Big Wolf on Campus
Big Wolf on Campus is 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 or 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.
Danny Smith who plays Merton J. Dingle added a lot of his own catch phrases into the role.
Danny Smith was a contestant in an episode of The Price Is Right and is the lead singer of the band The City Drive, with influences as eclectic as Blur and David Bowie.
Characters
- Brandon Quinn – Thomas "Tommy" P. Dawkins - "The Pleasantville Werewolf"
- Danny Smith – Merton J. Dingle
- Aimée Castle – Lori Baxter (2000+)
- Dominic DiRosa and Rob DeLeeuw – Tim and Travis Eckert - "T'N'T"
- Jack Mosshammer – Dean Dawkins
- Rachelle Lefevre – Stacey Hanson (1999)
- Allan Fawcett – Mayor Bob Dawkins (1999)
- Jane Wheeler – Sally Dawkins (1999-2000)
- Richard Jutras – Hugo Bostwick, the Janitor (1999)
- Nathalie Vansier – Becky Dingle
See also
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Angel (TV series)
- I Was a Teenage Werewolf
- Teen Wolf the cartoon television series
External links
- BigWolfonCampus.org - A Big Wolf on Campus Fansite
- Big Wolf on Campus at TV.com
- Big Wolf on Campus at IMDb
- Mertonette's School of Big Wolf on Campus - A Fan Site
- Another Big Wolf on Campus Fan Site
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