Leader of the Pack

Leader of the Pack
Network	CBS
Premiere date	November 8, 1986
Music composed by	David Kitay Richard Kosinski Wells Christie John Lewis Parker James Donnellan
Writer(s)	Michael Reeves
Director(s)	Gordon Kent
Animation director(s)	Jon McClenahan Darrell Van Citters
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"Leader of the Pack" is the ninth episode of Teen Wolf season one. It aired on November 8, 1986 on CBS. It was written by Michael Reeves, and produced and directed by Gordon Kent.

Stiles hires the destructive Wolf Pack as entertainment at the annual Werewolf Festival.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Scott Howard	Townsend Coleman
Stiles Stilinski	Donald Most
Boof Marconi	Jeannie Elias
Pamela Wells	Ellen Gerstell
Mick McAllister	Craig Sheffer
Mayor Marconi	Frank Welker
Harold Howard	James Hampton
Grandma Howard	June Foray
Chubs	Will Ryan
Fangs	Frank Welker
Scratch	Unavailable
Grandpa Howard	Stacy Keach, Sr.
Valor	Frank Welker
Lupe Howard	Unavailable

Organizations

• Wolf Riders
• Wolf Pack
• Wolverton Times

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Wolverton
    • Wolverton High School
    • Wolverton Town Hall
    • Wolf Burgers
    • Howard residence
    • Werewolf Festival grounds
• The Moon

Objects

• Wolverton Times newspaper
• American Gothic
• Mona Lisa

Vehicles

• Boof's car
• Howlmobile

Production

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: November 8, 1986 on CBS

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

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.