Tony "Rusty" Bones is Blue Singer and Chester's favorite singer.
History[]
Rusty had a difficult life such as his wife leaving him at the altar, getting attacked by a bear, and falsely arrested. He then became a blues singer and released many albums about his struggle. Rusty later lived to elderly age and died when a bear mauled him to death, as mentioned in a song.
Rusty became a ghost and ended up befriending the bear that killed him.
Appearance[]
When Rusty was human, he was black and had white hair and male pattern baldness. He wears a brimmed hat, a vest, and a dress-up shirt.
Personality[]
Rusty is a really depressed person, and loves singing about his awful life, and hates it when people make a mockery of his works. However, he did give Bunnicula some good pep talk about embracing both sides.
While he wanted to haunt Mina and put her through his hard life, he gave up after he discovered she was immune to being depressed.
Relationships[]
Chester[]
Rusty is Chester's favorite singer and the latter loved his songs. When Chester first saw the ghost of Rusty, he was both horrified and excited to met the legendary singer. It was Chester who showed him that Mina was immune to being depressed.
Bunnicula[]
When Bunnicula had the blues (he was upset at his recent failures at scaring people, yet it was eating a blueberry that made those feeling impossible to hide), Rusty pointed out that the vampire rabbit needed to "let it out" and taught him the right way to sing the blues in order to express his feelings about how it seems his glory days as a scary vampire had fallen behind him. After Chester and Herold had (unintentionally) made Bunnicula feel worse about his situation by pointing out how cute he was, Rusty called the two of them "boneheads" and then... after giving the vampire bunny time alone to cry it out... followed his blues-stricken friend to the pier to explain the coin metaphor (albeit confusing Bunnicula with it at first, much to Rusty's annoyance) to show Bunnicula that it's okay to embrace his nature as both a scary vampire AND a cute little bunny. Hearing this pep talk, Bunnicula's fur and personality restored their true colors as his blues were cured, and Rusty told the vampire rabbit to embrace "the full you". Bunnicula happily took Rusty's advice, but also stolen the ghost's last quarter in the process.
Harold[]
Rusty and Harold are on friendly terms, but Rusty thinks of this dog as a "bonehead" at times.
Bear[]
This bear was responsible for mauling him to death, as mentioned in a song. Rusty's spirit had the head wound from the attack.
At some point, Rusty became a ghost and forgave the bear and it helps him in writing new blues songs.
Mina Monroe[]
Rusty hated her initially for making a mockery of his works by having fun with his song. He haunted Mina and put her through events of his hard life, which ended giving the girl several injuries. He was deadest on teaching her a lesson but gave up after he discovered she was immune to being depressed.
Gallery[]
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