Death Comes to Town/Characters

"Big City"
"Played by Bruce McCulloch"

The big-city lawyer brought in as the prosecutor.


 * Simple Country Lawyer

Sam Murray
"Played by Kevin McDonald"

An incompetent lawyer who spends all his money trying to keep his cat Buttonhole alive

Buttonhole
Sam Murray's 32-year-old cat


 * Fate Worse Than Death/Living On Borrowed Time: Buttonhole is barely kept alive by expensive medical procedures and life support equipment.
 * I Cannot Self Terminate

Levon Blanchard
"Played by Dave Foley"

The news producer


 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: Named for frequent The Kids in The Hall director John Blanchard.

Larry Bowman
"Played by Bruce McCulloch"

The mayor and former hockey coach.


 * Jerkass
 * Sleazy Politician
 * Sleazy Politician
 * Sleazy Politician

Marilyn Bowman
"Played by Dave Foley"

The mayor's wife


 * Drunk With Power
 * Screw the Rules I Have Connections: This is how Marilyn becomes mayor. She also uses a combination of this and the Judge to bring back the death penalty in Canada and fast-track the execution.
 * The Vamp
 * The Vamp

Rampop Bowman
"Played by Landon Reynolds-Trudel"

The Bowmans' "special" adopted son


 * Cloudcuckoolander: Sees people as cartoon butterflies and butterflies as people.

Dusty Diamond
"Played by Scott Thompson"

The coroner


 * Cannot Spit It Out: Secretly in love with Larry.

Corrinda Gablechuck
"Played by Mark McKinney"

A field reporter, rival of Heather Weather.

Crim Hollingsworth
"Played by Scott Thompson"


 * Going Native: Frequently mentions that he's one-sixteenth Ojibwe.
 * Going Native: Frequently mentions that he's one-sixteenth Ojibwe.

Death
"Played by Mark McKinney"

Death.


 * Anthropomorphic Personification
 * Bizarre Alien Biology
 * Death Takes a Holiday: In the backstory.
 * Drink Order: Owl's blood.
 * Weirdness Censor: Everyone other than Rampop has one of these.

Ricky Jarvis
"Played by Bruce McCulloch"

Famous hockey player; after losing a tournament, he retired and became a morbidly obese recluse.


 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Fallen Hero
 * Fat Suit
 * The Judge

Marnie
"Played by Kevin McDonald"

Pizza delivery woman.


 * Forgetful Jones

The Police Officers
"Played by Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney"


 * Character Overlap: Were recurring characters in The Kids in The Hall.

Dr. Porterhouse
"Played by Dave Foley"

The town abortionist


 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Noodle Implements
 * Shout Out: Considering his profession, his name's probably a shout out to The Cider House Rules.

Shaye
"Played by Kevin McDonald"

The boom mike operator

Heather Weather
"Played by Scott Thompson"

The weather girl