The Wolf

## Episode guide

**"The Wolf"** is the forty-fourth episode of the first season of *Nate Is Late*.

## Synopsis

A huge beast has ransacked Cosmo's kiosk last night. Nate and Malika investigate and find out the beast is actually a young woman who happens to be a werewolf.

## Plot

Nate and Malika start their trip to school with Nate showing off his pastrami sandwich lunch to Malika. As they pass near the park, Dwayne rides up and asks the duo if they've seen anything suspicious, informing them that Cosmo's shack was ransacked. Intrigued, Nate decides to investigate, much to the chagrin of Malika. They go to Cosmo and ask if anything was taken, which he reveals was a piece of ham from Scotland. Nate has a few suspects, but Malika points out that the attack looks more like something from an animal then a human.

Heading through the park, the duo comes across some paw prints that lead into a nearby cave. Heading in, they find a woman sleeping on a rock, holding a bone. But Malika is confused since the prints on the ground are from an animal. The woman wakes up and introduces herself as Pat, but is confused about how she got there and why she's holding the ham bone. She then realizes a necklace she had is missing and starts to panic. The duo calms her down and gets her to explain herself: Pat reveals she's actually a werewolf and initially lived with her pack in a forest. However, she wished to study to be a veterinarian, but she has trouble controlling her transformations. To rectify this, her clan gave her a magic necklace to suppress the changes, but with it missing, Pat unwittingly changed into a wolf at the smell of Cosmo's ham. Nate and Malika agree to help her find it, but before they can start, Pat gets a whiff of Nate's sandwich and transforms into her wolf form. She pounces on Nate, grabs his sandwich, and runs off. The duo follows her, but Nate notices he's been scratched. Instantly, he begins to show signs of Lycanthropy as his hair grows out, his ears turn wolf-like, and he begins to act more dog-like, such as scratching himself with his legs. Malika realizes they need to hurry, or Nate will become a full werewolf.

The upside to the change is that Nate's sense of smell has gotten better, and he manages to locate Pat's necklace, which the local bully, Terry, has taken. Nate manages to scare Terry into giving it to him, but he finds it won't work to suppress his transformation. Malika gives Nate her hoodie to cover his changes as they continue to track Pat down, finding her in an alley rummaging through trash. After stopping her from attacking Dwayne (who tried and failed to catch Pat with a net launcher), they led her back to the park.

But Nate's wolf transformation is complete, and Malika finds herself cornered by Pat. Malika pleads with Pat to help them, pointing out Nate's change and not wanting him to be a werewolf forever. This manages to get through to her human side, halting her attack, and the duo give Pat back her necklace, changing her back to normal. Thanking the two, Pat whips up an antidote with the plants in the greenhouse (as well as some of her saliva) and has Nate drink it, changing him back to normal. What's more, she takes off the necklace, realizing she doesn't need it anymore as she's found the will to control the transformation on her own, and gives it to the pair as a token of thanks. The duo realizes they're late for school and rushes to the building, where they meet Principal Prudence and tell her what happened. But, naturally, she doesn't believe them, though she is worried for the cut on Nate's arm and let's them in so he can get it treated.

## Characters

* Nate
* Malika
* Pat (Introduction)
* Dwayne
* Cosmo
* Principal Prudence

## Trivia

* This is the first and currently the only time that Nate wore Malika's hoodie.

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## Transcript

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## Names in other languages

* **Basque:** Otsoa
* **French:** La louve
* **German:** Die Werwölfin
* **Mandarin (China):** 狼人
* **Spanish (Spain):** La mujer loba

 Season 2 | 1. "The Lady of the Lake" • 2. "The Thunderbird" • 3. "The Crocodile Man" • 4. "The Golem" • 5. "The Hairdresser" • 6. "The Mood Enhancer" • 7. "The Chess Game" • 8. "The Drone" • 9. "The Astronaut" • 10. "The Gorgon" • 11. "The Dimensional Rift" • 12. "The Reptilians" • 13. "The Enchanted Bracelet" • 14. "The Ink Thief" • 15. "The Tiki" • 16. "The Puppet" • 17. "The Mandrake" • 18. "The Vampires" • 19. "The Sphinx" • 20. "The Pendulum" • 21. "The Giant Fish" • 22. "The Wedding Dress" • 23. "The Home Spirit" • 24. "The Great Pili-Pala" • 25. "The Endless Recess" • 26. "The Chicken Cop" • 27. "The Kitsune" • 28. "The Collector" • 29. "The Kappa" • 30. "The Beanstalk" • 31. "The Demigod's Test" • 32. "The Glitch" • 33. "The Tiny Tops" • 34. "The Magician's Top Hat" • 35. "The Chromapix" • 36. "The Gingerbread Family" • 37. "The Alphabet Agency" • 38. "The Wild Beasts" • 39. "The Return of the Cuddly Toys" • 40. "The Race Car" • 41. "Inside Professor Toybos" • 42. "The Asteroid" • 43. "The Time Travellers" • 44. "The Nebulons" • 45. "The Witches' Convention" • 46. "The Kobolds" • 47. "The Superstars" • 48. "The Goblin's Cousin" • 49. "The Golden Crown" • 50. "The Scarecrow" • 51. "The Banana Peel Part I" • 52. "The Banana Peel Part II"