Todd Plute

*"Yes, life is sometimes like a horror movie... It's just that it never ends with a happy ending." - Todd Plute*

**Todd Plute** is a native of the Druid Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Knox Doss High school where his friends were William Danvers, James Brandon and Seth Gordon.

Born in Denver, Colorado in December 1991, Todd was the son of a military officer whose career forced him to move through eleven cities for the first seven years of his life. His father. however, turned out to be a serial smoker until he passed away in 1998 while stationed at Fort Deaderick near Baltimore. Not especially close to his father, this loss didn't affect his life much, but his mother remained in the area since she had acquired part-ownership of the nearby Brannigan Bar and Grill in the area. Both Todd and his sister, Hades (pronounced "ha-desh"), spent time in a back room of the establishment watching TV and doing their school work.

In high school, Todd became friends with William, James and Seth over their common interests as well as being more academic-minded than athletic, bonding over their interests in TV shows, comic books and horror movies. William eventually moved away, and Todd, James and Seth became friends with Jason Cassidy, the only son of a single mother.

Through high school, Todd became obsessed over several actresses, such as Jennifer Hood from "Party of the Demons," Laura Claybourne of "The Legend of Hall Manor," Olivia Huff of "The Fifty Foot Woman Returns" and Maddie Bouchard of "Haunted House Musical," but he grew to be particularly attracted to actress Jennifer Rhodes, the actress in the 2008 horror flick, "Cursed," where she played Jenny Silverman, a high school girl possessed by a cursed necklace. His obsession consisted of collecting her images from magazines, endlessly sending letters asking for an autographed photo and acquiring copies of her other films for his movie collection. Both Jason and Seth commented on his obsession, but James rationalized that Todd's obsession would eventually end as they had all obsessed with certain actresses at different times.

At some point, Todd acquired one of the seven necklace props worn by actress Jennifer Rhodes in "Cursed" for $1200. The act frustrated his mother since the money was intended for his first car, but he still responded unconcerned. The following Summer, Todd joined James, Seth and Jason on a road trip to visit William in Staten Island, New York, where he now lived. The trip was intended to check out the local colleges, but Todd had other plans. Aware that Jennifer had broken up with her boyfriend, he saw the trip as an opportunity to meet her on the set of her new movie being filmed in Warren County, New York. Traveling by bus to Pottersville, New York, he attempted to hike and slip through the local backwoods near the filming location. However, the journey was more arduous than he planned and he stumbled down a hillside into a ravine where he broke his leg. When he woke up the next morning, he was being cared for Dr. Samantha Oh and Monica Woods of Thornewood Hall, the residence of the Woods Family.
Upon meeting Dr. Oh and Monica, he identified them as actresses Kelly Hu and Marisol Nichols, references which the two women were not familar. He also identified Monica's mother as actress Jaclyn Smith and Monica's cousin as actor Brandon Hall. The Woods attributed these names to Todd having hit his head on the hill, but upon hearing he was being taken into Ashford Falls to be taken care of, Todd realized he had somehow entered the TV series Beyond Our Dreams, a program he recognized from his mother's viewing schedule. Although dismayed at first, Todd soon realized that Jennifer had starred in a spin-off of the show and he sought to become friends with Megan Bates, her character in the franchise.

Making up a story about being a runaway without any family, Todd managed to ingratiate himself into the lives of the Woods Family for the time, and with Monica's help, he managed to meet and charm Megan. However, his actual past and knowledge of the two TV shows (and [[Twilight|another spin-off) soon began casting doubts on his past from Dr. Oh and Quentin Woods. Meanwhile, Megan started becoming attacted to Todd's interest in her and reciprocated his feelings. In their time together, Todd even started taking about her life and career as Jennifer Rhodes (identifying her a little known actress) and talking about her movies. Megan soon took an interest in the "Cursed" necklace which Todd eventually gave her. However, soon after waring it, Megan started feeling differently because of it and started acting like Jenny Silverman. At certain points, she even started calling herself "Jenny Silverman" and fighting with her mother. Among Megan's circle of friends, some of her classmates disappeared or survived vicious attacks by an unknown attacker, replicated the events from the movie, "Cursed." Although Todd eventually conscious that the Jenny personality was taking over Megan, he didn't know how to stop her without revealing where he had come from.

As Sheriff David Carmichael started investigating the attacks and disappearances, both Quentin and Dr. Oh approached Victoria Luckweather to determine if there was a paranormal side in the case. They eventually confronted Todd on the contradictions in his stories and his seemingly pre-knowledge of their lives and became aware that Todd bringing the relic from his reality into theirs was causing the events to replicate. Joined by Barclay Woods and Hannah Valesic, they found Megan trying to kill Regina Gregory. By this point, the "Jenny Silverman" personality had completely taken over Megan and after eluding Quentin and Victoria, she attempted to drain off Todd's life just before her classmate Sabrina Stillman intervened and ripped the necklace off her.

Although Megan regained her identity afterward, her romance with Todd failed to continue afterward. Unsure what to do with Todd or how to send him home, Quentin became his guardian and gave his residence at Thornewood. Enrolled at Ashford Falls High School, he soon became friends with Harvey Kirkland and Aaron Samms, even developing a relationship with Maddie Franklin.