Shopworn Wolf

Shopworn Wolf
Scott performs as Teen Wolf at the store turned club.
Premiere date	October 4, 1986
Music composed by	David Kitay & Richard Kosinski Wells Christie John Lewis Parker James Donnellan
Writer(s)	Linda Woolverton
Director(s)	Gordon Kent
Animation director(s)	Jon McClenahan Darrell Van Citters
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"Shopworn Wolf" is the fourth episode of Teen Wolf season one. It aired on October 4, 1986 on CBS. It was written by Linda Woolverton, and produced and directed by Gordon Kent.

When Scott is put in charge of his father's store while he's away at a hammer convention, Stiles takes the opportunity to turn it into a nightclub.

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
Chubs	Will Ryan
Music shop owner	Unavailable
Grandpa Howard	Stacy Keach, Sr.
Valor	Frank Welker
Grandma Howard	June Foray
Pink Floyd
Lupe Howard	Unavailable
Howard Howard	James Hampton
Pamela Wells	Ellen Gerstell
Daisy
Mick McAllister	Craig Sheffer

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Wolverton
      • Howard's Hardware
      • Eva's Bakery
      • Wolverton Music Shop
      • Howard residence
      • Wells residence
      • Wolverton Airport
• The Moon

Objects

• Scott's guitar

Vehicles

• 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: October 4, 1986 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• This is the first time Scott is in public in his werewolf form, although unlike the movie, where his secret was revealed, the kids believe it is just an act.

Errors

• Even though the shop sign says Howard's Hardware (when it's not mistakenly Howards Hardware), Scott refers to it as Howard Hardware.

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.