The characters / Recurring character
Todd Pangborn
Todd Pangborn is recorded in 2 distinct stories.
Reveal identity notes · spoilers
Alan and Annie’s deceased younger son, identified as Todd through Alan’s direct recollections of the child and the family’s grief. Alan's son answering the telephone, matching the child Alan later mourns in Needful Things.
Also recorded as Todd.
Stories and supporting passages
Needful Things
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Sheriff Pangborn’s still mourning his wife and younger child, who died untimely, and it was a sure-enough tragedy, but he’ll get over it in time.
Alan’s younger child died along with his wife. Name and gender remain pending later narrative identification.
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Alan recalls his deceased child Todd spilling a milkshake in the family car.
The Dark Half
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It wasn’t Pangborn; he’d had that much right, anyway. It was a little boy who sounded about ten. “Hello, Pangborn residence,” he piped, “Todd Pangborn speaking.” “Hi,” Thad said. He was dimly aware that he was holding the phone receiver much too tightly and tried to loosen his fingers.
Alan's son answering the telephone, matching the child Alan later mourns in Needful Things.