Dr Hugo Wagner:
But you're sacrificing a human life!
Dr Alfred Brandon:
Do you cry over a guinea pig? This boy is a free police case. We're probably saving him from the gas chamber.
Dr Hugo Wagner:
But the boy is so young, the transformation horrible -
Dr Alfred Brandon:
And you call yourself a scientist! That's why you've never been more than an assistant.
Det. Sgt. Donovan:
It's not for man to interfere in the ways of God.
Dr Alfred Brandon:
I'm going to TRANSFORM him, and unleash the savage instincts that lie hidden within... and then I'll be judged the benefactor. Mankind is on the verge of destroying itself. The only hope for the human race is to hurl it back into its primitive norm, to start all over again. What's one life compared to such a triumph?
Bill Logan:
You've gotta *bow* to authority!
Referenced in
How to Make a Monster (1958)
Bikini Beach (1964)
"The Monkees: I Was a Teenage Monster (#1.18)" (1967)
- The episode's title is derived from this
Thriller (1983) (V)
After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater (1995) (V)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
- referenced as part of the documentary
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XV (#16.1)" (2004)
- Dan Castellaneta is credited as "I was a teenage Dan Castellaneta"
Featured in
Horrible Horror (1986) (V)
Creepy Classics (1987) (V)
It (1990) (TV)
Wolfman Chronicles (1991)
- shows footage from
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies (1992) (TV)
Runaway Daughters (1994) (TV)
Nightmare Theatre's Late Night Chill-o-Rama Horror Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)
- This film's theatrical trailer is featured.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: I Was a Teenage Werewolf (#9.9)" (1997)
- 'I Was a Teenage Werewolf' is the featured movie in this 'MST3K' episode.
Some Nudity Required (1998)
- Clips from this are shown
"HBO First Look: The Haunting" (1999)
- clip shown
The Last Cigarette (1999/I)
"SexTV: Monstrous Desires: Sexuality and Horror/A Moment with... David Cronenberg (#8.2)" (2005)
- Clip from film is used in this episode.
Spoofed in
I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963)
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
"Futurama: Fear of a Bot Planet (#1.5)" (1999)
- A poster for a movie can be seen called "I was a Teenage Human"
"SpongeBob SquarePants: Scaredy Pants/I Was a Teen-age Gary (#1.13)" (1999)
- Name of episode "I Was a Teen-age Gary" and the Spongebob turning into a snale plot.