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| Alignment: Good |
| Personality: Excentric, Helpful |
| Associates:Nathaniel Flint, Jim Hawkins (best friend) |
| Fate: Is maintained by the Hawkins family. B.E.N serves as a waiter, and chef at the Benbow Inn. |
| Quote(s): "Jimmy, I--I don't know about you, but I'm starting to see my life pass in front of my eyes. At least, I think it's my life. WAS I EVER DANCING WITH AN ANDROID NAMED LUPE?!" Flint wanted to make sure that nobody could ever steal his treasure so he rigged this whole planet to blow HIGHER THAN A KALEPSIAN KITE!!!
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B.E.N is a Bio-Electronic Navigator, a robot who served aboard Flint's vessel. His memory was taken from him by Flint, who left him on the surface of Treasure Planet. Over the years the machine has developed a unique personality of his own. B.E.N appears to be made of bronze.
History[]
He was once the navigator of the legendary space pirate, Captain Flint, until Flint stranded him on Treasure Planet. Flint also removed B.E.N.'s memory chip to keep him from revealing his self-destruct mode for the planet. B.E.N. was trapped on Treasure Planet, until Jim Hawkins and the shape-shifter Morph came along. B.E.N. was able to remember one clue that would lead Jim to Flint's treasure. He reveals that the treasure is "buried in the centroid of the mechanism." In exchange, Jim allows B.E.N. to come along with the crew on their adventure, as long as he didn't talk so much and touch Jim. Later that very same evening, Jim, Morph, and B.E.N. go on the R.L.S. Legacy to retrieve the map, quietly. B.E.N. went to disable the laser cannon for Jim.
However, while searching for the laser cannon wire, he kept pulling wires that put Jim at risk. However, he unknowingly saved Jim's life by pulling the ship's gravity wire, which sent Jim's arachnid nemesis Scroop tumbling into the vacuum of space. B.E.N. was useful later on when Jim, the crew, and Silver's pirates found the treasure. Jim found B.E.N.'s memory chip in Flint's skeleton. Jim put it back in B.E.N.'s head and gave him his memories back. But B.E.N.'s joy was short, for he then revealed Flint's booby traps to prevent anyone from stealing his loot. After Jim saved the crew by opening the portal to Montressor Spaceport, B.E.N. hugged Jim in triumph, and Jim hugged him back, as they were friends at last. Shortly after Silver left, B.E.N. lived with Jim and helped his mother around the Benbow Inn.
Disney Parks[]
At the time of the film's release, B.E.N. and Jim made a few appearances in the Disney theme parks to promote the film. Though they have long since retired from use in American parks, they have occasionally appeared at Disneyland Paris at Discoveryland.