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{{Infobox character

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| name = Bungle

| series = [[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]

| image = [[File:RainbowTV.jpg|250px]]

| caption = Bungle (far right) appearing on the TV show Rainbow

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| portrayer = [[Stanley Bates]]

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| species = Bear

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'''Bungle''' is a character in the British children's television series ''[[Rainbow (television)|Rainbow]]''. He is a large brown furry [[bear]] and is played by various actors, but chiefly [[Stanley Bates]]. An [[urban legend]] holds that one actor (presumably Stanley Bates) playing the role of Bungle was fired after swearing at a child who had deliberately stood on his foot during a live show, although long-time [[Rainbow (television)|Rainbow]] contributor Malcolm Lord revealed that Bates chose to stand down before the live shows began in order to concentrate upon scriptwriting, giving Lord the opportunity to portray Bungle himself.<ref>[http://archive.is/8vZX Malcolm Lord<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The character of Bungle is inquisitive but also clumsy, and each show typically represents Bungle involved in a comic dispute with the other [[puppet]] characters, [[Zippy (Rainbow)|Zippy]] and [[George (Rainbow)|George]], with [[Geoffrey Hayes]] mediating. Bungle also appeared in an episode of Series 2 of ''[[Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps]]'' when Jonny Keogh hired him and a bouncy castle with his £1,000 scratch card winnings.