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Hellhounds

**Hellhounds** are a supernatural dog breed.

## Characteristics

Hellhounds resemble ordinary dogs, and for the most part behave like them. They are however capable of enhanced strength and aggression, and they have the ability to breathe fire.

The Vampiric Council rules that vampires can only own them if they have a licence, possibly because of how dangerous they are.

## Known hellhounds

Aspen, a hellhound resembling a golden retriever, was confiscated by the Vampiric Council after being illegally adopted by the new vampire Derek. It was only during Derek's second trial that Aspen's friendly appearance and demeanor was revealed to the Council judges.

Aspen was later adopted by Baron Afanas and the Sire, with Aspen providing mobility to the now-legless Baron.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ "The Chamber of Judgement"
	+ "The Escape"
	+ "The Portrait"
	+ "The Wedding"
	+ "The Roast"

## References

Meny, William (writer) & Newacheck, Kyle (director) (September 23, 2021). "The Chamber of Judgement". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 25. FX.
Bender, Jake & Dunn, Zach (writers) & Gorskaya, Yana (director) (September 30, 2021). "The Escape". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 26. FX.
1/2 Mile Drag

1/2 Mile Drag is a straight line that lengths to 804 meters or 1/2 of a Mile. A Car Needs To Reach the end of the track before it's opponent reaches it. Cars can be used as And which is best for off-road because it has more traction. Fwd cars are best for asphalt because they mainly hit higher topspeeds than Fwd or Awd. Torque is needed for drag racing because it is used to hit topspeeds fast. A Car needs to be light in order to keep good acceleration. The main thing you want to have in this track is a lower 0-60 time than your opponent, as the car will go faster.
Ben Fransham

## External links

**Benjamin "Ben" Fransham** is a New Zealand actor. He portrayed Petyr and a stunt werewolf in the film *What We Do in the Shadows*, and appeared in *Wellington Paranormal* as Cheeseface, a stunt double for Sheena, Mobot and Officer Roy.

## Credits

### Actor

* *What We Do in the Shadows* Petyr
* *Wellington Paranormal*
	+ "Things That Do the Bump in the Night" Cheeseface
	+ "Mobots" Mobot (movement)
	+ "Fear Factory" Officer Roy

### Stunt Actor

* *What We Do in the Shadows* stunt werewolf
* *Wellington Paranormal* Sheena stunt double
	+ "The She Wolf of Kurimarama Street"
Google Girl

**Google Girl** is a former superhuman and a member of The Revengers. She appears in *Wellington Paranormal*.

## Biography

Google Girl (real name unknown) lives in Naenae, Wellington, and is a member of the Neighbourhood Watch. In 2021, a meteorite crashed into her road. The radiation from the strike made her smartphone stick to the side of her head, causing her to absorb all the knowledge of the internet. Her fellow Watch members, Bill and Molly, also gained superpowers, and donned the alter-egos of Power Man Bill and Cat Lady. The three decided to form a vigilante group called The Revengers to take down petty criminals in the area.

Over the following day, Google Girl would pick up reports of crime and alert the other two members to apprehend the perpetrators. The Revengers eventually encountered the Wellington Police Paranormal Unit, but were not defeated until another superhuman, George, sprayed water from his hands at Bill and he fought back with his electrical powers. The clash caused a shockwave that knocked out all the superhumans and erased their powers.

## Appearances

* *Wellington Paranormal*
	+ "Revengers"

## References

Alison, Amanda (writer) & van Dammen, Tim (director) (24 March 2021). "Revengers". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 18. TVNZ 2.
Haley Joel Osment

## External links

**Haley Joel Osment** (born 10 April 1988) is an American actor. He portrayed Topher in the second season of the TV series *What We Do in the Shadows*.

## Credits

### Actor

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series) Topher
	+ "Resurrection"

## References

1. ↑ "Haley Joel Osment becomes undead in first look at FX's What We Do in the Shadows" - Entertainment Weekly
Gargoyles

**Gargoyles** are supernatural beings that resemble statues.

## Characteristics

Gargoyles appear to be made of stone and have beast-like features including horns, wings and sharp teeth. They reside on building exteriors and spend most of their time completely still, leading humans to believe they are merely statues.
Gargoyles are capable of human speech but will communicate with each other over long distances by making honking noises that resemble truck horns. All these traits make them excellent watchmen for vampires, and thus the Vampiric Council rely on gargoyles to look out for trouble in urban areas.

## History

In 2021, Goëjlrm escaped from his chamber in the Temple of Blood-Devourers in Staten Island. Nadja and the Guide consulted two members of their team of gargoyles, known as the Watchers, to ask if they had any information. Although the gargoyles were more interested in gossiping, they communicated amongst each other and helped the Council track Goëjlrm down in Ozone Park, Queens.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ "The Escape"

## References

Bender, Jake & Dunn, Zach (writers) & Gorskaya, Yana (director) (September 30, 2021). "The Escape". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 26. FX.
Jahan

**Jahan**, also known as **John**, was a horse that belonged to Nandor. He appeared in *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series).

## Biography

### Early Life

Nandor owned Jahan when he was a human soldier during the thirteenth century and Jahan assisted him in numerous pillages. Nandor may have rode Jahan on the day he destroyed Nadja’s village 200 years before her birth. One day, Nandor and his army became stranded with no food and Nandor had no choice but to kill and eat Jahan. Nandor was devastated and wept while doing so, even though Jahan was ‘delicious’.

### What We Do in the Shadows, Season 1: 2019

Over 700 years later, Nandor forgot how to speak Persian and mistakenly remembered Jahan’s name as “John”. Despite this, Nandor secretly missed him and regretted not being nicer to him, something he did not admit to anyone else until he was facing death during an execution attempt in 2019.

### What We Do in the Shadows, Season 2: 2020

The following year, Nandor and his roommates realised that ghosts had infested their house and held a séance which brought back the ghost of his human form who had died when he became a vampire. Nandor eventually realised that his ghost’s unfinished business was to be reunited with Jahan. Nandor, his ghost and Colin hold another séance and successfully brought Jahan’s ghost back. Both Nandor and his ghost were overjoyed to see Jahan back and Nandor’s ghost left for the afterlife with him.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ **Season 2:** "Ghosts"

## References

Gohd, Shana (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (May 6, 2020). "Colin's Promotion". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 15. FX.
Simms, Paul (writer) & Newacheck, Kyle (director) (April 15, 2020). "Ghosts". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 12. FX.
Clement, Jemaine (writer) & Waititi, Taika (director) (May 8, 2019). "The Trial". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 7. FX.
Deacon's Podcast

***Deacon’s Podcast*** is a podcast series written by and starring Jonathan Brugh. The podcast made its debut on YouTube on 18 April 2020.

## Cast

* Jonathan Brugh as Deacon Brücke
* Stu Rutherford as Stu

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Deacon's Podcast, Episode 1- Guts Monkey." - YouTube
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Deacon's Podcast. Episode 2, Reading Books To Little Kiddies." - YouTube
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Deacon's Podcast. Episode 3, Twisted Cisterns." - YouTube
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Deacon's Podcast. Episode 4, World Class Water Pistolz" - YouTube
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Deacon's Podcast. Episode 5- The A.S.M.R. Phantom" - YouTube
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Deacon's Podcast, Episode 7, Talking Smack With Stu." - YouTube
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Deacon's Podcast, Episode 8, Dawn Riderz." - YouTube
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Deacon's Podcast, Episode 9- Just Ask Stu!" - YouTube
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Deacon's Podcast. Episode 10- Just ask Stu Again." - YouTube
Energy Vampire Bedtime Stories

**Energy Vampire Bedtime Stories**, also titled **Adult Bedtime Stories with Colin** is a series of YouTube shorts intended to promote the first season of the *What We Do in the Shadows* TV series, and feature Colin Robinson reading an excerpt from a book while draining the viewer.

## Episodes

### Origin of Species

Colin reads *On the Origin of Species* by Charles Darwin.

### The Art of Public Speaking

Colin reads *The Art of Public Speaking* by Dale Carnegie.

### Meditations

Colin reads *Meditations* by the Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius.

## References

1. ↑ What We Do in the Shadows - Season 1: Energy Vampire Bedtime Stories: Origin of Species - FX
2. ↑ What We Do in the Shadows - S1: Energy Vampire Bedtime Stories: The Art of Public Speaking - FX
3. ↑ What We Do in the Shadows - Season 1: Energy Vampire Bedtime Stories: Meditations - FX
Arnie

**Arnie** is an office worker. He appears in *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series).

## Biography

Arnie was a colleague of the psychic vampire Colin Robinson, and was therefore used as a frequent source of energy. For most of the time this was tolerable, but Arnie suffered two extensive periods of excessive energy draining. The first occurred when the emotional vampire Evie Russell joined the company; she initially competed with Colin for food but then joined forces with him when they started dating. The two both drained the office heavily until they broke up with each other.

The second period occurred when Colin was promoted to a management position and he gained influence over Arnie. Colin went mad with power and created a feedback loop over the whole office. He was eventually able to drain his colleagues into unconsciousness by merely acknowledging them.

Arnie, along with all other employees in his company, lost his job when Colin’s feasting destroyed all productivity in the office, leading the business to go under.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ **Season 1:** "Werewolf Feud"
	+ **Season 2:** "Colin's Promotion"

## References

Lieb, Josh (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (April 10, 2019). "Werewolf Feud". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 4. FX.
Gohd, Shana (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (May 6, 2020). "Colin's Promotion". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 15. FX.
Jeremy

**Jeremy** is a human friend of Guillermo. He appears in TV series.

## Biography

When Nandor’s household were asked to host the Bi-Annual Vampire Orgy, he asked Guillermo to find some virgins for the vampires to feast on. Guillermo realised that he had already exhausted the town’s supply. While the two shopped for party goods, they bumped into Jeremy, Guillermo’s friend since high school. Guillermo tried to protect the supposedly virginal Jeremy by pretending he had a girlfriend, but Jeremy failed to get the hint. Jeremy then had a nosebleed (a recurring problem for him) and left the store. Nandor licked the blood from the floor and declared it to be some of the most virginal blood he had ever tasted. He demanded Jeremy attend the orgy and Guillermo, desperate to become a vampire, agreed to invite him.

Jeremy arrived at the orgy with mochi ice cream, his presence immediately exciting the vampire guests. The orgy was later interrupted by Laszlo declaring his love for Nadja through a loudspeaker, inviting her to a two-person orgy in another room. Meanwhile, Guillermo became overwhelmed with guilt over inviting Jeremy and left his room to warn him. As the guests began to leave out of embarrassment, Nadja tried to lure them back by promising them a virgin. She unveiled Jeremy to the guests, only for them to witness him having sex with another vampire, Constantin. A very surprised Guillermo also ran in, and Jeremy declared the party to be “awesome”.

After all the guests left, Jeremy stayed to enjoy a card game, Apples to Apples, with Constantin and Colin Robinson.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)*
	+ "The Orgy"
Benjy Everett

**Benjy Everett** is a vampire, and a former familiar of Nandor the Relentless. He appears in the *What We Do in the Shadows* TV series.

## Biography

### Early Life

Benjy served as Nandor's familiar during the 1970s until Nandor grew tired of him frequently asking to be turned into a vampire, and left him at a rest stop in Delaware. He was rescued by a woman named Paula, who assumed his memory loss was due to intoxication (though in reality his memory had been wiped). He went on to live a normal life working in insurance, eventually marrying Paula, with whom he started a family.

### What We Do in the Shadows, Season 2: 2020

Eventually Benjy began to regain memories of the time spent as Nandor's familiar, as well as the promise Nandor made to turn him into a vampire. He returns to the vampire residence believing that Nandor's abandonment had been a test of his worthiness.

After Guillermo de la Cruz's departure, Benjy briefly reclaims his job as Nandor's familiar, though his age causes many difficulties as he struggles to perform his duties, unable to lift heavy objects or bend over due to his bad back. Benjy's poor performance forces Nandor to make concessions and rethink his treatment of Guillermo, and also makes good on his promise to Benjy, turning him into a vampire at last.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ **Season 2:** "Collaboration"

## References

Johnson, Sam & Marcil, Chris (writers) & Gorskaya, Yana (director) (May 27, 2020). "Collaboration". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 18. FX.
Bi-Annual Vampire Orgy

The **Bi-Annual Vampire Orgy** is a popular event occuring twice a year to provide an outlet for the intense sexual needs of vampires. Dozens, if not hundreds, of guests attend and, according to Laszlo, vampire sex can last for years. At one point, it became a tri-annual event, but this idea was scrapped as for some vampires it could take months to recover from.

Vampires who host such events are under intense pressure to make it successful. Hosting a bad orgy has been known to cause such high levels of shame that it has turned vampires permanently into vampire bats.

In 2019, the Staten Island vampire residence was asked to host an orgy. Despite the vampires' best efforts, the event came to an adrupt end when Laszlo, who initially refused to take part, loudly declared his love for Nadja and proposed a two-person orgy upstairs. As the guests started to leave out of embarassment, Nadja tried to lure them back by unveiling their virgin, Jeremy, only for everyone to witness him having sex with another guest, Constantin. The shame caused Laszlo and Nadja to get temporarily stuck in bat form afterwards.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ "The Orgy"
Anthony Atamanuik

## External links

**Anthony Atamanuik** (born 15 June 1974) is an American writer, actor and comedian. He portrays Sean Rinaldi in the TV series *What We Do in the Shadows*.

## Credits

### Actor

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series) Sean Rinaldi
	+ "Werewolf Feud"
	+ "Animal Control"
	+ "Baron's Night Out"
	+ "Brain Scramblies"
	+ "The Casino"
	+ "The Chamber of Judgement"
Craig Robinson

**Craig Phillip Robinson** (born 25 October 1971) is an American actor, comedian, musician and singer. He portrays Claude in the TV series *What We Do in the Shadows*.

## Credits

### Actor

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series) Claude
	+ "Brain Scramblies"
	+ "The Curse"

## References

1. ↑ "Craig Robinson stakes his claim in an exclusive trailer for What We Do In The Shadows season 2" - AV Club
Doug Peterson

**Doug Peterson** is a junior councilperson of Staten Island Borough Council. He appears in *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series).

## Biography

Colin Robinson was a regular attendee of the council meetings to feast on the banality. When his flatmates were tasked by the Baron to take over the island, Colin suggested they take the matter to the council. Nandor told the council that he will take over, but it was not taken seriously as it had nothing to do with the purpose of the evening’s meeting, which concerned zoning ordinances.

Colin informed Nandor that the councilperson Doug Peterson was a likely candidate to become the next council president. Nandor decided to treat Peterson as a “pawn” to take down the council leader Barbara Lazarro. He encountered Peterson in a park, telling him that he will be hypnotised. He later controlled Peterson's mind from a great distance.

Meanwhile, Laszlo took a different approach and tried to win Lazarro's favour by killing dozens of raccoons, which she had considered to have gotten out of control. Laszlo dumped the bodies at her doorstep, and a horrified Lazarro decried this at the next council meeting. An entranced Peterson made things worse by violently insulting and threatening the council, only to be tackled by security. Realising neither plan had worked, the vampires left the meeting, apart from Colin, who stayed to feast on the agitation.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ "City Council"

## References

Simms, Paul (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (April 3, 2019). "City Council". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 2. FX.
Cloak of Duplication

*For the episode of the same name, see "The Cloak of Duplication".*

The **Cloak of Duplication** is a magical cloak that disguises the wearer as another person the cloak previously touched.

## History

The Staten Island vampire roommates first saw the cloak when the Vampiric Council Guide showed it to them in the Chamber of Curiosities at the Temple of Blood-Devourers. By simply tapping Nandor with the cloak and putting it on, she was able to take the exact appearance of Nandor and his clothing, although her voice remained the same.

Around this time, Nandor became attracted to Meg, the receptionist of his local gym, but lacked the confidence to ask out 21st Century women. Nandor gave the more confident Laszlo the Cloak of Duplication and asked him to disguise himself as Nandor to seduce Meg. Too lazy to do the job, Laszlo gave the task to Colin Robinson instead.

Colin, disguised as Nandor, attempted to woo Meg by negging her, leading her to get annoyed and call security to throw him out. Colin passed the cloak back to Laszlo, who apologized to Meg but came on too strong when trying to seduce her, leading him to also get thrown out by security after quickly hypnotizing her to forget the incident.

The cloak was then passed to Guillermo, who succeeded in inviting Meg for a meal in the gym café. Guillermo ended up discussing his relationship with Nandor, leading Meg to believe the two were in a romantic connection and she told Guillermo to be more open about his feelings. Guillermo felt overwhelmed and excused himself.

Believing that Laszlo had successfully spoken to Meg, Nandor returned to the gym. He asked her out, but she revealed that she is a lesbian and has no interest in men. Nandor hypnotized her into forgetting the conversation and left.

Later, Nandor and Nadja had an argument and she wore the cloak to take Nandor's form and get intimate with Laszlo just to annoy Nandor.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ "The Cloak of Duplication"

## References

Johnson, Sam & Marcil, Chris (writers) & Gorskaya, Yana (director) (September 2, 2021). "The Cloak of Duplication". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 22. FX.
Lisa Auguste

## External links

**Lisa Auguste** (born 12 March 1981) is a Canadian dancer, teacher, choreographer and adjudicator. She portrays a Vampiric Council dancer and a dancer witch in the TV series *What We Do in the Shadows*.

## Credits

### Actor

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series) Dancer / Dancer Witch / Hooded Dancer
	+ "The Trial"
	+ "Witches"
	+ "The Chamber of Judgement"
Clarke Gayford (in-universe)

## Clarke Gayford

**Clarke Gayford** is the presenter of the fishing documentary show *Fish of the Day*, and the fiancé of New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern. He appears in *Wellington Paranormal*.

## Biography

In 2019, Gayford and nine other anglers were reported missing in Wellington Harbour. The Paranormal Unit sailed out into the water and saw a huge taniwha on the sonar. They drove back to the shore and discovered huge footprints, which they followed to a cave. There, they found all the missing people stuck to the cave walls with seaweed being stored as food. Gayford confirmed that the monster who captured them was indeed a taniwha, identifying the beast from Sergeant Maaka’s amulet.

As the captives were being rescued, a huge taniwha suddenly appeared and ate one of the fishermen before disappearing back into the water. Gayford and the other captives were unharmed.

In the following year, during the coronavirus pandemic, Officer O'Leary video called Gayford while he was looking after his young daughter Neve. O'Leary was filming a PSA on looking after children under lockdown.

## Appearances

* *Wellington Paranormal*
	+ "Taniwha"
* *Important COVID-19 messages from Wellington Paranormal*

## References

Ward, Nick (writer) & Hewison, Dean (director) (16 October 2019). "Taniwha". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 7. TVNZ 2.
2. ↑  "Important COVID-19 messages from Wellington Paranormal: Ep 11: Clarke & Neve" - New Zealand Police
Bazza's daughter

## Unnamed

An **unnamed girl** is an extraterrestrial flora. She is the daughter of Bazza and Sharon, the sister of an unnamed boy, and the niece of Muzza and Buzza.

## Biography

After Officers Minogue and O'Leary debriefed Bazza following their entrapment of extraterrestrial floras, they met the girl and the rest of Bazza's family.

## Appearances

* *Wellington Paranormal*
	+ "Cop Circles"

## References

Bracewell, Melanie (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (18 July 2018). "Cop Circles". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 2. TVNZ 2.
Maaka Pohatu

## External links

**Maaka Pohatu** is a New Zealand actor and musician. He portrays Ruawai Maaka in the TV series *Wellington Paranormal*.

## Credits

### Actor

* *Wellington Paranormal* Ruawai Maaka
	+ "Demon Girl"
	+ "Cop Circles"
	+ "Things That Do the Bump in the Night"
	+ "The She Wolf of Kurimarama Street"
	+ "A Normal Night"
	+ "Zombie Cops"
	+ "Taniwha"
	+ "Fear the Briannas"
	+ "Mt. Vic Hooters"
	+ "Copy Cops"
	+ "Haunted Nissan"
	+ "Mobots"
	+ "Christmas Special"
	+ "Invisible Fiend"
	+ "Te Maero"
	+ "Fear Factory"
	+ "The Sevens Ghosts"
	+ "Revengers"
	+ "Fatberg"

### Writer

* *Wellington Paranormal* (Additional material)
	+ "Taniwha"
	+ "Fear the Briannas"
	+ "Mt. Vic Hooters"
	+ "Copy Cops"
	+ "Haunted Nissan"
	+ "Mobots"
	+ "Christmas Special"
	+ "Invisible Fiend"
	+ "Te Maero"
	+ "Fear Factory"
	+ "The Sevens Ghosts"
	+ "Revengers"
	+ "Fatberg"
Hayden Szeto

## External links

**Hayden Chun Hay Szeto** (born September 11, 1985) is a Canadian actor. He portrays Jonathan in the TV series *What We Do in the Shadows*.

## Credits

### Actor

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series) Jonathan
	+ "Pilot"
	+ "City Council"

## References

1. ↑ "Hayden Szeto on FX’s ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Pilot & Improvising with Taika Waititi" - Collider
Kyle Newacheck

## External links

**Kyle Newacheck** (born January 23, 1984) is an American television writer, director, producer and actor. He produced and directed five episodes of *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series).

## Credits

### Producer

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ "Resurrection"
	+ "Ghosts"
	+ "Brain Scramblies"
	+ "Witches"
	+ "Théâtre des Vampires"

### Director

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ "Resurrection"
	+ "Ghosts"
	+ "Brain Scramblies"
	+ "Witches"
	+ "Théâtre des Vampires"
Cynthia Wells

**Cynthia Wells** is an actress working in Fear Factory, Wellington. She appears in *Wellington Paranormal*.

## Biography

Cynthia portrays a zombie bride at the Fear Factory attraction in Cuba Street. One night, the Paranormal Unit were called to the haunted house after several customers were terrified and injured by strange beings outside. Cynthia, along with her manager Joe Blakes and her fellow actor colleague, was arrested and questioned at the station. It later turned out that Blakes, a shapeshifter, was to blame.

## Appearances

* *Wellington Paranormal*
	+ "Fear Factory"

## References

Yates, Paul (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (10 March 2021). "Fear Factory". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 16. TVNZ 2.
Dating 101 with Viago

***Dating 101 with Viago*** is a 2014 short film to promote *What We Do in the Shadows* (film) and the New Zealand-based dating website FindSomeone.

In the film, Dating for Shoes founder Angela Meyer and the vampire Viago (who is credited as Viago von Grossenhymen) discuss tips for setting up an online dating profile.

The film reveals several facts about Viago, including that his username is DandyLion, he was forced into a vampire camp during the 1930s, one of his favourite books is *Sex at Dawn* by Cacilda Jethá and Christopher Ryan, and that he has an interest in ice sculpture. He uses the dating site as an opportunity to find potential victims.

## Cast

* Taika Waititi as Viago
* Angela Meyer as herself

## References

1. ↑  "Dating 101 with Viago" - FindSomeone
Bucket Fountain

The **Bucket Fountain** is a kinetic sculpture in Cuba Street, Wellington, and a secret gateway to Hell.

## History

The fountain was erected in 1969 by a group of Satanists to serve as a shrine and gateway to Hell. The fountain consists of thirteen buckets that tip water into each other and the fountain below. The thirteen buckets represent the thirteen chambers of Hell.

In 2018, a teenage girl possessed by a demon named Bazu’aal was found by Officers O’Leary and Minogue. Bazu’aal proceeded to possess the girl’s father and mother and a dog. After a night of chaos, the Officers, alongside Sergeant Maaka and Constable Parker, returned to the fountain. The water of the fountain had been turned into blood. Bazu’aal possessed a tramp and opened a portal to hell in the fountain. He tried to sacrifice Minogue by throwing him in, but was defeated when O’Leary performed an exorcism, returning the tramp and the fountain back to normal.

## Behind the Scenes

* The Bucket Fountain is an existing structure and was designed by architects and town planning consultants Burren and Keen.

## Appearances

* *Wellington Paranormal*
	+ "Demon Girl"

## References

Yates, Paul (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (writer & director) (11 July 2018). "Demon Girl". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 1. TVNZ 2.

,
2. ↑ "The Bucket Fountain in Wellington, New Zealand" - Amusing Planet
Local News

"**Local News**" is the fifth episode in the fifth season of *What We Do in the Shadows*, and forty fifth episode overall. It aired on August 3, 2023.

## Synopsis

Coverage of a local water main break brings unwanted attention to the vampires.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Kayvan Novak as Nandor
* Matt Berry as Laszlo Cravensworth
* Natasia Demetriou as Nadja and Nadja Doll
* Harvey Guillén as Guillermo
* Mark Proksch as Colin Robinson
* Kristen Schaal as The Guide

### Guest Starring

* Anthony Atamanuik as Sean Rinaldi
* Frankie Quiñones as Miguel
* Jamie Linn Watson as Joanna Roscoe

### Co-Starring

* Logan Crawford as Ted Spinelli
* Danielle Nottingham as Lisa Lipton
* Samantha Brown as Meteorologist
* Gurderrp Ahluwalla as Sam Pascal
* Deney Forrest as TV Producer
* Emma McCoslin as Maite
* Myrna Cabello as Silvia
* Socorro Santiago as Valeria
Bazza

**Bazza** is an extraterrestrial flora farmer. He is the husband of Sharon, the father of an unnamed boy and girl, and the brother of Buzza and Muzza. He appears in *Wellington Paranormal*.

## Biography

Bazza was visited by Officers Minogue and O'Leary, who asked him about an incident regarding a cow being stuck up a tree. The officers were confused to see that he had an appearance strangely similiar to a disorientated farmer they had encountered earlier. When they asked to look around his property, Bazza "herded" them towards a field with crop circles. They told him that they'd be fine to continue on alone, but he initially kept following, before they assured him they were fine. The following morning, after other extraterrestrial floras were trapped in his shed, Bazza thanked Minogue and O'Leary for their work, as his family joined him.

The officers met Bazza again the following year when they were investigating the discovery of a corpse that looked exactly like Minogue in Hemahema. They went to Bazza's shop to buy lunch and the officers recognised him, but could not recall how they met him. Bazza described the officers as “one of the many” and told them to go to Parklands Motel to find the answers they seek. The motel turned out to be populated by dozens of floras taking the forms of O'Leary, Minogue and Maaka.

## Appearances

* *Wellington Paranormal*
	+ "Cop Circles"
	+ "Copy Cops"

## References

Bracewell, Melanie (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (18 July 2018). "Cop Circles". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 2. TVNZ 2.
Gonzalez-Macuer, Cori (writer) & van Dammen, Tim (director) (6 November 2019). "Copy Cops". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 10. TVNZ 2.
Houston

**Houston** is a 162-year old vampire. She appears in *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series).

## Biography

Houston was turned into a vampire when she was 12. She lived in a luxury apartment on Staten Island and took on Celeste as a familiar.

In 2020, Houston and her vampire friends left on a trip to Florida to hunt for “pervs”, leaving Celeste in Staten Island. Realizing that Houston would probably never turn her, Celeste decided to pretend to be a vampire to find out what it was really like. She claimed that Houston turned her and took on multiple familiars, including Guillermo, promising to turn them all within eight months.

Celeste allowed the familiars to stay at the apartment and they spent their nights partying, only for Houston and her friends to suddenly return home one month early without warning. The angry vampires broke down the door and Celeste offered the familiars as food. The vampires went on a rampage, with Guillermo and Sam possibly the only familiars to escape alive.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ **Season 2:** "Collaboration"

## References

Johnson, Sam & Marcil, Chris (writers) & Gorskaya, Yana (director) (May 27, 2020). "Collaboration". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 18. FX.
Dion

* Human
* Werewolf

**Dion** is a werewolf and part of the Te Aro werewolf pack. He appears in *What We Do in the Shadows* (film) and *Wellington Paranormal*.

## Biography

### *What We Do in the Shadows* (film)

The 2014 documentary crew first encountered the pack when they passed the vampire flatmates and their human friend Stu. Deacon deliberately began to agitate them and Anton, the leader, had to calm the pack down and prevent them from transforming, which Dion and some of the others almost did. Anton eventually helped solve the conflict in a civil manner and they left the vampires.

A few weeks later, as the pack raced to chain themselves to trees before the full moon emerged, the vampire flatmates, who were leaving the Unholy Masquerade ball, began to pester them again. In the distraction the pack failed to chain themselves and transformed under the full moon. They attacked the group and documentary crew, leaving one member seriously injured or killed. Stu was disembowelled by the pack. Police officers O’Leary and Minogue assumed his injuries were caused by a dog and an ambulance was called. However as Stu was being carried in, he sprang back to life and fled the scene. He blacked out and woke up to see the pack in human form and mostly naked, with Anton offering him new clothes. Stu, now a werewolf, was accepted into the pack.

Shortly afterwards, Nick discovered Stu and brought him back to the flat, causing the vampires to befriend the pack.

### *Wellington Paranormal*

Dion began dating a human woman named Sheena. She was aware that he was a werewolf, but his constant transformations led to her leaving him. Unbeknownst to her, she gained lycanthropy from him.

During a full moon periodically concealed by cloud cover, Sheena transformed into a werewolf and attacked the scooter of a pizza delivery man, stealing his meat pizzas, attacked several dogs belonging to a gang leader and terrorised several people. She did not remember the experience as she was drunk.

When O'Leary and Minogue interviewed Sheena in her house and accused her of being a werewolf, she realised that Dion was to blame for her transformations. She broke apart her handcuffs and stormed into his house, where he was trying to spend the night playing video games while chained up. The two had a loud argument, accusing each other of cheating, and started making out. Realising that there was nothing they could do, the officers left the house as the couple began fighting. The officers said they would wait until morning and then consider having the werewolves microchipped and neutered.

## Behind the Scenes

* Dion was portrayed by Simon Vincent in *What We Do in the Shadows*, but was portrayed by Cohen Holloway, who originally portrayed Clifton, in *Wellington Paranormal*.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (film)
* *Wellington Paranormal*
	+ "The She Wolf of Kurimarama Street"

## References

Clement, Jemaine & Waititi, Taika (writers and directors) (19 January 2014). *What We Do in the Shadows*.
Hansell, Jessica Coco (writer) & van Beek, Jackie (director) (1 August 2018). "The She Wolf of Kurimarama Street". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 4. TVNZ 2.
George

**George** is a resident of Naenae, Wellington. He appears in *Wellington Paranormal*.

## Biography

George lived next to Molly, a member of the Neighbourhood Watch. The two did not get along very well, with her often criticising his devotion to the plants in his garden. When a meteor struck their road, both neighbours gained superpowers. Molly gained cat-like abilities and joined two other superhuman Watch members to form a vigilante group, The Revengers. Meanwhile, George gained the ability to squirt jets of water out of his hands and adopted the alias of “Sprinkler Man”.

When The Revengers finally came face-to-face with the Paranormal Unit, George arrived to request he join the team, but was turned down. Upset, he blasted water at one the members, Power Man Bill, and he fought back with his electricity powers. This resulted in a shockwave that knocked out all the superhumans and turned them back to normal.

## Appearances

* *Wellington Paranormal*
	+ "Revengers"

## References

Alison, Amanda (writer) & van Dammen, Tim (director) (24 March 2021). "Revengers". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 18. TVNZ 2.
Jonno Woodford-Robinson

## Jonno Woodford-Robinson

### First medium

*What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires*

## External links

**Jonathan "Jonno" Woodford-Robinson** is a New Zealand film editor.

## Credits

### Editing

* *What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires*
* *What We Do in the Shadows* (with Yana Gorskaya and Tom Eagles)

### Thanks

* *What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires* (as Jonno)
A Shadows Short: Non-Bat Form

***A Shadows Short: Non-Bat Form*** is a 2019 short film to promote FX's *What We Do in the Shadows* TV series.

## Plot Summary

Colin Robinson demonstrates his ability to turn into a gecko for Jenna.

## Videos

A Shadows Short - Non-Bat Form
* Archived Video Backup: A Shadows Short - Non-Bat Form.mkv (download)

## Cast

* Mark Proksch as Colin Robinson
* Beanie Feldstein as Jenna
* Natasia Demetriou as Nadja
* Matt Berry as Laszlo Cravensworth
Charmaine Rinaldi

## Charmaine

**Charmaine** is a human neighbor who lives next to the Staten Island vampire residence. She appears in *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series).

## Biography

### Early Life

At some point prior to 2019, Charmaine married Sean Rinaldi, who she was in a very romantic relationship with, and moved into the childhood home of her mother-in-law Joan next to the vampires. Eventually, the marriage turned sour and Charmaine would frequently kick Sean out during arguments.

### What We Do in the Shadows, Season 2: 2020

In 2020, they invited their neighbors to their house for a Superbowl party, where Nadja spent time getting to know Charmaine and the other women of the party while the men watched the game. During the party, Nandor and Laszlo ended up revealing themselves to be vampires to Sean and had to hypnotize him into forgetting. The hypnosis worked too well and he experienced “brain scramblies”, leaving him in a highly confused state. The vampire guests considered killing him to put him out of his misery, but upon seeing Charmaine and not remembering her, he declared her to be “the most beautiful creature” he had ever seen. He gifted Charmaine with Nadja's necklace that he had found (which had come to be under the possession of Joan), and the two made up. Nadja decided she would wait for the couple to die to get the necklace back, and the vampires let Sean live so he can be devoted to his wife.

### What We Do in the Shadows, Season 3: 2021

In 2021, Sean recovered from his “brain scramblies” but his relationship with Charmaine remained positive. The couple decided to renew their wedding vows at the Monaco Grand Hotel and Casino and invited their neighbors. Charmaine and Nadja went to see a Rat Pack tribute act and Nadja became extremely excited as she thought they were the real Rat Pack. The vampires then experienced a severe power drain when the soils of their homelands were vacuumed up by room service. The couple renewed their vows with the vampires so exhausted the other guests assumed they were drunk, but they later recovered when Guillermo retrieved more soil.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ **Season 2:** "Brain Scramblies"
	+ **Season 3:** "The Casino"
	+ **Season 4:** "The Wedding"

## References

Bender, Jake & Dunn, Zach (writers) & Newacheck, Kyle (director) (April 22, 2020). "Brain Scramblies". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 13. FX.
Lieb, Josh (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (April 10, 2019). "Werewolf Feud". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 4. FX.
Naftalis, Sarah (writer) & Gorskaya, Yana (director) (September 16, 2021). "The Casino". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 24. FX.
Guillermo's Stakeout

**Guillermo's Stakeout** was a browser game available on the San Diego Comic-Con website for a very brief period of time in late August of 2020.

Harvey Guillén provided voice-over work as Guillermo de la Cruz for the game, and gave the developers the suggestion to make Guillermo's glasses round in order to better match his appearance in the TV show. Guillén himself stated that while he had made it to the final round, he had never beaten the game.

## External Links

* Original Link to Game
* Gameplay Footage - @theshadowsfx on twitter
* Gameplay Footage - TheShadowsFX on Facebook

## References

1. ↑ Release announcement - @theshadowsfx on twitter
2. ↑ "What We Do In The Shadows Is Getting Its Own Game" - TheGamer
3. ↑ "Harvey Guillen gets his own game with Guillermo’s Stakeout" - MetroWeekly
Celia Wade-Brown

## External links

**Celia Margaret Wade-Brown QSO** (born 12 July 1956) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 34th Mayor of Wellington City from 2010 until 2016. She portrayed herself in the promotional short film *Behind the Lid - Vellington Sign* to promote the *Vampire's Guide to Vellington* ad campaign.

## Credits

### Actor

* *Behind the Lid - Vellington Sign* Celia Wade-Brown
Demons

**Demons** are malevolent paranormal beings from the Unholy Realm. They occasionally find their way to Earth to perform human sacrifices, hiding themselves by possessing other humans or animals.

## Characteristics

Demons can exist for many centuries. It is not known what most demons look like in their true forms, but when they possess humans their skin becomes pale and veiny, their teeth becomes sharp and their voice becomes that of the demon itself. Possessing any being will cause their eyes to glow bright yellow.

The only demon whose true appearance has been shown so far is Satan, leader of all demons. He appears mostly humanoid but with red skin and goat-like horns and legs.

Demonic entities are capable of walking on walls or ceilings, levitating objects and turning the possessed subject’s head around 360 degrees. Their strength and agility is significantly increased. They may also projectile vomit acid and are highly aggressive in nature, often insulting those around them. These strange behaviours may cause other humans to assume a possessed person is drunk. Demonic entities are often associated with the pentagram symbol.

Demons can be removed from a subject through exorcism. This involves carrying objects such as crosses or bibles while chanting “the power of Christ compels you” three times.

## History

In 1885, a demon named Bazu'aal possessed a woman in Wellington, performing a human sacrifice, and was subsequently arrested by police. On 17 November 1951, he possessed a man, spewing gallons of sulfuric acid and performing another human sacrifice, before again being arrested. In 2018, he caused havoc again in Wellington by possessing three members of a family, a dog and a tramp before trying to use Minogue as a human sacrifice. He was rescued when O’Leary successfully performed an exorcism on Bazu'ual.

On Christmas Eve 2019, Minogue and O’Leary investigated Tawa Mall after Satan was accidentally hired to be a mall Santa due to a typo on a job advert sent via fax machine. The officers questioned Satan, who claimed that he intended to stay in the mall grotto as a new realm to rule over. He was eventually persuaded to leave.

## Known demonic entities

* Bazu'aal
* Satan
* Jersey Devil

## Appearances

* *Wellington Paranormal*
	+ "Demon Girl"
	+ "Christmas Special"

## References

Yates, Paul (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (writer & director) (11 July 2018). "Demon Girl". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 1. TVNZ 2.
Yates, Paul (writer) & Hewison, Dean (director) (19 December 2019). "Christmas Special". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 13. TVNZ 2.
Colin Robinson’s Brief History of Snug Harbor

**Colin Robinson's Brief History of Snug Harbor** is a YouTube short featuring Colin Robinson discussing the history of Staten Island's Snug Harbor.

Colin mentions that he sometimes poses as a tour guide at the Noble Maritime Collection in order to drain guests and make kids hate school field trips for the rest of their lives.

## References

1. ↑ What We Do in the Shadows - Colin Robinson’s Brief History of Snug Harbor - Season 3 - FX
Lilith

**Lilith** is a witch. She appears in *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series).

## Biography

Lilith is several centuries old and has extended her lifespan and youthful looks from regular concoctions made from vampire semen. She ran a women’s clothing and makeup store, Lilith’s Womanly Shoppe, which was a front for selling semen to other witches. She was a good friend of Nadja, but became her nemesis after sleeping with her husband Laszlo.

In 2020, Lilith led a coven who regularly gathered in Satchel Serafina, an aromatherapy store in Brooklyn. One night, her coven used magic to kidnap Laszlo and Nandor, shackling them in a hidden room of the store. Lilith and the witches, initially appearing youthful, revealed that they were intending to take the semen, which the vampires didn’t mind until they realised it would involve the use of 18th century surgical tools.

Nadja, Guillermo and Colin Robinson arrived to help, and Colin also found himself held captive. Lilith revealed to Nadja that she had shapeshifted into Nadja’s appearance when she seduced Laszlo years before. She demonstrated this ability, making Nadja even angrier as she obviously did not look or sound the same as her. When Laszlo admitted that he couldn’t tell the two apart, and that he had also at some point slept with Nandor and another witch in the coven, Nadja became so fed up that she refused to help the other vampires. Guillermo stepped in and made a deal to regularly sell them Nandor and Laszlo’s semen so that their supply will not run out. The witches agreed to this and freed their captives, and later happily purchased regular quantities of “Memo’s Man Milk”.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ **Season 2:** "Witches"

## Gallery

Lilith introduces herself to the camera crew.Lilith's true form.Lilith disguised as Nadja.
## References

Meny, William (writer) & Newacheck, Kyle (director) (June 3, 2020). "Witches". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 19. FX.
Kyle

*Not to be confused with Kyle Minogue*.

**Kyle** is a member of Staten Island Community College LARPing Club. He appeared in *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series).

## Biography

Kyle's LARPing group attracted the attention of Guillermo, as it appeared to have a high number of virgin members for his vampire master Nandor to feast on. One night, Guillermo led Nandor, Nadja and Laszlo to eavesdrop on a LARPers meeting with the intention of feeding on some of the attendees; however they were so depressed by the sights they saw that they elected simply to leave. Nadja took pity on one member, Jenna, after seeing Kyle and some of the other LARPers being rude to her and ignoring her. Nadja later followed Jenna on her walk home and misled her into agreeing to being turned into a vampire.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ **Season 1:** "Pilot", "City Council"

## References

Simms, Paul (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (April 3, 2019). "City Council". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 2. FX.
Black Peter

**Black Peter** is a goat, and a familiar to a witch coven. He appears in *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series).

## Biography

Black Peter has the appearance of an ordinary black goat, but is capable of human intelligence and speech. He serves a coven in Brooklyn led by Lilith.

One night, Peter lured the vampires Laszlo and Nandor, causing them to be abducted by the witches in a bid to steal their semen. The vampires’ roommates followed them in a car all the way to Satchel Serafina, the aromatherapy store where the witches hid. Peter helped Quinn, the shopkeeper, capture Nadja and Colin Robinson while she also captured Guillermo.

Guillermo was eventually able to free Nandor and Laszlo by offering to regularly sell their semen to the witches so they could have an unending supply without killing the vampires. When they all returned home, they found Black Peter in their house, having trashed their possessions and possibly harming Nadja’s doll in the process.

As Guillermo began his trade, he formed a bond with Peter, who expressed doubt that he would ever become a witch.

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (TV series)
	+ "Witches"

## References

Meny, William (writer) & Newacheck, Kyle (director) (June 3, 2020). "Witches". *What We Do in the Shadows*. Episode 19. FX.
Breaking News

***Breaking News*** is a recruitment ad campaign created by Oglivy for New Zealand Police. A follow-up campaign to 2017’s *The World’s Most Entertaining Recruitment Video*, the advert features a cameo appearance from Officers Minogue and O’Leary.

## Synopsis

The advert features over 100 real police officers in total, who answer frequently asked questions from the public about joining the police force. At one point, O’Leary and Minogue witness a sheep being levitated (possibly by a UFO) and a man asks them if they have a Paranormal Unit, which the pair hesitantly denies.

## Cast

* Karen O'Leary as Officer O'Leary
* Mike Minogue as Officer Minogue

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4  "Breaking news: New Zealand Police launches epic new recruitment video via Ogilvy NZ" - Campaign Brief
2. ↑  "'Breaking News' New Zealand Police release EPIC new recruitment video" - NZPoliceRecruitment