Line #30 Main/WrittenByCastMember


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2	[[caption-width-right:720:Michael Norell's writing credit on fourth-season Series/{{Emergency}} episode "Details"]]
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4	->''"The brave and magnificent Ozan, who writes his own examine text."''
5	-->-- '''[[LoveableRogue Ozan]]''''s [[BreakingTheFourthWall examine text]], ''VideoGame/RuneScape''
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7	Sometimes actors want to have a say in the words they're given; sometimes they want to stretch their artistic muscles; sometimes they look at the scripts they have to do and think, "I could do better than this!" When this happens, and the producers are on their side ([[ExecutiveMeddling or the network is]]), you have something written by a cast member.
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9	Much less prevalent than DirectedByCastMember, particularly in these days of arc-driven television. Writing is less glamorous than directing, for one thing, and it's harder to develop a story from scratch than to bring someone else's to the screen.
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11	Key to both of these tropes is that the actor gets into writing or directing through the show they're on, '''without''' having a previous background in it (let alone being the series creator).
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13	As the examples show, sometimes non-dramatic ExpandedUniverse works can be written or co-written by actors, for name-recognition value. Often these works [[ADayInTheLimelight focus on]] the character the actor plays in the show.
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15	For the opposite direction of crossover, see DescendedCreator and CreatorCameo. For shows where the cast and the writing staff heavily overlap, see CastFullOfWriters.
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17	!!Examples:
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21	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
22	* Kaori Yamagata—under the pen name Sakurako Akino—voiced Queen Pumpkin in TheMovie for ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' and was also the writer for one of the movie’s three acts. She later wrote the novel sequel to the movie under the same pseudonym.
23	* Similar to DirectedByCastMember, many English dub voice actors also tend to write the scripts for the dubs they're in. Creator/JohnBurgmeier (who is often the head writer for many Creator/{{Funimation}} dubs), Creator/JamieMarchi, Creator/EmilyNeves, Creator/KristenMcGuire, Creator/MonicaRial, Creator/AaronDismuke, Creator/JMichaelTatum, Creator/PatrickSeitz and Creator/CaitlinGlass, just to name a few have written for several of the shows they star in.
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26	[[folder:Comic Books]]
27	* ''Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}'':
28	** Creator/JohnBarrowman, who played the initial BigBad and later HeelFaceRevolvingDoor character Malcolm Merlyn in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', wrote ''Dark Archer'', a spin-off comic starring Malcolm, with his sister Carole Barrowman.
29	** Creator/CamrusJohnson, who plays Luke Fox in ''Series/{{Batwoman\|2019}}'', wrote a Batwing story for ''Batman: Urban Legends'' #4. The issue was released the same day that the ''Batwoman'' episode where he dons the Batwing suit was broadcast.
30	** The backmatter of the ''Comicbook/{{Stargirl}} Spring Break Special'' includes a series of excuses Courtney gave when skipping class to do superhero stuff, written by Creator/BrecBassinger, who plays the title character in ''Series/Stargirl2020''.
31	** Creator/NicoleMaines, who plays Dreamer in ''Series/Supergirl2015'', wrote a Dreamer story for the 2021 ''DC Pride'' special, the [[CanonImmigrant first appearance]] of Nia in comics.
32	* Other adaptations of ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
33	** Creator/GilbertGottfried, who played a villain named Nick Nack in the ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperboy'' TV series, wrote an issue of the tie-in comic detailing the character's origin story.
34	** Several stories in the comic book tie-in to ''Podcast/BatmanTheAudioAdventures'' have been written by members of the cast.
35	** Creator/DannyDeVito wrote a Penguin story for ''Gotham City Villains Anniversary Giant'', having played Cobblepot back in ''Film/BatmanReturns''.
36	** Creator/HelenSlater, who played [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]] in the ''Film/Supergirl1984'' movie, wrote a story in the MilestoneCelebration ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' #50.
37	** Creator/MichaelDorn, who voiced Comicbook/{{Steel}} in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' wrote the 2022 ''Steelworks'' series.
38	* For a ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' comic tie-in from Dark Horse Comics, ''Tales of the Slayers'', Creator/AmberBenson, who played Tara in the series, wrote a a short comic story called "The Innocent", about a Slayer during the French Revolution.
39	* Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse:
40	** Creator/ColinBaker wrote ''Franchise/DoctorWho: The Age of Chaos'', a graphic novella featuring his Sixth Doctor, which is also something of a FixFic for [[spoiler:Peri's EsotericHappyEnding]].
41	** A number of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' spin-off comics were written by Creator/JohnBarrowman, who played the series protagonist Captain Jack Harkness, in collaboration with his sister Carole Barrowman. Additionally, the Torchwood Magazine story "Shrouded" was written by Creator/GarethDavidLloyd, who played Ianto Jones in the same show.
42	** "Drawn" rather than "written", but the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Seventh Doctor miniseries featured a back-up story with art by Jessica Martin, who played Mags, a major guest character in the TV story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]". The comic story also featured Mags in a major role.
43	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
44	** Creator/JohnDeLancie wrote "The Gift," an annual of DC's ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' comic, focusing (of course) on Picard and Q.
45	** Creator/WalterKoenig wrote "Chekov's Choice" for #19 of DC's ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' comic.
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48	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
49	* Creator/ChristopherReeve was offered credited story input to entice him back for ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''. The title and anti-nuclear theme were his, and he won a lawsuit against a writing duo who claimed otherwise.
50	* Creator/MattDamon and Creator/BenAffleck both starred in and wrote ''Film/GoodWillHunting''. They won an Oscar for the screenplay.
51	** They later co-wrote and played in ''Film/TheLastDuel''. Nicole Holofcener wrote the part of Creator/JodieComer, meanwhile.
52	* Creator/JenniferEliseCox, Creator/KaliRocha, Creator/SamPancake, and Creator/MichaelStoyanov, who all co-starred in ''Film/SpaceStation76'', helped co-write the film.
53	* Creator/PaulyShore co-wrote ''Film/PaulyShoreIsDead''.
54	* ''Film/TheDevilsHairpin'' was written and directed by Cornel Wilde who also is the main star. Wilde also wrote a song called 'Swing It Just a Little More' for the soundtrack alongside [[WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow Ross Bagdasarian]] who also wrote "The Touch of Love" for the soundtrack as well.
55	* Creator/CharlesLaughton hated the Dalton Trumbo-written dialogue he was initially given in ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'', so Peter Ustinov rewrote all of the scenes featuring the two of them, which placated Laughton enough to complete his portion of the film.
56	* ''Film/DuckButter'': Creator/AliaShawkat, who plays Nima, also co-wrote the script.
57	* Enzo Cellucci and Ash [=McNair=], who co-star in the ShortFilm ''Film/Class2021'', also co-wrote the film.
58	* Creator/TinaFey wrote ''Film/MeanGirls'' while she acted as Ms. Norbury in the film.
59	* Every film in the ''Film/ThreeFlavoursCornettoTrilogy'' is co-written by star Creator/SimonPegg.
60	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
61	** Creator/LeonardNimoy helped develop the [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome fourth]] and [[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry sixth]] ''Star Trek'' films and, like Reeve, had the writers of an unused script try to muscle him out of the latter credit. (Coincidentally, they were the ''legitimate'' screenwriters of ''Superman IV''.) A lawyer-negotiated compromise saw Nimoy share story credit with the pair.
62	** ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' was based on a story by Creator/WilliamShatner. His original outline was titled ''[[AccidentalInnuendo An Act of Love]].''
63	** Creator/BrentSpiner received co-story credit for ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''.
64	** Creator/SimonPegg and Doug Jung co-wrote ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' and played Scotty and Sulu's husband, Ben, respectively.
65	* ''Film/IWantSomeoneToEatCheeseWith'' was written by, and stars, Jeff Garlin.
66	* Creator/EddieMurphy has written stories for ''Film/ComingToAmerica'', ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopII'', ''Film/{{Boomerang\|1992}}'', and ''Film/VampireInBrooklyn''. He has written screenplays for ''Film/HarlemNights'' and ''{{Film/Norbit}}''.
67	* Creator/AlexOLoughlin co-wrote ''Film/{{Feed\|2005}}''.
68	* Creator/WillSmith wrote the story for ''Film/AfterEarth''.
69	* Creator/EmilioEstevez wrote ''Film/{{Bobby}}''.
70	* Creator/RobMorrow co-wrote ''Film/{{Maze\|2000}}''.
71	* Creator/SethRogen co-wrote ''Film/{{Superbad}}, Film/TheGreenHornet, Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' and co-wrote the story for ''Film/TheInterview''.
72	* Creator/JohnCusack co-wrote ''Film/GrossePointeBlank, Film/HighFidelity'' and ''Film/WarInc''.
73	* Creator/EdwardNorton reworked extensively the script for ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'', but the Writer's Guild denied him credit.
74	* Creator/CarlGottlieb, who plays newspaper editor Meadows in ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', is also responsible for the shooting script - ironically, Meadows wound up getting less screentime with each script rewriting.
75	* Creator/AmySchumer wrote ''Film/{{Trainwreck}}''.
76	* Creator/NiaVardalos wrote ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding'' and its sequel, ''Connie and Carla'', and ''I Hate Valentines Day'' (which she also directed). She also co-wrote ''Film/LarryCrowne'', where she has a brief voice role.
77	* Creator/KurtRussell co-wrote ''Film/EscapeFromLA''. The ending was his idea.
78	* Creator/RichardOBrien wrote ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' and its sequel ''Film/ShockTreatment,'' in which he played Riff Raff and Cosmo.
79	* Creator/EmmaThompson wrote the screenplay for ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'' and also starred as Elinor Dashwood. She won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
80	* Creator/ChrisNoth received co-story credit for ''Exiled: A Law & Order Movie'', the [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-TV]] ''[[Series/LawAndOrder Law & Order]]'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin movie]] that [[TheBusCameBack brought his character back]] from a three-year [[PutOnABus bus trip]].
81	* An unusual example exists in the case of ''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who Meets Scratchman]]'', which was written by co-stars Creator/TomBaker and Ian Marter but was ultimately never picked up for production. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Had it actually been produced and released]], it would've been an eclectic, Creator/TerryGilliam-esque game of cat-and-mouse through time and space between the Doctor & company and Satan (named "Scratchman" for whatever reason) that would've culminated in a final battle on a giant pinball table. The script was finally realized as a novel by Baker (alongside James Goss -- Marter [[DiedDuringProduction having sadly passed away in the '90s]]) in 2019.
82	* Creator/PaulRudd co-wrote ''Film/RoleModels'', ''Film/AntMan1'' and ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''.
83	* Creator/LeighWhannell wrote ''Film/SawI'' and ''Film/SawIII'', where he played Adam Stanheight.
84	* Creator/DanAykroyd and Creator/HaroldRamis wrote ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' and ''Film/GhostbustersII''. Aykroyd also co-wrote ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'', ''Film/{{Dragnet}}'', ''Film/NothingButTrouble'', ''Film/{{Coneheads}}'' and ''Film/BluesBrothers2000''. Ramis also co-wrote ''Film/{{Stripes}}''.
85	* Creator/GeneWilder co-wrote ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' with Creator/MelBrooks.
86	* Creator/MichaelPalin co-wrote ''Film/TimeBandits'' with Creator/TerryGilliam.
87	* Creator/JohnCleese wrote ''Film/AFishCalledWanda''.
88	* Creator/SylvesterStallone wrote the first six ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' films and co-wrote the ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' films, as well as ''The Lords of Flatbush'', ''Film/{{FIST}}'', ''Film/ParadiseAlley'', ''Film/{{Cobra}}'', ''Film/OverTheTop'', ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'', ''Film/{{Driven}}'' and ''Film/TheExpendables'' trilogy.
89	* Creator/BoydKestner co-wrote ''Film/LittleLoopers'' with Scott Wood.
90	* Creator/TommyWiseau wrote the screenplay for ''Film/TheRoom2003'' and starred in it. [[CopiouslyCreditedCreator He was also the]] [[DirectedByCastMember director]], executive producer, and [[ProducedByCastMember producer]]. [[ItsAllAboutMe All these credits for him are listed individually, resulting in his name being listed five times]].
91	* Creator/BillyCrystal co-wrote ''Film/HereToday'' and also played protagonist Charlie Burnz.
92	* Creator/AlexandreAstier played Myth/KingArthur and played in both the ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' series and [[TheMovie its movie]], ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet''.
93	* Creator/TomHardy received a "Story by" credit on ''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'', in which he plays Eddie Brock and Venom.
94	* Creator/EmmaThompson co-wrote the script to ''Film/LastChristmas'', where she has a supporting role as Kate's mother.
95	* ''Film/HowToBlowUpAPipeline'': Creator/ArielaBarer, the lead actress playing Xochitl, was also a co-writer.
96	* ''Film/TheresaAndAllison'': Charles D. Lincoln wrote the film's script and played Tony as well.
97	* ''Film/Feed2017'': Creator/TroianBellisario, the lead, wrote the screenplay.
98	* ''Film/DoctorSeries'': The screenplays to ''Film/DoctorAtLarge'' and ''Film/DoctorInLove'' were written by Nicholas Phipps, who also played Mr. Waylands and Dr. Cardew.
99	* ''Film/SignatureMove'': Fawzia Mirza co-wrote the film and played the protagonist.
100	* ''Film/CutToTheChase'': Blayne Weaver plays the protagonist Max Chase and also wrote the script.
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103	[[folder:Literature]]
104	* Paul Darrow, who played Avon in ''Series/BlakesSeven'', wrote an officially-licensed spin-off novel, ''Avon: A Terrible Aspect'', which gives his own preferred version of his character's [[OriginsEpisode pre-show backstory]].
105	* ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'':
106	** Creator/IanMarter, who played Dr. Harry Sullivan, subsequently wrote nine of the Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations, two of which ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E2TheArkInSpace The Ark in Space]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment The Sontaran Experiment]]") he had appeared in as Harry. Marter also wrote an entirely original novel featuring Harry as the protagonist, ''Harry Sullivan's War''. Marter and Creator/TomBaker co-wrote a speculative script for a ''Doctor Who'' movie during their time together on the show, called ''Literature/DoctorWhoMeetsScratchman'', which eventually ended up as a novel called simply ''Scratchman'' -- as Marter had died in the meantime the novelisation was a collaboration between Baker and Whoniverse writer James Goss.
107	** Creator/SophieAldred, who played Ace, wrote the Literature/NewSeriesAdventures novel ''[[FunWithAcronyms At Childhood's End]]'', in which Ace is reunited with the Thirteenth Doctor (preceding their onscreen reunion in "[[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor The Power of the Doctor]]").
108	** Creator/AlexKingston, who played River Song, collaborated with Whoniverse writer Jacqueline Rayner on the River novel ''The Ruby's Curse''.
109	** Creator/JohnBarrowman, alongside his sister Carole, wrote the ''Literature/{{Torchwood}}'' novel "The Exodus Code", featuring his character Captain Jack Harkness.
110	* Has happened a few times in the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise:
111	** Creator/AndrewRobinson, who played Elim Garak in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', wrote a spin-off novel, ''A Stitch in Time'', centering on the character.
112	** J G Hertzler, who played several roles in the franchise, most notably the Klingon military officer and politician Martok and the outlaw Founder Laas in ''Deep Space 9'', co-wrote two novels centering on Martok.
113	** Creator/WilliamShatner, who played Captain Kirk, co-wrote a series of novels known as the "[[Literature/StarTrekShatnerverse Shatnerverse]]", which take place in an AlternateTimeline in which Kirk is resurrected after his main-canon death in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''.
114	** Creator/ArminShimerman, who played Quark in ''Deep Space Nine'', co-wrote ''The 34th Rule'' with David R. George III. In addition to starring Quark, it cameos a number of other Ferengi characters that Shimmerman had earlier played in different episodes of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', with Quark insisting they only look alike to ''hew-mons''.
115	** Creator/JohnDeLancie, who played Q, co-wrote ''Literature/{{IQ}}'' with Creator/PeterDavid.
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118	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
119	* ''Series/SmallWonder'' had a few episodes written, at least in part, by Dick Christie.
120	* ''Series/SesameStreet''
121	** Sonia Manzano has played Maria since 1971 and has written for the show since 1981.
122	** While he was on the show, Joey Mazzarino (Murray Monster, the horns-down half of the Two-Headed Monster, and Stinky the Stinkweed, among others) wrote a number of episodes and skits. His first sketches were the Colambo sketches, in which he played the titular character, and the success of those bits allowed him to join the writing staff full-time in addition to puppeteering. By the end of his tenure, he was the show's head writer.
123	** While not a specific sketch, Carroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch) gave the idea to have real kids appear in unscripted bits with the Muppets. He also wrote the plot outline for the special ''Big Bird in China.''
124	* Several songs on ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow'' were written by the show's hosts.
125	* During their days on ''Series/HeadOfTheClass'', Brian Robbins and Creator/DanSchneider had their first writing credits on the "Will The Real Arvid Engen Please Stand Up?" episode. [[Series/TheAmandaShow And]] [[Series/AllThat the]] [[Series/KenanAndKel rest]] [[Series/ICarly is]] [[Series/{{Victorious}} history]].
126	* Creator/BrianKrause (Leo) is the only cast member of ''Series/{{Charmed\|1998}}'' to co-write an episode: he has co-story credit on "Sense And Sense Ability." [[ExecutiveMeddling He's said the finished product was different from what he turned in.]]
127	* Unlike DirectedByCastMember, very few episodes of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise qualify - in fact, the only ones are ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'s'' "The Muse" (co-written by Creator/MajelBarrett-Roddenberry) and ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'s'' "Life Line" (co-written by Creator/RobertPicardo). Both focused on those actors' characters. (Creator/WalterKoenig wrote "The Infinite Vulcan" for [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]], but due to budget limitations, ''wasn't'' a cast member on that show.)
128	* Creator/BarryWatson wrote an episode of ''Series/SeventhHeaven'' (not one of the two he directed).
129	* Creator/RobertCulp loved doing this on his shows: ''Trackdown'', ''Series/ISpy'', and ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'' all had episodes he wrote (''and'' directed). In addition, he wrote one of the two episodes of ''Cain's Hundred'' on which he guest-starred. Strangely averted with ''Series/TheRifleman'' - he guest-starred on two episodes and also wrote a two-parter in which he does ''not'' appear!.
130	* Creator/JohnSchneider co-wrote and directed "Opening Night At The Boar's Nest," the SeriesFinale of ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''.
131	* Creator/TomHodges, who plays Rich in ''Series/TheHoganFamily'', wrote "The Best of Friends, Worst of Times".
132	* In addition to being the only person to appear in every episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'', Creator/AlanAlda also wrote numerous episodes (and was one of the writers of the SeriesFinale to boot).
133	* Both Creator/DeanCain and Creator/TeriHatcher wrote episodes of ''Series/LoisAndClark''.
134	* Jack Klugman, who made no secret of his views on the standard of writing in TV, wrote or co-wrote four episodes of ''Series/QuincyME'' in addition to [[CreativeDifferences having showrunner Glen A. Larson thrown off the show]] and eventually getting writers more to his liking. [[{{Nepotism}} Including his own brother and sister]].
135	* Don Adams co-wrote two episodes of ''Series/GetSmart''.
136	* Creator/PeterFalk wrote one script for ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', in which the Lieutenant is romanced by a FemmeFatale. He held it back until finding the perfect co-star: Creator/FayeDunaway, who turned the role into an Emmy.
137	* Roger Smith wrote several episodes of ''Series/SeventySevenSunsetStrip''.
138	* Done quite a bit on ''Series/TheXFiles'', especially in later seasons. Creator/DavidDuchovny wrote (and directed) two episodes: "The Unnatural" and "Hollywood AD" while co-developing storylines for seven others. Creator/GillianAnderson wrote (and directed) season seven's "all things." Creator/WilliamBDavis (who plays The Smoking Man) wrote "En Ami."
139	* Two episodes of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' were written by Creator/DavidHenrie.
140	* Two episodes of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' (Season 3's "Green-Eyed Monster" and Season 4's "John Quixote") were written by Ben Browder.
141	* Creator/ChristopherJudge (Teal'c) and Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson) wrote multiple episodes of ''Series/StargateSG1''.
142	** Creator/JoeFlanigan conceived the stories for two ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episodes, "Outcast" and "Epiphany."
143	* Creator/NickOfferman earned his first writing credit for a ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' script.
144	* Creator/MichaelImperioli wrote several episodes of ''Series/TheSopranos''. This is [[ActorAllusion reflected]] in Christopher Moltisanti's interest in film and screenwriting.
145	* Creator/MichaelLandon got his start in writing with several scripts for his hit series ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'', including at least one episode where his character did not appear. He went on to write more episodes of ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' than anyone else, as well as create another successful vehicle for himself in ''Series/HighwayToHeaven''.
146	* [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jason Smith]] wrote a few episodes of ''[[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Power Rangers Super Megaforce]]'', though oddly not the episode where he reprises his ''Jungle Fury'' role as Casey, that season's red ranger.
147	* Creator/PatrickLabyorteaux (Bud) wrote the episode "JAG TV" on ''Series/{{JAG}}''.
148	* Three of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' cast members tried their hands at writing episodes. Creator/GarySinise worked on the story line for "Live or Let Die" about a stolen donor liver, and wrote the screenplay for "Turbulence" in which a man posing as an Air Marshall is killed during a flight that Mac is on. Creator/MelinaKanakaredes wrote "Grounds for Deception" where Stella goes to Greece chasing a suspect - an ep which unfortunately drew mixed reviews from fans. Finally, Creator/CarmineGiovinazzo wrote "Sanguine Love," about the murder of a member of a vampire-like cult. This one was much better received by viewers.
149	* David Faustino (Bud) co-wrote one episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''.
150	* Diahann Carroll wrote an episode of her series ''Series/{{Julia}}''.
151	* Creator/JamesRodayRodriguez has written or co-written over a dozen episodes of ''Series/{{Psych}}'', one of which was an elaborate homage to ''Series/TwinPeaks'' (his "favorite show of all time, hands down").
152	** In one of the HilariousOuttakes, when James messes up on his lines, his co-star jokes that he should remember the lines since he's the one who wrote them.
153	* ''Series/StElsewhere'':
154	** The story of "Hearing" was written by guest star Robert Daniels, who played Lee Tovan in that episode.
155	** Sagan Lewis (Dr. Jackie Wade) is credited for the teleplay of Season 6's "Their Town" as S.J. Lewis. (Lewis' husband, Tom Fontana, was co-showrunner and one of the writers who got story credit.)
156	* Series/{{Emergency}}: Michael Norell (who was Capt. Hank Stanley in Seasons 2-6) wrote one episode, the fourth-season episode "Details."
157	* Creator/ChadMichaelMurray wrote an episode of ''Series/OneTreeHill'' in which Lucas falls asleep watching ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' and dreams the show's cast into a [[TheForties Forties]] FilmNoir world.
158	* Creator/EllenDeGeneres is credited for the story of ''Series/{{Ellen}}'''s [[ComingOutStory coming out episode]].
159	* Creator/JerryOConnell and Creator/JohnRhysDavies each received a story credit on ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' - O'Connell got a few such credits (such as on "Way Out West") while Rhys-Davies only got it for "The Exodus, Part 1." In the latter case, it was the culmination of [[CreativeDifferences his feud with the producers and network]]: they purchased an outline he pitched as an example of how the show could better use its potential, drastically rewrote it into the kind of embarrassing B-movie he'd been complaining about, and [[spoiler:since he had just been fired for his outspokenness, reduced his character to a mumbling brain-damaged state, fatally shot him in the heart, and left his corpse behind on a radioactive planet... ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill which immediately exploded.]]'']]
160	* Creator/YaphetKotto wrote one teleplay in each of the last three seasons of ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' -- "Narcissus", "Secrets", and "Self-Defense". According to him, this arose out of boredom, as he was a contracted regular cast member on the show, but due to his role as DaChief, often had only a couple of scenes per episode.
161	* Paul Gross wrote or co-wrote some of the most memorable episodes of ''Series/DueSouth'', including the introduction of Kowalski and the two-part series finale.
162	* Creator/PeterMacNicol co-wrote two episodes for ''Series/Numb3rs'': the season two episode ''Mind Games'' and the season five episode ''Trouble in Chinatown''.
163	* Della Reese contributed a script to ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel''.
164	* Creator/RayRomano co-wrote several episodes of ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', including some {{Whole Episode Flashback}}s filling in Raymond's past.
165	* Ted Raimi and Jonathan Brandis each wrote an episode of ''Series/SeaQuestDSV'' with the help of producer David J. Burke. Brandis was set to direct a second script he had written when the series was CutShort.
166	* Denise Nicholas wrote six episodes of ''Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight''.
167	* As well as directing the first season finale of ''The Client List'', Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt has co-story credit on that episode.
168	* Stuart Hepburn played a recurrent character in early episodes of {{Series/Taggart}}. The producer was so impressed by ideas he had for one scene he was in that he was later invited to come back and write whole episodes; he quickly became one of the most prolific writers after series creator Glenn Chandler.
169	* Jim Rash wrote "Basic Human Anatomy" for the fourth season of ''Series/{{Community}}''.
170	* ''Series/{{Glee}}'''s Chris Colfer wrote season five's "Old Dog, New Tricks."
171	* Outside of three cast members of ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' being staff writers (B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling, and Paul Lieberstein), Creator/SteveCarell also wrote the season 2 finale "Casino Night" as well as "Survivor Man".
172	* Creator/SaraGilbert received a story credit on Series/{{Roseanne}} for the Season Episode "Don't Make Me Over."
173	* Taken to the extreme on ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'', as Steve Smith (who played the title character) wrote all 300 episodes. Rick Green (Bill) also wrote for most of the first eight seasons, and other episodes included contributions from Peter Wildman (Buzz Sherwood), Bob Bainborough (Dalton Humphrey), Jeff Lumby (Winston Rothschild), and Patrick [=McKenna=] (Harold Green).
174	* ''Theatre/TheWiz'' had two of the leads of the 2015 Creator/{{NBC}} production, Elijah Kelley (the Scarecrow) and Music/NeYo (the Tin Man), help write a new song, "We Got It". In it, Dorothy and her friends proclaim that ThePowerOfFriendship can help them defeat Evilene and get their desires granted.
175	* ''Series/MaidMarianAndHerMerryMen'' was created and written by its star Tony Robinson, however, co-stars David Lloyd and Mark Billingham contributed a lot of ideas and ended up being co-credited for a couple of episodes.
176	* ''Series/SchittsCreek'' was created by father and son duo Creator/EugeneLevy and Creator/DanielLevy, who play father and son on the show. Daniel is also the {{Showrunner}} and writes most of the episodes.
177	* [[Creator/CarrollOConnor Carroll O'Connor]] wrote for ''Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight'', under the pseudonym of Matt Harris.
178	* Don Galloway co-wrote the Ironside episode "Seeing Is Believing".
179	* Paul Reiser already co-created ''Series/MadAboutYou'', and would write more than 15 episodes. Co-star Creator/HelenHunt has story credits for both the finale and the first episode of the 2019 revival.
180	* Creator/RobertLlewellyn wrote the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIIBeyondAJoke Beyond a Joke]]". And then it was rewritten by Doug Naylor.
181	* Creator/RowanAtkinson co-wrote the first season of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' with Richard Curtis.
182	* A songwriting example: the ''Series/{{LazyTown}}'' song "Techno Generation" was co-written by Jodi Eichelberger, Stingy's puppeteer.
183	* ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'': Shin Kishida, who played Ken Sakata and was a sci-fi literature enthusiast, wrote Episode 35, starring the psychedelic iceberg kaiju Prizma. This probably explains why Ken plays such a large role in the episode.
184	* Ellen Corby, who played Grandma Walton, wrote two episodes of ''Series/TheWaltons.''
185	* ''Series/CobraKai'': The showrunners allowed the actors a lot of input into how their characters had changed since the events of the original ''Franchise/TheKarateKid'' movies, along with fleshing out their backstories.
186	** Most of Johnny Lawrence's backstory (having an abusive home life and seeing Kreese as a father figure), was created by William Zabka during the first film as a way to get a better feel for the character.
187	** Martin Kove, similarly, long ago had developed the idea that Kreese was a ShellShockedVeteran whose wartime experiences traumatized him into cruelty. This was adapted in the show's third season, which focuses heavily on Kreese's StartOfDarkness.
188	** In season 3, Creator/TamlynTomita worked with the creators to offer a more accurate depiction of Okinawan culture than ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'', helping to translate script passages into Okinawan dialect and choreographing Kumiko's dance scene.
189	** Yuji Okomoto had a long phone conversation with Josh Heald soon after he was cast, where he offered suggestions about Chozen's growth since ''The Karate Kid Part II''. He was surprised and flattered at how many of his ideas made it into the show.
190	* Besides being credited as consultant producer in Season 2 of ''Series/AmericanGods2017'', Creator/OrlandoJones reveals in several interviews that he ended up being roped into writing the character bibles and scripts for several characters, including Bilquis, Salim, the Jinn, Sam Black Crow, Mr. Ibis, main characters Shadow and Laura Moon, and his own character Mr. Nancy.
191	* Patrick [=McGoohan=] wrote three episodes of ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'': "Free For All" (under the pseudonym "Paddy Fitz") and the two-part GrandFinale, "Once Upon a Time"/"Fall Out".
192	* ''Series/AvocadoToast'': The series was written by Heidy Lynch (Molly) and Perrie Voss (Elle). In addition they also created it.
193	* Jeremy Lloyd (Bobby Dutton) helped David Croft rewrite the first three episodes of ''Series/ItsAwfullyBadForYourEyesDarling'' to be funnier.
194	* ''Series/DoctorInTheHouse'':
195	** The entire second series of ''Doctor in the House'' was co-written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie; Garden appeared in the episode "Doctor on the Box" as the presenter of the programme that has been filmed at St Swithin's - which turns out to be a viciously critical examination of the students' drunken antics at the taxpayers' expense.
196	** Before leaving the series, Creator/GeorgeLayton wrote a number of episodes of ''Doctor at Large'' and ''Doctor in Charge'' under the pseudonym Oliver Fry. His contributions to ''Doctor at Sea'', ''Doctor on the Go'', and ''Doctor at the Top'' were under his own name.
197	** Jonathan Lynn wrote episodes of each series from ''Doctor at Large'' to ''Doctor on the Go'', including the ''Doctor in Charge'' finale "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?" in which he reprised his role as Danny Hooley from ''Doctor in the House''.
198	* Creator/BobGrant and Creator/StephenLewis (Jack and Blakey from ''Series/OnTheBuses'') co-wrote a number of the scripts from the later series.
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202	* While working for [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling]] in 1983, Wrestling/SgtSlaughter and Don Kernodle came up with the whole "The Final Conflict" angle for their feud with Wrestling/RickySteamboat and Jay Youngblood after stopping at a convenience store in Savannah, GA and buying a composition book. They had the whole feud written out by the time they got to Myrtle Beach, SC.
203	* Wrestling/ChrisJericho was the one who came up with TheBet storyline involving himself, Wrestling/{{Christian}}, Wrestling/TrishStratus and Wrestling/{{Lita}}, as the WWE creative team had no plans for him or Christian.
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207	* In 1955, ''Radio/TheArchers'' had an episode where Grace Archer, the wife of Phil, was killed off. (It may or may not have been a coincidence that the episode went out on BBC radio the very night [[Creator/{{ITV}} commercial television]] began.) The script had Grace's fate be conveyed in the final line of dialogue thus: "She... she died in my arms... on the way to hospital," but Norman Painting, who played Phil, suggested the line go "In my arms... on the way to hospital... she's dead!" Suffice to say that not only was this one of the most talked-about episodes of the soap, but Painting went on to write many, many episodes (and the book ''Forever Ambridge - 25 Years of The Archers''), as well as act in them.
208	* Creator/LouiseJameson, who played Leela in ''Series/DoctorWho'', wrote a Fourth Doctor and Leela audio drama for AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho, "The Abandoned."
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211	[[folder:Theater]]
212	* In ''Theatre/{{Godspell}}'', "By My Side," the only song retained from the original Off-Off-Broadway production, was composed by its performers, Peggy Gordon and Gilmer [=McCormick=] (with lyrics by non-cast-member Jay Hamburger).
213	* Both of the musicals written by Creator/LinManuelMiranda (''Theatre/InTheHeights'' and ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'') featured him performing in the lead role in both their original Off-Broadway runs and their original Broadway casts.
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216	[[folder:Web Video]]
217	* ''WebVideo/EconomyWatch'': David does the writing.
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220	[[folder:Western Animation]]
221	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
222	** Creator/DanCastellaneta has written several episodes with [[CreatorCouple his wife]] Deb Lacusta: "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E18DaysOfWineAndDohses Days of Wine and D'oh'ses]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E17GumpRoast Gump Roast]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E14TheZiffWhoCameToDinner The Ziff Who Came to Dinner]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E17KissKissBangBangalore Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E8TheFightBeforeChristmas The Fight Before Christmas]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E16AMidsummersNiceDream A Midsummer's Nice Dream]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E8TheTenPerCentSolution The Ten-Per-Cent Solution]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E7HavanaWildWeekend Havana Wild Weekend]]", and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS30E3MyWayOrTheHighwayToHeaven My Way or the Highway to Heaven]]".
223	** Castellaneta also co-wrote at least one sketch of ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow''.
224	** Despite guest star Creator/RickyGervais getting credit for writing the season 17 episode, ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E15HomerSimpsonThisIsYourWife Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife]]'', he admits that he didn't really write much of it. He said that he only wrote the plot (which was his wife's idea), a couple of jokes and the song.
225	** Guest star Creator/SethRogen co-wrote the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E1HomerTheWhopper Homer the Whopper]]".
226	** Creator/HarryShearer, who voices Ned Flanders, Mr. Burns, Smithers, Principal Skinner, etc. wrote the season 28 episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E5TrustButClarify Trust but Clarify]]".
227	** Creator/NancyCartwright, voice actress of Bart, Ralph, Nelson, etc. wrote the season 30 episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS30E19GirlsInTheBand Girl's in the Band]]".
228	* Jack Mercer not only voiced ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} but wrote several of his screen exploits.
229	* Creator/WillFriedle has written two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'': "The Trials of Lion-O - Part and "Birth of the Blades". Both focus on his character, Lion-O.
230	** He also wrote a few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' and ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' since he respectively voices Kid Flash and Bumblebee in those shows.
231	* Voice actor Creator/BillyWest received co-author credit on the ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' episode "Ol' Blue Nose".
232	** Likewise, Creator/EricBauza, who voiced Stimpy on ''Adult Party Cartoon'', co-wrote the episode "Altruists".
233	* Creator/AprilWinchell, the voice of Miss Finster, also did some punch-up writing for ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut''
234	* On ''WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol'', Creator/AlanYoung, the voice of Scrooge, receives a story credit.
235	* Some episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}'' were written by Mike Kiss, who also voices Mister Smarty Smarts.
236	* Mike Kiss also appears in ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'' as the voice of Twinkle-stick and wrote the episode "The Ball of Clobbering". On the subject of ''Fangbone!'', the title character's voice actor, Taylor Abrahamse, himself a singer-songwriter, wrote the lyrics to the series theme tune. Ironically, Fangbone is established in-universe to be a poor singer.
237	* The ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E19BestOfBusterDay Best of Buster Day]]"[[note]] specifically, the segments "Compromising Principals" and "Maid to Re-Order"[[/note]] was co-written by Creator/CharlieAdler, who voices Buster.
238	* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episodes ""Gutter Balls" and "Rocko's Happy Vermin" were co-written by Creator/CarlosAlazraqui, who voices Rocko.
239	** Mr. Lawrence was a writer for the show on the first three seasons.
240	* The TV special ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldOnTheTown'' was co-written by Lorenzo Music, who voiced Garfield.
241	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' episodes "The Bad News Ghouls" and "Keeper of the Reaper" were co-written by Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz, who voices Billy.
242	* Like ''Rocko's Modern Life'', Mr. Lawrence (who voices Plankton, Larry and various characters) wrote for ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' during the first two seasons. He returned to the show in Season 7. As of season 10, he's now the story editor.
243	* Katie Crown (who voices Mary and Ms. Baker) wrote a handful of episodes in the second half of ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'''s first season.
244	* Charlyne Yi, Chloe's VA, was credited for the story of the ''WesternAnimation/{{We Bare Bears}}'' episode "Chloe and Ice Bear".
245	* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': Creator/SamRiegel, who voiced Emperor Awesome and voice directed the show, wrote 3 episodes ("The Bad Hatter", "The Bad Neighbors", and "The Robomechabotatron").
246	** He also wrote an episode of another show he voiced directed, ''WesternAnimation/PickleAndPeanut'', where he voiced a one-shot character.
247	* The ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'' episode "Bobby Phone Home" was written by Tino Insana, the voice of Uncle Ted.
248	* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' was written by Ben's voice actor, Creator/YuriLowenthal.
249	* ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'': The episode "Little Otis" was written by Chris Hardwick, who voices Otis.
250	* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'', titled "[[Recap/SonicBoomS2E20GiveBeesAChance Give Bees a Chance]]", was written by Creator/CindyRobinson (Amy's voice actress).
251	* The pilot episode to ''WesternAnimation/PuppyDogPals'', "Hawaii Pug-Oh", was written by Harland Williams, the creator of the show and the voice of Bob.
252	* Some episodes of ''WesternAnimation/AvengerPenguins'' were co-written by Jimmy Hibbert (the voice of the Avenger Penguin Bluey, Bella, the brown Badly Drawn Brother, Poodle Stink, and Caractacus P. Doom's lackey Harry Slime) and Rob Rackstraw (the voice of the Avenger Penguin Rocky, the Doc from Saskatoon, Cecil Stink, and the Avenger Penguins' mechanic Irv).
253	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantomcat}}'' had one episode written by Lorelei King, as well as other episodes written by Jimmy Hibbert and Rob Rackstraw.
254	* On ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesRabbitsRun'', Rachel Ramras (the voice of Lola Bunny) co-wrote the script and one of the songs, as well as serving as one of the voice directors.
255	* A few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' were written by Creator/TrevorDevall, who voices Ares, Klaue, and Rocket Raccoon.
256	** On ''WesternAnimation/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2015'', he also wrote one of the Black Vortex episodes.
257	* The ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' episode "Missing Impossible" was co-written by Iron Man's voice actor, Creator/TomKenny.
258	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Muppet Babies\|2018}}'' episode "Grandpa Camp" was co-written by Matt Danner, the voices of Kermit, Waldorf, and Beaker.
259	* Creator/IrisRainer wrote several episodes of Rankin-Bass' ''The Osmonds'', in additional to voicing female characters.
260	* Though the 200th episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E4SparklesSeven Sparkle's Seven]]", is written by Nicole Dubuc and Josh Haber, the story itself was conceived by Creator/TaraStrong (Twilight Sparkle), Creator/AshleighBall (Applejack and Rainbow Dash), Creator/AndreaLibman (Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie), Creator/TabithaStGermain (Rarity and Princess Luna), and Creator/CathyWeseluck (Spike), combining story ideas they've wanted to do with their respective characters for years.
261	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'' has a song that is heard as a hidden track in "The Beast of Cauldron Island" that is written and sung by Bella Ramsey, the voice of Hilda. The song was even credited before it was heard as seen [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silent_credits___hilda.jpg here]].
262	* ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'':
263	** "Trapped" was co-written by Creator/RickJones, who voiced Puffball.
264	** "Castaway" was written by Nancy Neilson, the second voice actress for Elf Cup.
265	* The ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'' episode "Lofty's Shelter" had its story credited to Lorelei King, the U.S. dub actor for Wendy.
266	* A few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/GlitchTechs'' were written by Creator/AshlyBurch , who voices K. Moon.
267	* A 1954 ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'' cartoon "Destination Magoo" was written by Jim Backus and Jerry Hausner, voice actors for Magoo and Waldo respectively.
268	* Several episodes of the ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' cartoon from the 1960s were written by Allan Melvin and Howie Morris, who voiced several characters in the show (Morris voiced Beetle, among others).
269	* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' has two examples:
270	** The episode [[https://mobile.twitter.com/shanehoughton/status/1285781960871211013 Present Tense]] was co-written by Tilly's voice actress, Creator/MarieveHerington.
271	** "Fast Foodie" is co-written by Remy's voice actor Creator/ZenoRobinson.
272	* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheThreeCaballeros'': Creator/TonyAnselmo has voiced WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck for so long, Creator/MattDanner [[https://mobile.twitter.com/MattyDanner/status/1195843092588322817 had him work as a consultant in each episode]] in order to make sure he was portrayed as accurately as possible.
273	* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode "Stockton CA!" was written by Starfire's voice actress, Creator/HyndenWalch.
274	* ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' has a few episodes co-written by H. Michael Croner, who voices JP.
275	* A few of the Short Cuts shorts for ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' were written by Music/MandyMoore and Creator/ZacharyLevi, the voices behind Rapunzel and Eugene.
276	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
277	** Ako Castuera, the voice of Billy's ex Canyon, co-wrote the episode "Billy's Bucket List".
278	** Creator/SteveLittle, the voice of Peppermint Butler, co-wrote "The Suitor".
279	* ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}'': Sherri Stoner not only voiced Slappy Squirrel, but also wrote the episodes.
280	* This applies to several cartoons featuring the voice of Canadian actor and comedian Creator/TerryMcGurrin:
281	** On ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'', he voiced Jonesy and also wrote 10 episodes ("A Ding from Down Under", "Sweet 6teen", "Silent Butt Deadly", "Oops, I Dialed It Again", "The One with the Cold Sore", "Life Slaver", both parts of "Labour Day", "The List", and "Role Reversal").
282	** He was the voice of the title character of ''WesternAnimation/ScaredySquirrel'', as well as both the show's head story editor and the writer of several episodes.
283	** On ''WesternAnimation/BoltsAndBlip'', he voiced Bolts and wrote the episode "Cyrano de Bolts"
284	** With ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'', Terry not only voiced host Don, bur also played the roles of series developer, story editor, and executive producer, on top of writing the episodes "None Down, Eighteen to Go – Part 2", "Bjorken Telephone", "A Tisket, a Casket, I'm Gonna Blow a Gasket", "The Shawshank Ridonc-tion", "Lord of the Ring Toss", "How Deep Is Your Love", and "A Million Ways to Lose a Million Dollars".
285	** For ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'''s 2023 soft reboot, Terry became the new voice of host Chris [=McLean=] and also wrote the episode "Pirates of the Cabbagean".
286	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Jo's voice actress, Creator/LaurieElliott, wrote a few episodes of her character's participating seasons, those being "Ice Ice Baby", "The Treasure Island of Dr. [=McLean=]", and "The Enchanted Franken-Forest" in ''Revenge of the Island'', and "Food Fright", "Suckers Punched", and "The Obsta-kill Course" in ''All-Stars''.
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