Mr. Ibis
Teaches: Bicycle-building Major Accomplishment: Winner Tour de South-Northern Swottolia Loves: Cycles, engineering, gramsters
Instrumental in setting up the online courses at the world famous Quadcycle Training Academy.
When he was young
For his third birthday, Humperdermus’ parents bought him a gramster as a present. A gramster is like a hamster, but better. They also bought a gramster-wheel for the cage. Jacobius (which is what Humperdermus named him) loved his wheel. He’d run on it all day and all night. Little Humperdermus found it fascinating, and he has loved anything to do with wheels since then.
At age four he was building his own gramster-wheels and selling them. He used the money to invest in proper wheel-making equipment, and by age five he was supplying wheels to the local bicycle store. By age six he was building complete bicycles in his bedroom.
By age seven he had built his first heptacycle (7-wheeled bike).
By age eight he had built his fist octocycle (8-wheeled bike) and by nine his first noncycle (9-wheeled bike), the prototype Loma-99.
He was so fascinated with the 9 wheel configuration that he stuck with it. Year after year he tweaked the design, improved the drive-train, strengthened and lightened the frame, and by the time he was 18, the now world famous Loma-99 was ready.
University years
Humperdermus Ibis did a PhD. In quadcycle-building at The Drakensberg Institute of Technology, where he studied under the great Professor Maxifus Mas-maximus Maximus, a legendary cycle technologist.
Humperdermus’ thesis paper focused on quadcycle technology that deals with rough and constantly-evolving terrain.
As you know, when you ride a quadcycle over rocks, mud or thick vegetation, it always feels stable and quite smooth. This is due to technologies that Mr. Ibis invented during his university years.
As soon as he graduated from college, with the recommendation of Professor Maxifus Mas-maximus Maximus, he got offered a job at the Quadcycle Training Academy. He worked fulltime there until his appointment at Swedhump Elementary.
When he was twenty-six, he won The Tour de South-Northern Swottolia (a legendary mountain race) on a Loma-99, a noncycle he built in his bedroom.
He still works one morning a week at the Quadcycle Training Academy in a consulting role, and occasionally lectures postgraduates at The Drakensberg Institute of Technology.
First seen in Book 2, page 9
Research
e_mr_ibis - absorbed ids e_humperdermisIn the printed almanac pages (17 cited)
Straight from the books
Facts
character_fact (9)
When he was young, Mr. Ibis had a Gramster called Jacobius.
When he was young, Humperdermus Ibis had a Gramster called Jacobius. al1:c01:p107
Mr. Ibis is famous for having designed and built the first noncycle, the Loma-99.
Mr. Ibis is famous for having designed and built the first noncycle, the Loma-99. b08:c04:p086
Mr. Ibis received a free Ellenbogen Superlong snausage every week as a thank you for saving Ellen's parents' factory.
So that's why Mr. Ibis got a free Ellenbogen Superlong every week! As a thank you for saving Ellen's parents' factory! b08:c08:p200
Humperdermis is the youngest of 22 siblings in Edna Ellenbogen's family and is the only boy.
there are 22 siblings! Twenty one girls, and ONE boy, Humperdermis, who is the youngest. b08:c04:p095 b08:c04:p096
Humperdermis is the same person as Mr. Ibis (Uncle Humperdermis Ibis).
Uncle Humperdermis Ibis. b08:c08:p198
Mr. Ibis is Mr. Ape-Rickott
Uncle Humperdermis Ibis. b08:c08:p198
Mr. Ibis teaches Bicycle-building and is world famous for having won the Tour de South-Northern Swottolia on a bicycle he built in his bedroom (the Loma-99).
Teaches Bicycle-building. World famous for having won the Tour de South-Northern Swottolia (a legendary mountain race) on a bicycle he built in his bedroom (the Loma-99). b11:c99:p329
Mr. Ibis's first name is Humperdermus.
His first name is Humperdermus, in case you were wondering. b11:c99:p330
Mr. Ibis teaches Bicycle-Building and first appeared in Book 2.
Mr. Ibis (Bicycle-Building) Teachers starring in TM Book 2! b12b:c07:p167 b12b:c99:p277
Relationships
- owns Gramsters
When he was young, Humperdermus Ibis had a Gramster called Jacobius. al1:c01:p107
extraction note Historical ownership stated - works_at Darwin Cycles
Rumored that Mr. Ibis used to work there. al1:c01:p066
- works_at Quadcycle Training Academy
Mr. Ibis was instrumental in setting up their online courses. al1:c01:p246
- works_at Swedhump Elementary
Teacher: Mr. Ibis. al1:c01:p033
- works_at Swedhump Elementary
Mr. Ibis Bicycle-building teacher b02:c00:p009
- teacher_of Dash Candoo
The next lesson of the day was Bicycle-Building with Mr. Ibis. b02:c07:p152
- uses Loma-99
world famous for having won the Tour de South-Northern Swottolia on a noncycle he built while blindfolded. b02:c07:p153
- works_at Darwin Cycles
It's also rumored that Mr. Ibis used to work at Darwin Cycles, the TOP SECRET quadcycle factory b02:c07:p155
- teacher_of Bicycle-Building class
Our next class was Bicycle-building with Mr. Ibis in the Bicycle-building building. b08:c04:p084
- sibling_of Edna Ellenbogen
there are 22 siblings! Twenty one girls, and ONE boy, Humperdermis, who is the youngest. b08:c04:p096
extraction note Edna is Ellen's mom and one of the 22 siblings; Humperdermis is the one brother among them. - sibling_of Aunt Eeyolga
there are 22 siblings! Twenty one girls, and ONE boy, Humperdermis, who is the youngest. b08:c04:p096
extraction note Aunt Eeyolga is one of the 22 siblings; Humperdermis is the sole brother. - invented_by snausage-cycle
Using top-secret noncycle technlogy, he built a fantastic contraption. A pedal-powered snausage-cycle, that managed to restore power to the factory. b08:c04:p108 b08:c04:p109
extraction note Humperdermis is the same person as Mr. Ibis (Uncle Humperdermis Ibis). - located_in Eeyolga Snausage Factory
And in the cage was Mr. Ibis, and the Loma-99! b08:c08:p185
extraction note Mr. Ibis was captured and held in the Eeyolga Snausage Factory. - other: uncle of Ellen Ellenbogen
Uncle Humperdermis Ibis. b08:c08:p198
extraction note Ellen refers to Mr. Ibis as Uncle Humperdermis Ibis. - uses Loma-99
Extraordinary noncycle on which Mr. Ibis won the Tour de South-Northern Swottolia (a legendary mountain-biking race). He built it while blindfolded. b08:c99:p260
- other: winner of Tour de South-Northern Swottolia
Extraordinary noncycle on which Mr. Ibis won the Tour de South-Northern Swottolia (a legendary mountain-biking race). b08:c99:p260
- works_at Swedhump Elementary
Our next class was Bicycle-building with Mr. Ibis in the Bicycle-building building. b08:c04:p084
- works_at Swedhump Elementary
LABEL: Mr. Ibis (Bicycle Building) b10:c11:p288
- works_at Swedhump Elementary
Mr. Ibis suggested bicycle-shaped loaves. b11:c03:p062
extraction note Mr. Ibis attends the strategy meeting at Swedhump Elementary as a teacher there. - works_at Swedhump Elementary
Mr. Ibis (Bicycle-Building) b12b:c07:p167
Incoming
He built it in his bedroom. al1:c01:p155
Extraordinary decicycle on which Mr. Ibis won the Tour de South-Northern Swottolia (a legendary mountain-biking race). He built it while blindfolded. b02:c99:p191
Mr. Ibis is famous for having designed and built the first noncycle, the Loma-99. b08:c04:p086
Incidents
- Ceiling-Throw duel damages school snintercom and triggers false alarm
i_al1_01 - Snausage factory sabotage by Aunt Eeyolga (backstory)
i_b08_04 - Loma-99 stolen and Mr. Ibis missing
i_b08_05 - Into the tunnel: Eeyolga's kidnapping plot uncovered
i_b08_06 - The Fight: confronting Eeyolga, Devil-Cat, and the scallywags
i_b08_07
Continuity findings
- Loma-99 vehicle type: decicycle / noncycle / bicycle variant
- Tour de South-Northern Swottolia: mountain-biking race vs. mountain race variant
- Mr. Ibis first name: Humperdermus / Humperdermis variant
- Loma-99: built in bedroom vs. built while blindfolded conflict