Line #31 Literature/TheWildOnes


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:Howl to Snap.]]
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4	''The Wild Ones'' is a 2015 novel written by C. Alexander London, who's also known for the ''Dog Tags'' and ''Tides of War'' series.
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6	After his parents are killed, a young raccoon named Kit finds himself in [[TheCityNarrows Ankle Snap Alley]], a city on the brink of war against a gang of house pets known as the Flealess. Kit, however, has the Footprint of Azban, a key item that will lead him to the [[MacGuffin Bone of Contention]], which could help prevent a war between the Flealess and the untamed residents of the city. Kit, alone and stuck within a seemingly dangerous city, must find the Bone of Contention before it's too late, while also surviving the harsh conditions of Ankle Snap Alley.
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8	A sequel, titled ''[[Literature/TheWildOnesMoonlightBrigade Moonlight Brigade]]'', was released on September 20th, 2016. A second sequel titled ''[[Literature/TheWildOnesGreatEscape Great Escape]]'' was released on August 15th, 2017.
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10	Not to be confused with the Marlon Brando film ''Film/TheWildOne''.
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13	!!''The Wild Ones'' provides examples of:
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15	* ActionSurvivor: Kit is not suitable for physical combat, and he knows it. Yet he manages to get out of life-threatening situations by using his wits and his words.
16	* BigBad: Titus, the greyhound who wants to take over Ankle Snap Alley, even if it means by slaughtering all of its residents.
17	* CatsAreMean: Sixclaw. He's a mercenary working for Titus who desires nothing short of killing as many vermin as he sees.
18	* CharacterDevelopment: Kit. The beginning of the story shows him as a young, naïve, frightened raccoon who constantly thought the world was out to get him. As the novel slowly progresses, his courage builds and he becomes desensitized to all the criminals he runs into in Ankle Snap City. By the time he meets Gayle, he's a full-on DeadpanSnarker who can face the gator nonchalantly, even when she tries to eat him.
19	* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Gayle, who shows up again at the end to devour Sixclaw seconds before he kills Kit]].
20	* TheCityNarrows: An odd example. Ankle Snap Alley is only a small section of a city populated by humans. But from the animals' point-of-view, the alley ''is'' an actual city large enough for dozens of animals to live in.
21	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Despite knowing that no one in Ankle Snap Alley can be trusted, Kit has no problem [[spoiler:handing the Bone of Contention over to the Rabid Rascals. Then it's revealed that Basil betrayed the gang to the Flealess, and he quickly swallows the Bone and flees before they can catch him]].
22	* DownerBeginning: The book starts with Kit's parents getting killed by Sixclaw and a pack of dogs.
23	* TheDragon: Sixclaw, Titus' PsychoForHire.
24	* DungFu: During the confrontation between the Flealess and the Ankle Snap Alley residents, several birds gang up on the Flealess and bombard them with droppings.
25	* EatenAlive: [[spoiler:Sixclaw, courtesy of Gayle]].
26	* FictionalCurrency: Since everyone is a FunnyAnimal, their currency mostly consists of seeds and nuts.
27	* FunnyAnimal: The animals speak English, go to school, wear clothing, and performs gestures such as high fives. However, the overall setting takes place within a very small section of an ''actual'' city filled with human beings.
28	* HonorBeforeReason: Kit [[spoiler:gives the Bone of Contention]] to the Rabid Rascals not because he trusts them with it, but because he made a deal with them that he couldn't break. This bites him in the ass minutes later when [[spoiler:Basil swallows it, thus eradicating any proof that the city belongs to the Wild Ones]].
29	* ImAHumanitarian: The Rat King is actually composed of 100 rats jumbled together. The only way they survive is by eating any of the sick or elderly rats in the pile after new members join.
30	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: The Blacktail brothers are generally unpleasant, scheming beasts who hold a grudge against Kit throughout the entire book for not paying them money ''they'' conned him out of. [[spoiler:At the end of the book, they have the chance to redeem themselves by saving Kit when he's in peril. They respond by turning their backs to him, and if it hadn't been for Gayle, Kit would've died]].
31	* PlatonicLifePartners: Kit and Eeni. At no point do either of them flirt with each other or develop their relationship beyond anything casual. They're just two creatures who happened to become best friends in a short span of time, and happen to be of opposite genders.
32	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent:
33	** Basil, a snake who loves crushing his victims to death who [[spoiler:betrays the Rascals and teams up with Titus]].
34	** Subverted with Gayle, who isn't shy about eating other animals, but has only done so to sate her hunger or because someone trespassed on her territory.
35	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:A majority of Titus' allies run away from battle, realizing that fighting for Ankle Snap Alley wasn't worth it]].
36	* SewerGator: Gayle, who resides in the city's sewers and devours any unlucky animals who wander into her territory.
37	* ThoseTwoGuys: Shane and Flynn Blacktail, two scheming raccoons who con everyday citizens out of seeds and nuts who are also members of the Rabid Rascals.
38	* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: At the end of Part 3, [[spoiler:Kit acquires the Bone of Contention and presents it to the leader of the Rascals. Then Basil betrays him and swallows it whole]].
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