Chief Bookem

Chief Bookem
Artwork of Chief Bookem from Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Details
First episode	Kirby Comes to Cappy Town
Main role	Supporting character
Similar characters	Buttercup
Voice actor(s)	Jerry Lobozzo (English, episodes 1-75) Andrew Rannelis (English, episodes 76-100) Atsushi Kisaichi (Japanese)

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“

I can speak for myself, thank you!

”

— Chief Bookem in Kirby Comes to Cappy Town

Chief Bookem is a recurring supporting character in the anime series Kirby: Right Back at Ya!. He is a Cappy and the chief of police for Cappy Town. His wife is Buttercup, and Tuff looks up to him as a role model. Chief Bookem appears in most episodes of the series, though he does not play a leading role in one until Episode 10: Hail to the Chief.

Characteristics

Chief Bookem is a hefty and elderly Cappy who wears a police hat and coat with a satchel (and sometimes a pistol) at his side. He sports a large grey mustache which covers his mouth. Chief Bookem speaks and behaves like a stereotypical cop, with most of his lines revolving around his occupation as the chief of police. He sometimes gets into spats with Mayor Len Blustergas, but the two are not actually enemies.

Chief Bookem is a dutiful officer, but his age sometimes gets in the way, leaving him to often be exhausted. In Hail to the Chief, it is revealed that he had lied to Tuff about once being part of the Rough Rangers; a military commando squad which Tiff insists never existed. Despite this, Tuff and Bookem come to an understanding by the end of the episode, while Bookem is rescuing him from the Booma-Dooma Volcano.

Filmography

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The following is a complete list of all of Chief Bookem's appearances in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, along with other information regarding his role in each episode:

Chief Bookem's appearances in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Episode	Image	Role	Selected quote	Notes
Kirby Comes to Cappy Town		Secondary character	"I'd like to lock both of 'em up!" (describing King Dedede and the power which sent Octacon)
A Blockbuster Battle		Secondary character	"Yeah, it's out of town!" (in response to Mayor Len's remark about Kirby's tree house)
Kirby's Duel Role		Tertiary character	"A challenge?"
Dark and Stormy Knight		Tertiary character	"I just heard from the D.A. He's handing down new charges!" (right before getting "charged")
Beware: Whispy Woods!		Tertiary character	"This'd make a real pretty spot for a new prison!"
Un-Reality TV		Secondary character	"Looks like somebody's been feeding Kirby steroids!"
Kirby's Egg-Cellent Adventure		Tertiary character	"A tornado?"
Curio's Curious Discovery		Secondary character	"Ah! A thingamajig!"
The Fofa Factor		Tertiary character	"King Dedede! Body snatching's illegal!"
Hail to the Chief		Primary character	"The Rough Rangers Squad is the toughest fighting force on the planet! My buddies and me got stuck in some real jams on the battlefield, but we never gave up! It's like us Rangers always say, Tuff: "Always try!""
Cappy New Year		Primary character	"I call this "Prisoner on Parade"! It's a light-hearted way of saying crime doesn't pay!"
The Pillow Case		Tertiary character	"I'm glad those little bed bugs are gone!"
The Thing About the Ring		Secondary character	"And then you lost the ring when Kirby crashed into ya! Is that your story?"
Here Comes the Son		Secondary character	"Hmm...so you allege that the citizens of Cappy Town are conspiring against you. Hmm...and why exactly do you want to meet with Kirby?"
Dedede's Snow Job		Tertiary character	"Whoa...this is some heat wave, huh, Curio?"
A Princess in Dis-Dress		Tertiary character	"We're gonna have Cappy gridlock if royalty shows up!"
The Empty Nest Mess		Tertiary character	"Hmmm... Wonder what's up. Dyna Blade seems restless!"
Ninja Binge		Secondary character	"Hey! No eating the evidence!"
Escargoon Rules		Tertiary character	"Thanks to your son, crime is pretty low here...course our taxes are pretty steep!"
Labor Daze		Secondary character	"This can't be good for my gut!"
A Spice Odyssey		Secondary character	"You're right, but that's before I tasted the food at Monsieur Goan's. Holy jalapeño! His food has flavTemplate:Or; not like the junk you.--d'oh!" stammers "What I mean is...your food's more like home cooking! Course the food I get at home tastes worse than the stuff they serve in the army!" forced laughter
Hatch Me If You Can		Secondary character	"Hmm. No missing egg reports coming yet. Nobody broke into any nests, lately. I guess Kirby can go back to sittin' on the egg."
Abusement Park		Secondary character	"Get off the stage and let a real singer sing!" singing "Lock up my love; your heart's a jail! I'm in for life; I can't make bail! I'm all alone; here in my cell! I'm without you; I feel like-" gets interrupted	Chief Bookem was likely going to end his last verse with the word "hell".
A Dental Dilemma		Tertiary character	panicked screaming
Junk Jam		Secondary character	"I say we cover up these trash piles with dirt and just pretend we live in the mountains!"
A Recipe for Disaster		Tertiary character	"No no, I'd rather go to jail than eat at Restaurant Kawasaki."	Chief Bookem had his lines cut in the 4Kids version, so this was translated from the Japanese version.
The Kirby Derby - Part I		Tertiary character	"Guess I won't be giving out any speeding tickets that day."
The Kirby Derby - Part II		Tertiary character	"I can't help it! I wanna give 'em all speeding tickets! Aww..."