98 Fun Facts About Teen Wolf

Who plays Scott Howard, the high-schooler who discovers he is a werewolf, in the 1985 film Teen Wolf?

Michael J. Fox squeezed the four-week shoot into a break from his sitcom Family Ties, opened up when co-star Meredith Baxter Birney went on maternity leave.

In the 1985 film Teen Wolf, which sport does Scott Howard become a star at as a werewolf?

Basketball is where the Wolf takes over, turning his school's losing team into winners; yet Scott chooses to play the championship game as himself, and still wins it.

How does Teen Wolf's Scott Howard first learn he is a werewolf?

He transforms in his bathroom at home, and the bigger shock follows: his seemingly ordinary father is a werewolf too, and had hoped the family curse would pass his son by.

Director Rod Daniel said Teen Wolf was really about what?

A father and son, he said, while every other candidate answered 'a werewolf'; he added that much of the film was who he wished his own father had been.

Who plays Harold Howard, Scott's werewolf father, in the 1985 film Teen Wolf and its sequel?

James Hampton plays Harold as a seemingly ordinary dad who had hoped the family curse would pass his son by; in the sequel he steers a nephew through the same change.

The 1987 sequel Teen Wolf Too swapped the original's sport for which one?

Boxing is the sport at the college where Scott's cousin Todd wolfs out mid-fight and starts winning; like Scott before him, he takes the final as himself.

Which future Arrested Development star made his feature-film debut as Todd Howard in Teen Wolf Too?

Jason Bateman, 18 and already a sitcom regular, made his film debut in a sequel that his own father, Kent Bateman, produced.

The 1986 animated Teen Wolf series moved Scott and his werewolf family to a town called what?

Wolverton is the cartoon's town; the series also gave Scott a little sister, Lupe, and grandparents he never had in the film.

Which actor plays the brooding werewolf Derek Hale in the MTV series?

Tyler Hoechlin plays Derek Hale; he left the regular cast after season four, then returned in the final season and for Teen Wolf: The Movie.

Who developed the 2011 MTV Teen Wolf series?

Jeff Davis, the creator of Criminal Minds, pitched MTV a thriller in the spirit of The Lost Boys instead of a remake of the 1985 comedy.

The MTV series premiered on June 5, 2011, immediately after what broadcast?

The MTV Movie Awards handed Teen Wolf its launch audience on a Sunday; the second episode followed the very next night.

Which title closed Teen Wolf's hundred-episode run?

'The Wolves of War' closed the show: the pack and old allies fight Gerard's army of hunters, and a last scene shows Scott recruiting a new young beta, Alec.

In the MTV series, Scott McCall plays which sport for his high school?

Scott plays lacrosse for his high school; after the bite he goes from the bench to first line, and team captain Jackson resents the sudden attention he gets.

The MTV series is set in which fictional California town?

The series is set in Beacon Hills, a fictional California town whose Nemeton, a sacred druid tree stump, draws supernatural creatures to it.

Where were the first two seasons of the MTV series filmed before production moved to Los Angeles?

Seasons one and two were shot in Atlanta, Georgia; the production moved to Los Angeles for season three after winning a California film and TV tax credit.

Teen Wolf's pilot director made the first clip MTV aired, for which song?

'Video Killed the Radio Star' was directed by Russell Mulcahy, who opened Teen Wolf with its pilot and closed it too, with the last episode and the 2023 film.

Who plays Scott McCall in the MTV series?

Tyler Posey plays Scott McCall in every episode, and from the fifth season the show's star was also one of its co-producers.

Stiles's real first name, finally revealed in the sixth season of the MTV series, is what?

Stiles's real name is Mieczyslaw; as a toddler he could only manage 'Mischief', which became his mother Claudia's nickname for him.

Who bites Scott McCall in the woods in the pilot, turning him into a werewolf?

Peter Hale spends most of the first season apparently comatose in hospital while secretly being the creature behind the attacks; he bit Scott to start building a pack.

What makes Scott McCall a 'True Alpha' in the MTV series?

He rose without killing anyone for it: Scott becomes an Alpha by sheer force of will and strength of character, which Deaton calls extremely rare.

Derek Hale's family died when their house was burned down by whom?

Kate Argent dated a teenage Derek to learn about his family before the fire; Peter later tears out her throat, yet the wound turns her into a werejaguar.

At the end of season 1, how does Derek Hale become an Alpha?

Derek becomes an Alpha by killing his uncle Peter in the season finale: the power passes to whoever kills its holder, which is how Peter had taken it from Derek's sister Laura.

What supernatural creature does Lydia Martin turn out to be?

Lydia Martin is a banshee: an Alpha's bite neither turns nor kills her, and her screams announce that a death is near.

In season 2 Jackson Whittemore's bite goes wrong and he becomes what reptilian shapeshifter?

Jackson becomes a kanima, a lizard-like creature that seeks a master; Matt Daehler and then Gerard Argent control him until Lydia's love turns him into a werewolf.

How does Scott wreck Gerard's plan to be cured by the bite?

He swapped his pills for mountain ash: when Gerard forces Derek to bite him to cure his cancer, his body rejects it and he spews black fluid before disappearing.

Which three teens does Derek bite to build his pack in season 2?

Isaac, Erica and Boyd take Derek's bite, but the Alpha Pack kills Erica and later forces Boyd onto Derek's own claws.

In the MTV series, the Alpha Pack of season three is led by which blind 'Demon Wolf'?

Deucalion, the self-styled 'Demon Wolf', leads the Alpha Pack; blinded by Gerard Argent years earlier, he has his sight restored by the Darach at the end of 3A.

The Darach, season three's druid killing in threes, is which high-school teacher?

Jennifer Blake, the new English teacher played by Haley Webb, is the Darach; she dates Derek while sacrificing victims in threes to gain power.

In the MTV series, what Japanese spirit possesses Stiles late in season three?

A nogitsune, a dark fox spirit that feeds on chaos and strife, possesses Stiles; it returns as the villain of Teen Wolf: The Movie in 2023.

Why was Scott's first love killed off in season three of the MTV series?

The actress wanted to leave: Crystal Reed, 29 and playing a 17-year-old, asked the showrunner to let her move on, so her character was written a death scene.

In the MTV series, Kira Yukimura, who becomes Scott's love interest, is what kind of supernatural being?

A kitsune, a fox spirit, is what Kira turns out to be: when a killer tries to electrocute her at a power plant, the current leaves her unharmed and the whole town loses power.

Which actress plays the werecoyote Malia Tate in the MTV series?

Shelley Hennig plays Malia Tate, who is found living as a coyote eight years after the car crash that killed her mother and sister.

Who does Scott bite in season four of the MTV series, making him his first beta?

Liam Dunbar is bitten on a hospital roof during a fight with a wendigo, because it is the only way Scott can stop him falling.

Who turns out to be season four's mysterious 'Benefactor' paying assassins to work through a supernatural hit list?

Meredith Walker, a patient at Eichen House, turns out to be the Benefactor: she had picked up the comatose Peter Hale's murderous thoughts and built the Dead Pool from them.

What happens to Derek Hale over the fourth season of the MTV series?

De-aged, depowered, then evolves into a wolf: Kate turns Derek back into a teenager, his powers fade, and after seeming to die in Mexico he revives able to shift fully.

In the MTV series, a werewolf's eyes glow blue instead of yellow once it has done what?

Taken an innocent life: that is what turns a Beta's yellow eyes blue, as happened to Derek when he ended the suffering of his dying girlfriend Paige.

In the MTV series, which character turns out to be the unwitting host of the Beast of Gévaudan?

Mason Hewitt, Liam's best friend, is the Beast's unwitting host; following old werewolf lore, calling him by his own name is what separates him from it.

Deputy Jordan Parrish, who keeps surviving things that should kill him, is revealed in season five to be what?

Jordan Parrish, played by Ryan Kelley, is a hellhound, a guardian of the supernatural that carries bodies to the Nemeton in a trance and is immune to fire.

In the MTV series, Theo Raeken, the childhood friend who returns in season five, is secretly what?

Theo, played by Cody Christian, is a chimera made by the Dread Doctors, a werewolf-werecoyote hybrid; his dead sister Tara, whose heart he took, later drags him underground.

In season six of the MTV series, which villains erase Stiles from everyone's memory?

The Ghost Riders of the Wild Hunt erase whoever sees them: Stiles spots the rider who took a boy's parents and becomes the next target, and Lydia is the last to forget him.

In the MTV series, Garrett Douglas, a new teacher in season six, is revealed to be what?

Garrett Douglas is a Nazi Alpha werewolf, 'Der Soldat', preserved since WWII in a Dread Doctors tank; as a Löwenmensch, a lion-wolf hybrid, he wants to command the Wild Hunt as his army.

In MTV's Teen Wolf, the final villain, the Anuk-ite, feeds on what?

The Anuk-ite, a shapeshifter that feeds on fear, turns Beacon Hills against the supernatural with help from counsellor-turned-hunter Tamora Monroe and a returning Gerard Argent.

In the Teen Wolf finale, how does Scott avoid being turned to stone?

Claws out his eyes: anyone who looks at the Anuk-ite is turned to stone, so Scott blinds himself and beats it with help from Stiles.

Teen Wolf: The Movie premiered on January 26, 2023 on which streaming service?

Teen Wolf: The Movie went to Paramount+, which announced it on 24 September 2021, four years to the day after the series finale aired on MTV.

Which two main cast members were absent from Teen Wolf: The Movie?

Dylan O'Brien and Arden Cho both declined: Cho confirmed she was offered half her co-stars' pay or less, and O'Brien called it a difficult decision that came up too fast.

Which long-dead character is resurrected, with amnesia, in Teen Wolf: The Movie?

Allison comes back through a ritual at the Nemeton that was only meant to free her trapped soul; she wakes without her memories and attacks Scott.

Which actor plays the hunter Chris Argent in the MTV series?

JR Bourne plays Chris Argent, who starts out hunting werewolves and ends up one of the pack's firmest allies, from the pilot to the 2023 film.

Which actor plays the veterinarian Alan Deaton, Scott's guide in the MTV series?

Seth Gilliam plays Dr. Alan Deaton, who is far more than Scott's boss at the animal clinic: he once served the Hale pack as its druid emissary.

Who composed the music for the MTV series?

Dino Meneghin composed the score for all six seasons of the MTV series and returned to score Teen Wolf: The Movie in 2023.

How many episodes did the unusually long third season of the MTV series have?

Season three had 24 episodes, aired as two 12-episode halves: 3A in summer 2013 and 3B from January 2014, a split the show kept for seasons five and six.

When Jackson Whittemore returns late in the MTV series, who is he dating?

Ethan, the surviving Alpha Pack twin, is Jackson's partner; hunters come after the pair abroad, and Monroe captures them when they return to warn Scott.

In the 1985 film Teen Wolf, Scott Howard's high-school team is known by which name?

The Beavers are the school's losing side until the wolf turns up; the beaver on their kit was the real logo Oregon State University used at the time.

What is Allison Argent's weapon of choice in the MTV series?

A bow and arrows suit Allison, a trained archer; in her last fight, her final arrow destroys one of the Oni and saves Isaac's life.

Which film kept Teen Wolf at No. 2 on its opening weekend in August 1985?

Back to the Future was in its eighth weekend and still No. 1; Teen Wolf had wrapped months before the bigger film, yet reached cinemas seven weeks after it.

Who co-wrote the 1985 Teen Wolf screenplay, one of his first scripts?

Loeb, later a celebrated comics writer, was hired because the studio wanted a cheap, quick comedy after the surprise success of Valley Girl.

A planned second Teen Wolf sequel, never filmed, was to star which actress?

Alyssa Milano, then on Who's the Boss?, was attached to a planned third Teen Wolf film that never got made; a separate female-werewolf concept was reworked into 1989's Teen Witch.

In the MTV series, what is Scott McCall's mother Melissa's job?

Melissa McCall, played by Melissa Ponzio, is a nurse at Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital and becomes an invaluable ally once she learns Scott's secret.

What is the first name of Stiles's father, the Beacon Hills sheriff?

Noah is only heard as Sheriff Stilinski's first name in season six, when he walks in on his own father, Elias, talking to Scott and Lydia.

Stiles Stilinski drives which vehicle, described by his own father as a junker, in MTV's Teen Wolf?

A Jeep is Stiles's pride and joy, and in season 6 Scott hands over $50 to stop a tow truck hauling it away from the school car park.

The coach in MTV's Teen Wolf fires up his players with a speech borrowed from which 1996 film?

Independence Day is the coach's favourite film, and he recites its famous rallying speech to his team before the season 2 championship game.

Which unseen student is the constant target of the coach's insults in MTV's Teen Wolf?

Greenberg is the coach's favourite punching bag, a running joke for four seasons even though the audience never sees him.

Scott McCall starts MTV's Teen Wolf as an average teenager suffering from which medical condition?

Asthma once put Scott in hospital as a child, after a severe attack brought on when another dog fatally mauled his own pet.

Kira Yukimura, who joins the pack in season 3 of MTV's Teen Wolf, fights with which weapon?

A katana is Kira's weapon, and when the blade is shattered her mother shows her how to repair it with her own supernatural power.

In MTV's Teen Wolf, Lydia Martin's mother moves her to which psychiatric facility once Theo leaves her catatonic?

Eichen House hides an underground prison for supernatural inmates, which is why the pack has to stage a break-in to get Lydia out.

To which city does Jackson Whittemore's father move him after season 2 of MTV's Teen Wolf?

London becomes Jackson's home once his father moves him abroad, which writes the character out of the series until he returns in the final season.

Scott McCall's estranged father Rafael arrives in season 3 of MTV's Teen Wolf as an agent of which organisation?

The FBI brings Rafael to town to investigate the season's string of murders, giving him a chance to try to reconcile with the son he left behind.

Which surname do the eccentric coaches in both the 1985 film Teen Wolf and the MTV series share?

Finstock is the coach in both versions: Jay Tarses played him in the 1985 film and Orny Adams took over the whistle for the MTV series.

Adrian Harris, the teacher who torments Stiles in MTV's Teen Wolf, teaches which subject?

Chemistry is his subject, and it ties him to the Hale fire: he once drunkenly explained to a stranger how to disguise arson.

Team goalie Danny Mahealani in MTV's Teen Wolf has a surname meaning 'full moon' in which language?

Hawaiian gives Danny a surname made for a werewolf show, and away from the field he also plays trumpet in the school band.

Guidance counsellor Marin Morrell in MTV's Teen Wolf also teaches which language at the high school?

French is her classroom subject, but her real calling is secret: she is a druid who advises werewolf packs, and the town vet's younger sister.

In Teen Wolf: The Movie, the adult Lydia Martin works for a firm specialising in what?

Green energy is her field, and her latest project tries to turn sound waves into a power source, a fitting job for someone whose gift is her voice.

Which illness killed Stiles Stilinski's mother Claudia and later has him tested in season 3 of Teen Wolf?

Frontotemporal dementia is the diagnosis Stiles dreads, but his blackouts turn out to have a supernatural cause: a dark spirit is taking over his mind.

Which younger sister of Derek Hale, long believed dead in the house fire, resurfaces in season 3 of Teen Wolf?

Cora survived the fire and spent the years since in South America, returning only after hearing rumours that a Hale was building a pack.

Which former US Marshal turned mercenary becomes Derek Hale's girlfriend in season 4 of MTV's Teen Wolf?

Braeden gives Derek lessons in firearms and hand-to-hand combat, and she first appears a season earlier, rescuing one of his pack from rival Alphas.

Dr. Gabriel Valack, the psychic asylum inmate in MTV's Teen Wolf, hides what inside a hole in his skull?

A third eye sits in the hole, which was made by trepanation, and it boosts the psychic powers he trades on as a supplier of information.

Which childhood friend wins Scott Howard's heart at the end of the 1985 film Teen Wolf?

Boof gets the kiss after the championship win, as Scott brushes straight past Pamela, the popular girl he had spent the film chasing.

What is the name of Derek Hale's son, a new character introduced in Teen Wolf: The Movie?

Eli repeatedly steals Stiles's prized car during the film, until Stiles's father finally lets him have it for good.

How did Jackson Whittemore come to be raised by attorney David Whittemore in MTV's Teen Wolf?

He was adopted after his birth parents died in a car crash; doctors kept his mother on life support just long enough to deliver him.

In the season 2 finale of MTV's Teen Wolf, what does Lydia Martin hold up to bring Jackson back to himself?

A house key that Jackson gave her while they were dating is what reaches him, and it stops the creature he has become in its tracks.

Which photographer is unmasked in season 2 of MTV's Teen Wolf as the venomous creature's first master?

Matt Daehler bonds with the creature by accident after spying on its transformation through his camera, then uses it to settle an old grudge.

At her season 2 birthday party in MTV's Teen Wolf, Lydia Martin spikes the punch with petals of which plant?

Wolfsbane in the punchbowl makes every guest hallucinate, giving a possessed Lydia cover to slip away and help raise a dead Alpha.

After dying in the season 2 finale of Teen Wolf, Jackson Whittemore revives as a werewolf with eyes of which colour?

Blue eyes mark the revived Jackson, who comes back as an ordinary werewolf moments after Derek and his uncle strike down his reptilian form.

In season 2 of MTV's Teen Wolf, Stiles and a paralysed Derek discover which weakness of the venomous creature?

It cannot swim, so Stiles stays in the water holding up a paralysed Derek until Scott arrives to save them both.

Which season 2 villain goes undercover as the high-school principal after arriving for a family funeral in Teen Wolf?

Gerard Argent takes over the post after his daughter-in-law tortures the real principal into resigning, giving him a perfect spot for watching the town's werewolves.

In season 2 of MTV's Teen Wolf, Derek offers a teenage girl the bite by promising it will cure which condition?

Epilepsy puts her in a hospital bed after a seizure at school, and that is where Derek makes his offer and gains a second recruit.

Why does Victoria Argent take her own life in season 2 of MTV's Teen Wolf?

An Alpha has bitten her: Derek sinks his teeth in while stopping her from killing Scott, and she chooses death over becoming a werewolf.

What happens to Sheriff Stilinski in season 2 of MTV's Teen Wolf because of his son's reckless behaviour?

He loses his job because Stiles's antics reflect badly on the county, a blow that lands just as father and son spot a pattern in the murders.

Why does Derek become convinced in season 2 of Teen Wolf that Lydia Martin is the venomous creature?

She is immune to its toxin, but Derek has the wrong person: the immunity is real, yet the creature turns out to be her ex-boyfriend.

In season 2 of MTV's Teen Wolf, Derek rescues a tormented teenager who is attacked while working where?

A cemetery run by his abusive father is the boy's workplace, and by the next episode he has joined Derek's new pack as a werewolf.

Where does the venomous creature paralyse Danny Mahealani and six other people in season 2 of Teen Wolf?

A gay club called Jungle is the scene, where Danny had gone to get over splitting from his ex-boyfriend.

How does the first master of season 2's venomous creature in Teen Wolf die before a new one takes over?

Drowned by a hunter who then seizes control of the creature, he dies the way he nearly did as a nine-year-old at a pool party.

At the season 2 championship game in Teen Wolf, how does Jackson Whittemore end up bleeding and unresponsive?

Stabbed by his own claws, Jackson collapses on the field as the crowd celebrates a win driven by an unlikely star, Stiles.

Why does Jackson Whittemore leave a video camera running overnight in season 2 of MTV's Teen Wolf?

To film himself transforming on his first full moon, Jackson borrows a night-vision camera, then finds two hours of the footage missing.

How does the season 2 finale of MTV's Teen Wolf leave Scott McCall's romance with the Argents' daughter?

She breaks up with him in tears, shaken by her mother's death and her own ruthless turn, and Scott promises that he will wait for her.

How does the Argent patriarch force Scott McCall to spy for him in season 2 of MTV's Teen Wolf?

By threatening his mother, the old man turns Scott into an informant inside Derek's pack, though Scott quietly prepares a betrayal of his own.

Where does Stiles lock up an unconscious Jackson Whittemore in season 2 of Teen Wolf, only for him to escape?

A police van is Stiles's makeshift cell once Jackson passes out after an attack, but Jackson transforms inside it and gets away.

Paralysed in season 2 of MTV's Teen Wolf, Stiles watches helplessly as the venomous creature kills which tradesman?

A mechanic working on Stiles's car is the victim, and Stiles can only lie there because the creature's toxin has frozen him too.

Why is Derek's first season 2 recruit arrested in MTV's Teen Wolf shortly after joining the pack?

His father is found murdered and the boy is the obvious suspect, so Scott, Stiles and Derek plan a rescue before the Argents can kill him in custody.