Bill Nye the Russian Spy, sometimes abbreviated as BNTRS (rhymes with the last name of Jonathan Winters), is a webcomic/fanfiction/online written-out TV show that is an Origin Story revealing all the secrets of a certain Russian blue cat named Nermal and what he was doing before he was adopted by Jon.
According to BNTRS, Nermal, who is, like many Russian Blues, really a Russian spy camera, was the trusty Russian Blue assistant in a fake science show hosted by Bill Nye, a Russian spy agent, called Bill Nye the Russian Spy, a Parody of Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Sort of a prequel to Garfield, BNTRS shows Bill and Nermal hosting a makeshift kids' show in Seattle, in the style of IRL Bill Nye, except it only teaches misinformation, pro-Russia Takes Over the World messages, instructions for vandalism, and Russian poetry. That is, until the show is taken off the air for being a Russian spy show.
You can read Bill Nye The Russian Spy here
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Read this Trope List, and remember, kids, Russia Rules!
- Absent-Minded Professor: Bill Nye, for sure.
- Agent Provocateur: Bill Nye, definitely. He pretty much teaches (very susceptible) random kids how to destroy everything except for Russia.
- Animal Espionage: Nermal.
- "Episode 4 - Russian Blue Cats" is pretty much all about this trope.
- Cat Stereotype: All Russian Blues are Russian spies. Nermal straight-up speaks Russian.
- Character Catchphrase: Bill's is "Russia Rules!" Or sometimes longer, "Science Drools! Russia Rules!"
- Bill has also been known to say "How you say…" when forgetting a word in English.
- Covert Group with Mundane Front: A science show for school-age kids. Nothing necessarily Russian about it. However, the name of the show is literally Bill Nye The Russian Spy, so that's where that ends.
- Crossover: Of Bill Nye the Science Guy and Garfield.
- Depraved Kids' Show Host: Don't let Bill Nye around your kids unless you want them to become furniture-vandalizing, overly pro-Russia, haiku-writing hooligans.
- Do Not Try This at Home: Literally everything Bill says is a "science experiment", such as pouring Russian salad dressing into your eyeballs to see well or sending all your parents' underpants to Russia.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The title of the show. The show is about a guy named Bill Nye, who is - albeit terrible at keeping it top-secret - a Russian spy.
- Excited Kids' Show Host: Bill Nye, who is excited about Russia.
- For Science!!: Bill and the kids slowly destroying the entire city of Seattle and invading it for Russia. Bill claims it is one big science experiment.
- Glorious Mother Russia: Bill is obsessed with Russia and so is Nermal.
- Gratuitous Russian
- Mad Scientist: Bill (if you can even call him a scientist).
- Talking Cat: Nermal, except, being a Russian Blue cat, he can only speak Russian.
- Totally Not a Criminal Front: The show is called "Bill Nye The Russian Spy", for crying out loud!
