Death Comes to Town/Characters
"Big City"
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Played by Bruce McCulloch |
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The big-city lawyer brought in as the prosecutor.
Sam Murray
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Played by Kevin McDonald |
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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
- Talking Animal: He's an ordinary cat who somehow learned to talk.
Levon Blanchard
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Played by Dave Foley |
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The news producer
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Named for frequent The Kids in The Hall director John Blanchard.
Larry Bowman
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Played by Bruce McCulloch |
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The mayor and former hockey coach the killer's first victim and secretly Ricky's father.
- Jerkass
- Make It Look Like an Accident: Larry threatens to do this to Ricky to protect his secret.
- Pay Evil Unto Evil
- Sleazy Politician
Marilyn Bowman
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Played by Dave Foley |
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The mayor's wife
- Drunk with Power
- Red Herring: Not the killer.
- 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
Rampop Bowman
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Played by Landon Reynolds-Trudel |
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The Bowmans' "special" adopted son
- Cloudcuckoolander: Sees people as cartoon butterflies and butterflies as people.
Dusty Diamond
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Played by Scott Thompson |
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The coroner
- Cannot Spit It Out: Secretly in love with Larry.
- Mummies At the Dinner Table/Necromantic: Digs up Larry and starts dating him.
- Together in Death: Dusty tries this at the end, but discovers their Incompatible Orientations.
Corrinda Gablechuck
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Played by Mark McKinney |
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A field reporter, rival of Heather Weather.
Crim Hollingsworth
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Played by Scott Thompson |
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- Fake Nationality: Not Ojibwe.
- Going Native: Frequently mentions that he's one-sixteenth Ojibwe.
- Red Herring: Not the killer.
Death
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Played by Mark McKinney |
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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
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Played by Bruce McCulloch |
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Famous hockey player; after losing a tournament, he retired and became a morbidly obese recluse.
Marnie
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Played by Kevin McDonald |
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Pizza delivery woman secretly Ricky's mother and the killer.
The Police Officers
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Played by Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney |
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- Character Overlap: Were recurring characters in The Kids in The Hall.
Dr. Porterhouse
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Played by Dave Foley |
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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
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Played by Kevin McDonald |
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The boom mike operator
Heather Weather
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Played by Scott Thompson |
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The weather girl and second victim
- Red Herring: Not the murderer.