The Curse of the Red Paw

"The Curse of the Red Paw" is the tenth episode of Teen Wolf season one. It aired on November 15, 1986 on CBS. It was written by Bruce Reid Schaeffer, and produced and directed by Gordon Kent.

The Howards return to Transylvania so Scott can inherit a castle, even in spite of the legendary curse of the Red Paw surrounding it.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pamela Wells
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ellen Gerstell
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scott Howard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Townsend Coleman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Boof Marconi
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeannie Elias
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Messenger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grandpa Howard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stacy Keach, Sr.
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grandma Howard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| June Foray
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harold Howard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| James Hampton
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Baron von Howardstein
 * style="background-color:#d2dff"| Pilot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lupe Howard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Coachman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sasha
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rotternburg mayor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Innkeeper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mick McAllister
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Caretaker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Shopkeeper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hiram Gromish
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rotternburg mayor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Innkeeper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mick McAllister
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Caretaker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Shopkeeper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hiram Gromish
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Shopkeeper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hiram Gromish
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hiram Gromish
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Locations

 * United States
 * Wolverton
 * Wolf Burgers
 * Howard residence
 * Transylvania
 * Rottenburg
 * Castle Glamsnore
 * Inn
 * The Moon

Vehicles

 * Howlmobile

Development
Buzz Dixon was story editor.

Music
The music was composed by David Kitay and Richard Kosinski, Wells Christie, John Lewis Parker, and James Donnellan. Music was supervised by Steve Tyrell. The music design was performed by Tyrell/Mann.

The opening music was written by Parker and Barry Mann, and sung by Tyrell. While the closing music was written by Ashley Hall and Stefanie Tyrell, and sung by Hall.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 13, 1986 on CBS

Behind the scenes

 * Grandpa's real name is revealed to be Niklos.

Errors

 * The Howlmobile is present without Stiles.
 * The castle drawn at night isn't the same as the castle drawn in the day.

Home availability

 * In Australia:
 * April 18, 2008: ??? releases Teen Wolf: The Complete Animated Series on DVD.
 * In the United States:
 * On June 6, 2017, Shout! Factory announced a September 5 release for the complete series on DVD in the United States, but was revealed to have been delayed on June 29, due to unforeseen legal issues.