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** Andalites, lacking a sense of taste or mouths in their native forms, are crazy {{Sense Freak}}s in human form, with Ax in particular being difficult to control and keep on-task when a mission requires him to be in human form and in any kind of proximity to human food. Darkly, the Yeerks are similarly overjoyed to infest new bodies, and to experience things like sight and locomotion that they don't have as inches-long slugs that slosh around in pools of grey liquid.
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* TerminalTransformation:
** Demorphing in confined spaces can end with the subject accidentally crushing themselves to death if their natural state can't fit in the area. This is openly exploited in ''#22: [[Recap/AnimorphsTheSolution The Solution]]'' [[spoiler: when the Animorphs trap [[SixthRangerTraitor David]] in a cage just small enough to hold his rat morph but too small to safely demorph in, leaving him with no choice but to stay a rat until he's stuck that way.]]
** Reused in ''#48: The Return'', when Rachael is captured while in rat morph and imprisoned inside a reinforced box too small for her to demorph inside without self-inflicting fatal injuries. [[spoiler: Unsurprisingly, this little trap's been masterminded by David as revenge on the Animorphs - albeit with help from [[EldritchAbomination Crayak]].]]
** Demorphing in confined spaces can end with the subject accidentally crushing themselves to death if their natural state can't fit in the area. This is openly exploited in ''#22: [[Recap/AnimorphsTheSolution The Solution]]'' [[spoiler: when the Animorphs trap [[SixthRangerTraitor David]] in a cage just small enough to hold his rat morph but too small to safely demorph in, leaving him with no choice but to stay a rat until he's stuck that way.]]
** Reused in ''#48: The Return'', when Rachael is captured while in rat morph and imprisoned inside a reinforced box too small for her to demorph inside without self-inflicting fatal injuries. [[spoiler: Unsurprisingly, this little trap's been masterminded by David as revenge on the Animorphs - albeit with help from [[EldritchAbomination Crayak]].]]
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* ARottenTimeToRevert: The [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum Andalite morphing technology]] has a very serious drawback in that users can only remain in morph for two hours at a time. Anyone breaking the two-hour limit will be [[ShapeshifterModeLock trapped in that form permanently]]... and given that the main characters are using this power to operate an underground resistance movement against a secret alien invasion, they often end up having to demorph in high-risk scenarios. This most commonly involves having to avoid being seen by civilians or Controllers, but there have also been cases in which the Animorphs have had to demorph while flying, while in the middle of the ocean, while captured by the Yeerks...
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** The Chee are a "race" of robots built by the extinct Pemalites, who fled to Earth before they died of a SyntheticPlague. The Chee [[AlienAnimals combined the Pemalites' essence with wolves, creating dogs]], and have lived on Earth since the Stone Age.
** A small colony of escaped Hork-Bajir (brought to Earth as Yeerk slaves) live in a secret valley on Earth, and after the war they seem to have come to an arrangement with the US government similar to Native American tribes.
** A small colony of escaped Hork-Bajir (brought to Earth as Yeerk slaves) live in a secret valley on Earth, and after the war they seem to have come to an arrangement with the US government similar to Native American tribes.
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* TransplantedAliens:
** The Yoorts are descended from Yeerks who were brought to another planet by an unknown civilisation.
** Broccoli is revealed to be an alien plant brought to earth in the Cretaceous. The aliens didn't survive, but the plant did.
** The Yoorts are descended from Yeerks who were brought to another planet by an unknown civilisation.
** Broccoli is revealed to be an alien plant brought to earth in the Cretaceous. The aliens didn't survive, but the plant did.
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** In the penultimate book, Jake [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll flushes 17,000 unhosted Yeerks into space]]]]. He and the other Animorphs try to justify it by saying they needed a distraction, but it was really [[spoiler:just an expression of raw revenge for everything the Yeerks and the war had taken from them]]. They also use [[spoiler:the Auxiliary Animorphs and the U.S. military as [[WeAreTeamCannonFodder Team Cannon Fodder]].]]
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** In the penultimate book, Jake [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll flushes [[spoiler:flushes 17,000 unhosted Yeerks into space]]]].space]]. He and the other Animorphs try to justify it by saying they needed a distraction, but it was really [[spoiler:just an expression of raw revenge for everything the Yeerks and the war had taken from them]]. They also use [[spoiler:the Auxiliary Animorphs and the U.S. military as [[WeAreTeamCannonFodder Team Cannon Fodder]].]]
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Most of the animals morphed are very common in fiction, but now and then, the characters morph some more unusual ones, such as anoles (first used in in book #1), shrews (#2), ospreys (#2), northern harriers (#5), wolf spiders (#10), spider monkeys (#11), golden eagles (#20), giant anteaters (#24), ringed seals (#25), cockatiels (#35), pit vipers (#38), bobcats (#50) and anacondas (#53).
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* WhatOtherGalaxies: The Ellimist and Crayak are embedded into the fabric of spacetime, and know that they could destroy the universe. But they only play their Great Game in the Milky Way. The Ellimist alludes to there existing beings like himself and Crayak in other galaxies: Crayak himself originally fled to this galaxy to escape one!
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* WhatOtherGalaxies: The Ellimist and Crayak are embedded into the fabric of spacetime, spacetime and know that they could destroy the universe. But they [[TheMilkyWayIsTheOnlyWay only play their Great Game in the Milky Way. The Way]]. Ellimist alludes to that there existing exist beings like himself and Crayak in other galaxies: galaxies -- Crayak himself originally fled to this galaxy to escape one!
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** Given that it's literally their only weapon, the Animorphs' practice and use of the morphing technology far surpasses the Andalites' skill with it. This to the point of shocking Andalites like Ax and Aldrea, who watch the humans perform morphing acts that would count as legendary to their species yet let it pass without comment.
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** Given that it's literally their only weapon, the Animorphs' practice and use of the morphing technology far surpasses the Andalites' skill with it. This gets to the point of shocking Andalites like Ax and Aldrea, who watch the humans perform morphing acts that would count as legendary to their species yet let it pass without comment.
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* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The Ellimist and Crayak.
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* SapientFurTrade: The Venber are a sentient race with unusual physical properties, chief among them that if they are brought to a temperature above freezing, they melt. The resulting liquid is apparently an excellent coolant fluid for supercomputers, and the Venber were hunted to the brink of extinction for it.
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* RevelingInTheNewForm:
** The process of morphing is a visually terrifying experience, but the actual morphs themselves are often a good deal of fun to test-drive. Of course, some of the more stressful adventures in these forms end up being so traumatic that the Animorphs opt to never try them again if they can help it, but the thrill of morphing a bird and flying never gets old.
** Tobias came from a broken home and was very eager to escape his troubles by flying. He ends up in ModeLock as a hawk at the end of the first book, and despite his sadness over losing the power to morph and his human identity, he's ''still'' far happier as hawk than he ever was as a human. Later, he regains his morphing ability with help from the Ellimist, and while he still prefers his hawk form, he likes being able to interact with people on a human level and help out on missions again.
** As the war progresses, the Animorphs make the difficult decision to recruit a number of disabled teenagers on the grounds that the Yeerks [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain won't want to infest handicapped bodies]]. As ShapeshiftingHealsWounds, many of these Auxiliary Animorphs are overjoyed to have fully functional bodies again once they demorph; for those of them who were born with their conditions and thus can't be healed, being in a fully-mobile animal body for up to two hours is still glorious.
** The process of morphing is a visually terrifying experience, but the actual morphs themselves are often a good deal of fun to test-drive. Of course, some of the more stressful adventures in these forms end up being so traumatic that the Animorphs opt to never try them again if they can help it, but the thrill of morphing a bird and flying never gets old.
** Tobias came from a broken home and was very eager to escape his troubles by flying. He ends up in ModeLock as a hawk at the end of the first book, and despite his sadness over losing the power to morph and his human identity, he's ''still'' far happier as hawk than he ever was as a human. Later, he regains his morphing ability with help from the Ellimist, and while he still prefers his hawk form, he likes being able to interact with people on a human level and help out on missions again.
** As the war progresses, the Animorphs make the difficult decision to recruit a number of disabled teenagers on the grounds that the Yeerks [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain won't want to infest handicapped bodies]]. As ShapeshiftingHealsWounds, many of these Auxiliary Animorphs are overjoyed to have fully functional bodies again once they demorph; for those of them who were born with their conditions and thus can't be healed, being in a fully-mobile animal body for up to two hours is still glorious.
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* TransformingConforming: they're nearly overwhelmed by the colony's HiveMind, losing their sense of who they are and what they're doing. Afterward, they resolve not to try ant morphs again.
** The first time the team morphs wolves, Rachel pointedly asks if Jake (the only one who morphed a male, to avoid the possibility of him and Marco fighting for dominance) drank too much soda before leaving. He sheepishly answers that the wolf's instincts are pushing him to pee against every tree they pass.
** When morphing cattle to infiltrate a Yeerk-run meatpacking plant, Ax and Tobias inadvertently acquire steers (castrated male cows). But since ShapeshiftingHealsWounds, the team ends up with two large, very territorial, very aggressive ''bulls'' staring each other down and about to charge each other.
** Played for laughs whenever the team morphs seagulls, as they spend the entire trip excitedly pointing out trash and half-eaten food below. Tobias (who's trapped in the form of a red-tailed hawk) complains that he's losing street cred with his fellow raptors by hanging out with scavengers.
** In Megamorphs 3, most of the group acquires a [[UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex T. rex]]. After running into a triceratops, they notice one of them is ripping the triceratops apart, do a quick headcount... and realize it's ''Cassie'' of all people who's lost herself in the morph (presumably out of stress at being stuck millions of years in the past with no way back, and with two of her friends missing). After she snaps out of it, she still feels remorse for a while.
** While trapped in the Arctic, two of the team morph wolves and the other fleas so they can travel faster. After finding a dead seal, Marco asks if Jake and Ax (riding him as fleas) want to demorph in order to eat, only for them to awkwardly admit they already ate.
** When Cassie morphs a Yeerk and goes into the Yeerk pool, she catches herself feeling that she's home (Yeerks need to return to a pool every three days or they starve) and mentally slaps herself to stay focused on her mission.
** The first time the team morphs wolves, Rachel pointedly asks if Jake (the only one who morphed a male, to avoid the possibility of him and Marco fighting for dominance) drank too much soda before leaving. He sheepishly answers that the wolf's instincts are pushing him to pee against every tree they pass.
** When morphing cattle to infiltrate a Yeerk-run meatpacking plant, Ax and Tobias inadvertently acquire steers (castrated male cows). But since ShapeshiftingHealsWounds, the team ends up with two large, very territorial, very aggressive ''bulls'' staring each other down and about to charge each other.
** Played for laughs whenever the team morphs seagulls, as they spend the entire trip excitedly pointing out trash and half-eaten food below. Tobias (who's trapped in the form of a red-tailed hawk) complains that he's losing street cred with his fellow raptors by hanging out with scavengers.
** In Megamorphs 3, most of the group acquires a [[UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex T. rex]]. After running into a triceratops, they notice one of them is ripping the triceratops apart, do a quick headcount... and realize it's ''Cassie'' of all people who's lost herself in the morph (presumably out of stress at being stuck millions of years in the past with no way back, and with two of her friends missing). After she snaps out of it, she still feels remorse for a while.
** While trapped in the Arctic, two of the team morph wolves and the other fleas so they can travel faster. After finding a dead seal, Marco asks if Jake and Ax (riding him as fleas) want to demorph in order to eat, only for them to awkwardly admit they already ate.
** When Cassie morphs a Yeerk and goes into the Yeerk pool, she catches herself feeling that she's home (Yeerks need to return to a pool every three days or they starve) and mentally slaps herself to stay focused on her mission.
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* TransformationExhilaration: [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Morphing]] is usually a grotesque and deeply horrific-looking process that doesn't involve much fun up until the morph itself is in use. However, in ''#48: The Return'', Rachel is empowered by [[EldritchAbomination Crayak]] for the sake of a battle to the death with [[BigBad Visser One]], allowing her to change from one form to another without having to demorph and even creating new morphs [[ImaginationBasedSuperpower via the power of imagination alone]]. Under these circumstances, she finds the process of morphing an exhilarating, even empowering experience, quickly finding herself DrunkOnTheDarkSide long before she actually puts her Super-Rachel morph to use and curb-stomps her opponent.
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'''Jake:''' No, sir. This is Earth. This is a human planet. We are not the Hork-Bajir, we know how you 'rescued' them. As long as you're on earth, you'll get along with us. Am I clear on ''that?''
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'''Jake:''' No, sir. This is Earth. This is a human planet. We are not the Hork-Bajir, we know how you 'rescued' them. As long as you're on earth, Earth, you'll get along with us. Am I clear on ''that?''
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** A lot of dramatic tension comes from the fact that while the Animorphs ''could'' alert the world to the Yeerk invasion, removing the need for secrecy and combat that takes a toll on their psyche, doing so would cause an open war with the Yeerks that they cannot win: as Ax once explained, the Yeerks have [[OrbitalBombardment the capacity to incinerate the atmosphere from orbit]], not to mention alien shock troops and space-capable fighters that vastly outperform modern jets, while the team can... turn into animals. Towards the end of the series, the Yeerks do launch open war, and suddenly the casualties are higher in a single book than all the previous ones combined.
** An early story has the team morph a wolf pack to travel through a forest. When they run into a real wolf pack guarding a dead rabbit, Tobias urges them to run because the Yeerks are coming, but Jake tells him they can't, as this might cause the other wolves to attack. Tobias resolves the situation by snatching the dead rabbit away, focusing the wolves' attention on him and allowing the team to flee.
** After he suffers ModeLock in the first book, Tobias lives on canned food provided by his teammates so he doesn't have to live like an animal. He ends up doing so anyway as his hawk instincts keep pushing for him to stake out a territory and hunt for food, and this gives him a unique perspective on life (which saves him on several occasions when he has to hide the fact that he's not an ordinary human).
** A lot of dramatic tension comes from the fact that while the Animorphs ''could'' alert the world to the Yeerk invasion, removing the need for secrecy and combat that takes a toll on their psyche, doing so would cause an open war with the Yeerks that they cannot win: as Ax once explained, the Yeerks have [[OrbitalBombardment the capacity to incinerate the atmosphere from orbit]], not to mention alien shock troops and space-capable fighters that vastly outperform modern jets, while the team can... turn into animals. Towards the end of the series, the Yeerks do launch open war, and suddenly the casualties are higher in a single book than all the previous ones combined.
** An early story has the team morph a wolf pack to travel through a forest. When they run into a real wolf pack guarding a dead rabbit, Tobias urges them to run because the Yeerks are coming, but Jake tells him they can't, as this might cause the other wolves to attack. Tobias resolves the situation by snatching the dead rabbit away, focusing the wolves' attention on him and allowing the team to flee.
** After he suffers ModeLock in the first book, Tobias lives on canned food provided by his teammates so he doesn't have to live like an animal. He ends up doing so anyway as his hawk instincts keep pushing for him to stake out a territory and hunt for food, and this gives him a unique perspective on life (which saves him on several occasions when he has to hide the fact that he's not an ordinary human).
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** Also invoked by David, who says he won't kill humans, but considers someone in morph to be fair game, because for the moment they are "just an animal".
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* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Deconstructed. The teens win the war, but they suffer some pretty serious psychological damage in the process.
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** Deconstructed. The teens win the war, but they suffer some pretty serious psychological damage in theprocess.process.
** Not only does Elfangor recruit teenagers in the first book, the Animorphs themselves do once they have access to the morphing cube and can increase their numbers. Justified as teenagers being better able to adapt to big shifts in their worldview.
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** Not only does Elfangor recruit teenagers in the first book, the Animorphs themselves do once they have access to the morphing cube and can increase their numbers. Justified as teenagers being better able to adapt to big shifts in their worldview.
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* ThereIsNoCure: {{Downplayed}}. The team is warned that remaining in morph more than two hours will result in them becoming a nothlit, unable to return to their original shape or morph again. By the end of the very first book, Tobias is trapped as a hawk (given how crappy his home life was and how happy he was to fly, it's debatable how hard he tried to return to his human form). [[spoiler:Ultimately {{subverted}}, as he eventually gets his morphing ability back via the (close enough to) PhysicalGod Ellimist, but remains a human mind in a hawk body until the end of the series]].
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* ShapeshifterShowoffSession:
** In ''#45: The Revelation,'' Marco is forced to [[BrokenMasquerade reveal the truth to his dad]] after having to rescue him from being captured by the Yeerks for his R&D work. Afterwards, his dad is briefly convinced that he was just hallucinating the whole thing, forcing Marco to drive the point home by morphing an ant and an osprey in quick succession.
--->"I have about twenty other animals I could morph to. Want to see my lobster?"
** During the preparations for the Yeerk attack on the Free Hork Bajir valley in ''#47: The Resistance'', Jake and Tobias having to evacuate a group of unsuspecting campers who have ended up right in the path of the Yeerk army. Following a failed attempt to talk them into leaving of their own accord, the two are forced to morph right in front of them, with Jake morphing to tiger and Tobias demorphing to hawk. Unfortunately, this backfires: most of the campers are immediately [[MistakenForAliens convinced that the Animorphs are aliens]] and are practically begging to help in the efforts to defend the valley.
** ''#49: The Diversion'' features the Animorphs realizing that the Yeerks now have a foolproof means of learning their true identities, forcing them to evacuate their families before the Yeerks can get to them. Given the need to explain things in a hurry, Cassie has Tobias morph right in front of her parents, while Rachel just shows up to retrieve her family in grizzly bear morph. [[spoiler: Tragically, by the time they get to Jake's family, it's too late: Tom has arranged for his parents to be infested, forcing the Animorphs to retreat... but not before Jake deliberately morphs to falcon in front of the Controllers in a show of defiance.]]
** In ''#45: The Revelation,'' Marco is forced to [[BrokenMasquerade reveal the truth to his dad]] after having to rescue him from being captured by the Yeerks for his R&D work. Afterwards, his dad is briefly convinced that he was just hallucinating the whole thing, forcing Marco to drive the point home by morphing an ant and an osprey in quick succession.
--->"I have about twenty other animals I could morph to. Want to see my lobster?"
** During the preparations for the Yeerk attack on the Free Hork Bajir valley in ''#47: The Resistance'', Jake and Tobias having to evacuate a group of unsuspecting campers who have ended up right in the path of the Yeerk army. Following a failed attempt to talk them into leaving of their own accord, the two are forced to morph right in front of them, with Jake morphing to tiger and Tobias demorphing to hawk. Unfortunately, this backfires: most of the campers are immediately [[MistakenForAliens convinced that the Animorphs are aliens]] and are practically begging to help in the efforts to defend the valley.
** ''#49: The Diversion'' features the Animorphs realizing that the Yeerks now have a foolproof means of learning their true identities, forcing them to evacuate their families before the Yeerks can get to them. Given the need to explain things in a hurry, Cassie has Tobias morph right in front of her parents, while Rachel just shows up to retrieve her family in grizzly bear morph. [[spoiler: Tragically, by the time they get to Jake's family, it's too late: Tom has arranged for his parents to be infested, forcing the Animorphs to retreat... but not before Jake deliberately morphs to falcon in front of the Controllers in a show of defiance.]]
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* WantsVersusNeeds: In ''#13: The Change'', [[ShapeshifterModeLock Tobias]] begs [[RealityWarper the Ellimist]] to make him human again, but the Ellimist asks him if he's sure that's what he needs. In the end, he restores Tobias' morphing ability, but his base form is still a red-tailed hawk, allowing him to continue the fight without having to return to his terrible home life.
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* ShapeshiftingSound: Except in the case of prodigies like Cassie, the process of morphing into a new shape is rarely smooth, often involving a lot of loud crunching and cracking sound effects as the character's body warps to match a new DNA pattern. In the TV series adaptation, this was achieved by the sound effect team loudly crunching corn chips in their hands. Lampshaded in the comic book adaptation, which not only comes complete with {{Written Sound Effect}}s, but Jake actually comments on just how ''horrific'' morphing sounds in action.
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* WarCrimeSubvertsHeroism:
** A recurring theme is to what degree the Animorphs' own actions are war crimes, especially since the Yeerks they fight a.) are helpless in their natural form and b.) cannot be harmed without hurting their host if they are given a fighting chance.
** In the second to last book, Jake [[spoiler:has a pool of 17,000 Yeerks [[ThrownOutTheAirlock dumped into space]]]]. The next book plays it off as a [[WeNeedADistraction morally-gray diversion tactic]], but this is a {{Retcon}}; at the time, the only excuse was Animorphs' fury at [[spoiler:[[MauveShirt the Auxiliaries]] getting slaughtered]]. [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] at [[spoiler:Esplin's trial]].
** A recurring theme is to what degree the Animorphs' own actions are war crimes, especially since the Yeerks they fight a.) are helpless in their natural form and b.) cannot be harmed without hurting their host if they are given a fighting chance.
** In the second to last book, Jake [[spoiler:has a pool of 17,000 Yeerks [[ThrownOutTheAirlock dumped into space]]]]. The next book plays it off as a [[WeNeedADistraction morally-gray diversion tactic]], but this is a {{Retcon}}; at the time, the only excuse was Animorphs' fury at [[spoiler:[[MauveShirt the Auxiliaries]] getting slaughtered]]. [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] at [[spoiler:Esplin's trial]].
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* ShoutOut:
** In the first chapter, Jake compares [[ActionGirl Rachel]] to ComicBook/{{Storm}}. However, a much more common nickname for her is Series/XenaWarriorPrincess.
** Amusingly enough, the name of the mind-controlling slugs is an anagram of the middle name of Senator John Yerkes Iselin from ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''. However, according to WordOfGod, the Yeerks in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' take their name from Creator/JRRTolkien's [[ConLang Sindarin]] Elvish word for Orcs, ''yrch''.
** More Tolkien references include Ax's middle name, Esgarrouth, derived from the Middle-Earth town of Esgaroth. In ''The Unknown'', the air force base personnel use the cover identity "Gondor Industries" on their night out at The Gardens. Alloran's name is pronounced like Olorin, Gandalf's true name, and Elfangor is named after the Fangorn forest (more obvious in his human alias, Al Fangor). Also, the EldritchAbomination Crayak is pretty obviously based on Sauron (most notably his appearance).
** Marco at one point [[Film/CaddyShack destroyed a pool party by putting a Baby Ruth bar in the swimming pool.]]
** Marco mentions the ComicBook/FantasticFour in ''The Invasion'', and he and Jake sometimes [[CavemenVsAstronautsDebate debate whether]] ComicBook/SpiderMan or Franchise/{{Batman}} would win in a fight.
** Also many, many more subtle and insignificant ones, such as the six dolphins named after the main characters of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' in book #4.
** Generally, Applegate references her favorite things often in the series: ''Franchise/StarTrek'', the Rolling Stones, the Ford Mustang, Dr. Pepper, et cetera.
** In ''The Solution'', Rachel has a dream in which she morphs elephant in a crowded mall. She crushes a kid in an orange jacket, prompting someone to say, "[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Oh, my God! She killed Kenny!]]"
** Marco's recommendations for Ax to watch in ''The Experiment'': ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Series/PartyOfFive'', ''Series/{{Cops}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
** Marco also mentions ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' to be his favorite show in ''The Discovery''.
** In ''The Proposal'', Rachel and Tobias mention that they're missing ''Series/{{Felicity}}''.
** One of Ax's favorite shows (other than "[[{{Advertising}} These Messages]]") is ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless''.
** When the Helmacrons shrink the group, Marco makes a ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' reference.
** When they morph bats in ''The Decision'', Marco says "[[ToTheBatnoun To the Bat-morph!]]"
** In ''The Solution'', Rachel has a weird dream at the start of the book where she was trying out clothes, except they were too small because she was an elephant and was squishing people. One of them was a small figure in [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark an orange hooded sweatshirt]]. [[TheyKilledKennyAgain One guy even calls them Kenny]].
** In the first chapter, Jake compares [[ActionGirl Rachel]] to ComicBook/{{Storm}}. However, a much more common nickname for her is Series/XenaWarriorPrincess.
** Amusingly enough, the name of the mind-controlling slugs is an anagram of the middle name of Senator John Yerkes Iselin from ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''. However, according to WordOfGod, the Yeerks in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' take their name from Creator/JRRTolkien's [[ConLang Sindarin]] Elvish word for Orcs, ''yrch''.
** More Tolkien references include Ax's middle name, Esgarrouth, derived from the Middle-Earth town of Esgaroth. In ''The Unknown'', the air force base personnel use the cover identity "Gondor Industries" on their night out at The Gardens. Alloran's name is pronounced like Olorin, Gandalf's true name, and Elfangor is named after the Fangorn forest (more obvious in his human alias, Al Fangor). Also, the EldritchAbomination Crayak is pretty obviously based on Sauron (most notably his appearance).
** Marco at one point [[Film/CaddyShack destroyed a pool party by putting a Baby Ruth bar in the swimming pool.]]
** Marco mentions the ComicBook/FantasticFour in ''The Invasion'', and he and Jake sometimes [[CavemenVsAstronautsDebate debate whether]] ComicBook/SpiderMan or Franchise/{{Batman}} would win in a fight.
** Also many, many more subtle and insignificant ones, such as the six dolphins named after the main characters of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' in book #4.
** Generally, Applegate references her favorite things often in the series: ''Franchise/StarTrek'', the Rolling Stones, the Ford Mustang, Dr. Pepper, et cetera.
** In ''The Solution'', Rachel has a dream in which she morphs elephant in a crowded mall. She crushes a kid in an orange jacket, prompting someone to say, "[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Oh, my God! She killed Kenny!]]"
** Marco's recommendations for Ax to watch in ''The Experiment'': ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Series/PartyOfFive'', ''Series/{{Cops}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
** Marco also mentions ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' to be his favorite show in ''The Discovery''.
** In ''The Proposal'', Rachel and Tobias mention that they're missing ''Series/{{Felicity}}''.
** One of Ax's favorite shows (other than "[[{{Advertising}} These Messages]]") is ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless''.
** When the Helmacrons shrink the group, Marco makes a ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' reference.
** When they morph bats in ''The Decision'', Marco says "[[ToTheBatnoun To the Bat-morph!]]"
** In ''The Solution'', Rachel has a weird dream at the start of the book where she was trying out clothes, except they were too small because she was an elephant and was squishing people. One of them was a small figure in [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark an orange hooded sweatshirt]]. [[TheyKilledKennyAgain One guy even calls them Kenny]].
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* ShoutOut:
** InShoutOut: See the first chapter, Jake compares [[ActionGirl Rachel]] to ComicBook/{{Storm}}. However, a much more common nickname for her is Series/XenaWarriorPrincess.
** Amusingly enough, the name of the mind-controlling slugs is an anagram of the middle name of Senator John Yerkes Iselin from ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''. However, according to WordOfGod, the Yeerks in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' take their name from Creator/JRRTolkien's [[ConLang Sindarin]] Elvish word for Orcs, ''yrch''.
** More Tolkien references include Ax's middle name, Esgarrouth, derived from the Middle-Earth town of Esgaroth. In ''The Unknown'', the air force base personnel use the cover identity "Gondor Industries" on their night out at The Gardens. Alloran's name is pronounced like Olorin, Gandalf's true name, and Elfangor is named after the Fangorn forest (more obvious in his human alias, Al Fangor). Also, the EldritchAbomination Crayak is pretty obviously based on Sauron (most notably his appearance).
** Marco at one point [[Film/CaddyShack destroyed a pool party by putting a Baby Ruth bar in the swimming pool.]]
** Marco mentions the ComicBook/FantasticFour in ''The Invasion'', and he and Jake sometimes [[CavemenVsAstronautsDebate debate whether]] ComicBook/SpiderMan or Franchise/{{Batman}} would win in a fight.
** Also many, many more subtle and insignificant ones, such as the six dolphins named after the main characters of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' in book #4.
** Generally, Applegate references her favorite things often in the series: ''Franchise/StarTrek'', the Rolling Stones, the Ford Mustang, Dr. Pepper, et cetera.
** In ''The Solution'', Rachel has a dream in which she morphs elephant in a crowded mall. She crushes a kid in an orange jacket, prompting someone to say, "[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Oh, my God! She killed Kenny!]]"
** Marco's recommendations for Ax to watch in ''The Experiment'': ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Series/PartyOfFive'', ''Series/{{Cops}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
** Marco also mentions ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' to be his favorite show in ''The Discovery''.
** In ''The Proposal'', Rachel and Tobias mention that they're missing ''Series/{{Felicity}}''.
** One of Ax's favorite shows (other than "[[{{Advertising}} These Messages]]") is ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless''.
** When the Helmacrons shrink the group, Marco makes a ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' reference.
** When they morph bats in ''The Decision'', Marco says "[[ToTheBatnoun To the Bat-morph!]]"
** In ''The Solution'', Rachel has a weird dream at the start of the book where she was trying out clothes, except they were too small because she was an elephant and was squishing people. One of them was a small figure in [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark an orange hooded sweatshirt]]. [[TheyKilledKennyAgain One guy even calls them Kenny]].[[ShoutOut/{{Animorphs}} page]].
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** Amusingly enough, the name of the mind-controlling slugs is an anagram of the middle name of Senator John Yerkes Iselin from ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''. However, according to WordOfGod, the Yeerks in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' take their name from Creator/JRRTolkien's [[ConLang Sindarin]] Elvish word for Orcs, ''yrch''.
** More Tolkien references include Ax's middle name, Esgarrouth, derived from the Middle-Earth town of Esgaroth. In ''The Unknown'', the air force base personnel use the cover identity "Gondor Industries" on their night out at The Gardens. Alloran's name is pronounced like Olorin, Gandalf's true name, and Elfangor is named after the Fangorn forest (more obvious in his human alias, Al Fangor). Also, the EldritchAbomination Crayak is pretty obviously based on Sauron (most notably his appearance).
** Marco at one point [[Film/CaddyShack destroyed a pool party by putting a Baby Ruth bar in the swimming pool.]]
** Marco mentions the ComicBook/FantasticFour in ''The Invasion'', and he and Jake sometimes [[CavemenVsAstronautsDebate debate whether]] ComicBook/SpiderMan or Franchise/{{Batman}} would win in a fight.
** Also many, many more subtle and insignificant ones, such as the six dolphins named after the main characters of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' in book #4.
** Generally, Applegate references her favorite things often in the series: ''Franchise/StarTrek'', the Rolling Stones, the Ford Mustang, Dr. Pepper, et cetera.
** In ''The Solution'', Rachel has a dream in which she morphs elephant in a crowded mall. She crushes a kid in an orange jacket, prompting someone to say, "[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Oh, my God! She killed Kenny!]]"
** Marco's recommendations for Ax to watch in ''The Experiment'': ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Series/PartyOfFive'', ''Series/{{Cops}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
** Marco also mentions ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' to be his favorite show in ''The Discovery''.
** In ''The Proposal'', Rachel and Tobias mention that they're missing ''Series/{{Felicity}}''.
** One of Ax's favorite shows (other than "[[{{Advertising}} These Messages]]") is ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless''.
** When the Helmacrons shrink the group, Marco makes a ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' reference.
** When they morph bats in ''The Decision'', Marco says "[[ToTheBatnoun To the Bat-morph!]]"
** In ''The Solution'', Rachel has a weird dream at the start of the book where she was trying out clothes, except they were too small because she was an elephant and was squishing people. One of them was a small figure in [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark an orange hooded sweatshirt]]. [[TheyKilledKennyAgain One guy even calls them Kenny]].
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* YoungestChildWins:
** Jake is TheLeader, while his older brother Tom is a DistressedDude. [[spoiler:Tom ultimately [[KillTheOnesYouLove dies horribly]] as part of Jake's plan to end the war, and Jake has to live with the guilt while the rest of the world considers him a war hero.]]
** The Ellimist's first Andalite child, Star, died of a disease as an infant. His second child, Flower, grew up to become the leader of his tribe.
** Jake is TheLeader, while his older brother Tom is a DistressedDude. [[spoiler:Tom ultimately [[KillTheOnesYouLove dies horribly]] as part of Jake's plan to end the war, and Jake has to live with the guilt while the rest of the world considers him a war hero.]]
** The Ellimist's first Andalite child, Star, died of a disease as an infant. His second child, Flower, grew up to become the leader of his tribe.
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* StrandedInvader: After the end of the war, some of the tens of thousands of Yeerks who are now prisoners of war are given the opportunity to become [[ShapeshifterModeLock nothlits]] in lieu of traveling all the way back to the Yeerk homeworld. The Taxxons on Earth also took this option, becoming anacondas to escape their HorrorHunger. The free Hork-Bajir are more akin to escaped slaves, but they also show no inclination to return to their home planet.
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** In ''The Solution'', Rachel has a weird dream at the start of the book where she was trying out clothes, except they were too small because she was an elephant and was squishing people. One of them was a small figure in [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark an orange hooded sweatshirt]]. [[TheyKilledKennyAgain One guy even calls them Kenny]].
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* TheWarRoom: Where Jake first meets General Doubleday. Jake notes that it seems an awful like what you'd see in a movie; old guys chomping cigars, guys in suits and a [[TheBigBoard big map]] (that has his hometown crossed out, [[spoiler:presumably because ''it isn't there any more'']]).
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* TheWarRoom: Where Jake first meets General Doubleday. Jake notes that it seems an awful like what you'd see WarComesHome: An interesting variation, because the war is happening in a movie; old guys chomping cigars, guys in suits and a [[TheBigBoard big map]] (that has his their hometown crossed out, [[spoiler:presumably because ''it isn't there ''from the very first book'', but it doesn't turn into open warfare until book 49 or 50 when the Yeerks drop any more'']]). pretense of stealth and start abducting people off the street and blowing up buildings with Dracon beams.
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* ShapeshiftingHealsWounds: The fact that morphing heals all wounds is mentioned OnceAnEpisode and is crucial to the team's continued survival, having recovered from horrific wounds up to and including limb loss, and, in one instance, [[BoomHeadshot ''a gunshot to the head.'']] It is, however, very tiring.
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* ShapeshiftingHealsWounds: The fact that morphing heals all wounds is mentioned OnceAnEpisode and is crucial to the team's continued survival, having recovered from horrific wounds up to and including limb loss, and, in one instance, [[BoomHeadshot ''a a gunshot to the head.'']] ]] It is, however, very tiring.
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* SatelliteCharacter: Rachel's sisters, Jordan and Sara, rarely interact with anyone other than her and are scarcely mentioned outside of Rachel's points-of-view until the final arc.
