Teen Wolf, known as The Cartoon Adventures of Teen Wolf in the United Kingdom, is an animated television series broadcast from 1986 to 1987 that was produced by Southern Star/Hanna-Barbera Australia in association with Clubhouse Pictures in the first season and Atlantic/Kushner-Locke in the second season. It was based on the 1985 live-action film, Teen Wolf.
The series is about a teenage boy and his family who can transform into werewolves, focusing on themes of coming of age and fitting in. While generally keeping true to the main ideas, this version made some changes from the film.
Scott Howard and his family now live in the fictional town of Wolverton, a small town constantly drawing tourists because of its history of werewolf sightings. (In the film the town was called 'Beacontown'.) Scott was an only child who lived with his father in the film, the cartoon gave him a little sister and grandparents.
Despite the youth audience, the cartoon series delivered very powerful critiques of disability as civil rights. Freely invoking an asthma attack or seizure, the series centered on how Scott felt "weird" immediately before and during his werewolf transformation.
Although he never hurt anybody while he was a werewolf, Scott was conscious of his difference from other teenagers and had to make accommodations for himself. He also expressed frustration that the residents of this town had stereotyped "his people".
A jock named Mick who now also attends Wolverton High constantly picks on Scott for being the "outsider". Mick attended a different high school in the film. Pamela is a cheerleader in the cartoon while in the film she really did not have much school spirit.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | USA | Mex | Spa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Scott Howard | Townsend Coleman | Carlos de Pavía | Carlos del Pino |
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Rupert "Stiles" Stilinski | Don Most | Luis Alfonso Mendoza | Luis Reina |
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Lisa "Boof" Marconi | Jeannie Elias | Rossy Aguirre | Pepa Castro |
|
Chubs | Will Ryan | Herman López | |
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Harold Howard | James Hampton | Agustín Sauret | |
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Lupe Howard | Socorro de la Campa | Valle Acebrón | |
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Grandpa Howard | Stacy Keach | Juan Domingo Méndez | Teófilo Martínez |
| Esteban Siller | ||||
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Grandma Howard | June Foray | María Santander | |
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Pamela Wells | Irma Carmona |