Gary (AYAOTD)

Gary

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Gary is the president of the Midnight Society. His father owns a magic shop.

During the events of Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Season 1 Episode 1 The Tale of the Phantom Cab played by Ross Hull

Gary introduces the Midnight Society and its other members, Kristen, David, Betty Ann, Kiki and Eric, to Frank. He mentions that they go to different schools and have different friends, but an interest in the dark brings them together one day each week to gather together and tell a scary tales. David walks a blindfolded Frank to the center of the campfire and Gary asks who Frank's sponsor is. David tells him that he is his sponsor and Gary tells Frank to become a member, Frank will have to tell a scary tale and if the Society votes him in, then he is a member. Gary hands David a sack and after David throws a handful of powdery material on the campfire, Frank starts his tale, the Tale of the Phantom Cab.

Frank finishes the story, and the Midnight Society members take a vote, and they all vote to let Frank into the group.

During the events of Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Season 1 Episode 2 The Tale of Laughing in the Dark played by Ross Hull

Betty Ann starts telling her tale about an amusement park called Playland. One of the amusements was a spook house called Laughing in the Dark. Girl 1 and Girl 2 are walking through Laughing in the Dark when they come to a room full of numbered doors. They open the door numbered 6 and Zeebo pops out and Girl 1 and Girl 2 scream.

Kristen stands up and says she is leaving. Frank asks her what is the matter and Betty Ann says she was just starting the story. Kristen says she hates clowns. Eric makes fun of Kristen as does Kiki. Kristen then sits back down. Gary tells Betty Ann to start from the beginning and hands her the sack of powdery material and Betty Ann pours some of it on the fire and starts her tale over.

As she is telling the story, Frank asks Betty Ann what sort of things were in the spook house and she continues her tale. Kiki again taunts Kristen, who is forcing Gary and Eric to sit close to her, and Betty Ann continues her tale. Betty Ann finishes the tale and Frank thinks the Carney was Zeebo, but Gary doesn't think so. David thinks the Carney was Zeebo's ghost and Kiki agrees with his idea. Kiki taunts Kristen one more time and Eric scares Kristen with a clown mask and everyone runs off as Gary puts out the fire.

During the events of Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Season 1 Episode 3 The Tale of the Lonely Ghost played by Ross Hull

As Eric is doing a trick for Kiki, Frank almost makes him choke and Gary has to separate them from fighting. Betty Ann hands David the sack of powdery material and he introduces his tale by saying that it has to do with two very different kids and a love so strong it can survive death.

During his tale, Kristen asks David where Beth was when Amanda came home, and he tells her that Beth was at Sally's house the entire night and Aunt Dottie was working late. Frank comments that now Amanda was alone with Nanny who he thinks is a lunatic, but Eric thinks Beth just told Amanada that to scare her. David says that when Aunt Dottie came home, Amanda told her everything that happened.

David ends his tale and the meeting ends. Frank offers to buy Eric a soda to make amends.

During the events of Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Season 1 Episode 4 The Tale of the Twisted Claw played by Ross Hull

Tony is sleeping in bed when smoke starts coming out of the bottom of his closet. The door opens and a Dream Monster comes out of the closet and walks towards Tony's bed. Tony wakes up and the Dream Monster is still hovering over his bed, and he screams.

Kiki asks Eric what happens next in his tale, and he tells her he hasn't figured out the ending yet. Frank and Kristen are upset that he doesn't have a full ending, but Betty Ann says she likes cliffhangers. David then offers to tell a tale. Gary hands David the bag of powdery material and David starts his tale.

As David tells his tale of the twisted claw, Kiki notes that both Dougie and Kevin have used one wish and Gary brings up that something evil happened to make the wishes come true. Eric says he would wish for a million dollars and take his chances. David continues his story.

David finishes his story and Gary ends the meeting.

During the events of Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Season 1 Episode 5 The Tale of the Hungry Hounds played by Ross Hull

As Kiki and Betty Ann are putting sticks in the campfire, they hear a howl. Eric, David and Frank walk towards the camp with more wood while making animal sounds. Gary asks Kiki for the matches, but she tells him she can light the fire. David asks where Kristen is, and Eric tells him not to worry while Kiki insinuates that Kristen didn’t want to get her hands dirty helping the rest of them. They hear howling and Kristen walks up with a dog named Elvis. She then apologizes for being late. Kristen tells the group that she has a tale that will have them shaking in their boots. She starts her story as David helps and throws powder on the fire.

During the tale, Elvis whines and Eric asks him if he smells a fox. Betty Ann wonders if Elvis is scared, while Kiki worries, he might be hungry.

Kristen ends her story by saying that, Pam was able to convince Beth to let her take riding lessons and Beth was no longer haunted by Aunt Dora and Dora’s ghost was no longer haunted by the howling of the hungry Hounds. Gary reminds everyone to always remember to feed their dogs or they might have a bone to pick with them and then ends the meeting.

During the events of Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Season 1 Episode 6 The Tale of the Super Specs played by Ross Hull

Kristen is at Gary's father's magic shop. Gary plays a trick on her using a miniature guillotine and a fake finger and he tells her that the magic shop is where he gets all his story ideas. Kristen tells Gary that some of the members of the Midnight Society have said some of his stories haven't been scary lately. Kristen picks up a pair of super specs and Gary picks them up and then makes them disappear with magic.

At the campfire, Frank tells the others that the scariness of Gary's tales have been slipping. Kiki agrees, but Betty Ann thinks Gary tells the best stories. Kiki says that she can't remember the last time Gary's tale scared her and Gary suddenly shows up and scares Kiki. Gary tells them that David is sick and can't make the meeting. Eric tells Gary that Kiki was saying how his tales haven't been scary lately. He says his tale is about three people, people who believe in magic, people who don't and people who should. Gary then starts his tale.

Frank thinks Marybeth should have burned the super specs or put them in the garbage disposal while Betty Ann guesses the Phantoms aren't real. Gary says that Marybeth didn't know if what she saw was real and when Kiki asks what she did, Gary says that Marybeth went to find Weeds.

After Gary finishes his tale, Kristen asks if the other universe won and Gary says, because Sardo was a fake and Dark Lady/Phantom was real, her universe won. Gary hands out super specs to everyone and when they put them on they see what appears to be a Phantom and they scream and run away, except for Kristen. David, who was disguised as a Phantom pulls off his hood and tells Gary and Kristen, April Fools'.