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| Wildboy | |
| Continuity: | Bigfoot and Wildboy |
| Notability: | Main character |
| Type: | Adventurer |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Pacific Northwest |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | "The Sonic Projector" |
| Final: | "Spy from the Sky" |
| Actor: | Joseph Butcher |
Wildboy is a fictional adventurer and a main character featured in the Bigfoot and Wildboy television series, which was originally part of The Krofft Supershow programming package. Played by actor Joseph Butcher, he first appeared in the two-part episode "The Sonic Projector" in September, 1977.
Biography[]
The man who came to be known as Wildboy was likely born sometime around the early 1960s. Around the year 1969, he was orphaned and discovered in the Pacific Northwest by the legendary Bigfoot. Bigfoot took him and raised him and showed him how to survive in the wild. Wildboy learned Bigfoot's primitive language and the two were able to easily communicate with one another. In times of duress, they used a vocal distress signal by shouting the word "Bi-yah-bah", which the other would respond to in kind.
In the late 1970s, Bigfoot and Wildboy would engage in many adventures ranging from the mundane like scaring off poachers to the bizarre like combating vampires and time travelers. While they mostly kept to themselves, they did develop bonds with some of the nearby locals like Cindy, and Suzie, who was the daughter of a forest ranger.
Abilities[]
Powers[]
- None: Wildboy is by all accounts a normal human being with no superhuman abilities to speak of.
Skills[]
- Animal empathy: Through his long association with Bigfoot, Wildboy seems to have developed a slight aptitude for communing with and understanding animals.
- Multilingualism: Wildboy was fluent with whatever unidentified language that was used whenever he communicated with Bigfoot.
Equipment[]
- Lasso: Wildboy always had a lasso tied to his hip.
Notes & Trivia[]
- Wildboy was created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears.
- Wildboy's true name has never been revealed.
- What became of Wildboy following his adventures in the late 1970s is unknown.
- Bigfoot discovered Wildboy eight years prior to the beginning of the series.