I only paint that which is true... and nobody likes the truth.
Ghost Wolf, "Ghost Wolf's Art"
Ghost Wolf is a recurring character in the series Kiff. He is a ghostly wolf who lives on a mountain in the Outskorts, as well as an amateur artist.
Profile[]
Ghost Wolf pursuing a group of lost travelers.
Ghost Wolf is an ancient entity who lives in a cave atop a mountain in the Outskorts of Table Town. He plays a protective role on the mountain, sensing the presence of lost travelers and shepherding them to safety. The sound of Ghost Wolf's "emergency howl" alerts rescue helicopters to the presence of people on the mountain in need of rescue.[1]
Appearance[]
Ghost Wolf is a wolf with white fur, a black nose, and black rings around his eyes. As he is a ghost, he floats and is surrounded by a ghostly blue aura. He possesses ghostly abilities such as flight, teleportation, invisibility, and intangibility, and is also capable of temporarily passing these abilities onto living beings.[2] While painting, Ghost Wolf wears a pink bathrobe.
Personality[]
Ghost Wolf translating himself.
Although he seems scary at first glance, Ghost Wolf is actually a benevolent, mild-mannered creature. In "Totally Table Town", Kiff, Barry, and their friends encounter him on his mountain and flee from him in fear, but later discover that he only intended to give them back their lost wireless speaker. In this appearance, he communicates only in grunts and howls.
He later has a more prominent role in "Ghost Wolf's Art", where it is revealed that he has two modes of communication: through wordless grunts which he translates into English to others by manifesting floating captions, and through spoken English, which he uses for most of the episode when talking to Kiff and Barry (after having initially used the first mode because he was "not aware of at what age non-ghost children become literate").
Ghost Wolf painting in his study.
In "Ghost Wolf's Art", Ghost Wolf is revealed to be a talented artist, able to paint and sculpt what he sees with startling clarity. He claims to only paint "the truth", and fittingly, his paintings are all truthful depictions of real Tabletonians. He is nonetheless very humble about his talent, noting that he creates art for personal expression rather than praise, and being initially hesitant to publicly display his work. Ghost Wolf is also an avid horticulturist who maintains a rich garden of ferns in his cave.
Relationships[]
Kiff Chatterley and Barry Buns[]
Kiff realizing that Ghost Wolf is, in fact, a ghost.
In "Totally Table Town", Kiff takes her friends to Ghost Wolf's mountain to film a music video about Table Town, despite being warned about his presence. Upon seeing Ghost Wolf, the children flee from him in terror and end up lost on the mountain. He eventually catches up to them, but to their surprise, he simply returns their lost wireless speaker and leaves peacefully. His intervention leads to the children being spotted and rescued by a passing helicopter. At the end of the episode, Ghost Wolf says (via a caption) that Kiff and her friends have taught him the power of civic pride.
Kiff and Barry with Ghost Wolf at his art show.
Wanting to thank Ghost Wolf for his help, Kiff and Barry return to Ghost Wolf's cave in "Ghost Wolf's Art". The two meet Ghost Wolf and learn of his artistic skill after seeing his amazing painting of them and their friends. Wanting to convince him that the world is ready to see his art, Kiff commissions ten paintings from him and secretly organizes an art show of his work. Barry becomes Ghost Wolf's apprentice, and the two fly through Table Town to find inspiration for the paintings by observing people's everyday lives. At the show, Ghost Wolf's subjects are at first offended by his paintings of them doing private activities, but they end up bonding with the other attendees over said activities. Ghost Wolf later invites Barry to continue his apprenticeship in the summer.
Ghost Wolf returns in "Lore of the Ring Light", flying Principal Secretary to the Wall of Goat to rescue Kiff and her friends, then flying Kiff and Barry down from Mount Table. In "Rock Kick", Kiff arranges a meeting with Ghost Wolf for Dumb Bird, a fan of his art.
Appearances[]
| Specials | ||||
| Opening sequence: | Non-speaking | |||
| 1. "The Haunting of Miss McGravy's House": | Absent | 2. "Lore of the Ring Light": | Appears | |
Trivia[]
- His interest in art is first mentioned at the end of "Totally Table Town", where one of the captions translating him reads: "Perhaps one day I will leave my dark woods and try my paw at painting".
- The paintings that Kiff commissions from him in "Ghost Wolf's Art" show:
- Glarbin measuring his height.
- Martin ice dancing.
- Miss Deer Teacher having a dinner party with her stuffed toys.
- Roy not wearing his false eyebrows.
- The Pone wrapped in toilet paper.
- Secretary Prince eating plates.
- Rat turning on the nightlight in his bedroom (painted in an extremely abstract style).
- Principal Secretary sulking over a picture of his ex.
Gallery[]
Click here to view the gallery for Ghost Wolf.
References[]
- ↑ "Totally Table Town".
- ↑ "Ghost Wolf's Art".