One night, while preparing to steal the dog of Trina Sinclair, Ginger starts her first period which causes the girls to be attacked by a werewolf.

Ginger starts to develop claws on her hands, hair growth on parts of her body, and a small tail above her rear end.

After several failed attempts to cure Ginger, Brigitte discovers that a dose of monkshood helps control the infection.

After being held prisoner and fighting back, Ginger is now seen with claws and white streaks in her hair as she opens the gates and lets the werewolves enter.

The character is a goth teen who harbors an obsession with death and loathes the transition to adulthood, even making a pact with her sister to move out of their suburb or to commit suicide by the age of 16.

[7] Susan S., a contributor to What Culture, wrote: "Obsessed with death and morbidity, and afraid of adulthood, Ginger Fitzgerald, portrayed by Katharine Isabelle of American Mary fame, only gets worse when she's bitten by a lycanthrope and the transformation into a wolf begins.

She gradually becomes aggressive and over-sexualised, loses her relationship with her sister, grows pointy teeth and sprouts hair in really weird places.

[8] Jessica Roakes of The Toast also mentions the metaphorical nature of the character: "Ginger's body has betrayed her by menstruating.