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* OverprotectiveDad: Played straight with Matthew Donner. Subverted with Willard Cates.
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* BizarroEpisode: "Leader of the Pack". See YMMV Entry and also UnreliableNarrator
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Sophia and Lucas. Matthew lectures her on hanging out with Luke, and even yanks her out of Luke's car.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Sophia and Lucas. Matthew lectures her on hanging out with Luke, Lucas, and even yanks her out of Luke's Lucas's car.
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* AngstySurvivingTwin: Ruby. She had a twin sister named Amanda who died [[spoiler:in her first Flip.]] Ruby is shown visiting Amanda's grave in the Teen Cemetery, on their shared birthday.
* BizarroEpisode: Leader of the Pack. See YMMV Entry and also UnreliableNarrator
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* AngstySurvivingTwin: Ruby. She had a twin sister named Amanda who died [[spoiler:in her first Flip.]] Flip]]. Ruby is shown visiting Amanda's grave in the Teen Cemetery, on their shared birthday.
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* AgeAppropriateAngst: Brutally so, as puberty for the "Hill Kids" brings their first transformation or "Flip" which [[spoiler:holds a 50-50 chance of dying in the process]].
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* AgeAppropriateAngst: Brutally so, as puberty for the "Hill Kids" brings their first transformation or "Flip" "Flip", which [[spoiler:holds a 50-50 chance of dying in the process]].
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Sherman Blackstone. Willard, Vivian, and Matthew all make mention that: Sherman has been fulfilling his functions as Pack Keeper and healer for centuries.
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* DeathByIrony: Willard Cates. [[spoiler: The dude was already dying of cancer. But someone got impatient, and had to go and shoot him.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Tyler Creed. One of the show's main antagonists, during "Excitable Boy" Tyler is accused of raping a local lounge singer. He, in turn, accuses another man of the crime, stating "I'd kill you myself for what you did to her. I wouldn't mind being blamed for that at all."
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Tyler Creed. One of the show's main antagonists, during "Excitable Boy" Tyler is accused of raping a local lounge singer. He, in turn, accuses another man of the crime, stating "I'd kill you myself for what you did to her. I wouldn't mind being blamed for that at all."
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* DeathByIrony: Willard Cates. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The dude was already dying of cancer. But someone got impatient, and had to go and shoot him.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: TylerCreed. One Creed, one of the show's main antagonists, during antagonists. During "Excitable Boy" Boy", Tyler is accused of raping a local lounge singer. He, in turn, accuses another man of the crime, stating "I'd kill you myself for what you did to her. I wouldn't mind being blamed for that at all."
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Tyler
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* HuntingAccident:[[spoiler: Willard Cates.]] His death was claimed to be this, but no one actually believes that. Not even Kanin.
* IAmAMonster: Matthew Donner. Played straight while subverted. [[spoiler: Matthew is a werewolf. But he swore off shifting when he fell in love with, and married, his human wife Marie. He hopes that his daughter Sophia will take after her mother. Not him. He still sides with the humans as sheriff, and is looked down upon for "abandoning his blood."]]
* IAmAMonster: Matthew Donner. Played straight while subverted. [[spoiler: Matthew is a werewolf. But he swore off shifting when he fell in love with, and married, his human wife Marie. He hopes that his daughter Sophia will take after her mother. Not him. He still sides with the humans as sheriff, and is looked down upon for "abandoning his blood."]]
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* HuntingAccident:[[spoiler: Willard Cates.]] HuntingAccident:[[spoiler:Willard Cates]]. His death was claimed to be this, but no one actually believes that. Not even Kanin.
* IAmAMonster: Matthew Donner. Played straight while subverted.[[spoiler: Matthew [[spoiler:Matthew is a werewolf. But he swore off shifting when he fell in love with, and married, his human wife Marie. He hopes that his daughter Sophia will take after her mother. Not mother, not him. He still sides with the humans as sheriff, and is looked down upon for "abandoning his blood."]] blood"]].
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* MadScientist: A Van Helsing wannabe kidnaps the White Wolf, and later John; in a convoluted attempt to force John to shift on camera, for an early live-streamed web event.
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* MadScientist: A Van Helsing wannabe kidnaps the White Wolf, and later John; John, in a convoluted attempt to force John to shift on camera, on-camera for an early live-streamed web event.
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* Masquerade: Though not all humans in town seem to know its secret, some do. One man tells John Kanin that "They don't like dogs. And dogs don't like them." But Sophia's human date seems rather unconcerned that Lucas Cates is looking at him "like some AV geek trying to chat up his woman." Showing that[[spoiler: he thinks Lucas is just a high school jock, not a werewolf.]] Every townie John Kanin meets actively tries to deceive him and get him to leave. Neither the humans nor the Hill People will answer any of his questions about Ruby. Also, Sheriff Donner actively though amicably lies to neighboring law enforcement when a crime crosses jurisdictional lines.
* MonstersAnonymous: Played straight and also for comedy. [[spoiler: Matthew Donner runs a 12 Step program for werewolves who want to mainstream as human. Complete with sponsors and confessions. At the end of the meeting, he tells the group to meet him at the bar because he is buying. But it turns out Matt is a really lousy sponsor.]]
* MonstersAnonymous: Played straight and also for comedy. [[spoiler: Matthew Donner runs a 12 Step program for werewolves who want to mainstream as human. Complete with sponsors and confessions. At the end of the meeting, he tells the group to meet him at the bar because he is buying. But it turns out Matt is a really lousy sponsor.]]
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* Masquerade: TheMasquerade: Though not all humans in town seem to know its secret, some do. One man tells John Kanin that "They don't like dogs. And dogs don't like them." But Sophia's human date seems rather unconcerned that Lucas Cates is looking at him "like some AV geek trying to chat up his woman." Showing that[[spoiler: woman", showing that he thinks Lucas is just a high school jock, not a werewolf.]] werewolf. Every townie John Kanin meets actively tries to deceive him and get him to leave. Neither the humans nor the Hill People will answer any of his questions about Ruby. Also, Sheriff Donner actively though amicably lies to neighboring law enforcement when a crime crosses jurisdictional lines.
* MonstersAnonymous: Played straight and also for comedy.[[spoiler: Matthew [[spoiler:Matthew Donner runs a 12 Step program for werewolves who want to mainstream as human. Complete with sponsors and confessions. At the end of the meeting, he tells the group to meet him at the bar because he is buying. But it turns out Matt is a really lousy sponsor.]]sponsor]].
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Willard Cates. He runs the town from his house on the Hill. He claims to "write most of the checks" in town. But he is well respected to the point of the townspeople covering for him when [[spoiler: John comes looking for Willard's daughter Ruby.]] He is also [[spoiler: the Pack Alpha,]]and holds the title of Chairman of the Wolf Lake Brewery. All conflicts in town are run through his office.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Willard Cates. He runs the town from his house on the Hill. He claims to "write most of the checks" in town. But he is well respected to the point of the townspeople covering for him when [[spoiler: John comes looking for Willard's daughter Ruby.]] He is also [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the Pack Alpha,]]and Alpha]], and holds the title of Chairman of the Wolf Lake Brewery. All conflicts in town are run through his office.
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* SmittenTeenageGirl: All of the female Hill Kids, and Sophia Donner toward Lucas Cates.
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* TooManyBabies: Every mother in town. To the point where being an Au Pair is a fairly secure career path. [[spoiler: Because werewolves have litters. Also, presumably to counteract the high mortality rate in the teenage years.]]
* TownWithADarkSecret:[[spoiler: The town is almost entirely peopled with werewolves.]]
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* TooManyBabies: Every mother in town. To the point where being an Au Pair is a fairly secure career path. [[spoiler: Because werewolves have litters. Also, presumably to counteract the high mortality rate in the teenage years.]]
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* AngstySurvivingTwin: Ruby. She had a twin sister named Amanda who died [[spoiler:in her first Flip.]]Ruby is shown visiting Amanda's grave in the Teen Cemetery, on their shared birthday.
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* AngstySurvivingTwin: Ruby. She had a twin sister named Amanda who died [[spoiler:in her first Flip.]]Ruby ]] Ruby is shown visiting Amanda's grave in the Teen Cemetery, on their shared birthday.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Sherman Blackstone. Willard, Vivian, and Matthew all make mention that Sherman has been fulfilling his functions as Pack Keeper and healer for centuries.
* AngstySurvivingTwin: Ruby. She had a twin sister named Amanda who died [[spoiler:in her first Flip.]]Ruby is shown visiting Amanda's grave on in the Teen Cemetery on their shared birthday.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sophia. For all that she loves Matthew, she resents him. To be fair, he is gone half the time, and is still fairly controlling. Also Ruby, while in her twenties, gives Willard and especially Vivian a lot of crap.
* CarloadOfCoolKids: Sophia takes Luke up on an invitation to ride around in his muscle car with friends while they make out and do drugs. One of the car's occupants is fond of yelling out windows.
* AngstySurvivingTwin: Ruby. She had a twin sister named Amanda who died [[spoiler:in her first Flip.]]Ruby is shown visiting Amanda's grave on in the Teen Cemetery on their shared birthday.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sophia. For all that she loves Matthew, she resents him. To be fair, he is gone half the time, and is still fairly controlling. Also Ruby, while in her twenties, gives Willard and especially Vivian a lot of crap.
* CarloadOfCoolKids: Sophia takes Luke up on an invitation to ride around in his muscle car with friends while they make out and do drugs. One of the car's occupants is fond of yelling out windows.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Sherman Blackstone. Willard, Vivian, and Matthew all make mention that that: Sherman has been fulfilling his functions as Pack Keeper and healer for centuries.
* AngstySurvivingTwin: Ruby. She had a twin sister named Amanda who died [[spoiler:in her first Flip.]]Ruby is shown visiting Amanda's graveon in the Teen Cemetery Cemetery, on their shared birthday.
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* BizarroEpisode: Leader of the Pack. See YMMV Entry and also UnreliableNarrator
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sophia. For all that she loves Matthew, she resents him. To be fair, he is gone half the time, and is still fairly controlling. Also Ruby, while in her twenties, gives Willard andespecially Vivian a lot of crap.
* CarloadOfCoolKids: Sophia takes Luke up on an invitation to ride around in his musclecar with friends car. With friends, while they make out and do drugs. One of the car's occupants is fond of yelling out windows.
* AngstySurvivingTwin: Ruby. She had a twin sister named Amanda who died [[spoiler:in her first Flip.]]Ruby is shown visiting Amanda's grave
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sophia. For all that she loves Matthew, she resents him. To be fair, he is gone half the time, and is still fairly controlling. Also Ruby, while in her twenties, gives Willard and
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* CowboyCop: John Kanin. Shortly after Ruby goes missing, he storms into Wolf Lake demanding answers. He tramples all over jurisdictional lines and even gets locked up by Sheriff Donner. Only to be transitioned back to a ByTheBookCop when [[spoiler:he is hired on by the very same sheriff]].
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* CowboyCop: John Kanin. Shortly after Ruby goes missing, he storms into Wolf Lake demanding answers. He tramples all over jurisdictional lines lines, and even gets locked up by Sheriff Donner. Only to be transitioned back to a ByTheBookCop when [[spoiler:he is hired on by the very same sheriff]].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Tyler Creed. One of the show's main antagonists, during "Excitable Boy" Tyler is accused of raping a local lounge singer. He, in turn, accuses another man of the crime stating "I'd kill you myself for what you did to her. I wouldn't mind being blamed for that at all."
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Tyler Creed. One of the show's main antagonists, during "Excitable Boy" Tyler is accused of raping a local lounge singer. He, in turn, accuses another man of the crime crime, stating "I'd kill you myself for what you did to her. I wouldn't mind being blamed for that at all."
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* FemmeFatale: Almost every female in town with the exception of [[spoiler:Sophia Donner]]. Ruby is the initial example, but shifts between this and DamselinDistress every other episode. Vivian Cates is the most notable in the cast, even managing to combine this with PlayAlongPrisoner, LiteralManeater, and HeroicSeductress all rolled into one during a crisis.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: All of the Hill Kids. Sex is used almost as a default method of socializing, and it appears everyone sleeps with everyone else. Especially Lucas, who is implied not only to have sex on a regular basis with girls his own age, but also older women.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: All of the Hill Kids. Sex is used almost as a default method of socializing, and it appears everyone sleeps with everyone else. Especially Lucas, who is implied not only to have sex on a regular basis with girls his own age, but also older women.
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* FemmeFatale: Almost every female in town with the exception of [[spoiler:Sophia Donner]]. Ruby is the initial example, but example. But she shifts between this and DamselinDistress every other episode. Vivian Cates is the most notable in the cast, cast; even managing to combine this with PlayAlongPrisoner, LiteralManeater, and HeroicSeductress all rolled into one one, during a crisis.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: All of the Hill Kids. Sex is used almost as a default method ofsocializing, socializing; and it appears everyone sleeps with everyone else. Especially Lucas, who is implied not only to have sex on a regular basis with girls his own age, but also older women.
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* IAmAMonster: Matthew Donner. Played straight while subverted. [[spoiler: Matthew is a werewolf, but swore off shifting when he fell in love with and married his human wife Marie. He hopes that his daughter Sophia will take after her mother, not him. He still sides with the humans as sheriff, and is looked down upon for "abandoning his blood."]]
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* IAmAMonster: Matthew Donner. Played straight while subverted. [[spoiler: Matthew is a werewolf, but werewolf. But he swore off shifting when he fell in love with with, and married married, his human wife Marie. He hopes that his daughter Sophia will take after her mother, not mother. Not him. He still sides with the humans as sheriff, and is looked down upon for "abandoning his blood."]]
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* MadScientist: A Van Helsing wannabe kidnaps the White Wolf, and later John in a convoluted attempt to force John to shift on camera for an early live-streamed web event.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Sherman. He is the "Keeper of the Pack". Young Hill Kids are transferred to his science class once they Flip for the first time. There, they learn about their history and the expectations of living in the Pack. He is almost machiavellian in his manipulations of John Kanin. (i.e. Sherman makes hallucinogenic soup and slips it to John, in a bizarre attempt at either getting Kanin to leave Wolf Lake, or to ensure he stays.) Sherman admits fully that he alternates at whim between "Crazy Indian Mystic" and a "Just a high school biology teacher".
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Sherman. He is the "Keeper of the Pack". Young Hill Kids are transferred to his science class once they Flip for the first time. There, they learn about their history and the expectations of living in the Pack. He is almost machiavellian in his manipulations of John Kanin. (i.e. Sherman makes hallucinogenic soup and slips it to John, in a bizarre attempt at either getting Kanin to leave Wolf Lake, or to ensure he stays.) Sherman admits fully that he alternates at whim between "Crazy Indian Mystic" and a "Just a high school biology teacher".
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* MadScientist: A Van Helsing wannabe kidnaps the White Wolf, and later John John; in a convoluted attempt to force John to shift on camera camera, for an early live-streamed web event.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Sherman. He is the "Keeper of the Pack". Young Hill Kids are transferred to his science class once they Flip for the first time. There, they learn about theirhistory history, and the expectations of living in the Pack. He is almost machiavellian Machiavellian in his manipulations of John Kanin. (i.e. Sherman makes hallucinogenic soup and slips it to John, in a bizarre attempt at either getting Kanin to leave Wolf Lake, or to ensure he stays.) Sherman admits fully that he alternates at whim between "Crazy Indian Mystic" and a "Just a high school biology teacher".
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Sherman. He is the "Keeper of the Pack". Young Hill Kids are transferred to his science class once they Flip for the first time. There, they learn about their
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The series also starred Creator/TimMatheson as Sheriff Matthew Donner, Creator/GrahamGreeneActor as Sherman Blackstone, Creator/BruceMcGill as Willard "Will" Cates, Creator/SharonLawrence as Vivian Cates, Creator/PaulWesley as Lucas Cates, Creator/MiaKirschner Creator/MiaKirshner as Ruby Cates, and Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead as Sophia Donner.
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* CarloadOfCoolKids: Sophia takes Luke up on an invitation to ride around in his muscle car with friends while they make out and do drugs. One of the car's occupants is fond of yelling out windows.
* ComingOfAgeStory: Sophia Donner. Especially anxiety inducing, since her father is in denial and [[spoiler:she doesn't know if she will live through her first Flip.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory: Sophia Donner. Especially anxiety inducing, since her father is in denial and [[spoiler:she doesn't know if she will live through her first Flip.]]
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Sophia and Lucas. Matthew lectures her on hanging out with Luke, and even yanks her out of Luke's car.
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* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: See HormoneAddledTeenager. The adults are just as bad as the kids, though. Vivian is having an affair. Sherman seduces two waitresses into his private sauna. Tyler sleeps with half the town. Molly the Deputy tries to seduce Kanin. Even two one-off villains have a deviant, if active, sex life. The only one not getting laid appears to be the Sheriff.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Played straight with Matthew Donner. Subverted with Willard Cates.
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* SmittenTeenageGirl: All of the female Hill Kids, and Sophia Donner toward Lucas Cates.
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Sophia Donner and Ruby Cates.
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A ShortRunner Supernatural drama that aired on Creator/{{CBS}} that aired September 19 to October 24, 2001, canceled after five episodes with remaining four episodes airing Creator/{{UPN}}.
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A ShortRunner Supernatural drama produced by John Leekley Productions that aired on Creator/{{CBS}} that aired from September 19 to October 24, 2001, canceled after five episodes with remaining four episodes airing Creator/{{UPN}}.
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The series also starred Creator/TimMatheson as Sheriff Matthew Donner, Creator/GrahamGreeneActor as Sherman Blackstone, and Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead as Sophia Donner.
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The series also starred Creator/TimMatheson as Sheriff Matthew Donner, Creator/GrahamGreeneActor as Sherman Blackstone, Creator/BruceMcGill as Willard "Will" Cates, Creator/SharonLawrence as Vivian Cates, Creator/PaulWesley as Lucas Cates, Creator/MiaKirschner as Ruby Cates, and Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead as Sophia Donner.
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* MonstersAnonymous: Played straight and also for comedy. [[spoiler: Matthew Donner runs a 12 Step program for werewolves who want to mainstream as human. Complete with sponsors and confessions. At the end of the meeting, he tells the group to meet him at the bar because he is buying. But it turns out Matt is a really lousy sponsor.]]
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* HuntingAccident:[[spoiler: Willard Cates.]] Subverted. His death was claimed to be this, but no one actually believes that. Not even Kanin.
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* DeathByIrony: Willard Cates. [[spoiler: The dude was already dying of cancer. But someone got impatient, and had to go and shoot him.]]
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* IAmAMonster: Matthew Donner. Played straight while subverted. [[spoiler: Matthew is a werewolf, but swore off shifting when he fell in love with and married his wife Marie. He hopes that his daughter Sophia will take after her mother, not him. He still sides with the humans as sheriff, and is looked down upon for "abandoning his blood."]]
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* IAmAMonster: Matthew Donner. Played straight while subverted. [[spoiler: Matthew is a werewolf, but swore off shifting when he fell in love with and married his human wife Marie. He hopes that his daughter Sophia will take after her mother, not him. He still sides with the humans as sheriff, and is looked down upon for "abandoning his blood."]]
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* Masquerade: Though not all humans in town seem to know its secret, some do. One man tells John Kanin that "They don't like dogs. And dogs don't like them." But Sophia's human date seems rather unconcerned that Lucas Cates is looking at him "like some AV geek trying to chat up his woman." Showing that[[spoiler: he thinks Lucas is just a high school jock, not a werewolf.]] Every townie John Kanin meets actively tries to deceive him and get him to leave. Neither the humans nor the Hill People will answer any of his questions about Ruby. Also, Sheriff Donner actively though amicably lies to neighboring law enforcement when a crime crosses jurisdictional lines.
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* PunyHumans: Though Hill People mostly coexist with humans, and appear to have done so for centuries, humans are seen as second-class citizens around town. It's ambiguous if the human townies know this. One man tells John Kanin that "They don't like dogs. And dogs don't like them." But Sophia's human date seems rather unconcerned that Lucas Cates is looking at him "like some AV geek trying to chat up his woman."
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* PunyHumans: Though Hill People mostly coexist with humans, and appear to have done so for centuries, humans are seen as second-class citizens around town. It's ambiguous if the human townies know this. One man tells John Kanin that "They don't like dogs. And dogs don't like them." But Sophia's human date seems rather unconcerned that Lucas Cates is looking at him "like some AV geek trying to chat up his woman."
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* IAmAMonster: Matthew Donner. Played straight while subverted. [[spoiler: Matthew is a werewolf, but swore off shifting when he fell in love with and married his wife Marie. He hopes that his daughter Sophia will take after her mother, not him. He still sides with the humans as sheriff, and is looked down upon for "abandoning his blood."]]
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* PredationIsNatural: The Hill People have a nasty habit of eating people, both Humans and each other. Though the humans are regarded both as prey and with a healthy amount of fear. One of the chief insults used against humans is "Ungulate," which by definition refers to a hoofed prey animal.
* TownWithADarkSecret:[[spoiler: The town is almost entirely peopled with werewolves.]]
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->''"And the Moon! Is it just me, or is it always full around here?"''
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* TooManyBabies: Every mother in town. To the point where being an Au Pair is a fairly secure career path. [[spoiler: Because werewolves have litters. Also, presumably to counteract the high mortality rate in the teenage years.]]
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* AngstySurvivingTwin: Ruby. She had a twin sister named Amanda who died [[spoiler:in her first Flip.]]Ruby is shown visiting Amanda's grave on in the Teen Cemetery on their shared birthday.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: The 'Hill People' or 'Other' are depicted as being able to transition between wolf and human, as well as shifting directly into full wolf form. Actual trained wolves were used in filming the shift scenes.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Both played straight and subverted. The 'Hill People' or 'Other' are depicted as being able to transition between wolf and human, as well as shifting to the traditional Wolf-Man werewolf. However they can also "Flip" directly into full wolf form. Actual trained wolves were used in filming the those shift scenes.