If he has some level of control over them, it may explain why he can hold his own in a fight and bite through things that a naked mole rat would normally be unable to bite through. Rufus has Mystical Monkey Powers that he received in "Monkey Fist Strikes" because he was presumably in Ron's pants pocket when Ron became endowed with these powers, and Rufus was imbued with his own at that time.According to the show's creators, Rufus' name is an ironic pun on the name of the naked mole rat's natural enemy, the Rufous beaked snake.In the above movie, Rufus is asked by his descendants on what the meaning of life is, and Rufus replies, "Cheese," which prompts one Rufus to tell the other, "You owe me a buck.".They refer to him as Rufus Prime, although, given the social nature of mole rat society, it may not be so surprising after all. In A Sitch in Time, despite being with the time-lost Kim and Ron, Rufus had a sizable number of progeny, strongly implying that he has already procreated, or a lesser-assumed idea being that he was cloned, explaining the future Rufus descendants' worship of him.
Rufus mole rat series#
In the Lilo & Stitch: The Series crossover episode "Rufus", Rufus was mistaken by Jumba Jookiba for Experiment 607 (Launch).He shares the same name as Penny's tabby cat in The Rescuers, and Timon, the meerkat in The Lion King, was originally meant to be of the same species as him. Rufus has a few links to otherwise unconnected Disney characters.This technique is often underscored in other franchises, where animals speak clearly between themselves, but then briefly shown from the perspective of humans as only making animal sounds. Aside from Ron understanding him, it is unclear whether Rufus is actually able to speak words, or if the vocalizations are a production trick known as "perception filter" for the sake of the audience."Rufus" is a slang term meaning "red-haired".Rufus was named after Ron's imaginary friend in preschool.This is however out of canon, because in "A Sitch in Time", Ron bought Rufus at the Smarty Mart when he was a preteen. Taking place before the animated series, Ron first meets Rufus in a science lab where he is in a terrarium for Naked Mole-Rats and adopts him as his pet. Rufus appears in the live-action film with Nancy Cartwright reprising her role. Stitch confirmed the accusation false when he sensed Rufus wasn't his "cousin". Rufus, of course, could not be Launch, as Ron was about twelve years old when he bought Rufus, while the experiments had only arrived to Earth about a year prior to the episode's events. Rufus was a guest star on the Lilo & Stitch: The Series crossover episode "Rufus", where he was mistaken for Experiment 607 (Launch) by Jumba Jookiba. He has no hair and is completely pink. Buck teeth and whiskers protrude from his mouth and face. When Ron first bought him, Rufus' appearance more resembled that of an actual naked mole rat: being wrinkled, eyes barely open, and considerably smaller. Rufus is a small, naked mole rat at a height of about 4 inches tall. In the episode "Oh No! Yono!", he was the first one to be turned into a statue by Yono the Destroyer, but was subsequently turned back. Rufus also possesses mystical monkey powers as he got his when he was in Ron's pocket, but never using them beyond displaying a greater degree of mastery of Yamanouchi ninja training than Ron, as well as once controlling the Lotus Blade. However, he has generally stuck by Ron in virtually every situation, and though he does not have the same fear, has the same overall dislike for monkeys. Rufus tends to display frustration with Ron when he uses him in an embarrassing way or fails to give Rufus (or others) due credit. However, unlike Ron, he has been known to abandon this attitude at crucial times, often using quicker thinking than his owner.
He shares several things in common with his owner: his love of Bueno Nacho food (and subsequently, the Naco), his ability to eat with practically no regard for the food he is eating, sharing Ron's disgust for others, and an overall laid-back, casual attitude. Rufus is generally portrayed as pink, small, light, and very agile, which proves useful time and again. He was bought by Ron at Smarty Mart, during Ron's quest for a pet which would not aggravate his father's allergies to animal fur.
He is generally portrayed as light and very agile, which proved useful time and again. He has black eyes, gray claws, whiskers and bucked teeth.