letter Boy. His sound is the same sound that starts Ripping Rubber-bands.
Bio[]
“Rubberbands, rubberbands, racing 'round the room.
Rubberbands, rubberbands, ripping, ripping, zoom!
Ripping racing rubberbands really are a fright;
Mr. R is a rascal who's not acting right. ”
In the original version of The Letter People, Mister R has rubber-bands for hair, and wears a blue shirt with red suspenders and a red letter R on the front. He has a lowercase r on the side of his head in his original artwork, but in the TV series, he has a yellow lowercase r on his shoulder instead. Mister R was once the rudest Letter Person, launching his rubberbands at others for fun. He soon was taught a lesson when his rubber-bands ran away from him and didn't come back until he promised never to hurt someone with his rubberbands again.
Television Series[]
In the TV series, Mister R's rubber-bands lose their rip and calls upon the services of Roscoe Rocker and Ringo Bebop. They like the sounds of his rubber-bands so much that they decide to form a rock band. Miss E hears them rehearse and dubs them The Red Rubber Bands. In Star Trip I (AR), Mister R is sent to space to save Miss A who was being held hostage on the planet Snickers. On his way, the ship's computer breaks down, and he meets Lucky Star, who helps him make the rest of the way to Snickers, and shows him different words where he can hear Mister R's name in, like "star". He uses this new sound with Miss A in the Empress' new Divided Clue Box. She's impressed by this new sound and lets Miss A return home, and forces Mister R to stay. His story continues in Star Trip II (OR) when Miss O is brought to Snickers to use the Divided Catching Clue Box to make the "or" sound. Yet again, she lets Miss O leave, and makes Mr. R stay. Lucky Star returns and tries to help him back to the spaceship, but Mister R is shot with an Itchy Ray Beam, causing him to itch, just like Miss I, who, along with Miss E and Miss U are taken to Snickers as well, to make more sounds in the new Clue box. Mister R feels too tired by then to make three new sounds, so while singing Let's Make The Same Sound, the four decide to trick the Empress by all making the same sound with Mister R. The Empress is disappointed by the new sounds and sends all four home with the new Clue Box.