History Characters / TeenWolf

* ChangelingFantasy: Zigzagged. Malia is a were creature, who was adopted and raised by the seemingly all-human Tate family, until a TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening caused her to flee into the wilderness, where she lived as a coyote. Then, eight years later, she is forcibly turned back into a human by Scott's Alpha roar, and believes herself the biological child of the Tates. Finally, she finds out about her actual biological family in Season 4.

* ChangelingFantasy: Zigzagged. Malia belongs to a powerful werewolf family [[spoiler: her father is Peter Hale, and she is the niece of Talia Hale]], but was given up for adoption, and raised by the apparently all-human Tates until she was nine years old. Then she experienced a TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening, causing the car crash that killed her adoptive mother and sister, and fled into the wilderness in her coyote form. She lived as an animal for a time, forgetting that she was ever human - only to be forcibly turned back into a young woman by Scott's Alpha roar eight years later, and believing herself to be the Tates' biological daughter. In Season 4, she finally finds out about her actual biological family.

* GenreSavvy[=/=]GenreBlind: He is perceptive enough to know that there are werewolves in Beacon Hills and deduces correctly from the Hale house fire, that arson is a good way to kill them. He fails to consider, however, that there might supernaturals other than werewolves [[spoiler: and that some of them might be fire-proof.]]

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He and Parrish are initially set up as this: while Parrish tries to approach [[spoiler:de-aged Derek]] reasonably and tries to figure out his problems in order to help him, Haigh is loud, authoritive, and quickly resorts to violence.

* GoodCop/BadCop: He and Parrish fall into this when apprehending [[spoiler:the de-aged Derek]]. Subverted in that it doesn't seem so much planned as natural inclination for both of them.

* Dirty Cop: A variation. We don't know if he can be bribed, but seeing [[spoiler:Parrish's name]] on a hit list with a very high prize tag is enough to make him turn criminal.

!!The Mute (portrayed by Joseph Gatt)
-> ''"[[MachineMonotone HELLO SEAN. I JUST KILLED YOUR FAMILY.]]"''

The Mute is an assassin hired by the Benefactor to eliminate the supernatural community of Beacon Hills. This cheerful fellow derives his name from the fact that he has no mouth, the area between his nose and chin being completely covered by skin. He communicates via voice computer.

* NotGoodWithPeople: Malia relies on her coyote instincts first, which ends up in blunt honesty, inability to understand some phrases, and sarcasm, which can put people off. Stiles is trying to teach her how to be a functional human being.

* WildChild: From the age of 9 to 17, Malia remained alone in the wilderness as a coyote. She can act as a stable and functioning human, but she feels extremely uncomfortable when not in her canid form.

* ChangelingFantasy: Zigzagged. Malia belongs to a powerful werewolf family [[spoiler: her father is Peter Hale, and she is the niece of Talia Hale]], but was given up for adoption, and raised by the apparently all-human Tates until she was nine years old. Then she experienced a TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening, causing the car crash that killed her adoptive mother and sister, and fled into the wilderness in her coyote form. She lived as an animal for a time, forgetting that she was ever human - only to be forcibly turned back into a young woman by Scott's Alpha roar eight years later, and believing herself to be Tates' biological daughter. Finally, she finds out about her actual biological family in Season 4...

* ChangelingFantasy: First played straight, then subverted, and ultimately inverted. Malia belongs to a powerful werewolf family [[spoiler: her father is Peter Hale, and she is the niece of Talia Hale]], but was given up for adoption, and raised by the apparently all-human Tates until she was nine years old. Then she experienced a TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening, causing the car crash that killed her adoptive mother and sister, and fled into the wilderness in her coyote form, forgetting that she wasn't an animal - only to be forcibly turned back into a young woman by Scott's Alpha roar eight years later.

The Chemist is yet another assassin trying to gain the money put on the supernatural population of Beacon Hills.

* Evil Genius: Bright enough to create his own bio weapon, evil enough to use it twice without qualms.

AppliedPhlebotinum[=/=]MagicAntidote: [[spoiler: reishi mushrooms and reishi tea counteract the virus]]
BitchInSheepsClothing: Pretends to be an instructor to get close to [[spoiler: the supernatural students.]]
BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How he dies. Courtesy of Agent [=McCall=], who shoots him to save Stiles from suffering this fate.]]
ChemistryCanDoAnything: Creates a modified version of [[spoiler: the canine distemper virus]] in his private lab.
Evil Genius: Bright enough to create his own bio weapon, evil enough to use it twice without qualms.
FauxAffablyEvil: He never raises his voice, even when he's preparing to shoot someone [[spoiler: or subjects a whole class to a potentially lethal virus infection]]
TheStoic: He's not very emotional.
WickedCultured: Subverted: The Chemist is first seen casually sipping a nice cup of tea while behind him, a werewolf succumbs to a painful viral infection, but it later turns out he's [[spoiler: drinking it to immunize himself against the virus]]

* BigDamnHeroes: In "Perishable," in which he rescues Stiles and Lydia from a near-death experience.

* LightningBruiser: He doesn't fight often, but when he fights he proves to be quite an impressive fighter.

* AffablyEvil: In contrast to his rude, good nephew, Peter is charming and quite pleasant. He gives Allison fashion advice apparently as much because he felt like it as to harass Scott and is rather gracious about Stiles turning down the bite rather than forcing the issue.

->"''Ethan, I always forget.. How many bones are there in the human body?''"\\
"''I don't know, let's '''count'''.''"

* ServileSnarker: He is singularly unimpressed when people expect him to follow even the most ridiculous orders unquestioningly, and isn't at all shy to make that known. Even his boss isn't exempt from this:
-->'''Sheriff Stilinski''' ''[At a crime scene]'': [...]See if you can stall the ME for five minutes. I have an expert of my own coming in to take a look.\\

A beta werewolf and Noshiko's fellow prisoner in Oak Creek. Between World War II and the present day she became an Alpha, and seemed to be on friendly terms with Talia Hale.

* {{Trickster}}: of the JerkAss variety.

* ServileSnarker: He is singularly unimpressed by people who expect him to follow even the most ridiculous orders, and isn't at all shy to make it known. Even his boss isn't exempt from this:

* ObfuscatingStupidity: She makes a point to appear like a shallow, ditzy socialite, but proves to be genuinely intelligent and competent in a crisis, showing NervesOfSteel when a dangerous virus breaks out in school. Her care for Lydia, and most surprisingly, Coach Finstock, further hint that her superficial exterior is largely a facade.

-->'''Sheriff Stilinski'''[At a crime scene]: ''[...]See if you can stall the ME for five minutes. I have an expert of my own coming in to take a look."\\
'''Parrish''':''You have an expert on teenage cannibals?''

-->'''Sheriff Stilinski'''[At a crime scene]: ''[...]See if you can stall the ME for five minutes. I have an expert of my own coming up."\\

* [[IAmWho I Am What]]: [[spoiler: Didn't know he was supernatural - until someone set him on fire and he survived completely unscathed.]]

* {{Expy}}: A polite, yet unsettling high security prisoner [[NonSpecificallyForeign with an accent]] and a potentially dark past, whom a main character seeks out for help, having been warned that the man they'll visit will try to get into their head: Dr. Vallack is a supernatural version of [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]]. His introductory scene is even written and filmed as an {{homage}} to Creator/AnthonyHopkins' iconic first appearance as Lecter in [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs The Silence Of The Lambs]].

* MalevolentMaskedMen: They wear bear skulls as masks, making them instantly recognizable as really evil people.

* {{Badass}}: One of the few supernatural Beacon Hills entities that can possess strength and fighting skills on par with the other creatures on the show.
* BadassBoast: During their final battle against Scott, it does this combined with a VillainousBreakdown:
--> '''Nogitsune''': Divine move, divine move, you think you have any moves at all? You can kill the Oni but me? Me? I’m a thousand years old! You can’t kill me!

* TrapMaster: Befitting a {{Trickster}}, he is an expert at setting these: sabotaging power lines at [[spoiler:the hospital]], setting up trip-wired booby-traps on [[spoiler:the school's track field]], and even timed shrapnel bombs in [[spoiler: the sheriff's station]]. In every instance, causing serious injury and death to multiple people.

Garrett is a freshman at Beacon Hills Highschool who befriends Liam and Mason, and becomes another member of the Lacrosse team. He's also one of the assassins trying to win the bounty put out by the benefactor on the supernatural creatures of Beacon Hills.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Since Garrett's a ProfessionalKiller, he's presumably not a teenager.

Another freshman student, she's Mason's girlfriend. Like him, she's also an assassin.

* DarkActionGirl: She handles most of the fighting, while Garrett provides the backup, and is strong enough to fight beta werewolves.

* OlderThanTheyLook: She's just pretending to be a student to get closer to the supernatural teenagers.

An orderly at Eichen House who loves his job, mostly because it allows him to tazer, restrain, and sedate people. As it turns out, he's also a serial killer.

* AxCrazy: Either the reason or the result of frequently murdering people.

* TheBully: He loves hurting patients when they misbehave. Apparently used to be this even back at school, where he tormented Bobby Finstock. In "Insatiable", Coach manages to finally take revenge.

* {{Jerkass}}: Even without the serial killing, Brunski would be a genuinely unpleasant person.

* SerialKiller: He's not murdering people, he is ''helping'' them.