Bae Sung (Bobby Lee) is an Asian-American man who has held a variety of jobs. Most of his sketches require him to translate something or act as an interpreter for two characters, one of whom speaks a language such as Korean or Chinese. His "translations" are usually random and confusing, frustrating the other characters. In a few of the sketches, most of them involving Ike Barinholtz, Bae Sung answers a series of questions nonsensically, followed by his catchphrase, "Uh-oh, hot dog!" (on one occasion, he was tackled by a man in a hot dog suit).
Bae Sung appeared to be killed off in season 11 in a sketch involving the Taiwanese Triads and the cast of The Sopranos. He was then ground up into hamburger meat by Paulie Walnuts (Barinholtz) and Silvio Dante (Frank Caeti) and consumed by Bobby Lee, who promptly got sick and defecated Bae Sung into a toilet (the sketch's final scene shows the feces swirling around and going down the drain.) However, he reappeared in season 12 in a parody of Medium, as a translator for a future murder victim who speaks Korean. Allison DuBois (Crista Flanagan) was unable to save the victim due to Bae Sung's poor translation. The coroner, also played by Bobby Lee—and also named Bae Sung—spoke perfect English. He returned in Season 14 as a translator for a businessman (Keegan-Michael Key) in charge of the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
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