Buster
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Buster can mean one of several things:
- Buster, a British comic.
- Buster, a Swedish comic.
- Price Busters TV, a shopping channel based in the UK who has a mascot that is a monkey called Buster.
- Buster, a movie starring Phil Collins as the real-life Buster Edwards.
- Buster Bluth, a character from Arrested Development.
- Buster, a dog belonging to Roy Hattersley, who has published his diaries (ghost written by Hattersley).
- Similarly, Buster is a dog owned by Paul O'Grady.
- Buster (Jeffrey Wayne Cole), a star of gay pornographic films.
- Buster is the general term for various kinds of weapons in the Mega Man universes.
- Buster Baxter, frequently identified as "Buster the Bunny", star of Postcards from Buster and originally from the show Arthur.
- Buster Bunny, a character from Tiny Toon Adventures.
- Buster Poindexter, a pseudonym of David Johansen.
- Buster, a derogatory term for a person who pretends they are gang affiliated.
- Buster Meikle, singer and guitarist, formerly with Unit Four Plus Two and Buster & Bill.
- Buster Merryfield, English actor; most famous for his portrayal of 'Uncle' Albert Trotter in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses.
- Buster Keaton, an American actor from the silent film era.
- Buster the crash test dummy, from the popular science television show, MythBusters.
- Buster Boats, a Finnish manufacturer of high quality aluminum boats. The company is owned by Inha Works Ltd, which is a part of the Fiskars-group.
- A USA term of address.
- LITTLE BUSTERS, an album of Japanese rock band the pillows.
- A pratfall, often performed in comic silent movies
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