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In [[Warrior Cats (Literature)|this book series]], cats run wild in large family groups, fighting each other, falling in love, and worshiping their starry ancestors.
 
A lot [[Better Than It Sounds|better than it sounds]]; those of you expecting sweet little stories about cats lazing about licking each other and falling in love are in for quite a shock (although that happens too, of course). The books are quite mature, thanks to [[Erin Hunter]]'s [[Anyone Can Die]] policy, and the series can be [[Family -Unfriendly Violence|quite]] [[Family -Unfriendly Death|graphic]], as they face certain death and possible annihilation at least [[Once an Episode|once a series, and, early on, usually once a book]]. They also grapple with questions of faith, loyalty, honor, and responsibility on a ''very'' regular basis. These books are about as child-friendly as ''[[Watership Down]]''.
 
[[What Do You Mean ItsIt's for Kids?|Yet kids are the target audience...]]
 
There are currently four six-book [[Myth Arc|arcs]] available, all of which are complete. The first, simply called ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warriors]]'' (or ''Warrior Cats'', [[Market -Based Title|depending on where you live]]) focuses on a house cat named Rusty, who decides to abandon his comfortable life to join ThunderClan and ends up being the [[Chosen One]]. The second arc, ''[[The New Prophecy]]'', features the next generation of the Clans from the first series as they find a new home. The third ''[[Rule of Three|Power of Three]]'' is a mostly character driven series about another new generation of the Clan cats, this time burdened with mysterious powers and the secret of an ancient prophecy. The fourth arc, ''[[Omen of the Stars]]'', continues to deal with the mysterious prophecy, as well as years worth of animosity that continues to lurk in the shadows and the repercussions of past actions, which threaten to break out into all-out war. A fifth arc, ''[[Dawn of the Clans]]'', which will be a prequel, has been announced. There are also plenty of [[Expanded Universe|spin-off titles]] out and coming soon, such as the twice as long Super Editions, Field Guides, and Mangas. Its sister series, ''[[Seekers (Literature)|Seekers]]'', and ''[[Survivors (Literature)|Survivors]]'' are also worth checking out.
 
For summaries of each book, see [[Warrior Cats (Literature)/Recap|here.]]
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** The Clan Leaders probably count as well, since they literally have nine lives and spend a few moments dead after losing each one before being revived (minus the wound/disease that killed them). Once the ninth is gone though, they are [[Killed Off for Real]].
* [[Backstory]]: Explored a lot with different characters. There's ''The Rise of Scourge'', ''Bluestar's Prophecy'', ''Crookedstar's Promise'', ''Yellowfang's Secret'', and then a number of short stories in the field guides, such as the one about Barley's past. Even the main series has some of these moments.
* [[Back -to -Back Badasses]]: According to Secrets of the Clans, this is a technique taught to apprentices.
* [[Backup From Otherworld]]: {{spoiler|Honeyfern}} in ''The Fourth Apprentice''.
** The Ancients and StarClan in ''The Last Hope''.
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{{quote| "RiverClan ''fish''! RiverClan ''swim''! RiverClan warriors use water to ''win''!"}}
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Whitestorm is one of the oldest active warriors, but he's still a powerful fighter and is popular with all of ThunderClan. {{spoiler|That is, of course, before he is killed.}}
* [[Band of Brothers]] / [[Fire -Forged Friends]]: The main characters of The New Prophecy.
* [[Battle in The Rain]]: In ''Bluestar's Prophecy'', battle between ThunderClan and WindClan takes place in rain.
** The battle between ThunderClan and ShadowClan at the end of ''Into The Wild'' also happens during a storm.
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* [[Covered in Mud]]: The Tribe rolls in mud to cover their fur in order to disguise their scent and blend into the rock better so that prey doesn't spot them so easily. The visiting Clan cats try this, and aren't too thrilled at the idea, but it works.
* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer]]: [http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/goodcomicsforkids/2012/03/06/warriors-manga-live-on-for-now/ This article] about the graphic novels includes a picture of what they call the "first and second volumes of the SkyClan and the Stranger trilogy". They ''do'' have the ''second'' volume of that particular trilogy, but what do they have as the "first" one? ''Warrior's Refuge'', the second volume in the Graystripe's Adventure trilogy, which came out four years and nine volumes earlier. You'd think that the "2" on the front of each would have tipped them off that it wasn't the first volume...
* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: {{spoiler|Tigerstar. [[High -Pressure Blood|Tigerstar]], [[Family -Unfriendly Death|Tigerstar]], [[Nightmare Fuel|Tigerstar]]. Having his stomach torn open probably hurt a good bit.}}
* [[Cultural Posturing]]: Most cats believe that their own Clan can do no wrong, and that the other Clans are all weaklings or heartless bastards. This often works in ThunderClan's favour, since the majority of the series is from their POV, but the series does occasionally show that the other Clans are [[Not So Different]]. For example, the same is done with RiverClan when they become the protagonists in ''Crookedstar's Promise''.
* [[Cultural Translation]]: The old forest map was based on an actual forest in England, meaning the first series was set in England, which is also somewhat reflected by some of the wildlife. However, the second series featured a mountain lion, which cannot be found in the UK, and {{spoiler|had a change of location}}. Even though {{spoiler|the Great Journey in no way constitutes crossing the Atlantic Ocean}}, the series is now apparently set in the United States.
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*** Bluekit and Snowkit's incredibly fast development doesn't just contradict real life, it contradicts ''the rest of the books'', considering we've never seen a kit that was able to speak before the age of two moons.
** Read the births and subsequent sections involving the kits in ''Power of Three'' to any person that has actually been through cat birthing. Anyone at all.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|Did You Just Punch Out A Twoleg]]: SkyClan takes it upon themselves to {{spoiler|defeat the Twoleg who keeps abusing cats.}}
** Also averted when, in the same book, the cats {{spoiler|save a Twoleg kit with a broken leg.}}
* [[Disney Villain Death]]:
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** Don't forget the dog in ''Rise of Scourge'' who was scared of kitten Scourge's ''shadow'' (it was a rather fierce looking shadow, but still).
* [[Don't Go in The Woods]]: What kittypets seem to be raised on.
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me]]: Jayfeather (also his [[Berserk Button]]). Also don't be too nice to him, or he'll think you're pitying him. And don't mention his blindness, but then again, [[Hair -Trigger Temper|don't seem like you're trying to avoid it, either]].
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: The forest in the second series.
* [[Double Don't Know]]: In ''The Darkest Hour'':
{{quote| Firestar let out a long breath. "I don't know, Bramblepaw," he admitted. "I just don't know."}}
* [[Dragon -in -Chief]]: Hawkfrost in ''The New Prophecy''. Tigerstar, the [[Big Bad]] is just as strong and fearsome, but he's hindered by {{spoiler|his being dead.}}
* [[Dramatis Personae]]: Each book has allegiances section at the beginning, listing all characters that appear in that book and many that don't.
* [[Dropped a Bridge On Him]]:
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*** Said tree was then used as a bridge, therefore [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|literally dropping a bridge on him...]]
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]:
** In the third series, Crowfeather is using his "mate" just to get his Clanmates to trust him, and and he [[Abusive Parents|abuses his son]] (who also has related issues), and is in denial of how much he loves Leafpool and {{spoiler|that he had kits with her}}, Lionblaze goes [[Ax Crazy]] from time-to-time, and is usually horrified by the results, Jayfeather has some serious attitude problems, Hollyleaf is [[Lawful Stupid|obsessed]] with the [[Well -Intentioned Extremist|warrior code]] and {{spoiler|eventually [[Face Heel Turn|goes insane]]}}, Ashfur is {{spoiler|trying to kill Squirrelflight's family to get revenge}}, Leafpool, who can't seem to succeed at anything, is incredibly depressed {{spoiler|and possibly suicidal}}, and a lot of other cats throughout the course of the series become depressed because of the the authors' cruel treatment of their characters.
** It continues on into the fourth series, with Dovewing ({{spoiler|Who [[I Just Want to Be Normal|just wants to be normal]], because she can't handle all of the responsibility that has been thrust on her, and hates the way it has distanced her from her sister}}), and Ivypool, ({{spoiler|who is insanely jealous of her sister and wants to be noticed as much as her, to the point where her feelings of jealousy and loneliness became manipulated by the [[Big Bad]]}}).
** Then we have Millie and her kits. {{spoiler|Millie's daughter, Briarlight, becomes paralyzed from the waist down when a tree falls on her and it keeps her from ever becoming a Warrior, having to live in the medicine den, and her main activity for each day is to drag herself to and from the fresh-kill pile. This causes Millie to become obsessive over her crippled daughter and completely ignore the fact that she has to other kits, which in turn effects Blossomfall (Millie's other daughter) to visit the Dark Forest and learn from Tigerstar because she's feeling unloved and unwanted at home all thanks to Millie. Bumblestripe, Millie's son, takes the developments surprisingly well.}}
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* [[The Empath]]: Jayfeather.
* [[Everyone Is Related]]: Seeing as they live in Clans that do not allow intermixing... See also [[Tangled Family Tree]] below.
* [[EverythingsEverything's Worse With Bees]]: A scene in {{spoiler|1=SkyClan's Destiny}}.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: {{spoiler|Tigerstar Vs. Scourge}}
* [[Exact Words]]: In ''Midnight'', after Leafpool sees Squirrelflight leave for her journey, Cinderpelt asks if she knows where Squirrelflight is. Leafpool is able to say no because she didn't know where Squirrelflight was at the exact moment.
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** And we now have {{spoiler|Percy}} in ''SkyClan's Destiny''.
* [[Faith Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Hollyleaf}}
* [[Family -Unfriendly Death]]: {{spoiler|Swiftpaw, Tigerstar, Mudclaw, Hawkfrost, to name a few.}} Some of them would qualify for [[Cruel and Unusual Death]].
** If {{spoiler|the nightmares Tigerstar showed Lionblaze of himself murdering Heatherpaw/tail}} count, then they certainly qualify. Very much so.
* [[Family -Unfriendly Violence]]: Pretty much ''every single fight''. After Lionblaze {{spoiler|discovers his power of invincibility in ''Outcast''}}, pretty much every fight he gets in features large amounts of this and [[High -Pressure Blood]].
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Kit Machine (Ferncloud), Teapot ([The] ''Power of Three''; tPoT), Oats (''Omen of the Stars''; OotS).
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: From many canon characters, but also, some say, from the fans. It's another one of those things they disagree on.
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* [[Fighting for A Homeland]]: {{spoiler|1=SkyClan}}, when they were exiled from the forest. The other four Clans, when [[Doomed Hometown|the forest is destroyed]] - but at least [[The Promised Land|they know there's good territory waiting for them]].
* [[First Snow]]: Happens a couple times. In ''Fire and Ice'', Fireheart is amazed because he hasn't seen it before; he was shut inside as a kit when still living with Twolegs when it last snowed. He quickly learns that snow makes it difficult to move around, however. In ''The Darkest Hour'', Firestar is out with his apprentice Bramblepaw when it begins to snow. Bramblepaw chases the snowflakes gleefuly, and Fireheart wonders whether Bramblepaw's evil father Tigerstar ever played with snowflakes.
* [[Flanderization]]: RiverClan's fish-loving tendencies (no, not like ''[[But You Screw One Goat!|that]]''), as well as the general [[Love It or Hate It]] nature of fish as prey.
* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]:
** Cloudtail acts like this around the end of the first series. You'd think that seeing fatal wounds stitch up by themselves and hearing actual, accurate prophecies would be enough for the kid...
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* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: {{spoiler|Learning that her parents broke the Warrior Code, which she'd obsessed over for the majority of her life, pretty much [[Break the Cutie|shattered what was left of Hollyleaf's sanity]].}}
* [[Good Shepherd]]: Common archetype for medicine cats.
* [[G -Rated Sex]]: Beyond all of the characters that have been born to the various [[Official Couple|Official Couples]] throughout the series (one litter being both implied and confirmed by [[Word of God]] to be the result of a one-night stand), there are some specific scenes that are very noticeable:
** Bluestar and Oakheart were by far the most blatant, provoking many thoughts of [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|"how did they get away with this?"]]. Oakheart asks Bluestar to meet him somewhere at night, saying he wants to get to know her better. After a romantic evening, Bluestar starts begging to let herself enjoy "Just one night!". Next thing you know, Oakheart is building them a nest, and the next chapter skips to the next morning. Soon after, Bluestar is pregnant.
** Sasha and Tigerstar. Tigerstar spends a night in Sasha's den [[Intimate Healing|"recovering"]]. Sasha is pregnant afterwards.
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*** Made even more blatant by Ravenpaw's manga trilogy.
*** Let's just end it here and say that Barley and Ravenpaw's relationship is more [[Ho Yay]] than [[Heterosexual Life Partners]].
* [[High -Pressure Blood]]: A few instances, specifically:
** Tigerstar. Any wound inflicted on him seems to bleed twice as much as a wound inflicted on someone else. And of course, when he {{spoiler|bleeds to death ''[[Cats Have Nine Lives|nine times]]''}}.
** {{spoiler|Hawkfrost}}'s death. It just keeps coming and coming...
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* [[Infant Immortality]]: [[Averted Trope|does not exist.]] When they say [[Anyone Can Die]], they ''mean'' it. One particular example is Snowkit, a ''deaf kitten'', who is eaten by a hawk.
* [[Info Dump]]: The narration occasionally spouts large amounts of exposition to avoid [[Continuity Lock Out]]. It doesn't work very well.
* [[Instant Oracle, Just Add Water]]: Well, the medicine cats ''do'' have to touch their nose to, or drink from, the Moonpool in order to receive dreams from StarClan...
* [[Invasion of the Baby Snatchers]]: ShadowClan in the first book.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: In ''Beyond the Code'', "Why do things like this always happen to me?" First it's {{spoiler|Sol's mother, Cinders, in a flashback after her mate leaves her because she complained too often, and Sol was devastated. Later, in the present day, Sol says it himself when he wants to be made a warrior at the Gathering and he thinks Leafstar deliberately tried to embarrass him by refusing for the time being.}}
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'''Stick:''' "Leave Red out of this. And don't make threats you can't keep."<br />
'''Misha:''' "Oh, they're not threats. They're promises." }}
* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: Firestar has used this trick on several occasions to great effect, defeating opponents that otherwise had the advantage.
** This also is used by other cats. According to ''Secrets of the Clans'', this is a tactic taught to apprentices.
* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: {{spoiler|Whitestorm. "I’ve been proud to serve as your deputy."}}
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*** He never was the one deciding to do those horrible things mind you. According to the warrior code, part 13 "The word of the Clan leader is law". He did, after all still follow the code. Though he really shouldn't have let the code get in the way of doing what's right. Also, he's not dead yet. Karma may yet come back to bite him.
* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Seeing as they're cats, and clans that don't allow intermixing, this is kind of inevitable.
** [[Word of God]] also confirmed one pairing that turned out to be [[Brother -Sister Incest]]. It wasn't on purpose because she didn't realize that they had the same parents (they were in different litters, a couple seasons apart), but she decided to just leave it once she found out.
* [[Children Are Innocent|Kits Are Innocent]]
* [[Laser -Guided Amnesia]]: StarClan members can forget parts of their past they don't like.
* [[Last Episode New Character]]: Dovepaw and Ivypaw are born at the ending of ''Sunrise'' (the last book in the third series), with Jayfeather realizing that {{spoiler|one of them is the third cat in the prophecy}}. Both of them are main characters in the fourth series.
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: One noteworthy example would be the way the names "Firestar" and "Tigerstar", both big spoilers for late in the first series, are being thrown around indiscriminately on this very page.
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* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: Check out the main page, because we don't even want to start here.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]] : {{spoiler|Ashfur}}
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Luke I Am Your Mother]]: Almost abused. We have THREE counts of this so far, and one [[Inverted Trope|Luke I am NOT your mother]].
* [[Mad Oracle]]: Goosefeather was often seen as this, and indeed, many of his prophecies and signs seem rather questionable. The problem is that there are some actual premonitions in there too, so everyone ignores him when he starts getting ''really'' bad feelings about Tigerkit's future.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Tigerstar.
* [[May -December Romance]]: Pinestar and Leopardfoot... he's already a ''leader'' on (or close to) his last life when she's ''born''.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: A Clan cat's name is an indicator of their rank in the Clan hierarchy: kits' names end in -kit, apprentices' in -paw, leaders' in -star... the more unique names belong to warriors and medicine cats. Further, many cats have names that reflect some aspect of their appearance: Firestar got his name from his oft-mentioned "flame-colored pelt", and as for Halftail and One-eye... [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|isn't it obvious?]]
** And outside of the Clan naming conventions, there is also Sol, who is named after the Roman god of the sun, which makes sense because he {{spoiler|predicts a total solar eclipse}}. Although, he hasn't done anything sun-related since ''Eclipse''...
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* [[Spring Is Late|Newleaf Is Late]]
* [[New Powers As the Plot Demands]]: A bit of subversion with Lionblaze, since his power covers the incredibly wide umbrella of "{{spoiler|being ''really'' good at fighting}}", meaning the authors are able to make them take the shape of whatever they're in the mood for writing. {{spoiler|What to show how crazy and out off control he is? He is invulnerable and bloodthirsty to the point where he bathes in his enemies' blood. Need something heavy held up? He has super strength. Bullet time is fun to write? He fights in bullet time}}.
* [[New Season, New Name]]: Each series has a different subtitle: ''Warriors'', ''Warriors: The New Prophecy'', ''Warriors: The Power of Three'', ''Warriors: Omen of the Stars''
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Hey, {{spoiler|Ivypool}} we know your intentions were good, but {{spoiler|trusting the Dark Forest caused Firestar to lose a life and Russetfur to die. Hope the worthless territory was worth it.}}
* [[No Antagonist]]: ''Power of Three''.
* [[The Omniscient]]: Rock. ''Cats of the Clans'' makes it clear that he knows everything about the clans and tribe.
* [[No One Could Survive That]]: {{spoiler|Hollyleaf}} at the end of the third arc. Not explicitly invoked, though, so a little less clear odds of coming back than usual.
* [[No Kill Like Overkill]]: {{spoiler|Scourge}} manages to {{spoiler|[[One -Hit Kill|kill Tigerstar in one hit]]}} by {{spoiler|doing so much damage that Tigerstar dies ''nine times''.}}
* [[Oh Crap]]: Billystorm pulls this when Leafstar [[Death Glare|gives him a death glare]] when their kits tell her that {{spoiler|their dad wants to take them to his Twoleg's place to stay safe for a while}}.
* [[Old Dog]]: In ''The Rise of Scourge'', an old dog called Sam is sleeping in an alley. Tiny is afraid it'll eat him, but it's too old to chase him, and it loses a tooth as it gets up. As Tiny tries to use the tooth to get his collar off, it gets stuck, and then he claims he got it by ''killing'' a dog. So it's thanks to Sam the [[Old Dog]] that Tiny became Scourge, leader of BloodClan.
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* [[Panicky Expectant Father]]: [[The Scrappy|Berrynose]] of all cats. Of course, being Berrynose, he is this in the most annoying and bossy way possible.
* [[Past Life Memories]]: Cinderheart has memories of her past life as Cinderpelt, but she has only ever shown signs of remembering them in her dreams, or recalls her past life subconsciously; for example, Cinderpelt's former apprentice Leafpool notes Cinderheart flicks her paw in the same way Cinderpelt did, as well as another character once thinking she was acting [[Wise Beyond Her Years]], and Cinderheart remembering the distance between the Great Sycamore and ThunderClan's camp in the Forest, even though she had been born after the Clans had left the Forest. {{spoiler|Eventually she does recover ''all'' her memories of being Cinderpelt.}}
* [[Pint -Sized Powerhouse]]: Scourge. '''AND FUCKING HOW.'''
** Any apprentice who's worth their salt in battle counts, particularly Thistlepaw from ''Bluestar's Prophecy.''
* [[Power Trio]]: Firepaw, Graypaw, and Ravenpaw formed one in ''Into the Wild'' before Ravenpaw left. In Power of Three, Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf formed one before {{spoiler|Hollyleaf supposedly died}}. {{spoiler|She}} was then replaced by Dovewing.
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* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: {{spoiler|1=Bluestar attempts to after Tigerclaw betrays her--the bad luck that ThunderClan receives afterwards}} causes her to declare war on her ancestors. She comes around {{spoiler|as her children forgive her as she's dying}}.
* [[Rage Against the Mentor]]
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Dovewing gives one to Ivypool after Ivypool pushes one too many [[Berserk Button|berserk buttons.]]
** Leafstar herself gives one to Sol after {{spoiler|he steals her kits to rescue them so that he can prove to be a warrior.}}
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Squirrelflight and Leafpool, anyone?
* [[Reformed Criminal]]: Blackstar. After doing things against the warrior code (stealing kits from another Clan, killing other cats needlessly), he lived as a rogue for a while, but eventually rejoined the Clan, became its leader, and hasn't done anything like that since.
* [[Renowned Selective Mentor]]: It is considered to be a huge honor to be mentored by the Clan leader or, to a lesser degree, the deputy. It occurs only a couple times in the series, most notably in the first book when Bluestar chooses Firepaw as her apprentice. It is also considered an honor to train as the medicine cat's apprentice, because it is such an important position; each medicine cat only trains one apprentice in their lifetime. In that case, however, it usually isn't a surprise because the younger cat already has an interest in healing and helps out the medicine cat for a while before officially being apprenticed.
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* [[Sanity Slippage]]: {{spoiler|Hollyleaf}}, and to a [[Break the Cutie|lesser extent]], her brothers.
** {{spoiler|Bluestar}} after ''Forest of Secrets''.
* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]: This seems to be the attitude of a good many elders. [[Word of God]] has admitted that the influence of one of their older pet cats had something to do with it.
* [[Second Person Narration]]: Several stories - or the narration between the stories - in the [[Expanded Universe|field guides]] are written this way. Occasionally it will be as if the reader is a cat interacting with the characters. Other times, it will be from one character speaking this way to another specific character that appears in the books. At times - notably the "so-and-so speaks" portions - the identity of the "you" isn't necessarily clear.
* [[Secret Relationship]]: [[Once an Episode|Everywhere, all the time]]. {{spoiler|Raggedstar/Yellowfang, Bluestar/Oakheart, Graystripe/Silverstream, Crowfeather/Leafpool, Lionblaze/Heathertail, Dovewing/Tigerheart}}... Great StarClan, the list is endless. {{spoiler|[[Star -Crossed Lovers|And they never end well]]}}.
* [[Secret Underground Passage]]: The tunnel under the Thunderpath in ShadowClan territory.
* [[Shipper On Deck]]: Both Rosetail and Larksong are [[Idiosyncratic Ship Naming|Platonicshippers]] (BlueXThrush).
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*** They haven't been telling ''everybody'' this. That was just Firestar, and rather grudgingly, too. But of course, the whole sky-is-falling mentality is still firmly there.
**** But the fans know what Firestar was told, so they should know that StarClan isn't all powerful. However, they still bash Sol for this reason.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]:
** Stormtail was this when Bluestar was a young warrior.
** Rainflower was always this to Crookedstar.
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** As is ''Night Whispers''.
** But ''The Forgotten Warrior'' easily beats them all.
* [[What Measure Is a Non -Human?]]: Despite being the sole reason for the Clans' misery, [[Humans Are Special|humans are never harmed in the books]]. In fact, every time a particular human is involved, they usually get ''saved'' by the cats. Special mention goes to when a child falls into SkyClan's territory and breaks her leg. The cats go out of their way to help the kid and bring her home safely, when the more pragmatic approach would be to simply kill her, or leave her to die. It doesn't make sense that cats would sympathize with a species other than their own. Especially not a species that poses a constant threat to the very standing of the Clans.
** Well, it makes more sense when you consider that most of the cats in that situation were {{spoiler|daylight warriors, meaning they lived with twolegs during the day and presumably loved their owners. They wouldn't want to see a Twoleg get hurt.}} In the same book, the reason they didn't attack {{spoiler|Petalnose and Shrewtooth's old Twoleg}} was because they were warned by the {{spoiler|kittypets}} how dangerous it is to attack a Twoleg. Considering how uptight people are about getting rid of pests and potentially rabid animals, this was probably a smart move.
** On the other hand, prey animals are killed ''en masse'' for the sake of feeding the Clans, and nobody complains about that the way they'd complain about killing a human.
* [[When I Was Your Age]]: Elders claim this on occasion - for example, Fireheart gets into a small argument with one in ''Forest of Secrets'' when the elder claims that young cats nowadays don't know what hardship is.
* [[Where It All Began]]: When the Clans leave, they end up settling by a lake. Turns out their distant ancestors (way before the Clans formed) once lived there, and that that's where the ''Power of Three'' prophecy originated.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Jayfeather and water.
** Can't forget Bluestar. The prophecy about her even said ''the only thing that could destroy her was water''.
** Also, SkyClan and rats.
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