Beanie Sandfurbs (2021)
Beanie Sandfurbs, Hank’s bean furby, first joined the P4A as a celebration of raising $400,000. While Nerdfighteria remains divided on if Beanie is wonderful or cursed, many hosts agreed that they would like to eat Beanie (and Katherine is okay with that happening.)
Dr. Aaron Carroll, of Healthcare Triage’s opinion of Beanie was that beans are fine and pretty healthy. Before being named Beanie Sandfurbs other names were discussed. The most popular alternate names were Beanbi and Beanadict Cumfurbatch (this name was not selected because the bean furby does not like this name and it makes Hank uncomfortable). Immediately many Beanie/Bernie memes were created.
When Orin visited Hank it was clear he was familiar with Beanie Sandferbs. Orin requested videos, not TikToks, of how Beanie was made. A nerdfighter donated $500 for no more Beanie Sandfurbs. Hank said no.
When Hank returned to hosting he often began by showing Beanie Sandferbs. One time, he forgot he was showing Beanie and asked “why’s everyone talking about beans? Oh, just because of the terrible monster.”
Through conversations with Flula, it was determined that Beanie is from Beangen, Norway and has visited Topeka, Kansas. Some claim Beanie is non-beanary, others insist Beanie is fully beanary.
And then Hank revealed possibly the most disturbing fact about Beanie Sandfurbs. Beanie Sandfurbs is flexible. John, in the chat, was upset with this fact.
In the midst of hosting, Hank purchased at least one more bean furby. Flying Kiwi in the chat determined that Butfartman and Beanie are to Fartmas as Santa and Krampus are to Christmas. Many agree.
When ChoppA of Cakes by ChoppA hosted, he decided to create Beanie Sandfurbs as a cake. This was a work of traumatizing art.
Other artistic creations of Beanie Sandfurbs were made throughout the P4A including Taylor’s Beanie Bat and Sabrina’s Beanie Frog, labeled “Nightmare.”
When Hank drank spicy beans to celebrate raising $2 million, there was a growing concern that each time Hank ate a bean the furby became more powerful.
A Nerdfighter created this combination of the “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” poem and Beanie Sandfurbs.
As the P4A came to a close, Hank showed John the Beanie Sandfurbs art someone made by paper quilling and John said he would be willing to hang it in his house.
Mid-P4A, a Nerdfighter offered to create Beanie Sandfurbs coasters as a perk. 419 coasters were sold, raising over $6,000!
In the 2022 P4A, Beanie Sandfurbs was on Hank’s desk and was occasionally seen in Hank’s alternate camera angles. While hosting with John, Sarah admitted that she would not say Beanie Sandfurbs is a friend of hers. In the final hours of the P4A, John ran a poll on who would win a fight between Crank Green and Beanie Sandfurbs. Beanie lost the poll. A few Nerdfighters created art combining Beanie Sandfurbs and Crank Green, called Beanie Crabfurbs.
Beanie Sandfurbs popped up throughout the 2023 P4A. Since Beanie lives in Hank's office, he was often visible during the stream. Additionally, Orin drew a stick figure on the bottom of Beanie while visiting stream and Nerdcrafteria built Beanie in the Minecraft server.
Since Ryan Reynolds donated his Deadpool watch to auction off, someone edited the pregnant Harry Styles picture to have Ryan's face and Beanie in the pregnany belly.
During a late night shift Hank said, “Beanie? Beanie’s great. I love Beanie. Beanie’s cute. Beanie’s made of baked beans but Beanie’s cute, okay? It’s what it is.”
