Mr. Lynn Butlertron
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Mr. Lynn Butlerton is a fictional animated character from Clone High. He is voiced by Christopher Miller, the co-creator of the show and voice of JFK. He is Principal Scudworth's loyal robot butler, as well as Clone High's vice principal and dehumidifier. Scudworth almost always calls him simply Mr. B. He is a parody of Mr. Belvedere, and calls everyone "Wesley". Scudworth has no idea why this is and doesn't ask. Mr. Butlertron is very compassionate and often gives advice to the clones. He is also usually the voice of reason in a situation and tells others what the right course of action is. It's suggested in A.D.D.: The Last 'D' is for Disorder that his compassion and approachability comes from his "magic" red cardigan.
Mr. Butlertron remains a devoted sidekick and aide to Scudworth, though his patience is often tested. He will help the principal get out of trouble whenever he can't himself, such as in A Room of One's Clone: Pie of the Storm when he destroyed Scudworth's robot dog that was actually trying to kill him, or in Film Fest: Tears of a Clone, when his entertaining of the Secret Board of Shadowy Figures caused the Board to decide against killing Scudworth for his uselessness. He always goes along with Scudworth's plans; in Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand, he dressed up as a rapper and pretended to be a student to help Scudworth get a better understanding of the clones' life;
Mr. Butlertron's voice is extremely metallic and monotonous, and he usually only has two intonations: a regular robotic voice, and a slightly deeper variant he uses at the end of sentences. He will often speaks in his regular voice and then switch to his deeper voice at the end to call whoever he's addressing "Wesley".
He was initially named "Mr. Belvetron", and lines were recorded with him being called by this name, but it was eventually changed due to legal reasons. However, the premiere Canadian broadcast occurred far before the American premiere and before legal issues arose (or at least before anything could be done about them), and so this original intended name did see airtime. Dialogue calling him by this name was re-edited around episode 3, although by that time his name was mostly shortened to Mr. B, so the change did not seem so out of place. In fact, because the premiere was a relatively quiet event and the popularity of the show didn't hit in full until later, even some Canadian viewers were unaware of the change.
One of the bonus features on the DVD release shows Phil Lord performing lines as Principal Scudworth from episode 7, Plane Crazy: Gate Expectations, and he indeed refers to Mr. B as "Mr. Belvetron". As production on episodes of television shows, especially animated series, normally occurs weeks if not months before their original broadcast, it is not strange that the name was still in use by the production team as late as the 7th episode, although it was never broadcast with the line in this form.
