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* AmbiguousSituation: One version of Cayden's conception is that his mother Lucinda was raped by Connor Slaughter. She ended up pregnant, had Cayden in secret before giving him up and killing herself. However, as he lies bleeding after their fight, Connor tells Cayden that it wasn't rape: they were secretly in love, until Lucinda's parents found out and threatened to kill her, so he lied to protect her. It's not clear if this is true, how Connor remembers it, or just what Connor wants him to think.

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* AmbiguousSituation: One version of Cayden's conception is that his mother Lucinda was raped by Connor Slaughter. She ended up pregnant, had Cayden in secret before giving him up and killing herself. However, as he lies bleeding after their fight, Connor tells Cayden that it wasn't rape: they were secretly in love, until Lucinda's parents found out and threatened to kill her, so he lied to protect her. It's not clear if this is true, how Connor remembers it, or just what Connor wants him to think. Although, both versions agree that Connor didn't really go off the rails until after Lucinda's death, which supports the idea that they were in love.


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** During the FugitiveArc, Cayden attacks two thugs who were beating up a girl and ends up killing them. However, ''he doesn't hurt the girl'', even though she's right in the line of fire. So Cayden's wolf is able to distinguish between threats and bystanders, an early hint that he didn't kill his parents after all.
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** Cayden himself is given the charming nickname "The Cannibal Kid" by the media.

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* IronicEcho: Early on, Cayden discusses the [[BerserkButton incident]] at the football game with his girlfriend Lisa, she blows the whole thing off with a "Life is complicated." Cayden echoes the sentiment later, when Wild Joe admits to killing Cayden's parents but assumes Cayden won't kill him because that would be cold-blooded murder. He's sadly mistaken.
-->'''Cayden:''' Well, sometimes life can be... complicated.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Cayden's first transformation badly injures his girlfriend, who runs away screaming that he's a monster. That's already bad enough, but then he wakes up at his home, covered in blood and next to the butchered bodies of his parents. He barely has time to throw some clothes in a bag and run away before the cops - called by his girlfriend - arrive, but then he has what is implied to be at least a couple of years to brood during his FugitiveArc.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Cayden's first transformation badly injures his girlfriend, who runs away screaming that he's a monster. That's already bad enough, but then he wakes up at his home, covered in blood and next to the butchered bodies of his parents. He barely has time to throw some clothes in a bag and run away before the The cops - called by his girlfriend - arrive, arrive and he immediately has to run, but then he has what is implied to be at least a couple of years to brood during his FugitiveArc.

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-->'''Cayden:''' When I let the wolf out... it can be hard to stop.

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-->'''Cayden:''' When Every time I let the wolf out... it can be very hard to stop.



* DrivenToSuicide: Lucinda Tollerman, Cayden's mother. Raped and impregnated by Connor Slaughter, she was thrown out by her parents, spent her pregnancy hiding at her great uncle John's house, gave up her baby for adoption and then killed herself. Or, in Connor's version, it was being separated from the man she loved and having to give up their baby that did it. It's not clear which is correct.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Lucinda Tollerman, Wills, Cayden's mother. Raped and impregnated by Connor Slaughter, she was thrown out by her parents, spent her pregnancy hiding at her great uncle John's house, gave up her baby for adoption and then killed herself. Or, in Connor's version, it was being separated from the man she loved and having to give up their baby that did it. It's not clear which is correct.



* GainingTheWillToKill: The first time Cayden fights Connor and his pack he's actively trying not to kill, with the result that he gets his ass handed to him and nearly dies. The second time, he's learned, and employs a healthy does of [[CombatPragmatist Combat Pragmatism]]. His opening move is to kill the sentries by sneaking up and slashing their throats.



* ItsPersonal: Wild Joe is the only person Cayden intentionally kills in cold blood. He kills a couple of bikers by accident and Connor's mooks because they intend to kill him, but it's Wild Joe's revelation that he killed Cayden's parents so he could manipulate Cayden into becoming his "attack dog" that pushes Cayden over the edge. The kicker? Joe actually seems to expect Cayden to partner up with him after this. Read the room, Joe! KillItWithFire ensues.

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* ItsPersonal: Wild Joe is the only person Cayden intentionally kills in cold blood. He kills a couple of bikers by accident and Connor's mooks because they intend to kill him, but it's Wild Joe's revelation that he killed Cayden's parents so he could manipulate Cayden into becoming his "attack "trained dog" that pushes Cayden over the edge. The kicker? Joe actually seems to expect Cayden to partner up with him [[InsaneTrollLogic consider them even]] after this. Read the room, Joe! KillItWithFire ensues.



* SequelHook: As Cayden and Angel prepare to leave, John hands them a scroll detailing the genealogy of the "old lines", saying it will help them in their travels. One of the four "old lines" has yet to put in an appearance.

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* SequelHook: As Cayden and Angel prepare to leave, John hands them a scroll detailing the genealogy of the "old lines", saying it will help them in their travels. One of the four "old lines" has yet to put in an appearance.
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* BerserkButton: After the CatapultNightmare, Cayden's first major symptom of lycanthropy happens when he's fouled at a football game. Lying in the grass with a bloody nose, he looks up and sees his attacker showboating and ''loses his shit''. he leaps about twelve feet through the air and beats the tar out of the guy, actually leaving fist-shaped dents in his helmet. It's not clear if the guy is okay later, and the incident probably doesn't help when Cayden is accused of murder.
-->'''Cayden:''' Now, any guy in this situation would be angry. But I think we can agree that ''this'' was... [[{{Understatement}} not normal]].

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* OffingTheOffspring: Connor's desire to kill Cayden doesn't change when he finds out he's his son. Denial may be involved, however, if he and Lucinda really were in love.

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** The one thing both John's and Connor's accounts of Cayden's conception have in common is that Lucinda's parents threatened to kill her when they found out she was pregnant with Connor's child. This resulted in Cayden's adoption and Lucinda's suicide.

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* ManipulativeBastard: Wild Joe. After being exiled by Connor Slaughter, he tracked down his and Lucinda's long-lost son - Cayden - kills his parents and frames him, forcing him to go on the run so he can steer him towards Lupine Ridge. Once there, he'll undoubtedly find the truth of his parentage and he and Connor will end up fighting. Either Cayden will kill Connor or at least weaken him so that Wild Joe can kill him.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Cayden first turns when in a delicate situation with his high school girlfriend. She gets hurt (though thankfully not bitten), runs away screaming that he's a monster and calls the cops. That's why he rejects a random girl who makes a move when he's a fugitive as well as the VillageBicycle who approaches him in Lupine Ridge, and why he's hesitant over Angel's advance. At least until she points out - and then demonstrates - that when the girl is a werewolf too, this ''really isn't a problem.''

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* ManipulativeBastard: Wild Joe. After being exiled by Connor Slaughter, he tracked down his and Lucinda's long-lost son - Cayden - kills his adoptive parents and frames him, forcing him to go on the run so he can steer him towards Lupine Ridge. Once there, he'll undoubtedly find the truth of his parentage and he and Connor will end up fighting. Either Cayden will kill Connor or at least weaken him so that Wild Joe can kill him.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Cayden first turns when in a delicate situation with his high school girlfriend. She gets hurt (though thankfully not bitten), runs away screaming that he's a monster and calls the cops. That's why he rejects a random girl who makes a move when he's a fugitive as well as the VillageBicycle who approaches him in Lupine Ridge, and why he's hesitant over Angel's advance. At least until she points out - and then demonstrates - that when the girl is a werewolf too, this trope ''really isn't a problem.''


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Cayden's first transformation badly injures his girlfriend, who runs away screaming that he's a monster. That's already bad enough, but then he wakes up at his home, covered in blood and next to the butchered bodies of his parents. He barely has time to throw some clothes in a bag and run away before the cops - called by his girlfriend - arrive, but then he has what is implied to be at least a couple of years to brood during his FugitiveArc.
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* InsistentTerminology: John asks Cayden if he knows what "lupine" means, Cayden says "wolf". John says no, it means "wolf''like''". One of several early hints John drops that he knows exactly who and what Cayden is.
* ItsPersonal: Cayden is not at home to teaming up with Wild Joe after the latter revealed that he's the one who killed Cayden's parents. KillItWithFire ensues.

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* InsistentTerminology: When John asks Cayden if he knows what "lupine" means, Cayden says "wolf". John says no, it means "wolf''like''". One of several early hints John drops that he knows exactly who and what Cayden is.
* ItsPersonal: Cayden is not at home to teaming up with Wild Joe after is the latter revealed only person Cayden intentionally kills in cold blood. He kills a couple of bikers by accident and Connor's mooks because they intend to kill him, but it's Wild Joe's revelation that he's the one who he killed Cayden's parents. parents so he could manipulate Cayden into becoming his "attack dog" that pushes Cayden over the edge. The kicker? Joe actually seems to expect Cayden to partner up with him after this. Read the room, Joe! KillItWithFire ensues.
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** When he meets Wild Joe and realises he's a werewolf too, Cayden asks him how to control it. Joe laughingly tells him the wolf isn't ''meant'' to be controlled, implying that it should be allowed to kill at will. When others talk as if learning to control the wolf is perfectly doable, it implies that Wild Joe is a less than stand up guy.
** When discussing horrible things people have done as wolves, Angel talks about her and Gail's father, who was a drunk as well as a werewolf and killed their mother, then himself. Looking back, Angel thinks he "always had it in him," but doesn't think she sees it in Cayden even though she knows by then that he killed his parents. He didn't. Wild Joe framed him.
* FugitiveArc: After killing his parents while in Wolf form, Cayden goes on the run. While on the run, he encounters Wild Joe, who steers him towards Lupine Ridge.
* HappilyAdopted: Cayden at the beginning, although he doesn't know he ''is'' adopted.

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** When he Cayden meets Wild Joe and realises he's a werewolf too, Cayden he asks him how to control it. Joe laughingly tells him the wolf isn't ''meant'' to be controlled, implying that it should be allowed to kill at will. When others talk as if learning to control the wolf is perfectly doable, if difficult, it implies that Wild Joe is a less than stand up guy.
** When discussing horrible things people have done as wolves, Angel talks about her and Gail's father, who was a drunk as well as a werewolf and killed their mother, mother when in wolf form, then himself.himself when he realised what he'd done. Looking back, Angel thinks he "always had it in him," but doesn't think she sees it in Cayden even though she knows by then that he killed his parents. He didn't. Wild Joe framed him.
* FugitiveArc: After killing his parents while in Wolf form, Cayden goes on the run. While on the run, After some time as a fugitive, he encounters Wild Joe, who steers him towards Lupine Ridge.
* HappilyAdopted: Cayden at the beginning, although he doesn't know he ''is'' adopted. The emergence of his Wolf form changes that in the most horrific way.
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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Cayden first turns when in a delicate situation with his high school girlfriend. She gets hurt (though thankfully not bitten), runs away screaming that he's a monster and calls the cops. That's why he rejects a random girl who makes a move when he's a fugitive, and why he's hesitant over Angel's advance. At least until she points out - and then demonstrates - that when the girl is a werewolf too, this ''really isn't a problem.''

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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Cayden first turns when in a delicate situation with his high school girlfriend. She gets hurt (though thankfully not bitten), runs away screaming that he's a monster and calls the cops. That's why he rejects a random girl who makes a move when he's a fugitive, fugitive as well as the VillageBicycle who approaches him in Lupine Ridge, and why he's hesitant over Angel's advance. At least until she points out - and then demonstrates - that when the girl is a werewolf too, this ''really isn't a problem.''



* SequelHook: As Cayden and Angel prepare to leave, John hands them a scroll detailing the genealogy of the "old lines", saying it will help them in their travels.

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* SequelHook: As Cayden and Angel prepare to leave, John hands them a scroll detailing the genealogy of the "old lines", saying it will help them in their travels. One of the four "old lines" has yet to put in an appearance.
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* CatapultNightmare: Intense nightmares are the first symptoms of Cayden's [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent true nature]]. [[BeserkButton violent outbursts]] are next.

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* CatapultNightmare: Intense nightmares are the first symptoms of Cayden's [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent true nature]]. [[BeserkButton violent [[BerserkButton Violent outbursts]] are next.

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* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The two bikers Cayden kills during the FugitiveArc. They're beating up a girl Cayden spoke to earlier and won't stop when he tells them to. He transforms, just hoping to scare them off, but they end up dead.



* CatapultNightmare: Cayden's symptoms begin with intense nightmares.
* CoincidentalBroadcast: Played with. Cayden is watching TV with the Tollermans when a news broadcast about him comes on. Panicking, he turns the TV off and awkwardly announces that he's going out. When he comes back hours later with Angel, he walks in to find them watching a news story that clearly shows his face. Weakly, he asks if that's been on the whole time, and Clara admits they Tivo'd it. They're playing it as a way of starting a conversation about Cayden's past, and where he came from.

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* CatapultNightmare: Intense nightmares are the first symptoms of Cayden's symptoms begin with intense nightmares.
[[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent true nature]]. [[BeserkButton violent outbursts]] are next.
* CoincidentalBroadcast: Played with. Cayden is watching TV with the Tollermans when a news broadcast about him comes on. Panicking, he turns the TV off before he can be exposed as a fugitive and awkwardly announces that he's going out. When he comes back hours later with Angel, he walks in to find them watching a news story that clearly shows his face. Weakly, he asks if that's been on the whole time, and Clara admits they Tivo'd it. They're playing it as a way of starting a conversation about Cayden's past, and where he came from.



* CurseCutShort: Wild Joe, right before he blows up.
* DamselInDistress: Angel. Her entire function in the story is to help Cayden learn how to control his werewolf side, and be rescued by him.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Giving up a werewolf baby for adoption. To regular human parents who don't know werewolves exist. What did they think would happen?

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* CurseCutShort: When Cayden lights the fuse on the final fertiliser bomb, Wild Joe, right Joe has just enough time to realise what's about to happen and yell "Oh fu-" before he blows up.
* DamselInDistress: Angel. Angel Timmons. Her entire function in the story is to help Cayden learn how to control his werewolf side, and be rescued by him.
him. Somewhat justified as she's physically outmatched by Connor and his pack, and if she runs away he'll kill her family.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Giving up a werewolf baby for adoption. To regular human parents who don't know werewolves exist. What did they think would happen?the Tollermans [[BerserkButton think]] [[SelfMadeOrphan would]] [[FugitiveArc happen?]]



* YouMonster: Cayden's first transformation is triggered when he and his high school girlfriend are gettin' busy in his car. She gets badly hurt, with slashes across her back, and runs away screaming that he's a monster. He finds it hard to argue as he wakes up in his house, covered in blood, next to his parents' savaged bodies.

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* YouMonster: Cayden's first transformation is triggered when he and his high school girlfriend are gettin' busy in his car. She gets badly hurt, with slashes across her back, and runs away screaming that he's a monster. He finds it hard to argue as he wakes up in his house, covered in blood, next to his parents' savaged bodies.bodies.
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* DamselInDistress: Angel. Her entire function in the story is to help Cayden learn how to control his werewolf side, and be rescued by him.

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* TheAlcoholic: Gail Timmons is swaying drunk in every scene she's in.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Cayden is urged to leave town, but won't leave Angel to be used by Connor.
* AmbiguousSituation: One version of Cayden's conception is that his mother Lucinda was raped by Connor Slaughter. She ended up pregnant, had Cayden in secret before giving him up and killing herself. However, as he lies bleeding after their fight, Connor tells Cayden that it wasn't rape: they were secretly in love, until Lucinda's parents found out and threatened to kill her, so he lied to protect her. It's not clear if this is true or just Connor's version of events.
* AssholeVictim: The thugs Cayden ends up killing while on the run. They were beating up a girl he spoke to earlier. He told them to leave her alone. They wouldn't. They die violently.

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* TheAlcoholic: Gail Timmons is swaying drunk in every scene she's in.
in. She has a pretty strong FreudianExcuse, though; her father killed her mother, then himself, when she and her sister Angel were teenagers.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: When he loses his first fight against Connor and his pack, Cayden is urged to leave town, but won't leave Angel to be used by Connor.
* AmbiguousSituation: One version of Cayden's conception is that his mother Lucinda was raped by Connor Slaughter. She ended up pregnant, had Cayden in secret before giving him up and killing herself. However, as he lies bleeding after their fight, Connor tells Cayden that it wasn't rape: they were secretly in love, until Lucinda's parents found out and threatened to kill her, so he lied to protect her. It's not clear if this is true true, how Connor remembers it, or just Connor's version of events.
what Connor wants him to think.
* AssholeVictim: The thugs Cayden ends up killing while on the run. They were beating up a girl he spoke to earlier. He told tells them to leave her alone. They wouldn't. They tell him to get lost. He's not remotely in control of his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide wolf]] yet, so they die violently.


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** Connor's pack of feral werewolves. They're all dead by the end, and [[ImAHumanitarian they had it coming]].

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A 2014 homage to old-fashioned monster movies, written and directed by David Hayter.



* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Aside from rare pure-bred werewolves, there's the kind who became werewolves from being bitten. Although they do change, they're not as powerful as the former kind.

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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Aside from rare pure-bred werewolves, there's the kind who became werewolves from being bitten. Although they do change, they're not as powerful as the former kind. They all, however, look suspiciously like people in furry masks.

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* IAmAMonster: After seemingly killing his parents, Cayden becomes a fugitive, isolating himself from others to protect them while he tries to find a solution. It takes some time, and support from John, Clara and Angel, before he accepts himself. Finding out he didn't really kill his parents certainly helps.



* MundaneUtility: After being taken on as a farmhand by John Tollerman, Cayden finds his superstrength useful in getting his work done really fast.

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* MundaneUtility: After being taken on as a farmhand by John Tollerman, Cayden finds his superstrength useful in getting his work done really fast. One part shows him throwing straw bales into the barn loft single-handed.



* VomitDiscretionShot: Cayden, after realising [[ImAHumanitarian what Connor and his pack were eating]].

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* VomitDiscretionShot: Cayden, after realising [[ImAHumanitarian what Connor and his pack were eating]].eating]].
* YouMonster: Cayden's first transformation is triggered when he and his high school girlfriend are gettin' busy in his car. She gets badly hurt, with slashes across her back, and runs away screaming that he's a monster. He finds it hard to argue as he wakes up in his house, covered in blood, next to his parents' savaged bodies.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Lucinda Tollerman, Cayden's mother. Raped and impregnated by Connor Slaughter, she was thrown out by her parents, spent her pregnancy hiding at her great uncle John's house, gave up her baby for adoption and then killed herself.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Lucinda Tollerman, Cayden's mother. Raped and impregnated by Connor Slaughter, she was thrown out by her parents, spent her pregnancy hiding at her great uncle John's house, gave up her baby for adoption and then killed herself. Or, in Connor's version, it was being separated from the man she loved and having to give up their baby that did it. It's not clear which is correct.



* InsistentTerminology: John asks Cayden if he knows what "lupine" means, Cayden says "wolf". John says no, it means "wolf''like''".

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* InsistentTerminology: John asks Cayden if he knows what "lupine" means, Cayden says "wolf". John says no, it means "wolf''like''". One of several early hints John drops that he knows exactly who and what Cayden is.


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* OffingTheOffspring: Connor's desire to kill Cayden doesn't change when he finds out he's his son. Denial may be involved, however, if he and Lucinda really were in love.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Played with. The driving force of half the movie is that Connor is getting old and wants a son, with Angel as the mother because she's from the "old lines" as well. When Cayden turns up, no one floats the idea that Connor might be placated with the fact that he ''already'' has a son. Of course, there are a couple of problems: Cayden being Connor's son means John lied to Connor about Lucinda's death, which Connor would likely kill him over. Also, it's clear Connor wants to raise his son to be exactly like him, which Cayden most certainly is not.



* ObliviousAdoption: After seemingly killing his parents and going on the run,

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* ObliviousAdoption: After seemingly killing his parents and going on the run, Cayden sees a news report where his old girlfriend is asked about Cayden being adopted. She blinks and says she didn't know. It's a shock for Cayden as well. See, this is why you need to tell your kids these things, so they don't find out from a news report when they're on the run for killing you.



* TimeSkip: Cayden is a high school senior at the beginning, but later dialogue indicates he's in his early twenties. The extra time most likely happened during the FugitiveArc.

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* SequelHook: As Cayden and Angel prepare to leave, John hands them a scroll detailing the genealogy of the "old lines", saying it will help them in their travels.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Through a combination of fighting and KilliTWithFire, Cayden and John end up killing off Connor's feral pack, Connor himself, and Wild Joe.

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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Through a combination of fighting and KilliTWithFire, KillItWithFire, Cayden and John end up killing off Connor's feral pack, Connor himself, and Wild Joe.
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''Wolves'' stars ''Creator/LucasTill'' as Cayden and ''Creator/JasonMomoa'' as Connor Slaughter.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Cayden is left badly injured after his first fight with Connor, but everything heals after he wolfs out, including scars. Although wolfing out while that injured is apparently ''very'' painful.



* InsistentTerminology: When John asks Cayden if he knows what "lupine" means, Cayden says "wolf". John says no, it means "wolf''like''".

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* InsistentTerminology: When John asks Cayden if he knows what "lupine" means, Cayden says "wolf". John says no, it means "wolf''like''".



* SelfMadeOrphan: Early on, Cayden slaughters his parents while in wolf form. Although he believes he did it for most of the movie, it was Wild Joe.

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* SelfMadeOrphan: Early on, Cayden slaughters his parents while in wolf form. Although he believes he really did it for most of the movie, it was Wild Joe.
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:One version of Cayden's conception is that his mother Lucinda was raped by Connor Slaughter. She ended up pregnant, had Cayden in secret before giving him up and killing herself. However, as he lies bleeding after their fight, Connor tells Cayden that it wasn't rape: they were secretly in love, until Lucinda's parents found out and threatened to kill her, so he lied to protect her. It's not clear if this is true or just Connor's version of events.]]
* AssholeVictim: The thugs Cayden ends up killing while on the run. They were beating up a girl he spoke to earlier. He told them to leave her alone. They probably should've listened...

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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:One One version of Cayden's conception is that his mother Lucinda was raped by Connor Slaughter. She ended up pregnant, had Cayden in secret before giving him up and killing herself. However, as he lies bleeding after their fight, Connor tells Cayden that it wasn't rape: they were secretly in love, until Lucinda's parents found out and threatened to kill her, so he lied to protect her. It's not clear if this is true or just Connor's version of events.]]
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* AssholeVictim: The thugs Cayden ends up killing while on the run. They were beating up a girl he spoke to earlier. He told them to leave her alone. They probably should've listened...wouldn't. They die violently.
-->'''Cayden:''' When I let the wolf out... it can be hard to stop.



* ButNowIMustGo: Although all the bad guys are dead and Lupine Ridge is now safe, Cayden and Angel end the film riding away together on Cayden's motorbike (because Cayden being a fugitive no longer matters, apparently?). They plan to come back, though.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: When discussing horrible things people have done as wolves, Angel talks about her and Gail's father, who was a drunk as well as a werewolf and killed their mother, then himself. Looking back, Angel thinks he "always had it in him," but doesn't think she sees it in Cayden even though she knows by then that he killed his parents. He didn't. Wild Joe framed him.

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** When he meets Wild Joe and realises he's a werewolf too, Cayden asks him how to control it. Joe laughingly tells him the wolf isn't ''meant'' to be controlled, implying that it should be allowed to kill at will. When others talk as if learning to control the wolf is perfectly doable, it implies that Wild Joe is a less than stand up guy.
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* RobbingTheDead: Early on, Cayden returns to human to find he's killed two bikers. Ever practical, he helps himself to a leather jacket, a motorbike and the contents of their wallets.

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* CurseCutShort: Wild Joe, right before he blows up.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: When discussing horrible things people have done as wolves, Angel talks about her and Gail's father, who was a drunk as well as a werewolf and killed their mother, then himself. Looking back, Angel thinks he "always had it in him," but doesn't think she sees it in Cayden even though she knows by then that he killed his parents. [[spoiler:He didn't. Wild Joe framed him.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When discussing horrible things people have done as wolves, Angel talks about her and Gail's father, who was a drunk as well as a werewolf and killed their mother, then himself. Looking back, Angel thinks he "always had it in him," but doesn't think she sees it in Cayden even though she knows by then that he killed his parents. [[spoiler:He He didn't. Wild Joe framed him.]]



* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Wild Joe. After being exiled by Connor Slaughter, he tracked down his and Lucinda's long-lost son - Cayden - kills his parents and frames him, forcing him to go on the run so he can steer him towards Lupine Ridge. Once there, he'll undoubtedly find the truth of his parentage and he and Connor will end up fighting. Either Cayden will kill Connor or at least weaken him so that Wild Joe can kill him.]]

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* ItsPersonal: Cayden is not at home to teaming up with Wild Joe after the latter revealed that he's the one who killed Cayden's parents. KillItWithFire ensues.
-->'''Cayden:''' You ATE my [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] PARENTS!
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Wild Wild Joe. After being exiled by Connor Slaughter, he tracked down his and Lucinda's long-lost son - Cayden - kills his parents and frames him, forcing him to go on the run so he can steer him towards Lupine Ridge. Once there, he'll undoubtedly find the truth of his parentage and he and Connor will end up fighting. Either Cayden will kill Connor or at least weaken him so that Wild Joe can kill him.]]



* ObliviousAdoption: After [[spoiler:seemingly]] killing his parents and going on the run,

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* OhCrap: Wild Joe, when he realises he's standing on a bomb. And Cayden just lit the fuse.
* ObliviousAdoption: After [[spoiler:seemingly]] seemingly killing his parents and going on the run,



* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Cayden has no ethical problem with killing Connor Slaughter, his biological father, because he raped his mother Lucinda and plans to rape Angel to get a son. [[spoiler:Connor insists what happened between him and Lucinda was not rape, although if true that doesn't address the situation with Angel.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: Early on, Cayden slaughters his parents while in wolf form. [[spoiler:Although he believes he did it for most of the movie, it was Wild Joe.]]

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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Through a combination of fighting and KilliTWithFire, Cayden and John end up killing off Connor's feral pack, Connor himself, and Wild Joe.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Cayden has no ethical problem with killing Connor Slaughter, his biological father, because he raped his mother Lucinda and plans to rape Angel to get a son. [[spoiler:Connor Connor insists what happened between him and Lucinda was not rape, although if true that doesn't address the situation with Angel.]]
Angel.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Early on, Cayden slaughters his parents while in wolf form. [[spoiler:Although Although he believes he did it for most of the movie, it was Wild Joe.]]

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Once there, he finds a community under the sway of brutal, animalistic Connor Slaughter, as well as some very dark secrets about his own history.



* CombatPragmatist: When he gains the will to fight, Cayden shows no hesitation in using tactics like attacking people from behind or blowing them up with explosives he planted earlier. When fighting Connor, he cuts through his schilles tendon.

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* CombatPragmatist: When he gains the will to fight, Cayden shows no hesitation in using tactics like attacking people from behind or blowing them up with explosives he planted earlier. When fighting Connor, he cuts through his schilles tendon.Achilles tendon to cripple him.



* ImAHumanitarian: Connor Slaughter and his pack like to hunt down and eat people who've displeased them.
* InsistentTerminology: When John asks Cayden if he knows what "lupine" means, Cayden says "wolf". John says no, it means "wolf''like''".



* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Cayden has no ethical problem with killing Connor Slaughter, his biological father, because he raped his mother Lucinda and plans to rape Angel to get a son. [[spoiler:Connor insists what happened between him and Lucinda was not rape, although if true that doesn't address the situation with Angel.]]



* TownWithADarkSecret: Lupine Ridge is secretly run by werewolves. Naturally. Oh, and the head werewolf is AxCrazy.

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* TownWithADarkSecret: Lupine Ridge is secretly run by werewolves. Naturally. Oh, and the head werewolf is AxCrazy.AxCrazy.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Cayden, after realising [[ImAHumanitarian what Connor and his pack were eating]].

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''Wolves'' stars ''Creator/LucasTill'' and ''Creator/JasonMomoa''.

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''Wolves'' stars ''Creator/LucasTill'' as Cayden and ''Creator/JasonMomoa''.
''Creator/JasonMomoa'' as Connor Slaughter.



* TheAlcoholic: Gail Timmons is swaying drunk in every scene she's in.



* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:One version of Cayden's conception is that his mother Lucinda was raped by Connor Slaughter. She ended up pregnant, had Cayden in secret before giving him up and killing herself.

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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:One version of Cayden's conception is that his mother Lucinda was raped by Connor Slaughter. She ended up pregnant, had Cayden in secret before giving him up and killing herself. However, as he lies bleeding after their fight, Connor tells Cayden that it wasn't rape: they were secretly in love, until Lucinda's parents found out and threatened to kill her, so he lied to protect her. It's not clear if this is true or just Connor's version of events.]]



* CoincidentalBroadcast: Cayden is watching TV with the Tollermans when

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* CoincidentalBroadcast: Played with. Cayden is watching TV with the Tollermans whenwhen a news broadcast about him comes on. Panicking, he turns the TV off and awkwardly announces that he's going out. When he comes back hours later with Angel, he walks in to find them watching a news story that clearly shows his face. Weakly, he asks if that's been on the whole time, and Clara admits they Tivo'd it. They're playing it as a way of starting a conversation about Cayden's past, and where he came from.



* DidYouJustHaveSex: Minus the part where it's a question.

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* DidYouJustHaveSex: Minus the part where it's a question. When John finds Cayden in the barn with ClothingDamage, straw in his hair and in a very good mood, he doesn't need Angel to appear in a similar state to know what's up.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: When discussing horrible things people have done as wolves, Angel talks about her and Gail's father, who was a drunk as well as a werewolf and killed their mother, then himself. Looking back, Angel thinks he "always had it in him," but doesn't think she sees it in Cayden even though she knows by then that he killed his parents. [[spoiler:He didn't. Wild Joe framed him.]]



* TownWithADarkSecret: Lupine Ridge is secretly run by werewolves. Naturally.

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* TownWithADarkSecret: Lupine Ridge is secretly run by werewolves. Naturally. Oh, and the head werewolf is AxCrazy.

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''Wolves'' stars ''Creator/LucasTill'' and ''Creator/JasonMomoa''.



* AmbiguousSituation:
* AssholeVictim:

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* AmbiguousSituation:
AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:One version of Cayden's conception is that his mother Lucinda was raped by Connor Slaughter. She ended up pregnant, had Cayden in secret before giving him up and killing herself.
* AssholeVictim: The thugs Cayden ends up killing while on the run. They were beating up a girl he spoke to earlier. He told them to leave her alone. They probably should've listened...



* CombatPragmatist: When he gains the will to fight, Cayden shows no hesitation in attacking people from behind

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* CoincidentalBroadcast: Cayden is watching TV with the Tollermans when
* CombatPragmatist: When he gains the will to fight, Cayden shows no hesitation in using tactics like attacking people from behindbehind or blowing them up with explosives he planted earlier. When fighting Connor, he cuts through his schilles tendon.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Giving up a werewolf baby for adoption. To regular human parents who don't know werewolves exist. What did they think would happen?



* DrivenToSuicide: Lucinda Tollerman, Cayden's mother. Raped and impregnated by Connor Slaughter, she was thrown out by her parents, spent her pregnancy hiding at her great uncle John's house, gave up her baby for adoption and then killed herself.



* MundaneUtility: After being taken on as a farmhand by John Tollerman, Cayden finds his superstrength useful in getting his work done really fast.



* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent:

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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Aside from rare pure-bred werewolves, there's the kind who became werewolves from being bitten. Although they do change, they're not as powerful as the former kind.



* TimeSkip: Cayden is a high school senior at the beginning, but later dialogue indicates he's in his early twenties.

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* TimeSkip: Cayden is a high school senior at the beginning, but later dialogue indicates he's in his early twenties. The extra time most likely happened during the FugitiveArc.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Lupine Ridge is secretly run by werewolves. Naturally.

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High schooler Cayden Richards has a charmed life... at least until his inner beast comes out in the most horrifying way imaginable. Forced on the run, Cayden finds himself steered towards the town of Lupine Ridge.



* AlwaysSaveTheGirl:

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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Cayden is urged to leave town, but won't leave Angel to be used by Connor.



* CombatPragmatist:
* DidYouJustHaveSex:
* EntitledToHaveYou:
* FugitiveArc: After killing his parents while in Wolf form, Cayden goes on the run.

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* CombatPragmatist:
CatapultNightmare: Cayden's symptoms begin with intense nightmares.
* DidYouJustHaveSex:
CombatPragmatist: When he gains the will to fight, Cayden shows no hesitation in attacking people from behind
* EntitledToHaveYou:
DidYouJustHaveSex: Minus the part where it's a question.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Connor wants Angel to be his son's mother, whether she likes it or not. Once she's had the baby, though, he's happy for her to leave town. That's... better?
* FugitiveArc: After killing his parents while in Wolf form, Cayden goes on the run. While on the run, he encounters Wild Joe, who steers him towards Lupine Ridge.
* HappilyAdopted: Cayden at the beginning, although he doesn't know he ''is'' adopted.



* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Cayden first turns when in a delicate situation with his high school girlfriend. She gets hurt (though thankfully not bitten), runs away screaming that he's a monster and calls the cops. That's why he rejects a random girl who makes a move when he's a fugitive, and why he's hesitant over Angel's advance. At least until she points out - and then demonstrates - that when the girl is a werewolf too, this ''really isn't a problem.''



* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent:



* StalkerWithATestTube: Connor Slaughter
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Cayden first turns when in a delicate situation with his high school girlfriend. She gets hurt (though thankfully not bitten), runs away screaming that he's a monster and calls the cops. That's why he rejects a random girl who makes a move when he's a fugitive, and why he's hesitant over Angel's advance. At least until she points out - and then demonstrates - that when the girl is a werewolf too, this ''really isn't a problem.''

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* StalkerWithATestTube: Connor Slaughter
Slaughter. He's getting older and wants a son to continue his legacy. He's decided Angel will be the mother, whether she likes it or not.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: TimeSkip: Cayden first turns when in is a delicate situation with his high school girlfriend. She gets hurt (though thankfully not bitten), runs away screaming that senior at the beginning, but later dialogue indicates he's a monster and calls the cops. That's why he rejects a random girl who makes a move when he's a fugitive, and why he's hesitant over Angel's advance. At least until she points out - and then demonstrates - that when the girl is a werewolf too, this ''really isn't a problem.''in his early twenties.
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl:
* AmbiguousSituation:
* AssholeVictim:
* BlueBlood: Cayden is soon identified as being from "one of the old lines", meaning he's a pure-bred werewolf. After generations of mingling, they're becoming rare.
* CombatPragmatist:
* DidYouJustHaveSex:
* EntitledToHaveYou:
* FugitiveArc: After killing his parents while in Wolf form, Cayden goes on the run.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Wild Joe. After being exiled by Connor Slaughter, he tracked down his and Lucinda's long-lost son - Cayden - kills his parents and frames him, forcing him to go on the run so he can steer him towards Lupine Ridge. Once there, he'll undoubtedly find the truth of his parentage and he and Connor will end up fighting. Either Cayden will kill Connor or at least weaken him so that Wild Joe can kill him.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Wild Joe and Connor Slaughter.
* ObliviousAdoption: After [[spoiler:seemingly]] killing his parents and going on the run,
* SelfMadeOrphan: Early on, Cayden slaughters his parents while in wolf form. [[spoiler:Although he believes he did it for most of the movie, it was Wild Joe.]]
* StalkerWithATestTube: Connor Slaughter
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Cayden first turns when in a delicate situation with his high school girlfriend. She gets hurt (though thankfully not bitten), runs away screaming that he's a monster and calls the cops. That's why he rejects a random girl who makes a move when he's a fugitive, and why he's hesitant over Angel's advance. At least until she points out - and then demonstrates - that when the girl is a werewolf too, this ''really isn't a problem.''

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