Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Wallaru – Ms. Browder

Ms. Browder – Ben Browder
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Ms. Browder

Thank you to Bruce G. for pointing me in the right direction.

During Ned Collie’s trial Ms. Browder is one of the members of the jury. She offers her own insights into the facts of the case. She seems to be biased against Ned.

After following her to the Marleybonian Embassy, it is revealed that she has a personal stake in punishing Ned Collie. His great grandfather bit her great grandfather. Her family has nursed the grudge and drove all the Collies out of Marleybone.

With the talk of a a tourism alliance with the other worlds of the Spiral, Wallaru and the Collies could prosper. As the last of the Sheltie line, it is her duty to stop the Collies from prospering.

Robert Benedict Browder (born December 11, 1962) is an American actor, writer and film director, known for his roles as John Crichton in Farscape and Cameron Mitchell in Stargate SG-1.

Ben Browder

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Browder grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. His parents were race car owners and operators. He attended Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and graduated with a degree in psychology. He was a star player on the Furman football team. Browder met his wife, actress Francesca Buller, while studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Browder appeared as a recurring guest on the U.S. television show Party of Five as Sam Brody in its 3rd season in 1997. Browder and Buller moved with their two children to Australia during the production of Farscape (1999–2003), on which Browder starred as American astronaut John Crichton. Buller played several guest roles on the show. The two returned to the United States in 2003 following the cancellation of Farscape. He has received two Saturn Awards for Best Actor in a Television Role for his acting in Farscape.

Browder returned to the SciFi Channel as he joined the cast of Stargate SG-1 for its ninth season in 2005. He played the character of Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell, the new commanding officer of SG-1. Browder’s former Farscape co-star Claudia Black appeared on SG-1 in the eighth-season episode entitled “Prometheus Unbound” and again during the first episodes of the ninth season before becoming a regular cast member on the series at the beginning of its tenth season in 2006. Several episodes of Stargate SG-1, most notably “200”, comically alluded to Farscape during Browder and Black’s time on the series.

The current list of all the (known) Wallaru references are located here.

Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

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