Changes: Compton Dawes

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Compton Dawes is the main antagonist in the first book in the Goosebumps series, Welcome to Dead House, as well as its television adaptation. He is the real estate agent that helps the Benson's move into Dark Falls. He turns out to have been dead like the rest of the town, and is later killed.

History

Book

Compton Dawes is the local real estate agent of Dark Falls. He shows the Benson family their new home. However, unbeknownst to the Bensons, Mr. Dawes and the other residents of Dark Falls have lured the family to their doom. After an accident at the local plastics factory cast a poisonous fog over the town, all of the residents ended up in a state of living dead. Unable to survive in bright light, yet unable to fully die. They took one house in the town and dubbed it the "Dead House", to lure unsuspecting families and feast on their blood. When Amanda and Josh soon learn about this, they save their parents, while also seemingly destroying the residents of the town. This includes Josh smashing a halogen flashlight over the head of Dawes. However, as the Benson family escapes, they see that Mr. Dawes is still alive and has already lured a new family.

TV Show

The television adaptation does not feature him as much as the book, and he is not present for the climax of the episode until the very end. He is also much older in the episode in comparison to the book as his tombstone in the book suggests he died at age 30. His actor, Ian D. Clark, was in his mid forties at the time of filming.

General information

Personality

While Mr. Dawes appears kind at first, he shows a sinister side when he is revealed as another member of the undead. He has deliberately led many families to their deaths by luring them to the Dead House.

Physical appearance

Compton Dawes is described as being a young-looking man, with short blonde hair. In his undead state, his skin and hair are a dull gray.

Appearances

Books

Goosebumps

Welcome to Dead House

Goosebumps Gold

Happy Holidays From Dead House (cancelled)

Television and film

Goosebumps (television series)

Welcome to Dead House

Video Games

Goosebumps HorrorTown

Trivia

In Goosebumps HorrorTown, he owns a business called "Better Call Dawes", a reference to the television series Better Call Saul.
It is possible that Dawes, as well as the other Dark Falls residents, were set to return in the Goosebumps Gold book Happy Holidays From Dead House, but both the book and Goosebumps Gold were cancelled not long after R.L. Stine parted ways with Scholastic.

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-}}'''Compton Dawes '''is the main antagonist in ''[[Welcome to Dead House]]''. He is the real estate agent that helps the Benson's move into Dark Falls. He turns out to have been dead like the rest of the town, and is later killed.
+}}'''Compton Dawes '''is the main antagonist in the first book in the ''[[Goosebumps (original series)|Goosebumps]]'' series, ''[[Welcome to Dead House]]'', as well as its [[Welcome to Dead House/TV episode|television adaptation]]. He is the real estate agent that helps the Benson's move into Dark Falls. He turns out to have been dead like the rest of the town, and is later killed.
 ==History==
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 === TV Show ===
-The TV episode does not feature him as much as the book, and he is not present for the climax of the episode until the very end. He is also much older in the episode in comparison to the book as his tombstone in the book suggests he died at age 30. His actor, Ian D. Clark, was in his mid forties at the time of filming.
+The television adaptation does not feature him as much as the book, and he is not present for the climax of the episode until the very end. He is also much older in the episode in comparison to the book as his tombstone in the book suggests he died at age 30. His actor, Ian D. Clark, was in his mid forties at the time of filming.
 ==General information==
 ====Personality====
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 *''Happy Holidays From Dead House'' (cancelled)
-=== Television and Film ===
+=== Television and film ===
 ==== ''[[Goosebumps (television series)]]'' ====
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 ==Trivia==
-* In ''Goosebumps HorrorTown'', he owns a business called "Better Call Dawes", a reference to the television series ''[[wikipedia:Better Call Saul|Better Call Saul]]''.
+* In ''[[Goosebumps HorrorTown]]'', he owns a business called "Better Call Dawes", a reference to the television series ''[[wikipedia:Better Call Saul|Better Call Saul]]''.
-* It is possible that he and the other Dark Falls residents were set to return in the Goosebumps Gold book Happy Holidays From Dead House, but the book and the planned series was cancelled when R.L. Stine's contract ended with Scholastic.
+* It is possible that Dawes, as well as the other Dark Falls residents, were set to return in the ''[[Goosebumps Gold]]'' book ''Happy Holidays From Dead House'', but both the book and ''Goosebumps Gold'' were cancelled not long after [[R.L. Stine]] [[R.L. Stine's fallout with Scholastic|parted ways with Scholastic]].
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 [[Category:Villains]]
 [[Category:Video Game Characters]]
+[[Category:Goosebumps Horrortown (Monsters)]]
+[[Category:Goosebumps Horrortown (Characters)]]