bunsen is a beast is an american-canadian-british-new zealand-australian-irish comedy animated television series created by butch hartman for nickelodeon aired in january 16, 2017 to february 10, 2018. it revolves around a small eccentric monster named bunsen who begins attending a middle school that previously only admitted humans. in spite of prejudice against beasts, bunsen befriends a human boy named mikey munroe and his homeschooled companion, darcy. together, bunsen and his friends attempt to navigate through school life while outsmarting a student named amanda who wants to rid society of bunsen's kind.