Teen Wolf

This article is about the TV series. For the character with the same name, see Scott Howard.

Teen Wolf
On-screen title card.
Network	CBS
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Australia
Original release	September 13, 1986-November 7, 1987
Run time	24 minutes
Starring	Townsend Coleman James Hampton Stacy Keach, Sr. June Foray Don Most Jeannie Elias
Executive producer(s)	Buzz Potamkin Jonathan Dana
Music composed by	David Kitay Richard Kosinski Wells Christie John Lewis Parker John Donnellan
Director(s)	Gordon Kent

Teen Wolf is an American-Australian animated supernatural television series co-produced by Hanna-Barbera Australia and Southern Star in association with Clubhouse Pictures (season one) and Atlantic/Kushner-Locke (season two) for CBS' Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from 1986-1987, airing 21 episodes. The TV series is a spin-off of the big screen film of the same name starring Michael J. Fox in the title role. Fox did not reprise the role, with Townsend Coleman cast instead, although James Hampton returned as the father.

The series deals with 16 year old Scott Howard, who on top of dealing with the usual problems of a boy his age, has to deal with the added burden of living as a werewolf with the rest of his family, which he must hide to the rest of the Wolverton. The only people who know his secret are his best friend, Stiles, who would also happen to sell him out in an instant if he could, his other friend, Boof, and the housekeeper, Frieda. He is constantly pining for the most attractive girl at his school, even in spite of her alpha jock boyfriend.

If the reader is familiar with the film, they already know this greatly diverges from the film, making it a loose inspiration, instead of a direct continuation. In the film, Scott only lived with his father, had the same two friends, while his secret became known to the whole town, which was known as Beacontown, and he was propelled into a mini-celebrity. With this knowledge, his unrequited crush, Pamela, took more of an interest in him, eventually leading to seducing him, but in reality, she was still with her first boyfriend, Mick. Scott ended up seeing the truth and no longer relied on his werewolf form to impress his friends, while also ditching Pamela, and finally seeing Boof as more than just a friend, who in turn had the same feelings. Scott is two years older in the film.

Also worth noting is that the last episode also has ties to the sequel, Teen Wolf Too, as it features the same cousin, Todd. Both the episode and the film are also different from each other, with the latter having Todd learn about his family heritage and becoming a werewolf for the first time, while in the movie he knew about his heritage, but hadn't shown signs yet.

Episodes

Title	Number	Original air date
"Teen Wolf's Family Secret"	1x01	September 13, 1986
"Grampa's in the Doghouse"	1x02	September 27, 1986
"The Werewolf Buster"	1x03	October 4, 1986
"Shopworn Wolf"	1x04	October 4, 1986
"The Beast Within"	1x05	October 11, 1986
"Up a Family Tree"	1x06	October 18, 1986
"Wolf Pride"	1x07	October 25, 1986
"Wolf of My Dreams"	1x08	November 1, 1986
"Leader of the Pack"	1x09	November 8, 1986
"The Curse of the Red Paw"	1x10	November 15, 1986
"The All American Werewolf"	1x11	November 22, 1986
"Under My Spell"	1x12	November 29, 1986
"Teen Wolf Punks Out"	1x13	December 6, 1986
"Teen Wolf's Curse"	2x01	September 19, 1987
"It's No Picnic Being Teen Wolf"	2x02	September 26, 1987
"Toot Toot, Tut Tut and All That Rot"	2x03	October 3, 1987
"Down on the Farm"	2x04	October 10, 1987
"Diary of a Mad Werewolf"	2x05	October 17, 1987
"Teen Wolf, Come Home"	2x06	October 24, 1987
"Scott and the Howlers"	2x07	October 31, 1987
"Howlin' Cousins"	2x08	November 7, 1987

Cast

• Townsend Coleman as Scott Howard
• James Hampton as Harold Howard
• Stacy Keach, Sr. as Grandpa Howard
• June Foray as Grandma Howard
• Don Most as Stiles
• Jeannie Elias as Boof Marconi