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Line 1: {{work}} One of the first regular series from [[Ruby -Spears]]. Debuting in 1978. Highly derivative of ''[[Scooby -Doo]]'' (which was also created by the founders of Ruby-Spears), ''Fangface'' features four teenagers — Kim, Biff, Puggsy and Sherman "Fangs" Fangsworth (Puggsy and Fangs imitating Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall of ''[[The Bowery Boys]]'' fame). Fangs transforms into a werewolf named Fangface whenever he sees the moon, a picture of the moon, or anything resembling the moon. Fangface has brown fur with tan paws, muzzle and tail tip. He has one large fang in the middle of his upper jaw, which protrudes over his lower lip. They drive around in their convertible called the Wolf-Buggy, and catch crooks and solve crimes involving monsters and evil masterminds. Fangs sits in the backseat next to Puggsy, while Fangface rides on Puggsy's shoulders. Despite the temporary difficulty of Fangface attacking Puggsy, the gang never hesitates to initiate the transformation to take advantage of the werewolf's power to cope with any danger. Indeed, they often refer to Fangface as their "secret weapon", even though very few people are afraid of him. Fangface and Fangs are unaware of each other, but Fangface lives in the moment, so he never seems to question why he's suddenly in a new place, whereas Fangs is always bewildered upon reversion. Line 14: In 1979, the second season, titled ''Fangface and Fangpuss'', aired as a segment on ''The [[Plastic Man]] Comedy/Adventure Show'' and introduced a new character: Baby Fangs, Fangs' infant cousin who turns into a baby werewolf called Fangpuss (which contradicts the opening narration stating that only one werewolf is born into the family every 400 years, but, of course, that werewolf could be born through another family which may be married to the Fangsworth family). When Fangs saw Fangpuss, he was afraid of the child. The show remained in the same mystery-adventure style as the first season, but episodes were now shortened to 15-minute segments. Sixteen episodes of ''Fangface and Fangpuss'' were produced for the 1979-80 season. The episodes "The Creepy Goon from the Spooky Lagoon" and "Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter" are the only season two episodes in which Baby Fangs/Fangpuss did not make an appearance. ''Fangface and Fangpuss'' ran on [[American Broadcasting Company\|ABC]] from September 22, 1979, to September 27, 1980; it then became a separate series in 1981 and, like the original ''Fangface'', ran for just one season. After this series, Fangface and company faded into obscurity until reruns began to air on [[Cartoon Network]] and Boomerang. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== This show contains examples of: ===~~ * [[All Just a Dream]]: When Fangface reverts to Fangs, he dismisses it as such. * [[Berserk Button]] : Subverted. Whenever Fangface sees his reflection in a mirror, he goes crazy, howling as loud as he can, hopping around, spinning on the floor, and then charging at the bad guys! But sometimes, it backfires. Line 26: * [[The Chew Toy]]: Poor Puggsy. You cannot help but pity him (or laugh at him!) for being in the [[Humiliation Conga]] as Fangface's sidekick, especially when his lycanthropic buddy attacks him after his [[Transformation Sequence]]! ** And [[It Gets Worse]] for Puggsy when Baby Fangs transforms into Fangpuss and joins his cousin in terrorizing the poor guy! {{quote\| "GRRRRRRRR!! Where is he? Where's (that pipsqueak) Puggs?! GRRRRRRRRR!!"}} * [[Cooldown Hug]]: Subverted; when he devours Puggsy, Biff and Kim rubs Fangface's foot just to get him calmed down enough to spit Puggsy out! * [[Four-Man Band]] at first, then becomes a [[Five-Man Band]] when Baby Fangs/Fangpuss is introuduced.