Werewolves

Werewolves are a very common creature in Goosebumps media.

Description

Generally, werewolves resemble human-shaped wolves.

There are some versions of werewolves that resemble larger wolves.

Becoming a werewolf

"Even a man who is pure of heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the Autumn moon is bright."

―The Wolf Man (1941)

Multiple instances can lead to one transforming into a werewolf. Usually, it is as a result of being bitten by another one.

It is also shown in "Werewolf Skin", that some people may naturally be cursed and transform into werewolves unless the werewolf skin can be removed in certain conditions. Which includes burning the skins unless you do not wish to kill the person under the curse. Most Werewolves that appear in the series have a human form usually seen until near the end of the book or story. This is because they plan to either kill, bite, or attack the person they are usually concealing this from.

They typically choose when to reveal their true form, usually when the captive is alone and/or defenseless.

Goosebumps books featuring werewolves

• Goosebumps
  • The Werewolf of Fever Swamp: Grady Tucker and his family have just moved into a swamp and a dog he comes by is suspected of being a werewolf.
  • A Shocker on Shock Street: Two werewolves named Wolf Boy and Wolf Girl from one of the Shock Street movies save the main characters at one point in the story only to turn on them.
  • Vampire Breath: In the beginning, Tyler is telling the child he is babysitting named Freddy a werewolf story. At the end of the story, Tyler and Freddy come across a bottle of "werewolf sweat" and they accidentally spill it on themselves, turning into werewolves as a result.
  • Werewolf Skin: Aspiring photographer Alex Hunter is staying with his relatives in a town called Wolf Creek. When, Alex learns that werewolves ravage the nearby woods every night, he wants to photograph the creatures. Alex ends up discovering more werewolves than he was expecting.

• Goosebumps Series 2000
  • The Werewolf in the Living Room: Aaron Freidus and his dad are hunters, who captured a man named Ben Grantley whom they suspect is a werewolf who attacked Aaron.

• Give Yourself Goosebumps
  • Trapped in Bat Wing Hall
  • Night in Werewolf Woods
  • The Knight in Screaming Armor
  • Little Comic Shop of Horrors
  • The Werewolf of Twisted Tree Lodge
  • All-Day Nightmare: It is possible to confront multiple werewolves.

• More Tales to Give You Goosebumps
  • "The Werewolf's First Night"

• More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps
  • "Marshmallow Surprise": The kids in the story are all werewolves.

Werewolves in HorrorLand

Werewolves are a very common creature in HorrorLand. Though they can only be seen if one visits Werewolf Village.

Werewolves in video games

• During the events of Escape from HorrorLand after you and Lizzy wind up in Werewolf Village. The only way to stop the werewolf is by catching it in a booby trap in the forest.
• Werewolves appear as a Monster Card in Goosebumps HorrorLand. The card features the cover art from The Werewolf of Fever Swamp.
• Will Blake appears in Goosebumps Night of Scares and Goosebumps Dead of Night, and he is one of the hardest enemies to avoid.
• Will Blake also appears in the Goosebumps Keyboard app.
• Will Blake, Wolf Boy, and Wolf Girl appear in Goosebumps HorrorTown.

Werewolves in Goosebumps comics

• Goosebumps Graphix
  • Creepy Creatures
  • Slappy's Tales of Horror
• IDW Goosebumps Comics
  • Secrets of the Swamp

Werewolves in the Goosebumps series

The following werewolves are listed in alphabetical order.

• Aaron Freidus from The Werewolf in the Living Room: His dad and him hunted down Ben, another werewolf, but Aaron discovered that he himself is one. In the end, he cursed his dad to become one as well.
• Aaron's father from The Werewolf in the Living Room: See above.
• Aunt Marta and Uncle Colin from Werewolf Skin - They had been put under a curse. Alex Hunter, their nephew, removed the curse and they are no longer werewolves.
• Ben Grantley from The Werewolf in the Living Room: The man who was hunted down by the Freiduses. It was revealed that he is indeed a werewolf.
• Blake from Secrets of the Swamp: After using a werewolf pelt from a werewolf hideout to scare away werewolf hunters, the pelt is revealed to be a wolf skin that causes Blake to start turning into a werewolf several weeks after she first puts it on.
• Brian from The Werewolf's First Night: He thought some kids at camp were werewolves but it was all a prank. Under the full moon, Brian discovers he is a werewolf, and he chases them.
• Grady Tucker from The Werewolf of Fever Swamp: Bitten by the werewolf, Will. At the end, it is said he is now a werewolf, but he claims that he doesn't mind.
• Hannah from Werewolf Skin: A deep-voiced girl Alex meets in Wolf Creek. After she refused to go into the house with him to drop off the werewolf skins she soon arrived as Alex noticed a third one. She reveals herself as one, before proceeding to bite Alex as the book ends.
• Marsha, Ricky, and Ronnie from Marshmallow Surprise: They were invited into the home of Mrs. Spooner who had given them hot chocolate that is supposed to melt their bones. They reveal they are werewolves, and they eat her.
• Will Blake from The Werewolf of Fever Swamp: An older child Grady met, near the end of the book it was revealed he was the werewolf of Fever Swamp. In the book, he was defeated by Wolf after attacking Grady. In the TV episode, Will was knocked into Fever Swamp where he sank into it.
• Wolf Boy and Wolf Girl from A Shocker on Shock Street: A pair of werewolf characters from the Shock Street film series. They save Erin Wright and Marty before trying to kill them. In the book and graphic novel they're depicted as realistic werewolves. In Goosebumps HorrorTown, the two have a more robotic appearance. Wolf Boy is depicted in blue and Wolf Girl is depicted in magenta, sporting a dress.
• Wolfie: A toothless werewolf you run into in Little Comic Shop of Horrors.

Gallery

The Werewolf of Fever Swamp

The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (Classic Goosebumps)

The Werewolf in the Living Room

The werewolves as seen in Night in Werewolf Woods.

The Werewolf of Twisted Tree Lodge (concept art)

The Werewolf of Twisted Tree Lodge

The werewolves as seen in All-Day Nightmare.

The French cover for The Werewolf in the Living Room.

The French cover for "The Werewolf's First Night".

Will Blake as seen in the television adaptation.

Will Blake as seen in Goosebumps.

Concept art of werewolves from Goosebumps.

Will as a werewolf as depicted on the UK cover of The Werewolf of Fever Swamp.

Will as a werewolf as depicted on the Dutch cover of The Werewolf of Fever Swamp.

Will as a werewolf as depicted on the French cover of The Werewolf of Fever Swamp.

Will as a werewolf as depicted on the Korean cover of The Werewolf of Fever Swamp.

Will as a werewolf as depicted on the Indonesian cover of The Werewolf of Fever Swamp.

Trivia

• Despite Full Moon Fever would supposedly seem to be a werewolf book, the animalistic beasts Robbie and Alesha turn into are referred to as beasts and not werewolves.