The Beast Within

"The Beast Within" is the fifth episode of Teen Wolf season one. It aired on October 11, 1986 on CBS. It was written by Michael Reeves, and produced and directed by Gordon Kent.

The Howard family's werewolf genes become uncontrollable.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lupe Howard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lupe's friend
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harold Howard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| James Hampton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grandma Howard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| June Foray
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grandpa Howard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stacy Keach, Sr.
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frieda
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Sheryl Bernstein
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scott Howard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Townsend Coleman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daisy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pamela Wells
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ellen Gerstell
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stiles Stilinski
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Donald Most
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Donovan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mick McAllister
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Craig Sheffer
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Newscaster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mayor Marconi
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stiles Stilinski
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Donald Most
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Donovan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mick McAllister
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Craig Sheffer
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Newscaster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mayor Marconi
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mayor Marconi
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker

Organizations

 * Wolverton Times

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Wolverton
 * School
 * Howard's Hardware
 * Howard residence
 * Wolf Burgers
 * Shirly's Shoes
 * Lisa's Cafe
 * Wolverton City Animal Shelter
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Wolverton Times newspaper

Vehicles

 * Howlmobile

Development
Buzz Dixon was the 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: October 4, 1986 on CBS

Behind the scenes

 * Ken Mars, the previous voice of Mayor Marconi in "The Werewolf Buster," is replaced with Frank Welker.

Errors

 * It's unclear if Wolverton High School is supposed to be holding Lupe's science fair, or the set piece is being reused for her own school.
 * The Wolverton City Animal Shelter is different from "Grampa's in the Doghouse", which is now simply referred to as "Dog Pound" on the entrance.

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.