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* PlotTriggeringDeath: [[Spoiler:Laura's]] murder is the event that brings all the main players into contact.
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* BaitAndSwitch: It happens twice regarding Derek. Scott and Stiles believe that Derek may have tricked Allison into leaving with him so that he can murder her. In reality, Derek saw what happened to Scott, knew she needed a ride, and took her home. Scott believes that Derek is the danger but realizes that the older man is actually trying to save him from the hunters who are stalking the woods fore prey.

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* BaitAndSwitch: It happens twice regarding Derek. Scott and Stiles believe that Derek may have tricked Allison into leaving with him so that he can murder her. In reality, Derek saw what happened to Scott, knew she needed a ride, and took her home. Scott believes that Derek is the danger but realizes that the older man is actually trying to save him from the hunters who are stalking the woods fore for prey.
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* BaitAndSwitch: It happens twice regarding Derek. Scott and Stiles believe that Derek may have tricked Allison into leaving with him so that he can murder her. In reality, Derek saw what happened to Scott, knew she needed a ride, and took her home. Scott believes that Derek is the danger but realizes that the older man is actually trying to save him from the hunters who are stalking the woods fore prey.


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* PowerIncontinence: Scott has to leave the party because he's beginning to wolf out and has no idea how to stop it from manifesting.


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* ThreePointLanding: Scott jumps out of his second story bedroom window and lands in the traditional superhero pose.
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* ChekhovsGun: Stiles mentions that wolves howl to let the rest of the pack know their location. This piece of information is not only important in this episode, but across the series.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Stiles' research includes [[spoiler: wolfsbane, silver bullets, and crossbows]], all of which will be important over the course of the season and series.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Jackson is correct that Scott didn't just suddenly get dramatically better at lacrosse but he's completely wrong in his belief that the true cause is steroid use.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Stiles confidently declares that Scott couldn't have possibly been bitten by a wolf because there are no wolves in California.

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* EntertaininglyWrong: About ten minutes into the episode, Stiles confidently declares that Scott couldn't have possibly been bitten by a wolf because there are no wolves in California.
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* TheBully: Jackson invests a lot of time and energy trying to intimidate Jackson and make him feel like a loser.

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* TheBully: Jackson invests a lot of time and energy trying to intimidate Jackson Scott and make him feel like a loser.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Stiles confidently declares that Scott couldn't have possibly been bitten by a wolf because there are no wolves in California.
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* ForebodingFleeingFlock: Scott is knocked over by a herd of deer fleeing something in the woods.

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* BadToTheBone: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBTSG_Tryhc "Cobrastyle"]] by Teddybears played during Scott's Lacrosse performance. As soon as you hear the first few notes, you know what's going down.



* JoggersFindDeath: Stiles tells Scott that joggers made the initial discovery of the partial remains in the woods.



* BadToTheBone: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBTSG_Tryhc "Cobrastyle"]] by Teddybears played during Scott's Lacrosse performance. As soon as you hear the first few notes, you know what's going down.

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* BadToTheBone: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBTSG_Tryhc "Cobrastyle"]] by Teddybears played during LastDayOfNormalcy: When we're introduced to Scott, he's going through his bedtime routine: washing up for bed and preparing his school gear for the next day. Then Stiles comes and asks him to go into the woods to watch the police search for a dead body. Scott's Lacrosse performance. As soon as you hear decision to go with Stiles leads to the first few notes, you know what's going down.bite which lead to him being transformed into a werewolf.
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* WakingUpElsewhere: Scott goes to sleep in his bedroom and wakes up in the forest.

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* WakingUpElsewhere: Scott goes to sleep in his bedroom and wakes up in the forest.forest.
* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode reveals that Allison's father is the hunter who shot Scott.

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* DoingResearch: Stiles throws himself into learning everything he can about lyncanthropy.



* WakeUpElsewhere: Scott goes to sleep in his bedroom and wakes up in the forest.

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* WakeUpElsewhere: WakingUpElsewhere: Scott goes to sleep in his bedroom and wakes up in the forest.
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* TheAloner: Derek Hale is introduced as a guy just a few years of high school who lives out on the edges of town in the ruins of the burned house where his family died.



* TheBully: Jackson invests a lot of time and energy trying to intimidate Jackson and make him feel like a loser.



* FirstDayOfSchoolEpisode: The episode takes place on the first day of school, Allison is a new transfer student, and it is tryouts for the lacrosse team.
* IncitingIncident: Scott and Stiles sneak into the woods to try to get a peek at the dead body the police are investigating. While in the woods, Scott is bitten by an unknown animal.



* NerdyInhaler: Scott and Stiles are considered weirdo outsiders. Before being bitten, Scott frequently uses his inhaler whenever he's in a tense situation.



* SuperHeroOrigin: Well, werewolf origin, but the elements of the trope are there.

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* SuperHeroOrigin: Well, werewolf origin, but the elements of the trope are there.there.
* WakeUpElsewhere: Scott goes to sleep in his bedroom and wakes up in the forest.
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An unusual occurrence while searching for a missing body in the woods with his best friend gives sophomore Scott McCall everything he'd ever wanted: new lacrosse abilities, a date with the girl of his dreams, and supernatural skills. But is there a downside to these new powers?

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An unusual occurrence while searching for a missing body in the woods with his best friend gives sophomore Scott McCall [=McCall=] everything he'd ever wanted: new lacrosse abilities, a date with the girl of his dreams, and supernatural skills. But is there a downside to these new powers?
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An unusual occurrence while searching for a missing body in the woods with his best friend gives sophomore Scott McCall everything he'd ever wanted: new lacrosse abilities, a date with the girl of his dreams, and supernatural skills. But is there a downside to these new powers?
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* BadToTheBone: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBTSG_Tryhc "Cobrastyle"]] by Teddybears played during Scott's Lacrosse performance. As soon as you hear the first few notes, you know what's going down.

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!!Tropes applying to this Episode:'''Season 1, Episode 1''':
!Wolf Moon
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/teen_wolf_1x01_007_2.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Red Riding Hood anyone?]]

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Misuse. It's Genre Savvy, not just "savvy".


* GenreSavvy: Stiles in contrast to [[GenreBlind Scott]]. He immediately deduces that Scott has been turned into a werewolf after seeing all the signs, his impossible newly improved athleticism, his senses and no longer needing his asthma inhaler.
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* OhCrap: Scott when he sees the leader of [[TheHunter hunters]] who shot at him as a werewolf during the full moon with a crossbow is Allison's father.

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* OhCrap: Scott when he sees the leader of [[TheHunter [[HunterOfMonsters hunters]] who shot at him as a werewolf during the full moon with a crossbow is Allison's father.

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* CurseThatCures: Scott needs an inhaler for asthma. After becoming a werewolf, Stiles notices he no longer needs it.

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* BoyMeetsGirl: Scott and Allison immediately have this adorable, sweet chemistry and Scott successfully asks her out. Things are immediately complicated when Scott discovers he's become a werewolf ''and'' Allison's father is a werewolf-hunter who shot him with an arrow during the full moon.
* CurseThatCures: Scott needs an inhaler for asthma. After becoming he becomes a werewolf, Stiles notices he Scott no longer needs it.

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* MysteriousStranger: Derek.
* PilotEpisode
* SuperHeroOrigin: Well, Werewolf Origin, but the elements of the trope are there.

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* CurseThatCures: Scott needs an inhaler for asthma. After becoming a werewolf, Stiles notices he no longer needs it.
* EvilDetectingDog: The cats at the animal clinic are immediately set off by Scott after he's Bitten. The dog barking at the party at Scott and Derek. The dog clearly aware both of them are werewolves.
* GenreSavvy: Stiles in contrast to [[GenreBlind Scott]]. He immediately deduces that Scott has been turned into a werewolf after seeing all the signs, his impossible newly improved athleticism, his senses and no longer needing his asthma inhaler.
* InstantExpert: A variant. After being Bitten, Scott is a pro at lacrosse. Before he was simply a benchwarmer.
* MrExposition: Scott to Jackson.
-->'''Scott''': What's going on with me? You really wanna know? Well, so would I! Because I can see, hear, and smell things that I shouldn't be able to see, hear, and smell. I do things that should be impossible, I'm sleepwalking three miles into the middle of the woods, and I'm pretty much convinced that I'm totally out of my freaking mind!
* MysteriousStranger: Derek. \n His whole family had been burned to death in a fire years ago.
* PilotEpisode
NewTransferStudent: Allison Argent.
* OhCrap: Scott when he sees the leader of [[TheHunter hunters]] who shot at him as a werewolf during the full moon with a crossbow is Allison's father.
* PilotEpisode: Of the series.
* SuperHeroOrigin: Well, Werewolf Origin, werewolf origin, but the elements of the trope are there.
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!!Tropes applying to this Episode:
* MysteriousStranger: Derek.
* PilotEpisode
* SuperHeroOrigin: Well, Werewolf Origin, but the elements of the trope are there.

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