Death Comes to Town/Characters
"Big City"
Played by Bruce McCulloch
The big-city lawyer brought in as the prosecutor.
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
- Talking Animal: He's an ordinary cat who somehow learned to talk.
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 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
Played by Dave Foley
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
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.
- 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
Played by Mark McKinney
A field reporter, rival of Heather Weather.
Crim Hollingsworth
Played by Scott Thompson
- Fake Nationality: Not Ojibwe.
- Going Native: Frequently mentions that he's one-sixteenth Ojibwe.
- Red Herring: Not the killer.
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.
Marnie
Played by Kevin McDonald
Pizza delivery woman secretly Ricky's mother and the killer.
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 and second victim
- Red Herring: Not the murderer.