Buster Baxter

Buster Baxter is a character in the Arthur books and TV episodes. He is eight years old and in the third grade. He is Arthur's best friend.

Profile

 * Name: Buster Baxter


 * Gender: Male


 * Age: 8


 * Parents: Bo Baxter (father), Bitzi Baxter (mother)


 * Siblings: None.
 * Other Family: Stu (uncle)

Personality
Buster is easygoing, fun-loving, and slightly odd. He has a strong interest in space aliens, and claims to have seen flying saucers over Elwood City. His easygoing personality often takes its toll on his performance at school: he sometimes has trouble finishing reports, math assignments, and the like.

Generally, Buster has a somewhat short attention span. He doesn't have the patience for reading books, unless it's a book he really likes (such as the "Scare Your Pants Off" series).

Buster also has a strong love for food, and will eat virtually anything, and thus one of the show's running gags features him pigging out wherever he goes. Some of his eating habits are rather unhealthy, though, with him consuming food while following the "5-second rule" or ingesting foods that are beyond expiration. He also has a personal food collection in his room from his various travels or simply because he is fascinated with what he eats on a particular day. His mom often has the job of throwing this food out when it goes really bad.

Appearance
Buster is an anthropomorphic white rabbit who wears a cyan polo shirt with pink collar, jeans and sneakers.

Family and home
Buster is the only child of Bitzi Baxter and Bo Baxter. His parents are divorced; he lives with his mother in a condominium in central Elwood City. His mother is a worrywart who often fears for Buster's well-being throughout his daily life, but in later seasons she has learned to relax more. They are extremely close and are like best friends. Buster has gone on many travels with his dad, such as in the spinoff series Postcards from Buster. His father, besides in Postcards from Buster, has made appearances in a few episodes. He and Buster are also very close, and Buster thoroughly enjoys the few opportunities he has to see his dad.

In recent seasons, Bitzi started dating Harry Mills, a fellow photographer and journalist at the Elwood City Times. After getting over his initial theory Harry was an alien, Buster became best friends with Harry, having shared the same interests in sports, aliens, etc. Buster was disappointed to learn that his mom broke up with Harry much later on in the show, but the three of them remain the best of friends.