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Rufus originated from an earlier television series concept from Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle.Nancy Cartwright voices Rufus for the third character after Bart Simpson on The Simpsons and Chuckie Finster on Rugrats and All Grown Up.The Disney Wiki has a collection of images and media related to Rufus (Kim Possible). In " Chasing Rufus", their relationship becomes closer, as they expressed regret for separating to return to their respectful owners. Even though it seems to be a one-sided love, at the end credits of the episode " Trading Faces", Rufus and Debutante are both seen dining at a fancy restaurant, but Rufus seemed a little uneasy about it. This is what prompted Rufus to destroy him by puncturing his leg.ĭebutante, Camille Leon's hairless cat, playfully adores Rufus. After his true colors were revealed, he openly declared that naked mole rat is gross. While at first Rufus seemed to like him, when he called naked mole rat cool, he began to despise him, when he and Kim grew close. Drakken's synthodrone meant to charm Kim and drive a wedge between her and Ron, became one of Rufus' greatest enemies. Kim acknowledges Rufus' talents as a great help, and she protects him when Ron is unable to, showing she cares about him about as much as she cares about Ron.Įric, Dr. Kim is Rufus' friend and can be considered a sidekick along with Ron. He agrees with Ron with almost everything, showing this through his actions, when Ron comments something. He is the pet and friend of Ron Stoppable, and almost all the time he travels in Ron's pant pocket. This is however out of the 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 favorite 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 at Earth about a year prior to the episode's events. Rufus was a special guest star on the Lilo & Stitch: The Series crossover episode " Rufus", where he was mistaken for Experiment 607 (Launch) by Jumba Jookiba.
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When Ron first bought him, Rufus' appearance more resembled that of an actual naked mole-rat: being wrinkled, eyes barely open, and considerably smaller. Buck teeth and whiskers protrude from his mouth and face.
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Rufus is a small, naked mole-rat at a height of about 4 inches tall. And when Kim and Ron officially became a couple, he was the one who pushed them together to the dance floor, and watched with Monique as they kissed the first time, with a big smile of happiness. For example, when the synthodrone Eric charmed Kim, Rufus became angry and jealous. This is also apparent the other way around if something comes in between Kim and Ron, he either gets angry, jealous or sad, depending on the situation. Almost every time Kim and Ron are romanticizing, he always gets emotional in a happy way. Rufus likes romance, especially when it involves Kim and Ron. 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.
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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.