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3 | A children's novel by Sheila Burnford, published in 1961, about a trio of animals trekking across the Canadian wilderness in search of their family. The voyagers are Luath, a young Labrador retriever, Bodger, an old bull terrier, and Tao, a seal-point Siamese. |
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5 | It's been adapted to film twice, once in 1963 and more famously in the 1993 film ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney''. The latter film changes up quite a bit, notably changing the breeds and swapping the breed types of the young and old dogs and making the male Siamese a female Himalayan (and [[AdaptationalLocationChange changing the location]] from Northwest Ontario to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California), but loses none of the original story's pathos. |
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8 | !!This novel contains examples of the following tropes: |
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10 | * AnimalJingoism: Played with -- [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Tao]] and Bodger both hate cats, and due to this are ''best friends'', having bonded during Bodger's younger years by terrorizing and dominating the neighborhood kitties. |
11 | * BeastlyBloodsports: Bodger is an old veteran of dog fights. [[ValuesDissonance He thought they were great fun, and the narration treats dog fighting like a beautiful and noble sport]]. |
12 | %%* BoomerangBigot: Tao. |
13 | %%* CoolOldGuy: ''Bodger''. |
14 | * DiabolusExMachina: An abandoned, rotting beaver dam breaks just as the animals are swimming across a river, causing a flash flood [[spoiler:and washing Tao away]]. |
15 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Tao is separated from the others when he gets washed down a flooding river. He's picked up by some kindly humans.]] |
16 | * HeroicBSOD: Luath is certainly ''affected'' by [[spoiler:Tao's DisneyDeath after being unable to save him,]] but Bodger nearly goes catatonic after [[spoiler:he thinks he's lost his best friend.]] |
17 | * TheHomewardJourney: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin But of course.]] Also the [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]]. |
18 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: Bodger and both Luath and Tao, though he's closer to the cat. |
19 | * NamelessNarrative: Close enough to count; they're referred to by ages, breeds, and species by the narrator when their owners aren't around, which is most of the story. |
20 | * NobleSavage: A Native tribe takes a half-starved Bodger and Tao to be spirits giving them a test, and are nice to them in order to bring good fortune. |
21 | * OldDog: Bodger. He's more of the goofy cool grandpa type than anything. |
22 | * OldMaster: Bodger can still kick other dogs' asses when he needs to. |
23 | * SingleEpisodeHandicap: Tao is temporarily deafened by [[spoiler:nearly drowning]]. |
24 | * StandardizedLeader: Luath. |
25 | * StoppedReadingTooSoon: A housekeeper finds only one page of a two-page note. This leads to confusion about who is going to be taking care of three pets for two weeks. This sets the plot in motion--the pets escape and have adventures before anyone realizes they're gone. |
26 | * [[TropeyComeHome Luath, Bodger, and Tao Come Home]] |
27 | * {{Xenofiction}}: During the chapters where there aren't any humans around - when there are, the perspective tends to shift away from the animals. |
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