Howler (TV series)

Howler is an American animated action-adventure-supernatural-comedy television series based on the homonymous video game franchise by Daniel Wright, being created by. It is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and it airs on Cartoon Network since June 3rd, 2019, with first-run rights moving to WB Kids in November 2nd, 2019.

Synopsis
Howler's adventures continue as he faces various threats, both returning and new villains.

Main

 * Jeffrey Morrison/Howler (voiced by Charlie Schlatter in his human form and Kevin Michael Richardson in his werewolf form) - a shy and well-meaning young adult who can turn into a werewolf at full moon, being out to revert his state while he fights threats.

From the games

 * Bella Stoker (voiced by Jennifer Hale) - a generally kind vampire who is Howler's love interest, often aiding him.
 * The Ghost Twins, consisting of:
 * George (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - a ghost boy who is usually happy and likes to goof off.
 * Georgia (voiced by Kat Cressida) - a ghost girl who, unlike George, is more serious and more mature. However, even so, she still cares about her brother.
 * Frank N. Stein (voiced by John DiMaggio) - a frankenstein monster who is unintelligent. Despite that, however, he gets random bursts of intelligence. It is later explained by Bella Stoker that he has "multi-intelligence disorder", making him smart at times and stupid at other times.
 * Greg (voiced by Doug Lawrence) - a gargoyle who is immature and is usually a narcissist.
 * Lex the Lynx (vocal effects by Dee Bradley Baker) - a dimwitted lynx who acts like a cat and loves to play. He was rescued by George when a grizzly bear tried to eat him once.
 * Wylda (voiced by Kimberly Brooks) - a witch who likes making potions and casting spells, either helping or harming someone. However, whenever her potions/spells harm someone, it's usually unintentional.
 * The Zombie Duo, consisting of:
 * Zachariah (voiced by Keith Ferguson) - a zombie who is stupid.
 * Zoey (voiced by Nika Futterman) - a zombie who is also stupid, though is shown to be slightly smarter than Zachariah.
 * Phillip (voiced by Bumper Robinson) - a fun-loving young adult who is one of Howler's friends he hangs out with whenever it's daytime and he's not hanging out with his supernatural friends.
 * Lacey (voiced by Mae Whitman) - a studious young adult who is also one of Howler's friends he hangs out with. Just like with Phillip, it's usually whenever it's daytime and Howler's not hanging out with his supernatural friends.
 * Boris Morrison (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) - Jeffrey's strange father who has a high interest in the supernatural.
 * Lisa Morrison (voiced by Susanne Blakeslee) - Jeffrey's mother who is really caring and protective of Jeffrey/Howler.
 * Kris and Kloe (voiced by Ashley Johnson and Lacey Chabert, respectively) - two twin kitsunes who both have a crush on Howler, despite him dating Bella.
 * Mayor Vlad Dracula (voiced by Clancy Brown) - a vampire who is the mayor of the forest all of the supernatural creatures in Shadow Falls live.
 * Jacky (voiced by Tim Curry) - a fictional evil clown character who is from George's favorite show, The Clown & Dinosaur Show.
 * Rex (voiced by Charlie Adler) - a fictional Tyrannosaurus rex character who is Jacky's partner crime.
 * Akamai (voiced by Kate Higgins) - a beautiful Hulu girl who Greg falls in love with.
 * Sasha (voiced by Alanna Ubach) - a succubus who once worked for the General until she was betrayed and is now an ally.
 * Liz the Lizard (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a lizard who became Lex's best friend next to George. In the TV series, she was introduced in Season 2.

Show-exclusive

 * Gwen (voiced by Kath Soucie) - a ghost woman who is the Ghost Twins' mother, being pretty beautiful and very caring of her children.
 * Ophelia (also voiced by Ashley Johnson) - a vampire who is rather naïve about the world around her.
 * Wylda's Students, consisting of:
 * Tiana (voiced by Amanda Leighton) - a teenage girl who is eager to become a witch as she wants to spread joy around the world.
 * Abby (voiced by Janet Varney) - a teenage girl who wants to be a witch to continue her ancestors' legacy, but has anxiety problems.
 * Carol (voiced by Catherine Taber) - a teenage girl who is rather moody and only wants to be a witch to get revenge on those who torment her.
 * Oscar (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) - a teenage boy who is the only male student and wants to be one of the rare male witches so he can pull epic pranks. He is a class clown and even has a crush on Carol.
 * The Ghost Pets, consisting of:
 * Don (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a ghost Dobermann who is the leader of the group.
 * Ted (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a ghost tabby cat.
 * Poppy (vocal effects by Carlos Alazraqui) - a ghost parrot.
 * The Golden Dragon (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a golden dragon from Europe who flew into the Shadow Falls forest centuries ago and currently lurks around.
 * Wayne (voiced by Jay Gragnani) - Lacey's nephew who Jeffrey once had to babysit. According to Lacey, he acts a bit different from the other kids, though not technically a bad thing. According to Daniel and William, it is confirmed that Wayne has mild autism.
 * Courtney (voiced by Danica McKellar) - a young adult who came to Shadow Falls to visit Phillip, who was his old friend before he met Jeffrey/Howler.
 * Santa Claus (voiced by Brad Garrett) - a jolly old man who delivers gifts every Christmas Eve.
 * Drew the Werecat (voiced by Sam Riegel) - a charismatic werecat who likes to have fun.
 * Other Howler (voiced by Bryce Papenbrook) - a different version of Howler who, just like his Prime counterpart, is a hero of the Shadow Falls forest.
 * Adrian Dusk (voiced by Michael Rosenbaum) - a cool vampire who is seen wearing sunglasses and can turn into a bat, and was Bella's best friend before she met the Ghost Twins, Frank and Greg. Howler was jealous of him at first since he believed that Bella liked Adrian more than him and eventually will start dating him instead, leaving Howler to try to get Adrian to leave the forest for good. However, Howler soon learned that Adrian is just Bella's best friend and nothing more and eventually got along with him.
 * Wilbert (voiced by TBD) - a man who was Gwen's old flame back when she was alive, as she eventually and unintentionally gave birth to George and Georgia. He only appeared in flashbacks.

From the games

 * Jeanette Helsing (voiced by Vanessa Marshall) - a woman who wants to eradicate all supernatural beings, whether they're good or bad.
 * The Naga (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) - a giant snake with humanoid arms who constantly tries to kidnap Howler and/or his friends, but always fails miserably.
 * The Black Knight (voiced by ) - a ghostly knight figure who tries to take over the Shadow Falls forest.
 * The Headless Horseman (voiced by Crispin Freeman) - a headless horseman who wants to scare people.
 * Mr. Impton (voiced by John Kassir) - a greedy Imp who loves to steal stuff for fun.
 * Gold Statue (voiced by Catherine Taber) - a golden living human statue who guards a cave.
 * Shadow Howler (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) - a shadow werewolf that is an evil version of Jeffrey/Howler created by the Nightstalker.
 * Baba Yaga (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - an ugly-looking woman who uses a pestle.
 * Mau Taioo (voiced by Jim Cummings) - a Hawaiian cult leader who aims to rule over Hawaii.
 * Leilani (voiced by Colleen Villard) - a member of the cult who is Mau's second-in-command.
 * Naggette (voiced by Jill Talley) - Naga's grouchy mother.
 * Angelica, Sergei and Buddy (voiced by Kari Wahlgren, Rob Paulsen, and Charlie Adler, respectively) - a trio of imps who love to cause chaos.
 * Razor (voiced by Christopher Judge) - a monstrous wolf/vampire hybrid.

Show-exclusive

 * Monsieur Shadowspine (voiced by Nolan North) - a shadow monster who wanted to send Howler to the moon and take over the Shadow Falls forest.
 * The Haunted Toys, consisting of:
 * Teddy T. Bigeye (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) - a haunted teddy bear who is the leader of the haunted toys.
 * Barbara Doll (voiced by Hynden Walch) - a haunted doll who is Teddy's second-in-command.
 * Ace (voiced by JB Blanc) - a haunted action figure who is tough.
 * The Boogeyman (voiced by Phil Morris) - a boogeyman who sneaked into the burrow.
 * Alan (voiced by Roger Craig Smith) - an alien who tried to abduct Howler, Phillip, and Lacey.
 * The Vulture Man (voiced by Dana Snyder) - a vulture-like humanoid creature who kidnapped Howler and his friends.
 * Clyde (voiced by Aaron LaPlante) - a cyclops who acts like a well being, but is secretly a menacing one who tried to destroyed the burrow, rebuild it, and claim it as his own.
 * The Satire Satyr (voiced by Eric Bauza) - a satyr who made fun of Howler and his friends.
 * The Blobster (voiced by Dwight Schultz) - a blob creature that has the ability to shapeshift into various forms.
 * MechaHowler (non-speaking) - an evil robot version of Howler built by Angelica, Sergei and Buddy who is made to destroy Howler.
 * Gob (also voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) - a small, grey goblin who tried to defeat Howler and kidnap Wayne.
 * Mitch (voiced by Neil Kaplan) - a man who was once a super villain that decided to teach Naga how to be a better bad guy.
 * Little Lucy (non-speaking) - a creepy ghost girl who "befriended" George, but was revealed to be using him for some kind of trap.
 * The Masked Apemen, consisting of:
 * Scream (vocal effects by Peter Cullen) - an apeman who leads his members and is seen wearing a creepy mouse mask.
 * Roar (vocal effects by John DiMaggio) - an apeman who is shown to be intelligent and is seen wearing a creepy rabbit mask.
 * Growl (vocal effects by Tom Kenny) - an apeman who is shown to be dumb and is seen wearing a creepy sea creature mask.
 * Snarl (vocal effects by Dee Bradley Baker) - an apeman who is the only female and is seen wearing a creepy little girl mask.
 * Screech (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - an apeman who is the stinky one and is seen wearing a creepy teenage boy mask.
 * Sierra (also voiced by Kath Soucie) - a siren who tricked Greg into following him, making him believe that they are going on a date.
 * Soul Knight and Black Princess (voiced by TBD and TBD, respectively) - a corrupt knight and corrupt princess from the 8-bit world who wants to cause chaos and make everyone worship them, as they have been preventing Howler and the others from escaping the 8-bit world.
 * The Creature with No Face (non-speaking) - a faceless monster who was attacking the Shadow Falls forest.
 * Ded (voiced by Wayne Knight) - a figure who is the host of his game show, "Who Wants to Be Free?".
 * The Acid-Spitting Frog (vocal effects by Dee Bradley Baker) - a deadly frog who spits acid at various things.
 * The Daughters of the Lake (voiced by Tress MacNeille, Cindy Robinson, and TBD) - a cult of females who worship a powerful monster that lives in the lake.
 * Elizabeth Deacon (voiced by Christy Carlson Romano) - a teenage girl who was one of the teens sneaking into the house, and was the one who took a picture of Georgia and spread it all over the media.
 * Dr. Maithus Terror (voiced by Kelsey Grammer) - a creepy mad scientist who brought Howler and the others into the dark world and summoned various beings to go after them.
 * The Soul Eater (voiced by Billy West) - a crazy demon who likes to go around and eat souls.
 * Triss Morgus (voiced by Wendie Malick) - a dark witch who has mastered the art of terror and is heading out to find the fractured Ark of the Underworld in order to gain an army of undead warriors.

Episodes
See List of Howler (TV series) episodes.

Broadcast
The series first premiered on Cartoon Network on June 3rd, 2019. It later premiered on Boomerang on June 17th, 2019 and both the WB Kids block and channel on July 27th and November 2nd, respectively.

The series first premiered internationally in Cartoon Network UK on August 12th and then Teletoon in Canada on August 18th. It then premiered on Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand on August 30th, Cartoon Network in Africa on September 9th, Cartoon Network in Portugal on September 16th, Cartoon Network in Southeast Asia on September 27th, Cartoon Network Korea on October 5th, and Cartoon Network Japan on November 3rd. It has premiered in France on France 4 on February 3rd, 2020 and has premiered on Cartoon Network France on July 6th, 2020.

The series was available from streaming on Hulu since April 3rd until it moved to HBO Max on May 27th, 2020.

Animation
The animation for the series is outsourced to Rough Draft Studios in Seoul, South Korea.

Trivia

 * This series would feature both villains from the games and brand new villains.
 * This series came out on the same day a Cartoon Network show, The Cosmic Adventures of Stella, premiered.

Easter eggs

 * In To Be An Actual Baddie, during a slideshow Mitch was showing to Naga, two clowns resembling both the 1990 and 2017 Pennywise from It are seen.
 * In A Howlin' Halloween, during a montage showing where Howler and the others are trying out costumes, one part of the montage shows them dressed as CTSB characters, including Howler as Collin, Bella as Evelynn, George as Tommy, Georgia as Maddie, Frank as Trent, Greg as WesDragon, and Lex as Cooper.