Passes the Bechdel test
Teen Wolf
1985. Directed by Rod Daniel, written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 108. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
As if being the most pathetic player on his school's perpetually overshadowed basketball team weren't enough, average 17-year-old high school student Scott Howard is about to discover that his problems are far from over. And as the first signs of unwanted change destroy what's left of his meagre chances of falling in love, Scott accidentally discovers his family's hereditary condition. Now Scott sprouts hair everywhere, and his ridiculed team is on a winning streak. But how on earth can a bullied student become an overnight sensation? Is the "teenage werewolf" persona the answer to Scott's prayers?
- Released
- 23 Aug 1985
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 25 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Scott 191 lines, man
- Stiles 118 lines, man
- Boof 71 lines, woman
- Harold 53 lines, man
- Pamela 35 lines, woman
- Teen Wolf 33 lines, man
- Finstock 27 lines, man
- Mick 27 lines, man
- Thorne 20 lines, man
- Lewis 14 lines, man
Full cast, 33 people
- Michael J. Fox as Scott Howard
- James Hampton as Harold Howard
- Susan Ursitti as Boof
- Jerry Levine as Stiles
- Matt Adler as Lewis
- Lorie Griffin as Pamela
- Jim McKrell as Mr. Thorne
- Mark Arnold as Mick
- Jay Tarses as Coach Finstock
- Mark Holton as Chubby
- Scott Paulin as Kirk Lolley
- Elizabeth Gorcey as Tina
- Melanie Manos as Gina
- Doug Savant as Brad
- Charles Zucker as Malcolm
- Harvey Vernon as Old Man Clerk
- Clare Peck as Miss Hoyt
- Gregory Itzin as English Teacher
- Doris Hess as Science Teacher
- Troy Evans as Dragon Basketball Coach
- Lynda Wiesmeier as Rhonda
- Rodney Kageyama as Janitor
- Carl Steven as Whistle Boy
- Richard Brooks as Lemonade
- Richard Domeier as Linebacker
- Brian Sheehan as Cadet (No. 5)
- Jay Footlik as Student #1
- Richard Baker as Referee
- Fred Nelson as Meechum Basketball Coach
- Tanna Herr as The Beaver
- Kris Hagerty as Fan #2
- Mark L. Flowers as Dragon Bowler
- Larry B. Daugherty as Basketball Player
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 108
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 47 |
| 7 to 9 | 14 | 18 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 to 18 | 4 | 45 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 22 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 19 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 6 |
| 37 to 39 | 6 | 20 |
| 40 to 42 | 2 | 5 |
| 43 to 45 | 3 | 5 |
| 46 to 48 | 4 | 32 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 2 |
| 52 to 54 | 10 | 32 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 26 |
| 58 to 60 | 3 | 26 |
| 61 to 63 | 10 | 15 |
| 64 to 66 | 4 | 11 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 3 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 2 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 3 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 to 81 | 11 | 8 |
| 82 to 84 | 9 | 10 |
| 85 to 87 | 5 | 13 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 27 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 to 96 | 15 | 28 |
| 97 to 99 | 6 | 8 |
| 100 to 102 | 6 | 13 |
| 103 to 105 | 1 | 33 |
| 106 to 108 | 9 | 37 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
BOOF: Going to work? I'll walk with you. TINA: Catch you later, Boof. GINA: At the party.
PAMELA: - Not you. BOOF: There -you go. She said two words to you.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.
122 lines from women, 545 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
6 women and 21 men in the cast. 5 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 62 of 743.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 91 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 16% of the words (1,070), men 84% (5,608). Women have 18% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
7
Two men
62
Exhibit F: behind the camera
None of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 14% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Rod Daniel (man)
- Written by
- Matthew Weisman (man), Jeph Loeb (man)
- Produced by
- Mark Levinson (man), Scott M. Rosenfelt (man)
- Shot by
- Tim Suhrstedt (man)
- Edited by
- Lois Freeman-Fox (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Miles Goodman (man)
- Production design by
- Chester Kaczenski (man)
- Costumes by
- Nancy G. Fox (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
0 women, 4 men
-
Art
1 women, 2 men
-
Sound
1 women, 1 men
-
Writing
0 women, 2 men
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 1 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 26 on average. Men: 33 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Lorie Griffin 24, Susan Ursitti 27
Men
Matt Adler 18, Michael J. Fox 24, Mark Holton 27, Jerry Levine 28, Mark Arnold 28, Jay Tarses 46, Jim McKrell 47, James Hampton 49
Exhibit H: the money
It made 66.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $1.2 million
- Box office
- $80 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 108 scenes and 743 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
