History Fanfic / PackStreet

* NotHelpingYourCase: Really, neither Remmy nor the Pack make very good impressions on each other. Remmy is a real standoffish jerk to the Pack in the early stories, though is a little justified in that he's not only shaken up over whatever made him leave his old flock, he's scared to death in these unfamiliar surroundings. The Pack, however... on top of the casual intimidation and insults, you have things like Charlie breaking into Remmy's apartment, forcing her way into his bed, and getting Betty to shear Remmy against his will so she can take the wool without his permission for her own bedding when he kicks her out of his bed in "Cloudy Day", Charlie and Wolter tricking Remmy into helping them steal Tiger Oil in "The Heist", and then, the cherry on top, Ozzy attempting to blame an innocent Remmy for his delay in seeing Velvet in "Fall Back". Really, it's no wonder Remmy explodes.
** On an unrelated note, the locals' response to the savage outbreak [[spoiler:being proven to be a plot by Bellwether and company is to ''savagely maul her in effigy''.]] The anger is understandable, but it's no wonder it has Remmy alarmed when he sees it and misinterprets the meaning.
* OhCrap: Remmy has this reaction in the original comic when [[spoiler:watching the news of Bellwether's arrest.]]

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: [[spoiler: After the savage hoax is exposed, Anneke starts to act cold and angry towards Remmy. He thinks it's misplaced anger over Bellwether's crimes and tries to talk to her about it. Unfortunately, she really ''is'' angry at him, and has been for a long time. After [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech loudly calling him out]] for his selfishness and specism, she tells him she never wants to see him again. They finally get back on speaking terms after the events of "Dogwhistle".]]

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Avo name-drops this trope specifically about the "needs" system to herself at one point.

* UnreliableNarrator: Remmy is both very defensive and highly oblivious to the way other people think, so his narration always presents himself as being in the right, even when context makes it clear he's not. He does get better over the course of the series, but the few times we get narration from someone else in supplemental material makes it clear how very wrong his first-person narrative often is.
* UnwantedHarem: Yes, Remmy somehow manages to get the affections in some way of every female in Pack Street except Pandora (not his type, although they do flirt) and Velvet (already engaged).
* TrueCompanions[=/=]VitriolicBestBuds: The pack can be best described as a combination of these tropes. They give each other grief constantly, but when push comes to shove, they've got each other's backs.

* AnimatedActors: In a very strange and presumably non-canon example, one comic shows a vixen claiming to play Charlie on the TV series ''Pack Street'' doing a celebrity endorsement, only for [[MindScrew the real Charlie to show up]] [[HypocriticalHumor and wonder how they got into her room]].

** In "Dogwhistle", Remmy assumes the whistle Al gave him is broken [[spoiler:when he desperately tries to call for help as he's attacked by Don's pack]]. Indeed, a sheep's hearing range is smaller than that of a canid or feline.[[https://www.lsu.edu/deafness/HearingRange.html]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Ozzy, who has periodic appointments with a social worker, and Charlie, who seems to be totally oblivious to social mores.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Some less-common species of "common" animals are seen here: Corsac fox, Kalahari lion, aardwolves, Egyptian wolves ''and'' golden jackals...

The setting is ongoing, and has attracted some attention from artists such as Adam Bryce Thomas, best known for ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''.

* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: With the exception of Charlie, none of them are actually criminals, but the Pack itself (realistically) blurs the line between this and a social organization when we finally find out how it actually works. It's eventually laid bare: they're an oppressed minority group in a city of immigrants, and they've got an informal code to protect each other. If one of the members has some kind of need--be it necessities, small amounts of money, help--everyone else is expected to pitch in to help, and [[TheDon the Alpha]] will do whatever he can to get it if need be. In return, people pay tribute to him not as a demand, but as a gesture of respect, and if you're going to get anywhere, you have to be willing to be humble before him. [[TheMafia Sound familiar?]][[note]]Especially interesting considering that Zootopia already ''has'' an actual Mafia.[[/note]]

** Amongst the mementos Remmy finds in "Forget About Him" is a video game titled "Nightmare Raid", which is also the name of a chapter in Weaver's other work, ''Fanfic/RoommatesMemoirsOfTheHairlessApe''.

''Pack Street'' is a series of ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' fan comics and stories by Creator/TheWeaver.

** When he first meets Wolt, Remmy recalls that he knew a Woolter back in high school, who was a "real piece of work." In [[Disney/{{Zootopia}} the source material]], Woolter is one of the BigBad's henchmen.

** Specific to "What You Sow": "We have what you need."

* MythologyGag: When he first meets Wolt, Remmy recalls that he knew a Woolter back in high school, who was a "real piece of work." In [[Disney/{{Zootopia}} the source material]], Woolter is one of the BigBad's henchmen.

* ChekhovsGunman: Twice now Weaver has hidden a character who later turns out to be an important part of the story as a seemingly unrelated drawing among other Pack Street doodles long before they actually show up. Specifically, Pandora and [[spoiler:Kenny]].

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: [[spoiler: After the savage hoax is exposed, Anneke starts to act cold and angry towards Remmy. He thinks it's misplaced anger over Bellwether's crimes and tries to talk to her about it. Unfortunately, she really ''is'' angry at him, and has been for a long time. After [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech loudly calling him out]] for his selfishness and specism, she tells him she never wants to see him again. They get a little better after the events of "Dogwhistle", but they still have a ways to go.]]

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: [[spoiler: After the savage hoax is exposed, Anneke starts to act cold and angry towards Remmy. He thinks it's misplaced anger over Bellwether's crimes and tries to talk to her about it. Unfortunately, she really ''is'' angry at him, and has been for a long time. After [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech loudly calling him out]] for his selfishness and specism, she tells him she never wants to see him again. They get a little better after the events of "Dog Whistle", but they still have a ways to go.]]

* LoveableSexManiac: While most of the crew has their moments, Anneke and Wolter qualify the most. Their only standard seems to be that they won't sleep with the underage.

** "Hoofer" -- an ungulate. Chris the tiger is deeply scandalized when he actually says this in front of Remmy, but Remmy himself doesn't consider it to be a slur; it's factual in nature (ungulates ''do'' have hooves, after all; it's their defining trait), it doesn't really sound offensive, and it rolls off the tongue more easily than "ungulate" does.

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: [[spoiler: After the savage hoax is exposed, Anneke starts to act cold and angry towards Remmy. He thinks it's misplaced anger over Bellwether's crimes and tries to talk to her about it. Unfortunately, she really ''is'' angry at him, and has been for a long time. After [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech loudly calling him out]] for his selfishness and specism, she tells him she never wants to see him again. They get a little better after the events of "Dog Whistle", but they still have a ways to go.]]

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: [[spoiler: After the savage hoax is exposed, Anneke starts to act cold and angry towards Remmy. He thinks it's misplaced anger over Bellwether's crimes and tries to talk to her about it. Unfortunately, she really ''is'' angry at him, and has been for a long time. After [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech loudly calling him out]] for his selfishness and specism, she tells him she never wants to see him again.]]

* MoodWhiplash: In the story version of "Wannabite", [[spoiler:Remmy goes from elation that the savage outbreak is over to anger at Bellweather for causing this whole mess for her own sick political games to sincere terror for his life when it's confirmed as a seemingly sheep-exclusive conspiracy.]]

** In "Dogwhistle", Remmy assumes the whistle Al gave him is broken [[spoiler:when he desperately tries to call for help as he's attacked by Don's pack]]. Indeed, a sheep's hearing range is smaller than that of a canid or feline.[https://www.lsu.edu/deafness/HearingRange.html]