Happy Town

"Don't let the name fool you."

Happy Town is an ABC television series that aired in the spring of 2010, and was canceled after only one season.

Underneath the surface of Haplin, Minnesota -- nicknamed "Happy Town" (and which is in Haplin County) -- is a dark secret involving the "Magic Man" (so-called because of his ability to make people just vanish into thin air), who had a reign of terror in Haplin seven years in the past. After a murder in town, it begins to look as though the Magic Man has come back.... Among those who want to solve the mystery of both the murder and the Magic Man are Tommy Conroy, the son of the town sheriff, and Henley Boone, a seeming newcomer to Haplin County, who has secrets of her own... secrets that connect her to the already-existing secrets of Happy Town....

Has a Character Sheet.


 * Affably Evil: Apparently.
 * All Girls Want Bad Boys: Andrew for Georgia.
 * Alliterative Name: The Magic Man, Baby Boy Stiviletto, Big Dave Duncan, Joanie Jenkins, and M. E. Murtaugh.
 * Cassandra Truth: Georgia tells Andrew why she has a bruise on her forehead, but he dismisses it as a joke and assumes her father is responsible.
 * Dies Wide Open:
 * Damsel in Distress: Georgia
 * Henley
 * Feuding Families: The Haplins and the Bravins.
 * Green Eyes: Henley.
 * Hair of Gold: Georgia.
 * Happily Married: Tommy and Rachel.
 * Hot Mom: Rachel Conroy, played by Amy Acker.
 * I'll Kill You!: Andrew threatens to kill
 * Improbable Aiming Skills:
 * Intergenerational Friendship / Odd Friendship: Between Henley and Merritt Grieves.
 * It's Personal:
 * Meaningful Name: "Happy Town" is the nickname for Haplin County Haplin, Minnesota, located in Haplin County, and an ironic one at that, what with the mysterious disappearances and all...
 * The Magic Man got his name from his ability to make people disappear without a trace.
 * Like A Daughter To Me: Georgia to Tommy and Rachel.
 * Mysterious Past: The entire town.
 * Naive Newcomer: Henley. Subverted because
 * She is
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: The Magic Man.
 * Papa Wolf: Tommy's Berserk Button is naturally pushed when
 * Rule of Three: The third floor of the boarding home Henley stays in is off-limits.
 * There are three different character storylines so far: newcomer Henley Boone learning about Happy Town and its dark secrets, son of the sheriff Tommy Conroy's search for leads on the Magic Man and who "Chloe" is, and regular high school student and babysitter Georgia Bravin dealing with her secret relationship with Andrew Haplin and with her few run-in brushes on the mystery of the Magic Man.
 * Merritt Grieves is able to aquire all his antique items for his shop through a
 * That's possibly just a story he tells to entertain a young girl.
 * Secret Relationship: Georgia and Andrew, though Georgia is tired of keeping up with the Romeo and Juliet charade.
 * Spiritual Successor: To Twin Peaks.
 * It's a bit like what would happen if October Road was evil.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Henley could quite possibly count.
 * Title Drop
 * Town with a Dark Secret: The premise of the show.
 * You Are Fat:
 * Town with a Dark Secret: The premise of the show.
 * You Are Fat: