Teen Wolf Punks Out

Teen Wolf Punks Out
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Network	CBS
Premiere date	December 6, 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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"Teen Wolf Punks Out" is the thirteenth and final episode of Teen Wolf season one. It aired on December 6, 1986 on CBS. It was written by Linda Woolverton, and produced and directed by Gordon Kent.

To join his friends on a night on the town after winning a big football game, Scott uses a potion to keep himself from turning into Teen Wolf, but when he has an accident with it, he discovers that not everybody judges a book by its cover.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mick McAllister	Craig Sheffer
Scott Howard	Townsend Coleman
Boof Marconi	Jeannie Elias
Stiles Stilinski	Donald Most
Grandma Howard	June Foray
Pamela Wells	Ellen Gerstell
Rubbish	Frank Welker
Lizard	Unavailable
Scratch	Unavailable
Bisa	Unavailable
Peaches	Unavailable
Melvin	Unavailable
Toy dog	Frank Welker
Toy store owner	Frank Welker

Organizations

Guttersnipes

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Wolverton
    - Wolverton High School
    - Howard residence
  - Grant (mentioned)
  - Neon Avenue
    - The Electric Fish Fin
    - Wizzo
    - Trend Setters
    - Pink Poodles
    - Glitz
    - Used clothes store
    - Pinkie's
    - Toy store
    - Party House Club
    - Zapp! Club
The Moon

Objects

E.T. toy
Dalek toy

Vehicles

Howlmobile
Mick McAllister's car
Guttersnipes' car

Production

Development

Buzz Dixon was the story editor.

Filming

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: December 6, 1986 on CBS

Behind the scenes

After twelve episodes, the viewer finally sees why Scott is wearing a letterman jacket, by putting him in a football match.
Stiles mentions the Werewolf Festival which occurred in "Leader of the Pack".
In the toy store, it's full of pop culture references, such as the shark from Jaws, the Titanic, E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Spock's Vulcan ears from Star Trek, and Daleks from Doctor Who, Brother Bear from The Berenstain Bears Show (which was also produced by Hanna-Barbera Australia and Southern Star).

Errors

When Boof grabs onto the cage, she and Stiles are in their regular clothes.

Critical reception

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.

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