Post by scrattelover2 on Nov 13, 2010 8:13:20 GMT -5
Melvin Plugg is a character from Tremors, Tremors 3: Back to Perfection and two episodes in Tremors: The Series: Feeding Frenzy and Water Hazard. He is played by Robert Jayne in all the movies and the TV Series. He is disliked by Burt, Earl, Val and almost everyone else in Perfection. He is the only character, besides Burt, to be played by the same actor in both the films and the TV series.
Role
His role has morphed from comic relief to that of a incompetent antagonist.
Tremors
He was originally a lazy, somewhat obnoxious teenager who was fond of basketball and practical jokes. Val, Earl and Burt never liked him much, and he never got along with them. He grew to dislike the living conditions of Perfection.
Although Melvin appeared to live alone in the first film, this is implausible for a 17-year-old. The creators of the films stated that his parents were uncaring towards him and often abandoned him to go gambling in Las Vegas (a fact referenced in the original draft of the script).[1]
This was partially the source of his bitterness toward the uncivilized valley. The town’s sign in the first film said that Perfection's Population was 14. Therefore, if his parents lived in Perfection, then Edgar Deems and Old Fred, living well outside of the town area, were likely not counted as part of the 14.
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
Eventually, even though he was sort of a lazy kid Melvin got his act together, moved to Bixby, went to college. Melvin started working really hard once he hit his 20s, he got into real estate and has been buying and selling land not only in Perfection Valley, but in nearby Bixby soon he became the head of his own realty company called "Melco".
In 2001, he returned to Perfection very rich at age 28, and claims residency both there and in Bixby. He owns much of the land in the valley, and wants to turn it into something more urban. However, the other residents refuse to sell out their land to him. He was not around at the time of the graboid incursion but when he returned things had changed. Now, because Graboids are a protected species, he cannot do so as long as El Blanco is alive.
Tremors: The Series
Feeding Frenzy
He appears near the beginning of Feeding Frenzy when he is trying to Jodi and Nancy to buy his Ranchettes. But he leaves the scene when Burt drives up to the store.
He is later seen at the end of the episode when he gets in a argument with The Biker, who gets eaten by El Blanco. Then he gets yelled at by Burt, and they leave him on the rock, again.
Water Hazard
He still sells or rents plots of land from a company called "Perfection Ranchettes" (a branch of Melco), and also owns the Bixby golf course "The Oasis", as seen in the episode "Water Hazard". Though better educated than most of his friends, his book smarts prove of little use when handling Graboids, Shriekers or Assblasters.
Just like in Feeding Frenzy, he is seen at the beginnng of this, by only yelling at one of his workers, Dwaynne, about the generator not working. Another one of his workers comes up with a large tank of water. Melvin and the worker leave, then Dwaynne is killed by sometime in the water.
Rosalita comes to see Melvin about a job, where they find the body of Dwaynne. Melvin calls the cops, and Rosalita finds a shell by the shore. She asks Mevin if he knows what it is, but he dosen't.
He is later seen again when Twitchell and Casey are telling him that there is a Giant Shrimp called Jurassic Artemia living in his pond. Later that night, Melvin breaks a valve on a truck, and lets gallons of disel flow into the pond.
At the end of the episode, Rosalita takes a check from him, but it isn't told how much.
