Buzz McCallister is the anti heroic antagonist and oldest brother of Kevin, Megan, Linnie, and Jeff and the oldest child of Kate and Peter McCallister. He is portrayed by Devin Ratray in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and Gideon Jacobs in Home Alone 4. He is portrayed by Ratray again as a cop in the Disney+ movie Home Sweet Home Alone.
Biography[]
Paris trip[]
Buzz sitting in his room while Rod McCallister inspects the Tarantula.
While the family packed for their Christmas trip to Paris, Buzz's cousin Rod asked who would feed Buzz's tarantula while they were away, to which Buzz replied that it ate "a whole load of mice guts", which would hold it over. Buzz then asked Rod if it was true that French girls did not shave under their arms and Rod answered, "Some don't." He then asked Rod if France had nude beaches, only to be told "not in the winter." Buzz's brother Kevin then entered, much to Buzz's annoyance, as he did not knock.Template:Ref
After rudely refusing Kevin's request to sleep in his room (as Kevin did not want to sleep in the hide-a-bed with Fuller), Buzz told him and Rod about their neighbor Old Man Marley, who he said was rumored to be the "South Bend Shovel Slayer," who murdered his family (in addition to half the people on the block) where he used the salt in his bucket to mummify his victims.Template:Ref
During dinner, Buzz decided to dig in and finish off the cheese pizza, Kevin's preferred kind. He told Kevin that if he wanted any, somebody would have to barf it all up, since it was gone. After finding this out, Kevin tackled him towards the kitchen island, causing chaos in the kitchen. As a result, Kevin was sent to the third floor for the night by their mom, Kate.Template:Ref
In Paris, after it was discovered that Kevin had been left behind; when the family was at the apartment of paternal Uncle Rob, Megan was surprised Buzz wasn't worried about Kevin being home alone, and Buzz replied, "No, for three reasons. A. I'm not that lucky, 2. We have smoke detectors, and D. We live in the most boring street in the United States of America, where nothing even remotely dangerous will ever happen to him, period."Template:Ref
Upon his return home, Buzz remarked to Kevin that he thought it was pretty cool that Kevin did not burn the place down and was surprised alongside the rest of the family that Kevin went shopping. When the family split up to go to other rooms in the house, Buzz went to his own. Finding it in a mess, Buzz yelled, "Kevin, what did you do to my room?!"Template:Ref
Florida trip[]
The following year, at a Christmas pageant he and his younger brothers are in, Buzz seizes the opportunity for a prank on Kevin. As Kevin is about to begin his solo, Buzz waited for the right moment to hold electric candles behind Kevin's ears, making them glow. Everyone in the audience burst into laughter, except for the piano player, the conductor, Kate, Peter, paternal Aunt-in-law Leslie, and a man sitting in the front row. Kevin punched Buzz, making him fall, causing a chain reaction that ruins the pageant and Kate shouting Kevin's name for ruining the pageant.Template:Ref
That night, Buzz "apologized" to Kevin and the rest of the family, and they clapped for him. However, he then grinned to Kevin, saying, "Beat that, you little trout sniffer!", showing that he probably didn't mean anything that he said. Kevin left the room angrily with the family for believing Buzz and not him as well as the family's decision to go to Miami, Florida for a Christmas vacation after Peter warns Kevin that he will be sleeping on the third floor with Fuller as well as Frank warning his nephew to not ruin his trip with Kevin making an insult at him. Buzz then commented, "What a troubled young man."Template:Ref
Later, in Miami — after Kevin was separated from the family again — Kate received a call from the police, informing her that Kevin was in New York, and Buzz got ready to pack up and go there, along with the rest of the family.Template:Ref
On Christmas morning, a truckload of gifts came to the Plaza Hotel as a reward for Kevin foiling Harry and Marv's attempt to rob Duncan's Toy Chest. Buzz realized that had it not been for Kevin getting on the wrong flight, they would not be in the suite with the Christmas tree and the gifts in the first place, and he told the rest of the family this. Much to Kevin's gladness, Buzz decided to let Kevin open the first present as they reconciled. By doing that, he tossed him a gift, only letting him catch it. Buzz was forgiven by Kevin for ruining his solo during the Christmas pageant, and they wished each other a Merry Christmas.Template:Ref
When Buzz received the bill for Kevin's original stay at the Plaza Hotel, he gave the bellman Cedric a wad of chewing gum as a tip. He then looked over the bill and smiled upon seeing the total $967 on the last page before remarking "Merry Christmas, indeed" and finally giving the bill to Peter, who then yelled, "Kevin! You spent $967 on room service!?", causing Kevin to run back
Later life[]
As an adult, Buzz had worked as a police officer. He was unmarried, claiming that; "no one's been able to tame this wild stallion".Template:Ref
One Christmastime, Buzz had responded to a call about a break-in at 36 Beech Tree Lane, finding Jeff and Pam McKenzie there, claiming that; it was their house and they had accidentally tripped the McCallister Home Security system.Template:Ref
After the police had received another call about the address, Buzz, eating a burrito well on patrol, dismissed it as a prank call from Kevin, explaining to his reporting officer how Kevin irresponsibly, furthermore, illegally had messed around; with him every year; with bogus reports about a missing child left home, probably for revenge and out of spite, after Kevin himself was accidentally left behind two times in a row three decades earlier; when Buzz and the rest of the family went on holiday vacation. When asked; if he was certain of his claim, he became irritated and shouted his certainty, as he was already at the house shortly beforehand. He also had pointed out the house was wired; with his younger brother's home alarm system, therefore; concluding, "that; a coincidence?. I don't think so". When asked to drive; by and check it out anyway, he had sighed and had agreed to do so. But he had stopped and said to himself, "nice try, Kevin. Nice try. Trout sniffer", and; instead had continued to eat the burrito.Template:Ref
Personality[]
Buzz appeared to be quite an unpleasant, cruel, selfish, greedy, unsympathetic, remorseless, and hostile child. Being the oldest child, he had enjoyed picking on Kevin by stealing his cheese pizza and humiliating him at the Christmas pageant; by putting two electric candles behind Kevin's ears; making them glow; when Kevin does his solo.
However, Buzz was capable of temporarily being nice to Kevin; such as; when he commended him for not burning their house down; when he was home alone and suggesting that; Kevin open the first present the next Christmas.
As an adult, Buzz was lazy and gluttonous as he declined to fully investigate the alarm at 36 Beech Tree Lane and immediately dismissed the subsequent emergency call as a prank by Kevin.
Trivia[]
- In the script for Home Alone, Buzz is described as "stocky and muscular, a jock with a three-inch, waxed flattop."
Family[]
- Kate McCallister (mom)
- Peter McCallister (dad)
- Megan McCallister (younger sister)
- Linnie McCallister (youngest sister)
- Leslie McCallister (paternal aunt-in-law)
- Tracy McCallister (paternal younger cousin)
- Fuller McCallister (paternal youngest cousin)
- Rob McCallister (paternal uncle)
- Twin girls (paternal younger cousins)
- Unnamed paternal grandpa
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