History Series / ManVsBee

* AmbiguousSituation: Is the Bee at the end the same one that Trevor's fought, or is it a seperate specimen and AnimalsHateHim?

* WatchThePaintJob: [[spoiler: The Jaguar's exhaust gets destroyed and detached from the car as Trevor drives like a madman because 1) he is trying to get Peanut the dog (who he accidentally poisoned) to the vet and 2) Trevor discovered the bee is inside the car and he is trying to hurt it. Later, Trevor dismantled some interior components and even cut open a hole on the car's body just to find where that bee is hiding inside. Note: that's a car worth ''£2 million'']]!

* WatchThePaintJob: [[spoiler: The Jaguar's exhaust gets destroyed and detached from the car. Later, Trevor dismantled some interior components and even cut open a hole on the car's body just to find where that bee is hiding inside. Note: that's a car worth ''£2 million'']]!

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The final episode of the series revolves around Trevor's decision to get rid of the bee once and for all by channeling his inner Wile E. Coyote and [[StuffBlowingUp trying to blow up the bee with a makeshift bomb]], and when that doesn't work [[KillItWithFire chasing after it with a flamethrower]].

* ToiletHumor: Cupcake licks peanut butter off of a spoon and it gives him the runs, resulting in him pooping all over his doggy room. Atkinson later ends up falling face-first onto one of Cupcakes messes and spends half the episode with dog poop on his face.

Trevor Bingley (Creator/RowanAtkinson) is a divorced husband who just wants to have a holiday with his wife and daughter. In an attempt to raise money, he takes up a housekeeping job for a wealthy couple (Jing Lusi and Julian Rhind-Tutt). But when he spots a persistent bee flying around the mansion he's supposed to protect, a series of wild battles between man and insect ensues. [[SarcasmMode Hopefully, the mansion still remains in one piece after this...]]

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of various conventions and tropes associated with Mr. Bean:

->'''Judge:''' Trevor Bingley, on all 14 counts of dangerous driving, the destruction of priceless artwork, criminal damage, arson, you have been found guilty. Do you have anything to say before you're taken down?\\

''Man vs. Bee'' is a 2022 short comedy series created and written by Creator/RowanAtkinson and William Davies. Consisting of nine episodes (the first running to twenty minutes, the others all around ten minutes), all directed by David Kerr (''Film/JohnnyEnglishStrikesAgain''), it was available for streaming on Creator/{{Netflix}} worldwide on June 24th, 2022.

''Man vs. Bee'' is a 2022 comedy series created and written by Creator/RowanAtkinson and William Davies. Consisting of nine episodes (the first running to twenty minutes, the others all around ten minutes), all directed by David Kerr (''Film/JohnnyEnglishStrikesAgain''), it was available for streaming on Creator/{{Netflix}} worldwide on June 24th, 2022.

* ChekhovsGunman: In one of Trevor's encounters with a cop that constantly comes looking in on the odd situations he's getting in, the officer mentions that there is a gang of burglars suspected to be roaming the neighborhood. The burglars break into the home three episodes later, and Trevor [[AccidentalHero disposes of them while trying to kill the bee once again]]. [[spoiler:They also turn out to be cellmates of Trevor and Trevor ends up overhearing them as the explain that they were hired by Christian and Nina to break in as an InsuranceFraud]].

* InsuranceFraud: [[spoiler:It turns out that Christian filled his home with worthless replicas of valuable objects and hired thieves to take them away so he could collect the insurance, and when Trevor prevented the theft from happening but torched the place to the ground trying to kill the bee, Christian [[FallGuy exploited it by suing Trevor for the destruction]] -- the scene where Christian meets the insurance representative sees him claim £50 million from the company, and that's before Christian tries to squeeze more out by claiming "emotional damages"]]. [[SpannerInTheWorks The plan went to hell]], however, when [[spoiler:Trevor and the thieves were sentenced to the same prison and Trevor overheard them explaining it all]].

** Trevors' method of getting rid of the bee get increasingly more and more desperate and elaborate as the series progresses. In Mr. Bean, Bean usually goes for the most over-the-top solution possible when posed a problem.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:For all the trouble Trevor caused around the house, the bee doesn't get its comeuppance and get away with all the mischief scot-free.]]

** Trevor discovers the bee when it's attracted to his biscuit. A Mr. Bean episode has Bean's picnic being disrupted by a wasp going after his cupcake.
** The premise of the series; Trevor in an ongoing battle with a bee. A Mr. Bean animated episode "The Fly" has this similar concept to the theme.

* ReadTheFreakingManual: Trevor is left at the house with very little explanation of how the smart home works and Nina's insistence that everything is in the manual. Trevor burns the manual very shortly after and a lot of subsequent gags regarding the smart home battling him follow.
* ShowerScene: [[spoiler:The beginning of Chapter 5 has Trevor deciding to use the master bathroom and hit the shower after a long day, enjoying his pleasure while a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWn46CQ2y1M calm tune]] plays in the background.]] [[spoiler:[[MomentKiller That's until that bee began to pester him again]].]]
* SquirrelsInMyPants: [[spoiler:While Trevor is having a chit-chat with the police officer at the beginning of Chapter 3, the bee enters inside Trevor's pants, causing his legs to jerk awkwardly, much to the officer's pleasure.]]

** While Trevor is a bumbling idiot in much the same manner as Mr. Bean is, he's not as stupid or as oblivious to things as Mr. Bean is. Trevor is self aware of being TheLoad, and it's mentioned a few times that he's trying to be both a better father to his daughter after his divorce, as well as [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone getting shocked by his own actions later on]]. He's on a realistic competency scale, instead of merely being an idiot for the sakes of comedy.
** His actions also has a reflection on his psychosis. He has a tendency to overcomplicate things because of hyperfixation on something that could have been brushed off, escalating into something worse. Dialog with his ex-wife Jess implies this was the cause of their splitting. In the second-to-the-last episode he had a short breakdown because of this and it's even implied that he actively '''enables''' this mindset of his; he gets sorrowful when he thinks he's killed the Bee, only to regain his energy and drive when it turns out to be alive, as though their "battle" fill a void in his otherwise unhappy life. There's more proof of this in how he has several opportunities to end the conflict peacefully (giving the Bee a place to live or even just a small corner of peanut butter toast) yet only ever uses them as a chance to kill his foe. In other words, Trevor takes apart what a person would realistically be like if they reacted like Mr Bean.

** Trevor also presses a plunger against a bathroom wall to trap the bee inside. Unfortunately, his attempts to ''remove'' the plunger only send him flying out the bathroom, releasing the bee in the process.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:In episode 9, Trevor is having a meal in prison when he overhears something from the other table. There lies the three burglars who had tried to rob the house in episodes 6 and 7, where one of them, Lewis, is recounting a story about their involvement with a bloke... namely, ''Christian'']].
-->'''Lewis:''' [[spoiler:This bloke turns up, right? This floppy-haired tool, with this weird Scandi accent... had an E-type Jag, you know. He pays us to rob this house. And get this, it only turns out to be his own house. It's full of all this art, you know, Mondrians and Kandinskys or something. It's all bollocks to me, anyway. But, you name it, he's got it. And every single one was a worthless fake. I kid you not. Turns out it was all one gigantic InsuranceFraud]].

** His actions also has a reflection on his psychosis. He has a tendency to overcomplicate things because of hyperfixation on something that could have been brushed off, escalating into something worse. Dialog with his ex-wife Jess implies this was the cause of their splitting. In the second-to-the-last episode he had a short breakdown because of this and it's even implied that he actively '''enables''' this mindset of his; he gets sorrowful when he thinks he's killed the Bee, only to regain his energy and drive when it turns out to be alive, as though their "battle" fill a void in his otherwise unhappy life. In other words, Trevor takes apart what a person would realistically be like if they reacted like Mr Bean.

* BigFancyHouse: Nina's and Christian's house is very luxurious and modern. The fact that it's a smart home comes to bite Trevor in the ass repeatedly.

-->'''Lewis:''' [[spoiler:This bloke turns up, right? This floppy-haired tool, with this weird Scandi accent... had an E-type Jag, you know. He pays us to rob this house. And get this, it only turns out to be his own house. It's full of all this art, you know, Mondrians and Kandinskys or something. It's all bollocks to me, anyway. But, you name it, he's got it. And every single one was a worthless fake. I kid you not. Turns out it was all one gigantic InsuranceFraud.]].

* BigFancyHouse: Nina's and Christian's house, as seen in the trailer, is very luxurious and modern. The fact that it's a smart home comes to bite Trevor in the ass repeatedly.
* BlatantLies: Nina calls Trevor at one point in the trailer, asking if everything is fine. He agrees, when we know from the plot that it's anything but.

* EpicFail: It's clear from the trailer, since this is a Creator/RowanAtkinson comedy show:

** Trevor also presses a plunger against a bathroom wall to trap the bee inside. Unfortunately, his attempts to ''remove'' the plunger only send him flying out the bathroom, releasing the bee in the process.
** Hell, this is arguably the process of the entire show, as we witness a human being fail to dispose of a single, tiny bee.

* POVCam: The trailer has Trevor throw a pillow at the bee, all seen from the bee's POV, complete with the peripherals being hexagonal-patterned.

* WatchThePaintJob: [[spoiler: The Jaguar's exhaust gets destroyed and detached from the car. Later, Trevor dismantled some interior components and even cut open a hole on the car's body just to find where that bee is hiding inside. Note: that's a car worth ''£2 million''!]]

** His actions also has a reflection on his psychosis. He has a tendency to overcomplicate things because of hyperfixation on something that could have been brushed off, escalating into something worse. Dialog with his ex-wife Jess implies this was the cause of their splitting. In the second-to-the-last episode he had a short breakdown because of this.

* BaitAndSwitch:

** In the series' epilogue, Trevor notices that the bee has found him and he gives it a piece of his sandwich, apparently making peace with it, only to [[HereWeGoAgain try to kill it again, causing lots of chaos]].

* ThrowTheDogABone: Trevor finally manages to catch a break in episode 9. After getting imprisoned for over 14 accounts of crime, he is sentenced to 3 years in jail. Luckily, Trevor is locked up in a prison with the criminal gang who tried to rob the house, with one of them explaining to the other prisoners about the owner's collection being fakes to pull off an [[InsuranceFraud insurance scam]], Trevor overhears and calls the police to let them know. Christian is arrested, and Trevor is pardoned and given a big reward, enough to buy his minivan and go on holiday with his family.

* CoolCar: [[spoiler:Christian's classic and prized Jaguar E-Type.]]

* InsuranceFraud: [[spoiler:It turns out that Christian filled his home with worthless replicas of valuable objects and hired thieves to take them away so he could collect the insurance, and when Trevor prevented the theft from happening but torched the place to the ground trying to kill the bee, Christian [[FallGuy exploited it by suing Trevor for the destruction]]]]. [[SpannerInTheWorks The plan went to hell]], however, when [[spoiler:Trevor and the thieves were sentenced to the same prison and Trevor overheard them explaining it all]].

* NeverMyFault: Inverted. When Trevor tries to explain to his ex-wife the situation regarding the bee, she rags that Trevor has already lost two previous works (and implied she divorced him) because he blamed those firings on coworkers and a hostile paper shredder and Trevor should stop thinking there is a conspiracy out to get him. Of course, the bee acts more maliciously than bees normally should behave.

* WatchThePaintJob: [[spoiler: The Jaguar's exhaust gets destroyed and detached from the car. Later, Trevor dismantled some interior components and even cut open a hole on the car's body just to find where that bee is hiding inside. Note: that a car's worth ''£2 million''!]]

* BigFancyHouse: Nina's and Christian's house, as seen in the trailer, is very luxurious and modern. The fact that it's a smart home comes to bit Trevor in the ass repeatedly.

* ThrowTheDogABone: Trevor finally manages to catch a break in episode 9. After getting imprisoned for over 14 accounts of crime, he is sentenced to 3 years in jail. Luckily, Trevor is locked up in a prison with the criminal gang who tried to rob the house, with one of them explaining to the other prisoners about the owner's collection being fakes to pull off an InsuranceScam, Trevor overhears and calls the police to let them know. Christian is arrested, and Trevor is pardoned and given a big reward, enough to buy his minivan and go on holiday with his family.

* NeverMyFault: Inverted. When Trevor tries to explain to his ex-wife the situation regarding the bee, she rags that Trevor has already lost two previous works (and implied she divorced him) because he blamed those firings on coworkers and a hostile paper shredder and Trevor should stop thinking there is a conspiracy out to get him. Of course, the bee happens to be acting more malicious than bees normally should behave.

* ShowerScene: [[spoiler:The beginning of Chapter 5 has Trevor deciding to use master bathroom and hit the shower after a long day, enjoying his pleasure while a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWn46CQ2y1M calm tune]] plays in the background.]] [[spoiler:[[MomentKiller That's until that bee began to pester him again]].]]

* TemptingFate: Nina provides Trevor with a manual for how everything in the house works, including the security codes assuring him he won't need to note down the codes. Naturally within the hour of Nina and Christian's departure Trevor ends up burning the manual on the stove top.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The final episode of the series revolves around Trevor's decision to get rid of the bee once and for all by channeling his inner Wile E. Coyote and [[StuffBlowingUp blowing up the bee with a makeshift bomb]], and when that doesn't works [[KillItWithFire chasing after it with a flamethrower]].