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** The video game series that Hunter is a fan of is apparently a composite {{Expy}} of ''VideoGame/Diablo'' and ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse''.

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** The video game series that Hunter is a fan of is apparently a composite {{Expy}} of ''VideoGame/Diablo'' ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' and ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse''.
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* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Downplayed. Jordan seems to have no difficulty heading out into the crowded streets in werewolf form, as everyone else is already costumed up. She does get a few weird looks when she starts howling, but nobody bothers her otherwise.

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* RunningGag: Every time Madame Vargolac's name is said out loud in full, a wolf howl is heard. This is dropped by the end of the second act, when other characters start referring to her by her initial instead.



** The ArcWords "The strength of the wolf is the pack", come from a line of a poem in ''Literature/TheJungleBook''. Creator/RudyardKipling is also name-dropped.

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** The video game series that Hunter is a fan of is apparently a composite {{Expy}} of ''VideoGame/Diablo'' and ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse''.
** The ArcWords "The strength of the wolf is the pack", come from a line of a poem in ''Literature/TheJungleBook''. Creator/RudyardKipling is also name-dropped.name-dropped in the explanation of the context.



** Werewolves howling each time Madame Varcolac's name is mentioned is an obvious reference to ''Film/YoungFrankenstein''.

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** Werewolves howling [[RunningGag each time Madame Varcolac's name is mentioned mentioned]] is an obvious reference to ''Film/YoungFrankenstein''.



%%* SuperpowerfulGenetics

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%%* SuperpowerfulGenetics* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Lycanthropy in this story is apparently hereditary. [[spoiler: Jordan and Hunter's uncle was a Werewolf, and Hunter gets it as a PubertySuperpower]].

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* ArcWords: "The strength of the wolf is the pack."

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* ArcWords: "The "[[Creator/RudyardKipling The strength of the wolf is the pack.pack]]."


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** The ArcWords "The strength of the wolf is the pack", come from a line of a poem in ''Literature/TheJungleBook''. Creator/RudyardKipling is also name-dropped.
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* WomanWereWoes: Downplayed. After Jordan becomes a werewolf, she gains a lot of confidence, athletic ability, and even the ability to see without her glasses. However, she laments that no boy will want a snarling, hairy werewolf for a girlfriend. Her brother, Hunter, insists that he knows ''several'' guys who would want to date her.
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A live-action movie by {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}, first aired on October 23th, 2010, starring Music/VictoriaJustice as Jordan [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Sands]].

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A live-action movie by {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}, first aired on October 23th, 23rd, 2010, starring Music/VictoriaJustice as Jordan [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Sands]].

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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Music/BritneySpears is a werewolf, according to Madame V.
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* InventorOfTheMundane: Dragomir's fortune is explained by the fact that he invented karaoke (in spite of the fact that [[ArtisticLicenseHistory karaoke was born in Japan and Dragomir was Transylvanian]]).
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Meganekko is no longer a trope. It's a Fanspeak term. Moving wicks to Bespectacled Cutie when appropriate.

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A live-action movie by {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}, first aired on October 23th, 2010, starring Music/VictoriaJustice as [[{{Meganekko}} Jordan]] [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Sands]].

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A live-action movie by {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}, first aired on October 23th, 2010, starring Music/VictoriaJustice as [[{{Meganekko}} Jordan]] Jordan [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Sands]].



* {{Meganekko}}: Jordan, Jordan, Jordan. Pre-werewolf, anyway, as she sports large NerdGlasses and is quite cute. She's a smart, very independent girl. After she becomes a werewolf, her eyesight becomes 20-20 and she no longer needs them. Unlike in many examples, she stays very good-looking without them too.
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* WerewolvesAreDogs: Played with. When cynical nerd Jordan Sands becomes infected with werewolf blood, during the day she becomes playful and excitable, has a keen sense of smell, plays with other dogs, and enjoys being outside (where her allergies stopped her from enjoying it before). But when fully transformed at night, she is much more vicious and wolflike. In addition, natural-born werewolves [[spoiler: like her brother and great-uncle]] are later revealed to be much more in control of their minds in both forms, averting the trope.
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** Overall, they seem pretty standard to modern depictions otherwise, transforming under the full moon (but only when infected through a bite or blood infusion, otherwise [[VoluntaryTransformation it's voluntary]]) and having a weakness to silver. Along with that, they appear to have a HealingFactor, since Jordan's allergies and poor eyesight are cured upon becoming one.
* PossessionImpliesMastery: {{Subverted}} for Jordan, but [[spoiler: played straight with Hunter. This ''could'' be explained with his being a natural werewolf]].

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** Overall, they seem pretty standard to modern depictions otherwise, transforming under the full moon (but only when infected through a bite or blood infusion, otherwise [[VoluntaryTransformation it's voluntary]]) and having a weakness to silver. Along with that, they appear to have a HealingFactor, since Jordan's allergies and poor eyesight are cured upon becoming one.
* PossessionImpliesMastery: {{Subverted}} for Jordan, but [[spoiler: played straight with Hunter. This ''could'' be explained with his being a natural werewolf]].werewolf, while she became one due to a blood infusion. He's able to use his werewolf abilities immediately, while she learns slowly]].



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%%* SecretLegacy* SecretLegacy: [[spoiler: Unbeknownst to them, Jordan and Hunter's mom's family have werewolves among them. Hunter eventually turns out to have inherited the werewolf gene, turning into one [[PubertySuperpower upon reaching puberty]].]]



** to Music/BritneySpears, remarkably. Madame Varcolac's a fan, judging by her ring-tone.

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** to To Music/BritneySpears, remarkably. Madame Varcolac's a fan, judging by her ring-tone.



* UncannyFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Hunter looks exactly like his uncle, Dragomir.]]

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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Hunter looks exactly like his uncle, great-uncle, Dragomir.]]

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* {{Irony}}: Jordan starts out as a strict vegetarian, annoying her little brother Hunter since she cooks for him and her dad but never serves meat. In Romania, she's attracted to Goran, a butcher (but doesn't care, though Hunter {{lampshades}} the fact) then becomes a werewolf (a carnivore) craving (and eating) meat as a result.


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* {{Irony}}: Jordan starts out as a strict vegetarian, annoying her little brother Hunter since she cooks for him and her dad but never serves meat. In Romania, she's attracted to Goran, a butcher (but doesn't care, though Hunter {{lampshades}} the fact) then becomes a werewolf (a carnivore) craving (and eating) meat as a result.

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* {{Irony}}: Jordan starts out as a strict vegetarian, annoying her little brother Hunter since she cooks for him and her dad but never serves meat. In Romania, she's attracted to Goran, a butcher (but doesn't care, though Hunter {{lampshades}} the fact) then becomes a werewolf (a carnivore) craving (and eating) meat as a result.



** For some strange reason, [[TooDumbToLive the townspeople are not scared of them]]. Guardians or not, you would think some people would be cringing in terror.
*** Considering the werewolves [[spoiler:saved the world from vampires in the past]], they could just know better.

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** For some strange reason, [[TooDumbToLive the townspeople are not scared of them]]. Guardians or not, you would think some people would be cringing in terror.
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terror (though considering the werewolves [[spoiler:saved the world from vampires in the past]], they could just know better.better).
** People also can become werewolves through three different methods: inheriting the condition from a relative, being bitten by one, or being infected with one's blood.
** Overall, they seem pretty standard to modern depictions otherwise, transforming under the full moon (but only when infected through a bite or blood infusion, otherwise [[VoluntaryTransformation it's voluntary]]) and having a weakness to silver. Along with that, they appear to have a HealingFactor, since Jordan's allergies and poor eyesight are cured upon becoming one.
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* {{Meganekko}}: Jordan, Jordan, Jordan. Pre-werewolf, anyway, as she sports large NerdGlasses and is quite cute. After she becomes a werewolf, her eyesight becomes 20-20 and she no longer needs them. Unlike in many examples, she stays very good-looking without them too.

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* {{Meganekko}}: Jordan, Jordan, Jordan. Pre-werewolf, anyway, as she sports large NerdGlasses and is quite cute. She's a smart, very independent girl. After she becomes a werewolf, her eyesight becomes 20-20 and she no longer needs them. Unlike in many examples, she stays very good-looking without them too.
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* HellishPupils: Gained by humans close to transforming into a werewolf/wifwolf, as well as vampires.

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* HellishPupils: Gained They're gained by humans close to transforming into a werewolf/wifwolf, werewolf, as well as vampires.vampires, becoming slitted and yellow.



* LeftForDead: [[spoiler:Paulina. [[SequelHook Wasn't a good idea]] [[TheStinger to do this, either]].]]

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* LeftForDead: [[spoiler:Paulina. [[spoiler:Paulina is left to burn alive in the sun (she's a vampire). [[SequelHook Wasn't It wasn't a good idea]] [[TheStinger to do this, either]].]]



** Paulina's entire personality toward David. [[spoiler:Of course, it's all an act to mask her vampirism, and make David more comfortable selling the mansion to her.]]

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** Paulina's entire personality toward David.David is as a plucky, energetic, quirky women opening David's heart again after his wife's death. [[spoiler:Of course, it's all an act to mask her vampirism, and make David more comfortable selling the mansion to her.]]



%%* {{Meganekko}}: Jordan, Jordan, Jordan. Pre-werewolf, anyway.

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%%* * {{Meganekko}}: Jordan, Jordan, Jordan. Pre-werewolf, anyway.anyway, as she sports large NerdGlasses and is quite cute. After she becomes a werewolf, her eyesight becomes 20-20 and she no longer needs them. Unlike in many examples, she stays very good-looking without them too.



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%%* MissingMom* MissingMom: Jordan and Hunter's mother died before the events of the film. It overshadows them, along with their dad, as they're all still mourning her (along with being the motive for Hunter's pranks, since they did these together). Her family relations also spur the plot, since they inherit a castle in Romania from her Romanian great-uncle.
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* [[GratuitousForeignLanguage Foreign Language]]: {{Justified|Trope}} The reason there's Romanian used at all is because they're ''in'' Romania.
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%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Hunter, with a FreudianExcuse.

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%%* * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Hunter, with a FreudianExcuse.FreudianExcuse; he used to play pranks with his mom, so continues this after she dies as a way of feeling close with her. It annoys his big sister Jordan and everyone else who gets it. He's also been suspended multiple times for pranks while at school.
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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Madame Varcolac; Jordan, to a lesser degree.

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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Madame Varcolac; Jordan, Varcolac is pale-skinned with dark brown hair and very creepy at first, as the caretaker of Wolfsberg Manor. However, she turns out to a lesser degree.[[CreepyGood be good]].
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Hunter, with a FreudianExcuse.

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* %%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Hunter, with a FreudianExcuse.



* BlindWithoutEm: initially [[PlayingWithATrope played straight]] by Jordan, but then {{subverted}} after she becomes a werewolf; her vision becomes excellent, and the glasses actually ''worsen'' it.
* BrainyBrunette: Jordan certainly gives the impression.

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* BlindWithoutEm: initially Initially [[PlayingWithATrope played straight]] by Jordan, but then {{subverted}} after she becomes a werewolf; her vision becomes excellent, and the glasses actually ''worsen'' it.
* BrainyBrunette: Jordan certainly gives the impression.is a dark-haired, highly intelligent girl.
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She's his grandniece, not his sister.


The story begins with the Sands family, buried under bills and debt, receiving unusual news: their uncle-in-law, Dragomir Vucovic, has passed away, and left his [[BigFancyHouse entire castle]] to his [[MissingMom late sister]]'s family. Believing that selling the mansion could prove to be a remedy for their economic problems, Jordan, [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Hun]][[ThePrankster ter]] and their father, [[TheMourningAfter David]], make the voyage.

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The story begins with the Sands family, buried under bills and debt, receiving unusual news: their uncle-in-law, Dragomir Vucovic, has passed away, and left his [[BigFancyHouse entire castle]] to his [[MissingMom late sister]]'s grandniece]]'s family. Believing that selling the mansion could prove to be a remedy for their economic problems, Jordan, [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Hun]][[ThePrankster ter]] and their father, [[TheMourningAfter David]], make the voyage.

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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Igor Van Helman Stanisvlasky, a Romanian with a Russian, Dutch, North-German, Polish name.

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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Despite this being set in Romania, most of the names stem from neighboring Slavic languages, or even German.
** Wolfsberg, a castle in Romania with a German name.
** Dragomir is a Romanian male first name, but his last name Vukovic is Serbian.
** Goran is a male first name common in South Slavic countries like Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia etc.
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Igor Van Helman Stanisvlasky, a Romanian with a Russian, Dutch, North-German, Polish name.



* BilingualBonus: the bits and pieces of Romanian scattered across the movie.

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* BilingualBonus: the The bits and pieces of Romanian scattered across the movie.


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* MeaningfulName: Varcolac, a name from Romanian folklore that can refer to (among other things) a werewolf. Somewhat appropriate for the servant of a werewolf, like Madame Varcolac is here.
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%%* SupernaturalGoldEyes: [[spoiler:Hunter in werewolf state.]]

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%%* * SupernaturalGoldEyes: [[spoiler:Hunter in werewolf state.[[spoiler: Hunter gains these when he transforms into a werewolf.]]



%%* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:Paulina.]]
* UnflinchingWalk: Jordan after [[spoiler:killing Paulina]]. Complete with slow-mo.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:Paulina is quite the well-known real estate agent. She also attempts to kill Jordan, Hunter and David multiple times.]]
%%* TheVirus: Werewolf blood, apparently.

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%%* * UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:Paulina.[[spoiler: Paulina shows up at the end, injured to the point of needing a wheelchair but still alive, despite having seemingly burst into flames at the climax.]]
* UnflinchingWalk: Jordan after [[spoiler:killing [[spoiler: killing Paulina]]. Complete with slow-mo.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:Paulina [[spoiler: Paulina is quite the well-known real estate agent. She also attempts to kill Jordan, Hunter and David multiple times.]]
%%* * TheVirus: Werewolf blood, apparently.blood seems to act this way; Jordan becomes infected after accidentally cutting herself on a broken vial of it.
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* UnflinchingWalk: Jordan after [[spoiler:killing Paulina]]. Complete with slow-mo.
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%%* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Paulina; see SequelHook.]]

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%%* * NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Paulina; [[spoiler: Paulina, though heavily injured and needing a wheelchair, turns out to have survived at the end; see SequelHook.]]



%%* OccultBlueEyes: [[spoiler:Jordan in werewolf state.]]
* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: The ingredients required for producing [[spoiler:the cure for being a werewolf]] are a bit odd. Marmot heart, scorpion tail, larvae of vespa?

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%%* * OccultBlueEyes: [[spoiler:Jordan [[spoiler: Jordan sports these in her werewolf state.state, even after she's become mostly human again but before she's cured.]]
* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: The ingredients required for producing [[spoiler:the [[spoiler: the cure for being a werewolf]] are a bit odd. Marmot heart, scorpion tail, larvae of vespa?



* PossessionImpliesMastery: {{Subverted}} for Jordan, but [[spoiler:played straight with Hunter. This ''could'' be explained with his being a natural werewolf.]]
%%* PubertySuperpower: For [[spoiler:Hunter.]]

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* PossessionImpliesMastery: {{Subverted}} for Jordan, but [[spoiler:played [[spoiler: played straight with Hunter. This ''could'' be explained with his being a natural werewolf.]]
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PubertySuperpower: For [[spoiler:Hunter.[[spoiler: Hunter, who has inherited the werewolf gene, first transforms on the full moon after his fourteenth birthday.]]



%%* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:Paulina.]]

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%%* * RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:Paulina.[[spoiler: Paulina sports these when her true nature as a vampire is revealed.]]



* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Paulina's not dead, and she's followed the family back home; in fact, she's ''moving in across the street''.]]

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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Paulina's [[spoiler: Paulina's not dead, and she's followed the family back home; in fact, she's ''moving in across the street''.]]

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