History Literature / GuardiansOfGahoole

* The Vyrwolves only get bigger.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:The Striga/Orlando.]]

* FridgeBrilliance: [[NaziGermany Spell Nyra backwards.]] (Aryan, minus one a)
** At first it seems kind of strange that the author would have a second set of villains in addition to the Nazis, who operated in a very similar manner, but with a different ideology...then it hits you that they're the Communists, and the whole world is basically pre-WWII Germany.

** [[spoiler: Nyra and coryn both have one in the exact same place, Nyra received it from otulissa and Coryn from Nyra herself]]

* ClusterFBomb: The Rogue Smith curses a lot.

* SdrawkcabName: [[spoiler: '''Ezyl'''ryb is '''Lyze''' of Kiel.]]. Nyroc later becomes Coryn.

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* BattleCouple: Boron and Barran, the king and queen of the Guardians.

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Inverted, since polar bears are good guys.

** Possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]], because they cannot fly with only one wing. If they cannot fly, they cannot hunt. [[CaptainObvious If they cannot hunt, they cannot eat]]. Also, they tend to get their wings chopped while they're in mid-flight, they more often than not fall to their untimely doom.

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* TheMovie: The books are being adapted into an animated movie to be released in late September of 2010.
** It's directed by Zack Snyder...[[Film/DawnOfTheDead2004 Of!]] [[ThreeHundred All!]] [[Film/{{Watchmen}} PEOPLE!]]
*** Though for some fans, the beautifully animated, exciting teaser trailer has turned this into a great moment. His signature style is perfect fit for Epic Owl Fantasy! Who knew?

** At one point, a group of owls try to save books from the Pure Ones by memorizing them, saying they got the idea from a book written by one of the Others, named "[[{{Fahrenheit451}} Ray Brad]]" (although they think the name may have been cut off).
** There are tons of 300 references in the last book. "We will fight in the shade" and "[you want our weapons?] Come and get them!" to name a few.

* ThreeDMovie

* UnfortunateNames: Nyroc is named after Nyra, the most feared/hated owl in the entire Owl Kingdom. Even though Nyroc has never really done anything bad, his name still gives him a bad reputation Until he got the ember of Hoole.

TheFilmOfTheBook, ''LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'', was released in September 24, 2010, by ZackSnyder and the guys who did ''HappyFeet''.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted by ''most'' of the snakes, who are good guys.

*** Though for some fans, the beautifully animated, exciting teaser trailer has turned this into an AndTheFandomRejoiced moment. His signature style is perfect fit for Epic Owl Fantasy! Who knew?

The protagonist for the majority of the books is Soren, a young barn owl. He is pushed out of his nest by his malicious older brother Kludd and then kidnapped by owl scouts from a mysterious institution called St. Aggie's Academy. He soon makes friends with an elf owl named Gylfie and together they resist brainwashing by the St. Aggie's owls. Soren and Gylfie draw on the legends of an order of noble owls called the Guardians of Ga'Hoole for inspiration. They eventually escape, but upon discovering that their families have disappeared while they were imprisoned in St. Aggie's, they decide to search for the legendary Guardians. Soren and Gylfie are joined by Twilight, a great grey owl, and Digger, a burrowing owl. All four of them, each of their lives impacted by St. Aggie's, form "[[{{Nakama}} The Band]]" and join the Ga'Hoolian owls.

* {{Nakama}}: The Band in the first couple books, later the Chaw of Chaws.
** Some consider Coryn a member of the Band.

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: When [[spoiler:Coryn]] becomes king (YourMileageMayVary), although there was no actual crown. Made awesomer by the dire wolves' pledge:''"We have all chosen to remain as wolves, to serve you, King [[spoiler:Coryn]], but we have also chosen to regain what we had lost in order to serve the Sacred Ring. Our twisted limbs have been straightened. Our eyes restored, our tails made whole once more. But we shall always be prepared to serve you, good King [[spoiler:Coryn]], always. That is our pledge."''

The series has spawned a spinoff series entitled ''Wolves of The Beyond''. It centers on the Dire Wolves known as the Wolves of the Watch, specifically a young wolf who grows up to become a gnaw wolf,a sort of story recorder, and eventually a watch wolf. The owls appear occasionally in the books.

** It's directed by Zack Snyder...[[DawnOfTheDead Of!]] [[ThreeHundred All!]] [[Film/{{Watchmen}} PEOPLE!]]

* IGotBetter: [[spoiler: Hortense, who was pushed off a cliff in the first book then came back as an owl called "Mist" who didn't seem to be fully tangible. She had been saved by one of the eagles at the last second.]]

* UnfortunateNames: Nyroc is named after Nyra, the most feared/hated owl in the entire Owl Kingdom. Even though Nyroc has never really done anything bad, his name still gives him a bad reputation Until [[HeGotBetter he got the ember of Hoole]].

* DanBrowned: Quite a bit of it, unfortunately, mostly having to do with [[YouFailBiologyForever owls' biology]]. Could be excused as extreme ArtisticLicense, but the books' information says that the series was the alternative to a nonfiction book the author wanted to write about owls, and thus she attempted to include owls' natural history. By and large, it appears she was unsuccessful... For more detail, see [[Headscratchers/GuardiansOfGaHoole Headscratchers]] tab.

* DanBrowned: Quite a bit of it, unfortunately, mostly having to do with [[YouFailBiologyForever owls' biology]]. Could be excused as extreme ArtisticLicense, but the books' information says that the series was the alternative to a nonfiction book the author wanted to write about owls, and thus she attempted to include owls' natural history. By and large, it appears she was unsuccessful... For more detail, see [[JustBugsMe/GuardiansOfGahoole It Just Bugs Me]].

!This series provides '''Examples''' of:

Subsequent books deal with The Band's education and training in Ga'Hoole and also the rise of a group even more dangerous than St. Aggie's called the Pure Ones. The Pure Ones [[ANaziByAnyOtherName believe in the superiority of Barn Owls above all other owl species.]]

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