History Series / Bitten

* DemotedToExtra: Karl only appears once in Season Two. He’s a recurring character again in Season Three.

* KilledOffForReal: Peter at the end of episode three, Antonio in episode seven, and Phillip in the finale of season 1.

The series stars Creator/LauraVandervoort, of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' and ''Series/{{V|2009}}'' (2009) fame, as Elena Michaels, the world's only female werewolf. Elena Michaels is living in Toronto, trying to enjoy a "normal" life, only to find herself called back to Bear Valley by her pack. The packs are the ruling power of the werewolves and are being challenged by a rogue member of their species killing people on their doorstep. Elena must decide whether to stay with her family or try to continue living her normal life, all the while dealing with an increasingly difficult situation.

Spoilers for season one are unmarked.

** Aleister is linked to Ruth and Paige, being [[spoiler:their son and half-brother respectively]].
** Clay is bitten as a child by [[spoiler:Malcolm]] rather than an unnamed werewolf.
** Victor Olson was Elena’s neighbor when she was younger, and she was one of his victims.
** Werewolves and witches are connected, with the former [[spoiler:being created by a witch's curse]]. The books use a vague "evolution creates supernatural races" handwave.

** Karl is noted in the books to have a "casual friendship" with Elena. In the series, this doesn't seem to be the case.

* AxCrazy: Scott Brandon, the first Mutt that Elena and Clay hunt in the series, believes his powers give him the right to do whatever he wants to "normal" people. This includes a murder, rape, and killing spree across Bear Valley.

* BloodFromEveryOrifice: How Aleister's spell kills [[spoiler:Dr. Bauer.]]

* CompositeCharacter: Aleister has shades of multiple characters from the books. His position as the original financier of the scientific program to kidnap and study supernaturals comes from the book's Tyrone Winsloe. Alesitar wanting custody of Savannah is a role taken from Savannah's father Kristof Nast and the half-demon Leah who had that role in the novels. And finally him being an EvilSorcerer leading the experiments in The Instuite comes from the book's Isaac Katzen.
* CompressedAdaptation: Season 2 has whole chunks of the book it's based on cut out to simplify and streamline things. The facility where Elena is held only contains her and Savannah, as opposed to a multitude of different supernaturals. Their purpose is [[spoiler: to enable Aleister to kill all witches]], as opposed to the book's purpose of studying supernaturals to discover their origins.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: Approximately thirty years ago, Ruth [[spoiler:gave birth to a male child, Aleister, and blackmailed Clara into killing him by threatening to expose her use of black magic to the coven]]. Clara [[spoiler: could not go through with it and spared his life instead, leaving him in front of a church]]. After Ruth became coven leader, she destroyed Clara's talisman after she was found trading spells for money, making her powerless as a witch. Clara [[spoiler:hunted Aleister down and told him who and what he was]] in revenge for Ruth's actions.

** [[spoiler:Malcolm is a special case, since in the books they NeverFoundTheBody (and he is later revealed to be alive). In the series, he dies on-screen.]]

* DysfunctionJunction: Pete was a drug addict whose loss of control caused a girl's death. Clay was changed as a child and abandoned in a swamp, Elena was the victim of a pedophile. Fortunately, ThereAreNoTherapists is averted with Logan.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The relationship between Aleister and Dr. Bauer is...unconventional, to say the least. It initially looks as though he is mostly using her for her intellect, but when she [[spoiler: turns herself into a werewolf and is driven insane as a result, he seems genuinely distressed and upset]]. As heartless as he is, he does appear to care about her.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: After becoming unexpectedly pregnant, Rachel is excited to be a mother. [[spoiler:That changes in season 2 when she gets kidnapped, experimented upon, and tortured because Logan (and by extension the baby boy she's pregnant with) are werewolves. She has an abortion off-screen, largely because she ''cannot'' deal with all these new aspects in her life...except it was a lie to get Logan out of her life, as she was afraid of what he was]].

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Elena ''hates'' being a werewolf. Given that Clay [[spoiler: forced her into their world by biting her against her will]], it's not hard to see why.

** Witches only have female children: they are technically able to have male children, but this is forbidden since it violates a commandment. The only exception is [[spoiler:Aleister.]]

* PragmaticAdaptation: The story behind Elena's issues with Clay is dramatically altered, since in the books he panicked and bit her after taking her home to introduce her to Jeremy. In the series, however, [[spoiler:they arrived at Stonehaven just as Jeremy was Changing after a run and there was a real risk of Elena having seen him. Jeremy had planned to kill her to avoid risking exposure, so in-series Clay actually saved her life.]] This also serves to simplify/avoid having to explain the complicated 10-year on-and-off relationship Elena and Clay had in the books before getting together again for good and makes their on-screen relationship more stable.
* PubertySuperpower: Witches appear to manifest their powers around the onset of puberty
* RapeAsBackstory: Elena was sexually abused as a child by Victor Olsen. The trope is less exploitative than usual as the scene where she reveals it to her boyfriend is handled quite tastefully with a discussion about how men sometimes react.
** Similarly, how Elena became a werewolf. [[spoiler:That Clay didn't ask her and risked her life is what caused the rift between them.]]
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Victor Olsen is a pedophile [[spoiler: and now a werewolf]].

** Inverted with [[spoiler:Aleister]], who is the only known male witch.

** Elena's fight with Alastair [[CurbStompBattle went only one way]]. This is what happens when someone who depends solely on their powers to fight loses them before facing a martial artist.

* TheUnmasquedWorld: [[spoiler:In the final episode of the series Elena makes the decision to blow TheMasquerade wide open, having Sasha transform into a wolf in front of a room full of reporters. The final moments of the series consist of broadcasts from all over the world showing how humanity is dealing with the knowledge that werewolves exists]].

* WallBangHer: Nick and [[spoiler:Paige]] in season 2. Although technically it's against a tree rather than a wall.

* RealityEnsues: Dating a supernatural creature without knowing about their true nature doesn't work out well. Both Phillip and Rachel had bad reactions once they learned about Logan and Elena (especially since they found out in the worst ways possible). Also, Phillip's relationship with Elena led to his death, while Rachel ended things with Logan after being kidnapped.
** Elena's fight with Alastair [[CurbStompBattle went only one way]]. This is what happens when someone who depends solely on their powers to fight loses them before facing a martial artist.
** Similarly, before she is able to finally kill him, Elena's fight against Malcolm was mostly her being wailed on. A realistic version of what happens when a woman goes up against someone much bigger and stronger than she is, and who isn't holding back in a fight.
** The wolves had a hard time trusting the witches, and were often rude to them. Usually a side effect of having people break into their houses several times, using magic to literally blind them, and repeatedly lift them up in the air as an intimidation tactic.

* AxCrazy: The first Mutt believes his powers give him the right to do whatever he wants to "normal" people. This includes a murder, rape, and killing spree across Bear Valley.

** Similarily, before she is able to finally kill him, Elena's fight against Malcolm was mostly her being wailed on. A realistic version of what happens when a woman goes up against someone much bigger and stronger than she is, and who isn't holding back in a fight.

** The first Mutt kills an eleven-year-old without qualms.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: Approximately thirty years ago, [[spoiler: Ruth gave birth to a male child, Aleister, and blackmailed Clara into killing him by threatening to expose her use of black magic to the coven]]. Clara [[spoiler: could not go through with it and spared his life instead, leaving him in front of a church]]. After Ruth became coven leader, she destroyed Clara's talisman after she was found trading spells for money, making her powerless as a witch. Clara [[spoiler:hunted Aleister down and told him who and what he was]] in revenge for Ruth's actions.

* ActualPacifist: Elena is trying to live like this. [[spoiler: She changes her tune after Peter dies.]]

** Clara has her past linked to Aleister (both original to the show), and Aleister is linked to Ruth and Paige [[spoiler: (being their son and half-brother respectively)]]
** Clay is bitten as a child [[spoiler: by Malcolm, rather than an unnamed werewolf]].
** Victor Olsen is a pedophile in books too, [[spoiler: the connection to Elena is new for the show]]
** Werewolves and Witches. The books use a vague "evolution creates supernatural races" handwave, the show explicitly has [[spoiler:Werewolves created by a Witch's curse]]

** Stonehaven is 100 miles west of Syracuse, in the middle of nowhere, and the closest town, 50 miles away, is "Bear Valley." Apparently Buffalo and Rochester no longer exist. Also for some reason a train goes from Toronto to Bear Valley. Especially egregious considering that this was filmed in Toronto, and they should know better.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Elena rejects Clay's advances with acrimony, but a sexy dream sequence reveals she fantasizes about him still.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: Ruth destroyed Clara's talisman (after she's found trading spells for money), making her powerless as a witch. Approximately thirty years ago [[spoiler: Ruth gave birth to Aleister and demanded Clara kill him (as a male which should never live, per the commandmant)]]. Clara [[spoiler: spares his life, leaves him in front of a church...and twenty-six years later hunts him down and tells him exactly who he is in revenge for Ruth's actions.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Antonio, Phillip and Karl.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The relationship between Alistar/[[spoiler:Timothy]] and Dr. Baur is...unconventional to say the least. It initially looks as though he is mostly using her for her intellect. When she [[spoiler: turns herself into a werewolf and it drives her insane though, he does seem genuinely distressed and upset by it.]] As heartless as he is, he does appear to care about her.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: [[spoiler: After becoming unexpectedly pregnant, Rachel is excited to be a mother. That changes in season 2 when she gets kidnapped, experimented upon, and tortured because Logan (and by extension the baby boy she's pregnant with) are werewolves. She has an abortion off-screen late in season 2 largely in part because she ''cannot'' deal with all these new aspects in her life.]]
** [[spoiler: This, however, was a lie as she was afraid of Logan and what he was and wanted him out of her life.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Elena has two: the first after her first kill, the second after [[spoiler: Peter's death]].

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Peter at the end of Episode Three, Antonio in Episode Seven. And now, Phillip in the finale of Season 1.]]

* OneGenderRace: two examples so far:

** Witches only have female children. [[spoiler: It's explained in-series that witches are technically able to have male children but prevent it from happening since it violates a commandment.]] The only exception is [[spoiler:Aleister.]]

* PragmaticAdaptation: The story behind Elena's issues with Clay is dramatically altered, since [[spoiler:in the books he panicked and bit her after taking her home to introduce her to Jeremy. In the series, however, they arrived at Stonehaven just as Jeremy was Changing after a run and there was a real risk of Elena having seen him. Jeremy had planned to kill her to avoid risking exposure, so in-series Clay actually saved her life.]] This also serves to simplify/avoid having to explain the complicated 10-year on-and-off relationship Elena and Clay had in the books before getting together again for good and makes their on-screen relationship more stable.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: There are two in-universe examples
** Elena is the only woman to ever survive being turned into a werewolf. However it is averted in the sense that Rachel Sutton is a member of the main cast.
** Inverted with Alistair, who is the only known male witch.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Logan]]

* ForScience: the doctor Alistair subverted is clearly not without empathy, but it's totally subsumed by her hunger to understand the supernatural people she's studying.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Antonio and Phillip.]]
** [[spoiler:Malcolm is a special case, since in the books they NeverFoundTheBody. In the series, he dies on-screen.]]

* CompositeCharacter: Aleister has shades of multiple characters from the books. His position as the original financier of the scientific program to kidnap and study supernaturals comes from the book's Tyrone Winsloe. Alesitar wanting custody of Savannah is a role taken from Savannah's father Kristof Nast and the half-demon Leah who had that role in the novels. And finally him being an EvilSorcerer leading the experiments in The Instuite comes from the books Isaac Katzen.

* CompositeCharacter: Aleister has shades of multiple characters from the books. His position as the original financier of the scientific program to kidnap and study supernaturals comes from the book's Tyronne Winsloe. Alesitar wanting custody of Savannah is a role taken from Savannah's father Kristof Nast and the half-demon Leah who had that role in the novels.

* CompositeCharacter: Aleister has shades of multiple characters - the original financier of the scientific program, the sorcerer in charge, and a half-demon who wants custody of Savannah.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: Clara has her past linked to Aleister (both original to the show), and Aleister is linked to Ruth and Paige [[spoiler: (being their son and half-brother respectively)]]

* CompositeCharacter: Aleister has shades of multiple characters - the original financer of the scientific program, the sorcerer in charge, and a half-demon who wants custody of Savannah.

** [spoiler: This, however, was a lie as she was afraid of Logan and what he was and wanted him out of her life.]]

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: [[spoiler: After becoming unexpectedly pregnant, Rachel is excited to be a mother. That changes in season 2 when she gets kidnapped, experimented upon, and tortured because Logan (and by extension the baby boy she's pregnant with) are werewolves. She has an abortion off-screen late in season 2 largely in part because she ''cannot'' deal with all these new aspects in her life.
** This, however, was a lie as she was afraid of Logan and what he was and wanted him out of her life.]]

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: [[spoiler: After becoming unexpectedly pregnant, Rachel is excited to be a mother. That changes in season 2 when she gets kidnapped, experimented upon, and tortured because Logan (and by extension the baby boy she's pregnant with) are werewolves. She has an abortion off-screen late in season 2 largely in part because she ''cannot'' deal with all these new aspects in her life]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The relationship between Alistar/[[spoiler:Timothy]] and Dr. Baur is...unconventional to say the least. It initially looks as though he is mostly using her for her intellect. When she [[spoiler: turns herself into a werewolf and it drives her insane, he does seem genuinely distressed and upset by it.]] A heartless as he is, he does appear to care about her.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The relationship between Alistar/[[spoiler:Timothy]] and Dr. Baur is...unconventional to say the least. It does appear as though he is mostly using her for her intellect. When she [[spoiler: turns herself into a werewolf and it drives her insane, he does seem genuinely distressed and upset by it.]] A heartless as he is, he does appear to care about her.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The relationship between Alistar/[[spoiler:Timothy]] and Dr. Baur is...unconventional to say the least. It does appear as though he is mostly using her for her intellect. When she [[spoiler: turns herself into a werewolf and it drives her insane, he does seem genuinely distressed and upset by it.]] A heartless as he is, he does appear to care about her.

''Bitten'' is a 2014 Canadian television series based on ''Literature/TheOtherworld'' series of books by author Kelley Armstrong; the show is named after the first book. The majority of the filming for the series is done in Toronto, Canada. The series premiered on January 11, 2014, and was broadcast on Space in Canada and Creator/{{Syfy}} in the United States.

''Bitten'' is a 2014 Canadian television series based on the ''Literature/{{Women of the Otherworld}}'' series of books by author Kelley Armstrong; the show is named after the first book. The majority of the filming for the series is done in Toronto, Canada. The series premiered on January 11, 2014, and was broadcast on Space in Canada and Creator/{{Syfy}} in the United States.

The series stars Creator/LauraVandervoort, of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' and ''[[Series/{{V2009}} V]]'' (2009) fame, as Elena Michaels, the world's only female werewolf. Elena Michaels is living in Toronto, trying to enjoy a "normal" life, only to find herself called back to Bear Valley by her pack. The packs are the ruling power of the werewolves and are being challenged by a rogue member of their species killing people on their doorstep. Elena must decide whether to stay with her family or try to continue living her normal life, all the while dealing with an increasingly difficult situation.

* WouldHurtAChild: The first Mutt kills an eleven-year-old without qualms.

* YouFailGeographyForever:
** Stonehaven is 100 miles west of Syracuse, in the middle of nowhere, and the closest town, 50 miles away, is "Bear Valley." Apparently Buffalo and Rochester no longer exist. Also for some reason a train goes from Toronto to Bear Valley. Especially egregious considering that this was filmed in Toronto, and they should know better.
** The Pack drove from Rochester to Baton Rouge in the same day, approximately 1400 miles.

''Bitten'' is a 2014 Canadian television series based on the ''WomenOfTheOtherworld'' series of books by author Kelley Armstrong; the show is named after the first book. The majority of the filming for the series is done in Toronto, Canada. The series premiered on January 11, 2014, and was broadcast on Space in Canada and Creator/{{Syfy}} in the United States.

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''Bitten'' is a 2014 Canadian television series based on the ''WomenOfTheOtherworld'' series of books by author Kelley Armstrong; the show is named after the first book. The majority of the filming for the series is done in Toronto, Canada. It stars Creator/LauraVandervoort, from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' and ''[[Series/{{V2009}} V]]'' (2009), as Elena Michaels, the world's only female werewolf.

Elena Michaels is living in Toronto, trying to enjoy a "normal" life, only to find herself called back to Bear Valley by her pack. The packs are the ruling power of the werewolves and are being challenged by a rogue member of their species killing people on their doorstep. Elena must decide whether to stay with her family or try to continue living her normal life, all the while dealing with an increasingly difficult situation.

The series is broadcast on Space channel in Canada and Creator/{{Syfy}} in the United States. The second season premiered in February of 2015 and is loosely based on ''Stolen,'' the second book in the series. The third and final season aired from February 12, 2016 to April 15, 2016.