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Local high school jock Tommy Dawkins (Brandon Quinn) has nothing to worry about until he's bitten by a werewolf. Not knowing what to do, he befriends the local effeminate genius goth Merton Dingle (Danny Smith) and together [[They Fight Crime|they team up to fight the weirdness and monsters]] that pour into the town of Pleasantville, even though almost everyone believes that their protector, "The Pleasantville Werewolf", is viciously dangerous. The second season added a third friend to the cast, Lauren 'Lori' Baxter (Aimée Castle).

 

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* [[Action Girl]]: Kickboxing classmate Lori Baxter, who shows up after the first season.

* [[Adorkable]]: Merton.

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Merton, depending on the episode.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: The reasons the gang give to Corey Feldman on why they {{spoiler|staked Corey Haim.}}

* [[Celebrity Is Overrated]]: Tommy choosing between friendship and social status in "Pleased to Eat You".

* [[Chess with Death]]: Parodied. Tommy takes the "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey" approach and challenges Death to several different games. Death beats him every time.

* [[City of Adventure]]: If it's paranormal and dangerous, it'll show up in Pleasantville. Right down to its nice sounding name, it's a very transparent expy of [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Sunnydale]].

* [[Continuity Drift]]: In the episode with the cat girl, Merton mentions that he's only allergic to cats, sneezing whenever the titular cat woman appears. In the episode with the hell hound, he's sneezing whenever he's near the dog.

** He also wrote the "Chunky N Funky" song for the hilarious Fat!Merton breakdancing scene in the episode "Pleased To Eat You".

* [[Drama Bomb Finale]]: The season two finale.

* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: Merton since he's goth after all. And all the vampires in the show.

* [[The End of the Beginning]]: Said by Tommy at the end or the series.

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Anytime Tommy thinks he's found a way to get rid of being a werewolf. (Or Merton, See [[Sidekick Glass Ceiling]])

* [[Fantastic Comedy]]

* [[Faux Paw]]: An episode features a [[Were Cat]] who performs the [[Faux Paw]] maneuver.

* [[Fetish Fuel]]: In-universe. As Merton's listing off different cures for lycanthropy he sounds incredibly... interested.

* [[Imaginary Friend]]: Vince, Merton's imaginary friend who comes back after Merton goes through his childhood toys.

* [[Imagine the Audience Naked]]: Tommy suggests that Lori imagine ''she's'' naked just before they have to give a presentation together. When Lori corrects him, he points out that there's a hot girl in the class and he wouldn't be able to concentrate.

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Merton does ''[[Berserk Button|not]]'' like being called a nerd, and is more than happy to remind you that he's a "goth".

** "Goths have lairs, nerds have labs. Ergo, I am not a nerd. ([[Beat]]) Please disregard my use of the word 'ergo'."

{{quote|'''Merton:''' Where would I be in a fight like this?

'''Tommy:''' Hiding behind the girl.

** He also has other classic lines like this.

{{quote|'''Merton:''' * After taunting someone who's now turning on him viciously* Hey remember that taunt I made? Let's pretend that never happened.}}

** Travis Ekhart "picked up a trade" in the final season.

* [[Reality Subtext]]: Tommy's Werewolf form was a bit more drastic (as evidenced in the pilot), but the actor playing him had an allergic reaction to the glue used, to it had to be toned down to the more subtle appearance.

* [[Refugee From TV Land]]: Butch. Merton and Tommy are aware that this makes no sense even by the standards of the world they live in, but it happens anyway.

* [[Reset Button]]: An episode centers around a watch that could wind back time. Eventually the watch is destroyed, which resets the events of the entire episode, which of course included Stacey discovering Tommy's secret and revealing she was okay with it.

* [[Van Helsing Hate Crimes]]: Muffy vs Tommy. She accepts that he's different by the end of the episode, although she's seriously weirded out by it.

* [[Wacky Cravings]]: Merton during his stint as [[Mister Seahorse]].

* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: Happened a lot to accommodate the [[Running Gag]]. The most obvious example is ''The Mertonator''.

** Tommy taking an unpopular shy girl with [[Carrie|secret psychic abilities named Terry to the dance]].

* [[Yandere]]: The [[Monster of the Week]] in the second season finale has a dangerous crush on Tommy, who doesn't feel the same way. What happens next justifies that episode being an example of a [[Drama Bomb Finale]].

* [[You Sexy Beast]]: Tommy begins to worry that perhaps Lori is only attracted to the werewolf part of him.

 

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[[Category:Canadian Series]]

[[Category:The Nineties]]

[[Category:Fantastic Comedy]]

[[Category:Horror Series]]

[[Category:Werewolf Works]]