A boy starts noticing strange changes, sharper senses, faster reflexes, and even fur. As he unravels the mystery, he finds out the shocking truth: his dad is a werewolf, and he’s next in line.

‘SPOILER ALERT’

Scott, basketballer for the Beavers, can hardly breathe. He’s preparing to take the free throw in the game against the Dragons, and no matter his concentration, still misses the shot. The game kicks into full gear immediately, with Scott getting knocked down by Mick, his sworn nemesis. Bleeding from his mouth, Scott is helped up by the same hulk that knocked him down.

They call for a short break to regroup, and Finstock, the coach for the Beavers, offers to forfeit the game, seeing as they’re losing by over 40 points. Mr Thorne, the vice principal, refuses the offer, so they continue the game with barely two minutes left.

Coach Finstock stays lamenting to Thorne, blaming their lack of shoes for their failure. Shortly after, Scott comes face to face with the hulk that knocked him down. They struggle with the ball for a few seconds, only for Scott to growl. Afraid, his opponent lets go and Scott drives the ball until he gets the chance to shoot. With less than ten seconds left, it’s his last chance to score.

Everyone keeps their eyes peeled on his shot, but it just bounces off the rim and out of bounds. Initial hope becomes despair as shoulders slump.

Scott and the other team members return to the locker room after the match, with Chubby, a fat player, trying to keep up the ruse that he’s on a diet. Scott approaches him and fishes out a bunch of junk food but it just makes Chubby angry.

Soon, Stiles, Scott’s best friend, walks into the locker room cheering, and has to be reminded that the Beavers lost. He walks up to his buddy within seconds, talking about how to score some beer so he can be allowed into a party.

He walks off to fraternize with some other players and Scott notices a very long strand of hair on his chest. He plucks it off without a second thought.

In no time, Scott leaves Stiles at the mercy of some other players and approaches coach Finstock’s office. He knocks, enters, and reminds the coach of the time he told them to come to him with any problem at all.

Finstock gives him the chance to speak, but all he says is that he’s going through some changes that won’t allow him to play on the team anymore. Finstock, know-it-all that he is, concludes that it’s fear, and tells Scott a tale of one of his students who also wanted to quit the team.

Noticing that the story has nothing to do with his situation, Scott just thanks his coach and excuses himself. He joins his childhood friend, Lisa, mostly called Boof, and they walk out of school together, talking about how terribly the game went.

As they go, Scott admits that he had a weird dream involving her, Pamela (his crush), and some chickens. He’s tired of being average in everything, and switches to lamenting about this for the next couple of minutes. The way he sees it, everything about Beacontown is average, including the basketball team.

He stops Boof midway just to ask if there’s anything wrong with him, but she can’t come up with anything tangible. Scott finds this hard to believe because his crush doesn’t even spare him a second glance. Somehow, this gets Boof mad and she points out that Scott can do a lot better than Pamela.

When he calls her out about her attitude, Boof plays it off and walks off, reminding Scott that he has to get to work.

The basketballer steps into his dad’s hardware store at this point, saying hi to customers as he makes his way down to the counter. Father and son talk for a moment, only for Scott to hear a loud ringing sound in his ears.

It turns out to be a little kid playing with a dog whistle and Scott tracks him down. Smacking the kid upside the head, he retrieves the whistle from him, wondering why he could hear it.

He grabs the order placed by Kirk, a theatre director at his school, and his hands are full to say the least. Struggling his way down the school hallway, one thing or the other keeps falling off. Running into vice principal Thorne doesn’t help matters but Scott pulls through.

In the auditorium, Kirk watches as Pamela rehearses, correcting her the best he can. Scott walks in at this moment, introduces himself to Kirk, and then asks if he can drive Pamela to the party that night.

He soon realizes that a copious amount of hair has grown on his hands, so he drops everything and hides them behind his back. He’s still trying to convince Pamela to come with him when Mick shows up and rubs their relationship in his face. The couple walks off together, leaving Scott to struggle with the hardware he brought by.

Later on, Stiles continues his quest for a keg of beer at Tony’s liquor store. Unfortunately, Tony is no fool. He asks the overzealous teenager to show him some identification and Stiles just gives up.

At dinner that night, Scott tells his dad that he wants to quit the basketball team and join the school play. He’s about to reveal all the weird things that have been happening to him, but Stiles steps in and interrupts.

In turn, Scott follows his buddy and they pick up Lewis on their way to the party. They stop by the liquor store again. This time, Stiles suggests that Scott robs the guy with a toy gun, but he just throws the gun away. Scott believes he can get the keg without it, so he heads inside and waits in line.

Tony’s angry just seeing him, and when he begins to yell, Scott’s eyes turn red. All he has to do at this point is ask for a keg and a very scared Tony rushes to get it for him.

The trio takes two rides; Scott and Lewis take the hardware van, and Stiles drives his convertible with the keg in the passenger seat. In the van, they talk about Pamela and how Mick is still in highschool because he was in prison. Abruptly, Stiles tells them to pull over and then switches seats with Lewis.

In no time, he takes off his shoes, climbs out of the Van window, and onto the roof. As the wind flows through his hair, Stiles seems to be having the time of his life. The same can’t be said about Scott. A quick glance at his side mirror and he realizes that his ears have grown into pointed ones.

The shock dishevels him and he swerves the van a bit, causing Stiles to fall flat on the roof. Another glance at the mirror and his ears are back to normal, so is Stiles, who gets back up on the roof like he didn’t almost lose his life.

Anyway, they arrive at the party which is full to the brim with young people seeking a good time. Stiles slides down, and he and Scott change their jackets before hauling the keg into the party.

Inside, Scott tracks down Pamela, and although she’s standing alone, she makes it clear that he’s not the one she’s waiting for. By some sick twist of fate, Boof shows up just in time to mock him about it.

Up next, the kids play a game where names of boys are randomly handed out to the girls and Stiles picks a random piece of paper from a hat. This piece of paper will contain what the chosen duo are supposed to do. It begins with a whipped cream battle, then Chubby gets to down a bowl of Jell-o.

Boof gets a guy named Malcom, and Pamela can’t roll her eyes enough when she realizes that she got Scott’s name. At this point, he looks like a crumpled dollar bill soaked in sweat but no one seems to notice. Stiles, the slightly drunk master of ceremonies, chooses Boof to come out next and she lies that she got Scott’s name.

All the other kids create a path to the closet as Stiles declares ‘two minutes in heaven’, a chance to do anything away from prying eyes. They shove Boof and Scott into the closet and everyone cheers them on. To keep things interesting, Stiles calls forth the next two, challenging the guy to take a cup to the principal and ask for a urine sample.

Meanwhile, in the closet,  Scott admits to feeling weird, but Boof thinks it’s just plain awkwardness. She breaks the ice somehow and they hug it out, but something strange happens. Scott begins to run fingernails, now razor-sharp across Boof’s back, leaving her no choice but to slap him back to his senses.

The closet grows quiet after this, and the kids outside notice, Stiles especially. He makes a crass joke before opening the door, but the tension between Boof and Scott had just begun to die down. With a small smile across her lips, she slips back into the crowd, her clothes ripped on the back from Scott’s scratches.

He rushes home that night, pulling up the van in front and running past his dad like he had to take care of a bathroom emergency. Well, it’s a different kind of emergency.

The moment he steps into the bathroom, Scott washes his face, trying to stop his body from going on with its weirdness. Soon, he notices fangs growing where his incisors should be, and it’s just the beginning. Everytime he looks away from the mirror, there’s a new development: his skin grows coarser, his nails become claws, and his ears become pointed. Worst of all, almost every inch of his body is covered in fur.

Scott can hardly recognize the person in the mirror, and is so scared that he presses himself against the door. Just then, he dad comes knocking, wanting to know what the problem is. Scott tries to dismiss him but he takes a stricter tone, asking him to open the door immediately.

Imagine Scott’s surprise when he opens up and finds his father covered in fur too. Harold knows that he has some explaining to do, but doesn’t get a chance to speak before his son barrages him with questions. It turns out that the gene can skip a generation, and Harold thought it would skip his son. Unfortunately, it didn’t, and an angry Scott blows past his dad, slamming the door to his room behind him.

He eventually comes downstairs for breakfast the next day and his dad hands him a cup of cocoa. They talk about the full moon, and Harold explains how much power comes with being a werewolf, not forgetting to add the responsibility that follows. It turns out that he and his late wife found a way to live with the condition, so Harold thinks Scott will too.

This doesn’t help Scott’s anger, nothing does. The way he sees it, he already has too many problems and doesn’t need one more, a huge one no less. He takes off to school still mad.

After their lunch break, Stiles returns to his overcrowded locker, and the moment he opens it up, an avalanche of the weirdest stuff buries him. Scott shows up seconds later, filled by Pamela. She can tell that something’s changed in him but just concludes that it’s his hair. The air grows thick with tension as Boof arrives, wanting to know why Scott never showed up for lunch.

The rest of his day is weird as hell; he can hardly concentrate in any of the classes, finds himself dozing off in some, and can never seem to keep track of what the teachers are saying. At one point, he’s called to the board to try out a physics question, but Scott begins to feel overwhelmed. His claws replace his nails and he’s instantly aware of how terrible things can go from there. He runs out of the class like he’s being chased and finds his way to the art boys’ bathroom.

Staring at his reflection, he practically begs himself not to transform as sweat pours down his face. Just then, vice principal Thorne shows up, asking to see his hands. Luckily, he was just searching for a vandal with markers, and Scott’s claws have retracted by the time he shows his hands.

The school bell rings, giving Scott the opportunity to make a run for it. He takes it.

Later that day, he joins Stiles at his folks’ garage, and while his buddy is searching for some contraband, he just blurts out that he’s a werewolf. Stiles thinks he’s joking at first, but upon turning around, gets the shock of his life.

He takes a few minutes to regain himself, and then confirms if Scott can turn whenever he wants. Ideas begin to roll in; thoughts about what a teen wolf can do. In the eyes of Stiles, Scott is nothing short of beautiful.

He heads home to find Boof and his dad shooting hoops, and walks up to them, scared that his dad might have told her something. The man’s only crime was having a good time, so there wasn’t an ounce of guilt on his face. Just then, Boof asks Scott to walk her home, and despite his flimsy excuses, he still does it.

As they walk, they talk about everything: how Scott is still crushing on someone else’s girlfriend; how they ran away from home when they were five and nobody noticed. Boof stops abruptly, gently tugging on Scott’s jacket as she lets him know that she’s available if he ever needs to talk. Unfortunately, he doesn’t think she’ll understand this time.

They part ways after this.

Game day arrives once again. This time, it’s the Beavers versus the Meechum Cadets. Boof and Stiles make an appearance, wishing Scott goodluck as they head to their chairs to sit.

Sadly, Scott is knocked down within the first few minutes, but it earns his team a free throw. He steadies himself for the first shot and misses it just like the others. He gets a seconds shot, but this time, his eyes glow red as he taps into his werewolf abilities. The ball goes straight into the net and everyone except Pamela celebrates the win.

Scott just watches as she’s engrossed in a conversation with Mick, the bane of his flesh. The game continues soon enough, and Scott steals the ball from one of his opponents. For some reason, he refuses to let go of it and gets tag-teamed by about six other players.

He begins to growl as they push him down, and in no time, emanates from their midst a full blown werewolf. As fur covers almost every inch of his exposed flesh, silence falls upon the room. Even Vice principal Thorne can’t bring himself to say a word.

In turn, Scott bounces the ball, looking straight into the eyes of whoever dares to look back. Seeing as no one makes a move, Scott drives the ball until he’s close to the net and dunks it like no man’s business. Still confused, the referee blows the whistle, signaling the goal for the Beavers.

Slowly, everyone else rejoins the match, only for Scott to score again. The Beavers, who haven’t won a single match in three years, see him as the basketball messiah and suddenly forget that he’s a dangerous hybrid. It serves in their favor though.

As the match plays out, Scott continues to shine, stealing balls from the opposing team and dunking them like donuts in tea. The beavers have never scored so many goals since their existence, so they practically hurl Scott to a restaurant after the match. Pamela sits so close to him that it makes Mick physically ill, and he gets pizza on the house.

Things change from this moment forward; people Scott doesn’t even know say hi to him in the halls, girls swoon over him in bulk and he gives out more handshakes than a politician running for office.

Vice principal Thorne tries to threaten him like he used to, but Scott couldn’t be worried. He simply flashes the man his fangs and goes about his day.

Another match, another victory. The cheerleaders sing his praise, and the mascot dumps his beaver costume for that of a wolf. After the beavers win, Scott gets ambushed by a bunch of kids begging for his autograph.

Test scores come out soon, and while stiles gets a D-minus, Scott easily bags an A. During lunch, he and Boof walk downstairs together and she mentions all the advantages that being a werewolf has brought for Scott. In turn, he plays it humble, trying to pretend like it’s not that big a deal.

Well, Stiles selling wolf merch doesn’t help his case, nor does Pamela coming with news about Mr Kirk wanting Scott to be in the school play. Boof gives him one more judgmental look before walking away.

That day, during rehearsals, Pamela gives a dashing performance. Scott, on the other hand, just does whatever. Still, Mr Kirk doesn’t give him a bad review. Shortly after, Pamela invites him to her dressing room and he appears in his human form. She seems to want him as a werewolf and does everything she can to make him transform. It works.

All the way from the parking lot, Vice principal Thorne can hear Scott howling for joy.

The crew goes bowling that night, where Scott bowls five strikes in a row. He and Pamela grow quite close and don’t even try to hide it from a jealous Mick. Well, Pamela doesn’t try; Scott didn’t know Mick was going to be at the bowling alley.

It’s her turn to bowl and she flops spectacularly. Scott tries to help her out but Mick hates how close he’s holding her, so he walks up to Scott, towering over him. He goes as far as insulting Scott’s mother, claiming that he killed her when she came to steal chickens in his backyard.

Angry, the werewolf smashes a bowling ball instead of Mick’s face.

He walks Pamela home after the whole thing, only for her to remind him that Mick is still her boyfriend. Scott doesn’t get it. He wanted to ask her to the spring dance, seeing as they practically spent the day together, but Pamela, being a two timer, clarifies that it didn’t mean anything. She just leaves Scott outside her door, more confused than ever.

Another match day arrives, but Chubby brings an apple, knowing full well that Scott will carry the game alone. He wasn’t wrong. He and Brad end up standing on one corner of the court while Scott scores all the goals needed for them to win.

They’re both mad at him, so when Scott drops by to go out for a celebration, both Chubby and Brad turn him down without a second thought. Coach Finstock doesn’t even tell him what’s actually going on, just to maintain the winning streak.

After washing up, Scott heads out to meet Stiles, but the delinquent pulls up in a new truck. Apparently, he swapped out his convertible for it and plastered the words ‘wolfmobile’ on the side. As much as Scott is impressed, he can’t help but feel like they haven’t seen Lewis in forever. Stiles doesn’t say a word when Scott asks if Lewis is scared of him, and it’s all the werewolf needs to draw conclusions.

To shake off the blues, Scott jumps on top of the wolfmobile and busts out a couple of moves as Stiles drives it downtown. By the time they cross his dad’s hardware store, Scott is busy pulling off a handstand on a moving vehicle.

His dad is doing the taxes when Scott gets home that night, and Harold hardly says hello before asking him why he hasn’t shown up at the hardware store lately. Scott apologizes and then mentions spending the afternoon with stiles. Of course, his dad already knows this, so he says Scott was making a fool of himself.

It turns into a heart to heart as the werewolf explains that he’s still trying to get a hold of things. In turn, Harold talks about his late wife and how they always knew they were meant for each other.

Apparently, Rusty Thorne, the vice principal, used to have a thing for Mrs Howard, Harold’s wife. No matter how many times Harold warned him off, he never stayed away. One day, things got out of hand and Harold turned into a werewolf, leaving a scared Thorne to poop his pants.

Scott would’ve given a foot to be there, but that isn’t his father’s point. He just wants his kid to be more careful with the power he has.

The next morning, Boof stops by Scott’s house so they can walk to school together. She casually brings up the spring dance and Scott asks if she can be his date. Boof wouldn’t mind, but she has one condition – Scott will have to go as himself, and not the werewolf.

He can’t bring himself to agree to her terms, so he settles for a dance with her. Seeing as they’ve been friends forever, Boof can’t say no to his request.

On the night of the spring dance, Scott dresses himself in a white tux, blow-dries his fur, and looks as dashing as ever. He howls for goodluck and heads out.

At the dance, all the students sway to energetic beats, only pausing when Scott joins the party. All the attention instantly switches to him, and he doles out quaint waves. He asks Pamela to save him a dance but Mick promptly tells him to stay away from his girl.

Scott moves on, dancing in small steps until he reaches Boof. The crowd begins to chant ‘wolf’, giving Scott no choice but to bust out the moves. Boof gives him the go ahead and the werewolf pulls off the signature move from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video. Soon, the entire crowd is doing the same.

This is when vice principal Thorne shows up, baffled by how much influence the young man has on his school. While the other students go wolf crazy, Boof takes Scott into the hallway, claiming that she needs the real him for half an hour. Meanwhile, Mick can’t seem to hide his jealousy, and his girl tries to explain wanting to dance with Scott

Anyway, the werewolf transforms back into a human and walks onto the dance floor holding Boof’s hand. They barely get two dance steps in when Mick attacks him, punching him in the face. He repeats his threat for Scott to stay away from his girlfriend, and goes as far as insulting Boof.

He can’t stand for that, so his eyes grow red the moment Mick turns his back. The others have to warn him but  by the time he turns around, Scott’s a full blown werewolf again. He claws at Mick until half of his shirt is in pieces and three others have to hold Mick back to stop him from retaliating.

Snide comments arise from the crowd; some call Scott an animal. The whole time, vice principal Thorne just stands there smiling. Feeling overwhelmed, Scott steps into the hallway, banging the door after getting on the other side of it.

He’s about to go home when Thorne steps into the hallway too, joy in his tone as he informs Scott of his inevitable expulsion. As fate would have it, Harold shows up in the hallway. He instructs his son to go on home, offering to handle Thorne.

The moment his son leaves, he corners Thorne until he’s pressed against the wall and warns him to leave Scott alone. Glaring daggers, Harold growls at the vice principal, making him wet his pants just like he did last time.

Life goes on; Pamela and Scott practice for the school play, but he plays his part as himself. Mr Kirk stops him mid-performance, explaining that everyone wants to see the wolf. Scott stands his ground, and when asked to choose between turning and leaving the play, he leaves immediately.

The blowback from the spring dance incident leaves Scott with a new perspective. He quits the basketball team and boof is out in the hallway trying to change his mind. Stiles joins them soon enough, and when he hears the news, makes it his mission to change Scott’s mind.

It’s just 4 hours left until the championship games, and Stiles had bragged his butt off about the Beavers. Now, he’s stuck with Scott who never wants to turn into a werewolf again. Nothing he says convinces him.

By the time the game starts, it’s obvious to everyone that the Beavers have their fate sealed in stone. The game is against the Dragons, and Mick doesn’t give any of them breathing space. He knocks down Brad so hard that the crowd makes squinting faces. They help the poor guy off the floor and are still attending to him when Scott shows up as himself.

Like heads on a swivel, everyone turns to look at him. Stiles looks more disappointed than everyone else, and coach Finstock approaches Scott by the entrance. He asks about the wolf but Scott expressly states that he’s going to be playing as himself. the crowd calls for the werewolf, but he tells them the same thing.

He rejoins the team after hearing every version of how they’re going to fail, only for him to tell them that he thinks they can actually win. After a little more motivation, they get back on the court. Mick bumps shoulders with Scott, threatening to end him

They get to the game and the ball ends up with Chubby. He’s so confused that he can’t choose what to do with the ball. Mick calls him ‘fat boy’ at this point, yelling at him to shoot it. It annoys Chubby just enough for him to aim for the net, and what do you know, fat boy scores.

The goal motivates the other Beaver players and half of them go on defense and the other half on offense. They begin to work together like never before, weaving their way through opponents and scoring points. The gap between their scores begin to shorten but the dragons do their best to level up.

They even catch a foul for knocking down Scott, and he scores more points on his first attempt at the free throw. Cheers ring through the crowd as the Beavers give it their best, and soon enough, it’s only ten points separating both teams.

Chubby scores his second 3-pointer for the night and does this without even looking. The crowd goes crazy, and it sets off Mick. He knocks down Scott for the fourth time, but the werewolf stands up smiling, happy that Mick only needs one more foul to be kicked out of the game.

The tension builds as the remaining game time falls below five minutes; Scott scores some more points, and Chubby discovers he’s a beast at three pointers. With a minute left on the clock, the beavers are down by only 1 point, trailing 50 – 51.

The Beavers play defense for most of the minute, handing off the ball to Scott with only ten seconds left. He tries to drive it to the net, but Mick blocks his path.

Scott sensibly passes the ball to chubby, collecting it again almost immediately. Sadly, before he can shoot it, Mick knocks him down and the whistle blows. The once cheerful crowd is now enraged, hurling curses at Mick like he stole from a helpless child.

As is his right, Scott gets two free throws. He takes deep breaths as he stands for the first one, with Mick blaring at him from the corner. This doesn’t faze Scott, he just concentrates on the net and shoots the ball straight into it. The score is now tied at 51, and the fate of the Beavers lies in Scott’s hands.

He throws the ball after a few seconds of preparation, and the crowd goes silent as they watch it go. It taps the edge of the net, and then the backboard, before finally sinking into the net.

The court is filled in a split second with celebrating teammates and fans. They lift Scott into the air, cheering him on as they go. Even Chubby, the three point god, gets his turn on the shoulders of adoring fans.

Pamela, witnessing his win, tries to get some time with Scott, shoving off her own boyfriend. Sadly, he just blows past her and hugs Boof, realizing that she’s the one he actually likes. Finally, he runs into his dad’s arm; the man has never been prouder.

Scott sucked at basketball, or he thought he did. Becoming a werewolf and navigating such a change of scene only helped him see that he was actually talented. Sometimes, we lack confidence in ourselves and it’s in embracing our true nature we find the greatest strength.

Teen Wolf 1985.