The show certainly built up the mystery, so what was Stiles' real name on Back To The Future and Teen Wolf. The latter was a comic take on famed 1957 b-movie I Was A Teenage Werewolf and involves Fox's teenager Scott, a high-school student who discovers he's a werewolf; this comes in useful during basketball practice. While the reviews weren't kind, the movie became a surprise hit.
Teen Wolf's success naturally led to calls for a sequel, but by that point, Fox wasn't interested in returning and subjecting himself to the make-up. Instead, Jason Bateman (Charmed) as the title character, but it was quickly scrapped following the second movie's reception. Teen Wolf also received an animated TV show in 1986 that ran for two seasons.
The franchise was finally resurrected with MTV series Teen Wolf which was heavily inspired by American Assassin) as Stiles. Stiles is the best friend of main character Scott, but certain parts of his past were kept mysterious throughout the series, including his actual name.
During Mortal Kombat). In episode 8 "Blitzkrieg" the Sheriff has started to recover memories of his son, revealing to Scott and his friends that Stiles' full name is Mieczyslaw Stilinski. The young Stiles had trouble pronouncing this and could only get to "Mischief," which is what his mother Claudia nicknamed him until her death.