shakin steak wrote :

So. This non-human character appears more often as a male but sometimes takes a female form.

Is it a shapeshifter?
Is it an alien?


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Yes, but I was disappointed when I found out that it was.

Literary... Was the show adapted from:

A novel?
A comic book?

shakin steak wrote :

Literary... Was the show adapted from:



A novel?

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A novel.

Is the show a sitcom?

No it actually was a miniseries (or made for TV movie) with only two episodes.

Clues so far:

The character has more than one name and a title. The first name first initial can be
either a P, R, or B.
The show aired in the 1990s
Not a super hero
The different names are not alter egos or split personalities (to be fair
the character does use disguises, or changes appearance, sort of)
It is not from a cartoon
From a literary character. The alternate names are never used in the show except for the credits and the literary source.
The character's title and one name are used in the show.
The letter used in the show for the first name is "P"
The show is set in two different time periods the 1950s and 1990s
Some aspects would be considered sci-fi but that is definitely not the main genre
The character is a villain and the person playing the character has been a
villain in several cool films from the 70s, 80s, and 90s in different roles
The character is certainly very active while on screen and even violent but not necessarily animated in nature at least not in a good way, and has been known to crack jokes
The character refers to itself by name, other characters refer to the character by the title they have bestowed upon it. The P refers to its first name, the R and B are alternate first names from the credits or literary source. I have not given you a first letter for its title.
The show originally aired on ABC in 1990 and has since been rebroadcast on the cable network SpikeTV
It is not human
It has appeared as both male and female, but is predominantly male and the literary source has both sexes as well
It is a shape-shifter
It is an alien but most people won't know that and it was a let down to find out
The literary source is a novel by a famous Horror writer and for Halloween the show is in the Horror genre
The show was a TV miniseries with only two episodes (a made for TV movie)

Bonus clue:

Not the first time the actor has used makeup as a villain

Extra Bonus clue:

The show references the classic monsters The Mummy and the Teenage Werewolf, and the novel references the Mummy, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein's monster, and the Wolf Man.

Yeesh... so many clues, yet I'm feeling clueless about the character.

Vaporman87 wrote :

Yeesh... so many clues, yet I'm feeling clueless about the character.
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I have already given you the answer in the clues.

Wait... is the answer "It"? That is to say... the clown from "It"?

Good lord.



On the plus side, I have two shows I want to check out now-- Wild Palms, an ABC miniseries (5 episodes) from 1993, and My Life and Times, an ABC show from the 90s that featured multiple time periods.


Alright I'll come up with something that not The Munsters or The Honeymooners... Who knew this one and was waiting for me?