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*** To start, there's [[spoiler:Orchid and Lilium, two witches running the Bad End Theater from [[VisualNovel/BadEndTheater the titular game]]. These two are already counterparts to {{Walking Spoiler}}s from BET, and they also provide the hints to get the bad endings in LWT]].



*** From the third one, [[spoiler:Timber's deceased father, the rabbits living in the Warren as well as Senbei and of all people, ''Mochi''. Timber's dad is the reason behind his son's current state, the Warren hides a dark secret about slain wolves made into taxidermy as well as the culprits behind wrecking the garden, and Senbei being the mastermind of that incident. Mochi herself counts because it's her borderline-VillainProtagonist actions that lead to all these discoveries]].

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[[spoiler:Timber's deceased father, father: His death at the hands of rabbits living in the Warren as well as Senbei and of all people, ''Mochi''. Timber's dad is the reason behind his son's current state, state]].
** [[spoiler:The rabbits living in the Warren:
the Warren hides a dark secret about slain wolves made into taxidermy as well as the culprits behind wrecking the garden, and Senbei garden]].
** [[spoiler:Senbei
being the mastermind of that incident. Mochi herself counts the garden incident, as well as the FinalBoss faced here]].
** Of all people, [[spoiler:''Mochi'',
because it's her borderline-VillainProtagonist actions that lead to all these discoveries]].
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** By default, most characters in the secrets endings:
*** From the first one, [[spoiler:Timber and Tundra, the leaders of a hunter wolf pack in Glaze, the same wolf pack Treat's parents separated from. They're the main antagonists of this ending]].
*** From the second one, [[spoiler:Chai's brother, a mysterious shady guy with ties to the black market. This ending is the first time he's ever acknowledged]].
*** From the third one, [[spoiler:Timber's deceased father, the rabbits living in the Warren as well as Senbei and of all people, ''Mochi''. Timber's dad is the reason behind his son's current state, the Warren hides a dark secret about slain wolves made into taxidermy as well as the culprits behind wrecking the garden, and Senbei being the mastermind of that incident. Mochi herself counts because it's her borderline-VillainProtagonist actions that lead to all these discoveries]].
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* PosthumousCharacter:
** WordOfGod states that Genoise's cat familiar Madeleine has indeed died. [[invoked]]
** [[spoiler:Timber's father was beaten to death by rabbits twenty years ago in front of his family's eyes]].
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* ChekhovsGun: The cliff edge by Treat's cabin has no purpose in the series other than being interactable for extra dialogue. It plays a role in the first secret ending [[spoiler:as Juju tries to push Treat off of it, only to be pushed herself by Timber instead]].


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* ForegoneVictory: No matter if you choose to fight Salt and Pepper or stay on the defense, Treat ends up winning.


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* ZeroEffortBoss: The battle with Salt and Pepper in Chapter 2 can either end by Treat winning in one hit, or Salt and Pepper giving up when she refuses to fight back.

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* NiceMice: May, Nougat, and Drop, the three recurring characters who are mice, are all approachable individuals who are very polite. This is averted with [[spoiler:the mouse cultists of Wormwood that [[TokenGoodTeammate Drop]] is a part of]].

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May, Nougat, and Drop, the three recurring characters who are mice, are all approachable individuals who are very polite. This is averted with [[spoiler:the mouse cultists of Wormwood that [[TokenGoodTeammate Drop]] is a part of]].


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* NoBisexuals: Any character with romantic interest only has it in the same sex (Treat, Moxie, Annie and May...) or rarely, the opposite (Juju with Senbei). The only characters to be implied bi are Mochi and Spice, and [[https://another-piece-of-candy.thecomicseries.com/comics/231/ both]] [[https://another-piece-of-candy.thecomicseries.com/comics/320/ instances]] were actually in the webcomic, making it an InformedAttribute.
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* RaceNameBasis: Anyone who's prejudiced against predators will refer to them by their species because they don't care to learn their names.
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* BackToCameraPose: Both title screens of ''Lonely Wolf Treat'' and ''Wandering Wolf Trick'' depict Treat and Trick like this while overlooking Frosting and a snowy path, respectively.
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** Nami also stated that Brickzo is named after Kinzo Ushiromiya from ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry''.
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* HeyLetsPutOnAShow: In order to get money for the Foxy Den, Moxie comes up with the idea of turning it into an inn with a gimmick: a murder mystery roleplay and the guests get to solve it.
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* DudeNotFunny: In Chapter 5, neither Treat nor Mochi are enthused by Moxie joking she'll burn down the Foxy Den just to spite her mom.

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* DudeNotFunny: In Chapter 5, neither Treat nor Mochi are enthused by Moxie joking she'll burn down vandalize the Foxy Den just to spite her mom.
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* DudeNotFunny: In Chapter 5, neither Treat nor Mochi are enthused by Moxie joking she'll burn down the Foxy Den just to spite her mom.
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* CanonName: You can name the little chick in Chapter 8 whatever you want, though his default name Phoenix is the canon one.
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* EndsWithASmile: ''Lonely Wolf Treat'', the first game, ends with Treat smiling warmly as Mochi leaves and sets out to try befriending the foxes and make everyone friends. This marks the first time the wolf girl smiles in the series.
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** There's also a reverse case of the above example: [[spoiler:Timber grew to hate rabbits because his father was beaten to death by them]].
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* RotatingProtagonist: The series starts by having you control Treat in the first chapter, followed by Mochi, then Moxie and Trick. The cycle is then restarted from Chapter 5.

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* ShoutOut: Per Nami's own admission, Treat's hot springs work uniform is directly based on the ones from ''Anime/SpiritedAway''.

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Per Nami's own admission, Treat's hot springs work uniform is directly based on the ones from ''Anime/SpiritedAway''.''Anime/SpiritedAway''.
** Kamilla's "What fool dares awaken the great Kamilla?" is likely a reference to Laharl's first line in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', "What fool dares awaken me, the great Laharl?". Fittingly, both Laharl and Kamilla are demonic CardCarryingVillain wannabes.



** [[spoiler:Mango and Cotton became friends after Cotton rescued the old rabbit during an avalanche and Mango gave him a rice ball]].

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** [[spoiler:Mango Mango and Cotton became friends after Cotton rescued the old rabbit during an avalanche and Mango gave repaid him with a rice ball]].ball.


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* ThisWasHisTrueForm: Animal folk will always revert to animal form upon death, as explained in the Book of Lore and [[spoiler:demonstrated in the first bad ending]].
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* NoEnding: [[spoiler:Chapter 1's bad ending just cuts off immediately when Treat finds out Timber is a murderer. There is no indication of whether or not Treat continued living in Glaze after that.]]
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Treat faces discrimination from the rabbits of Frosting for being a wolf.


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* CunningLikeAFox: Moxie exemplifies this trope by being a {{schemer}}. This is even lampshaded by the title of her game.


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* FoulFox:
** Played with. Moxie and her friends try to appear intimidating, but ultimately turn out to be too lazy and harmless. Though Chai is an exception, as they are always depicted as quiet and peaceful.
** Moxie's mom is a straight example of a ruthless fox with no redeeming qualities.
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** Another mouse, Saffron, who appears in ''Trick Comes Home'', also qualifies.
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* CharacterActionTitle: The title of the eighth chapter, ''Trick Comes Home''.

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The seventh chapter, ''Lucky Number Moxie'', was released alongside an UpdatedRerelease of the first six chapters in the form of ''[[https://nomnomnami.itch.io/treat-complete Lonely Wolf Treat: The Complete Series]]''. It was later updated with the addition of the eighth chapter, ''Trick Comes Home'', as well as hidden alternate storylines to the previous chapters.

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The seventh chapter, ''Lucky Number Moxie'', was released alongside an UpdatedRerelease of the first six chapters in the form of ''[[https://nomnomnami.itch.io/treat-complete Lonely Wolf Treat: The Complete Series]]''. It was later updated with the addition first half of the eighth chapter, ''Trick Comes Home'', as well as hidden alternate storylines added to some of the previous chapters.



** Is the strange apparition that haunts Moxie throughout the first half of ''Lucky Number Moxie'' a ghost or just an anxiety-induced hallucination? Nothing is outright confirmed, but there is strong evidence towards the former, while Moxie herself dismisses it as the latter.

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** Is the strange apparition that haunts Moxie throughout the first half of ''Lucky Number Moxie'' a ghost or just an anxiety-induced hallucination? Nothing is outright confirmed, but there it is strong evidence towards strongly implied to be the former, while though Moxie herself dismisses it as the latter.


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* RedRidingHoodReplica: Chapter 8 begins with Trick bumping into a red-caped squirrel girl who mistakes them for a big bad wolf.


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* SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: The player can discover [[spoiler:secret alternate storylines in the previous chapters by visiting BAD END THEATER]] in chapter 8. Though the entire rest of the series is relatively lighthearted, [[spoiler:these hidden bad endings blatantly feature abuse, violence, and death, and delve much deeper into the darker aspects of ''Treat'' lore]]. What made this even more jarring was that, when the chapter was first released, this part of the game did not have any kind of {{content warning}}.

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* ButThouMust: When Trick is starving and spots a suspicious berry bush, the game gives you a choice between eating one berry and... eating a lot of berries. Regardless of what you choose, Trick becomes sick from eating the berries and passes out.

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** When Trick is given a choice to join the FCF and help them with their mission, saying "yes" becomes "I'll join you, but I can't stay for long", while saying "no" becomes "I can't join you, but I still want to help you with your mission". So Trick ends up taking part in the mission no matter what.


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** The book seller first seen in chapter 5 is named Tiramisu in chapter 8.


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* NumberOfTheBeast: In chapter 8, buying an [=InsteRail=] ticket to the Netherworld costs 66 dollars.
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* TheHermit: Trick's master raised them in a cabin in the mountains, and he seems to be a sweet dude so it's possible that he chose this because he likes the solitude and/or because it's the best environment to raise a wolf since it's later mentioned that humans are scared of them.

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* TheHermit: Trick's master raised them in a cabin in the mountains, and he seems to be a sweet dude so it's possible that he chose this because he likes the solitude and/or because it's the best environment to raise a wolf since it's later mentioned that humans are scared of them. [[spoiler: ''Trick Comes Home'' gives us the real reason: He's living OffTheGrid until he's able to talk to his coauthors about writing a retraction to their controversial All-in-one Book of Lore series]].
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** Saffron's papa and Sesame as well.
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* HelloInsertNameHere: In Part 1 of ''Trick Comes Home'', you get to choose the name of [[spoiler:the newly hatched chick taken from the Chickpea Enchanted Farm, the default name being Phoenix]].

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: ''Dreaming Treat'' ends with Treat and Mochi arriving home and [[spoiler:finding their garden destroyed]].

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''Dreaming Treat'' ends with Treat and Mochi arriving home and [[spoiler:finding their garden destroyed]].destroyed]].
** Part 1 of ''Trick Comes Home'' ends with [[spoiler:Trick taking the egg that hatched for themselves and leaving Basmati behind, heading towards a town where one of their master's coauthors is rumored to live]].

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* GreaterScopeVillain:
** Moxie's AbusiveMom doesn't appear physically in the third game where she kickstarts the plot by demanding money out of her daughter for the Foxy Den.
** On a larger scale, [[spoiler: Trick's master is one of the people who wrote the controversial All-in-one Book of Lore, thus making him partly responsible for the FantasticRacism in the series]].

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* GreaterScopeVillain:
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GreaterScopeVillain: Moxie's AbusiveMom doesn't appear physically in the third game where she kickstarts the plot by demanding money out of her daughter for the Foxy Den.
** On a larger scale, [[spoiler: Trick's master is one of the people who wrote the controversial All-in-one Book of Lore, thus making him partly responsible for the FantasticRacism in the series]].
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* NonIndicativeName: As Trick points out, the All-in-one Book of Lore is called that despite having two volumes.



* WalkingSpoiler: Mango, the old rabbit staying with Treat's pack. You can't talk much about him without revealing that [[spoiler:he is Juju's DisappearedDad whom she thinks was eaten by wolves years ago, and as result, she became obsessed with protecting rabbits from predators]].

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Mango, the old rabbit staying with Treat's pack. You can't talk much about him without revealing that [[spoiler:he is Juju's DisappearedDad whom she thinks was eaten by wolves years ago, and as result, she became obsessed with protecting rabbits from predators]].predators]].
** Trick's master Myrrh becomes one with the revelation in "Truck Comes Home". [[spoiler:He was one of the authors of the All-in-one Book of Lore that stirred up controversy and might've perpetuated the racism throughout the series, and the reason why he left Trick behind was because he wanted to release a third volume as a remedy for the situation he and his coauthors caused]].
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* CallBack: In "Trick Comes Home", when Trick is talking to one of the witches in Krem who's surprised a mouse could be friends with a jackal because jackals prey on mice, Trick quotes Drop's words to them back when they met her in Wormwood.
-->'''Trick:''' "[[MeaningfulEcho Your species doesn't decide what you'll do to others]]." ...I learned that from a mouse once.

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The seventh chapter, ''Lucky Number Moxie'', was released alongside an UpdatedRerelease of the first six chapters in the form of ''[[https://nomnomnami.itch.io/treat-complete Lonely Wolf Treat: The Complete Series]]''.

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The seventh chapter, ''Lucky Number Moxie'', was released alongside an UpdatedRerelease of the first six chapters in the form of ''[[https://nomnomnami.itch.io/treat-complete Lonely Wolf Treat: The Complete Series]]''.
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* CarnivoreConfusion: In a world where animals can assume humanoid form and coexist with humans, a meat industry somehow still exists. Apparently, it only makes use of animal species that [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman do not have this ability]], such as chickens and pigs.

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* CarnivoreConfusion: In a world where animals can assume humanoid form and coexist with humans, a meat industry somehow still exists. Apparently, it only makes use of animal species that [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman do not have this ability]], such as chickens and pigs. It is rumored that those animals used to be people, but were cursed by witches to forever remain in animal form so they could be eaten.



* {{Chuunibyou}}: One of Mochi's neighbors is Pitaya (Ritseiku in the original series), a self-proclaimed legendary ninja who may or may not have come from another world. Unusually for this trope, he doesn't just try to be cool, but wants the people around him to be cool as well. When Treat and Mochi first talk to him, he immediately comes up with badass nicknames and backstories for them.



* ChildrenAreInnocent: Trick's encounters with the cat family in chapter 4 and the squirrel family in chapter 8 follow a similar pattern, in that the children are merely scared of Trick's appearance, while the parents are outright threatening them with death.
* {{Chuunibyou}}: One of Mochi's neighbors is Pitaya (Ritseiku in the original series), a self-proclaimed legendary ninja who may or may not have come from another world. Unusually for this trope, he doesn't just try to be cool, but wants the people around him to be cool as well. When Treat and Mochi first talk to him, he immediately comes up with badass nicknames and backstories for them.



* FurryConfusion: The animal folk in Creator/NomnomNami's universe are able to shift between humanoid and animal form at will, and those who prefer to stay in their animal form are called naturalists. So far, the only naturalist who appears in the series is Senbei's mother.

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* FurryConfusion: The animal folk in Creator/NomnomNami's universe are able to shift between humanoid and animal form at will, and those who prefer to stay permanently remain in their animal form are called naturalists. So far, the only The first naturalist who appears in the series is Senbei's mother.

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** Why exactly did Trick's human master disappear from their life suddenly after they joined Treat's pack?

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** Why exactly did Trick's human master disappear from their life suddenly after they joined Treat's pack?pack? Chapter 8 sheds some light on it: [[spoiler:He was one of the authors of a controversial book series that spurned some of the racism seen in the series, so he left Trick after raising them to discuss publishing a new volume to remedy the situation with his coauthors]].



* GreaterScopeVillain: Moxie's AbusiveMom doesn't appear physically in the third game where she kickstarts the plot by demanding money out of her daughter for the Foxy Den.

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** On a larger scale, [[spoiler: Trick's master is one of the people who wrote the controversial All-in-one Book of Lore, thus making him partly responsible for the FantasticRacism in the series]].



* NamedInTheSequel:
** The guard man Mousse wasn't named until "Dreaming Treat".
** Trick's master went nameless throughout the fourth game. It's only in the eight chapter where he's mentioned again that we discover from his notes that his name is Myrrh.



** Due to them starting to travel from the fourth game onward, Trick hasn't made a physical appearance since their debut. It can be assumed based on the pattern of {{Player Character}}s, they will appear in the eight chapter for the first time since then.

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** Due to them starting to travel from the fourth game onward, Trick hasn't made a physical appearance since their debut. It can be assumed based Based on the pattern of {{Player Character}}s, they will appear in the eight chapter for the first time since then.



** Trick's master [[spoiler:is one of the coauthors of an infamous book series that was banned for problematic speculation. The reason he left Trick behind is because he wanted to atone for his mistake by publishing a new volume]].



* TokenHuman: The fourth game reveals that Trick was [[RaisedByHumans raised by a human]] whom they call Master. Although his name and appearance are unknown, he's the second prominent human character introduced in Nami's universe, with Syrup being the first.

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* TokenHuman: The fourth game reveals that Trick was [[RaisedByHumans raised by a human]] whom they call Master. Although his Master (his real name and appearance are unknown, he's is Myrrh). He's the second prominent human character introduced in Nami's universe, with Syrup being the first.



* UnnamedParent: Mochi's parents, Moxie's mom, and Trick's master are never given names. Averted with Treat's parents (Cotton and Candy) and Juju's parents ([[spoiler:Mango and Castella]]).

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* UnnamedParent: Mochi's parents, parents and Moxie's mom, and Trick's master mom are never given names. Trick's master was the same until "Trick Comes Home" revealed it to be Myrrh.
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