History YMMV / Bitten

** Elena challenges the cult holding Savannah with weapons raised high while a fuel tank explodes in the background. While the shot was obviously meant to be badass and [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] it comes off as cheesy.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Scott Brandon, the SerialKiller Mutt that Elena and Clay are hunting in the first three episodes of the show, is played by Marc Bendavid, who would later play One and Jace Corso in ''Series/DarkMatter'' and Donovan Davenport in ''Series/GoodWitch''.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: While the CGI werewolves don't look terrible, there are times where they look laughably cartoony and move way too smoothly.

* {{Narm}}: Elena challenges the cult holding Savannah with weapons raised high while a fuel tank explodes in the background. While the shot was obviously meant to be badass and [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] it comes off as cheesy.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Scott Brandon, the SerialKiller Mutt that Elena and Clay are hunting in the first three episodes of the show, is played by Creator/MarcBendavid, who would later play One and Jace Corso in ''Series/DarkMatter'' and Donovan Davenport in ''Series/GoodWitch''.

* CompleteMonster:
** [[AbusiveParents Malcolm Danvers]] is a vicious and power-hungry werewolf and Jeremy's abusive father. When Jeremy became alpha, Malcolm left the pack and reemerged after his assumed death, as the orchestrator behind the mutt uprising, using Santos and other proxies into recruiting psychopaths, killers and rapists in a bid to destroy his son's pack, resulting in the murders of several innocent people and Jeremy's pack members. Malcolm also stalks Elena and has her former pedophile stalker Victor Olson turned and has him show up at an art gallery to torment her. After the battle between the mutts and the pack ends with all the mutts being killed, Malcolm [[LackOfEmpathy shows no regard nor care]] for their deaths, letting them kill Santos. Malcolm confronts Jeremy about his true intentions on continuing this war, taking Elena for himself; kidnaps Logan's pregnant girlfriend Rachel; and leaves the decapitated head of Elena's boyfriend Phillip for her to find. He claims his reasoning for the latter is to punish Elena for wanting to have a human life, going as far as to tell her that she should be grateful. Finding himself stalked by Alister, Malcolm goes on the run, leaving his followers to die, and [[UngratefulBastard killing a kind old man who gave him a ride]]. It's also revealed that he tried to kill Clayton as a child, being the werewolf who bit him, and killed Clayton's mother that same night, resulting in his father [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]].
** [[HeManWomanHater Thomas LeBlanc]] is a deranged misogynistic SerialKiller and SerialRapist, who kept a scrapbook of his previous exploits complete with parts of his victims. When recruited into the mutts, he takes part in an ambush in which he stabs Jeremy with a poisoned blade that nearly kills him before Elena breaks [=LeBlanc's=] wrist while interrogating him for the antidote. Forming a petty vendetta towards Elena, [=LeBlanc=] attempts to murder her, managing to shoot and wound her while playing a cat and mouse game and callously killing a woman he mistook for Elena. Later when Amber demands to be turned into a werewolf, [=LeBlanc=] bites her and watches with amusement as she goes through a slow and painful botched transformation; while seemingly kills her, it's later revealed she's reduced to a vegetative state Later he has fun chasing down and trying to kill Logan's pregnant girlfriend, and when the time comes to attack Stonehaven, defies orders to keep Elena alive, intending her to be the first in a new scrapbook he's planning. A deviant who admits to having no morals, openly disdains and disrespects even his own allies, his habits and attitude crosses enough lines that one of his bosses, Karl Marsten, decides to help Elena kill him when [[EvenEvilHasStandards he's decides that he's had enough]] of [=LeBlanc=].
** [[WickedWitch Clara Sullivan]] was once a rebellious young witch, and spiteful from her youth. While she had a moment of humanity in her past where she delivered and rescued a newborn baby from death, despite knowing the prophecies as a child growing up to be the Destroyer, she would later use this act later in life for more nefarious purposes. Having her magic stripped away as punishment for using it to kill people, Clara would later track this child Alister down and reveal his destiny to him, planning to bring about the Undoing--an event that would kill every witch on the planet--out of revenge. With Clara acting as Alister's [[TheCorrupter hidden partner and mentor]], Alister embraces his destiny, gaining a cult and army, entailing mass murder, torture, experimentation and brainwashing on numerous people at his hands. Clara has Alister seduce women to find a body for Clara to possess, if not destroying the souls of the victims, [[AndIMustScream trapping them in their own subconscious]]. Clara wants the body of 12-year-old Savannah in order to survive the Undoing as a conduit and take Savannah's powers for her own. When the time of the Undoing comes and an attempt to kill Alister starts to prevent it, Clara and Alister track down his mother Ruth to kill her, and when Savannah breaks free and tries to escape, Clara chases her down, gloating to her how she'll use her powers to cause havoc and promising to kill Savannah's friends in the pack.
** [[ItsAllAboutMe Roman Navikev]] is the arrogant, ruthless and supremely influential alpha of the Russian werewolves, later revealed to be Elena's grandfather. Roman runs his pack like the mob, using intimidation and bribery, and is [[AbusiveParents violently abusive]] and indifferent to his son Konstantine. It's quickly revealed that he [[OffingTheOffspring murdered his daughter Natalya]] after discovering her relationship with Sasha, promising to kill Sasha's family. Despite claiming to love his daughter or feeling remorse, he spitefully [[NeverMyFault refuses to take responsibility]] for her murder, never actually knew her and it's suggested he killed her because he was jealous of her and Sasha's relationship. Having discovered the existence of witches, he calls on witch hunts in Russia to add to his pack's power, and kill those who won't join. When he learns of Sasha's whereabouts, and his connection to Elena. After a parlay meeting goes awry, Roman attempts to kill Sasha on the spot, stabbing former Sheriff Karen and starts a war with Jeremy's pack. Roman sets loose the Albino twins in his stead, leading to multiple unnecessary innocent deaths, culminating in Katya's murder. When Jeremy is captured, Roman plans on framing Jeremy for a coup to justify killing him, forcing him to watch as Elena and Sasha are both tortured; despite promising to let them go, he orders Elena's torture to continue in an attempt to force Sasha to kill her.

** [[HeManWomanHater Thomas LeBlanc]] is a deranged misogynistic SerialKiller and SerialRapist, who kept a scrapbook of his previous exploits complete with parts of his victims. When recruited into the mutts, he takes part in an ambush in which he stabs Jeremy with a poisoned blade that nearly kills him before Elena breaks [=LeBlanc's=] wrist while interrogating him for the antidote. Forming a petty vendetta towards Elena, [=LeBlanc=] attempts to murder her, managing to shoot and wound her while playing a cat and mouse game and callously killing a woman he mistook for Elena. Later when Amber demands to be turned into a werewolf, [=LeBlanc=] bites her and watches with amusement as she goes through a slow and painful botched transformation; while seemingly kills her, it's later revealed she's reduced to a vegetative state Later he has fun chasing down and trying to kill Logan's pregnant girlfriend, and when the time comes to attack Stonehaven, defies orders to keep Elena alive, intending her to be the first in a new scrapbook he's planning. A deviant who admits to having no morals, openly disdains and disrespects even his own allies, his habits and attitude crosses enough lines that one of his bosses, Henry Marsten decides to help Elena kill him when [[EvenEvilHasStandards he's decides that he's had enough]] of [=LeBlanc=].

* {{Narm}}: Elena challenges the cult holding Savannah with weapons raised high while a fuel tank explodes in the background. While the shot was obviously meant to be badass and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] it comes off as cheesy.

** [[AbusiveParents Malcolm Danvers]] is a vicious and power-hungry werewolf and Jeremy's abusive father. When Jeremy became alpha, Malcolm left the pack rather than be ruled by his son, and reemerged after his assumed death, as the orchestrator behind the mutt uprising, using Santos and other proxies into recruiting psychopaths, killers and rapists in a bid to destroy his son's pack, resulting in the murders of several innocent people and Jeremy's pack members. Malcolm also stalks Elena and has her former pedophile stalker Victor Olson turned and has him show up at an art gallery to torment her. After the battle between the mutts and the pack ends with all the mutts being killed, Malcolm [[LackOfEmpathy shows no regard nor care]] for their deaths, letting them kill Santos. Malcolm confronts Jeremy about his true intentions on continuing this war, taking Elena for himself; kidnaps Logan's pregnant girlfriend Rachel; and leaves the decapitated head of Elena's boyfriend Phillip for her to find. He claims his reasoning for the latter is to punish Elena for wanting to have a human life, going as far as to tell her that she should be grateful. Finding himself stalked by Alister, Malcolm goes on the run, leaving his followers to die, and [[UngratefulBastard killing a kind old man who gave him a ride]]. It's also revealed that he tried to kill Clayton as a child, being the werewolf who bit him, and killed Clayton's mother that same night, resulting in his father [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]].

** [[AbusiveParents Malcolm Danvers]] is a vicious and power-hungry werewolf and Jeremy's abusive father. When Jeremy became alpha, Malcolm left the pack rather than be ruled by his son, and reemerged after his assumed death, as the orchestrator behind the mutt uprising, using Santos and other proxies into recruiting psychopaths, killers and rapists in a bid to destroy his son's pack, resulting in the murders of several innocent people and Jeremy's pack members. Malcolm also stalks Elena and has her former pedophile stalker Victor Olson turned and has him show up at an art gallery to torment her. After the battle between the mutts and the pack ends with all the mutts being killed, Malcolm shows no regard nor care for their deaths, letting them kill Santos. Malcolm confronts Jeremy about his true intentions on continuing this war, taking Elena for himself; kidnaps Logan's pregnant girlfriend Rachel; and leaves the decapitated head of Elena's boyfriend Phillip for her to find. He claims his reasoning for the latter is to punish Elena for wanting to have a human life, going as far as to tell her that she should be grateful. Finding himself stalked by Alister, Malcolm goes on the run, leaving his followers to die, and killing a kind old man who gave him a ride. It's also revealed that he tried to kill Clayton as a child, being the werewolf who bit him, and killed Clayton's mother that same night, resulting in his father committing suicide.

** [[AbusiveParents Malcolm Danvers]] is a vicious and power-hungry werewolf and Jeremy's father, who despised and wanted to [[OffingTheOffspring kill his son]] his whole life, even fighting him for the title of alpha. When Jeremy became alpha, Malcolm left the pack rather than be ruled by his son, and reemerged, after being believed dead, as the orchestrator behind the mutt uprising; entailing using Daniel Santos, Zachary Cain and Henry Marsten into recruiting psychopaths, killers and rapists in a bid to destroy his son's pack, resulting in the murders of several innocent people and Jeremy's pack members Peter and Antonio. Malcolm also stalks Elena and has her former pedophile stalker Victor Olson turned and has him show up at an art gallery to torment her. After the battle between the mutts and the pack ends with all the mutts being killed, Malcolm [[LackOfEmpathy shows no regard nor care for their deaths]], letting them kill Santos. Malcolm confronts Jeremy about his true intentions on continuing this war, taking Elena Michaels for himself; kidnaps Logan's pregnant girlfriend Rachel; and leaves the decapitated head of Elena's boyfriend Phillip for her to find. He claims his reasoning for the latter is to punish Elena for wanting to have a human life, going as far as to tell her that she should be grateful. Finding himself stalked by Aliester, Malcolm goes on the run, leaving his followers to die, and [[UngratefulBastard killing a kind old man who gave him a ride]], alternating between begging the pack for help, when he's not busy antagonizing them. It's revealed that he tried to kill Clayton as a child, turning Clayton into a werewolf in the first place, and killed Clayton's mother that same night, resulting in his father [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]].

** [[WickedWitch Clara Sullivan]] was once a rebellious young witch, described as a smug and spiteful woman whose descent into wickedness was considered inevitable. While she had a moment of humanity in her past where she delivered and rescued a new born baby from death, despite knowing the prophecies as a child growing up to be the Destroyer, she would later use this act later in life for more nefarious purpose. Having her magic stripped away as punishment for using it to kill people, Clara would later track this child Alister down and reveal his destiny to him, planning to bring about the Undoing-- an event that would kill every witch on the planet-- in the name of personal revenge. With Clara acting as Alister's [[TheCorrupter corrupter]], hidden partner and mentor, Alister embraces his destiny, resulting in Alister gaining a cult and army of his own, entailing mass murder, torture, experimentation and brainwashing on numerous people at his hands. Clara has Alister seduce women to find a body for Clara to possess, an act which, if not destroying the souls of the victims, [[AndIMustScream traps them in their own subconscious]]. Clara wants the body of 12-year-old Savannah in order to survive the Undoing as a conduit and take Savannah's powers for her own. When the time of the Undoing comes and an attempt to kill Alister starts to prevent it, Clara and Alister track down his mother Ruth, with Clara goading him on to kill her, and when Savannah breaks free and tries to escape, Clara chases her down, gloating to her how she'll use her powers to cause havoc and promising to kill Savannah's friends in the pack.
** [[ItsAllAboutMe Roman Navikev]] is the ruthless and supremely influential alpha of the Russian werewolves and later revealed to be Elena Michael's biological grandfather. Originally seen as a arrogant if reasonable member of the alphas council, it's later shown he runs his pack like the mob, using intimidation and bribery, and is [[AbusiveParents violently abusive]] and indifferent to his son Konstantine. It's quickly revealed that he [[OffingTheOffspring murdered his daughter Natalya]] after discovering her relationship with Sasha Antonov, at which point he swears a blood feud that lasts for decades, promising to kill anyone with Sasha's blood. Having discovered the existence of witches, he calls on witch hunts in Russia to add to his pack's power, and kill those who won't join. It's there he learns of Sasha's whereabouts, and his connection to Elena. After a parlay meeting goes awry, Roman attempts to kill Sasha on the spot, stabbing former Sheriff Karen just for being at the wrong place and starts a war with Jeremy's pack. Despite claiming to care about his daughter and seeming remorseful for her death, he not only refuses to accept responsibility, adamantly blaming Sasha and reacting with anger when called out, Roman never actually had a relationship with Natalya her entire life, only meeting her when he killed her. Roman, despite his seeming zeal for pack law, sets loose the Albino twins in his stead, leading to multiple unnecessary innocent deaths, culminating in Katya's murder. When Jeremy is captured, Roman plans on framing Jeremy for a coup to justify killing him, forcing him to watch as Elena and Sasha are both tortured; despite promising to let them go, he orders Elena's torture to continue in an attempt to force Sasha to kill her. With his callousness, pride and sense of entitlement proving costly to both packs, Konstantine is quick to help bring about his downfall and death to put a stop to him.

** [[HeManWomanHater Thomas LeBlanc]] is a deranged misogynistic SerialKiller and SerialRapist, who kept a scrapbook of his previous exploits complete with parts of his victims. When recruited into the mutts, he takes part in an ambush in which he stabs Jeremy with a poisoned blade that nearly kills him before Elena breaks [=LeBlanc's=] wrist while interrogating him for the antidote. Forming a petty vendetta towards Elena, [=LeBlanc=] attempts to murder her, managing to shoot and wound her while playing a car and mouse game and callously killing a woman he mistook for Elena. Later when Amber demands to be turned into a werewolf, [=LeBlanc=] bites her and watches with amusement as she goes through a slow and painful botched transformation; while seemingly kills her, it's later revealed she's reduced to a vegetative state Later he has fun chasing down and trying to kill Logan's pregnant girlfriend, and when the time comes to attack Stonehaven, defies orders to keep Elena alive, intending her to be the first in a new scrapbook he's planning. A deviant who admits to having no morals, openly disdains and disrespects even his own allies, his habits and attitude crosses enough lines that one of his bosses, Henry Marsten decides to help Elena kill him when [[EvenEvilHasStandards he's decides that he's had enough]] of [=LeBlanc=].

** [[HeManWomanHater Thomas LeBanc]] is a deranged misogynistic SerialKiller and SerialRapist, who kept a scrapbook of his previous exploits complete with parts of his victims. When recruited into the mutts, he takes part in an ambush in which he stabs Jeremy with a poisoned blade that nearly kills him before Elena breaks [=LeBlanc's=] wrist while interrogating him for the antidote. Forming a petty vendetta towards Elena, [=LeBlanc=] attempts to murder her, managing to shoot and wound her while playing a car and mouse game and callously killing a woman he mistook for Elena. Later when Amber demands to be turned into a werewolf, [=LeBlanc=] bites her and watches with amusement as she goes through a slow and painful botched transformation; while seemingly kills her, it's later revealed she's reduced to a vegetative state Later he has fun chasing down and trying to kill Logan's pregnant girlfriend, and when the time comes to attack Stonehaven, defies orders to keep Elena alive, intending her to be the first in a new scrapbook he's planning. A deviant who admits to having no morals, openly disdains and disrespects even his own allies, his habits and attitude crosses enough lines that one of his bosses, Henry Marsten decides to help Elena kill him when [[EvenEvilHasStandards he's decides that he's had enough]] of [=LeBlanc=].

* {{Narm}}: Elena challenges the cult holding Savannah with weapons raised high while a fuel tank explodes in the background. While the shot was obviously meant to be {{Badass}} and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] it comes off as cheesy.

* Narm: Elena challenges the cult holding Savannah with weapons raised high while a fuel tank explodes in the background. While the shot was obviously meant to be {{Badass}} and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] it comes off as cheesy.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: While the CGI werewolves don't look terrible, there are times where they look laughably cartoony and move way too smoothly.
* UnfortunateImplications: Several reviewers have commented for a series about a female hero by a female writer, the series isn't exactly pro-feminist. As the only female werewolf in the world, Elena is a character who is almost uniformly surrounded by guys when the plot is relevant. Her interactions with her fellow women deal primarily with her boyfriend, marriage, and impressing her boyfriend's mother.
** Her being the only female werewolf in the world, supposedly because most women aren't tough enough to survive the change, is all the more unfortunate when you consider that, in real biology, women are generally ''more'' endurant than men, which allows them to exert themselves longer before tiring and is why they are the sex that gives birth. Endurance and upper body strength are two different things. So, if anything, more women than men should survive the change if it's about toughness.
** Even ''more'' dubious when you consider that the myth of lycanthropy is heavily connected to female menstruation.

** Her being the only female werewolf in the world, supposedly because most women aren't tough enough to survive the change, is all the more unfortunate when you consider that, in real biology, women are generally ''more'' endurant than men, which allows them to exert themselves longer before tiring and is why they are the sex that gives birth. Endurance and upper body strength are two different things. So, if anything, more women than men should survive the change if it's about toughness.

* UnfortunateImplications: Several reviewers have commented for a series about a female hero by a female writer, the series isn't exactly pro-feminist. As the only female werewolf in the world, Elena is a character who is almost uniformly surrounded by guys when the plot is relevant. Her interactions with her fellow women deal primarily with her boyfriend, marriage, and impressing her boyfriend's mother.