Big Wolf on Campus
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Big Wolf on Campus was a TV series created by Christopher Briggs and Peter Knight. In the lighthearted horror/teen drama tradition of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (but on a lower budget), it is about a teenage kid named Thomas "Tommy" P. Dawkins, who was bitten by a werewolf during a camping trip in the woods a week before his senior year. After becoming a werewolf he fights against vampires, cat women, ghosts, zombies, and other supernatural entities to keep his hometown of Pleasantville safe, even though almost everyone in Pleasantville believes that "The Pleasantville Werewolf" is dangerous.
Tommy Dawkins has two friends who know his secret: Merton J. Dingle, a goth with an encyclopedic knowledge of just about every supernatural creature Tommy needs him to know about, and Lori Baxter, a kickboxer who first appeared in Season 2 after Stacy Hanson's character left to pursue college.
Many episodes satirise popular films and TV shows, and Merton usually makes the connection, but when asked "what happened" Merton begins to talk about the creator and popularity of the movie, rather than what happened in the movie itself. Tommy finds this habit so annoying that he usually reacts by smacking Merton on the head and asking "In the movie...what happened in the movie?" Big Wolf On Campus has numerous pop culture references which are obviously intended for an audience older than the typical kid show. This is shown when Corey Haim guest stars in the episode Blame It on the Haim.
The show ran from 1999 to 2002.
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[edit] Characters
- Brandon Quinn – Thomas "Tommy" P. Dawkins - "The Pleasantville Werewolf"
- Danny Smith – Merton J. Dingle
- Aimée Castle – Lori Baxter (2000-2002)
- Domenic Di Rosa and Rob deLeeuw – Tim and Travis Eckert - "T'N'T"
- Jack Mosshammer – Dean Dawkins
- Rachelle Lefevre – Stacey Hanson (1999)
- Alan Fawcett – Mayor Bob Dawkins (1999)
- Jane Wheeler – Sally Dawkins (1999-2000)
- Richard Jutras – Hugo Bostwick, the Janitor (1999)
- Nathalie Vansier – Becky Dingle
[edit] Trivia
- Originally, Brandon Quinn had more extreme werewolf make-up. However, he had an allergic reaction to the glue and the look had to be altered.[1]
- Danny Smith who plays Merton J. Dingle added a lot of his own catch phrases into the role.[citation needed] He also wrote and produced the show's theme song.[2]
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