History Main / WonderfulWerewolf

* In Season 3 episode 4 “Who's Afraid Of The Big, Bad Wolf?” Of WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries, Rapunzel discovers that [[the young girl Catalina/Red is the werewolf that has terrorized the village. However it is revealed she meant no harm and only transformed into a werewolf because she felt unheard and frustrated. Once her sister Angry/Kiera apologies and promise to listen to her more she becomes friendly and even gives a ”Wolf-hug”.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge'': The party encounter a community of werewolves living in the town of Agroha. Though they're initially freaked out by their monstrous appearance, they quickly learn that the werewolves are fully sentient and have no desire to harm humans. They're also able to have a productive debate with Master Maha, the werewolf's chief, on the nature of wind magic.

* The Rivers family in ''Literature/FamilyBites'', whose "wolf" forma are more like {{Big Friendly Dog}}s.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Angua, a recurring character in the Watch stories, is often uneasy with her lycanthropic nature but remains a good-hearted woman who is in full control of her wolf form at all times, often using her enhanced senses to track suspects for the Watch.

* ''Anime/WolfChildrenAmeAndYuki'': It's established early on in the film that the werewolf myths about shifting during the full moon and attacking people are completely false and that wolf people are just that; regular people who can turn into wolves. The Wolf Man comes off as aloof at first, but is a kind soul. The titular wolf children, Ame and Yuki, are very much the same.

* * ''Anime/WolfChildrenAmeAndYuki'': It's established early on in the film that the werewolf myths about shifting during the full moon and attacking people are completely false and that wolf people are just that; regular people who can turn into wolves. The Wolf Man comes off as aloof at first, but is a kind soul. The titular wolf children, Ame and Yuki, are very much the same.

* ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'': Scott Howl is a romanceable werewolf who is notably friendly even among his peers, and his name is a nod to Scott Howard of ''Film/TeenWolf''.

* ''Series/{{SheWolfofLondon}}'' A comedy-drama featuring an American student studying folklore and mythology who is turned into a werewolf while camping on the moors. Her professor attempts to help her cope with her condition.

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': Can potentially be enforced by the player after completing the quest The Silver Hand of the Companions guild, where the Dovahkiin gets initiated into the Companions' inner circle by becoming a werewolf. Although the city guards will always attack the Dovahkiin in their werewolf form, netting the Dovahkiin a bounty if they fight back and kill any of the guards or are seen transforming, no such penalty incurs when the player is exploring any area where only hostile [=NPCs=] spawn. This leaves a werewolf Dragonborn free to kill whatever bandits, animals, monsters, or assassins (if the player chooses to destroy the Dark Brotherhood) that have been harassing and attacking the villagers, travelers, and other citizens of Skyrim.

* ''Wolf Guy'': Creator/SonnyChiba stars as Akira Inugami, a private investigator infected with lycanthropy, who gained the powers to transform into the titular Wolf Guy, a werewolf superhero who stalks and hunts evil Yakuza and gangsters in Tokyo at night.

* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': Jon Talbain is a werewolf who's a good guy.

* In ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' and its sequel ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'', the player options default to notational examples of these. Even with the [[UnstoppableRage poorly controlled berserker tendencies]], [[WeAreStrugglingTogether generally dysfunctional organizations/society]], and [[CrapsackWorld general bleakness]], it is wholly possible (if not all that easy) to play this trope straight.

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': Can potentially be enforced by the player after the ?Silver Hand? quest of the Companions guild, where the Dovahkiin gets initiated into the Companions? inner circle by becoming a werewolf. Although the city guards will always attack the Dovahkiin in their werewolf form, netting the Dovahkiin a bounty if they fight back and kill any of the guards or are seen transforming, no such penalty incurs when the player is exploring any area where only hostile [=NPCs=] spawn. This leaves a werewolf Dragonborn free to kill whatever bandits, animals, monsters, or assassins (if the player chooses to destroy the Dark Brotherhood) that have been harassing and attacking the villagers, travelers, and other citizens of Skyrim.

* ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'': [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]] with Lobi the werewolf. DependingOnTheWriter, he is either a mischievous monster who enjoys spooking and intimidating human beings, or a playful creature whose behavior is identical to that of a big, friendly dog.

** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGoblinKing'': When Shaggy and Scooby first get to the monster world, they come across a man who does not seem happy to see them in his pumpkin patch. He turns into a werewolf before their eyes. After Shaggy convinces him he's a werewolf, the man becomes much more chummy, admitting he acted the way he did earlier to "keep out the riff raff."

* ''Literature/HowlOfTheWerewolf'': Your character is a travelling swordsman who gets ambushed by a powerful black wolf in Mauristania and ends up contracting a dangerous form of lycanthropy as you travel across Mauristania to find a cure. Throughout the book, you gain all kinds of werewolf-related powers such as fangs (which increase damage on enemies), lightning-fast reflexes, and howling (which lowers enemies' defense) as you battle all sorts of werebeasts, culminating in a climatic battle against Count Varcolac the werewolf lord, where both of you reveal your ultimate werewolf forms in a final showdown.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': There exist a pack of werewolves who are good guys.

** Mason, Alex's primary LoveInterest, is a werewolf. While he has a temperamental streak and can be scary in wolf-form, for the most part he's a friendly boy who truly loves Alex.