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Werewolf fiction Werewolves

Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Werewolves in Modern Fantasy Fiction
o 2.1 Film
o 2.2 Novels
o 2.3 Television
* 3 Lists
o 3.1 Literature
+ 3.1.1 Children's Books
o 3.2 Films
o 3.3 Music
o 3.4 Music Videos
o 3.5 Television
+ 3.5.1 TV movies and mini-series
+ 3.5.2 Series
+ 3.5.3 Single episodes
o 3.6 Comics
o 3.7 Games
* 4 Further reading
* 5 See also
* 6 External links

Werewolf fiction denotes the portrayal of werewolves in the media of
literature, drama and film. Werewolf literature includes folklore,
legend, saga, fairy tales, Gothic and Horror fiction, fantasy fiction
and poetry. Such stories may be supernatural, symbolic or allegorical.
The archetypal portrayal of a werewolf in popular consciousness is
probably that in the Horror film The Wolf Man (1941) in which Lon
Chaney Jr. transforms into a werewolf at the full moon, and in later
films teams up with Frankenstein and Dracula, as one of the three
famous horror icons of the modern day. However, werewolf fiction is an
exceptionally diverse genre with ancient folkloric roots and manifold
modern re-interpretations.

History

In some stories (derived from folk tales and medieval theology) the
werewolf was demonic, part of Satan's army of darkness, inimical to
the human race and having a craving for human flesh. This appears as a
theme of the Gothic horror story "The White Wolf of the Hartz
Mountains" (1839) by Marryat which features a spirit being which
transforms from wolf to woman.

In medieval romances, such as Bisclavret, and Guillaume de Palerme the
werewolf takes on more innocent traits, appearing as the victim of
evil magic and aiding knights errant.

In fairy tales, such as Little Red Riding Hood, the figure of the
werewolf is more ambiguous and subject to an allegorical or Freudian
interpretation. These tales are the inspiration behind modern fiction
such as The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter and the film Ginger
Snaps which deal with female sexuality.

In other stories beginning with Wagner the Wehr-Wolf (1847) by G. W.
M. Reynolds, a man is cursed to be transformed into a werewolf at the
time of the full moon: representing the split personality and evil,
bloodthirsty, dark side of humanity itself. This theme of lycanthropy
as a disease or curse reached its classic treatment in the film The
Wolf Man (1941), starring Lon Chaney Jr.. This movie contained the
now-famous rhyme:

Even a man who is pure in heart
And says his prayers each night:
May become a wolf when the wolf-bane blooms:
And the moon is full and bright.

This movie is often credited with originating several aspects of the
legend which differ from traditional folklore such as the
vulnerability of the werewolf to a silver bullet. The process of
transmogrification is portrayed in such films and works of literature
to be painful. The resulting wolf is typically cunning but merciless,
and prone to killing and eating people without compunction regardless
of the moral character of the person when human. The first feature
film to use an anthropomorphic werewolf was Werewolf of London in 1935
(not to be confused with the 1981 film of a similar title)
establishing the canon that the werewolf always kills what he loves
most. The main werewolf of this film was a dapper London scientist who
retained some of his style and most of his human features after his
transformation.

A very popular modern sub genre consists of stories that treat
werewolves as separate race or species (either science fictional or
magical) or as persons using magic in order to deliberately transform
into wolves at will. Such current-day werewolf fiction almost
exclusively involves lycanthropy being either a hereditary condition
or being transmitted like a disease by the bite of another werewolf.
The form a werewolf takes is not always an ordinary wolf, but is often
anthropomorphic or may be otherwise larger and more powerful than an
ordinary wolf. Sometimes the beast form of the werewolf will have some
physical characteristics borrowed from an animal species other than
the wolf, as can be seen in the boar-like werewolf of Wild Country and
the cat-like werewolves of Underworld. Many modern werewolves are also
supposedly immune to damage caused by ordinary weapons, being
vulnerable only to silver objects (usually a bullet or blade). This
negative reaction to silver is sometimes so strong that the mere touch
of the metal on a werewolf's skin will cause burns.

More recently, the portrayal of werewolves has taken a more
sympathetic turn in some circles. With the rise of environmentalism
and other back-to-nature ideals, the werewolf has come to be seen as a
representation of humanity allied more closely with nature. A prime
example of this outlook can be seen in the role-playing game Werewolf:
The Apocalypse in which players roleplay various werewolf characters
who work on behalf of Gaia against the destructive supernatural spirit
named Wyrm, who represents the forces of destructive industrialization
and pollution. Author Whitley Strieber previously explored these
themes in his novels The Wild (in which the werewolf is portrayed as a
medium through which to bring human intelligence and spirit back into
nature) and The Wolfen (in which werewolves are shown to act as
predators of humanity, acting as a "natural" control on their
population now that it has been removed from the traditional limits of
nature). The heroic werewolf has also returned via the paranormal
romance genre, where wolf-like characteristics such as loyalty are
shown as positive traits in a prospective mate.

Despite the recent upsurge in the motif of heroic werewolves,
unsympathetic portrayals of werewolves as monsters also continue to be
common in popular culture. This is especially true in movies, which
are only slowly incorportating trends in written fiction. There are
very few werewolf movies outside the horror genre.

Werewolves in Modern Fantasy Fiction

Film

* Underworld.
Lycan from Underworld: Evolution
Lycan from Underworld: Evolution
This film features werewolves as a separate race referred to as
"Lycans" (an abbreviated form of the word lycanthrope), in a
centuries-old feud with vampires.

Novels

* J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium features werewolves.
Werewolves in Middle-earth are not shapeshifters, but evil spirits in
wolf form.
* The Talisman (1983). In this novel (co-written by Stephen King
and Peter Straub) werewolves are herdsmen for the queen of the
Territories (a fantasy world parallel to our world).
* Discworld. Werewolves on the Discworld can be both born and
infected by a bite. A true bimorph can change between human-like and
wolf-like shape at will (but have to take care of their clothes, which
are not included in the transformation), but have to change during
full moon. The descriptions are not entirely consistent if they change
to wolf-like shape only when exposed to the light of the full moon, or
in nights in the week around full moon. While they can pass as human,
wolves will recognize a werewolf, presumably through smell, although
there has been mentioned that there is something about their eyes,
occupation and method of walking that contain telltale signs that the
person is a werewolf. They have at all times a superhumanly keen sense
of smell. Especially while in lupine shape or a short time after
returning from it, it is described as a form of synaesthesia in which
they "see" smells as colours.
* Harry Potter. In J.K. Rowling's series, werewolves are cursed to
turn into vicious wolves in the light of the full moon, and are
dangerous to humans, whom they will attack whenever possible. There is
a potion available that will allow a person to keep their mind after
the transformation, effectively making lycanthropy a magical chronic
illness. J.K. Rowling uses a werewolf named Remus Lupin as a metaphor
for intolerance and people's reactions to illness and disability.
Ironically, though distrusted in his world, Lupin is depicted as a
kind person and as the only competent Defense Against the Dark Arts
teacher throughout the series. As a complete contrast to the Lupin
character, Rowling also introduced the character Fenrir Greyback who
not only embraces his werewolf heritage, but revels in his animality
even when in his human form.

Television

* Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Joss Whedon's TV program featured a
likeable young werewolf, Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, who often assisted
Buffy in fighting evil while in human form, and had himself locked in
a cage during the full moon. During one of Oz's wolf phases, which
takes place the night before, during and the night after the full
moon, he copulated with a werewolf female. This werewolf was Veruca, a
lead singer in a band called "Shy". Veruca was able to retain the
memories of her experiences during her transformation and tried to
convince Oz to embrace his werewolf persona rather than contain it.
Veruca sought out Willow, intending to kill her, and would have if not
for Oz, who (as a werewolf) fought and killed Veruca. Oz later
returned with the power to resist the werewolf transformation, except
under extreme emotional stress. The spin-off, Angel, established that
there are other breeds of werewolves, similar to dogs.
* Doctor Who. Werewolves have appeared twice on the British
television series Doctor Who, in the serial The Greatest Show in the
Galaxy and the episode Tooth and Claw. They have also appeared in the
tie-in novels and audio plays based on the series.

Lists

Literature

This section includes novels and short stories.

* The Satyricon by Petronius (approx. 61 CE)
* "Bisclavret" from Lais by Marie de France (approx. 1175 CE).
* Guillaume de Palerme (approx 1200).
* Single line reference, Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur
translated Death of Arthur (1469-1470), "Sir Marrok the good knyghte
that was betrayed with his wyf for she made hym seven yere a werwolf."
* "Hughes the Wer-Wolf: A Kentish Legend of the Middle Ages" by
Sutherland Menzies (1838).
* "The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains" - an episode from The
Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat (1839) featuring a female werewolf
who inhabits the Harz Mountains in Germany.
* Wagner the Wehr-Wolf by G. W. M. Reynolds (1848).
* The Wolf-Leader (Fr: Le meneur de loups), Alexandre Dumas, père (1857)
* "The Man-Wolf" by Erckmann-Chatrian (1876).
* "A Pastoral Horror" by Arthur Conan Doyle (1890).
* The Were-Wolf by Clemence Housman (1896).
* The Camp of the Dog by Algernon Blackwood (1908).
* "Gabriel-Ernest" and "The She-Wolf" by Saki (H. H. Munro) (1910).
* The Door of the Unreal by Gerald Biss (1919).
* "Running Wolf" by Algernon Blackwood (1921).
* "The Phantom Farmhouse" by Seabury Quinn (1923)
* The Werewolf of Ponkert by H. Warner Munn (1925, collected 1958)
* Wolfshead by Robert E. Howard, a novelette first published in
Weird Tales in April 1926.
* "Tarnhelm" by Hugh Walpole (1933).
* The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore (1933).
* "Death of a Poacher" by H. R. Wakefield (1935).
* Grey Shapes by Jack Mann (Evelyn Charles Vivian) (1937).
* Darker than you Think, a werewolf classic by Jack Williamson
(1940, expanded 1948)
* The White Wolf by Franklin Gregory (1941).
* The Compleat Werewolf by Anthony Boucher (1942).
* "There Shall Be No Darkness" by James Blish (1950).
* "The Hunt" by Joseph Payne Brennan (1958).
* Invaders from the Dark by Greye La Spina (1960).
* Three Hearts And Three Lions by Poul Anderson (1961), an
alternate history fantasy wherein a modern day engineer is translated
to a universe where the Matter of France is history, includes an
episode in which the hero must deduce which of four people in a family
is the werewolf that plagued the area.
* Operation Chaos by Poul Anderson (1971) and its sequel,
Operation Luna, are first-person narration by the werewolf hero in a
fantasy alternate history United States where magic and technology
combine. Werewolfery is not only herditary, but a recessive gene, and
the polarized component of moonlight has been isolated, so that the
hero can use a Were-flash to transform without the full moon.
* "The Hero as Werwolf" by Gene Wolfe (1975)
* The Howling (1977) by Gary Brandner and its sequels
* The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber (1978) portrays werewolves as
predators of humanity, acting as a "natural" control on their
population now that it has been removed from the traditional limits of
nature. The concept was reused, with some changes, as a historic
practice long since abandoned in the now classic White Wolf tabletop
RPG, Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
* The Nightwalker by Thomas Tessier, (1979)
* The Company of Wolves in the book "The Bloody Chamber" (1979) by
Angela Carter is a modern take on the story of Little Red Riding Hood
in which the wolf is actually a werewolf.
* "The Book of the Beast" trilogy: The Orphan (1980), The Captive
(1981), The Beast by Robert Stallman (1982).
* The Beast Within (1981) by Edward Levy.
* Blood Fever (1982) by Kit Reed.
* The Discworld (1983-) series by Terry Pratchett features a
number of werewolves in supporting roles, most notably Angua of the
Ankh-Morpork Night Watch.
* The Talisman, (1983) co-written by Stephen King and Peter
Straub, features werewolves, known simply as Wolfs, who inhabit the
far western parts of a world parallel to America called the
Territories and serve as royal herdsman or bodyguards.
* The Godforsaken by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (1983)
* The Wolf's Hour by Robert R. McCammon (1984)
* Cycle of the Werewolf an illustrated novel by Stephen King (1985)
* The Dark Cry of the Moon by Charles L. Grant (1986)
* Werewolves by Jane Yolen, ed. (1988)
* Howling Mad (1989) by Peter David features a wolf who has been
bitten by a werewolf, becoming a "werehuman" as a result, providing a
unique perspective on human civilization.
* Moon Dance (1989) by S.P. Somtow follows the immigration of a
motley group of European werewolves to colonial America, where they
confront disturbed human characters as well as Native American
werewolves.
* The Werewolves of London by Brian Stableford (1990)
* Silverwolf by Roger Emerson (July 1990) Banned Books Publishings
(gay erotica)
* The Ultimate Werewolf by Byron Preiss, ed. (Dell, 1991)
* The Wild (1991) by Whitley Strieber portrays the werewolf as a
medium through which to bring human intelligence and spirit back into
nature.
* Animals (1992) by John Skipp & Craig Spector
* Vampire World 1: Blood Brothers by Brian Lumley (1992) First
part of the Necroscope series features the Wamphyri werewolf Canker
Canison. Followed by:

* Vampire World 2: The Last Aerie (1993)
* Vampire World 3: Bloodwars (1994)
* Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume 1 (1995)
* Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume 2 (1996)

* The Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series (1993-) by Laurell K.
Hamilton features a number of werewolf characters and explores the
concept of werewolf packs. Werewolfery is a disease, and a major
character has contracted it from a faulty vaccine against it.
* Women Who Run with the Werewolves by Pam Keesey (1995)
* Nadya – The Wolf Chronicles by Pat Murphy (1996) A race of
European werewolves immigrate to the United States in the nineteenth
century.
* The Werewolf Chronicles by Rodman Philbrick & Lynn Harnett (1996)
* The Silver Wolf (1998) by Alice Borchardt follows the lives of
several werewolves in ancient Rome and Ireland. Followed by:

* Night of the Wolf (1999)
* The Wolf King

* The Werewolf Book by Brad Steiger (1999)
* Murcheston: The Wolf's Tale by David Holland (2000)
* The series "Prowlers" (2001-2) by Christopher Golden. This
portrays werewolves as a separate species, mostly ruthless monsters
but occasionally decent individuals.
* Fool Moon (2001) by Jim Butcher
* Bitten by Kelley Armstrong (2001). Followed by:

* Stolen (2002)
* Broken (2006)

* There are multiple allusions to lycanthropy in Caitlín R.
Kiernan's Low Red Moon (2003), though no actual werewolves appear in
the story. Other works by Kiernan containing werewolves or mentions of
werewolves include "The Black Alphabet," "The Road of Pins," "Stoker's
Mistress," and "Untitled 4."
* The Essential Guide to Werewolf Literature by Brian Frost (2003)
* Maximum Ride series (2005-6) by James Patterson features
genetically engineered werewolves called "Erasers" as antagonists.
* The Demonata series (2005-6) by Darren Shan.
* River by Skyla Dawn Cameron provides a different approach to
werewolves, revolving around wolves who have been changed into humans.
(2006)
* Benighted (2006) by Kit Whitfield

* Lord of Wind and Fire Trilogy by Elaine Corvidae is a fantasy
trilogy involving a shapeshifting, werewolf-like species called
wolfkin. Wolfkin
* Shadow on the moon and Shadow of the Wolf by Carol Flynn
* The Crimson City series by Liz Maverick, Marjorie Liu, Patti
O'Shea, and Carolyn Jewel.

Children's Books

* True Monster Stories (1992) by Terry Deary
* Bad Moonlight, Fear Street novel by R.L. Stine. (1995)

* The Werewolf of Fever Swamp, book #14 in the Goosebumps
series by R.L. Stine. (1995)
* Werewolf Skin, book #60 in the Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine. (1997)
* Full Moon Fever, book #22 in the Goosebumps 2000 series by
R.L. Stine. (1999)
* Werewolf in the Living Room, book #17 in the Goosebumps 2000
series by R.L. Stine. (1999)

* Blood And Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause (1997) (upper teen fiction)
* Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) by J. K. Rowling
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) by J. K. Rowling
* Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith (2007) (upper teen fiction)

Films
Depiction of a werewolf in the movie Werewolf vs The Vampire Women
Depiction of a werewolf in the movie Werewolf vs The Vampire Women

* The Werewolf (1913), featured a Native American werewolf
* Le Loup-Garou (1923)
* Wolf Blood (1925)
* The Werewolf (1932)
* Werewolf of London (1935), first film to feature bipedal
anthropomorphic werewolves
* The Wolf Man (1941), the Universal classic starring Lon Chaney, Jr.
* The Mad Monster (1942)
* The Undying Monster (1942)
* Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
* Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
* House of Frankenstein (1944)
* The Return of the Vampire (1944)
* House of Dracula (1945)
* Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948).
* The Werewolf (1956)
* El Castillo de los Monstruos (1957)
* I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), Michael Landon portrayed the
young man-wolf.
* How to Make a Monster (1958)
* The Teenage Werewolf (1959)
* La Casa del Terror (1959)
* The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
* Lycanthropus (1962)
* Face of the Screaming Werewolf (1964)
* La Loba (1964)
* Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
* Mad Monster Party (1967)
* La Marca del Hombre Lobo (1967)
* Return from the Past (1967)
* Las Noches del Hombre Lobo (1968)
* Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
* El Hombre que Vino de Ummo (1969)
* Nympho Werewolf (1970)
* La Noche de Walpurgis (1971)
* Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
* The Fury of the Wolfman (1971)
* O Homen Lobo (1971)
* Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo (1972)
* El Retorno de Walpurgis (1973)
* The Werewolf of Washington (1973)
* The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)
* The Beast Must Die (1974)
* La Maldicion de la Bestia (1975)
* Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
* The Werewolf of Woodstock (1975)
* La Lupa Mannara (1976)
* Wolfman (1979)
* El Retorno del Hombre Lobo (1980)
* Full Moon High (1981)
* The Howling (1981), the first werewolf film of the modern horror genre
o Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)
o Howling III: The Marsupials (1987), the only film to
feature marsupial werewolves
o Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)
o Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)
o Howling VI: The Freaks (1991)
o Howling: New Moon Rising (1995)
* An American Werewolf in London (1981), a mix of horror and
comedy, written and directed by John Landis
* Wolfen (1981)
* La Bestia y la Espada Magica (1983)
* Monster Dog (1984)
* The Company of Wolves (1984)
* Silver Bullet (1985), based on the novella Cycle of the Werewolf
(1985) by Stephen King.
* Ladyhawke (1985)
* Teen Wolf (1985)
o Teen Wolf Too (1987)
* Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
* The Monster Squad (1987)
* Curse of the Queerwolf (1988)
* Waxwork (1988)
* My Mom's A Werewolf (1989)
* Wolfman - A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
* Mad at the Moon (1992)
* Full Eclipse (1993)
* Wolf (1994)
* Project Metalbeast (1995)
* Shriek of the Lycanthrope (1995)
* Bad Moon (1996)
* Licántropo (1996)
* Werewolf (1996), used as a MST3K episode
* Wilderness (1996)
* An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
* The Werewolf Reborn! (1998)
* Lycanthrophobia (1998)
* Lycanthrope (1999)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000)
* Ginger Snaps (2000)
o Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)
o Ginger Snaps Back (2005)
* Dog Soldiers (2002)
o Dog Soldiers: Fresh Meat (2007)
* Wolves of Wall Street (2002)
* Big Fish (2003)
* Underworld (2003)
o Underworld: Evolution (2006)
o Underworld 3 (2008)
* Tomb of the Werewolf (2003)
* Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
* Van Helsing (2004)
* Cursed (2005), also featured a Golden Retriever that became
endowed with werewolf characteristics
* Wild Country (2005)
* The Feeding (2006)
* Lycanthropy (2006)
* Totally Awesome (2006)
* Blood and Chocolate (2007)
* Skinwalkers (2007)
* Benighted (2008)
* Freeborn (2008), the director has been taking input from werewolf fans
* In the Blood (2008)
* The Wolf Man (2008)
* Full Moon Fever (2009)
* Hotel Transylvania (2009)

Music

* Werewolves of London, by Warren Zevon
* I Was a Teenage Werewolf, by The Cramps
* Wolf, by Iced Earth
* Wolfshade, from the album Wolfheart by Moonspell
* Full Moon Madness, from the album Irreligious by Moonspell
* Thriller, by Michael Jackson
* Bark at the Moon, by Ozzy Osbourne
* Lycanthropy, by Six Feet Under
* Lycanthrope, by +44
* She-Wolf, by Megadeth
* Of Wolf And Man, by Metallica
* Killer Wolf, by Danzig
* Wolf Moon, by Type O Negative
* House of God, a concept album by King Diamond
* Full Moon, by Sonata Arctica
* In Rapture By The Fenrir Moon, by Grand Belial's Key
* Nattens Madrigal, a concept album by Ulver
* Wolf Like Me, by TV on the Radio
* "In the still of the night" By Whitesnake
* Big wolf on Campus,byby geejoy jumba
* "FullMoon" and possibly "The Cage", both by Sonata Arctica

Music Videos

* In the music video of the Backstreet Boys song Everybody from
the Backstreet's Back album, each band member becomes a monster, with
Brian Littrell turning into a werewolf.

* In the first half of Michael Jackson's famous music video for
his song Thriller he transforms into something that is often thought
to be a werewolf, but is really a werecat, according to director John
Landis.

* TV on the Radio's music video for Wolf Like Me from the album
Return to Cookie Mountain features a love story involving werewolves
in the music video and in the lyrics as well. The video was directed
by Jon Watts.

* The music video for The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song by The Flaming Lips
has Wayne Coyne getting chased by a werewolf.

* The man with wolf-eye contacts in the Evanescence music video
Call Me When You're Sober is supposed to resemble a werewolf, although
the video is based on Little Red Riding Hood.

* The claymation music video for Flowers by Émilie Simon features
an assortment of monsters, including a werewolf.

Television

TV movies and mini-series

* Moon of the Wolf (1972)
* Scream of the Wolf (1974)
* The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (1985)
* Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988)
* House of Frankenstein 1997 (1997), a television mini-series
featuring characters from the Universal Studios horror films.
* The 10th Kingdom (2000)
* Wolf Girl (2001)

Series

* Dark Shadows (1968)
* Groovie Goolies (1970)
* The Monster Squad (1976)
* Fangface (1978)
* The Drak Pack (1980)
* Teen Wolf (1986), animated show based on the film
* Werewolf (1987)
* She-Wolf of London (1990)
* Gravedale High (1990)
* Monster Force (1994), features a wolfman as one of protagonists
fighting against the evil Creatures of the Night, as well as an evil
werewolf fighting alongside the Creatures
* Darkstalkers (1997), features the werewolf character Jon Talbain.
* Big Wolf on Campus (1999) is a TV series about a teenager called
Thomas "Tommy" P. Dawkins who was bitten during a camping trip by a
werewolf. After subsequently turning into a werewolf himself, he
regularly fights against an array of enemies in order to keep his
neighbourhood safe.

* Wolf Lake (2001)

Single episodes

* Who's afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf? (1970), in season 2, the
Scooby-Doo gang finds the ghost of a werewolf.
* Gargoyles (1994), features a character named Fox who becomes a
werewolf in an episode from season 2 called Eye of the Beholder.
* The X-Files (1994), episode Shapes from season 1, The agents
track a wolf-like creature linked to the Native American legend.
* Goosebumps (1995), highlighted episodes: The Werewolf Of Fever
Swamp, Werewolf Skin and Full Moon Fever
* Cybersix (1999), in Full Moon Fascination a female werewolf
infects Cybersix's love interest Lucas Amato
* Treehouse of Horror X (1999), the tenth Halloween episode of The Simpsons.
* Tooth and Claw (2006), an episode of Doctor Who.

Comics

* Werewolf, whose fur color changed from white to brown halfway
through the series, is Monster in My Pocket #3. His human form is
never shown, but he is among the good monsters in all incarnations. He
was silent in the comics save for howls, but said to be very
intelligent. When directed by a little girl named Teresa, who thought
he was an anthropomorphic dog doll, to sit, he grabbed a chair. In the
animated special, he became the Jamaican Wolf-Mon. Monster W14,
Howlin' Prowlin' Werewolf, is shown in human form throughout one of
the storybooks, depcited as a weakling "hume" (a term for the humanoid
Monster Wrestlers) until the moon comes out as he enters the ring.

* Hyper Police (MEE)/Tokyopop (Batanen and Tommy(Tomy) Fujioka are
werewolves and brothers as bounty hunters in this series. Batanen
always has wolf ears in place of human ears, and Tommy has a wolf like
face on a constant basis, as well as both of them having tails. While
the full moon does affect how they act, Batanen has been seen
transforming whenever he sees a naked (half-naked) woman, or when he
has fantasies about Natsuki Sassahara, who is a 1/2 Nekomata. They are
not seen as unusual though, as many people in their timeline are
either monsters, demons, or gods.)

* Crescent Moon (manga) (Haruko Iida/Red Entertainment,
2000-present) (The character Akira Yamabuki is a happy-go-lucky
werewolf who is also an excellent chef. Unlike the usual werewolves of
modern lore, his transformational state is not induced by a full moon.
He himself can choose when to induce the transformation.)
* Fables (Vertigo, 2002-present) (The character Bigby Wolf, the
Big Bad Wolf of fairy tales, is a wolf that can become human or
anthropomorhic due to lycanthropy).
* Werewolf by Night (Marvel Comics, 1971-4).
* In the DC Comics Green Lantern title one of the supporting
characters is named Arkkis Chummuck, who is an alien form of werewolf.
* Marvel comics character John Jameson transforms into the
werewolf-like Man-Wolf.
* Link briefly turns into a werewolf like creature in the comic
book adaptation of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past when he
enters the Dark World (although this is only a silhouette). When his
arm touches the world, it also becomes wolf-like.
* Lycanthropes are frequently featured in Fred Perry's Manga Gold
Digger. They vary in species, from were-wolves to were-cheetahs. As
well as basic animal and human forms, they can also change at will to
a third 'hybrid' form, in which they retain their animal colouring and
strength, but also basic human shape.

Games

* L. Lee Cerny and Bradley K. McDevitt, Night Life (Stellar Games,
1990) has three editions to date, a few supplements.
* Mark Rein-Hagen, Werewolf: The Apocalypse (White Wolf, Inc.,
1992) has two editions, innumerable supplements, and a short story
collection (When Will You Rage?, edited by Stewart Wieck). Players
roleplay various werewolf characters who work on behalf of Gaia
against the destructive supernatural spirit named Wyrm, who represents
the forces of destructive industrialization and pollution. Werewolves
are born out of a union of werewolf and either human or wolf. They can
change between 5 different shapes that range from human over
monstrous-anthropomorphic states to lupine. In lupine shape they can
be accepted by a wolf pack.
* Werewolf: The Forsaken is a new werewolf game created by White
Wolf Studios as a successor to Werewolf: The Apocalypse. Some concepts
are similar, but the plot is much different. Although the werewolves
played by the players are still (usually) the heroes, they no longer
face the encroach of the Wyrm and now act more as secret defenders of
the mortal world from encroaching spirits, and are often besieged by
entirely different werewolf tribes called The Pure. In most respects,
there is no relation to the original game save for the fact that it
was produced by the White Wolf game manufacturers. Even the name of
the species is different in Forsaken, as is the mission of the
werewolves. In both games, werewolves are enemies of vampires and it
is rare to see the two creatures intermingle.
* Mike Tinney and Stewart Wieck, Rage (White Wolf, Inc., 1995).
The card game inspired a couple of novels from White Wolf: Breathe
Deeply by Don Bassingthwaite and The Silver Crown by Bill Bridges.
Rage was based upon the tabletop RPG Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
* 1995 Sierra On-Line game The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight
Mystery is an adventure game which has the lead character, Gabriel
Knight, investigating murders around Munich, Germany that are
purported to be the work of a werewolf.
* Werewolf: The Last Warrior (1990) by Data East was a
side-scrolling NES game in which the main character is a werewolf with
blades for arms.
* Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness for the Nintendo 64 game system
featured the werewolves Cornell and Ortega as central characters in
1999.
* Killer Instinct, a Rare arcade fighting game, features a
werewolf called Sabrewulf.
* Darkstalkers features a werewolf called Jon Talbain (also known
as Gallon).
* The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall allows the player to become a
werewolf or wereboar. Additional werecreatures are referred to within
the game, but do not actually inhabit it. Lycanthropy was initially
absent from Daggerfall's sequel, Morrowind, but was a central plot
point of Morrowind's second expansion pack, Bloodmoon.
* Discworld Noir features a protagonist who becomes a werewolf
partway through the game.
* In The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Link transforms into
a wolf in some parts of the game, when he enters the mysterious
Twilight Realm.
* In the upcoming Nintendo DS game, Tales of the Tempest, a
werewolf race, the Lycanth, named after the word "Lycanthropy" are
apparently persecuted by a powerful theocracy.
* Golden Sun: The Lost Age for the Game Boy Advance features a
village of werewolves who are able to channel Wind Psynergy (Jupiter).
The village is called Garoh. Also, across the world map are many
enemies who resemble werewolves.
* Yugo Ogami, one of the playable characters in the Bloody Roar
fighting series is a werewolf. In fact, the entire cast of fighters
have various beast forms.
* Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen uses the concept of the
werewolf as an interest fighting unit, who's power increases
dramatically during a 'night phase'.
* One of the main characters, Kevin is an unfortunate
half-werewolf in Seiken Densetsu 3.
* In the Xbox and personal computer game Fable, a Balverine is
like a werewolf, with a weakness towards silver and turning others by
bites.
* In Konami's 2000 roleplaying game, Suikoden II, a recruitable
NPC, Bob, has the ability to turn into a werewolf for three rounds.
* In Dungeons And Dragons, lycanthropy is an acquired character template.
* The Druid character class in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction can
learn to become a Warewolf.
* In The Sims 2 Pets expansion pack, your sim can become a werewolf.

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