For other uses, see. Tomato Cross-section and full view of a hothouse (greenhouse-grown) tomato Kingdom: (unranked): (unranked): (unranked): Order: Family: Genus: Species: S. lycopersicum Solanum lycopersicum Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.) H. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. The tomato (see ) is the edible, often red, of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as a tomato plant.

The plant belongs to the family, which is called. The species originated in and. The (Aztec language) word tomatl gave rise to the Spanish word 'tomate', from which the English word tomato originates. Its use as a food originated in, and spread throughout the world following the. Tomato is consumed in diverse ways, including raw, as an ingredient in many dishes, sauces,, and drinks.

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While tomatoes are -type fruits, they are considered, being ingredients of savory meals. Numerous varieties of tomato are widely grown in temperate climates across the world, with allowing its production throughout the year and in cooler areas. The plants typically grow to 1–3 meters (3–10 ft) in height and have a weak stem that often sprawls over the ground and vines over other plants. It is a in its native habitat, and grown as an in temperate climates. An average common tomato weighs approximately 100 grams (4 oz). Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Names Etymology The word 'tomato' comes from the Spanish tomate, which in turn comes from the word tomatl. The native Mexican is tomate (in Nahuatl: tomātl (), meaning 'fat water' or 'fat thing').

When Aztecs started to cultivate the fruit, bigger and red, they called the new species xitomatl (or jitomates) ( pronounced ), ('plump thing with navel' or 'fat water with navel'). After their conquest of, Spaniards exported tomatoes ( jitomates) to the rest of the world with the name tomate, so numerous languages use forms of the word 'tomato' ( tomate) to refer to the red tomato instead of the green tomatillo. [ ] It first appeared in print in 1595. The scientific lycopersicum means 'wolf peach', and comes from German myths. These legends said that was used by witches and sorcerers in potions to transform themselves into werewolves, so the tomato's similar, but much larger, fruit was called the 'wolf peach' when it arrived in Europe. Derivations The Italian word, pomodoro (from pomo d'oro 'apple of gold') was borrowed into Polish, and via Russian, into several other languages. [ ] Similarly, the now rare German term Paradeisapfel, which means 'apple of paradise', is still heard in the form paradeiser in the Bavarian and Austrian dialects, [ ] and was borrowed into modern Hungarian, Slovenian and Serbian.

[ ] Pronunciation The usual pronunciations of 'tomato' are (usual in ) and (usual in ). The word's were immortalized in and 's 1937 song ' ('You like and I like / You like and I like ') and have become a symbol for pronunciation disputes. [ ] In this capacity, it has even become an American and British slang term: saying ' ' when presented with two choices can mean 'What's the difference?' Or 'It's all the same to me'. [ ] Fruit versus vegetable.

Tomatoes are considered a fruit or vegetable depending on context. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, tomatoes are a fruit labeled in grocery stores as a vegetable due to (the taste) and nutritional purposes., a tomato is a, a, consisting of the, together with its seeds, of a. However, the tomato has a much lower sugar content than other edible fruits, and is therefore not as sweet. Typically served as part of a salad or of a meal, rather than at, it is, in the US, considered a '. One exception is that tomatoes are treated as a fruit in practices: they are acidic enough to process in a water bath rather than a pressure cooker as vegetables require. Tomatoes are not the only food source with this ambiguity:,,,,, and of all kinds (such as and ) are all botanically fruits, yet cooked as vegetables. This has led to legal dispute in the United States.

In 1887, US laws that imposed a on vegetables, but not on fruits, caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. The settled this controversy on 10 May 1893, by declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, based on the popular definition that classifies vegetables by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert ( (149 U.S. The holding of this case applies only to the interpretation of the, and the court did not purport to reclassify the tomato for botanical or other purposes. Botany Description. Tomato flower Tomato plants are vines, initially, typically growing 180 cm (6 ft) or more above the ground if supported, although erect bush varieties have been bred, generally 100 cm (3 ft) tall or shorter.

Indeterminate types are 'tender' perennials, dying annually in temperate climates (they are originally native to tropical highlands), although they can live up to three years in a greenhouse in some cases. Determinate types are annual in all climates. [ ] Tomato plants are, and grow as a series of branching stems, with a terminal bud at the tip that does the actual growing. When that tip eventually stops growing, whether because of pruning or flowering, lateral buds take over and grow into other, fully functional, vines. Tomato vines are typically pubescent, meaning covered with fine short hairs.

These hairs facilitate the vining process, turning into roots wherever the plant is in contact with the ground and moisture, especially if the vine's connection to its original root has been damaged or severed. [ ] Most tomato plants have, and are called regular leaf (RL) plants, but some cultivars have simple leaves known as (PL) style because of their resemblance to that particular relative. Of RL plants, there are variations, such as rugose leaves, which are deeply grooved, and, angora leaves, which have additional colors where a genetic mutation causes to be excluded from some portions of the leaves.

The are 10–25 cm (4–10 in) long, odd pinnate, with five to 9 leaflets on petioles, each leaflet up to 8 cm (3 in) long, with a serrated margin; both the stem and leaves are densely glandular-hairy. [ ] Their, appearing on the apical, have the anthers fused along the edges, forming a column surrounding the 's style. Flowers in domestic cultivars can be self-fertilizing. The flowers are 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) across, yellow, with five pointed lobes on the; they are borne in a of three to 12 together. [ ] Tomato fruit is classified as a.

As a true fruit, it develops from the ovary of the plant after fertilization, its flesh comprising the pericarp walls. The fruit contains hollow spaces full of seeds and moisture, called locular cavities. These vary, among cultivated species, according to type. Some smaller varieties have two cavities, globe-shaped varieties typically have three to five, beefsteak tomatoes have a great number of smaller cavities, while paste tomatoes have very few, very small cavities. [ ] For propagation, the seeds need to come from a mature fruit, and be dried or fermented before germination.

[ ] Classification In 1753, placed the tomato in the (alongside the ) as Solanum lycopersicum. In 1768, moved it to its own genus, naming it Lycopersicon esculentum. This name came into wide use, but was technically in breach of the because Linnaeus's species name lycopersicum still had priority. Although the name Lycopersicum lycopersicum was suggested by Karsten (1888), this is not used because it violates the International Code of Nomenclature barring the use of in botanical nomenclature.

The corrected name Lycopersicon lycopersicum (Nicolson 1974) was technically valid, since Miller's genus name and Linnaeus's species name differ in exact spelling, but since Lycopersicon esculentum had become so well known, it was officially listed as a nomen conservandum in 1983, and would be the correct name for the tomato in classifications which do not place the tomato in the genus Solanum. Evidence has now shown that Linnaeus was correct to put the tomato in the genus Solanum, making Solanum lycopersicum the correct name.

Both names, however, will probably be found in the literature for some time. Two of the major reasons that some [ ] still consider the genera separate are the leaf structure (tomato leaves are markedly different from any other Solanum), and the biochemistry (many of the alkaloids common to other Solanum species are conspicuously absent in the tomato). Hybrids of tomato and diploid can be created in the lab by, and are partially fertile, providing evidence of the close relationship between these species. Wild species Including Solanum lycopersicum, there are currently 13 species recognized in section. Three of these species —,, and — are fully cross compatible with domestic tomato. Four more species— S. Chmielewskii, S.

Habrochaites, S. Neorickii, and S. Pennelli—can be readily crossed with domestic tomato, with some limitations. Five species— S. Corneliomulleri, S. Huaylasense, and S. Peruvianum—can be crossed with domestic tomato with difficulty and usually require to produce viable plants.

The Lycopersicon section has not been fully sampled within wild species in the South American range, so new species may be added in the future. [ ] section Lycopersicoides and section Juglandifolium are represented by two species each that are considered bridge species genetically intermediate between tomato and non-tuber bearing potato species. Lycopersicoides can be crossed with domestic tomato and introgression lines have been developed. This species was significant in moving the domestic tomato from separate genus status into the Solanum group because it directly links the tomato into the potato family. [ ] Genetic modification.

Main article: Tomatoes that have been modified using have been developed, and although none are available now, they have been in the past. The first commercially available was a variety of tomato named the, which was engineered to have a longer shelf life. Scientists are continuing to develop tomatoes with new traits not found in natural crops, such as increased resistance to pests or environmental stresses. Other projects aim to enrich tomatoes with substances that may offer health benefits or provide better nutrition. Research on tomatoes An international consortium of researchers from 10 countries, among them researchers from the, began sequencing the tomato in 2004, and is creating a database of genomic sequences and information on the tomato and related plants. A prerelease version of the genome was made available in December 2009. The genomes of its and are also being sequenced as part of the project.

The complete genome for the cultivar Heinz 1706 was published on 31 May 2012 in. Since many other fruits, like,,, and share the same characteristics and genes, researchers stated the published genome could help to improve food quality, food security and reduce costs of all of these fruits. This section does not any.

Unsourced material may be challenged and. (January 2017) () The Tomato Genetic Resource Center,,, and numerous around the world store seed representing genetic variations of value to modern agriculture. These seed stocks are available for legitimate breeding and research efforts. While individual breeding efforts can produce useful results, the bulk of tomato breeding work is at universities and major agriculture-related corporations. These efforts have resulted in significant regionally adapted breeding lines and hybrids, such as the Mountain series from North Carolina. Corporations including,, BHNSeed, and Bejoseed have breeding programs that attempt to improve production, size, shape, color, flavor, disease tolerance, pest tolerance, nutritional value, and numerous other traits.

Solanum lycopersicum var. Sheet from the oldest tomato collection of Europe, 1542–1544. Naturalis Leiden. The tomato is native to western South America and. Native versions were small, like cherry tomatoes, and most likely yellow rather than red. A member of the deadly family, tomatoes were erroneously thought to be poisonous by Europeans who were suspicious of their bright, shiny fruit. This was exacerbated by the interaction of the tomato's acidic juice with plates.

The leaves and immature fruit in fact contain trace amounts of, which in larger quantity would be toxic, although the ripe fruit does not. Mesoamerica and other peoples in used the fruit in their cooking. The exact date of domestication is unknown: by 500 BC, it was already being cultivated in southern and probably other areas.: 13 The people are thought to have believed that those who witnessed the ingestion of tomato seeds were blessed with powers of. The large, lumpy variety of tomato, a mutation from a smoother, smaller fruit, originated in Mesoamerica, and may be the direct ancestor of some modern cultivated tomatoes.: 15 Spanish distribution Spanish may have been the first to transfer the small yellow tomato to Europe after he captured the Aztec city of, now Mexico City, in 1521, although may have taken them back as early as 1493.

The earliest discussion of the tomato in European literature appeared in a written in 1544 by, an Italian physician and botanist, who suggested that a new type of had been brought to Italy that was blood red or golden color when mature and could be divided into segments and eaten like an eggplant—that is, cooked and seasoned with salt, black pepper, and oil. It was not until ten years later that tomatoes were named in print by Mattioli as pomi d’oro, or 'golden apples'.: 13 After the, the Spanish distributed the tomato throughout their colonies in the. They also took it to the, from where it spread to and then the entire Asian continent.

The Spanish also brought the tomato to Europe. It grew easily in, and cultivation began in the 1540s. It was probably eaten shortly after it was introduced, and was certainly being used as food by the early 17th century in Spain. Italy The recorded history of tomatoes in Italy dates back to 31 October 1548 when the house steward of, the grand duke of, wrote to the Medici private secretary informing him that the basket of tomatoes sent from the grand duke's Florentine estate at 'had arrived safely'.

Tomatoes were grown mainly as ornamentals early on after their arrival in Italy. For example, the Florentine aristocrat Giovanvettorio Soderini wrote how they 'were to be sought only for their beauty', and were grown only in gardens or flower beds. The tomato's ability to mutate and create new and different varieties helped contribute to its success and spread throughout Italy.

However, even in areas where the climate supported growing tomatoes, their habit of growing to the ground suggested low status. They were not adopted as a staple of the peasant population because they were not as filling as other fruits already available. Additionally, both toxic and inedible varieties discouraged many people from attempting to consume or prepare any other varieties. In certain areas of Italy, such as Florence, the fruit was used solely as a tabletop decoration, until it was incorporated into the local cuisine in the late 17th or early 18th century. The earliest discovered cookbook with tomato recipes was published in in 1692, though the author had apparently obtained these recipes from Spanish sources.: 17 Unique varieties were developed over the next several hundred years for uses such as dried tomatoes, sauce tomatoes, pizza tomatoes, and tomatoes for long-term storage.

These varieties are usually known for their place of origin as much as by a variety name. For example, Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio is the 'hanging tomato of Vesuvius'. Five different varieties have traditionally been used to make these 'hanging' tomatoes. They are Fiaschella, Lampadina, Patanara, Principe Borghese, and Re Umberto. Other tomatoes that originated in Italy include San Marzano, Borgo Cellano, Christopher Columbus, Costoluto Genovese, and Italian Pear. These tomatoes are characterized by a relatively intense flavor compared to varieties typically grown elsewhere.

Tomatoes for sale in a UK supermarket Tomatoes were not grown in England until the 1590s.: 17 One of the earliest cultivators was, a.: 17 Gerard's Herbal, published in 1597, and largely from continental sources,: 17 is also one of the earliest discussions of the tomato in England. Gerard knew the tomato was eaten in Spain and Italy.: 17 Nonetheless, he believed it was poisonous: 17 (in fact, the plant and raw fruit do have low levels of, but are not generally dangerous; ). Gerard's views were influential, and the tomato was considered unfit for eating (though not necessarily poisonous) for many years in and its.: 17 However, by the mid-18th century, tomatoes were widely eaten in Britain, and before the end of that century, the stated the tomato was 'in daily use' in,, and as a.

They were not part of the average person's diet, and though by 1820 they were described as 'to be seen in great abundance in all our vegetable markets' and to be 'used by all our best cooks', reference was made to their cultivation in gardens still 'for the singularity of their appearance', while their use in cooking was associated with exotic Italian or Jewish cuisine. Middle East and North Africa The tomato was introduced to cultivation in the Middle East by John Barker, British consul in Aleppo circa 1799 to 1825. Nineteenth century descriptions of its consumption are uniformly as an ingredient in a cooked dish. In 1881, it is described as only eaten in the region 'within the last forty years'.

Today, the tomato is a critical and ubiquitous part of, served fresh in salads (e.g.,,, Shirazi salad and ), grilled with and other dishes, made into sauces, and so on. North America. A variety of small tomatoes The earliest reference to tomatoes being grown in is from 1710, when herbalist reported seeing them in what is today.: 25 They may have been introduced from the Caribbean. By the mid-18th century, they were cultivated on some Carolina plantations, and probably in other parts of the Southeast as well. Possibly, some people continued to think tomatoes were poisonous at this time; and in general, they were grown more as than as food., who ate tomatoes in Paris, sent some seeds back to America.: 28 Alexander W. Livingston was the first person who succeeded in upgrading the wild tomato, developing different breeds and stabilizing the plants.

In the 1937 yearbook of the Federal Department of Agriculture, it was declared that 'half of the major varieties were a result of the abilities of the Livingstons to evaluate and perpetuate superior material in the tomato'. Livingston's first breed of tomato, the Paragon, was introduced in 1870. In 1875, he introduced the Acme, which was said to be involved in the parentage of most of the tomatoes introduced by him and his competitors for the next twenty-five years. When Alexander W. Livingston had begun his attempts to develop the tomato as a commercial crop, his aim had been to grow tomatoes smooth in contour, uniform in size and having better flavor. One year, after many attempts, he passed through his fields, picking out particular tomato plants having distinct characteristics and heavy foliage. He saved the seeds carefully.

The following spring he set two rows across his family garden located just below the hill and milk house. To his happy surprise, each plant bore perfect tomatoes like the parent vine. After five years, the fruit became fleshier and larger. In 1870, Alexander introduced the Paragon and tomato culture soon became a great enterprise in the county. Today, the crop is grown in every state in the Union. He eventually developed over seventeen different varieties of the tomato plant. Because of the long growing season needed for this heat-loving crop, several states in the US became major tomato-producers, particularly and.

In California, tomatoes are grown under for both the fresh fruit market and for and processing. The (UC Davis) became a major center for research on the tomato. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center at UC Davis is a gene bank of wild relatives, monogenic mutants and miscellaneous genetic stocks of tomato. The Center is named for the late Dr., a pioneer in tomato genetics research.

Research on processing tomatoes is also conducted by the California Tomato Research Institute in. In California, growers have used a method of cultivation called, especially with tomatoes. This technique encourages the plant to send roots deep to find existing moisture in soil that retains moisture, such as clayey soil. Modern commercial varieties. Tomatoes that have not ripened uniformly The poor taste and lack of sugar in modern garden and commercial tomato varieties resulted from breeding tomatoes to ripen uniformly red. This change occurred after discovery of a mutant 'u' in the mid 20th century that ripened 'u'niformly.

This was widely cross-bred to produce red fruit without the typical green ring around the stem on uncross-bred varieties. Prior to general introduction of this trait, most tomatoes produced more sugar during ripening, and were sweeter and more flavorful. Evidence has been found that 10−20% of the total carbon fixed in the fruit can be produced by photosynthesis in the developing fruit of the normal U phenotype.

The u genetic mutation encodes a factor that produces defective chloroplasts with lower density in developing fruit, resulting in a lighter green colour of unripe fruit, and repression of sugars accumulation in the resulting ripe fruit by 10−15%. Perhaps more important than their role in photosynthesis, the fruit chloroplasts are remodelled during ripening into chlorophyll-free chromoplasts that synthesize and accumulate lycopene, β-carotene, and other metabolites that are sensory and nutritional assets of the ripe fruit. The potent chloroplasts in the dark-green shoulders of the U phenotype are beneficial here, but have the disadvantage of leaving green shoulders near the stems of the ripe fruit, and even cracked yellow shoulders, apparently because of oxidative stress due to overload of the photosynthetic chain in direct sunlight at high temperatures. Hence genetic design of a commercial variety that combines the advantages of types u and U requires fine tuning, but may be feasible. Green tomatoes nestled on the vine The tomato is grown worldwide for its edible, with thousands of. A fertilizer with an of 5-10-10 is often sold as tomato fertilizer or vegetable fertilizer, although manure and compost are also used.

[ ] Production In 2014, world production of tomatoes was 170.8 million, with China accounting for 31% of the total, followed by, the United States and as the major producers (table). In 2014, tomatoes accounted for 23% of the total fresh vegetable output of the, with more than half of this total coming from Spain, Italy and Poland. In 2013, global tomato exports were valued at 88 billion US dollars.

Rank Country Production millions of tonnes 1 52.6 2 18.7 3 14.5 4 11.9 5 8.3 6 6.0 7 5.6 8 4.9 World 170.8 Varieties. For a more comprehensive list, see. There are around 7,500 tomato varieties grown for various purposes [ ] having been selected with varying fruit types, and for optimum growth in differing growing conditions. Tomato varieties can be divided into categories based on shape and size. [ ] • are 10 cm (4 in) or more in diameter, often used for and similar applications.

Their kidney-bean shape, thinner skin, and shorter shelf life makes commercial use impractical. •, or paste tomatoes (including pear tomatoes), are bred with a lower water /higher solids content for use in and, for and sauces and are usually oblong 7–9 cm (3–4 in) long and 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in) diameter; like the -type tomatoes, important cultivars in the. • are small and round, often sweet tomatoes, about the same 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) size as the wild tomato. • are smaller and oblong, a variation on plum tomatoes. • are sweet and noted for their juiciness, low acidity, and lack of mealiness, bigger than cherry tomatoes, and smaller than plum tomatoes. •, tiny tomatoes, about 5 mm in diameter • Oxheart tomatoes can range in size up to beefsteaks, and are shaped like large strawberries. [ ] • Pear tomatoes are pear-shaped and can be based upon the types for a richer gourmet paste.

[ ] • 'Slicing' or 'globe' tomatoes are the usual tomatoes of commerce, used for a wide variety of processing and fresh eating. [ ] The most widely grown commercial tomatoes tend to be in the 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in) diameter range. Tomatoes are also classified as. Determinate, or bush, types bear a full crop all at once and top off at a specific height; they are often good choices for container growing. Determinate types are preferred by commercial growers who wish to harvest a whole field at one time, or home growers interested in canning.

Indeterminate varieties develop into vines that never top off and continue producing until killed by frost. They are preferred by home growers and local-market farmers who want ripe fruit throughout the season. As an intermediate form, there are plants sometimes known as vigorous determinate or semi-determinate; these top off like determinates, but produce a second crop after the initial crop. The majority of heirloom tomatoes are indeterminate, although some determinate heirlooms exist. [ ] Early tomatoes and cool-summer tomatoes bear fruit even where nights are cool, which usually discourages fruit set. [ ] There are varieties high in beta carotenes and vitamin A, hollow tomatoes and tomatoes that keep for months in storage.

[ ] In 1973, scientists developed the world's first long shelf-life commercial tomato varieties. [ ] [ ] are becoming [ ] increasingly popular, particularly among home gardeners and organic producers [ ], since they tend to produce more interesting and flavorful crops at the cost of disease resistance and productivity. The definition of an heirloom tomato is vague, but unlike commercial hybrids, all are self-fertile varieties that have for 40 years or more.

Quite a few seed merchants and banks provide a large selection of heirloom seeds. Home cultivars are often bred for flavor to the exclusion of all other qualities, while commercial cultivars are bred for factors like consistent size and shape, disease and pest resistance, suitability for mechanized picking and shipping, and ability to ripen after picking.

[ ] Hybrid plants remain common [ ], since they tend to be heavier producers, and sometimes may combine unusual characteristics of heirloom tomatoes with the ruggedness of conventional commercial tomatoes. [ ] Most modern tomato cultivars are smooth surfaced, but some older tomato cultivars and most modern beefsteaks show pronounced ribbing, a feature that may have been common to virtually all cultivars. [ ] While virtually all commercial tomato varieties are red, some cultivars – especially heirlooms – produce fruit in, green, yellow, orange, pink, black, brown, ivory, white, and purple. Such fruits are not widely available in grocery stores, nor are their seedlings available in typical nurseries, but they can be bought as seed. Variations include multicolored fruit with stripes (Green Zebra), fuzzy skin on the fruit (Fuzzy Peach, Red Boar), multiple colors (, Burracker's Favorite, Lucky Cross), etc.

A split heirloom tomato, caused by fluctuation in water availability Tomato cultivars vary widely in their resistance to disease. Modern focus on improving disease resistance over the. Various forms of and are common tomato afflictions, which is why tomato cultivars are often marked with a combination of letters that refer to specific disease resistance.

The most common letters are: LB –, V –, F – strain I, FF – fusarium wilt strain I and II, N –, T –, and A –. Some common tomato pests are,, and,,,,,,,, and. The tomato russet,, feeds on foliage and young fruit of tomato plants, causing shrivelling and of leaves, flowers, and fruit, possibly killing the plant. A common tomato disease is. Handling cigarettes and other infected tobacco products can transmit the virus to tomato plants. Another particularly dreaded disease is, carried by the, which interrupts the lifecycle.

As the name implies, it has the symptom of making the top leaves of the plant wrinkle up and grow abnormally. [ ] After an insect attack tomato plants produce, a. Systemin activates defensive mechanisms, such as the production of to slow the growth of insects. The hormone was first identified in tomatoes, but similar proteins have been identified in other species since. Although not a disease as such, irregular supplies of water can cause growing or ripening fruit to split. Besides cosmetic damage, the splits may allow decay to start, although growing fruits have some ability to heal after a split. In addition, a deformity called can be caused by pests, temperature stress, or poor soil conditions.

Affected fruit usually remains edible, but its appearance may be unsightly. Companion plants. See also: and Tomatoes serve, or are served by, a large variety of. Among the most famous pairings is the tomato plant and carrots; studies supporting this relationship have produced a popular book about, Carrots Love Tomatoes. The devastating tomato hornworm has a major predator in various, whose larvae devour the hornworm, but whose adult form drinks nectar from tiny-flowered plants like. Several species of umbellifer are therefore often grown with tomato plants, including,, and occasionally.

These also attract that attack various tomato pests. Is thought to repel the moth.

Plants with strong scents, like (,, ), (,, ) and French marigold, ( ) are thought to mask the scent of the tomato plant, making it harder for pests to locate it, or to provide an alternative landing point, reducing the odds of the pests from attacking the correct plant. These plants may also subtly impact the flavor of tomato fruit.

Ground cover plants, including mints, stabilize moisture loss around tomato plants and other, which come from very humid climates, and therefore may prevent moisture-related problems like blossom end rot. [ ] Tap-root plants like break up dense soil and bring nutrients from down below a tomato plant's reach, possibly benefiting their companion. [ ] Tomato plants can protect from, because they contain solanum that kills this pest, while asparagus plants (as well as ) contain a chemical that repels root nematodes known to attack tomato plants.

Flowers and ripe fruit can be present simultaneously In the wild, original state, tomatoes required cross-; they were much more than domestic cultivars. As a floral device to reduce selfing, the of wild tomatoes extends farther out of the flower than today's cultivars. The were, and remain, entirely within the closed.

As tomatoes were moved from their native areas, their traditional, (probably a species of ) did not move with them. The trait of self-fertility became an advantage, and domestic of tomato have been selected to maximize this trait.

This is not the same as, despite the common claim that tomatoes do so. That tomatoes pollinate themselves poorly without outside aid is clearly shown in situations, where pollination must be aided by artificial wind, vibration of the plants (one brand of is a wand called an 'electric bee' that is used manually), or more often today, by cultured. The of a tomato flower is shaped like a hollow tube, with the produced within the structure, rather than on the surface, as in most species. The pollen moves through pores in the anther, but very little pollen is shed without some kind of externally-induced motion. The best source of outside motion is a bee, such as a bumblebee, or the original wild halictid pollinator. In an outdoors setting, wind or animals usually provide sufficient motion to produce commercially viable crops. [ ] Fruit formation Pollination and fruit formation depend on.

Meiosis is central to the processes by which diploid microspore mother cells within the anther give rise to haploid pollen grains, and megaspore mother cells in ovules that are contained within the ovary give rise to haploid nuclei. Union of haploid nuclei from pollen and ovule (fertilization) can occur either by self- or cross-pollination. Fertilization leads to the formation of a diploid zygote that can then develop into an embryo within the emerging seed. Repeated fertilizations within the ovary are accompanied by maturation of the ovary to form the tomato fruit. Homologs of the gene, including, play a key role in homologous recombinational repair of DNA during meiosis.

A rad51 homolog is present in the anther of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum), suggesting that recombinational repair occurs during meiosis in tomato. Hydroponic and greenhouse cultivation Tomatoes are often grown in in cooler climates, and there are cultivars such as the British 'Moneymaker' and a number of cultivars grown in that are specifically bred for indoor growing. In more, it is not uncommon to start seeds in greenhouses during the late winter for future transplant. Greenhouse tomato production in large-acreage commercial greenhouses and owner-operator stand-alone or multiple-bay greenhouses is on the increase, providing fruit during those times of the year when field-grown fruit is not readily available. Smaller sized fruit (cherry and grape), or cluster tomatoes (fruit-on-the-vine) are the fruit of choice for the large commercial greenhouse operators while the beefsteak varieties are the choice of owner-operator growers. Technique is often used in hostile growing environments, as well as high-density plantings. Picking and ripening To facilitate transportation and storage, tomatoes are often picked unripe (green) and ripened in storage with.

Unripe tomatoes are firm. As they ripen they soften until reaching the ripe state where they are red or orange in color and slightly soft to the touch.

[ ] Ethylene is a hydrocarbon gas produced by many fruits that acts as the molecular cue to begin the ripening process. Tomatoes ripened in this way tend to keep longer, but have poorer flavor and a mealier, starchier texture than tomatoes ripened on the plant. [ ] They may be recognized by their color, which is more pink or orange than the other ripe tomatoes' deep red, depending on variety. [ ] A machine-harvestable variety of tomato (the 'square tomato') was developed in the 1950s by 's, which, in combination with the development of a suitable harvester, revolutionized the tomato-growing industry.

This type of tomato is grown commercially near plants that process and can tomatoes, tomato sauce, and tomato paste. They are harvested when ripe and are flavorful when picked. They are harvested 24 hours a day, seven days a week during a 12- to 14-week season, and immediately transported to packing plants, which operate on the same schedule. California is a center of this sort of commercial tomato production and produces about a third of the processed tomatoes produced in the world.

In 1994, introduced a tomato called the, which could be vine ripened without compromising. However, the product was not commercially successful, and was sold only until 1997. Slow-ripening cultivars of tomato have been developed by crossing a non-ripening cultivar with ordinary cultivars. [ ] Yield The world dedicated 4.8 million hectares in 2012 for tomato cultivation and the total production was about 161.8 million tonnes. The average world farm yield for tomato was 33.6 tonnes per hectare, in 2012. Tomato farms in the were the most productive in 2012, with a nationwide average of 476 tonnes per hectare, followed by (463 tonnes per hectare) and (429 tonnes per hectare).

The 'tomato tree' as seen by guests on the boat ride at, The heaviest tomato ever, weighing 3.51 kg (7 lb 12 oz), was of the cultivar 'Delicious', grown by Gordon Graham of in 1986. [ ] The largest tomato plant grown was of the cultivar 'Sungold' and reached 19.8 m (65 ft) in length, grown by Nutriculture Ltd (UK) of Mawdesley, Lancashire, UK, in 2000.

A massive 'tomato tree' growing inside the 's experimental greenhouses in may have been the largest single tomato plant in the world. The plant has been recognized as a Guinness World Record Holder, with a harvest of more than 32,000 tomatoes and a total weight of 522 kg (1,151 lb).

[ ] It yielded thousands of tomatoes at one time from a single vine. Yong Huang, 's manager of agricultural science, discovered the unique plant in Beijing, China. Huang brought its seeds to Epcot and created the specialized greenhouse for the fruit to grow.

The vine grew -sized tomatoes, which were served at Walt Disney World restaurants. [ ] The tree developed a disease and was removed in April 2010 after about 13 months of life. Stuffed tomatoes (stuffed with hard-boiled egg and ) The tomato is now grown and eaten around the world.

It is used in diverse ways, including raw in, and processed into. Unripe green tomatoes can also be, used to make, or pickled. Is sold as a, and is used in cocktails such as the. Tomatoes are, making them especially easy to preserve in home whole, in pieces, as. The fruit is also preserved by drying, often in the sun, and sold either in bags or in jars with oil.

Although tomatoes originated in the Americas, they have become extensively used in Mediterranean cuisine. They are a key ingredient in, and are commonly used in sauces. They are also used in () and (). Though it is botanically a, a subset of, the tomato is a for culinary purposes, because of its savory flavor (see ). Storage Tomatoes keep best unwashed at and out of direct sunlight. It is not recommended to refrigerate them as this can harm the flavor.

Tomatoes stored cold tend to lose their flavor permanently. Storing stem down can prolong shelf life, as it may keep from rotting too quickly. Tomatoes that are not yet ripe can be kept in a paper bag till ripening. A sign posted at a Havelock, North Carolina tells customers that no tomatoes are available due to the. Plant toxicity Leaves, stems, and green unripe fruit of the tomato plant contain small amounts of the alkaloid, whose impact on humans has not been studied.

They also contain small amounts of, a toxic alkaloid found in potato leaves and other plants in the. Use of tomato leaves in has been responsible for at least one death. However, levels of tomatine in foliage and green fruit are generally too small to be dangerous unless large amounts are consumed, for example, as greens. Small amounts of tomato foliage are sometimes used for flavoring without ill effect, and the green fruit is sometimes used for cooking, particularly as. Compared to potatoes, the amount of solanine in green or ripe tomatoes is low; however, even in the case of potatoes while solanine poisoning resulting from dosages several times normal human consumption has been demonstrated, actual cases of poisoning resulting from excessive consumption of potatoes that have high concentration of solanine are rare. Tomato plants can be toxic to dogs if they eat large amounts of the fruit, or chew plant material. Salmonella Tomatoes were linked to seven salmonella outbreaks between 1990 and 2005, and may have been the cause of a outbreak causing 172 illnesses in 18 US states in 2006, The also caused the removal of tomatoes from stores and restaurants across the United States and parts of Canada, although other foods, including and, may have been involved.

Nutrition Red tomatoes, raw Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) 74 kJ (18 kcal). • Units • μg = • mg = • IU = Percentages are roughly approximated using for adults. Source: A tomato is 95% water, contains 4% and less than 1% each of and (table).

In a 100 gram amount, raw tomatoes supply 18 and are a moderate source of (17% of the ), but otherwise are absent of significant nutrient content (table). Potential health effects There is no conclusive evidence that the in tomatoes or in affects the onset of. In the United States, supposed health benefits of consuming tomatoes, tomato products or lycopene to affect cancer cannot be mentioned on packaged food products without a qualified health claim statement. In a scientific review of potential claims for lycopene favorably affecting, skin exposed to, heart function and vision, the concluded there was insufficient evidence for lycopene having any of these effects. Host Plant The Potato Tuber moth () is an oligophagous insect that prefers to feed on plants of the family Solanaceae such as tomato plants. Operculella use the leaves to lay their eggs and the hatched larvae will eat away at the mesophyll of the leaf.

In popular culture On 30 August 2007, 40,000 Spaniards gathered in to throw 115,000 kg (254,000 lb) of tomatoes at each other in the yearly. In, Canada, named the tomato the official vegetable of the province and designated July 15 as Tomato Day under the Tomato Act in 2016. Tomatoes have been designated the state vegetable of.

Took both sides by declaring the South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato both the state fruit and the state vegetable in the same law, citing both its culinary and botanical classifications. In 2009, the state of passed a law making the tomato the state's official fruit. Tomato juice has been the official beverage of Ohio since 1965., of, played a large part in popularizing the tomato in the late 19th century; his efforts are commemorated in Reynoldsburg with an annual Tomato Festival. [ ] was the first commercially grown genetically engineered food licensed for human consumption.

The town of, Spain, annually celebrates, a festival centered on an enormous tomato fight. Tomatoes are a popular 'nonlethal' throwing weapon in mass protests, and there was a common tradition of throwing rotten tomatoes at bad performers on a stage during the 19th century; today this is usually referenced as a metaphor. Embracing it for this protest connotation, the adopted the tomato as their logo.

The US city of calls itself 'The Birthplace of the Tomato', claiming the first commercial variety of tomato was bred there in the 19th century. Several US states have adopted the tomato as a state fruit or vegetable (see ).

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The series premiered on Sunday, June 5, 2011, following the. Teen Wolf is a series that follows Scott McCall (), a high school student and social outcast who is bitten by a.

He tries to maintain a normal life while hiding his secret and dealing with supernatural dangers that plague the town of Beacon Hills. He is aided by his best friend, Stiles Stilinski (), and mysterious werewolf, Derek Hale ().

Casting announcements were made in December 2010, with the rest of the main cast being, and playing Allison Argent, Lydia Martin and Jackson Whittemore respectively. Haynes left the series after the second season to work on. He returned in the second part of the sixth season as a guest star. Reed followed, leaving after the third season to pursue other projects. She returned to guest star in the second part of Season 5 and played one of Allison's ancestors.,, and joined the cast for Seasons 4 and 5. Tyler Hoechlin left the series after the fourth season. Hoechlin later returned to the show in the second part of the sixth season in a guest capacity.

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Bourne were all upgraded to series regulars for the final season. Tyler Posey Scott McCall is the main protagonist of Teen Wolf, a True Alpha werewolf, and the leader of his Pack. In 'Wolf Moon', Scott is bitten by Peter Hale and turns into a werewolf. He starts a relationship with Allison Argent, a new student whom he later discovers to be part of a werewolf-hunter family. Scott lives with his mother, Melissa McCall, and has a part-time job at Beacon Hills Animal Clinic as an assistant to veterinarian, Alan Deaton, who is his father figure. In Season 1, with the help of his best friend, Stiles Stilinski, and fellow werewolf Derek Hale, Scott struggles to control his transformations, balance his high school life with being a new werewolf, and keeping his loved ones safe from the enemies that his new life presents.

Scott is optimistic, good-natured, kind-hearted, protective and caring. He has strong morals and ideals. Over the series he exchanges his social awkwardness and naivety for a clear sense of duty in being a burgeoning leader in the supernatural world. Scott sees his new werewolf status as a curse and wishes to find a cure. In the Season 1 finale, Scott and Allison reaffirm their relationship after Allison finds out he's a werewolf and that his lies were to protect her. In Season 2, despite being vehemently opposed by Allison's parents, Scott and Allison carry on their relationship in secret.

Scott is blackmailed into helping Gerard Argent after the latter threatens Melissa's life by becoming a mole in Derek's Pack. His and Allison's romance then becomes strained due to their conflicting loyalties and then by Allison's increasingly violent behaviour because of Gerard's manipulation of Victoria's suicide. After Gerard's defeat and rescuing Jackson in the Season 2 finale, Allison tearfully apologizes for her actions, and because she needs space, they break up, but they still care for each other afterwards. Melissa also learns and eventually accepts Scott's new life. Scott now sees his werewolf ability as a gift to protect those he cares for.

Also, Scott gains a close friend in fellow werewolf Isaac Lahey, and over time comes to bring out the humanity in Derek. In the Season 3 premiere, Scott gets a tattoo of two bands on his upper left arm with Derek's help. He sees the mark as a reward for having let Allison go.

In the episode 'Currents', Deaton confirms that Scott has the potential to be the rarest form of Alpha, a True Alpha, one who can rise to Alpha status by sheer strength of character and willpower. In 'Alpha Pact', Scott temporarily sacrifices himself along with Stiles and Allison in a Druid ritual to save their parents from being sacrificed for the Darach, Jennifer Blake. In 'Lunar Ellipse', Scott and Derek defeat the Darach, and Scott fully awakens his True Alpha power. Scott also declares his close friends are his Pack. Scott later learns his father, Rafael is back in town something he and Melissa aren't too happy with, as he'd left the family when Scott was only a toddler.

In Season 3B, because of his Druid sacrifice, Scott now carries the burden of having a darkness around his heart like a scar. This causes him fear of shifting into his new Alpha form. After some 'aid' and words of encouragement from the twins Ethan and Aiden, Scott regains confidence over his shifts and the ability to use the Alpha's Roar. Scott is hurt when Allison and Isaac develop a romantic relationship but eventually comes to terms with it. Scott starts going out with Kira Yukimura after learning she likes him and she is also a Kitsune.

When Stiles is possessed by the Nogitsune, Scott is determined to separate the Dark spirit from Stiles without his best friend dying. In 'De-Void', Scott and Kira share a kiss after she promises him they'll save Stiles. After being taught by Peter Hale, Scott uses an Alpha's power to and enter Stiles' mind with Lydia. Because Stiles is in his Pack, Scott uses his Alpha Roar, allowing Stiles to break free of the Nogitsune. In 'Insatiable', Allison is fatally stabbed by the Oni.

Scott tries to save her life by taking her pain, but he can't. Allison comforts Scott, telling him she is in his arms and she loves him before she dies. Devastated, Scott kisses Allison's forehead. In the Season 3B finale, 'The Divine Move', Scott defeats the Nogitsune with an Alpha's Bite, as the Dark Kitsune can't be both a Fox and a Wolf.

At Season 3's end, Scott moves on with his life mourning Allison. In Season 4, Scott is trying to come to terms with Allison's death. He puts his romance with Kira on hold, but eventually decides to move on and give in to his feelings for her, sharing a deep kiss with her. In 'Muted', Scott is forced to Bite Liam Dunbar, to save Liam from falling to his death, transforming Liam into his first true Beta. Scott takes Liam under his wing, helping him adjust to being a werewolf and keeping him safe. Scott vows to stop the Dead Pool and save his friends from death.

Upon learning Rafael killed an assassin to save Stiles' life with no way otherwise, Scott contemplates should he resort to killing his opponents in order to stop them. In 'Monstrous', Scott saves young Lori Rohr from death and then attempts to kill the assassin out of rage. This action causes Scott to Evolve for the first time, triggering a transformation into a new bestial shape which includes a heavier brow, rippled-like skin, more fangs, his eyes turning completely black with the exception of his Alpha eye color becoming brighter. When the assassin surrenders, Scott stops at the last minute, sparing the man's life. He permanently gains additional fangs afterwards. In 'A Promise to the Dead', Scott and Kira are captured by Kate Argent and her Berserker and they are both taken to La Iglesia, where Kate transforms Scott into a new Berserker.

In 'Smoke & Mirrors' Scott, under Kate's control as a Berserker, attacks his friends. Liam reaches Scott's spirit, and Scott breaks free of the Berserker form. Scott then faces Peter, having figured out the latter's plan to conspire with Kate to have Scott killed. He clashes with his werewolf sire fiercely. Peter goads Scott he'll have to kill him if he wants to beat him. When Peter threatens Liam, Scott Evolves again, gaining new super-strength.

He defeats Peter while also sparing him, deciding for good he's an Alpha instead of a monster while declaring that Peter was always the other way around. In Season 5A, Scott and his Pack start senior year. Scott plans to get into to become a vet following in Deaton's footsteps.

A new Omega werewolf, his grade-school friend Theo Raeken, returns to Beacon Hills wishing to join his Pack which Scott considers. Scott eventually tells Kira he loves her, but is then unnerved by her increasingly bloodthirsty behavior due to her Kitsune Evolution, admitting to Theo he's losing trust in her. During the Dread Doctors' killing spree, to combat the para-scientists, Scott and his Pack read the subliminally coded novel based on the Doctors.

It causes Scott to flashback to when he was hospitalised as a child following a severe asthma attack. It's then revealed that as a child, Scott used to own a dog named Roxy who was fatally attacked by another dog which led to his asthma attack and hospitalisation. The book also causes Scott's asthma to psychosomatically return. When Hayden Romero is identified as the next Chimera, Scott takes rash action to stop the Doctors' bloodbath, using Hayden as bait in a sting operation to capture the para-scientists, to Liam's fury.

Unfortunately, the plan fails with Liam and Hayden captured, but both are rescued by Theo afterwards. Due to this, Scott willingly accepts Theo into the Pack. Scott later has an emotional breakdown over his failed leadership and Kira having to leave (sharing a goodbye kiss with her) and is overwhelmed by the distrust and secrecy in everyone around. Upon learning of Donovan Donati's death at Stiles' hands, and because of Theo's lies, Scott kicks Stiles out of the Pack. In 'Status Asthmaticus, Scott finally uncovers Theo's villainy and agenda to take Scott's Pack and True Alpha status for himself. The revealed Chimera has spiked his inhaler with wolfsbane to weaken him and arranges for Liam, enraged and supercharged due to the, kill him.

Mason snaps Liam out of his rage, but Theo kills Scott afterwards. He is revived by Melissa and the supermoon's power. In Season 5B, 'The Last Chimera', Scott is physically and emotionally defeated over his failure, his Pack being estranged and his werewolf powers left faulty, his mortal wound from Theo not healing. Despite the rift in his friendship with Stiles, he and Scott figure out how to save Stilinski's life and succeed. Scott later takes his mom's advice to bring hope for his Pack. He marks this promise with a symbol, his tattoo, the symbol for his Pack.

Amongst the enmity of Theo's Chimera Pack, and the bloodshed caused by the Dread Doctors' success, the, Scott ultimately pulls everyone back together including fixing his friendship with Stiles, slowly coming to forgive Liam and reuniting with Kira. After the shattered Pack is reunited, Scott's wound from Theo fully heals and he completely gets his confidence, power and motivation back.

As the dangers escalate, Scott reveals he'd instigated a constructed plan in motion weeks in advance to put a stop to the collected villains: having a repentant Deucalion undermine Theo, preventing the sociopathic Chimera from stealing the Beast's power, as well as conspiring with Chris to double cross Gerard after securing the information and means to vanquish the Beast which succeeds, including saving Mason. Later, to assuredly save a consenting Hayden's life, Scott gives her the Bite, adding her to his Pack and power. In the season 6 premiere 'Memory Lost', after 3 months of Beacon Hills being safe from supernatural threats, Scott believes the town no longer needs his protection, but is quickly embroiled in a bizarre case of a lost boy named alex, his missing parents and mysterious horsemen known as the Ghost Riders. After Stiles' encounter with a Ghost Rider, Scott suddenly forgets about him. In 'Superposition', when Scott tells Dr. Deaton that parts of his memory are missing, Dr.

Deaton tells him that his subconscious is trying to tell him something and he should try getting some sleep. After waking up in the woods, Scott calls Malia and Lydia and tells them about the night he was bitten. Certain things don't add up, like how he knew about the body or how he got to the woods. He knows it sounds crazy, but he thinks he had a best friend who came with him that night.

In 'Sundowning', Scott, accompanied by Malia and Lydia go to visit Elias Stilinski despite the Sheriff's disapproval. Scott explains that they're looking for someone named 'Stiles' but due to his dementia, Elias mistakes Scott for his son. In 'Relics', after unsuccessfully trying to convince several students of the dangers they face by playing in the lacrosse game, Scott is forced to play in order to protect them. Unfortunately, he fails as each of the students were taken by the Ghost Riders. In 'Radio Silence', Scott is forced to give up $50 to prevent Stiles' jeep from being towed. When the tow truck driver returns to take it, Scott becomes aggressive at him.

Later in the episode, Scott and Lydia are contacted by Stiles through the radio. He tells them to find a place called 'Canaan'.

In 'Ghosted', Scott, Lydia and Malia drive to Canaan where they discover it's a ghost town. Scott wants to figure out why Stiles sent them there. He suffers a hallucination of his mom with a bite to her head, as a result of energy in the town.

He and the others visit a house belonging to the only resident still in town, a banshee named Lenore. Scott, Lydia and Malia prepare to leave after failing to figure out what took place, only for Lenore to prevent them from leaving. After Lydia reasons with Lenore, Scott and the others are allowed to leave. Scott believes that Stiles sent them to Canaan to warn them of what will happen to Beacon Hills if they don't defeat the Ghost Riders. When Scott sees Theo back from Hell, he is furious. In 'Heartless', Scott reminds Liam of all the awful things Theo has done.

He wants to find Stiles but with someone they at least trust. Scott helps Liam, Hayden, Mason, Corey and Theo in catching a Ghost Rider. They succeed in catching a Ghost Rider, but can't get him to talk. They summon Deputy Parrish to talk to the Ghost Rider. When the Ghost Rider forces Parrish to shift into his form, Scott and Liam manage to push him away from the Ghost Rider. In 'Blitzkrieg', Scott, along with Lydia, Malia and Peter attempt to find the rift into The Wild Hunt. They eventually find it in a tunnel.

Scott and Malia are close to being killed by the Ghost Riders when Peter allows himself to be erased for a second time, allowing Scott and Malia to escape. Scott calls his mom's phone repeatedly, only to receive the same voicemail. Malia tells him that Melissa is gone but she's still alive, so they can still save her. In 'Memory Found', Scott enters cooling chamber, hoping the cold will allow him to remember Stiles, thus opening a rift.

He regains his memories of Stiles but it isn't enough to open a rift. As Lydia goes through hypnosis to remember Stiles, Scott guides her, telling her to find memories of Stiles. In 'Riders on the Storm', Scott is informed by Liam that everyone has been taken and they discover train tracks across town, (This is caused by Garrett Douglas using Corey to merge the phantom world with the real world). Scott is reunited with Stiles who escaped the Wild Hunt. He manages to divert the train, saving everyone in Beacon Hills and watches the Ghost Riders leave Beacon Hills, but not before turning Garrett Douglas into a Ghost Rider. In the aftermath, Scott drives off with Stiles after finishing high school. In Season 6B, Scott is faced with the threat of all-out war, as it is revealed in 'Said the Spider to the Fly' that when he, Malia and Lydia opened the door for Stiles to escape the Wild Hunt, a supernatural creature the Wild Hunt had imprisoned an unspecified amount of time ago, known as the Anuk-Ite, used the opportunity to escape as well.

The Anuk-Ite creates fear those it encounters, and uses that fear to sustain itself. As a result, many of the civilians inside Beacon Hills who previously had contact with the supernatural in some way turn on the supernatural population out of fear, become Hunters and begin hunting down every supernatural creature they can find. While Scott is trying to figure out how to stop the Anuk-Ite, which Gerard is using to build an army of Hunters, it is revealed that he has developed romantic feelings for Malia, as in the episode 'After Images', Scott is injured by a trap set by Gerard, and when Malia tries to take Scott's pain away so he can heal faster, Scott, who is half-delirious from the pain, confesses that he believes Stiles, Malia's ex-boyfriend, would be fine with them being together. It is revealed that Malia reciprocates Scott's feelings, and they share their first kiss in 'Triggers', and consummate their relationship in 'Genotype'. When the Anuk-Ite reaches its full power and reveals the ability to turn people to stone through eye contact, Scott and Malia briefly train with Deucalion in 'Broken Glass' to learn how to fight without seeing. However, in the final confrontation with the Anuk-Ite during 'The Wolves of War', Scott realises that he will inevitably be unable to keep his eyes closed, and, resorting to drastic measures, claws his eyes out. Once the Anuk-Ite is defeated, Scott is initially unable to heal his eyes, but when Malia kisses him to divert his attention, his eyes heal naturally.

Two years later, Scott rescues a young Omega werewolf named Alec from Hunters and informs him that although the Anuk-Ite is gone, the fight with the Hunters still continues against Gerard's former second-in-command, Tamora Monroe, and her followers. Scott offers Alec a place in his pack as one of Scott's Betas, which Alec accepts, and after Malia, Stiles and the rest of Scott's pack arrive, they all walk off together. It is also seen that Scott and Malia are still together after two years, making Malia Scott's longest-lasting girlfriend. 'Teen Wolf: The Hunt', a Teen Wolf-inspired game for, states that Scott was born on October 6. He likes guitars, horror films, and skateboarding, and is a fan of,,, and Lost in Kostko (Tyler Posey's band in real life, in which he plays guitar and sings lead vocals). Allison Argent,, Human.

Tyler Hoechlin Derek Hale is a werewolf by birth. Derek lived in Beacon Hills with his family, a Pack of both werewolves and humans, and his mother Talia Hale being Alpha. When he was 15, Derek fell in love with a girl named Paige. Wanting to be with her forever, Derek, with some manipulative persuasion from his uncle Peter, came up with the idea of turning her into a werewolf. Peter asked Ennis, an Alpha werewolf, to give her the Bite.

However, Derek, hearing Paige's screams, changed his mind but saw he was too late to save her and that Paige was actually rejecting the Bite. Knowing that Paige would die instead, Derek broke her spine to end her suffering. The killing of an innocent caused his werewolf eyes to change from yellow to blue, darkening his soul.

Later on, Derek entered a sexual affair with Kate Argent, unaware she was a hunter and was only using him to get information on the Hales. Kate burned the Hale House down, killing most of Derek's family and rendering Peter comatose. Derek and his older sister Laura left Beacon Hills for New York soon after. Due to his tragic experiences, Derek became angry, sullen, misanthropic, cynical, defensive and mistrustful. In Season 1, Derek returns to Beacon Hills six years after the fire to investigate a mysterious Alpha who had Bitten Scott McCall and killed Laura. He attempts to train Scott to help him control his new werewolf nature.

He is antagonistic towards the Argents, especially Chris, and Kate, the murderer of his family, and immediately disapproves of Scott's relationship with Allison. He does not get along with Stiles, and tends to bully him, as well as Scott, into participating in his plans. In 'Wolf's Bane', Derek discovers the Alpha is his uncle Peter who had murdered Laura to rise to Alpha status and his nurse was helping him sending the message to Allison. In the Season 1 finale, Derek becomes the new Alpha werewolf, killing Peter to avenge Laura's death. In Season 2, Derek exhibits pride and a hunger for power, gaining a new bestial Alpha form in the process. He attempts to recruit Scott into his Pack, but Scott no longer trusts him. He goes on to Bite three students, Isaac, Erica and Boyd, all with dark backgrounds, easily recruiting them to his Pack in exchange for power and confidence.

He is threatened by the Kanima and sets out to kill it. As the dangers escalate, Erica and Boyd leave, frightened of the Argents' werewolf genocide. With this loss of power, Derek grows to respect Scott more over time, treating him as more of an equal, especially after Scott puts an end to Gerard's threat and after saving each other's lives multiple times, Derek somewhat humors Stiles and comes to trust his judgment. In the finale 'Master Plan', it is revealed the reason Derek was in a hurry to build his Pack and power because an Alpha pack would be on the prowl for a development such as his rising to Alpha status.

In Season 3, the Alpha Pack are in Beacon Hills ostensibly to recruit Derek, and are holding Erica and Boyd hostage. Derek is saddened when Erica is found dead, but is emotionally shaken when he discovers his younger sister Cora, who had survived the fire, is found also. When Boyd and Cora are feral under the full moon, Derek saves Jennifer Blake, the English teacher, from them. He becomes attracted to Jennifer, starting a relationship with her. After discovering that Cora is alive, Derek displays a more caring, humane side of himself around her, becomes protective of her and actually cares about what she thinks of him.

With Cora joining and Boyd rejoining his Pack, Derek's regains his original Alpha power and strength. In 'Currents', Derek is shattered when the Alphas have him kill Boyd by accident to absorb his powers, which also causes him to see Erica's death via the former's memories. Jennifer is later revealed to be the Darach who was making Human sacrifices across Beacon Hills, and had poisoned Cora with for leverage against him to his anger. Not caring about power anymore, Derek gives up his Alpha status to save Cora from death, helps Scott put a stop to Jennifer saving the kidnapped parents, but they decide to spare Deucalion. Derek leaves town with Cora for South America, a changed, more content and relaxed man. In Season 3B, Derek, now an Omega werewolf once again, is on a mission with Peter in Mexico to retrieve his mother Talia's claws which are in the possession of the Calavera family and had Cora go into hiding.

They retrieve the claws with the mercenary Braeden's help. After returning to Beacon Hills, Derek uses the claws in a ritual to communicate with Talia his late mother. Derek meets with Scott, telling him Talia revealed to him the Hales didn't only live in Beacon Hills, they protected the town and it needs someone like Scott to continue protecting it.

Derek comes to solve his differences with Chris after he saves Chris' life from a bomb set off by the Nogitsune, and Chris tells Derek they aren't enemies anymore right after the Nogitsune had controlled him to kill the former. In the Season 3 finale, Derek and the twins face off against the Oni after bringing the triskele urn which held Talia's claws because it could be used to seal the Dark Kitsune away. Derek is last seen being cornered in his loft by the Calaveras. Suddenly the hunters are attacked, and Derek comes face to face with a revealed-to-be-alive Kate Argent.

In the Season 4 premiere, 'The Dark Moon', Kate is holding Derek in Mexico, in an underground Aztec temple. Scott's Pack and Braeden rescue him, but Kate, using the magic of, had Derek regressed in age and mind to 15 or 16 years old, the time of his life when he was sleeping with Kate, when he trusted her. In the episode '117', Kate used him to have him reveal to her the location of the Hale vault so she could steal the Triskelion. Later on, Derek fights Kate's Berserkers, shifting to his werewolf form, and this causes him to return to his normal age, but his werewolf eye color has returned to gold. He later realizes this means he's gradually losing his werewolf power. Derek hires Braeden to find Kate for him over her contract with the Calaveras.

Braeden accepts the job while simultaneously starting up a flirtation with him. Derek and Malia later seek out the Pack of Satomi Ito after finding out they are on the Deadpool. Tracking them, he finds Braeden injured, and takes her to the hospital. Derek and Braeden's playful interest in each other deepens and they start a relationship. She gives him lessons on how to use firearms, as well as hand-to-hand combat necessary for a human against supernatural foes. He excels at her lessons, overpowering the assassins at the high school and learning how to use his new handgun while protecting Satomi's Pack. With Lydia arriving at his loft letting out a Banshee Scream, Derek contemplates the fact he may not come back alive on the mission to rescue Scott, sharing a kiss with Braeden.

Derek is wounded by a Berserker and later dies. Later however, he revives with all of his powers restored and at their peak, destroying the Berserker, as well as gaining the talent to fully shapeshift into a wolf, like his mother Talia and sister Laura before him. Derek learns he was actually Evolving all throughout Season 4. Derek, now a fully Evolved werewolf, and Braeden leave Beacon Hills together. Lydia Martin,,,,, —. Colton Haynes Jackson Whittemore is the-captain of the Beacon Hills team and the captain of the school's swim team. Jackson's birth parents were Gordon and Margaret Miller.

They died in a car crash on June 14, 1995, but Margaret was kept on life support long enough for the doctors to deliver Jackson by into the middle of the night as his birthday is June 15th. He was adopted by attorney David Whittemore and his wife.

In compensation for their deaths, Jackson is to receive a large insurance settlement on his eighteenth birthday. Jackson is the big man on campus at Beacon Hills High, and has a competitive, self-absorbed and aggressive nature, which shows through hostility towards people who best him. Jackson wishes to make others proud of him, this desire to always live up to people's expectations appears to stem from his deeply rooted insecurity about his adoption and the fact that he does not know his real parents, leading him to be unable to see his adoptive parents as his true mom and dad. Despite his abrasive character, he is shown to care for his friends and dislikes hurting them. It turns out he is genuine friends with Danny Mahealani and he actually cares more for Lydia Martin than he lets on, though he'd never admit it. During Season 1, Jackson is angered, suspicious by Scott's sudden, seemingly impossible improvement on the lacrosse field and other activities repeatedly besting him, which impacts his psyche. Consequently, he investigates Scott, eventually coming in contact with Derek Hale and being accidentally scratched by Derek in 'Magic Bullet' (who was poisoned with wolfsbane at the time and partially passes the poisoning onto Jackson through the claws), witnessing the Alpha werewolf in 'Night School'.

He eventually discovers Scott is a werewolf. Jackson threatens to expose Scott unless he helps him become one too. The Argents grew suspicious of Jackson. At the school formal he gets drunk and exposes Scott's werewolf nature to them. In the Season 1 finale, 'Code Breaker', he regrets turning Scott over to the Argents, and helps Scott, Allison and Stiles defeat the Alpha werewolf, Peter Hale.

Later Jackson appears the Hale house demanding the Bite from Derek because he helped him. In the Season 2 premiere 'Omega', it is revealed Derek had Bitten Jackson, which he takes with absolute smugness. However, Derek notices his body is rejecting the transformation, causing black blood to bleed out of his orifices. In the fifth episode of Season 2 'Venomous' it is revealed Jackson instead became a Kanima, a murderous reptilian shapeshifter that is a weapon of vengeance.

Jackson, as the Kanima, commits numerous murders throughout Season 2. Jackson does not know that he is the Kanima, nor does the Kanima side of him know that it is Jackson. In his Kanima form, Jackson was nigh unstoppable: he had enhanced strength and agility that far exceeded the werewolves, even Derek, the Alpha werewolf, the Kanima could heal from being shot by Chris repeatedly, Derek slashing its throat, and Allison putting an arrow in its head and stabbing it in the chest. The Kanima's claws also produced a paralytic poison that could completely immobilize a victim by the Kanima slashing the back of the neck and it could scale walls. The Kanima seeks a Master who wishes to exact revenge on others to control the shapeshifter and the Kanima carries out whatever vengeance the Master bids, revealing that as the Kanima, Jackson's every move is controlled by someone else. In the episode 'Fury', it is revealed Jackson came across an unstable, traumatized student, Matt Daehler who became his Master. Matt had the Kanima murder former Beacon Hills High students who almost caused him to drown when he was a little boy during a drunken pool party.

After Gerard Argent kills Matt, he becomes Jackson's new Master. It is revealed that Jackson became the Kanima because he is an orphan, exemplified by his outward behavior and personality, meaning he lacks an identity. He can be saved by a person with whom he shared a true bond; in Jackson's case, this person is Lydia. Through Lydia's selflessness in the Season 2 finale, 'Master Plan', the Kanima reverts to Jackson.

Aware of what he is, Jackson then allows Derek and Peter Hale to kill him. Dying, he asks Lydia does she still love him, she responds that she does. Jackson returned to life and finally becomes a werewolf, however, with blue eyes rather than the common yellow.

His eyes as a werewolf are blue, because as the Kanima he took innocent lives (regardless of his intent); Derek, Peter, and the twins Ethan and Aiden share this feature. In the Season 3 premiere, Lydia revealed that Jackson was trained by Derek to control his werewolf nature.

Later he and Lydia parted and his father moved him to London. He is next seen late in season six, when he is revealed to be in a same-sex relationship with Ethan Steiner, another werewolf. The pair live together in London attempting to find other werewolves, but are attacked by hunters linked to Gerard Argent. Returning to Beacon Hills, they are captured by Gerard's lieutenant, school guidance counselor Ms. Monroe, although they are later freed by Lydia and Stiles after Gerard reveals he has the pair captive. When telling Lydia he is in a same-sex relationship now, she is initially startled and then happy that he 'figured it out'. He is seen checking out a female and male student in his brief scene at Beacon Hills High, and to have retained some of his kanima abilities, including venom, claws, and the ability to manifest kanima eyes and a kanima tail, but is unable to completely shift into one.

In the closing montage of the, he and Ethan are shown happily together in London once more. 'Teen Wolf: The Hunt', a Teen Wolf-inspired social network game, states that Jackson was born on June 15. He likes,,, and the, and is a fan of,,, and.,, Werecoyote. Shelley Hennig Malia Tate is a werecoyote, a member of Scott's Pack, the adoptive daughter of Henry Tate and his late wife Evelyn, and the love interest of Stiles starting in Season 3B.

She also has a deceased younger adoptive sister named Kiley. In 'Letharia Vulpina'; however, it is revealed Peter Hale is Malia's biological father. Malia's birth mother is an assassin named Corrine also known as the Desert Wolf. At age 9, Malia was presumed dead for eight years from a car accident that claimed the lives of her mother and her younger sister.

She was actually alive, fully transformed as a coyote. On the night of the car crash Malia had shapeshifted on a full moon. Her shift had supposedly caused the accident, and killed her mom and sister in the process earning her blue eyes by taking innocent lives. In the Season 3B premiere 'Anchors', Sheriff Stilinski reopens the case under a suspicion a supernatural may have been involved, and Scott and Stiles discover Malia in the woods. In the episode 'More Bad Than Good', Scott uses his Alpha roar to have Malia return to human form. Sheriff Stilinski and Stiles bring her home and she is reunited with Henry. After eight years as a coyote in the wild, Malia is very in touch with her animal side, is rather brash, quick to fight, and tends to speak her mind.

She initially struggles academically and shows little regard for social etiquette. As the series progress, Malia readjusts to her humanity. In 'Echo House', Malia is interned at Eichen House sanatorium.

There, she sees Stiles who has voluntarily committed himself. When he walks up to Malia, she attacks him aggressively. Malia tells Stiles she is unhappy as a human, because she now lives back with her father and can't tell him that she killed her mom and sister, and Scott's Alpha roar has caused her to remain human and unable to fully transform again. Stiles, who needs access to the basement for information regarding the Nogitsune's connection to Eichen House, specifically the kanji 'self' on the wall, makes a deal with her: she helps him get into the basement, then Scott will teach her how to change back. Very soon afterward, they sleep together.

Behind a wall in Eichen House, they find the Nogitsune's original host's body, a sheathed katana, and a photo. Afterwards, they are attacked by Oliver, Stiles' roommate, who is being controlled by the Nogitsune. Stiles lets the Nogitsune back in, in exchange for the Kitsune sparing Malia.

Malia later prepares to leave Eichen House, intending to rescue Stiles. She eventually brings the sheathed sword and the photo to Scott. At the end of Season 3, Malia has started to learn to live as a human, enrolling at Beacon Hills High School and joining Scott's Pack. In Season 4, Malia is continuing her romance with Stiles, with the Pack attempting to help her reintegrate back into society. Malia has a survival-of-the-fittest mentality, as shown when she was willing to leave Lydia behind when the Pack was held captive by the Calaveras. She regularly sneaks into Stiles' house at night.

Malia is struggling in learning control during the full moon. In 'The Benefactor', Stiles stays with her on the full moon while she is transformed into her werecoyote shape for the first time; he surmises she lacks control because of her guilt in what she did to her mother and sister. He relates to her because of the Nogitsune's possession of him. Malia perfects control at this.

The Pack keeps Malia in the dark that Peter Hale is her biological father, to protect her from the sociopathic werewolf. But in 'Weaponized' Malia discovers the truth when she sees she is listed on the Dead Pool as 'Malia Hale'. Malia is severely hurt and feels betrayed by Stiles keeping the information from her, straining her relationship with him. Malia meets with Peter, learning from him her real mother is known as 'the Desert Wolf'. Malia doesn't see herself as different from Peter, he being a killer while she killed her adoptive mother and sister. In 'Monstrous' after being almost killed and learning of Stiles' own near-death experience, Malia, with a push from Melissa, ultimately makes up with him, and at the Martin lakehouse they locate the computer servers that house the Dead Pool, and shut them down. On the mission to rescue Scott and Kira, Peter tries to coax Malia into unleashing her animal side in the fight against Kate and the Berserkers, but Malia sees Peter for the monster he truly is upon learning he was intending to murder Scott.

Malia is pleased that Stiles is looking into her biological mother. In Season 5, Malia has settled back into her relationship with her dad Henry. She receives her summer school results allowing her to be a senior with the others.

In 'Dreamcatcher', Malia receives a photo of a carnage caused by the Desert Wolf from Braeden through Stiles. Malia is content in just 'putting Tracy Stewart down' after her out-of-control murder spree.

After Scott's encouraging and urging to save Tracy instead, with the latter at her mercy, Malia goes through with it. Unfortunately, Tracy is euthanized by the Dread Doctors at that moment to her horror. Malia soon grows to trust the newcomer Theo Raeken. In 'A Novel Approach', while on a driving lesson with Theo, after reading Valack's novel, Malia remembers more of the crash that caused her family's death: it was not her full-moon transformation, but a woman that opened gunfire on the car that caused it to go off the road in the first place. She realizes the woman was the Desert Wolf. Unable to deal with it, Malia doesn't tell anyone.

She notices Stiles' obvious lies, and starts to lose trust in him. In 'Lies of Omission', Malia fails to save another Chimera. The recent trauma and chaos having left its mark, Malia states she can't follow Scott's rules on protecting people anymore and considers leaving the Pack. In 'Status Asthmaticus', Malia reveals to Stiles she knew about Stiles' killing Donovan, but it didn't matter to her. Nonetheless, her relationship with him has ended. Malia secretly makes the decision to kill the Desert Wolf in vengeance for her family.

In Season 5B, when Braeden returns to assist Malia in her plan, she learns the Desert Wolf is coming back to Beacon Hills for her. Because of this and not wanting to put her friends in danger, Malia quits Scott's Pack saying she can't help. She and Braeden prepare for her mother's arrival, but learns she has taken Deaton hostage. In 'The Sword and the Spirit', despite her best efforts, Theo seduces Malia to convince her to let him help the two find Deaton and the Desert Wolf. He betrays them at the last minute as he'd made a deal with the assassin and Malia finally comes face to face with her mother (Corrine).

Malia faces off against her in vengeance for causing her to kill her family while Corrine wants to take back the power she transferred to Malia upon giving birth to her. When the intercepts, Malia chooses to save Deaton and Braeden over killing her mother which gives her back her confidence, and the resolve to rejoin the Pack. Braeden and Malia keep an eye out for Corrine as the assassin will come to kill Malia to reclaim her power on the full moon while also assisting in the hunt for the Beast.

In 'Apotheosis', despite their best efforts, Malia, Braeden are caught in a gunfight and faceoff with her mother at the McCall house. After Braeden is wounded, Corrine eventually has Malia at her mercy, but Stiles had slipped Malia the garuda talons from the Chimera Belasko at Scott's suggestion: once Corrine claws Malia, she stabs her mother back with the talons and yells 'I want my family back.' Malia drains the last of the Desert Wolf's power, then Braeden captures Corrine, gaining justice for her mom and sister, while also sparing Corrine. In the season 6 premiere, Malia is seen in her coyote form for the first time since season 3, as she had finally learned to fully shapeshift.

She helps the Pack investigate a missing couple and determines they are still alive due to the lack of blood but says she couldn't smell any sign they were ever in their car. In 'Superposition', Malia is revealed to be losing control of her animal side as she is growling at people, clawing at her desk when stressed and she has built a coyote den at the corner of her bedroom.

She later admits to Scott and Lydia that she knows she wasn't alone when she was chained up during the full moon. In 'Sundowning', while she's making up for a test, Malia loses control and shifts into her coyote form and makes her way to the school basement. In 'Relics', Malia hears dying screams while running through the woods.

The smell of blood leads her towards a murder scene, but is shot by Chris Argent before she could investigate further. In 'Radio Silence', after recognising the distant howl and scent of a dying werewolf, Malia and Scott track it to the woods. They both realise that it's Peter Hale who had escaped from the train station. Both Malia and Scott didn't know Peter was taken by the Ghost Riders 3 months prior. In 'Ghosted', while she, Scott and Lydia are visiting Canaan, Malia is affected by energy in the town, causing her to hallucinate her dead adoptive mum Evelyn and sister Kiley as well as Theo. He shoots her, causing her to fall directly in between Evelyn and Kiley as they pull her into the ground.

While trapped in Lenore's house, Malia and Scott encounter the ghost of Lenore's son Caleb who starts to drown them. They stop drowning once Lydia reasons with Lenore. When Malia sees Theo at Scott's house, she is furious. In 'Heartless', Malia repeatedly punches Theo as he betrayed her back in season 5. With her claws out, she plans to finish him off, but Scott and Liam intervene. She accompanies a healed Peter in looking for the rift. In 'Blitzkrieg', Malia and Scott fight the Ghost Riders long enough for Lydia and Liam to get away.

She saves Scott before the Ghost Riders could kill him, however the two of them are not enough to hold off the Riders for long. They're saved by Peter who allows himself to be erased, giving them the chance to run.

In 'Memory Found', Malia enters the cooling chamber shortly after Scott. She finds herself in the school library, where each book represents a memory. She soon finds the shelf with all her memories of Stiles. In 'Riders on the Storm', after finding Peter in the Ghost Riders' dimension, Malia musters a small amount of love for Peter to call him 'Dad'.

She, along with Peter and Theo join Scott in the final showdown against Garrett Douglas and the Ghost Riders. After the Ghost Riders take Garrett and leave, Malia has to attend summer school before she could graduate. In Season 6B, Malia, who has successfully graduated, excitedly plans to travel to France, but is convinced to stay in Beacon Hills by Scott and Lydia when it becomes apparent that there is a new supernatural problem to deal with. While dealing with the threat of new Hunters emerging and killing supernatural creatures without mercy, Malia is surprised but secretly pleased when Scott deliriously indicates his feelings for her in 'After Images', as it is revealed that she has developed feelings for him in return. Malia initially tries to tell Scott how she feels about him in 'Face-to-Faceless', but to her frustration, she is unable to spark up the courage. In 'Pressure Test', while being trapped inside the police station by Hunters, the Anuk-Ite amplifies Malia's fear of being killed to the point where she becomes almost hysterical, but Scott calms her down.

In 'Triggers', Malia, Scott, Lydia and Argent attempt to destroy the Hunters' arsenal, but when it is revealed to be a trap set by the Hunters, Scott and Malia end up locked in a room which rapidly begins to run out of oxygen. After Lydia and Argent rescue them, the near-death experience is enough to give Malia the courage she needs to kiss Scott, and although Malia's Alpha is initially taken aback, Scott then responds by passionately kissing Malia, confirming that he returns her feelings.

In 'Werewolves of London', Malia and Scott try to recruit every surviving supernatural creature they know to help them fight the Hunters, but are mostly unsuccessful with the exception of Peter, who joins them when he looks into Malia's mind and sees that her feelings for Scott have developed to the point where she has fallen in love with him. In 'Genotype', Malia and Lydia work to resurrect the dead Hellhound Halwyn to try and defeat the Anuk-Ite, but he is only able to live long enough to tell them it can kill through eye contact if its two halves merge, before dying again. After this, Malia has sex with Scott, consummating their relationship. In 'Broken Glass', Malia and Scott are trained by Deucalion to fight the Anuk-Ite without having to look at it.

Unfortunately, in 'The Wolves of War' Malia is (off-screen) unable to resist looking into the Anuk-Ite's eyes, and is turned to stone, although she is freed from her stony prison after the fear-monger is defeated. When Malia sees that Scott had to claw his eyes out to fight the Anuk-Ite and is unable to heal himself, she gently kisses him at the suggestion of Lydia to divert Scott's attention and allow his eyes to heal naturally. Two years later, Malia arrives with the rest of the pack at the scene where Scott is talking to Omega werewolf Alec about the war with the Hunters. Malia gazes lovingly at Scott more than once during this encounter, and they walk off together, revealing that after two years, Malia is still in a relationship with Scott, making him Malia's longest lasting boyfriend. Kira Yukimura. Arden Cho Kira Yukimura is a, the daughter of Ken and Noshiko Yukimura, and Scott's second love interest.

In Season 3B, Kira is the new girl at school, having moved to Beacon Hills from New York. Kira is sweet and intelligent, but introverted and socially awkward. After being brought into the supernatural and learning of her own nature, as well as her family's secrets, she shows a defined sense of ethics, protection, a growing sense of confidence and camaraderie on joining Scott's Pack. As a Kitsune, Kira is of the type Thunder: she has power over electricity, and she naturally wields a katana sword as a 'gateway' to her Fox Spirit. At Season 3B's start, 'Anchors', Kira looks to make friends in school, but is embarrassed because her dad, Ken, is the new history teacher and prone to unintentionally embarrassing her. Early on, Kira has an obvious crush on Scott, which he reciprocates. In 'Galvanize', Kira is revealed to be supernatural after mass murderer William Barrow kidnaps her and, while attempting to kill her using electrocution, causes her to manifest an ability to absorb electricity.

Scott witnesses this display, and Kira is intrigued that Scott doesn't 'run the other way' from her peculiar circumstances. In 'Illuminated', it is shown that Kira radiates an aura that is shaped like a bipedal fox, flaring around her like armor. Scott invites her to Danny's black light party and their interest in each other strengthens. Later, she witnesses Scott and Derek Hale fight the Oni in their werewolf forms, revealing the supernatural lives of Scott, his Pack, and everything else to her, to her elation and inspiration.

Kira eventually does research into her own abilities and theorizes that she is a Kitsune, the Fox trickster. This is later confirmed by Derek.

Kira discovers further abilities; super speed and a natural talent for swordplay. When her mother, Noshiko, displays similar talents, Kira discovers, to her shock, that Noshiko is also a Kitsune and the one who summoned the Oni to Beacon Hills. In 'The Fox and the Wolf', Kira and Scott confront her parents. Kira is distrustful of her mom and is further baffled when Noshiko reveals that she is actually 900 years old.

Noshiko tells Kira her story of her time as an intern at Camp Oak Creek, and her role in unleashing the Nogitsune. Noshiko asks Kira to trust her this once, telling her she is a Thunder kitsune, and showing her how to use her FoxFire to repair her shattered katana. Upon being passed the katana, Kira is told that Noshiko's legacy is now hers. Kira comes to grips with her Kitsune nature, and resolves to help save Stiles. In 'De-Void', still unable to face her parents after everything they've kept from her, Kira spends the night with Scott, she shares a kiss with him.

In 'Insatiable', Kira along with Isaac and Allison go up against Noshiko and the Oni trying to dissuade her mother from outright killing the Nogitsune as the process could potentially kill Stiles. Unfortunately, the Nogitsune takes control of the Oni and turns the demons against them and Allison is killed. In the Season 3 finale, Kira is told by Ken and Noshiko their move at this point has to be a divine move in order to stop the Nogitsune. Kira goes along with Scott, Stiles and Lydia to stop the Nogitsune at the school.

She battles the Oni and then fatally stabs the Nogitsune running the demon's corporeal form through with the katana after Scott Bites him. In Season 4, Kira has her romance with Scott on hold because she wants to give Scott the time he needs to grieve for Allison. Kira has also become completely integrated with the Pack, becoming close friends with Lydia and Malia, wanting to use her abilities to protect people in Beacon Hills. In 'Muted', Scott decides to give in to his feelings for Kira, sharing a deep kiss with her, to her joy. Scott and Kira finally go on their first date. They are attacked by Kate Argent and her Berserker and are taken to La Iglesia.

Kate has Scott converted into a new Berserker, and under the malevolent werejaguar's control, Kira is attacked by Scott. Hallucinating her mother and determined to save Scott, Kira breaks off a piece of in the temple and uses it to trigger her kitsune healing. She saves Scott when, as per Peter Hale and Kate's plan, he's almost destroyed as a Berserker. Kira keeps the obsidian shard when returning to Beacon Hills. Afterward, Ken has the shard reshaped into a and Noshiko presents her with the star, and Kira realizes the shuriken is her first Kitsune Tail. In Season 5A, Kira, after a summer with her parents in New York, starts senior year with her friends, including she and Scott consummating their relationship.

She has been fashioned a customized sword by Ken that was forged with a 'unique power'. In 'Dreamcatcher', Kira takes Tracy on the Chimera Tracy Stewart, and displays an Evolution: her Kitsune aura erupts around her frame and becomes naturally visible. Second time around, she starts to lose control, attempting to behead another hybrid shouting 'Watashi wa shi no shisha da!' , but Scott stops her. Her Fox Spirit has also become independent which Scott witnesses when he views the Fox spirit, though he keeps quiet about it. Kira is flabbergasted when Scott tells her he loves her under the impression he doesn't realize he did, but is lighthearted upon hearing he remembers, and that he meant it.

After the debacle at Eichen House, Kira starts to feel she's causing problems, when she can't read or finish Valack's novel, due to her Fox being affected by it, and later when she almost kills her mother in a rage. In 'Ouroboros', Kira goes into a trance leading to route 115. She learns, to her horror, her sword was found impaled in the body of a Chimera, but she can't remember. Noshiko gives Kira instructions for to allow her Fox Spirit to read the novel and Kira remembers the Dread Doctors experimented on her during the storm on route 115, amplifying her Kitsune status and power, revealing that they're responsible for her Evolution. She and her parents decide they have to leave so they can tame her Fox spirit. Kira has Scott tell her the truth about her Fox Spirit; he does. She shares a kiss goodbye with him, and leaves Beacon Hills and the Pack behind.

In Season 5B, 'Codominance' Kira and her mother have traveled to Shiprock, New Mexico to find a solution for to control her Fox Spirit. They come into contact with local. Kira is put through a test by the shifters, facing off against an Oni.

Her Fox Spirit takes control and destroys the demon. The three skinwalkers declare that while Kira wields the sword, the Fox wields her: Kira is now condemned by the skinwalkers to stay and become one herself.

Scott appears in time to help her and Noshiko escape. Overjoyed, Kira tells a light-hearted Scott she loves him and rejoins the Pack.

In 'The Sword and the Spirit', Kira is advised by her father Ken to use her mind as a weapon instead of the sword and she'll 'outfox the Fox' as a new solution to control the Spirit, dismantling her mystical belt-sword. In 'Amplification', as part of the plan to break Lydia out of Eichen, Kira draws power from the electrical grid which overloads her, causing her Fox Spirit to periodically jump out.

In 'A Credible Threat', Kira completely loses control, possessed by her abrasive, bloodthirsty Fox Spirit (whom is fluent in Japanese) but Scott pulls her back with his werewolf voice. When the dangers escalate with Mason revealed to be the host for the, Kira takes desperate action and slips away with the shards of her sword, returning to the skinwalkers. She tells him that she will join them, but only if they assist her to help save her friends. The skinwalkers accede to Kira's request but also telling her, there will be a price.

In 'Apotheosis', Kira (now has her Fox Spirit under control) returns to Beacon Hills just in time to stop a vengeful Theo from killing everyone. Kira tells the sociopathic Chimera the skinwalkers have a message for him: his sister wants to see him. Using her sword, harnessing the skinwalkers' power, Kira creates an underworld chasm. Theo's undead sister emerges and drags Theo down to Hell. Later, due to her deal with the skinwalkers, Kira returns to Shiprock, New Mexico to be taught how to fully navigate her Fox Spirit.

She promises Scott she will return, hands him her shuriken Tail to keep it safe for her and gives him a kiss goodbye, leaving the Pack for a second time. Liam Dunbar, Werewolf. Dylan Sprayberry Liam Dunbar is a new freshman at Beacon Hills High School in Season 4, Mason's best friend and a Beta werewolf in Scott's Pack. Liam is loyal, extroverted, sometimes cocky, but has severe anger issues. Liam lives with his mother, and step-father Dr. In sixth grade, Liam had gone into one of his rages, injuring Hayden Romero's face on the day yearbook photos were taken, earning him her enmity. Liam transferred to Beacon Hills High after being kicked out of Devonford Prep because he'd vandalized his lacrosse coach's car.

Over the series, Liam's rage problems mostly diminish, with him wanting to atone for his actions, being exchanged for a more emotionally responsible, mature and dutiful personality. Liam is Scott's first true Beta. Liam first appears in 'Muted' at lacrosse practice. He is accidentally injured by Scott who immediately helps bring him to the hospital. Liam enters the supernatural world when he's attacked, held hostage by Sean Walcott, a wendigo. Scott attempts to rescue him, but Liam is thrown over the hospital roof. Sean has Scott's arms pinned, so to save Liam from falling to his death, Scott catches Liam with his fangs, Biting him, transforming Liam into his first Beta.

In the next episode 'The Benefactor', Liam's werewolf abilities begin to manifest. At Lydia's lake house, Scott's Pack meet with Liam, attempt to gain his trust and debrief him of their supernatural species. Annoyed, Liam angrily snaps at them, losing control, fully transforming for the first time and running out into the Preserve. Scott and Chris Argent effectively subdue him. Horrified at what's happened to him, Liam tearfully admits he deserved getting kicked out of his old school.

He fears his parents seeing him as a monster. Scott comforts and tells Liam: 'You're not a monster. You're a werewolf. Afterwards, Liam is brought into the Pack, with Scott teaching him control and everything supernatural. , Liam faces off against his old school rival Brett Talbot during the lacrosse season's pre-season scrimmage. Scott and Stiles attempt keep him under control during the game, but they learn that their teammate Garrett is an assassin, and is targeting Brett who is also a Beta werewolf from a Pack of.

Liam is then kidnapped by Garrett and dying of a wolfsbane laced wound. Liam remembers Scott's instruction on how to be a werewolf which gives him enough control to let out a howl allowing Scott to find and rescue him. Liam eventually develops enough control outside of the full moon. In 'Time of Death', Scott tells him he doesn't have to get involved in the plan of catching the Benefactor if he doesn't want to.

Liam decides he's not afraid and wants to help. Liam and Kira take on a Berserker, but they're overpowered with Liam terrified of the demons. Afterwards, Liam develops afterward, having hallucinations of the monsters.

Later on with his price on the Dead Pool being spiked and the attempted assassination at the bonfire, the trauma and stress starts to get to him. Liam admits his fears to Scott, saying he's not like his Alpha, how he and the others put their lives on the line to save people.

In 'A Promise of the Dead', Liam continues to struggle, but gets help from Brett, his former rival roughing him to encourage him, and reminding him he is alive, snapping Liam out of his paranoia. Brett then tells Liam he's lucky to have Scott as his Alpha, because Scott is a True Alpha, meaning he earned his status. Liam is inspired upon hearing this, fully overcoming his fears.

In 'Smoke & Mirrors', it is the full moon, but Liam insists on coming to help save Scott. Liam manages to control himself when Stiles has him recite Satomi's mantra. When Scott is cursed as a Berserker by Kate Argent, Liam reaches Scott using Scott's same words: 'You're not a monster. You're a werewolf.

These words then breaks Kate's spell, and Liam sees Scott put away Peter after the murderous werewolf threatens him. In Season 5A, Liam is still learning to perfect control under Scott's tutelage. In 'Parasomnia', he learns, to his chagrin, his nemesis from grade school, Hayden has enrolled. The Pack has given him permission to let Mason in on the supernatural business.

Though worried that his best friend would reject him, Liam attempts to do so. However, a full wolf (Theo) chases him and Mason, forcing Liam to fully expose himself to his best friend, but the latter is instead completely beside himself with awe. Liam tracks a Chimera at the club Sinema where Hayden works in 'Condition Terminal', but he causes her to drop the shots she's carrying, to her annoyance. He later attempts to pay her back. Hayden coldly rebukes him, but he insists on making up for the shots, even more so when he learns the money is for her medication. Their relationship overtime begins to improve, with the two starting to fall for each other. Liam later discovers Hayden is a Chimera.

He manages to convince her of the supernatural, and brings her to Scott's Pack in 'Strange Frequencies' to protect her. Liam is furious, appalled at Scott's decision to use Hayden as bait, but has Scott promise that he'll do everything he can to save Hayden. Despite the Pack's efforts, the Dread Doctors abduct both Liam and Hayden, and while held captive, they comfort each other.

Upon being rescued by Theo, Liam shares a kiss with Hayden, also activating his pain siphoning ability. After this, he and Hayden enter a romantic relationship, becoming lost in their own world.

When Hayden is poisoned by the Dread Doctors in 'Lies of Omission', Liam, overcome with worry, is tricked by Theo into thinking the Bite will save her. Liam demands Scott Bite Hayden, but a discouraged Scott says no, reasoning the Bite could actually kill her. In 'Status Asthmaticus', Scott's refusal and the greatly feeding his bloodlust and temper, Liam is led by Theo to violently clash with Scott (who has been weakened by wolfsbane) and attempts to kill him to take his True Alpha powers so he can save Hayden himself. Liam comes close to killing Scott, but Mason arrives in time and snaps Liam out of his rage.

Mason tells him of Hayden's death. Devastated, Liam gives Hayden a final kiss before she is taken by Parrish.

In 'The Last Chimera', Liam mulls over his misplaced, misguided actions, wracked with guilt for almost killing Scott and leaving Hayden for dead. He is however shaken when he discovers she is actually alive, having been brought back to life by Theo.

Liam and a frosty Hayden confront each other over his leaving her to die to kill Scott, and she being in Theo's Pack after Theo manipulated Liam to kill Scott, and had killed Scott himself. In 'Codominance', the two make up after Hayden tells him she can't die again for her sister's sake.

Liam admits he can't bear for her to die again either and the two kiss. Later on they consummate their romance, but he continually pressures her to get away from Theo.

In 'The Sword and the Spirit', Liam attempts to locate the Dread Doctors' lair and runs into Scott. Liam guiltily admits to Scott he did something wrong in attempting to kill him and says he has to make things right for it, like he'd have to save Scott's life. Scott reassures him that Hayden is alive and is sure he'll get a chance. During the chaos caused by the, the Dread Doctors and Theo, Liam does everything he can to make things up to Scott, and his Alpha slowly comes to forgive him and accept him back into the Pack. In 'A Credible Threat', during the charity lacrosse game with Devonford Prep, Liam is overjoyed when Hayden says she's taking his advice to stand with Scott's Pack because she wants to be with him.

By the end of Season 5, the Pack puts an end to the Beast, Sebastien Valet, including saving Mason separating his best friend from the Beast's essence to Liam's relief and joy, and he and Hayden affirm their love after Hayden is willingly Bitten, made a Beta werewolf by Scott, sharing a kiss with her under the next full moon. In the season 6 premiere 'Memory Lost', while on a date, Liam and Hayden find a car with no driver and a scared boy in the back. Liam and Mason investigate unusual compass readings leading them to the home of a missing couple. Liam, Hayden and Mason investigate the smell of blood in the school, it leads them to a dead body in the boiler room. In 'Superposition', Liam is blunt with Mason about his distrust in Corey, he questions where Corey was when they fought Sebastien Valet or why he was loyal to Theo for such a long period of time. He says he'll trust Corey when he does something trustworthy.

In 'Sundowning', Liam takes charge of the situation with Gwen as Scott is preoccupied with other things. They trick her into going to a party at Scott's house.

Shortly after Gwen arrived, the Ghost Riders appear. Liam and Corey are forced to fight, but they're no match for them. In 'Relics', Liam is forced to take action as the Ghost Riders storm the sports field during a lacrosse game. He lunges at one of the Riders, knocking it off its horse and clawing at it. In 'Ghosted', when Hayden's plan to trap a Ghost Rider is no longer an option, Liam devises a plan of his own. He insists they get Theo, doing so would allow them to use Theo's power.

Liam drives Kira's sword into the ground, releasing Theo. He is disappointed to learn Theo no longer has the powers he stole from Josh and Tracy. He and Hayden then discover that Theo remembers Stiles, convincing them to keep Theo above ground. In 'Heartless', Liam convinces Scott that Theo could help in stopping the Ghost Riders. He reminds Theo that he still has the sword, and if he becomes more trouble than he's worth, Liam will send him back. In 'Blitzkrieg', Liam learns of Garrett Douglas' past from Theo and is stunned to learn that when Garrett escaped from the tube in the Dread Doctors' lair, he has the power of an Alpha, a Lowenmensch and a Ghost Rider. Liam becomes enraged as he is forced to watch Mason get taken by the Ghost Riders.

He attacks the Ghost Rider at fault with such ferocity, despite being outmatched. He escapes after Hayden allows herself to be taken. In 'Memory Found', Liam and Theo lure the Ghost Riders to the hospital in order to buy Scott, Lydia and Malia time to remember Stiles. Despite the odds stacked against him, Liam attacks and kills a few Ghost Riders with Theo's help. In 'Riders on the Storm', Liam discovers parts of the phantom train station being merged with the real world.

After Scott discovers a way to divert the train, Liam enters the rift by using one of the Ghost Riders' horses and is reunited with Mason and Hayden. They find Corey wired up in the radio room. Once he hears Scott's Roar, telling him that the train has been diverted, Liam helps Mason and Hayden rescue Corey which also rescues everyone else who had also been taken.

Sheriff Noah Stilinski,,,, Human. Linden Ashby Sheriff Noah Stilinski is Stiles's father and the sheriff of Beacon Hills. His first name isn't known until season 6 where he intrudes on his father Elias Stilinski having a conversation with Scott and Lydia. Stilinski is close to Scott and Melissa. He is an intelligent and dedicated officer, although his ability to do his job is hampered by his initial unawareness, and later because of the supernatural forces behind many of the crimes in Beacon Hills. Stilinski and Stiles are mutually supportive and protective of one another, in part because of the death of Stiles' mother, Claudia, some years before the series timeline. In Season 1, 'Co-Captain', Stilinski links the murders committed by the Alpha to the Hale House fire.

He discovers an accomplice in the arson, Adrian Harris, who gave him the lead to the culprit, a pendant. In the Season 1 finale, Stilinski finds the body of Kate Argent with the necklace, linking her to the crimes. In Season 2, the Sheriff is again working on solving a killing spree. He is put on temporary leave because of Stiles' behavior throughout the season, straining his relationship with his son. With Stiles' help, he finds out the victims were part of the Beacon Hills High swim team in 2006. He is held hostage at the Sheriff's station with Melissa and their sons by Matt, when they uncover evidence convicting Matt.

After the events are resolved and Matt's death, he is reinstated as Sheriff. In Season 3, Stilinski has a murder spree on his hands, this time committed by the Darach. Stiles is reluctant to let his father in on the supernatural loop out of fear he could be killed. Eventually in the episode 'The Girl Who Knew Too Much', he attempts to tell Stilinski the truth using previous seemingly inexplicable incidents, but Stilinski says he doesn't know what he's seen, harshly trying to end the argument. Stiles talks back, saying, 'Mom would've believed me.'

Stilinski later uncovers information on a hunch about the supernatural and discovers Jennifer Blake about to kill Lydia. He witnesses Jennifer removing her glamour talent to reveal her actual face, the Darach, and Scott in his werewolf shape. Jennifer abducts him for the Guardians' sacrifice. He is held in the Nemeton along with Melissa McCall and Chris Argent. He is now brought up to speed.

In 'Alpha Pact', Stilinski relays a story eight years ago when Claudia was on her deathbed. He was helping a girl who was caught in a car accident. He was holding the girl's hand and her grip tightened. She'd comforted him saying if his wife was dying, he should leave and go be with her. Ultimately, he didn't, waiting for paramedics to arrive instead. Claudia had already died when he arrived and Stiles had been with her.

If he'd believed in the supernatural, believed that the girl psychically knew that Claudia was dying, he would've been with his wife in her final moments. He and the parents are rescued by Allison and Isaac just as Jennifer is using the storm to bury them. Stiles arrives holding up the ceiling of the root cellar with an aluminum bat and is reunited with his son.

Finally brought into the supernatural circle, and subsequently closer to Stiles, Stilinski starts to search through old cases which he suspect could involve a supernatural creature, particularly the case of Malia Tate. He asks Scott to help him to find some clue in Malia's house, but this proves unsuccessful. Later, Stiles admits to Scott this action was his last attempt to solve some case when he's still the sheriff, since Rafael, Scott's father is having Stilinski impeached for a 'lack of resolution and ability to close cases'. However, with Scott and Stiles' help in the following episode 'More Bad than Good', Malia Tate is found alive and he reunites her with her father and Stilinski closes the case. Stilinski temporarily puts his dislike of Rafael aside in 'Riddled' when Rafael finds Stiles after he goes missing and shakes his hand in gratitude. Stilinski has been taking notes of Stiles' growing symptoms and has him undergo a test for the same disease that killed Claudia.

When he sees a brain scan similar to his wife's, he is visibly shaken. However, later, Scott reveals to Stilinski Stiles is possessed by the dark trickster, the Nogitsune. Displaying belief in the supernatural, Stilinski clues in on the fact that the Kitsune is a trickster. He learns Stiles' MRI results are fake: they are virtually similar to his wife's results, courtesy of the Void Kitsune. He recalls his time in the army; he was taught that to defeat a foe, 'you take away their hope'. Rafael helps to talk Stilinski out of the impeachment case, saving his career and admits he only needed a reason to stay in Beacon Hills so he could make things up with Scott.

Stilinski attempts to give Rafael some sound advice: that he reveal to Scott why he left. In 'Insatiable', when he sees the Nogitsune has been exorcised from his son, he gives Stiles a tight hug. In Season 4, Stilinski investigates the murders by the assassin, 'the Mute'. With Derek in tow, he is led to the school, where a is set up, but the assassin shows up. Derek and Stilinski overpower him, then Stilinski attempts to arrest him, but the assassin is killed by Peter.

The Sheriff learns of the Dead Pool from Scott and Stiles; he has the hit list run through recognition to find the intended targets. Stilinski and Stiles are having money problems, trying to pay for the MRI and the 'visit' to Eichen House which are both long overdue. Stiles is tempted to use the Dead Pool money Scott found to help solve the problems. Later on however, because Stiles was almost murdered by Brunski, their Eichen House bill is dropped as a gesture of apology. In the Season 4 finale, 'Smoke and Mirrors', Stilinski saves Lydia and Mason from a Berserker using the Mute's Claymore, destroying the demon. In Season 5, Stilinski is constantly given death threats from the delinquent Donovan Donati for his history with Donovan's father.

Stiles notes his dad has taken off his wedding ring. In 'Condition Terminal', Stilinski is against moving Tracy's shapeshifted corpse from a crime scene. Alan counters he'd be holding a press conference announcing the existence of the supernatural. Stilinski stammers, with a growing frustration over having to obscure supernatural aspects in his cases, saying 'There is a line we have to draw', but reluctantly acquiesces. Stilinski notices Stiles' uncharacteristic silence and withdrawal upon realizing Donovan is a. In 'Strange Frequencies', he and Melissa uncover that all the known Chimeras had previous organ transplants from an unknown donor: they were all genetically chimeras beforehand.

In 'Ouroboros', when another unnamed Chimera is found dead, impaled upon Kira's sword, Stilinski culminates by resolutely reporting it with an APB out on Kira to the protest of Melissa, Stiles and Kira's parents. He vehemently argues the girl is murder, it is his job to investigate within the parameters of the law and although his son along with Scott's Pack combat threats outside the law, they're not above it. Melissa humors him writing an official report detailing all the supernatural phenomena present in the town, and sharply tells him 'maybe (he) should learn to bend a little before someone else breaks.'

In 'Lies of Omission', Stilinski sees Parrish has incarcerated himself because he's the one stealing the bodies. He considers letting it slide, but Parrish resolutely says no. In 'Status Asthmaticus', Stilinski uncovers clues surrounding Donovan's death, but he's attacked then left to die by Theo. Stiles, horrified, manages to find Stilinski and the latter is hospitalized. Scott, Stiles and Malia uncover he'd been slashed, poisoned by Noah Patrick, a Berserker Chimera. The bone marrow poisoning him is removed by Dr.

Geyer and Stilinski recovers, waking up and reassuring Stiles he 'still has (him)'. In 'Damnatio Memoriae', Stilinski recovers from his near-death experience. He talks to Stiles about Donovan's death. Stilinski reassures and advises his son that his only crime was surviving, though his heart is telling him it was murder, and if a judge said differently 'then hell with the judge.' Stilinski admits he made a mistake in arresting Kira and says he's learning 'to bend.' Stilinski advises Stiles that the burden he now carries won't ever feel OK again without a counterbalance, like saving a life. He encourages Stiles to reconcile with Scott, saying he'll feel better by forgiving someone if not himself.

Stilinski moves forward with his new mindset, keeping Parrish on as a deputy, despite growing increasingly concerned over Parrish's apocalyptic dream and the growing number of bodies committed by the Beast. In 'Amplification', Stiles alerts him to the danger Lydia's in while in Eichen House. Stilinski talks to a resolutely oblivious Natalie Martin firmly telling her she knows the bigger picture of what's happening in Beacon Hills, giving her the records of Valack's experimentation at Eichen House and Melissa's 'police report' as proof, which later leads to her finally acknowledging the supernatural. In 'Apotheosis', the Beast is destroyed (with Mason separated) and the Desert Wolf defeated and captured by Malia and Braeden, Stilinski tells Stiles his role in making all of the above happen must have felt good. Stiles admits it did and he wants to feel it again.

Stilinski proudly tells his son: 'Welcome to your future career in law enforcement.' In the season 6 premiere 'Memory Lost', the Sheriff brings Scott in to help find out what happened to a boy's missing parents.

After Stiles' encounter with a Ghost Rider, Stilinski doesn't recognise him. In 'Superposition', the Sheriff and Parrish enter the station as they go over a recent case. His wife Claudia is alive as a result of the Ghost Riders' interference. She waits for him in his office. He asks if she's happy to which she says 'Always'. In 'Sundowning', Stilinski tells Scott and Lydia that 'Stiles' is not a thing, but a person. His father Elias was an army engineer and used the nickname Stiles.

He denies Scott's request to see Elias as he would be no help to them due to his dementia. He later walks in on Scott, Lydia and Malia visiting Elias. Elias becomes agitated towards his son and tells him to go back to his 'dead wife and loser son'.

The Sheriff later tells Scott that he remembers back in college, he and Claudia were discussing their future including having a son named Stiles. In 'Relics', Stilinski gives Lydia permission to search his house for any possible relics of Stiles.

He tells her that he couldn't sleep the night before, he got up to do some paperwork but he stubs his toe on an old baseball bat and, without thinking, he yells out Stiles' name. In 'Radio Silence', the Sheriff doesn't know how the jeep ended up in the school car park, he admits the vehicle was a junker in the day, but doesn't understand who would want it now.

In 'Ghosted', the Sheriff refuses to acknowledge the possibility that Stiles is his son and that he was taken by the Ghost Riders. He believes the person Scott heard on the radio could've been the result of signal crossing. He later talks to Claudia that someone should write a paper on how she survived the frontotemporal dementia, but she shoots him down and instead talks about replacing the wallpaper Lydia had damaged. In 'Heartless', Stilinski discovers what he believes to be Stiles' bedroom. He asks Claudia why it was sealed off. She just says there are several simple explanations for the room and tells him to 'leave it alone' but he cannot.

He begins to think that maybe what Scott and Lydia have been telling him was true. Lydia gives him the first clue that he has a son by spotting Stiles' lacrosse jersey in the room and tossing it to him. In 'Blitzkrieg', the Sheriff starts piecing together that he has a son by running string to the walls of Stiles' room, causing Stiles' possessions to reappear. He later tries to show Claudia Stiles' room full of Stiles' stuff but she sees nothing.

He then realises that Claudia isn't real as he can't remember her last birthday or anniversary. Claudia tries to fill his head with false memories but he persists, remembering her 'last good day' at the hospital. Once he remembers Stiles, Claudia disappears. The Sheriff tells the Pack that he has a son, his name is Mieczyslaw Stilinski but they call him Stiles. He remembers everything about his son, everything from his first time behind the jeep to him dragging Scott into the woods.

In 'Memory Found', Stilinski is shot and erased by the Ghost Riders as he exits the Sheriff's station. In 'Riders on the Storm', the Sheriff is briefly reunited with Stiles before giving him cover so that Stiles could escape. He later saves Stiles from the conjured up Claudia. After the Ghost Riders leave Beacon Hills and everyone is saved, the Sheriff is back at the station with all his deputies. Melissa McCall,,,, Human.

Melissa Ponzio Melissa McCall ( Delgado) is Scott's overworked, cynical but comforting and loving mother. Melissa is close friends with Stilinski and is like a surrogate mother to Stiles. Melissa works as a nurse at Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital.

Scott is very close to her, since her ex-husband Rafael is absent. From Season 2's end onwards, Melissa is in the know of Scott's werewolf status. She becomes closer to him, participating and helping her son in his missions to protect Beacon Hills, serving as his moral tether and role model. In 'Formality', Melissa helps Scott get ready for the school formal and tells him 'Women love words', giving her son the confidence he needs to tell Allison both he loves her, and that he's a werewolf. In Season 2, 'Abomination', Melissa's life is inconspicuously threatened by Gerard Argent to blackmail Scott into following his orders. Scott complies, though Melissa notices his distress right afterward. Scott lies to her, saying everything's fine.

In 'Restraint' after Jackson files a restraining order against Scott and Stiles, Melissa angrily confronts Scott over all of his bizarre behavior. She concernedly asks are his actions because of his absent father. To keep her in the dark, Scott affirms this. In 'Fury', Melissa is called to the sheriff's station as a witness, but as she arrives she sees Matt Daehler shoot Scott in the stomach and is horrified. Melissa is held hostage with Stilinski. Melissa comes into contact with the supernatural, witnessing a shapeshifted Derek Hale fight the Kanima, and finally sees Scott as a werewolf. At first, she is horrified, devastated, having trouble coping.

She avoids Scott for a week and is even more frightened when Gerard breaks into the house and has the Kanima hold her hostage. Eventually, Melissa comes to accept Scott for his new identity, and encourages him to help others with his abilities. In Season 3, Melissa is closer to Scott having come to terms with his world, assisting him whenever possible, attempting to smuggle Isaac out when he's committed to the hospital and helping Stiles identify a new killer in Beacon Hills by allowing him access to the morgue. In the episode, 'The Overlooked', during the evacuation of the hospital because of a storm, Melissa finds Ethan and Aiden in their merged form attacking Scott. She saves her son by electrocuting them with a defibrillator. She helps Scott the others with their plan to help Jennifer, the Darach, escape the Alphas (Jennifer had poisoned Cora and kidnapped Stilinski for leverage), but Jennifer double-crosses them and kidnaps Melissa. Melissa is later held in the Nemeton along with Stiles' and, later, Allison's father for the final sacrifice, Guardians.

In 'Lunar Ellipse', she and the other parents are rescued by Isaac, Allison and Stiles. Like Scott she is not happy with her ex-husband, Rafael back in town. In 'Anchors', Melissa, along with Scott, is angry when Rafael conducts a case for impeachment in his attempt to fire Sheriff Stilinski. Right afterward she realizes Scott is about to lose control of his wolf side. More used to the supernatural, she helps him regain control by telling tell him to 'be his own anchor', as Allison was his anchor and they've parted which Scott manages to do. After that she comforts and promises him that people fall in love more than once. Melissa has also had the McCall residence installed with ash wood base boards with Deaton's help to work as wards against supernatural intruders which she arms when the Oni attack the house.

Mellisa, Stilinski and Scott's issues with Rafael are revealed in 'Insatiable': when they were married, Rafael used to be a heavy drinker. One time, when Scott was only a toddler, Rafael came home drunk and had accidentally knocked Scott down the stairs bruising his head on the floor and she'd kicked Rafael out. Stilinski had answered the domestic distress call, exacerbating spite from Rafael. In the Season 3 finale, the hospital is attacked by the Oni, and Melissa makes Rafael promise her, if she doesn't make it, he is to make things up with Scott. Melissa is saved when the Nogitsune is defeated. Melissa comforts her son when he finally has time to mourn Allison's death. During Season 4, because of all the antecedent damage done to the hospital, Melissa is late in paying her bills for the house, forcing her in having to make double shifts at the hospital.

She calculates the cost of the budget to learn how long before she and Scott could lose their house. Scott, worried for Melissa, hides the duffel bag full of Dead Pool money, paid to the assassin Garrett, in his room, hoping it could solve their financial crunch. In 'Time of Death', Melissa takes part in Scott's plan to have Scott fake his death to catch the Benefactor. She hates the plan when told Scott will die for real if Kira doesn't shock him again within the next 45 minutes. Melissa snaps at Noshiko asking why are they letting their kids handle these dangers. Noshiko answers that they'd be asking them to 'run and hide for the rest of their lives' otherwise.

Melissa finds the Dead Pool money in 'A Promise to the Dead', and confronts Scott, saying while he can 'save lives', he can't save people 'from life', convincing her son to return the money to the Hales. In Season 5, 'Condition Terminal', Melissa calls Scott to the hospital where a patient named Corey is in relentless pain so Scott can siphon the pain.

Scott and Melissa store the Lucas' corpse in the morgue after the Dread Doctors kill him. Scott mulls that he 'should have done something'. Melissa says his grandfather had a saying; when one says 'I should have' too much, then 'You're should-ing all over yourself.' She says she wishes she could be the mother to say Scott can't be involved in the danger of Beacon Hills because he's always going to be at the center of it all, and because he cares. She asks him the foremost question: what is he going to do. Crack Installshield 2013 Rar more. Scott replies he'll find out whoever murdered Lucas and stop them.

In 'Ouroboros', when Stilinski sticks to the law putting out an APB on Kira when her sword is found in the body of a dead Chimera in spite of the world they now live in, Melissa slaps him in the face for it, sharply telling him, 'Maybe you should learn to bend a little, before some else breaks.' In 'Status Asthmaticus', after Scott is killed by Theo Raeken, Melissa persistently applies CPR. She screams for her son to roar to bring himself back: it works and Scott is revived, roaring.

Melissa treats and comforts her defeated son. Melissa tells Scott his friends will come back to him, and advises him to bring and give everyone and his Pack hope.

In 'The Last Chimera', Melissa comforts a distraught Stiles over Stilinski's injuries and attempts to help Dr. Geyer keep Stilinski from dying. She learns from Stiles the Sheriff's being poisoned by bone marrow.

She manages to convince Geyer to perform surgery to remove the piece of bone: it works and successfully saves Stilinski' life. In 'Amplification', Melissa conducts and oversees the evacuation of the hospital to Hill Valley in time before the arrives at the building. In 'The Beast of Beacon Hills', Melissa looks up Mason's medical records after the reveal he is the host for the Beast and reveals new information to Lydia and Stiles: Mason is genetically a chimera because he'd absorbed his twin while still an unborn fetus accounting for him having two sets of DNA.

Melissa asserts that this information sounds 'just bizarre enough to sound like it might be important.' In 'Apotheosis', Melissa, not caring she could be fired, gives an injured Lydia a shot of cortisone to the throat to allow her limited use of her voice, her banshee voice, so Lydia can Scream Mason's name to save him, separate him from the Beast. In season 6A 'Sundowning', Melissa sneaks Chris into the morgue at the hospital in order for him to take a look at a recent murder victim. Upon further examination, she realises that the murder victim is missing his, which is said to house the soul. In 'Relics', Melissa follows Chris in the woods as he hunts for the werewolf that's been killing people.

She decided to join him because she's sick of seeing people she cares about getting hurt. They find two cyclists with their heads caved in. Melissa is later approached by Lydia and Natalie who want her to show them Claudia Stilinski's medical records. The records show Claudia never had children but did have '10 years ago'. Melissa is shocked Claudia is still alive and thinks it's a miracle. In 'Ghosted', in order to save Chris' life, Melissa secretly moves him down to an abandoned storage room.

She mixes together nine herbs to counter-act the nine toxins that are poisoning him, and uses the herbs to heal him. In 'Heartless', Melissa informs Malia that Peter is dying. She reminds Malia that Peter is ruthless and always has a plan to hurt everyone around him. She injects Peter with a syringe containing the nine herbs which heals him. In 'Blitzkrieg', Melissa agrees to take Garrett Douglas to Deputy Parrish in order to save Chris.

On arrival at the bunker, she pleads with Parrish to awaken but he doesn't and she's erased. In 'Riders on the Storm', Melissa and Chris attempt to escape the as it's being merged with the real world. After Chris kills two Ghost Riders, Melissa kisses him before they leave. After the Ghost Riders leave and everyone in Beacon Hills are saved, Melissa treats Corey with the nine herbs. Chris Argent (adult) Max Lloyd-Jones (teen),,,, Human.