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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Its not known if the bears not in the army were wiped out by the war.]]
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* GreatOffscreenWar: The first war between bears and unicorns (described in short at the beginning [[UnreliableNarrator from the bears' perspective]] -- [[spoiler:which later turns out to be riddled with propaganda]]) which took part many years before the events in the movie and set up the current ''status quo''. The unicorns have won, forcing the surviving bears out of the Magic Forest.

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* GreatOffscreenWar: The first war between bears and unicorns (described in short at the beginning [[UnreliableNarrator from the bears' perspective]] -- [[spoiler:which later turns out to be riddled with propaganda]]) which took part place many years before the events in the movie and set up the current ''status quo''. The unicorns have won, forcing the surviving bears out of the Magic Forest.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: When Snuggles takes off his boots and is busy urinating, his toe is bitten by a poisonous lizard. He struggles to keep up with the rest of his unit for the rest of his screen time, and, despite attempts to use first aid to treat the wound, he eventually needs to have it amputated before the toxins spread above his ankle.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Tubby was shown to be made fun of because of both his weight and immaturity in his unit. While all his unit was admiring their bodies, he was insecure about his fat body, and with his brother making fun of him, the unit joined in. Later when Bluey made the unit believe that Tubby had wet the bed, they all made fun of him, and finally, when do unit learned that Tubby was joining them, they were skeptical about how useful he would be on the mission. Despite this, it appears that Tubby is not constantly mistreated and is mostly accepted by the unit; it's notable that even though his unit was skeptical of his usefulness on the mission during the mission itself, he was never mistreated or an outcast from the unit.
* AnimalReligion: The bears have a religion in which the unicorns are seen as the equivalent of demons. At first glance, it looks very similar to the Catholic Church.

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* AgonyOfTheFeet: When Snuggles Achuchones takes off his boots and is busy urinating, his toe is bitten by a poisonous lizard. He struggles to keep up with the rest of his unit for the rest of his screen time, and, despite attempts to use first aid to treat the wound, he eventually needs to have it amputated before the toxins spread above his ankle.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Tubby Gordi was shown to be made fun of because of both his weight and immaturity in his unit. While all his unit was admiring their bodies, he was insecure about his fat body, and with his brother making fun of him, the unit joined in. Later when Bluey Azulín made the unit squad believe that Tubby Gordi had wet the bed, they all made fun of him, and finally, when do the unit learned that Tubby Gordi was joining them, they were skeptical about how useful he would be on for the mission. Despite this, it appears that Tubby Gordi is not constantly mistreated and is mostly accepted by the unit; it's notable that even though his unit was skeptical of his usefulness on the mission during the mission itself, he was never mistreated or treated like an outcast from the unit.
* AnimalReligion: The teddy bears have a religion in which the unicorns are seen as the equivalent of demons. At first glance, it looks its rituals and customs look very similar to those of the Catholic Church.



* AnotherMansTerror: The heroes go through a hellish trek through the forest to find Lone Owl squad only to find their corpses and be ambushed by unicorns shortly after.

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* AnotherMansTerror: The heroes go through a hellish trek through the forest Magical Fores to find search and rescue Lone Owl squad only to find their corpses and be ambushed be by unicorns shortly after.after attacking one.

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* AnnoyingArrows: The teddy bears' ranged weapon of choice seem to be arrows with heart points, but unless hit in a weak spot the unicorns can just shrug them off, several scenes show unicorns with their backs and legs pin-cushioned with arrows that don't seem to hinder them. [[spoiler: Notably this is the first clue that something is very wrong about [[EldritchLocation the Church in the Forest.]] The unicorns have no way to remove the arrows because they lack the means to manipulate objects like opposable thumbs, they couldn't have built it.]]

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* AnnoyingArrows: The teddy bears' ranged weapon of choice seem to be arrows with heart points, but unless hit in a weak spot the unicorns can just shrug them off, several scenes show unicorns with their backs and legs pin-cushioned with arrows that don't seem to hinder them. [[spoiler: Notably [[spoiler:Notably, this is the first clue that something is very wrong about [[EldritchLocation the Church in the Forest.]] The unicorns have no way to remove the arrows because they lack the means to manipulate objects like opposable thumbs, so they couldn't have built it.]]



%%* AxCrazy:
%%** [[spoiler: Bluey slowly turns into this]]
%%** Sergent Ironstroke, But he gets better (Sort of)

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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Bluey]] is driven insane over the course of the story, until he usurps command of the Bears and charges them into this]]
%%** Sergent Ironstroke, But he gets better (Sort of)
a suicidal all-out war that leaves everyone on both sides dead, with him bashing his own brother's skull in and then ''eating'' the last unicorn, before succumbing.



* TheBadGuyWins: One interpretation of the ending is that [[spoiler:the Monkeys]] orchestrated the entire plot by 'gifting' the bears their powers and scripture, [[BatmanGambit knowing they would be corrupted by their newfound power]] [[ForbiddenFruit and the scripture's warnings to not perform a dangerous ritual would eventually be ignored]]. If so, then they clearly won, with them walking alongside [[spoiler:their god]] and everyone else dead.



* EvilCripple: [[spoiler: Bluey near the end of the movie gains horrific facial scars and loses a hand and an eye after attempting to kill a unicorn. He's also insane, having already killed his mother, and ends up leading efforts to kill all the unicorns, destroy the forest, and murder his own brother]].

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* EvilCripple: [[spoiler: Bluey [[spoiler:Bluey near the end of the movie gains horrific facial scars and loses a hand and an eye after attempting to kill a unicorn. He's also insane, having already killed his mother, and ends up leading efforts to kill all the unicorns, destroy the forest, and murder his own brother]].



** This is then played for drama; for most of the movie, [[spoiler:God doesn't ''have'' hands, let alone a physical form. The prophecy is revealed to be a dark ritual to create a physical vessel for God, and when Bluey commits to his ambitions, killing and ''eating'' Tubby and Maria to fulfill the prophecy, God ends up ''devouring'' Bluey in turn to complete the ritual. Then he utterly abandons what is left of the Bears and Unicorns and leads the Monkeys instead.]]



* ImmortalitySeeker: Some of the bears wish to wipe out the unicorns due to an interpretation of their religious texts (ignoring that it's worded as a curse) that whoever drinks the blood of the last unicorn "shall become a beautiful and eternal being". Others just want them gone because they want to take control of the forest.

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* ImmortalitySeeker: Some of the bears wish to wipe out the unicorns due to an interpretation of their religious texts (ignoring that it's worded as a curse) that whoever drinks the blood of the last unicorn "shall become a beautiful and eternal being". Others (Others just want them gone because they want to take control of the forest.)



* {{Matricide}}: [[spoiler: Bluey felt vengeful of his mother having an affair and planning to leave his father, so he poisoned her, giving her life-long issues which eventually lead to her death. The present shows that he's extremely guilty of his actions]].

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* {{Matricide}}: [[spoiler: Bluey [[spoiler:Bluey felt vengeful of his mother having an affair and planning to leave his father, so he poisoned her, giving her life-long issues which eventually lead to her death. The present shows that he's extremely guilty of his actions]].



** Growing friendship between Tubby and Maria which could possibly end hostilities between bears and unicorns is ultimately [[AllForNothing for naught]] since both races wipe each other in battle and while aforementioned pair survives, they are both killed anyway by Bluey in a fit of rage.

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** Growing The growing friendship between Tubby and Maria Maria, which could possibly end hostilities between bears and unicorns is ultimately [[AllForNothing for naught]] since [[spoiler:since both races wipe each other in battle and while aforementioned pair survives, they are both killed anyway by battle. Afterwards, Bluey kills them both in a fit of rage.rage and gets killed minutes later.]]



* TotalPartyKill: The [[spoiler:whole squad]] is wiped out by a quartet of grown unicorns save for [[spoiler:Bluey, Tubby, and Coco.]]

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* TotalPartyKill: The [[spoiler:whole [[spoiler:Most of the squad]] is wiped out by a quartet of grown unicorns save for [[spoiler:Bluey, Tubby, and Coco.]]]] The first goes crazy, kills the third, and falls off a cliff, while the second goes AWOL.



* UnicornsAreSacred: Inverted. In this movie, the unicorns are referred as demonic and evil. [[spoiler:However, it later is all-but-outright-stated they were GoodAllAlong, making the ending even more tragic]].

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* UnicornsAreSacred: Inverted.Double-subverted. In this movie, the unicorns are referred as demonic and evil. [[spoiler:However, it later [[spoiler:This is all-but-outright-stated they were GoodAllAlong, making a blatant lie, but the ending even unicorns are spiritual guardians of the forest, and aggressive ones at that, rather than servants of a holy power. Making this more tragic]].tragic is that their demise was orchestrated ''by'' a holy power.]]



** [[spoiler:Bluey probably would be a lot kinder and saner of a person if his mother never went through with the affair.]]

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** [[spoiler:Bluey would probably would be a lot kinder and kinder, saner of a person if his mother never went through with the affair.]]



* WarIsHell: The film pulls no punches in showing that the war between the bears and unicorns is ugly, violent, and ultimately pointless.

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* WarIsHell: The film pulls no punches in showing that the war between the bears and unicorns is ugly, violent, and ultimately pointless. rewards only evil men before betraying them as well.

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* GreatOffscreenWar: The first war between bears and unicorns (described in short at the beginning [[UnreliableNarrator from the bears' perspective]] -- [[spoiler:which later turns out to be riddled with propaganda]]) which took part many years before the events in the movie and set up the current ''status quo''. The unicorns have won, forcing the bears out of the Magical Forest.

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* GreatOffscreenWar: The first war between bears and unicorns (described in short at the beginning [[UnreliableNarrator from the bears' perspective]] -- [[spoiler:which later turns out to be riddled with propaganda]]) which took part many years before the events in the movie and set up the current ''status quo''. The unicorns have won, forcing the surviving bears out of the Magical Magic Forest.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:In the flashbacks of his childhood, whilst he initially relished in poisoning his mother as an act of revenge, Bluey immediately becomes incredibly remorseful for having committed the deed, and becomes a sobbing wreck once his mother falls ill and eventually dies.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
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[[spoiler:In the flashbacks of his childhood, whilst he initially relished in poisoning his mother as an act of revenge, Bluey immediately becomes incredibly remorseful for having committed the deed, and becomes a sobbing wreck once his mother falls ill and eventually dies.]] ]]
** Sergeant Ironstoke has this reaction when he realizes his decision to allow his men to eat hallucination-inducing centipedes (despite Padre's protests) has led to the deaths of Cuddly-Wuddly twins. Padre's ReasonYouSuckSpeech certainly doesn't make him feel any better.
** Come to that, this trope also applies to one of said twins, when -- after his hallucinations wear off -- finds out that he murdered his own brother.



* ShaggyDogStory: Every single person [[spoiler:Padre]] sacrificed his life to protect [[spoiler:winds up dying in the second half of the movie.]]

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Every single person [[spoiler:Padre]] sacrificed his life to protect [[spoiler:winds up dying in the second half of the movie.]]]]
** Growing friendship between Tubby and Maria which could possibly end hostilities between bears and unicorns is ultimately [[AllForNothing for naught]] since both races wipe each other in battle and while aforementioned pair survives, they are both killed anyway by Bluey in a fit of rage.


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* UnreliableNarrator: The story about the first war between bears and unicorns is told at the beginning of the movie from perspective of the former. According to them, the unicorns are evil and demonic beings who attacked them and exiled them from Magic Forest because they were "jealous" of their newfound intelligence and ability to create tools and build civilization. [[spoiler:Later it turns out it is all a lie and the real reason the unicorns waged war against the bears and exiled them is because they brought devastation to the forest while building said civilization]].

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