The Animals of Farthing Wood: Difference between revisions

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** The warden's cat had shades of grey...appropriately enough, since he's a grey-coloured kitty.

** Somewhat subverted with Tom, a cat in Season 1 who is friendly to Fox when he requests "sanctuary", but who does nonetheless seem happy to later see the back of him.

* [[Combat By Champion]]: Fox vs. Scarface.

* [[Combat by Champion]]: Fox vs. Scarface.

** This is also a fine case of [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]].

* [[Conspicuously Light Patch]]: Averted by having certain objects painted on the animation cels so that they were used without being conspicuous beforehand.

* [[Cunning Like a Fox]]: [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Take a wild guess.]]

* [[Cunning Like a Fox]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Take a wild guess.]]

* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]: Weasel

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Subverted. Though the books ''Siege of White Deer Park'', ''In the Path of the Storm'' and ''Battle for the Park'' are written as darker than the others, Season 3 (which was adapted from the mentioned books) was [[Adaptation Decay|toned down considerably]], and it and left out the ''Siege of White Deer Park'' storyline entirely.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Ranger, and ultimately Adder.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Adder. Also Measly and the rabbits.

* [[Death By Adaptation]]: {{spoiler|Badger dies of old age in the cartoon whereas in the books, he survived}}.

* [[Death by Adaptation]]: {{spoiler|Badger dies of old age in the cartoon whereas in the books, he survived}}.

* [[Death Is Dramatic]]: So, so true. Biggest examples are {{spoiler|the deaths of Dreamer, Bold, Badger and the hedgehogs.}}

* [[Determinator]]: Most of the Farthing Wood animals have had their faltering moments, except Fox. In every dangerous situation in the series, he usually leaps in to rescue one of his friends {{spoiler|as well as Vixen}} at the risk of his very life, even a duel to the death with Scarface.

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* [[It's All About Me]]: The male pheasant grieves over {{spoiler|the death of his mate}} for roughly two seconds before immediately despairing over how he'll be able to live without her constant servitude to him.

* [[Jerkass]]: Mr. Pheasant, big time. Also, Trey the new royal stag from season 3, {{spoiler|though later in the end, he toned down his attitude after he was saved by the animals and the deer from a fallen tree.}}

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Adder is vicious, callous and unsympathetic, yet her later actions show that deep down she really is good-hearted. Over time her negative qualities subside a bit and she becomes more outwardly sentimental.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Adder is vicious, callous and unsympathetic, yet her later actions show that deep down she really is good-hearted. Over time her negative qualities subside a bit and she becomes more outwardly sentimental.

* [[Instant Death Bullet]]: Every bullet that hit an animal {{spoiler|leads to their death. Although [[Subverted Trope|not always immediately]].}}

** {{spoiler|Bold also dies from his bulletwound in long-term rather than short-term.}}

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*** And a little later on, when she injures the Warden's Cat as a result of a complete misunderstanding.

** Also in Season 2, Owl, when she mistakenly believes that some information she'd withheld about the poachers has led to the death of Fox.

* [[Never Say Die]]: Heavily averted--this was before the era where 'kill' was considered a dirty word. So in other words, it was used all the time. Same with words like 'blood', 'dead', 'death', and even outright death THREATS.

* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Heavily averted--this was before the era where 'kill' was considered a dirty word. So in other words, it was used all the time. Same with words like 'blood', 'dead', 'death', and even outright death THREATS.

** Fox even {{spoiler|orders Scarface's assassination.}}

* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Adder occasionally makes comments to the audience as something of a very small [[Greek Chorus]].

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** After spending 36 episodes being a twerp and abusing her mate, Weasel expresses capability of compassion and consideration when Big Snorter's wife dies.

* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "Shut up, Weasel!"

* [[Plot Tailored to ~~The~~ Party]]: A couple of examples.

* [[Plot Tailored to the Party]]: A couple of examples.

** Season 1: {{spoiler|The birds fly above the group to scout out ahead.}}

** Season 2: {{spoiler|Adder has to use her posion to kill Scarface.}}

** Season 3: {{spoiler|Dash uses her speed to deliver messages when needed.}}

* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: Season 2 {{spoiler|had so many casualties that the victory is just that.}}

* [[Put On a Bus]]: The newts, who deliberately split from the rest of the group in Episode Three of Season 1. A subsequent [[Bus Crash]] is heavily implied.

* [[Put on a Bus]]: The newts, who deliberately split from the rest of the group in Episode Three of Season 1. A subsequent [[Bus Crash]] is heavily implied.

* [["Previously On..."]]

* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: Bully appears to have the same idiots around him almost all of the time. {{spoiler|Bully let himself even be washed by them in the pond.}}

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* [[Rain, Rain, Go Away]]: On two occasions, the animals were forced to seek shelter from heavy rain even though some of them (lookin' at you, Toad) were delighted by it - once in a barn, and once in a church. Both occasions ended badly, although the church less so.

* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Subverted eventually by Adder, although it takes a lot of character development to reach that point. {{spoiler|Most of it is during the third season when she is with Sinuous, although it begins in season one. There is even more progression after he dies.}}

* [[Resigned to ~~The~~ Call]]: When Badger nominates Fox to lead everyone, he responds with "Thanks a bundle, Badger."

* [[Resigned to the Call]]: When Badger nominates Fox to lead everyone, he responds with "Thanks a bundle, Badger."

* [[Resistance Is Futile]]: [[spoiler: It is said several times in season 3 that fighting the rats would be futile because there were so many of them. The animals really overestimated them, as the rats themselves were [[Harmless Villain|Harmless|Villains.]]

* [[The Runaway]]: Bold

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* [[Somebody Else's Problem]]: In season 3, {{spoiler|the white deer herd do not seem to do anything about the rats, while the rats threaten them too. (The reason they do not help in the fighting is most likely because of Trey.) We only see them fight the rats in episode 36 (on accident when they just stampede over the rats while not noticing) and in episode 39 (for less than a minute!)}}

** And where the heck are the blue foxes?

* [[Spared By the Adaptation]]: {{spoiler|Toad, Mossy, Spike and surprisingly Bully.}}

* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]: {{spoiler|Toad, Mossy, Spike and surprisingly Bully.}}

* [[Species Surname]]: Most of the original animals' names were simply their species; e.g., "Fox", "Badger" or "Weasel". Their descendants had original names, however. Naturally there were headaches caused when Colin Dann, the author of the series, wrote a ''prequel''; the eventual explanation was that, as there were more animals about in the generation before that of the original book, they all had a [[Species Surname]] plus some sort of adjective, such as Lean Fox and Stout Fox.

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: Charmer and Ranger, whose fathers are enemies.

* [[Story Arc]]: Many, particularly in Season 3.

* [[Surrounded By Idiots]]: Bully certainly is. A Dutch saying says it all: "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."

* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: Bully certainly is. A Dutch saying says it all: "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Hurkel of Season 3, who was essentially there to fill the gap left by Badger.

* [[Talking to Himself]]: Many of the characters are voiced by a handful of people - for instance many of the characters' children share the same voice actors as their parents.