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Bud and Lou are vicious hyenas and pets to the Joker, used to help him fight Batman. Harley Quinn is responsible for actively taking care of them, and refers to them as her "babies." They are named after the comedy duo Abbott and Costello.
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Pre-Flashpoint
In the comic continuity before the New 52 reboot, Bud & Lou were explained to have been taken in by Harley and Joker after raiding the Gotham Zoo. They became extremely loyal and loving to Harley and remained her pets even after her arrest. At one point in time they were stolen by white-collar criminals who tried to auction them off as exotic animals but Harley with the help of Poison Ivyfound them out and destroyed the racket.
New 52
Sometime around the "Death of the Family" storyline (although not part of the actual story), Harley Quinn escapes the Joker's attempt to make her "fully realized" by dropping her into a vat of chemicals. However, she is confronted by Bud and Lou, who both have been turned rabid by the Joker to turn them into "pure animal instinct." They both attack Harley, who is forced to kill them, much to her sorrow. In the 2016 run of Harley Quinn, it is revealed that Harley managed to keep them alive and...
In Krypto the Superdog, both hyenas have red fur with black spots and black rings around their eyes. Bud wears a purple collar, has a black right front paw, and speaks in a higher voice. Lou wears a green collar, has a black left front paw and right hind paw, and speaks in a more gravelly voice. (However, in Batman: The Animated Series they are ide...
Batman: The Animated Series
Bud and Lou appeared in Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures numerous times. They appeared to prefer Harley Quinn over The Joker, and when Harley wasn't present The Joker refused to feed them. They were also featured in Batman: Gotham Adventuresseveral times but appeared mostly as brief cameos on covers rather than appearing in the actual story. Harley was able to summon them to protect her by simply screaming "Babies!" and she refused to leave with the Joker when he was...
The Batman
Bud and Lou appear briefly with the Joker on The Batman, but are actually depicted as being more monstrous and disgusting, mangy critters. Unlike their original versions, they were albino, a fact remarked on by the Joker, who said they resembled "their dad". They were sent after Batman, Batgirl and Catwoman on Killgore Steed's private island, but were subdued and befriended by Catwoman, who remarked that hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs in response to Joker's surprise that a...
Batman: Arkham City
Before the events of the game, when Black Mask first wound up in Arkham City and ran into Joker and Harley, Bud and Lou tried to attack him. Bud and Lou appear in the game Batman: Arkham City. They are on display in Cyrus Pinkney's Institute of Natural History, which has become Penguin's stronghold in Arkham City. When activating the display, the Penguin's recording says "Recognise Joker's pets? Me too. That's why I had them shot and stuffed!" Scanning the hyenas solves the "Have Joker's pets...
Bud and Lou are named after the renowned comedic duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.Bud and Lou being the pets of Harley (and Joker) is in-reference not only to much of culture demonizing the animals for many of their more unique and scavenging traits, but also because their commu...Bud and Lou have personalities similar to those of dogs. In real-life, hyenas are actually feline in anatomy and in behaviour.Batman: White Knight, They appear in Issue 2 with Harley Quinn.Bud and Lou are spotted hyenas who are the pets of Harley Quinn. Initially owned by The Joker, they bonded to Harley because she was usually the one who fed them.
Bud and Lou were Joker and Harley Quinn's pet hyenas. Prior to Batman's investigation into Arkham City, the Penguin killed Bud and Lou, had them taxidermized, and put on display in his museum headquarters.
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Bud and Lou are Joker's and Harley Quinn's pet hyenas. In The Laughing Cats, Joker got them from hunter Killgore Steed as a gift for capturing leopards for him. He used them to attack Catwoman, but she befriended them as hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs.
Bud and Lou are Harley Quinn's pet hyenas. When Harley left the Joker after killing Jason Todd, Bud and Lou went with her. Years later, after Jack Napier's curing of his insanity (using medications the real Harley had secretly created), Bud and Lou went with Harley to get Jack from a girl...
Bud and Lou were the Joker's two pet hyenas, but the Penguin has killed them and put on display in his Museum. Sometime after the events of Christmas Eve but before Arkham Asylum, Joker got Harley Quinn two pet hyenas and named them Bud and Lou.
