none other than Fangface! Fangface and Fangpuss The opening title narration is provided by John Stephenson, for each episode consists of the following: Every 400 years, a baby werewolf is born into the Fangsworth family, and so when the moon shined on little Sherman Fangsworth, he changed into Fangface, a werewolf! Only the sun can change him back to normal, and so little Fangs grew up and teamed up with three daring teenagers – Kim, Biff and Puggsy – and together they find danger, excitement and adventure! Who can save the day, who can wrong the rights and right the wrongs. When the series first aired, there was no TV Parental Guidelines rating system, but with repeats the show has been rated as TV-G. Sixteen 30-minute episodes of Fangface were produced for the 1978 season from 8:30–9:00 a.m. As a result, the gang would have to transform him back into Fangface in order to complete their case. In the episode Don't Abra When You Cadabra, it is revealed that Fangs has an uncle named Arnie (rumored possibly to be baby werewolf Fangpuss's father), who runs a video arcade in New York City called Arnie's Arcade.ĭuring Season 1, Fangface would see the Sun or any representation thereof, and transform back to Fangs at inconvenient times (without remembering anything), as shown in the episode Space Monster Mishap, long before the gangs' case would be over. Chill, which can be heard throughout the series. When he is super scared, he loses his normal dimwittedness and comes up with a super good idea to save his super scared neck.Īnother interesting occurrence is the barrage of invented words that the character Puggsy says, such as 'scramify' and 'rescuefy' in the episode The Ill-Will Of Dr. Ross) before expressing an idea, as heard in the episode The Evil Design Of Vulture-Man's Mind.įangs is basically comic relief on the show, having no real use as himself and getting changed into Fangface whenever he is needed (although Fangs does show a spark of use whenever he is super scared). Fangs and Fangface also say the phrase "Ooh! Ooh!" (the trademark exclamation of Joe E. Fangs and Fangface both wear a backwards-facing orange cap (although the rest of Fangs' clothes disappear when he transforms), and both are loyal friends of Kim, Biff and Puggsy. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter, A Creep from the Deep, and Westward Ho to the UFO.Įven though Fangs and Fangface are completely different in their personalities, they have similarities to one another. In this feral state he only relies on instinct, usually to the detriment of Puggsy or whoever else is with him, although even this can sometimes be used to the good guys' advantage, sometimes with an addition of an order given to him, as demonstrated near the ending of A Heap of Trouble, as well as Dr. The only way to get Puggsy out of Fangface's jaws is for either Biff or Kim to rub Fangface's foot, thereby calming him down and releasing Puggsy.Īnother bizarre personality trait is that whenever Fangface sees his reflection in a mirror, he goes completely wild and starts to howl uncontrollably. Oddly if perhaps not surprisingly, considering how much Puggsy bullies the cowardly Fangs in his weak-willed human form, whenever Fangface sees food or hears a food word like "turkey", he tries to eat Puggsy or eats him whole, although he does not chew or swallow him and just contentedly leaves him trapped in his hugely bulging chipmunk-like cheeks. Fangface and Fangs are unaware of each other, but Fangface lives in the moment, so he never seems to question why he is suddenly in a new place, whereas Fangs is always bewildered upon reversion. Indeed, they often refer to Fangface as their "secret weapon", even though very few people are afraid of him. Fangs sits in the backseat next to Puggsy, while Fangface rides on Puggsy's shoulders.ĭespite the temporary difficulty of Fangface always attacking Puggsy after he first transforms, the gang never hesitates to initiate the transformation to take advantage of the werewolf's power to cope with any danger. The four kids drive around in a sleek convertible dune buggy called the Wolf-Buggy, catch crooks and solve crimes involving monsters and evil masterminds. Fangface has one large fang in the middle of his upper jaw which protrudes over his lower lip, and he has brown fur with tan paws, a muzzle, and a lupine tail tip. Fangs transforms into a wildly whirling werewolf named Fangface whenever he looks at the full moon, a picture of the moon, or anything resembling the moon.
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