David Hanson is a busey who thinks he rides a motorcycle and has an occasional stutter.
Biography[]
Hanson's first appearance was in Dewey's Special Class, where he was one of the emotionally disturbed students, placed in a specialized classroom. When Dewey got sent there, he had to make a new circle of friends, which included Hanson. Hanson proved to have Tourette Syndrome, his body in a position that indicated he was riding a motorcycle at all times despite being to young to do so at the time and sometimes being in places where it’s completely impossible to ride a motorcycle such as when he was in a tree near Dewey’s house which means he was off the ground at the time and when he at school in-doors sitting at his desk. When the teacher asked him to read a passage from a book, instead of reading the words, he just made an extremely loud screeching sound.
In Hal Sleepwalks, the school president election was happening and a bully nominated Hanson as a joke. Hanson knew that he did this so that he could watch him humiliate himself and ultimately fail, but he thought he'd get revenge on him by actually becoming a good candidate and getting elected, UN-ironically. Unfortunately, upon trying, Hanson had a mental break down, during his speech and started cursing rampantly, revealing once more that he has tourette's syndrome.
In Dewey's Opera, Dewey made an opera about his family called The Marriage Bed. The Buseys played the roles of individual family members and Hanson portrayed the role of Hal.
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Trivia[]
- David mainly goes by his last name, "Hanson" as opposed to his first name.
- It's possible that he's the younger brother of Eric Hanson, given that they both have the same last name and similar physical appearances. Due to Eric going absent from the series in season 3 and David not debuting until season 5, they have never interacted, so we may never know. There is also a police officer named Hanson, who has been to the Wilkerson's residence multiple times, we know as Hal calls "It's Hanson, make decaf." When they follow Reese home in a police chase. But again, its only speculation these characters are related.
- It is implied in a few episodes that he has a crush on Zoe Desenea.