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|image = [[File:MediEvilJamesBusbyCalvinTCamel.png|thumb]] | |||
|caption = [[James Busby]] (left) and Calvin (right) | |||
|medievil = Development Support Team | |medievil = Development Support Team | ||
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'''Calvin the Camel''', credited as '''Calvin T. Camel''' in ''[[MediEvil|MediEvil's]]'' [[Credits (MediEvil)|credits]], was [[SCE Cambridge Studio]]'s toy camel. He was brought into the office by [[James Busby]] who got him by trading in a chocolate bar's competition tokens.{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_james_7.html|Sorcerers - James Busby: CAMEL}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_9.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan: CHIMPS, part 2}} Busby considered Calvin to be "sort of the ''MediEvil'' mascot."{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_james_7.html|Sorcerers - James Busby: CAMEL}} | '''Calvin the Camel''', credited as '''Calvin T. Camel''' in ''[[MediEvil|MediEvil's]]'' [[Credits (MediEvil)|credits]], was [[SCE Cambridge Studio]]'s toy camel. He was brought into the office by [[James Busby]] who got him by trading in a Cadbury chocolate bar's competition tokens.{{Ref|a|[a]}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_james_7.html|Sorcerers - James Busby: CAMEL}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_9.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan: CHIMPS, part 2}} Busby considered Calvin to be "sort of the ''MediEvil'' mascot."{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_james_7.html|Sorcerers - James Busby: CAMEL}} | ||
The camel's tail was cut off and sown back on at a Christmas party.{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_9.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan: CHIMPS, part 2}}{{Siteref|MED-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_jason_2.html|Sorcerers - Jason Riley: CAMEL NIGHTS, part 1}} Calvin was well-travelled, as team members would take him on holidays with them to places such as Portugal, Greece, America and South Africa.{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_james_7.html|Sorcerers - James Busby: CAMEL}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_9.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan: CHIMPS, part 2}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_jason_3.html|Sorcerers - Jason Riley: CAMEL NIGHTS, part 2}} | The camel's tail was cut off and sown back on at a Christmas party.{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_9.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan: CHIMPS, part 2}}{{Siteref|MED-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_jason_2.html|Sorcerers - Jason Riley: CAMEL NIGHTS, part 1}} Calvin was well-travelled, as team members would take him on holidays with them to places such as Portugal, Greece, America and South Africa.{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_james_7.html|Sorcerers - James Busby: CAMEL}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_9.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan: CHIMPS, part 2}}{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_jason_3.html|Sorcerers - Jason Riley: CAMEL NIGHTS, part 2}} | ||
==Notes== | |||
{{Note|a|a}} Calvin Sawdust, also known as Calvin the Camel, was a marketing character created by the {{w|Bartle Bogle Hegarty}} advertising company to promote Cadbury's {{w|Picnic (chocolate_bar)|Picnic}} brand in 1991. He starred in a commercial where he sang a parody of "Spirit in the Sky."<ref>{{Cite web|author=Richmond, Susannah|published=April 5, 1991|title="Singing camel to give Picnic a boost"|newspaper=Campaign}}</ref> | |||
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