Stiles Stilinski

“Stiles” Stilinski is one of the main characters on MTV’s Teen Wolf and Teen Wolf: Search for a Cure. He is portrayed by Dylan O'Brien. He is Scott McCall’s best friend and helps him through the various complications facing the young werewolf.

Background
Stiles is a high school student. He is the son of Sheriff Stilinski. His mother died sometime prior to the beginning of the series. He was a geeky but otherwise normal kid before a werewolf bit his best friend and threw his world into constant chaos.

Personality
Stiles is shown to be sarcastic, funny and outspoken. He is extremely clever and has led the way in working through many of the mysteries of the show. He is a bit frustrated that the werewolf bite has cast him as Robin to Scott’s Batman but he is a solid friend and loyal to a fault.

He holds an intense but unrequited love for fellow classmate Lydia Martin. While they have a typically combative relationship, he loves his father very much and often worries about his safety.

Stiles relationship with Derek is awkward and adversarial. Scenes featuring the two characters offer some of the shows funniest moments.

Season 1
After something bites his best friend Scott, Stiles researches and figures out that a werewolf is to blame. He then researches werewolves to give Scott an idea of what’s to come. (read more…)

His friendship is tested when Scott wolfs out in the locker room and tries to kill him. Stiles defends himself with fire extinguisher and urges Scott not to play lacrosse. He explains that the frustration and violence of the game can trigger a transformation. Later the pair digs up a body outside the Hale House. (read more…)

After Derek is shot with a wolfsbane-laced bullet, Stiles is forced to protect him and comes close to sawing Derek’s arm off. (read more…)

Stiles investigates another murder and finds video of The Alpha Werewolf on Lydia’s phone. He can’t find Scott who has cut school for an all-day walk in the woods with Allison. Stiles decides to erase the video. In one of the show’s funniest moments, Stiles asks Danny if he finds him attractive. (read more…)

Stiles figures out that Scott’s heart rate triggers transformations. He sets up test which consists of him flinging balls at Scott’s face and proves his theory. He then sparks a violent confrontation with a group of older students to test Scott’s belief that thoughts of Allison can help him stay in control. (read more…)

Stiles helps Scott call to The Alpha Werewolf who shows up, attacks Derek and then traps Stiles and his friends in the high school. Stiles calls his father who eventually comes to get the kids out. (read more…)

Scott betrays Stiles by making out with Lydia. Stiles tries to lock Scott up during the full moon but his friend escapes. The hunters suspect Stiles might be a werewolf. (read more…)

Stiles and Scott help Derek who is on the run from the police and the hunters. He hides Derek in his room. He later enlists Danny to help track down a suspect email which leads him to the identity of the Alpha Werewolf. (read more…)

Stiles gets his dad drunk and plies him for information about the Sheriff’s investigation into the animal attacks. He also reveals how much he misses Stiles’ mother. Stiles later helps Scott interrupt Mrs. Mcall’s date with Peter Hale. (read more…)

Allison forces Lydia to attend a school dance with Stiles as punishment for Lydia’s indiscretion with Scott. Later Stiles confesses his love for Lydia and they share a dance. After Lydia is bitten by Peter Hale, Stiles begs him not to kill her. They strike a deal and Peter spares his life. (read more…)

Stiles helps Peter track down Derek via Scott’s cellphone GPS. Peter offers to turn him into a werewolf but Stiles refuses. He and Jackson team up to find Scott but are stopped by the hunters who rough them up and question them. Arriving at the Hale House in the middle of Scott’s fight with the Alpha, Stiles throws a chemical mixture at the beast which Allison ignites with an arrow. (read more…)

The Name


This character’s name is the source of confusion and dispute.

Early publicity for the show identified him as “Stan Stilinsky” as does the pilot cast list for “Wolf Moon” at IMDB.

During the episode The Tell, a very brief shot of his school records showed his last name spelled “Stilinski” (see inset photo). MTV also uses this as the character name on their website.

Complicating the question of Stiles’ surname further is the fact that his father was identified as “Sheriff Stilinsky” in all episode cast lists, the main cast list for the show and in much of the publicity surrounding the show. In Formality we see, for the first time, the name tag on the sheriff’s uniform which says “Stilinski” (see images).

Later listings of the cast have the character name as simply “Stiles” and this is the nickname all characters use when addressing him on the show.

Further complicating the name issue, is the fact that his father is identified in the credits for the Season 2 episode Omega as "Sheriff Stalinski".

During The Tell, Coach Bobby Finstock made fun of Stiles’ first name. He said it amounted to child abuse. Tyler Posey told the Comic Con 2011 panel that viewers will learn his first name and will “crack up” when they do.

Quotes

 * "No, a body of water. Yes, dumbass, a dead body!"

- Stiles to Scott in Wolf Moon


 * "Hey, Lydia! You look like — you're gonna ignore me."

- Stiles to Lydia in Wolf Moon


 * "Come on, if I have to, I'll chain you up myself on full moon nights and feed you, live, mice. I had a boa once. I can do it."

- Stiles to Scott in Wolf Moon


 * "I define it as... as reclining your body in a horizontal position."

- Stiles to his dad in Second Chance at First Line


 * "Am I attractive to gay guys?"

- Stiles asks Scott in Pack Mentality


 * "You're a horrible person."

- Danny to Stiles in Wolf's Bane.


 * "I know. It keeps me awake at night."

- Stiles to Danny in Wolf's Bane


 * "If I’m harboring your fugitive ass. My house, my rules buddy."

- Stiles to Derek in Wolf's Bane


 * "“You mean like ‘Hey Dad! Derek Hale's in my room..bring your gun’”"

- Stiles to Derek in Wolf's Bane


 * "No, you stopped to bake it in a little werewolf oven."

- Stiles to Scott in Pack Mentality


 * "Why's it starting to feel like you're Batman and I'm Robin? I don't wanna be Robin all the time!"

- Stiles to Scott in Pack Mentality.


 * "No, a unicorn... dumbass."

- Stiles to Jackson about Lydia transforming in Omega

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