Rufus Whedon

This article is about the character from the Netflix adaptation. You may be looking for Rufus Whedon from the graphic novels.

Rufus Whedon
Biographical information
Status	Alive
Occupation	Groundskeeper (Keyhouse Manor)
Gender	Male
Family information
Family Members	Ellie Whedon (adoptive mother)
Appearance
Played by	Coby Bird
Episode Count	9
First seen	Welcome to Matheson
Last seen	Farewell

Rufus Whedon is the adopted son of Ellie Whedon. He has been looking after Keyhouse Manor's estate for years. He begins a budding relationship with the Locke Family's youngest, Bode Locke when the family moves to Matheson.

Biography

Early History

At some point Ellie Whedon adopted Rufus as her son. Rufus eventually began acting as a groundskeeper of Keyhouse Manor.

Throughout Locke and Key

He first meets Bode, when the two have an unspoken exchange when they show off their GI Joes as the Lockes visit the local ice cream parlor. Rufus meets Bode again at the shed at Keyhouse, as Bode searches for the proper lock for the newly discovered Head Key. Since Rufus seems to have a good knowledge on weapons, Bode asks his advice on an unknown enemy, and Rufus gives Bode a beartrap, advising that he should be careful with it, and that it should be baited with something the enemy would want.

After his mother's disappearance, Rufus is sent to live with his aunt and uncle in Nebraska, keeping in touch with Bode via letters. After regaining the Anywhere Key, Bode uses it to visit his best friend who now remembers there being two Dodge's on the night that Ellie disappeared. As a result, Bode correctly surmises that they sent the wrong one through the Black Door just as Kinsey learns that Gabe is in fact Dodge.

A week after Dodge's death, Rufus is finally reunited with his mother who has managed to escape from the Black Door.

Rufus later convinces his reluctant mother to return to Matheson.

When Gideon is about to drop Ellie into a portal to the demon world, Rufus runs in and attacks the demon with a sledgehammer, forcing him to release Ellie. Gideon then uses Rufus as a hostage to force his mother to reveal the location of the Creation Key. Rufus is later freed by Sam Lesser in the body of James Bolton.

After Gordie Shaw is stabbed by Gideon, Rufus is left to tend to him and call an ambulance while his mother and the Lockes enter Gordie's head in search of the Creation Key. Rufus' attempts to hide the two Gordie's generated as a result of the Head Key accidentally results in the paramedics taking the wrong one.

Rufus later attends the premiere of The Splattering II, sitting between Tyler and Bode.

Appearances

Season One

• Welcome to Matheson
• Trapper/Keeper
• The Keepers of the Keys
• Family Tree
• Ray of F*ing Sunshine
• Echoes
• Crown of Shadows

Season Two

• Past is Prologue
• Cliffhanger

Trivia

• Rufus first appeared in episode one as a background character when he showed Bode that they had the same GI-Joe doll.
• Many of his mannerisms point towards the idea that Rufus may be autistic and has a hyper-fixation on army/war-related things.
  • His speech tends to lean towards that of a soldier's, saying things such as "affirmative" instead of yes.
    • Bode also uses this same speech mannerism when talking to Rufus.
• Rufus gave Bode a bear trap to use against Dodge in the second episode.

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