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[[File:Ohpawpetsthumb.jpg|right|225px|The Oh! Pawpets! Logo from Season 3, featuring the character Bwing T. Fewwet peering through the letter O in Oh!]]
'''Oh! Pawpets! Show''' is a group of [[:Category:Puppetry|puppeteers]] composed of [[SonicBlu|SonicBlu]] and [[Wolfdog (person)|Wolfdog]].<ref>[http://www.ohiopawpets.org/cast.html The Cast]. Retrieved June 6, 2011.</ref> The Oh! Pawpets! Show currently broadcasts every Saturday night from 6pm to 10 PM(EST).

== History ==

The Oh! Pawpets! Show began as a spin-off from the show PA Pets Live, which started its first stream in May of 2009. During [[Morphicon]] that year, SonicBlu and Wolfdog were returning to the hotel room with SonicBlu's friend KenFox among the group. At this time, SonicBlu noticed Wolfdog was carrying what would later turn out to be the character Bwing T. Fewwet, aptly named for the amount of "bling" he wore around his neck. SonicBlu couldn't resist providing a voice for the ferret puppet, and began to talk using a higher-pitched voice with a slight speech impediment, commenting on how uncomfortable it was to be carried the way he was by Wolfdog. Once the group had entered the hotel room, KenFox handed SonicBlu the ferret puppet with the intention, "if you're going to do it, you might as well do it right", and he immediately began to puppet a routine with it. This was the very first time SonicBlu placed a puppet on his hand and began a routine, and it was then that Wolfdog saw the potential in SonicBlu to become a puppeteer.

The weekend of Morphicon, Wolfdog and SonicBlu return to their nearby apartment and hooked up the video equipment that enabled his former puppet show, PA Pets Live, to stream via the internet. A test episode of the Oh! Pawpets! Show was run and recorded, which was marked as Episode #0. Once satisfied that the new location for the puppet show was successfully able to stream a show, the Oh! Pawpets! Show was born, and Bwing T. Fewwet was the first puppet to be featured on the show. In the first season, SonicBlu provided voice and puppetry for 3 puppets.

==Other Crew Members==

Once the Oh! Pawpets! Show entered its first season, the show consisted of SonicBlu, Wolfdog, and DarkWolf, formerly of PA Pets Live. Because of DarkWolf's uncontrollable and excessive use of "toilet humor", the show was streamed with a mature rating and received very minimal amount of viewers. As the owner of the show, SonicBlu tried to keep the show creative and comical by bringing in new ideas, all of which remained secluded or shunned, due to the overwhelming attitudes of DarkWolf's characters being unable to follow direction. Halfway through the show's second season in 2010, Oh! Pawpets! added Sajin Candour as a third actor, whose puppets consisted of his own fursona, Cryo Jennix, and Slobber the Spaniel. SonicBlu immediately saw Sajin's ability to be spontaneously creative, and immediately accepted him as a new cast member on the spot. Around this time, DarkWolf's appearance on the show became less frequent, until he finally declared that he was no longer going to be a part of the show due to personal reasons, and removed his puppet characters completely from the cast lineup, allowing SonicBlu to regain creative control to turn the show into a less adult program and finally placing his new ideas to work. The ratio of viewers quickly increased after the new changes took effect.

Toward the beginning of the show's third season, Oh! Pawpets! sadly released Sajin Candour from the live show, and SonicBlu was left to do the puppetry and voice acting alone, with the aid of Wolfdog's off-camera commentaries. By this time, SonicBlu provided voice and puppetry for 11 different characters, and decided to take over as the voices of Cryo Jennix and Slobber the Spaniel. While away from the studio, Sajin continued to be a part of the cast by submitting video vlogs entitled "The Flamin' Shamin' Vlogs of Sajin", in which he would talk about anything on his mind, and then switch to a review of the spiciest products he could find, and filing them on a Wall of Flame or Wall of Shame, depending on the level of spiciness.

In February 2011, Oh! Pawpets! relocated their studio to a new location, where the show continues to run to this date. The Oh! Pawpets! Show reached the interest of [[Max Goof]] by June of that year, whose prior puppetry experience was constantly observed by SonicBlu through their friendship. SonicBlu was immediately ready to accept Max Goof as an additional cast member of the show, bringing along his own characters, Ozark, Hayseed, George, and Twitch. Over the following months after becoming a cast member, Max Goof's appearance on the Oh! Pawpets! Show has been sporadic, due to the busy schedule he keeps.

In October 2011, Sajin Candour returned to the studio as a full-time cast member, where he continues to help with the show's live streams and productions. As of January 2012, SonicBlu has provided voice and puppetry for 28 characters, some which utilizes various changing personalities and voices with the same puppet.

==Cast==
''Further information:'' [[Oh! Pawpets! Cast]]

==Oh! Pawpets! Pwoductions and the Paw series==
Oh! Pawpets! Pwoductions began during the show's second season, when the cast began making pre-recorded videos, featurettes, commercial spoofs, and music videos for the show, some which have been seen on the [[Funday Pawpet Show]]. In October 2010, the Oh! Pawpets! crew decided to put together a parody spoof of the [[Wikipedia:Saw (film)|Saw]] movies to air on their Halloween episode. The deadline was set for only four days to film, edit, and finalize before the Halloween episode needed to be aired. Working rapidly, SonicBlu (with the assistance of Sajin and co-directed by Rune the Wolf) shot 5 video sequences of some of the Oh! Pawpets! cast being tied up in various traps and given an ultimatum of life and death to escape them. The rest of the action was portrayed during the live show. The result was Oh! Pawpets! Pwoductions' first comedy horror spoof called Paw. After Paw was aired, Oh! Pawpets! viewers wanted to see "more blood and gore", so by 2011, the crew began filming a more serious sequel, removing all comical elements that would normally constitute a work of parody, and adding more horrific scenes in its place, thus resulting in a complete re-write of the original film. Paw II turned out to be the Oh! Pawpets! first full length motion picture, and was released to DVD through Oh! Pawpets! Pwoductions in January 2012. The Oh! Pawpets! crew returned to the studio that month to begin filming a more proper version of the first Paw movie to follow closer to its sequel, and was released onto DVD in April 2012.

==Connecting and Submitting to the Show==
Viewers are encouraged to actively participate in the creation of the show in various ways. In particular, several regular segments are specifically intended to engage the audience. The preferred way to submit content during the show is via [[Wikipedia:Email|Email]], or in the show's [[Wikipedia:Internet Relay Chat|IRC chatroom]]. All submissions are expected to meet the show's [[Wikipedia:PG_rating|MPAA PG]] [[Wikipedia:content rating|content rating]] to be featured on-screen.

*'''IRC channel''': irc://irc.pawpet.tv/pawpet

*'''E-mail''': mailto:ohpawpets@yahoo.com

*'''Stream URLs'''
**Furstream: https://furstre.am/stream/oh_pawpets_show
**Livestream: http://www.livestream.com/oh_pawpets_show

=== Viewer's Choice Videos and Pics===
Viewers are encouraged to submit videos and pictures during the show's live segment "Viewer Choice Videos and Pics". This segment enables viewers to show off their talent as artists or video makers, but the segment also allows links to funny [[Wikipedia:YouTube|YouTube]] videos and various photographs of a comical or strange origin.

===Screen Capture Challenge===
Every episode will feature a chance for viewers to take screen captures of the show and manipulate them, add captions to them, or whatever they wish, in order to deem the screen capture comical. Contest entries are submitted via email. All the screen captures sent in by viewers are collected, and toward the end of the episode, the viewers are asked to vote on whichever screen capture is the funniest. The winning entry will have their screen capture image displayed on the Oh! Pawpets! website until the next time a contest is run.

===Mad Libs and Mad Libs Art Jam===
One of the show's regular segments is the [[Wikipedia:Mad Libs|Mad Libs]]. Typically, two mad libs will be held - one with words provided by the viewers in the IRC channel, and one with words from the crew present in the studio (and characters on the stage). Viewers are encouraged to use entertaining scenes and ideas in the mad libs as inspiration for visual art and submit it to the show via email. Submissions for the Mad Libs Art Jam, or "Art Libs" for short, will be shown on-screen and commented on at the end of the show before the Screen Capture Challenge. Art Libs submissions are excluded from the viewer voting and will be featured on the website until the next episode.

===Subservient Fursuiter===
Sometimes one or more [[Fursuiter|fursuiters]] are present in the studio and a Subservience segment will be held. During the segment, viewers present in the IRC channel are encouraged to propose actions they would like to see the fursuiter(s) perform.

===Talent Search===
Talent Search is the Oh! Pawpets! Show's variety show, featuring music sung by the cast members, and hosted by Oh! Pawpets! character Wolfgang Sebastian Bark. Viewers are also encouraged to make videos of their own talents by way of music, singing, dancing, stand-up comedy, magic, or anything visual, provided that all material is coming from the effort of the submitter. Any videos sent into the show for Talent Search will be featured respectively during this segment.

==References==
[http://www.ohpawpets.org/cast.html Oh! Pawpets! Cast]
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==Crew: Past & Present==
* '''[[SonicBlu]]''' is the creator, director, writer, editor, producer, and lead actor of the Oh! Pawpets! Show. His live acting counterpart sometimes makes an appearance on the live stream, and hosts the featurette "Cooking with SonicBlu", where he shares his own recipes with the viewers. SonicBlu's live acting counterpart also plays the role of "Jigpaw" in the Paw film series. (Active 2009-present)
* '''[[Wolfdog]]''' is an actor, commentator, tech operator, and key grip. Although unable to help run the show, his spot is still held in reserve for a later time. (Years active 2009-present)
* '''DarkWolf''' was an actor and puppeteer. (Years active: 2009-2010)
* '''Sajin Candour Fluxx''' was an actor, best boy, and assistant tech operator. Although no longer a part of the live crew, he makes occasional video submissions to send to the Oh! Pawpets! Show whenever possible. (Years active 2010-2011; 2012-2013)
* '''Rune the Wolf''' was the show's stage hand, assistant, and director of photography. (Years active 2010-2011; 2012-2013)
* '''[[Max Goof]]''' was an actor and a productions extra. (Years active 2011)
* '''Roninkin Darkfold''' is a commentator, tech operator, key grip, and camera operator. (Years active: 2014-present)

==See also ==
* [[List of Oh! Pawpets! characters]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.ohpawpets.org The Official Oh! Pawpets! Show website]
* [http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/details.php?room=%23pawpet&net=AnthroChat #pawpet, AnthroChat IRC statistics on irc.netsplit.de]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2332324/ Paw (2012) on IMDB]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3237112/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2/ Paw II (2011) on IMDB]

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Whitefire Nomura

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[[File:whitefire.png|right|thumb|200px|Whitefire's favorite tree ]]
'''Whitefire Nomura''', also known as '''Whitefire''' (real name '''Jessie Nomura'''; born Nov 15, 1974), is a [[furry artist]] and [[cartoonist]], [[Wikipedia:Graphic_designer|graphic designer]], and [[writer]] who hails from [[Wikipedia:Freeport,_Pennsylvania|Freeport, Pennsylvania]] United States.

Whitefire has been a member of the Furry community since the early 90s but has only been an active member since 2005. He currently{{when}} lives near [[Wikipedia:Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania|Harrisburg, Pa]] and considers himself to be one of the few PG artists remaining in the fandom and continues to raise awareness and acceptance for more innocence.

== Early Years ==

Whitefire has always had a love for animals and cartooning ever since his little eyes viewed their first cartoon. From that point on he attempted to emulate every aspect of what he saw of these larger than life creatures. From outside play, to writing stories, to imitating sounds and voices, to even recreating images. However out of all of these characters he has always has the deepest connection with foxes. (The most misunderstood villains in cartoon lore at the time.)

As he grew up, where most kids grew into other interests, Whitefire's passions only continued. This cause him many social issues as this caused him to be deemed a social outcast and a lone wolf.

== The Fandom ==
=== Birth of the Fox ===
Along side of his furry passion he had other interests as well. His Christian upbringing being one of them. During a night of praying, His mind kept sparking an almost angelic golden and white fox with a pure fire surrounding it. The more he prayed, the more the fox persisted until he had no choice but to ask who the creature was. It was revealed to be named "Whitefire". When asked why was that it's name, it was explained it meant "Pure spirit".

The youngster's excitement however would be quickly dashed as he was accused by the church of having being visited by an evil spirit and he was rebuke Whitefire. Not to anger God, the youngster attempted to do so with every fiber of his being. But the more he tried the more the fox persisted. Finally, having enough, he turned to a good christian friend who simply asked him, "Why would you rebuke yourself?"

Curiously, this friend reveled that he too saw the fox and that it wasn't an evil spirit. He also explained, that instead of running from it, he should try to get to know the creature. Since then, The young man has built a relationship with himself which help in his healing from a traumatic childhood.

=== Finding the fandom ===

Whitefire had heard of the term "furry" before but knew nothing about it outside of basic mainstream terms. This was during the time when the internet was just first bursting onto the scene; so information was very sparse. Alienated, Whitefire continued to draw furry content and develop his fursona until in 2005 he met another fur who began to point him in the direction of the fandom thru popufurs such as 2 Gryphon and Uncle Kage. Finally, in 2007, Whitefire was able to attend his first convention, AC07.

==Past Works ==

=== Writings ===
Whitefire has written numerous fanfic novels although none have ever been published.

''' The Seventh Seal '''

The Seventh Seal was a futuristic Christian sci-fi drama taking place in the near future. It was a short story about 3 girls who had to survive thru the rapture and the rise and fall of Satan's kingdom.

''' The Gadgett Online Series '''

“Gadgett Online” was the story of a young vixen named Gadgett, whose life was cursed by an amulet she wore around her neck containing the soul of an ancient Egyptian God named “Baa” This amulet cause her right arm to wither and her to lose how ability to speak. Because of this she has had to live her whole life with a mechanical arm that her father made for her, and also as a mute.

Book 1 - The story began with her meeting a hapless inventor by the name of Diode. Instead of eating him, the two became good friends and with his inventions and her uncanny ability to repair anything, the two were able to create a very success business. As the story went on, we were introduced to more characters such as Jim and Sam, a pair of down on their luck drifters, and of course the main villain Baa. Book 1 ends with Baa and Gadgett becoming fused to the amulet.

Book 2 - Book 2 mostly starts out one year after the first book ends. Gadgett is reunited with Jim and Diode, and go for a journey cross country where they get involved in the Nascar circuit and end up meeting James, a washed up driver who is trying to make his grand comeback. Though James was pretty much the villain through this book, he ends up joining forces and helping Gadgett, Jim, and Diode in defeating Baa.

Book 3 - Book3 has got to be one of the most demonic out of the books since Gadgett ends up going on a murderous rampage. In this one, they are not battling Baa but end up fighting a multiple number of demons named, Legion. In this book, they have no choice but to align themselves with Baa. However this book is carried over into 4 When Baa betrays them and takes Gadgett away to the center of time.

Book 4 - Book4 picks up right where book 3 left off, the gang goes after Gadgett and find themselves lost in a world in the midst of a civil war, in which Jim is reunited with his daughter who was killed at the end of the first book. This was supposed to be the end of the series as to prevent Baa from possessing and escape thru her unborn child, Gadgett killed herself and Baa.

Book 5 - Book 5 took us into Gadgett’s afterlife in which she is split in half. Her good side to ascend to heaven while her evil side would perish in the fire pits of oblivion. Rather than face such a fate Gadgett’s evil side escapes and traveled back in time to destroy everything Gadgett was. Therefore, Gadgett has to go back and stop her, and learns more about her past and what really caused the death of her parents. This book closes with time itself collapsing in on the two of them and them escaping thru the only route available to them, thru Gadgett’s birth

Book 6 - Now everything is all messed up as Gadgett now has a twin sister, “Ratchett”, and instead of having the amulet placed around her neck when she was a baby it was put on Ratchett. So now Baa is alive again and they both want Gadgett dead. The strange thing is even after Gadgett is able to kill Ratchett, she keeps coming back. Gadgett finds out at the end that Ratchett has actually been trapped between realities and has been destroying all the realities in which Gadgett is victorious. Pulling her from normal reality, Ratchett faces Gadgett in their final battle, ending the series for good.

''' The Crossroads Series '''

Stargazer: The story of Nwahs McKelvey and Dawn Grave and their journey across the country to find out what has happened when two realities have merged and what fate their lives will hold.

Backlash: Taking place six months after the first book, Backlash is the continuation of Dawn's adventures as the two realities never completed merging and is now slowly ripping the planet as well as her mind apart.

Redemption: The conclusion of the Series takes us into the future. Dawn and Sasha ban together one more time to figure out if there is a way to save the planet. But with only one week remaining (168 hours) before the end, Dawn must not only keep Nwah's daughter away from her father, but also understand why her dead sister Joyce is the key to saving the world and what role Nwahs has to play.

== 2015 Return ==
After taking a few years long hiatus,(2012-2015) Whitefire has been working diligently in reprising his role in making the fandom a more welcoming place for everyone.

=== Whitefire 2015 ===
Not the young fox he once was, back in the fall of 2015, Whitefire has given his fursona a complete overhaul and has given himself a more simplistic design. No long a golden fox, Whitefire has been changed to a simple black jacket, grey fox (an depicture of his graceful aging). He has also lost his angelic fiery glow. He has been in the process of restoring all of his old characters.

=== Fursonas ===
Whirefire has created a variable world of characters that he has used in his stories and art.

{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Species
!rowspan="1"|Gender
!rowspan="1"|Date of Birth
|-
| '''''Whitefire'''''
| Grey Fox
| Male
| 2005
|-
| '''''Zeroo Raccoon'''''
| Raccoon
| Trans
| 2007
|-
| '''''Gadgett Online'''''
| Arctic Fox
| Female
| 2007
|-
| '''''Diode'''''
| Sparrow
| Male
| 2008
|-
| '''''Jim Graves'''''
| Grizzly Bear
| Male
| 2008
|-
| '''''Ratchett Online'''''
| Black Arctic Fox
| Female
| 2009
|-
| '''''Dawn Graves'''''
| White and Gold Cat
| Female
| 2010
|-
| '''''Madas'''''
| Red Panda
| Female
| 2012
|-
| '''''Sammi'''''
| Rabbit
| Trans
| 2012
|-
| '''''Nwahs McKelvey'''''
| Red Fox
| Female
| 2013
|-
| '''''Walter C. Evilest'''''
| Raccoon
| Male
| 2015
|-
| '''''Bocephus Foxworthy III'''''
| Grey Fox
| Male
| 2016
|-
|}

=== Furries in the Dark ===
'''Furries in the Dark''' (or '''FitD''') started out as the '''Furry Shoutout''' which ran from September 2015 till the end of the year. A simple art stream that allowed the audience to create the picture. However Due to low attendance the Shoutout only lasted 3 months before finally being scraped. Before it was officially cancelled, Whitefire started a second stream (FitD) to help create more furry friendly programming on the weekends. This one started late night and was ran as a conspiracy show. Interest peaked but quickly diminished until Whitefire began playing 70s and 80s music. Since then, attendance began to grow again and seems to be holding steady and continues on to this day on Friday nights on Furstream.
[[File:evil.png|right|thumb|200px|The Most Evilest Art Show]]

=== The Most Evilest Art Show ===
Currently, Whitefire is developing a new You Tube show called the "Most Evilest Art Show". This show stars Whitefire and Walter C. Evilest, a hapless evil 'genius' bent on ridding the world of all art. Not because he hates art but because he's color blind and feels cheated that he can't enjoy art like everyone else. The show's premise is to teach people how to draw thru simple tutorials and comedy skits.

=== Oh! Pawpets ===
Whitefire appeared as a guest on [[Oh! Pawpets! Show]]. (episode 1/30/2016) He is also going through the process of being selected as a cast member as a supporting actor for the future 8th season of the show.

== Did you know? ==

=== OIF 2009 ===
Whitefire was an MP in the United States Army and deployed in support of OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom) in 2009 with the 1st Calvery stationed in Ft. Hood.

==External links==
{{Contributor|Whitefire nomura}}
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/whitefirenomura/ Whitefire Nomura] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://nomurawhitefire.deviantart.com/ Whitefire Nomura] on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://twitter.com/zerooraccoon Whitefire Nomura] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://www.weasyl.com/~whifirenomura Whitefire Nomura] on [[Weasyl]]
* [http://ohpawpets.org/index.html Oh! Pawpet Pwoductions]

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