Teen Wolf was revamped in 2011 by MTV, and focuses more on the drama and angst of being a werewolf. A few of the elements of the story have been changed and this series tries to take a different route than the original. Starring Tyler Posey as Scott, this Teen Wolf takes a Darker and Edgier feel to it.Now has a character sheet, which could use some love!
The television series contains examples of:
Absurdly Ineffective Barricade: Stiles tried to warn everyone that blocking the door with desks and chairs wouldn't do anything to secure the twenty-foot wall of windows, but gets not now, kiddo'd.
Adorkable: Scott. Just Scott. In the trailers, it was sort of implied, but once the pilot hits...
He's also a Hollywood Nerd to some: type 2. It doesn't help that he's running around shirtless...with pretty good pecs.
Oddly enough, the fact that he's a nerd is only really referenced by Stiles (who appears to be far nerdier than Scott), Jackson, and somewhat by Coach and Lydia. However, Lydia doesn't seem to mind that her new best friend is dating Scott, and once he becomes a lacrosse star hits on him a lot.
Hidden Depths: She's a lot smarter than she seems, having a good head for science and often dumbs herself down because she's the Alpha Bitch and for Jackson's benefit.
Anything That Moves: Lydia - in a ten-minute span in one episode, she flirts with Jackson (her boyfriend), Scott (her friend Allison's boyfriend) and Mr. Argent (her friend Allison's father).
In "The Tell", Lydia flirts with Stiles as well, though she was drugged at the time.
Although it appears to be mostly an act as she only goes as far as flirting and kissing. In the episode "Formality" she states she won't be the type of girl who lifts her skirt to get what she wants. Then again, since she did make out with Scott in "Lunatic", maybe she meant she wouldn't lift her skirt now that Jackson has dumped her.
The Archer: Allison is going to be this, if the promo pictures are any hint.
Big Damn Heroes: Scott's about to attack both Jackson and Allison after seeing (though it was just his mind screwing with him) them make out, when along comes Not Quite Dead Derek!
Derek has a habit of being a Big Damn Hero to pretty much all of the teenagers. Like when he saves Stiles from the Alpha and the latter's human accomplice.
Big OMG: Stiles, in regards to not being able to help Scott out at sneaking over a fence, Batman style.
Actually, he pretty much goes "OH MY GOD" all the time. In every episode. And it's funny. Every time.
Biting-the-Hand Humor: In the Pilot, Scott's mother worries about him having a new girlfriend, and says she won't be on "some show with a pregnant teenager." Teen Mom also airs on MTV.
Blood from the Mouth: Derek, after getting claw-stabbed in the back by The Alpha.
Scott, after being shot by Kate.
Book Dumb: Both Scott and Stiles. Especially the latter, who's fantastic at coming up with on-the-spot ways to get his ass (and sometimes, those of his friends) out of trouble. Averted by Stiles in the second episode with an A+ on a test, where he tells Scott he should study more and episode five or six, where he takes attentive notes.
Brainwashed and Crazy: Scott by the Alpha in Night School. He snaps out of it pretty quickly, but still...
Brick Joke: A dramatic use of one. Throughout the series, all the werewolf incidents are dismissed as mountain lion attacks. In "The Tell", the school parent teacher conference seems to be under attack by the alpha. Turns out after Mr. Argent shoots it, it was a mountain lion.
Bullet Seed: A variation where Stiles can spit a highlighter cap to ceiling of a classroom (and then catch it).
Butt Monkey: Derek. Shot, poisoned, apparently murdered, tortured and beaten by way of setting the stakes and showing off the worst the baddies can offer. Nothing good happens to him.
Conspicuous CG: In the pilot episode, we're treated to a sequence of stampeding deer as well as quick shots of a werewolf.
Cursed with Awesome: Scott, who doesn't see it when Derek says the bite is a gift. This leads the audience to believe that Derek had bitten Scott, but he didn't.
Dogged Nice Guy: Stiles, who crushes on Lydia, who really doesn't care.
Lydia flirts with Stiles in the fifth episode when he came by to see if she was okay - much to his delight, at least until he finds out that she's only doing so because she was really drugged up and thought he was Jackson.
Dope Slap: Stiles gives one to Scott when Scott says he might go to Derek for help about being a werewolf.
Enemy Mine: Scott, Allison, Chris, and Kate versus the Alpha in the season finale.
Fantastic Racism: Though it may be justified as werewolves are dangerous creatures, the Hunters' treatment of Derek in "Pack Mentality" comes off looking almost like a hate crime.
As does Aunt Kate's invading Derek's home and taunting him with the description of her 'murdering Derek's sister and cutting her into pieces for bait' in "The Tell."
Five-Man Band: Made especially prominent in "Night School":
Though the creator has promised there will never be vampires.
A Friend in Need: Stiles doesn't waver when his best friend goes through his...wolfish tendencies. He offers support and stands by his side even when he tried to kill him in one of his transformations. So far, he's Scott's confidant and Secret Keeper.
Hidden Depths: Stiles is also seen somewhat frustrated with Scott at times, particularly in "The Tell" when he's got things to tell him, but Scott doesn't have his phone on.
Stiles is considered very smart but may possibly have a disorder affecting his concentration seeing how he takes Adderall and has no focus in school.
Genre Savvy: Stiles is much more aware than Scott of the 'rules' governing werewolves and chides him for not recognizing wolfsbane. He also is more focused on the werewolf plot than Scott much of the time - Scott is often a little distracted.
He also, noticing that Scott is showing signs of being a werewolf, proceeds to read what seems to be every book in the library and EVERY POSSIBLE WEB PAGE on werewolves.
Derek parodies this when he talks to Scott in the second episode.
Derek: Do you think your little buddy, Stiles, can just look up werewolves and now you've got all the answers?
In the sixth episode, Stiles tries to do experiments with Scott's heart-rate by throwing Lacrosse balls at him.
Scott in the season finale:
"Don't say it was too easy. Whenever someone says it was too easy bad things happen."
Getting Crap Past the Radar: Out bowling, Lydia bowls a perfect frame, after a game of lackluster throws. Alison tells her she should stop sucking for Jackson's benefit.
Lydia: Believe me, I do 'plenty' of sucking for his benefit.
Another instance in the second episode, again with Lydia when she was talking to Scott about him not playing.
Lydia: I prefer my boyfriend to be at peak performance.
Ho Yay: Quite a bit between Scott and Stiles, in the traditional best-friend type. He seems utterly unfazed by Stiles coming in his window, hanging off his roof, etc.
Stiles (to Scott): Do you enjoy hurting me?
Stiles also has his own copy of the key to the house.
Scott has no problem with Stiles walking in on him showering.
Stiles wonders if Danny doesn't like him and asks Scott about it, saying, "Am I unattractive to gay guys?" Although Scott completely ignores this. He later asks Danny himself if he finds him attractive.
Derek does not care for anyone's personal boundaries. If you slow down any scene which involves Derek getting a little too close... Well...
Any scene between Derek and Scott is going to come off this way. In fact, as written, Derek is the Angel to Scott's Buffy.
Any scene between Derek and Jackson. Namely when Derek forces Jackson against walls and intimidates him. All of which while Jackson is COMPLETELY naked, except for one flimsy towel around his waist. Did I mention that all of the above takes place in a locker room?
Stiles using a shirtless Derek to get Danny to help him.
Stiles: You may bat for the other team, but you still play ball, don't you, Danny?
Danny: You're a horrible person.
Human To Werewolf Footprints, except as photographs of a beast-like figure in one, an then a human-like figure in another.
In Name Only: Aside from the title, the series goes well out of its way to be completely different from the original film, specifically tone wise and going for a style similar to The Vampire Diaries.
Hidden Depths: Very much the Only Sane Man at the start, and the only person the least bit curious about all the weird things happening to Scott.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Derek. He may seem like a rival and is a bit of jerk to Scott and particularly Stiles, but he genuinely cares for his new brother, Scott.
Jackson also appears to have an Alpha wolf complex.
Well, now Jackson's starting to revert to his Jerkass tendencies.
Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Lydia references this trope, warning Allison over the phone that Scott might fall off of it, starting with being thirty minutes late for dates and eventually ending up at domestic violence.
Last Name Basis: 'Stiles' Stilinski is only Stiles. Even his father calls him Stiles.
Lightswitch Surprise: Scott came home, closed the window, turned on the lights and BAM! There was Derek, sitting in a chair expectantly. Stiles went to Scott's house, went to his room, closed the door, turned on the lights and saw Scott sitting in a chair.
Living Lie Detector: Derek, Scott, and most any werewolf courtesy of their Super Senses. They can tell lies through smell and quickened heartbeats. Also, sexual attraction.
Love Dodecahedron: Scott likes Allison. Jackson is dating Lydia. Stiles is single. However, Allison broke up with Scott, and Jackson seems to like flirting with Allison. Stiles has liked Lydia since the third grade, but Lydia doesn't care about Stiles. Lydia likes Scott and likes having her trophy boyfriend Jackson. Scott doesn't have any real feelings for Lydia, but the full moon and misinformation causes Scott to fulfill Lydia's affair and slap Stiles in the face.
Mama Bear: Ms. McCall does not react kindly to Mr. Argent's implication that her son is dragging down his daughter.
Monster Lord: Alpha's all the way. While Betas are limited to Wolf Man, Alphas can fully shapesshift into huge, half-wolf forms. They're also stronger, heal better, and are the only type which can create more werewolves.
Mr. Fanservice: All the younger male characters seem to spend an oddly significant amount of their time shirtless, but Derek is heading into Taylor Lautner territory.
Ms. Fanservice: To get Scott's mind cleared so he can focus on bowling...
Allison: Think of something else. Think of me... naked.
In "The Tell," we also get Lydia, high, in pretty revealing sleepwear.
Mugging the Monster: Narrowly averted, thanks to Allison. Coach Finstock should probably thank her for his continued health.
New Transfer Student: Allison. Though Scott eyes (or should it be, hears? Both?) her before she's even introduced to the class.
Hidden Depths, Allison is apparent skilled in gymnastics and archery and is willing to be a bad girl at some points despite her normally good girl complex. Though, being the daughter of a werewolf hunter, such should be anything but a surprise.
No Sense of Personal Space: Derek had no qualms about pinning Scott to whatever wall was around every time they were in a scene together for the first few episodes. Once their blatant antagonism was over, he moved onto better pastures and started getting into the spaces of everyone else.
Namely, Jackson. Ho Yay ensued. Every time they share a scene.
Derek also has a tendency to Ho Yay Stiles, breaking into his house, pushing him up against a wall, and basically car jacking him on two occasions. This works both ways, as a majority of the episode Magic Bullet has Stiles babysitting a weakened and shirtless Derek dying under the influence of poison. Culminates in Stiles climbing astride a half naked Derek smacking him awake.
No Ontological Inertia: Derek said there's a rumor that a turned Beta may be able to be cured by killing the Alpha who turned them. However, it doesn't say what happens to any other Beta's the Alpha may have turned, so it would at most be situational.
Not Himself: Jackson becoming creepily pleasant, albeit increasingly unstable. Allison takes notice.
Obfuscating Stupidity: Lydia. She outsmarts Jackson by knowing a cougar and a mountain lion are the same thing, then plays dumb again asking "Isn't it?" She also has a 5.0 GPA.
Oh Crap: Scott has one in the pilot when he learns that the werewolf hunter from the forest is the father of the girl he has the hots for.
Stiles has one as well when he realizes that he's surrounded by both the Alpha and his human accomplice.
Only Friend: From what's seen, Stiles seems to be Scott's only friend. And possibly vice-versa. At least until the Love Interest pops up.
Despite being the obvious Alpha Bitch, this also appears to be true for Lydia whose only friend seems to be Allison. Jackson has some other friends floating around, such as Danny.
Only Sane Man: Jackson in that everybody but him cheers on Scott's rather miraculous change of athletic ability. He almost seems frustrated that no one else thinks that something is wrong with Scott - even his girlfriend starts hitting on Scott.
However, as the story progresses, Jackson seems to be falling very far and very quickly on the scale of actual sanity.
Now the role has been doubly passed onto Stiles (for Jackson and Scott), and Lydia (for Allison).
Oral Fixation Fixation: Stiles has a tendency to over-work his mouth in more ways than being witty. Chewed up lacrosse gloves, overabundance of curly fries, and an underused highlighter cap to name a few of the victims.
Our Werewolves Are Different: They transform when angry, aroused, or otherwise feeling strong emotions or increased heart rate and can tap into advanced senses, reflexes , coordination, regenerative abilities and strength even when not transformed. There are differing levels of the curse as well, some being more animalistic. Wolfsbane also has some effect, though what it is at this point is unclear. Scott doesn't like it.
At this point, we can tell that one form, Nordic Blue Monkshood, has the ability to kill a werewolf when encased in a bullet. Another form can cause pain and breathing problems to a werewolf when one is in close proximity and perhaps trigger a transformation by raising the heart rate. However, under certain conditions, wolfsbane can even be beneficial to werewolves.
Pain can keep betas from transforming and can even revert them back to human form.
Parental Issues: Each and every one of the main characters has this. Scott's dad left him. Stiles' mom died. Lydia's parents went through a divorce and forced Lydia to choose which one of them she wants to live with. Derek, obviously, since his whole family was killed by rogue hunters. Jackson was adopted and has never met his parents, which causes him to strive to be the best at everything he does to prove himself to the parents he's never met.
Allison at first sight would seem to have the least parental issues. Her parents are Happily Married, although they do force her to move around a lot. Because they're werewolf hunters.
So far, at least one to The Wolfman in the second episode when referring to Wolfsbane.
Stiles: Haven't you ever seen the Wolfman?
Scott: ...No
Stiles: *Sighs* You're so unprepared for this.
There was also a shout-out to the original Teen Wolf in Lunatic, in Scott asking for "the bottle of Jack" back, instead of a kegger.
Another shout-out to the original is when the Alpha says that when he was in high school they played basketball.
Shirtless Scene: Scott, he seems to go on without one for about one-third of the whole pilot episode, if not more. This occurs significantly less in following episodes.
Derek gets one in the fourth episode. He really spends a disproportionate amount of his time shirtless.
Jackson's been getting in on the action as well.
Rumor has it that Stiles will be getting in on the shirtless action in season 2, as well.
Stiles/Derek: Scott, you could kill everyone and people could find out about your powers!
Scott: Lacrosse! Allison!
Stalker Without a Crush: Derek, to Scott. He's making sure Scott isn't being too destructively disobedient.
Stoic Spectacles: Mr. Harris, the strangely intense chemistry teacher. If this show wasn't live-action, you could expect Scary Shiny Glasses to be invoked for emphasis.
Super Senses: Being a werewolf grants one such powers.
Unfortunately for Derek, when he was feeling the incapacitating effects of the wolfsbane bullet, he received a painful sensory overload from the overwhelming noise and activity happening in the school. Especially from the school bell that happened to be placed right above him.
Tempting Fate: Scott really shouldn't correct his loony coach. Especially when said coach is also the Economics teacher:
Coach: Remember, there's no 'me' in team!
Scott: Uh... Yes, there is.
Coach: Fine, then there's no A in Econ unless you score a win tonight!
A lesson Stiles has learned well ("Call me Biles from now on!")
The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life: A Type Three for Scott and Allison. Scott loved to whine and moan about it and pass his Masquerade duties on to someone else (mainly Stiles) so that he could try to avert the trope.
Stiles: Be a man. Be a werewolf. Not a teen wolf, a werewolf.
Transhuman Treachery: Jackson seems to be way too eager to be turned into a werewolf just to be better at Lacrosse. This gets to the point where he walks alone into the woods in the season finale and begs the Alpha to be turned. When that doesn't work, he asks Derek.
Troubled, but Cute: Derek, to some extent. Scott seems to be rapidly heading in this direction.
Two-Teacher School: Averted. We've seen the economics teacher/lacrosse coach, science teacher, English teacher and math teacher. All but the math teacher have appeared multiple times.
The Un Reveal: "Hey look! They're showing us the Alpha transforming into a human— ...Oh wait. You can't tell who it is with that shadowy silhouette."
The Vamp: Lydia TRIES to be this. With anyone. Including Scott. And Allison's dad. While Allison is in the room. Neither of them notice.
She does eventually succeed with Scott.
Too Dumb to Live: YMMV, but some viewers definitely consider Scott this. Most of his teachers would probably agree.
Viral Transformation: Scott becomes a werewolf once the Alpha bites him in the woods.
Weirdness Censor: No one notices Scott breaking a locker off it's hinges in the middle of the hallway.
Also, no body seems to notice that Scott leaves frantically, right after the game in the second episode, both times. Right after he injures Jackson (which they also pay no mind to, except really Lydia), and right after he wins the game for them (except Stiles and Allison).
Scott bashing his head into the wall, repeatedly, during school, anyone?
What You Are in the Dark: Stile's answer to the Alpha's proposition in the season finale. Of course, the latter said he could tell he was lying, so there's definetly more to this.
Wolf Man: Of course, a wolf teenager. This seems to be the look for most betas, anyway.
Wrong Genre Savvy: Quite a few instances, several of them very different. Stiles seems to think he's in a buddy superhero show, Scott thinks the universe is simplistic with a clear villain to defeat that being Derek. We quickly learn that it's a lot more complicated. Lydia seems to think she's the main character of a chick-flick - and doesn't realize she'd be the bad guy in that situation.
Stiles does, however, show shades of being Genre Savvy in regards to werewolves, recognizing wolfsbane and signs of lycanthropy.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Kate offers to team up with Derek in exchange for giving her the identity of the Alpha. When she finds out that he doesn't know anything, she more or less declares this and tries to off him.
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