The Curse of the Red Paw

The Curse of the Red Paw
Grandpa identifies the townsfolk fear from the Red Paw pattern stuck to Scott's back.
Premiere date	November 15, 1986
Music composed by	David Kitay & Richard Kosinski Wells Christie John Lewis Parker James Donnellan
Writer(s)	Bruce Reid Schaeffer
Director(s)	Gordon Kent
Animation director(s)	Jon McClenahan Darrell Van Citters
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"The Curse of the Red Paw" is the tenth episode of Teen Wolf season one. It aired on November 15, 1986 on CBS. It was written by Bruce Reid Schaeffer, and produced and directed by Gordon Kent.

The Howards return to Transylvania so Scott can inherit a castle, even in spite of the legendary curse of the Red Paw surrounding it.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Pamela Wells	Ellen Gerstell
Scott Howard	Townsend Coleman
Boof Marconi	Jeannie Elias
Messenger	Unavailable
Grandpa Howard	Stacy Keach, Sr.
Grandma Howard	June Foray
Harold Howard	James Hampton
Baron von Howardstein
Pilot	Unavailable
Lupe Howard	Unavailable
Coachman	Unavailable
Sasha	Unavailable
Rotternburg mayor	Unavailable
Innkeeper	Unavailable
Mick McAllister
Caretaker	Unavailable
Shopkeeper	Unavailable
Hiram Gromish	Unavailable

Locations

• United States
  • Wolverton
    • Wolf Burgers
    • Howard residence
• Transylvania
  • Rottenburg
    • Castle Glamsnore
    • Inn
• The Moon

Vehicles

• Howlmobile

Production

Development

Buzz Dixon was 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: September 13, 1986 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• Grandpa's real name is revealed to be Niklos.

Errors

• The Howlmobile is present without Stiles.
• The castle drawn at night isn't the same as the castle drawn in the day.

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.