Werewolves in popular culture

This is a list of fiction and media of all kinds of media featuring werewolves, lycanthropy and shape-shifting.

Adventures Into Darkness, a Golden Age comics series that ran for 10 issues from August 1952-1954

Literature

This section includes novels and short stories.

The Were-Wolf by Housman.
  • The Other Side: A Breton Legend by Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock (1893)
  • The Loup-Garou! collected in Danvis Folks (1894)
  • The Were-Wolf by Clemence Housman (1896)
  • The Greek Myths by Robert Graves features King Lycaon
  • "The Werwolves" (sic) by H. Beaugrand (1898)
  • The Black Douglas by S.R. Crockett (1899)
  • The Camp of the Dog by Algernon Blackwood (1908)
  • Gabriel-Ernest and "The She-Wolf" by Saki (H. H. Munro) (1910)
  • The Thing in the Woods by Margery Williams (1913, reprinted in 1924 under the pseudonym "Harper Williams")[1]
  • The Door of the Unreal by Gerald Biss (1919)
  • Le Loup Garou by Alfred Machard (1920) in French. The English translation is The Wolf Man (1925). Basis for two lost werewolf films (1923 and 1932).
  • "Running Wolf" by Algernon Blackwood (1921) is set in the Canadian wilderness and features a spectral native American werewolf.
  • "The Phantom Farmhouse" by Seabury Quinn (1923)
  • The Werewolf of Ponkert by H. Warner Munn (1925, collected 1958)
  • "Wolfshead" by Robert E. Howard is a novelette first published in Weird Tales in April 1926.
  • Sudenmorsian by Aino Kallas (1928) is a Finnish werewolf tale translated into English as The Wolf's Bride by Alex Matson, 1930. It was adapted as an opera by Tauno Pylkkänen.
  • The White Robe by James Branch Cabell (1928).
  • "The Master of the House" by Oliver Onions (1929)[2]
  • "The Wolf of St. Bonnot" by Seabury Quinn (1930)
  • The Wolf in the Garden by Alfred H. Bill (1931) is set in post-Revolutionary New York.[1]
  • "Tarnhelm" by Hugh Walpole (1933)
  • The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore (1933)[1]
  • "Death of a Poacher" by H. Russell Wakefield (1935)
  • "The Point of Thirty Miles" by T. H. White (1935)[2]
  • The Undying Monster: a Tale of the Fifth Dimension by Jessie Douglas Kerruish (1936)
  • Grey Shapes by Jack Mann (Evelyn Charles Vivian) (1937)
  • "The Hairy Ones Shall Dance" by Manly Wade Wellman (1938)
  • Darker Than You Think, a werewolf classic by Jack Williamson (1940, expanded 1948)[1]
  • The White Wolf by Franklin Gregory (1941)
  • The Compleat Werewolf by Anthony Boucher (1942) (subsequently republished in an identically-named anthology, of which only the title story involves werewolves)
  • "The Kill" by Peter Fleming (1942)
  • "The Refugee" by Jane Rice (1943)[2]
  • "Eena" by Manly Banister (1947)[1]
  • "There Shall Be No Darkness" by James Blish (1950)[1]
  • The Lord of the Rings Volume 1: The Fellowship of the Ring (mentioned only) (1954)
  • "Wolves Don't Cry" by Bruce Elliott (1954)[1]
  • "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) is an alternate history fantasy wherein a modern day engineer is translated to a universe where the Matter of France is history. It 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 hereditary, 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.
  • "Reflections for the Winter of My Soul" by Karl Edward Wagner (1973)
  • "Lila the Werewolf" by Peter S. Beagle (1974)
  • "The Hero as Werwolf" by Gene Wolfe (1975)
  • Lisa Kane by Richard A. Lupoff (1976)
  • The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien (1977)
  • The WolfMan by Carl Dreadstone (1977)
  • The Werewolf of London by Carl Dreadstone (1977)
  • 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) features a deranged Vietnam Vet resident in London who transforms into a werewolf.[3]
  • Moondeath by Rick Hautala
  • "The Company of Wolves", "The Werewolf" and "Wolf-Alice", collected in the book The Bloody Chamber (1979) by Angela Carter, are modern takes on the story of Little Red Riding Hood in which the wolf is actually a werewolf. These stories inspired the film The Company of Wolves (1984).
  • Tales of the Werewolf Clan, Volume 1, In the Tomb of the Bishop by H. Warner Munn (1979)
    • Tales of the Werewolf Clan, Volume 2, The Master Goes Home (1980)
  • "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. These werewolves can be both born and infected by a bite.
  • 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 (1983)
  • The Dark Cry of the Moon by Charles L. Grant (1986)
  • Werewolves by Jane Yolen, ed. (1988)
  • Wolf Moon by Charles de Lint (1988)
  • The Skin Trade by George R.R. Martin (1989)
  • The Manipulator by Dana Brookins (1989)
  • Howling Mad by Peter David (1989) 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.
  • Tamed by Douglas R. Brown involves werewolves which are sold as pets.
  • The Werewolves of London by Brian Stableford (1990)
  • WerewolveSS by Jerry Ahern and Sharon Ahern (1990)
  • The Ultimate Werewolf by Harlan Ellison, ed. (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 and Craig Spector
  • Blood Trail by Tanya Huff (1992) is Volume 2 in Huff's vampire series. This instalment deals with a werewolf clan.
  • Wild Blood by Nancy A. Collins (1993)
  • Wolf Kill by Gregg Almquist
  • The Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series (1993 onwards) by Laurell K. Hamilton features a number of werewolf characters and explores the concept of werewolf packs. Lycanthropy is a disease, and a major character has contracted it from a faulty vaccine against it.
  • Vampire World 1: Blood Brothers by Brian Lumley (1992) is the first part of the Necroscope series, and features the Wamphyri werewolf Canker Canison. It was 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)
  • Thor by Wayne Smith (1994) has a German Shepherd who protects his family from a relative who was infected by a werewolf. This was the basis for the movie Bad Moon.
  • The History of Middle-earth volume II The War of the Jewels (1994)
  • Women Who Run with the Werewolves by Pam Keesey (1995)
  • Nadya - The Wolf Chronicles by Pat Murphy (1996) is about a race of European werewolves who immigrate to the United States in the nineteenth century.
  • The Werewolf Chronicles by Rodman Philbrick and Lynn Harnett (1996)
  • Return of The Wolfman by Jeff Rovin (1998)
  • The Silver Wolf (1998) by Alice Borchardt follows the lives of several werewolves in ancient Rome and Ireland. It was followed by:
  • The Werewolf Book by Brad Steiger (1999)
  • Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause (1999)
  • Touch of the Wolf by Susan Krinard (1999) is first in a series of historical werewolf novels.
  • Murcheston: The Wolf's Tale by David Holland (2000)
  • The series Prowlers (2001-2) by Christopher Golden portrays werewolves as a separate species, mostly ruthless monsters but occasionally decent individuals.
  • Fool Moon by Jim Butcher, book two of The Dresden Files (2001)
  • Summer Knight by Jim Butcher, book four of The Dresden Files (2003)
  • Bitten by Kelley Armstrong (2001). It was followed by:
  • Low Red Moon by Caitlín R. Kiernan (2003) contains multiple allusions to lycanthropy 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)
  • World of the Lupi series by Eileen Wilks (2003–present)
  • Van Helsing by Kevin Ryan (2004)
  • The Crimson City series by Liz Maverick, Marjorie Liu, Patti O'Shea, and Carolyn Jewel (2005–present)
  • Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn features werewolf radio show host Kitty Norville (2005). It was followed by Kitty Goes to Washington (2006), Kitty Takes a Holiday (2007), Kitty and the Silver Bullet (2008), Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand (2009), and Kitty Raises Hell (2009).
  • Maximum Ride series by James Patterson features genetically engineered werewolves called "Erasers" as antagonists (2005-6).
  • The Demonata series by Darren Shan (2005-6)
  • Frostbite by David Wellington, first published online serially, then in book format.
  • Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (2006) is told from the viewpoint of a coyote skinwalker who was raised by a werewolf pack. This is the first of the Mercy Thompson series, including:
    • Blood Bound (2007), Iron Kissed (2008) and Bone Crossed.
  • New Moon, the second installment of the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer (2006) features a group of teenagers from the Native American Quileute tribe who transform into wolves, one of whom is one of the main characters Jacob Black.
  • The Wolf Man: Hunter's Moon by Michael Jan Friedman (2007)
  • The Wolfman by Nicholas Pekearo (2009)
  • The Southern Vampire Mysteries series by Charlaine Harris features a wide array of supernatural beings, including werewolves.
    • Club Dead introduces the werewolf character of Alcide Herveaux.
  • Werewolf Smackdown: A Novel by Mario Acevedo (2010), part of the Felix Gomez series of supernatural novels.
  • Overwinter by David Wellington (2010), sequel to Frostbite.
  • Jane Slayre by Charlotte Brontë and Sherri Browning Erwin (2010)
  • Being Human series by Simon Guerrier, Mark Michalowski and James Gross (2010)
  • Grave Expectations by Charles Dickens and Sherri Browning Erwin (2011)
  • Saamaanthaa by d. t. neal (2011)
  • "A Death by the Sea" by Cooper Renner (2011)
  • "A Spurious Death in a Foreign Country" by Cooper Renner (2011)
  • The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan (2011)
  • Nochebosque by Juan Carlos Chirinos (2011)
  • High Moor by Graeme Reynolds (novel, 2012)
  • The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice (novel, 2012)
  • Changes: A Werewolf's Saga Part 1 by Michael Lampman (novel, 2012)
  • The Pack: A Werewolf's Saga Part 2 by Michael Lampman (novel, 2012)
  • Redemption: A Werewolf's Saga Part 3 by Michael Lampman (novel, 2012)
  • Wolf Hunter by J.L. Benét (2012)
  • The Wanderer Awakens: A Werewolf's Saga Part 4 by Michael Lampman (novel, 2012)
  • City Under the Moon by Hugh Sterbakov (2012)
  • The Were-Dwarf by Johnny Mains (2012)
  • Hemlock Grove by Brian McGreevy (2012)
  • High Moor 2: Moonstruck by Graeme Reynolds (novel, 2013)
  • Darkness Rises A Werewolf's Saga Part 5 by Michael Lampman (novel, 2013)
  • Fox Run, the first book in the Madison Wolves series by Robin Roseau (2013), features werewolves and a werefox.
  • The Seventh Sons (Sycamore Moon Book 1) by Domino Finn (2014) features werewolf bikers.
  • The Blood of Brothers (Sycamore Moon Book 2) by Domino Finn (2014)
  • Lycanthropy (Licantropía) by Carles Terès (2012) was the winner of the 2011 Guillem Nicolau Prize.
  • Howling Changes by W. Dockemeyer (2015)
  • Wulfgard: The Prophecy of the Six, Book I - Knightfall by Maegan A. Stebbins (2015)
  • The Happening by d. t. neal (2015)
  • High Moor 3: Blood Moon by Graeme Reynolds (novel, 2015)
  • The Wolf of Dorian Gray - A Werewolf Spawned by the Evil of Man by Brian S. Ference (2016)
  • The Tale of Beren and Lúthien(2017)
  • Black Marks by Pete Aldin (2017)
  • Leaders of the Pack: A Werewolf Anthology by Ray Garton, Jeff Strand, David Wellington, David Watkins, Thomas Emson, Glenn Rolfe, Graeme Reynolds, Jonathan Janz, Paul Kane, Nick Stead, Matt Serafini, T W Piperbrook (anthology, 2020)

Children and young adult fiction

Manga/Anime
  • Flirtatious newspaper editor Ginei Morioka of the comedy/fantasy series Rosario + Vampire is a werewolf, although he spends most of his time in human form. Since the series takes place in a high school for supernatural and mythical creatures, he is quite open about his lycanthropy and does not consider it a problem. He is one of the strongest creatures at the school, even when the moon is waning.
  • Hyper Police bounty hunters Batanen and Tommy(Tomy) Fujioka are werewolves and cousins in this series.
  • In Crescent Moon, 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.
  • 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 coloring and strength, but also basic human shape.
  • Jean Jacquemonde from Spriggan has lycanthrope roots in his DNA. His estranged father, Rick Bordeau, is the carrier of the lycanthrope gene in his family. Later on, Jean's DNA is acquired by Trident as part of their biological weapons program.
  • The Captain, a member of the Millennium organization in Kouta Hirano's manga Hellsing is a natural werewolf, possibly the last of his kind; and a member of the German Werwolf.
  • The criminal Megil the Pharmacist uses a lycanthropazine drug to transform himself into a werewolf in the Battle Angel Alita manga.
  • Sirius, from Ookami ga Kuru is a werewolf, who works for a company called K.I.R.C.H.E.
  • Wolf Guy - Ookami no Monshou written by Tabata Yoshiaki (based on the older manga Wolf Guy) is centered around a werewolf named Akira who becomes involved with a school-teacher at his recently transferred to school.
  • In the anime and manga Dragon Ball the competitor fighting against Muten Roshi in the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai is a werewolf.
  • In Negima!: Magister Negi Magi, Kotaro is a half werewolf.
  • In the anime and manga Soul Eater, there is a character named Free who is a werewolf that steals a witch's eye in order to gain magic abilities.
  • In manga/anime Digimon, the ultimate form of Gabumon (digimon partner of Ishida Yamato) is WereGarurumon which is a werewolf-like Digimon.
  • In the anime and manga Zombie-Loan, a werewolf name Lyca features who acts very much like an animal, although later learning how to speak under the guidance of Shimotsuki Kuze.
  • In the manga/anime Akazukin Cha Cha, one of the two male protagonists is Riiya, a teenage werewolf who can turn into a white puppy at will.
  • The film Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust based on the third novel of Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D series, Demon Deathchase, has a group of lethal mercenary body guards, one of whom is Machira who is a werewolf.
  • In the anime Renkin 3-kyū Magical? Pokān, one of the 4 magical princesses is Liru, a werewolf, who turns into a yellow puppy upon seeing anything round-shaped.
  • In the manga/anime Dance in the Vampire Bund, the male protagonist is Akira Kaburagi Regendorf, a half-Russian/half-Japanese teenage werewolf, who is the bodyguard and love interest of the vampire queen, Mina Tepes.
  • In the Spice and Wolf franchise, the titular wolf is Holo, a harvest goddess who can shapeshift between the form of a giant wolf and a teenage girl with wolf ears and a wolf tail.
  • In the anime film Wolf Children, a young female university student Hana meets a wolf-man and have two children named Yuki and Ame.

Films

Fan films

Music

Music videos

TV movies and mini-series

Television series

Live-action
  • The Munsters (1964) - Eddie Munster is a werewolf.
  • Dark Shadows (1968) - Featured Quentin Collins and Chris Jennings as werewolves. During the 1897 time-travel storyline, it was revealed that Quentin and all his male descendants had the curse of the wolf. It was explained that Chris and all the Jennings siblings were actually Quentin's great-grandchildren and therefore the males were cursed to become werewolves.
  • The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (1971) - Billy Van portrayed amongst his many characters the Wolfman, a rock and roll-loving disc jockey for Castle Frightenstein's EECH radio station. He was based on the character Wolfman Jack and loved to dance against a psychedelic background in silhouette.
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) features a werewolf in Episode 5 of its first and only season.
  • Monster Squad (1976) - The werewolf wax statue that comes to life.
  • Werewolf (1987) - Eric Cord, who transforms into the title character.
  • She-Wolf of London (1990-1991), called Love and Curses for the last six episodes.
  • Goosebumps (1995-1998) episodes that feature werewolves: "The Werewolf of Fever Swamp" and "Werewolf Skin".
  • The Nightmare Room (2001-2002) episode "Full Moon Halloween" features werewolves.
  • Wilderness (1996)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) features a likable 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.
See also: Werewolf (Buffyverse)
  • 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 neighborhood safe.
  • Wolf Lake (2001) is a TV series about a town mostly inhabited by wolves who have taken human form.
  • Power Rangers: Wild Force (2002) features a Duke Org named Zen-Aku who is based on a werewolf, and his human host, Merrick Baliton, became the Lunar Wolf Ranger.
  • Power Rangers Jungle Fury (2007-2008) has RJ, the Purple Wolf Ranger, temporarily become a werewolf after his Wolf Animal Spirit became derailed.
  • Supernatural (2005–present) - Sam and Dean Winchester confront werewolves in the episodes "Heart", "Bitten", "Sharp Teeth", "Bloodlines", and "Paper Moon".
  • Wizards of Waverly Place features werewolves since Season 3, the most prominent being Mason Greybeck, Alex Russo's boyfriend.
  • Being Human (2008-2013) - At the start of the first series George Sands, one of the main characters, is a werewolf. At the start of the second series it is revealed that, while in the process of a transformation, George scratched his girlfriend Nina and she becomes a werewolf too. As the program progresses we are introduced to more werewolves as stand-alone characters, like Tom McNair.
  • Kamen Rider Kiva (2008) features Garulu, the last of a werewolf-like race called the Wolfen, who assumes a human form named Jiro.
  • Lobo (2008) features life of the chosen one of the Shewolf.
  • Demons (2009) - In this fantasy series, the werewolves are referred to as Lazy Boys and all seem to wear hooded jackets.
  • Sanctuary (2008-2011) - The character of Henry Foss is a werewolf or HAP (Hyper-Accelerated Protean). In the third season, it is revealed that there is a surviving clan of lycans in England.
  • Werewolves: The Dark Survivors
  • Lost Tapes episodes "Skinwalker", "Werewolf", and "Beast of Bray Road".
  • R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series features werewolves in the episode "Nightmare Inn".
  • True Blood (2008-2014) - Werewolves are first mentioned in the first season and appear in the third. Unlike most myths, werewolves in True Blood are simply shapeshifters with the ability to transform into wolves at will although they are forced to change on nights of the full moon. It appears that werewolves are in control when in wolf form. Main character Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello) is a werewolf.
  • The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017) - The male members of the Lockwood family are cursed to turn into werewolves if someone dies by their hand.
  • Werewolves were featured in an episode of the Animal Planet TV series Lost Tapes.
  • Imortal (2010-2011) which became a werewolf-vampire political thriller series.
  • In the 2011 Teen Wolf series reboot of the film, unpopular high school teen, Scott McCall wanders into the woods and is bitten by a werewolf. Through this incident, he discovers he has enhanced strength, speed, agility, reflexes, and senses far greater than that of a standard human. Consequently, he must keep this new life a secret from his peers, except his best friend, Stiles.
  • In Once Upon a Time, a twist is made to the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, in which the character of Red is in fact, the werewolf. Her red cloak, which has magical properties, prevents her from turning every full moon.
  • Grimm - One of the Wesen species (human-animal hybrid beings that are based on creatures seen in Grimms' fairy tales) featured are the Blutbaden, wolf Wesen that have a werewolf-like appearance as their true forms. The supporting character Monroe is a Blutbad.
  • Becoming Human (2011) - Christa Stammers, one of the main characters, has recently become werewolf.
  • Wolfblood (2012-2017) - The lead protagonist, Maddy Smith is a wolfblood, a human capable of shapeshifting into a wolf and possesses powerful lupine senses. She is able to take this form at will, but must transform during the full moon. Other wolfbloods include Maddy's parents and her friend Rhydian.
  • Hemlock Grove (2013-2015) - One of the main characters is a gypsy werewolf, and the plot revolves around he and his friend trying to find and stop a rogue werewolf, called a Vargulf, from killing people.[8]
  • The Originals (2013-2018) - A spin-off from The Vampire Diaries that focuses on the Original Vampires getting dragged into a supernatural war in New Orleans between vampires, werewolves and witches.
  • Penny Dreadful (2014-2016) - Ethan Chandler, an American gunslinger, is revealed to be a werewolf. Unlike werewolves in traditional fiction, he appears to be able to control his transformations.
  • Bitten (2014-2016)
  • La Luna Sangre (2017) features the advures of the new chosen one of the Werewolves and the son of a Luna warrior.
  • Love, Death & Robots (2019) - Episode 10, "Shape-Shifters", has two close friends with werewolf powers having to fight one of their own in Afghanistan.
  • The Order (2019) - The Knights of Saint Christopher are a group of werewolves sworn against dark magic. Their power comes from magic pelts that bond with a "champion." The transformations can be brought on involuntarily by nearby dark magic, but otherwise can be performed at will.

Animation
  • Groovie Goolies (1970) - Wolfie, part of the main cast with Frankie and Drac.
  • Fangface (1978) - The alternate form of Sherman "Fangs" Fangsworth.
  • Drak Pack (1980) - Howler, one of the title characters.
  • Teen Wolf (1986) - An animated show based on the film.
  • The Comic Strip (1987) his son Wolfie attends Camp Mini Mon.
  • Gravedale High (1990) - Nerdy werewolf Reggie Moonshroud.
  • The Animaniacs episode "Moon Over Minerva" featured Wilford Wolf who is a werewolf. As a werewolf he is hunky and romantic, but as Wilford he is a boring nerd.
  • Gargoyles (1994-1996) - Fox is turned into a werewolf by the Eye of Odin in "Eye of The Beholder". And Wolf is turned into a wolf mutate midway into the series.
  • 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.
  • The Popeye the Sailor episode "The Wiffle Bird's Revenge" has Wimpy turning into a werewolf every time he says "hamburger".
  • Johnny Bravo episode "A Wolf in Chick's Clothing" features a girl named Fluffy who Johnny finds out is a werewolf, and she promises that she will offer Johnny a great time if he can make it through one night with her transformed state.
  • Road Rovers episode "A Hair of The Dog That Bit You" features werewolves attacking Colleen's hometown, London and scratch her and Exile but turns out she was the one who turns into one.
  • Darkstalkers (1997) features the werewolf character Jon Talbain.
  • Cybersix (1999) features werewolves in the episode "Full Moon Fascination".
  • Wolf's Rain is an anime that features wolves who can assume human form (or appear to do so) as the main heroes.
  • Codename: Kids Next Door episodes "Operation H.O.U.N.D." and "Operation D.O.G.H.O.U.S.E." feature Valerie and her teacher Mrs. Thompson, who are weredogs.
  • Magipoka is an anime that features Liru, a female werewolf who is one of the four protagonists in a series also involving a witch, a vampire, and an updated version of Frankenstein's monster. A wide array of supernatural beings, including werewolves.
  • In Final Fantasy: Unlimited, a werewolf is a form taken by Lou Lupus.
  • In Rosario + Vampire (2008), Ginei Morioka is a werewolf.
  • In the Dan Vs. episode "Dan Vs. The Wolf-Man", Dan seeks revenge on a werewolf that keyed his car.
  • In Monster High (internet cartoon series) are Clawdeen, her siblings Clawd, Clawdia, Howleen and others that are the children of the Wolfman.
  • Ben 10 episode "Benwolf" features a Loboan (a werewolf-like alien with a sonic howl) that was mistaken by the Navajo people as the Navajo werewolf from their folklore and scratches the Omnitrix, causing Ben to transform within several hours until they find out it was an alien and that his transformation was merely a slowed down version of his normal ability to turn into varying alien species.
    • The reboot series features Bashmouth, a big, muscular werewolf/Husky-like alien that's one of Kevin's 11 aliens, and the only one to not be a copy of Ben's aliens.
  • Atomic Betty Halloween episode "Werewolves on Zeebot" features werewolves with The Chameleon on the planet Zeebot.
  • Ultimate Spider-Man features Man-Wolf, and the episode "The Howling Commandos", features Jack Russell aka Werewolf by Night.
  • PJ Masks - Three werewolf kids called 'The Wolfies' named Howler, Rip and Kevin are introduced as new antagonists.
  • OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes - The Halloween episodes, "Parents' Day" and "Monster Party", feature Enid's father who's a purple werewolf. The latter episode also featured Winnie the Werewolf from Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School.
  • Marvel's Spider-Man features Man-Wolf and other werewolves in the episode "Halloween Moon".
  • Vampirina - The most prominent werewolf is the Hauntleys' purple pet dog named Wolfie who can assume a werewolf-like form during the full moon or by drinking milk.
  • Red (Catalina) from Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure becomes a werewolf in the third season of the show.

Video Games
  • In Altered Beast, the player can turn into a werewolf on Level 1 and a golden werewolf on Level 5.
  • The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, released by Sierra On-Line in 1995, 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.
  • In BlazBlue, there is a werewolf butler named Valkenhayn R. Hellsing, whose astral heat shows his full werewolf form and his attacks showcase a large wolf beast form.
  • In Bloody Roar fighting series, one of the playable characters, called Yugo Ogami, is a werewolf. In fact, the entire cast of fighters have various beast forms.
  • In Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django, one of the creatures Django can turn into is a werewolf; as a werewolf, he can gain health by biting an enemy.
  • In Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, Cornell and Ortega are werewolves, Cornell appears again in Castlevania Judgment.
  • Darkstalkers features a werewolf called Jon Talbain (also known as Gallon).
  • In Darkstone, a mage may learn the Lychantropy talent.
  • In Defense of the Ancients and Dota 2, one of the playable hero characters is Banehallow, who is commonly referred to in-game as 'Lycan'.
  • In Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, the Druid character class can learn to become a Werewolf.
    • In Diablo III, werewolves referred to as Night Howlers live in the Shrouded Moors where they attack travelers and Tyrael thinks they are to be feared.
  • Discworld Noir features a protagonist who becomes a werewolf partway through the game.
  • In Double Dealing Character, the fourteenth installment of the Touhou Project series, a female werewolf named Kagerou Imaizumi appears as the boss in the third stage. She is based on the extinct Honshu wolf.
  • In Dragon Age: Origins, werewolves are harassing the Dalish Elves. The player can choose to end their curse or use them in the final battle instead of the elves.
  • In Dungeons and Dragons, lycanthropy is an acquired character template.
  • The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall allows the player to become a werewolf or wereboar. Lycanthropy was initially absent from Daggerfall's sequel, Morrowind, but was a central plot point of Morrowind's second expansion pack, Bloodmoon. Lycanthropy is also an option in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and its expansion packs.
  • In Final Fantasy V, werewolves are a race.
  • In Final Fantasy VI, a werewolf called "Lone Wolf", who was in Final Fantasy V, appears in Narshe.
  • 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.
  • In Heroes of the Storm, Genn Greymane is a ranged assassin hero who can shapeshift between human and werewolf-like Worgen forms.
  • Killer Instinct, a Rare arcade fighting game, features a werewolf called Sabrewulf.
  • In League of Legends, the character Warwick drank a dangerous elixir to transform himself into a werewolf.
  • 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. The transformation is involuntary, but unlike true lycanthropy, he retains his will and intellectual capacity. Halfway through the game the player gains the option to change Link into his wolf form and back again at will.
  • In Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4, the player can play as Remus Lupin, who can transform into his werewolf form.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king Features Werewolves as a summoned creature for Angmar.
  • In Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest, one of the playable characters, Fang, calls himself a werewolf.
  • In Metamorphic Force, one of the main characters, Claude, can transform into a white werewolf.
  • In Lionhead's The Movies, werewolves can be featured as characters in your movies.
  • Night Life (Stellar Games, 1990), a game by L. Lee Cerny and Bradley K. McDevitt, has three editions to date, a few supplements.
  • In Ninja Gaiden 2, the Greater Fiend Volf and his underlings are werewolves.
  • Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen uses the concept of the werewolf as an interest fighting unit, whose power increases dramatically during a 'night phase'.
  • In Operation Darkness, two characters can transform into werewolves.
  • In Konami's 2009 visual novel Ōkami Kakushi and the anime based on it, many of the citizens of the village of Jōga are werewolves, though they do not transform into monsters. They become affected by the full moon and pass their curse on by kissing their victims rather than biting them.
  • In the Puyo Puyo and Madou Monogatari game series by Compile (later owned by Sega), a minor werewolf character named Lycanthrope is featured.
  • Rage (White Wolf, Inc., 1995), the trading card game by Mike Tinney and Stewart Wieck, 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.
  • In RuneScape, werewolves are a race found in Morytania.
  • In Seiken Densetsu 3, one of the main characters, Kevin is an unfortunate half-werewolf.
  • In Silverfall, a character focused on nature magic may acquire the ability to turn into a werewolf.
  • In The Sims 2 Pets expansion pack, Sims can become werewolves.
  • In The Sims 3: Supernatural expansion pack, Sims can become a werewolf, either by Bottled Curse of the Lycan, Werewolf Curse from a werewolf, or Create a Sim option.
  • In Sly 3 Honor Among Thieves, there is a werewolf roaming its territory constantly in Episode 3 flights of fancy, it can be taken control of by The Guru. Bentley often refers to it as Lupos Gigantormus for a name.
  • In the 2008 multi-platform game, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic unwillingly gains a new persona known as "Sonic the Werehog". He slows down, but in return, gains incredible strength and the ability to stretch his arms, a possible throwback to one of Sega's previous games, Ristar.
  • In Star Ocean: First Departure, the character T'nique Arcana transforms into a werewolf at the beginning of every battle. He changes whenever he gets excited.
  • In Suikoden II, a recruitable character, Bob, has the ability to turn into a werewolf for three rounds.
  • In the Nintendo DS game, Tales of the Tempest, a werewolf race, the Lycanth, named after the word "Lycanthropy" are apparently persecuted by a powerful theocracy.
  • Weird Wars Series of role-playing games with wartime settings and incorporating supernatural and horror elements including werewolves.
  • In the Nintendo DS game, WarioWare: Touched!, a werewolf appears as a member of Ashley's Creepy Crew alongside Frankenstein's monster with a ghost and a vampire.
  • Werewolf: The Apocalypse (White Wolf, Inc., 1992), a role-playing game by Mark Rein-Hagen, has two editions, innumerable supplements, and a short story collection (When Will You Rage?, edited by Stewart Wieck). Players role-play 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 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.
  • 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.
  • The Witcher video game series has several werewolves.
  • In the MMOFPS WolfTeam, the players have the ability to turn into werewolves.
  • In World of Warcraft, the player fights werewolf-like monsters called Worgen in the Shadowfang Keep dungeon. Also, in the third expansion, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Worgen are a playable race, being able to switch from human and werewolf forms.

Comics
  • Tales from the Crypt - Stories that Feature Werewolves: "Curse of the Full Moon!", "By the Fright of the Silvery Moon!", "Concerto For Violin and Werewolf", and "Upon Reflection".
  • The Haunt of Fear - Stories that feature Werewolves: "The Secret".
  • The Vault of Horror - Stories that Feature Werewolves: "Werewolf", "Werewolf Concerto", and "The Beast of the Full Moon!"
  • Creepy - Stories that Feature Werewolves: "Pursuit of The Vampire!", "Wardrobe of Monsters!", "Creepy's Loathsome Lore:Werewolves", "Howling Success!", "Curse of The Full Moon!", "Revenge of the Beast!", "Duel of the Monsters!".
  • Adventures Into Darkness - Stories that feature Werewolves:
  • House of Mystery - Stories That Feature Werewolves:
  • Werewolf By Night - Under the light of a full moon, Jack Russell would transform into the Werewolf: a ferocious monster who would prowl the area searching for victims. He would hunt down and maim or kill evildoers as he encountered them, although he would often attack others when threatened or panicked.
  • Fables - Private investigator and shapeshifter Bigby Wolf (formerly known in the Homeland as the Big Bad Wolf) is called in to investigate crimes and bring the responsible parties to justice.
  • Robert Demos is the less-than-intelligent werewolf lackey of Dan Sethos in Darkness Within.
  • The Astounding Wolf-Man - The title character, Wolf-Man, uses his "curse" to fight crime, but finds more than he bargained for...
  • High Moon - a werewolf western about an unchanging man in a changing time.
  • Weird War Tales and Weird Western Tales Anthology comic series with supernatural elements, many stories with werewolves and similar creatures.
  • Bug-a-Booo - The character Wolfgang is a werewolf friend of the titular protagonist.
  • Beasts of Burden - "A Dog and His Boy" features a werewolf.
  • Wolverton - A webcomic about the town of friendly werewolves.
  • Moonlit Brew - A webcomic revolving around Sam, Simon, and Lydia, Sam's love interest and werewolf, pursuing their dreams to run their own coffee shop.
  • X-Mickey - Pipwolf is a light gray werewolf based on Goofy and serves as a guide to Mickey Mouse on his supernatural travels.

References
  1. Stefan Dziemianowicz, "The Werewolf" in Icons of Horror and the Supernatural, edited by S.T. Joshi. Greenwood Press 2007, ISBN 0313337810 (pp. 653-668).
  2. Frost, Brian J. The Essential Guide to Werewolf Literature, p.242. Popular Press, 2003. ISBN 0879728604
  3. Douglas E. Winter, "Writers of Today" in Sullivan
  4. Hawthorne, Rachel (August 25, 2009). "Dark of the Moon". harperteen.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  5. Moore, Debi (May 16, 2010). "Little Women Gets the Mash-Up Treatment With Both Werewolves and Vamps'". Del Rey Books. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
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  8. Hemlock Grove (TV series)
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