Jun 15, 2020

The Little Vampire and Pal

Movies starring preteens, such as The Never Ending Story and Journey to the Beginning of Time, are a good place to find gay content.  Preteen boys aren't required to drool over girls quite as often as teenagers and adults, and the myth that there are no gay children -- gayness is something that happens to you as an adult -- means they aren't being patroled by the Thought Police quite as heavily. So same-sex romance can be displayed, as long as no one actually Says the Word.


In The Little Vampire (2000), an adaptation of the novel series by Angela Sommer-Bodenberg, Tony (9-year old Jonathan Lipnicki, left) moves from America to Scotland, and becomes involved with a boy vampire named Rudolph (13-year old Rollo Weeks, right).  They rather obviously fall in love, rescuing each other from danger over and over, and flying through the air holding hands in a scene reminiscent of Superman flying with Lois Lane in the 1978 movie.


Rudolph and his family (Mom, Dad, older brother, and sister) don't attack people -- they drink animal blood, not human blood.  They just want to live in peace, but they are always in hiding, from evil vampires, bigoted humans, and especially a vampire hunter named Rookery.

Everyone is looking for a mystical stone that can either destroy the vampires or turn them human. Tony finds it.  In a climactic battle, he turns them human to save them, but now they lost their memory and don't know who he is.  A tear trickles down Tony's cheek as he realizes that not even Rudolph knows him.

















But in the final scene, Tony whistles the mystical tune that the vampires taught him, and their memory is restored, and Tony and Rudolph, and their two families, can be together again.

This was not the only gay-friendly project of the two stars.  In 2006, Rollo Weeks starred in The Thief Lord, which also featured a strong same-sex romance.

Jonathan Lipnicki was a busy child star before The Little Vampire, with starring roles in Jerry Maguire (1996), The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1996-97) and Stuart Little (1999, 2002).  Recently he has been involved with independent films -- and bodybuilding.

I couldn't resist; most of these pictures are of the grown-up Jonathan rather than from the movie.




Jonathan is a strong supporter of gay rights. In 2011, he played in the STIKS Celebrity Video Game Challenge for Charity, representing the Trevor Project, a crisis intervention and suicide prevention hotline for LGBT and questioning youth.

9 comments:

  1. There was a recent episode of 'Family Guy' in which they lampoon how "ugly" Jonathan Lipnicki had become as an adult. I don't know what they were talking about, after reading this and conducting a 10-second Google Image search, he looks cute as a button to me. Nice built little body too.

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  2. Lipnicki was pretty foul-looking in his teen years, and I'm pretty that's on what "Family Guy" was going. Unfortunately for them Lipnicki came out on the other side of puberty looking the way he does above. They probably should've known to double-check: that's an awkward stage for most of us. Particularly for Lipnicki especially after being such an adorable child.

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    1. I just assume Adult Swim's greatest sin was bringing Family Guy back.

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  3. Well he really does workout, damn! 💪🏻

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  4. The movie is cute and the boy did grow up into a fine looking young man

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  5. That's Johnathon Lipnicki?? :o Looks like he grew up to be a total stud and everyone is eating their words of how ugly and annoying he was in Jerry Maguire

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    1. I never saw "Jerry Maguire." I stopped being a fan of Tom Cruise after he started making homophobic gestures.

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  6. Boomer you need to watch the 2017- animated remake - the boys are now 13 and obviously boyfriends- even when they throw in a vampire girl- the boys only have eyes for each other

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  7. Who knew that little squirt would grow up to be such a hardworking athlete with a nice squirter in his tight Speedo! Way to go, dude! As for family guy? Isn't every character ugly with malformed heads? Anyone recall South Park seriously and cruelly maligning Sarah Jessica Parker concerning her looks. They took the word ugly and truly used it as a sword to slice the actress open inn a very harsh Way! Like your site, Boom-dude!

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