# RIP, Marlon Bundo

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [January 18, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-bundo/958004 "2022-01-18T16:37:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-bundo/958004/1 "2022-01-18T16:37:14Z")

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> # Marlon Bundo, Pence Family Rabbit And Unlikely LGBTQ Rights Icon, Has Died
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> The bunny was featured in a series of children’s books and, later, spoofed in a parody that took aim at former Vice President Mike Pence’s anti-LGBTQ stance.

> **[Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Bundo%27s_A_Day_in_the_Life_of_the_Vice_President)**
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> Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President is a 2018 children's book by Charlotte Pence as author and Karen Pence as illustrator. It details a fictional day in the life of Marlon Bundo, pet rabbit of Vice President of the United States Mike Pence, father of Charlotte and husband of Karen. It received lukewarm reviews from professional critics, who praised the illustrations but found fault with the prose.
> The book is an educational story explaining to children what the job of Vice ...

> **[A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Marlon_Bundo)**
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> A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo is a 2018 children's book written by Jill Twiss and illustrated by EG Keller (a pseudonym of Gerald Kelley). The book is about a fictional day in the life of Marlon Bundo, the real-life pet rabbit of then-Vice President of the United States Mike Pence, and details the same-sex romance between Marlon Bundo and another rabbit named Wesley. It is a loose parody of Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President, another children's book featuring Marlon B...

> **[Marlon Bundo, Pence Family Rabbit And Unlikely LGBTQ Rights Icon, Has Died](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marlon-bundo-pence-family-rabbit-dead_n_61e5c4c5e4b0a864b0765a23)**
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> The bunny was featured in a series of children's books and, later, spoofed in a parody that took aim at former Vice President Mike Pence's anti-LGBTQ stance.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-bundo/958004/2 "2022-01-18T16:58:03Z")

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‘I spent my life trying not to be carrotless. Women and children can be carrotless, but not rabbits.’

–Marlon Bundo in “The El-ahrairahfather”

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**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-bundo/958004/3 "2022-01-18T17:05:05Z")

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I can’t with these celebrity deaths. Betty White, Bob Saget, and now the bunny.