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Ray Gunn

Ray Gunn is Bebe Gunn's imaginary little brother. 

Appearance

When first described, Ray Gunn is mentioned as being a few years younger than Allison, something that lines up with Bebe's description of him being her younger brother. Otherwise, nothing about his appearance is known.

Personality

When Bebe Gunn describes Ray in "Bebe's Baby Brother," she describes him as a mischievous kid who is always able to make himself look better. She blames most of the mean comments on her homework on him, as well as talking about the various tricks he'd pull on her, finding every opportunity to sneak mean comments onto her homework, throwing her underwear out the window, and filling her socks with toothpaste. While little is seen of the actual Ray Gunn on the nineteenth story, Bebe's descriptions of him appear to be accurate, as he admits to sometimes answering every problem wrong because he knows Miss Zarves will give him a good grade. Ray is not sure of where he came from, and is described by Allison as being "too far gone to help her" in "A Bad Case of the Sillies."

Relationships

Bebe Gunn

Ray and Bebe Gunn have a complicated familial relationship, all things considered. In "Bebe's Baby Brother," Bebe tells stories about Ray, and specifically how much of a nuisance he is to her, regularly pulling tricks on her and messing up her homework assignments. However, as revealed at the end of the chapter, Mrs. Gunn doesn't even know who Ray is, and by "The Lost Ear," Bebe confirms that she believes that she was making Ray up. In "A Wonderful Teacher," Ray questions if he's related to Bebe after learning they have the same last name, but isn't certain about it, though it is also noteworthy that Ray has no recollection of where he came from, and is "too far gone" to help Allison, so it's possible the two are related, but all actual memories of their relationship have been removed.

Appearances

Ray Gunn appears in three book chapters, and is mentioned in two more. Major appearances are listed in bold.

  • Ray's name is a pun on "Raygun," a sci-fi directed-energy weapon that releases energy, usually with destructive effect. This is also how Bebe describes him, a troublemaker that she made up.
  • Whether or not Ray Gunn is actually a member of the Gunn family is left somewhat ambiguous. Mrs. Gunn doesn't seem to be aware of his existence, and while Bebe Gunn isaware of him, she admits she was making up what she said in "The Lost Ear." As seen in "A Bad Case of the Sillies" and "Time Out," characters on the nineteenth storyare not acknowledged by other characters, save for the men with the attaché case, who are likely omnipotent anyway, so it's possible he is a member of the family, but simply remains unacknowledged by everyone else.