# If werewolves become wolves at the full moon... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-werewolves-become-wolves-at-the-full-moon/403598 "2007-05-10T21:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-werewolves-become-wolves-at-the-full-moon/403598/21 "2007-05-11T13:28:10Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] There is a werebeagle in Spider Robinson’s [Callahan’s Lady](http://www.amazon.com/Callahans-Lady-Spider-Robinson/dp/0671318314). [/QUOTE] I guess that was probably an homage to a story about a were-poodle in one of the stories collected in [Tales from Gavagan’s Bar](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780553131277&itm=2) by the great team of L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. I’m certainly not going to read any more of Robinson’s nauseous Callahan stories to find out. As far as I know, all that full-moon stuff originated with Universal Studios. I’m suprised so many writers would use it. (This being the Straight Dope, I hope somebody will correct me if I’m mistaken.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-werewolves-become-wolves-at-the-full-moon/403598/22 "2007-05-11T13:44:14Z")
> [@](#): > > As far as I know, all that full-moon stuff originated with Universal Studios. I’m suprised so many writers would use it. (This being the Straight Dope, I hope somebody will correct me if I’m mistaken.) Nope – you’re right. It originated with the Henry Hull flick “Werewolf of London”, which also promoted the notion of a “werewolf” as a hairy humanoid creature instead of a man that could change into a wolf.. But Curt Siodmak and Lon Chaney Jr. and Fred Peirce are responsible for more of our impressions of Wrewolves/wolfmen ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-werewolves-become-wolves-at-the-full-moon/403598/23 "2007-05-11T14:03:44Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] The OP’s from NZ so they should know it’s when the [Killer Sheep](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0779982/) come out. [/QUOTE] That movie looks spectacular! I just tried to add it to my Netflix queue, but it’s availibility is unknown ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-werewolves-become-wolves-at-the-full-moon/403598/24 "2007-05-11T22:03:17Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] That movie looks spectacular! I just tried to add it to my Netflix queue, but it’s availibility is unknown ☹ [/QUOTE] It hasn’t even come out in theaters yet, so that’s why. You can see the trailer [here](http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/blacksheep/trailer/). I’m definitely looking forward to it 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-werewolves-become-wolves-at-the-full-moon/403598/25 "2007-05-12T00:16:04Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Yes, _Reaper Man_. There’s a bit towards the end where the zombie Windle Poons and spirit guide One-Man-Bucket are talking it over. AD&D 1st Edition Monster Manual mention “wolfweres” who were wolves with the occasional ability to become men - otherwise much the same as werewolves IIRC. [/QUOTE] The wolfweres were repelled or otherwise rendered harmless by iron pentagrams. Silver had no great effect on them. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-werewolves-become-wolves-at-the-full-moon/403598/26 "2007-05-12T01:02:12Z")
“ **Black Sheep** ” is – as you might expect – gory, silly, and a lot of fun. But be that as it may. I’m deeply impressed by **Terrifel** ’s revelation that werewolves’ shapeshifting causes the moon to become full. So obvious, when you think about it. Presumably this means that at the new moon, all the werewolves are at home having a beer instead. Do you suppose it would be possible to hire a group of werewolves to transform every night, in order to _keep_ the moon full? This would obviously be useful the next time anyone launches a moon rocket, so that the astronauts would be able to aim at their target better. I really don’t understand why NASA hasn’t taken advantage of this already. It would also be useful for the romantically-inclined, of course. You might charter the local pack to ensure that you could take long, romantic moonlit walks on the beach. As long as you didn’t mind, er, the strong possibilty that you might get torn to pieces by a pack of bloody werewolves. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-werewolves-become-wolves-at-the-full-moon/403598/27 "2007-05-12T03:28:35Z")
And, of course, just as a Jewish werewolf can be warded off by a Mogen David, the proper tool for repelling an atheist werewolf is Kant’s _Critique of Pure Reason_. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-werewolves-become-wolves-at-the-full-moon/403598/28 "2007-05-12T06:07:01Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] And, of course, just as a Jewish werewolf can be warded off by a Mogen David, the proper tool for repelling an atheist werewolf is Kant’s _Critique of Pure Reason_. [/QUOTE] That’s … er … vampires, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-werewolves-become-wolves-at-the-full-moon/403598/29 "2007-05-12T06:17:01Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Chupacabra. [/QUOTE] But there aren’t any goats to feed on for miles… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-werewolves-become-wolves-at-the-full-moon/403598.md?page=1)