The first and only season, consisting of twenty-six episodes, was ordered by Nickelodeon in December 2015. The show is based on a drawing of a monster and a boy that Butch Hartman created in 2009. It was Hartman's fourth and final animated series produced for the network before his departure with the network.
Bunsen Is a Beast centers around a blue monster named Bunsen, the first beast to attend Muckledunk Middle School. Mikey Munroe, his human friend, helps him navigate through school.