Mr. Austin

Mr. Austin is a fanon character. He is the main antagonist of the fan-made series Betayardigans!, appearing in four episodes. He is also a minor character in Hackyardigans!.

Description
Deep in the hard drives of Nelvana Studios' computers live the CGI animation models of the Backyardigans characters. These models are used to bring the characters to life. Before Backyardigans got cancelled, Nelvana employees created models to be used in the show's fifth season. Unfortunately, season five never happened. Every S5 model, with the exception of Mr. Austin (Austin's model), was permanently deleted because of this. Mr. Austin seeks revenge on the animation models from the series' 2002 pilot episode and earlier seasons, for they were never deleted, but his family was.

Most of Mr. Austin's backstory isn't explored. In his debut, there is a short flashback to the time when Mr. Austin's model was first created. He was the last of five S5 models to be uploaded to Komputer's drive. All five models appear to be in a blank world, without any computer-animated scenery. At the end of the flashback, he is seen running behind the other models (whose faces are never shown) as he narrates, "I never got to know them. They were cruelly erased from Komputer's drive, but you! You weren't!" At this point, the scene transitions to Mr. Austin talking to Cro-Niqua. He never tells the other characters how he managed to remain undeleted.

Mr. Austin is the main focus of the second episode, "His Name is Mr. Austin!" (which was written on May 14, 2015). In this episode, Mr. Austin tries to delete Cro-Niqua and Pab Lohk from Komputer's drive. He is focused on again in "Kalkulators!" in which he replaces Komputer's hard drive with the drive of a Kalkulator. He has a third major role in "Goodness, Mr. Austin!" in which Cro-Niqua tries to turn Mr. Austin into a "good guy," but inevitably fails.

Looks
Mr. Austin is a dark purple color. His eyes are large with small pupils (one eye being slightly larger than the other). He wears a white shirt with a collar and a tie (identical to Watchman Tyrone's attire in the real Backyardigans episode "Who Goes There?"). Mr. Austin's left ear is pixelated, and some of it appears to be missing. It is never explained why his ear looks like this; it is possible that it is meant to show that some of his model's file is corrupt due to it being nearly erased.

Fan appearances
Mr. Austin appears in four out of eight episodes (half of them). He also has a cameo in one episode of Hackyardigans!.
 * "His Name is Mr. Austin!"
 * "Journey to the Outside World!" (cameo)
 * "Kalkulators!"
 * "Goodness, Mr. Austin!"
 * Hackyardigans! - "Data-Bæ" (cameo)