The Pumpkin Man

**The Pumpkin Man** is an animated dark fantasy TV show based on the ideas of Jose Ramirez. The series is made by KirbyStar Studios.

## Story

Social outcast Cathy Carter has been under a state of depression since her father passed away years ago. One Halloween, under the request of her mother, she decides to go out as a pumpkin-headed scarecrow. However, the pumpkin she picked from the pumpkin patch was no ordinary pumpkin, for it is a magical one, turning her into the Pumpkin Man. Now, as the Pumpkin Man, Cathy must uncover the strange creatures and life hiding underneath the ordinary town of Autumn Falls.

## Cast

* Ashley Johnson as Cathy Carter, a shy, insecure high schooler who discovers a pumpkin in the pumpkin patch, which transforms her into the Pumpkin Man upon wearing it on her head. She also voices Bowtie, a small but hopeful leader of the Ghosties, a group of cute spirits resembling bedsheet ghosts.

* Ewan McGregor as Abner Crawford, the sly, snarky spirit of an 18th-century commoner trapped in a pumpkin, and Pumpkin Man, the jolly, fun-filled spirit of Halloween who can breathe fire and use pumpkin vines to capture bad guys and swing across.
* Ashly Burch as Lucy Harper, the nerdy classmate of Cathy who runs a podcast dedicated to the history of Autumn Falls, later the Pumpkin Man urban legend.

* Luci Christian as Geal, a white-haired, red-striped witch who kidnaps children and steals their life essence to replenish her dwindling youth.

* Paget Brewster as Emily Carter, the loving mother of Cathy Carter who wants her daughter to be happy again.

* Grey Griffin as June Lupe, Cathy's relaxed and only friend at high school. She's looked up to as a big sister figure, as well as being described as a lone wolf.
* Jackson Robert Scott as Casey Harper, the young brother of Lucy whom, along with his sister, the Pumpkin Man rescues.

* Brendan Gleeson as Aidan McCreary, Cathy's eccentric neighbor whom she visits daily to help out with the chores. He is a good friend of her father before he died.

* Chris Sarandon as Jack Carter, the deceased father of Cathy Carter. Before his death, he was a wide-eyed man with a sense of wonder and joy, which shaped his daughter later in life.

## Music

The music score is composed and conducted by Danny Elfman, along with the soundtrack "Cathy's Mixtape: Music of the Pumpkin Man," which contains songs by Imagine Dragons, Panic! at the Disco, and Marilyn Manson among others.

### Cathy's Mixtape: Music of the Pumpkin Man

1. Whatever It Takes - Imagine Dragons
2. Run - Snow Patrol
3. It's Almost Halloween - Panic! at the Disco
4. Bones - The Killers
5. My Immortal - Evanescence
6. No One Lives Forever - Oingo Boingo
7. The Power of Love (You Are My Lady) - Air Supply
8. I'm Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance
9. Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
10. Time to Pretend - MGMT
11. Cool Kids - Echosmith
12. Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson

### The Pumpkin Man (Original Score)

1. Cathy's Theme
2. Pumpkin Man's Theme
3. Main Titles
4. Purgatory High
5. A Head for a Scarecrow
6. Halloween Fright
7. Gourd Morning, Cathy
8. Sweet but Sour
9. Mr. Murray's House
10. Training
11. Crumble Attack / Papa
12. Town Hall Meeting / Family
13. The Witching Hour
14. Pumpkin Manhunt
15. A Carter Captured
16. Truth Be Told
17. Carnival Chaos
18. SpookHouse Showdown
19. Acceptance
20. A Legend is Born
21. End Credits
22. The Pumpkin Man Song - Danny Elfman

## Trivia

* The series is inspired by Andy Muschietti's 2017 horror film, *It*, and the stop-motion works of Tim Burton, particularly *The Nightmare Before Christmas*, which is considered Cathy Carter's all-time favorite film in-universe, as well as the 1998 live-action Halloween short, *Pumpkin Man*, which shares some similar ideas to the film
* The project was originally going to be a movie. However, the creator decided it would work best as a TV show to explore the world and characters of *The Pumpkin Man*.