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Howler is an American action-supernatural-comedy video game series created by Daniel Wright, being developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment since October 30th, 2007.

Synopsis[]

One unordinary night in Shadow Falls, a shy young fellow on a walk in the woods encounters a strange wolf that bites him, turning into a mythical werewolf at night. Naming himself Howler in this, he ends up having to deal with various threats and make new - and very odd - friends.

First Game[]

After getting bitten by a strange wolf while being out with his friends, he ends up having the ability to turn into a werewolf at night. Soon, things get worse for him when a monster hunter named Jeanette sees him and attempts to go after him. After making friends with a group of supernatural creatures, Howler tries to save himself and all of the innocent supernatural beings from Jeanette while unintentionally getting himself into other supernatural threats.

The Nightstalker[]

Lost in Hawaii[]

When Howler and his friends get into a freak accident at Wylda's hut, they are accidentally sent to Hawaii. Soon, they discover a cult who plans to rule over Hawaii. Can Howler stop them before they reach their goal?

The Dark Virus[]

When a strange dark entity spreads a virus across Shadow Falls, Howler, along with Wylda, Lex, and The Naga (surprisingly), must find the cure and defeat the dark entity who is responsible for it.

Night of the Cthulhu[]

Howler and his friends head out of Shadow Falls for a vacation, only to soon end up into a strange area where Lovecraftian monsters roam around.

The Great War[]

Things start getting crazy in the Shadow Falls forest when a ghoul general wants to cause a war. Howler and the others, who are all against the idea for a war, head out to stop him.

Stuck in Dream Land[]

While sleeping, a strange entity named Doctor Dream traps Howler and his friends into a place called Dream Land. Discovering that they're all in separated areas, they try to find a way to get back with each other and escape Dream Land.

Rise of the Werewolf King[]

Crystal Clear[]

Characters[]

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, but easily anxious young adult who by day, has a day job working as a fast food employee - but by night, at full moon, he can turn into a werewolf, being out to revert his state while fighting threats if necessary. He can sometimes get a bit scattered and say things he wouldn’t normally say, but he never means it.

Supporting[]

Introduced in First Game[]

  • Bella Stoker (voiced by Jennifer Hale) - a kind, generous, and somewhat bubbly vampire who loves to hang out in the woods alongside her other friends and likes to sing songs by the campfire. Upon meeting Howler for the first time, he starts to develop a crush on him, and has even aided him on his adventures from time to time.
  • The Ghost Twins, consisting of:
    • George (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - a happy-go-lucky and goofy, but incredibly immature ghost boy who loves to play and is curious about the world around him. Due to his free-spirited nature, he can sometimes get himself lost and into crazy situations, but is sometimes able to prevail by himself in the end - key word being sometimes.
    • Georgia (voiced by Kat Cressida) - a more serious, mature, and down-to-earth ghost girl who can often get annoyed by her brother’s antics, but deep down still cares for him. Whenever she has alone time, she likes to doodle in a notebook that Bella gifted to her, and she can sometimes use it to talk or vent about her day.
  • Frank N. Stein (voiced by John DiMaggio) - a dim-witted and rather mindless Frankenstein monster who randomly gets bursts of intelligence at only the most convenient times due to his multi-intelligence disorder. He always loves to go to Howler for advice and likes to play fun and harmless pranks with George.
  • Greg (voiced by Doug Lawrence) - an immature, narcissistic, and cynical gargoyle who usually thinks the worst of situations and can’t stand the people around him, even if he is still willing to defend them when in danger. He seems to be the most bothered by Frank N. Stein, calling him “boltbrain” on multiple occasions.
  • Lex the Lynx (vocal effects by Dee Bradley Baker) - a dimwitted and energetic lynx who acts like a cat and loves to play, especially with the Ghost Twins after they rescued him from being eaten by a grizzly bear. While he does get scared by Howler’s presence, George is usually able to calm him down so that nothing bad happens.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Phillip Woodburn (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. However, he and Lacey end up finding out Howler's secret in Howler 3.
  • Lacey Fairbank (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. However, she and Phillip end up finding out Howler's secret in Howler 3.
  • 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.

Introduced in The Nightstalker[]

  • 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.
  • 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.

Introduced in Lost in Hawaii[]

  • Akamai (voiced by Kate Higgins) - a beautiful Hulu girl who Greg falls in love with.

Introduced in The Dark Virus[]

Introduced in Night of the Cthulhu[]

Introduced in The Great War[]

  • Sasha (voiced by Alanna Ubach) - a succubus who was an antagonist in Howler 6, but redeemed when she gets betrayed by the General.

Introduced in Stuck in Dream Land[]

  • Liz the Lizard (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a lizard who became Lex's best friend next to George. She was first introduced in the franchise in Howler: The Mirror World.

Introduced in Rise of the Werewolf King[]

  • 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.
  • Ogrek (voiced by Kevin Grevioux) - a stern ogre who loathes King Lycan after what he and his werewolf allies did to his hometown and now leads a group of supernatural creatures who are also against King Lycan.
    • Monto (voiced by TBD) - a feisty minotaur who is willing to attack King Lycan and destroy his kingdom.
    • Swasher (voiced by TBD) - a grumpy swamp monster who joined Ogrek's group since King Lycan and his allies ruined his entire swamp home.

Introduced in Crystal Clear[]

  • Crystella (voiced by Colleen Villard) - a cheerful yet serious blue fairy who lives in and rules the huge cave where the mystical crystals are kept, as she ends up helping Howler and his friends on getting the crystals back before the villain who took them ends up gaining lots of power from using them.

Introduced in spin-offs[]

  • Roy Whitney (voiced by Josh Keaton) - a man who is a conspiracy theorist as he helps Jeanette to find Desire.

Antagonists[]

Introduced in First Game[]

  • Jeanette Helsing (voiced by Vanessa Marshall) - a devious, snarky, and somewhat deranged woman who’s made it her mission in life to eradicate any and all supernatural beings, whether they be good or bad. After her parents ended up being killed by a supernatural force, she sought venegance on all of them and shows no mercy.
  • The Naga (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) - a threatening and hammy, yet devious and somewhat goofy snake with humanoid arms that constantly has his sights set on kidnapping Howler and his gang, but failing miserably every time. He is surprisingly quite the inventor, always building new contraptions to get his enemies - even if they almost always end up exploding in his face.
  • The Black Knight (voiced by Greg Eagles) - 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.

Introduced in The Nightstalker[]

  • The Nightstalker (voiced by Keith David) - a demonic entity who is out to conquer Shadow Falls.
  • Shadow Howler (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) - a shadow werewolf that is an evil version of Jeffrey/Howler created by the Nightstalker.
  • The Cockatrice (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a two-legged dragon monster with a rooster's head.
  • Baba Yaga (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - an ugly-looking woman who uses a pestle.
  • Chimera (voiced by Rob Paulsen (lion), Charlie Adler (goat), and Maurice LaMarche (snake)) - a lion-goat-snake hybrid.
  • Medusa (also voiced by Susanne Blakeslee) - a female human creature called a Gorgon with snakes for her hair that can turn anyone who looks at her into stone.

Introduced in Lost in Hawaii[]

  • Mau Taioo (voiced by Jim Cummings) - a Hawaiian cult leader who aims to rule over Hawaii.
    • Leilani (also voiced by Colleen Villard) - a member of the cult who is Mau's second-in-command.
  • Kaupe (voiced by Patrick Seitz) - a malicious spirit that lures people to their death.
  • Naggette (voiced by Jill Talley) - Naga's grouchy mother.

Introduced in The Dark Virus[]

  • Shade (voiced by Ron Perlman) - an entity of darkness who was responsible for spreading the virus.

Introduced in Night of the Cthulhu[]

  • The Cthulhu (voiced by Michael Dorn) - a giant octopus-human-dragon hybrid who aims on enslaving mankind.
  • Kassogtha (voiced by Debra Wilson) - Cthulhu's mate who TBD.
  • Angelica, Sergei and Buddy (voiced by Kari Wahlgren, Rob Paulsen, and Charlie Adler, respectively) - a trio of imps who love to cause chaos.
  • Dagon (voiced by Dave Boat) - a reptile-like humanoid entity who TBD.
  • Mi-Go (voiced by Kirk Thornton) - a crustacean-like entity who TBD.
  • Yog-Sothoth (voiced by Dave B. Mitchell) - TBD
  • Shub-Niggurath (voiced by Wendie Malick) - a large entity who TBD.
  • Nyarlathotep (voiced by TBD) - a dark humanoid entity who TBD.

Introduced in The Great War[]

Introduced in Stuck in Dream Land[]

  • Doctor Dream (voiced by Steven Blum) - a strange entity who trapped Howler and his friends in Dream Land.
  • The Cloud Colossus (voiced by Tim Blaney) - a giant cloud-like creature.
  • Mona, Lisa and Joan (voiced by Rachael MacFarlane, Stephanie Sheh, and Cindy Robinson, respectively) - three Dullahans who act like cheerleaders.
  • Golden Clown (voiced by Mark Hamill) - an evil clown who wears golden clothes.
  • Fire Starter (also voiced by Steven Blum) - a fire being who causes large fires.
  • Brain Crusher (voiced by David Kaye) - a giant brain-like being who attempts to steal other brains and crush them.
  • Lady of the Mirror (voiced by Erica Lindbeck) - a feminine figure who is able to get inside mirrors and pop out of them to grab her figures.
  • King Cuviper (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a cucumber-like snake creature.

Introduced in Rise of the Werewolf King[]

  • King Lycan (voiced by Terrence C. Carson) - a werewolf who claims himself as king of the werewolves.
  • Queen Rema (voiced by Kelly Hu) - a seductive werewolf who claims herself as the queen of werewolves and is Lycan's wife.
  • Snarl (voiced by Matthew Mercer) - a psychotic werewolf who is a personal enforcer of Lycan.
  • Aleskie (voiced by Kaiji Tang) - a brutal werewolf who is also a personal enforcer of Lycan.

Introduced in Crystal Clear[]

  • Shash (voiced by Seth Green) - an egotistical and arrogant short blue elf who is obsessed with mystical crystals and the powers they give out as he stole all of Crystella's crystals in hopes of making himself the most powerful creature in Shadow Falls forest.

Introduced in spin-offs[]

  • Desire (voiced by Grey Griffin) - a spirit-like humanoid who is responsible for killing off Jeanette's parents back when she was a little girl.
  • The Owlman (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - an owl-like humanoid who flies around the sky above Shadow Falls, looking for unsuspecting victims.

Common gameplay[]

Howler plays as a 3D platformer as the goal is to get from one level to the next. Each world has six levels as Howler is capable of going into each level in any order. Howler is capable of slashing, climbing up some edges and howling as each of these abilities can be used to progress.

Games[]

Main[]

  1. Howler (2007)
  2. Howler 2: The Nightstalker (2009)
  3. Howler 3: Lost in Hawaii (2011)
  4. Howler 4: The Dark Virus (2015)
  5. Howler 5: Night of the Cthulhu (2017)
  6. Howler 6: The Great War (2019)
  7. Howler 7: Stuck in Dream Land (2020)
  8. Howler 8: Rise of the Werewolf King (2021)
  9. Howler 9: Crystal Clear (2022)
  10. Howler 10: All Star (2024)

Spin-offs[]

  1. Jeanette the Monster Slayer (2016)
  2. The Monster Slayer Society (2020)
  3. Bella's Vampiric Adventure (2023)

Spin-off series[]

  1. Howler: Racers Across Shadow Falls (2017-present)

Crossover games[]

Media[]

Television[]

Films[]

Theatrical[]

Direct-to-video[]

Books[]

Comic books[]

Crossovers[]

Merchandise[]

See Howler/Merchandise.

Reception[]

Critical response[]

The franchise received very positive reviews from critics and fans alike, with fans praising it for its humor, writing, and animation.

In addition, fans claim [The original, Nightstalker, Lost in Hawaii, The Dark Virus, Night of the Cthulhu, The Great War, Dream Land, or Werewolf King, or Crystal Clear?] to be the best game entry of the franchise yet.

Tropes[]

See Howler/Tropes.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Bella's name is a pun on the names of the actor, Bela Lugosi, and the writer, Bram Stoker.
  • According to Daniel in an interview, Howler started off as a short comic he made back in 1992 when he was in high school to impress his friends, as it was about a werewolf and a vampire (whose names were Wayne and Vicky) capturing humans, only to fail miserably at the end.
  • Fans believed that the characters, Georgia and Lex, were inspired by Rachael and Bulk from Daniel Wright's previous work, Me and a Different Dimension.
  • In Howler 3: Lost in Hawaii, it has been confirmed that Shadow Falls is located in Massachusetts.
  • Throughout the series, starting in Howler 2, the wolf that bit Jeffrey has been making cameos.
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