40 Fun Facts About My Babysitter's a Vampire

Which Australian star played exchange student Sunday Clovers in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Bindi Irwin, daughter of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, played the student who wins the lead in the school play, only to be possessed by a ghost in a dressing-room mirror.

In which fictional town, home to a Vampire Council, is My Babysitter's a Vampire set?

Whitechapel seems ordinary, but the town was first settled alongside a cult of vampires and its high school keeps attracting ghosts, witches and zombies.

Which actress, later Toni Topaz on Riverdale, played babysitter Sarah in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Vanessa Morgan was the one who first revealed on Twitter that a second season was coming, and she later raced with her sister to third place on The Amazing Race Canada.

How does Ethan beat rival wrestler Kurt Lochner to win a school trophy in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

By tickling him: Ethan had to win because the ghost of a dead gym coach threatened to haunt him forever unless the school finally took home a trophy.

Which US network aired season one of My Babysitter's a Vampire before its official Canadian debut?

Disney Channel bought the Canadian series in 2011 and ran the whole first season that summer, months before the official premiere at home in January 2012.

In My Babysitter's a Vampire, what is a vampire who has never drunk human blood called?

A fledgling is neither fully human nor fully vampire, which is why Sarah spends season one living on a blood substitute and hoping for a cure.

Which drink turns the teachers into zombies in the My Babysitter's a Vampire episode The Brewed?

Coffee from a mistaken delivery does the damage after the head of the school orders a whole case for the staff, leaving three teenagers to face a school full of undead teachers.

How did My Babysitter's a Vampire end after two seasons, with no third season ever made?

On a cliffhanger: a huge explosion goes off in the last scene, leaving viewers unsure whether Ethan, Sarah and Benny survived.

Which pets did Rory flush down the toilet, creating sewer monsters in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Baby alligators grew into monsters because Benny had flushed one of his magic brews at the same time; Rory, who is fond of animals, had mistaken them for iguanas.

Which supernatural ability does Ethan discover he has as a Seer in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Visions through touch are how many of the adventures start: Ethan brushes against a person or an object and glimpses the danger, as when he first touched Sarah in the pilot film.

Ethan's best friend Benny learns he is what kind of magic user in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

A spellmaster can cast magic from a spell book, though Benny's spells usually go wrong for lack of practice and cause half the trouble he and Ethan then have to fix.

Sarah is already a vampire when My Babysitter's a Vampire begins, having been bitten by whom?

Her ex-boyfriend Jesse did it; he is a centuries-old vampire cult leader posing as a teenager, and he spends the story trying to win her back.

What is the name of Ethan's younger sister, whom Sarah babysits in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Jane knows all about her brother's supernatural friends and keeps the secret, though she happily blackmails him with it to get her own way.

Fresh TV, the Toronto studio behind My Babysitter's a Vampire, also created which animated series?

Total Drama was one of Fresh TV's internationally broadcast cartoons; My Babysitter's a Vampire marked the studio's expansion into live action.

In the My Babysitter's a Vampire film, Jesse plans to resurrect his dead cult during which event?

A lunar eclipse was when townspeople burned his original followers centuries earlier, so he waits for the next one to bring them back using stolen souls.

Ethan and Benny learn Sarah's secret in the My Babysitter's a Vampire film when she feeds on what?

A rat is all she allows herself: the boys, who had followed her towards a vampire party, discover that she refuses to drink human blood.

Which school job does the unmasked witch Stephanie end up with in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Lunch lady is her fate: she had posed as the teenage head cheerleader while plotting to take the students' souls and stay young, until Benny's grandma removed her powers.

Which bewitched object creates evil clones of the students in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

A camera that Benny sold to the yearbook team brings out the dark side of a person's soul with every photo, and the clones vanish only when the negatives are destroyed.

Which actor, earlier Jake Kimble in The Grudge 2, plays Ethan in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Matthew Knight had already faced a film werewolf in Skinwalkers and ghosts in two Grudge sequels, and he won two Young Artist Awards before the series began.

Which Canadian channel aired the My Babysitter's a Vampire film a week before its French version?

Teletoon showed the film in October 2010 and its French-language counterpart followed a week later; four episodes of the spin-off series were previewed there the following March.

What does Benny brew to help Ethan ask Sarah out in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

A love potion spills and its scent drifts through the school, charming all the female students; nature's balance then turns them murderous, and the boys hide overnight in a prop cage.

Which garage-sale buy of Ethan's turns out to be possessed by a vampire in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

A rusty old car is his treat for earning a learner's permit, but a bloodsucking back-seat driver from beyond the grave makes it attack people while he is at the wheel.

Which school official is the vampire-hating villain of My Babysitter's a Vampire season two?

The vice principal, Mr Stern, descends from a wizard who once tried to wipe out vampires, and he hunts a weapon that drains the dark energy keeping them alive.

How does Sarah finally become a full vampire in the season one finale of My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Sucking venom from a bite on Ethan's wrist saves him from being turned, but it means tasting human blood, the one thing she had resisted all season.

Benny's grandmother, a witch on the side of good, holds which title in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Earth Priestess is how she describes herself when she hands the teenagers enchanted daggers and a spell book to fight the vampires in the pilot film.

After My Babysitter's a Vampire was not renewed in 2013, Fresh TV explored making what instead?

A second movie was explored and a writer drafted several scenarios for it, but problems with broadcasters, budgets and keeping the cast together ended the idea.

In My Babysitter's a Vampire, a teacher summons the Mayan queen Lucia by digging up what?

A crystal skull calls up Lucia, who hypnotizes the boys while preparing a world-ending ritual, until Sarah and Erica break her hold with moonstones and smash it.

Which organ does Benny steal from a museum mummy, bringing it to life in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

The pancreas theft sends the Egyptian mummy hunting for its organ; magical supplies in Benny's home turn it into a handsome teenager who tries to take Sarah to the underworld.

Which actor, also Gabe in the film Radio Rebel, plays Benny in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Atticus Mitchell had planned a career in music or journalism before an agent signed him, and he drummed in a Toronto band called The Fishwives.

Which sport does Boltz, a star built from stolen body parts, play in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Hockey is the game: the school coach assembles Boltz from the strongest parts of dead people and then plots to finish the job with Ethan's brain.

Suspected werewolf David Stachowski really becomes what at full moon in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

A shaggy dog is his secret, which makes the hairy school jock a weredog; the real werewolf that night is Ethan, hit by one of Benny's misfired spells.

On Ethan and Sarah's first date in My Babysitter's a Vampire, restaurant staff assume he is what?

Her meal, because Erica had chosen a restaurant for vampires; the date itself came about through a bet between Ethan and Benny.

Anastasia, the feared head of the Vampire Council in My Babysitter's a Vampire, looks like what?

A little girl in appearance, she is really centuries old, takes charge of every council vote and is not above using death threats to get things done.

Which role did cult leader Jesse hold in the original settlement in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

A reverend named Horace Black, he led a cabal of vampires that the townspeople burned, and he returned centuries later disguised as a high school student.

Which Radio Free Roscoe actress and country singer plays Erica in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Kate Todd joins the actress who plays Sarah to sing the theme song over the two-part finale, and she released her debut album in 2012 while the series was airing.

What finally cures the zombified teachers in the My Babysitter's a Vampire episode The Brewed?

Air conditioning does it, because Ethan works out in the chemistry lab that the zombies cannot stand cold; the switch is flipped when Sarah slams an infected Rory against it.

Which actor, later Ragman on Arrow, plays the cult leader Jesse in My Babysitter's a Vampire?

Joe Dinicol began as a child actor at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and is a grandson of the English actor John Neville.

Which director of Hard Core Logo and Pontypool made the My Babysitter's a Vampire film?

Bruce McDonald, a veteran of the Toronto New Wave, also directed episodes of the series, and his work on the film earned a Directors Guild of Canada nomination.

The living toy Debbie Dazzle stays human in My Babysitter's a Vampire by turning victims into what?

Dolls are what is left once she drains a person's life energy, a fate that befalls both of Ethan's parents before his sister reverses the spell that woke her.

At Ethan's Halloween party in My Babysitter's a Vampire, what turns guests into their costumes?

A mask belonging to Rory casts the spell, and the changes become permanent at midnight, so Benny and Ethan race to destroy it while guests turn into real monsters.