| “ | Bobby was a big barrel-chested guy who drove a big car and lived in a big house and would eventually succumb to a big heart attack from all the foie gras and Monster Thick-burgers he'd packed into his colon over the years, leaving everything to my pothead cousins and his tiny quiet wife. He and my uncle Les were copresidents of Smart Aid, and they were always doing this—pulling people into corners for conspiratorial chats, as if plotting a mob hit rather than complimenting the hostess on her guacamole. | ” |
Uncle Bobby is a male normal and the brother of Les and Maryann, and uncle of Jacob Portman and one of the owners of the family convenience store chain Smart Aid.
He is portrayed by George Vricos in the film adaptation Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
Biography[]
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children[]
Bobby is one of the relatives attending Jacob's sixteenth birthday party. He offers Jacob the chance to come to Tampa and see how Smart Aid HQ worked, but Jacob, valuing his freedom from the business and not wanting to live with his uncle and spoiled cousins, refuses by saying his psychiatrist wouldn't think it was a good idea at the time. While Jacob is opening his presents, Bobby is heard snickering at Franklin Portman.
Bobby later retracts his offer to Jacob, which is one of the reasons allowing Jacob to go to Cairnholm that summer.
Hollow City[]
Jacob dreams of his own funeral, at which his three uncles Bobby, Les, and Jack are attendees. The uncles peer down at Jacob's grave and discuss him briefly before Bobby suggests they go to a buffet, and they shuffle off.
Library of Souls[]
Bobby, along with Jacob's parents and Uncle Les, was about to accompany Jacob to the mental asylum when Miss Peregrine and the peculiar children arrive to rescue Jacob, preventing the car from leaving the driveway. The shock of the peculiars caused the two uncles to pass out.
A Map of Days[]
Bobby and the other three trapped in the car eventually woke up. Bobby attempted to use his cell phone, first starting to text his wife to tell her to call the cops before realizing he could do it himself. Before he was able to do so, his phone was taken by Bronwyn Bruntley, who was guarding the car. She then put Bobby and the others to sleep using Mother Dust's powder.
After waking up a second time, Bobby and Les are memory-wiped by Miss Peregrine and sent home.
Description[]
Physical[]
He is depicted, along with Les and Jack, with 'a fat neck that bulges from a starched white collar'.
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