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WHO WILL YOU PULL OUT OF YOUR HAT?

Joss loves his actors, that’s for sure. After all, he built the Dollhouse premise around Eliza Dushku, whose history with Joss goes back to Buffy and Angel . Eliza is known as one of Whedon's "Hat Tricks", an actor with appearances on multiple (or all) Joss shows.

Add more actors who have a history with Joss and are also on Dollhouse, or who are, based on their history with Joss, almost certain to be!

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	Hat Trick: Eliza Dushku
	Character/Show: Faith on Buffy
	Character/Show: Faith on Angel
	Character/Show:

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: ECHO, an "Active" on Dollhouse

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	Hat Trick: Jonathan M. Woodward
	Character/Show: Holden Webster on Buffy ("Conversations with Dead People")
	Character/Show: Tracy on Firefly ("The Message")
	Character/Show: Knox on Angel (recurring)

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: Well, handsome and charismatic as he is, I’d buy him as an Active (pun totally intended!), but historically, Joss casts this deceptively wholesome actor as a man who gets past your defenses to your ultimate regret. He’s a perfect foil, exuding boyish trustworthy charm. He’d make a great undercover agent for one team or another…or a double agent for both.

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	Hat Trick: Carlos Jacott
	Character/Show: Ken on Buffy ("Anne")
	Character/Show: Richard on Angel ("The Bachelor Party")
	Character/Show: Lawrence Dobson on Firefly ("Serenity")

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?:

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	Hat Trick: Jeff Ricketts
	Character/Show: Weatherby on Buffy and Angel ("This Year's Girl", "Who Are You?", "Sanctuary")
	Character/Show: Spider monster on Angel ("Sacrifice")
	Character/Show: Blue Glove Man on Firefly ("The Train Job", "Ariel")

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?:

Submitted by: dollrific

	Hat Trick: Andy Umberger
	Character/Show: D'Hoffryn on Buffy (recurring)
	Character/Show: Dr. Ron Meltzer on Angel ("I Fall To Pieces")
	Character/Show: Dortmunder Capt. on Firefly ("Serenity"

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?:

Submitted by: dollrific

	Hat Trick: Bob Fimiani
	Character/Show: Mr. Ward on Buffy ("The Yoko Factor", "Primeval")
	Character/Show: Codger Demon and Grounds Keeper on Angel ("Heartthrob", "The Prodigal")
	Character/Show: Elder Gommen on Firefly ("Our Mrs. Reynolds")

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?:

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	Hat Trick: Adam Baldwin
	Character/Show: Jayne Cobb in Firefly
	Character/Show: Marcus Hamilton in Angel
	Character/Show:

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: He could be a Military Intelligence officer, possibly Black Ops, recruiting Actives for secret missions

Submitted by: Impaler General

	Hat Trick: Gina Torres
	Character/Show: Zoe on Firefly
	Character/Show: Jasmine on Angel
	Character/Show:

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: She could do well as a mysterious woman who could be FBI Agent Paul's "Deep Throat" on information about the Dollhouse and Actives. Whether her info is true is another matter.

Alternately she would be interesting as Dr. Rose in flashbacks/history, there are facial and build similarities to Hazel.

Submitted by: Impaler General, Dyionisiac

	Hat Trick: Nathan Fillion
	Character/Show: Mal on Firefly
	Character/Show: Caleb on Buffy
	Character/Show: Captain Hammer on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: He would be wonderful as a destructor doll from a competing Dollhouse.

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	Hat Trick: David Fury
	Character/Show: Mustard Guy in Buffy: "Once More With Feeling"
	Character/Show: Framkin in Angel: "Smile Time"
	Character/Show: News Anchor in Dr. Horrible

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: Past client wants Sierra again as date, or faux fiance.

Submitted by: Impaler General

	Hat Trick: Felicia Day
	Character/Show: Violet on Buffy
	Character/Show: Penny on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
	Character/Show:

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: Confirmed as a freedom fighter in an episode late in season 1.

Submitted by: Tao Jones

	Hat Trick: Amy Acker
	Character/Show: Fred and Illyria on Angel
	Character/Show: Dr. Claire Saunders on Dollhouse
	Character/Show:

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?:
Dr. Claire Saunders

Submitted by: Lioness

	Hat Trick: James Marsters
	Character/Show: Spike/William on Buffy
	Character/Show: Spike on Angel
	Character/Show:

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?:
James' versatility would make him a perfect candidate as an Active. If you've followed James' career, you would see that he brings it all to each character he portrays and is never disappointing. It would also give Joss the oportunity to delve into the music realm again. His character name could be TANGO

Submitted by: theheadwitch

	Hat Trick: Mark Sheppard
	Character/Show: Badger on Firefly
	Character/Show: FBI Agent on Dollhouse
	Character/Show:

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?:
Tanaka

Submitted by: Griflet

	Hat Trick: Julia Lee
	Character/Show:Chanterelle, Lily and Ann from Buffy and Angel. All the same character with three different names.
	Character/Show:
	Character/Show:

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: I think her history speaks for itself. She already IS a doll.

Submitted by: Madspirit

	Hat Trick: Summer Glau
	Character/Show: Prima Ballerina on Angel ("Waiting in the Wings")
	Character/Show: River Tam on Firefly (and Serenity)
	Character/Show:

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: Summer definitely registers for potential 'Active' duty on Dollhouse...Though it might also be interesting to see her as a counterpart for Adelle DeWitt or on the other side, Paul Ballard.

Submitted by: summerglitch

	Hat Trick: Joss Whedon
	Character/Show: News Caster on Buffy ("I, Robot...You, Jane")
	Character/Show: Numfar on Angel ("Through the Looking Glass")
	Character/Show: Man at Funeral on Firefly ("The Message")

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: A random person crossing the street? Whoever he chooses, you know Joss will surely take the opportunity for a cameo somewhere during the series.

Submitted by: summerglitch

	Hat Trick: Kevin Will
	Character/Show: Heath on Angel ("Sense and Sensitivity)
	Character/Show: Officer on Firefly ("The Train Job")
	Character/Show:

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: Gerry the hotel manager in episode 4 ("Gray Hour").

Submitted by: theredace

	Hat Trick: Tom Lenk
	Character/Show: Andrew Wells on Buffy One of Harmony's vampire minions on Buffy ("Real Me")
	Character/Show: Andrew Wells on Angel
	Character/Show:

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: I think he would be a great buyer, someone who wants to purchase a doll. He plays fabulous characters.

Submitted by: bluesun89

	Hat Trick: Jewel Staite
	Character/Show: Kayewinnit Lee Frye (Kaylee) / Firefly and Serenity
	Character/Show:
	Character/Show:

Role/possible role on Dollhouse?: Rossum Corporation counterpart? Another Doll? Assistant for Paul? She is a very versatile actor. I am sure Joss Could find a role for her.

Submitted by: Rick the Dollbait

	Hat Trick: Alan Tudyk
	Character/Show: Hoban Washburne on Firefly
	Character/Show: Alpha on Dollhouse
	Character/Show:

"Alpha" on Dollhouse

Submitted by: bluesun89

	Hat Trick: Alexis Denisof
	Character/Show: Wesley Wyndam-Price/Buffy
	Character/Show: Wesley Wyndam- Price/Angel
	Character/Show: Senator Daniel Perrin/Dolhouse

Role/possible role onDollhouse?: Senator Daniel Perrin

Submitted by: han28

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so we're redefining the term?

May 19 2009, 6:43 PM EDT by runa27

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The term, ganked from sports where it was about the number three, has always been applied to the Whedonverse to mean "appeared in all three of his television shows". Arguably, one could make a case for revising it upward (three or more of his television shows) or outward (three or more of his projects), but surely we can't revised it downward (more than one of his projects) without gutting the entire point: The term is meant to convey something rare.

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RE: so we're redefining the term?
By: runa27, May 19 2009, 6:43 PM EDT

"Summer Glau, James Marsters (I would not want to include David Boreanaz since I want Bones to continue), Gina Torres, Morena Baccarin (we never got to see her martial arts and weapons proficiency in Firefly because “it made her appear too much like Wonder Woman). While we can’t go overboard with the number of Actives, other roles in the series would be good.

The Visions of Eliza and Summer together introducing the show lingers in my head. What a team those two would make in terms of physical action episodes.

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Ha! That actually gave me trouble for the first few episodes, actually... somebody suggested in some place online that Summer Glau would have made a better "Echo", and until I realized the particular vibe Eliza gives the role is worth keeping and now an integral part of her character... I had it in the back of my mind, and it drove me nuts. Particularly in "Ghost", but also when we see Echo in her tabula rasa state, because all due respect to Eliza, I think she had trouble with that part of the role at first, or at least, it comes off awkwardly at any rate.

Having seen a scrap of her in TSCC playing someone so completely different from River, I can't help but agree that she is total "active" material... she can play shy/delicate or know it all as much as she can play cold badass, and everything in between, plus, her ballet background makes her great at fight scenes (she's easy to train, and good at them too - the fight scenes in Serenity are some of my favorites ever <3 ) . I can totally see Joss wanting to bring her in as active, especially now that her other show is (unfortunately) canceled. But she'd really be good in just about any role he could make for her, tbh.

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