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* MixedAnimalSpeciesTeam: The premise is about a trio of animals: a dog ("Bandit" or "1"), a cat ("Tinker" or "2"), and a bunny ("Pirate" or "3") who were cybernetically enhanced by the government for covert military occupations.
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For a more RuleOfCool story based around this concept, check out ''[[ComicBook/BruteForce Brute Force]].''
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: 3 dies]], but there is an investigation going into the military project and public outrage, and [[spoiler: 1 and 2]] find a loving owner with a kind homeless man.
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* PetTheDog: Inverted. 1 proves himself to be a "gud dog" by [[spoiler: protecting some cops from 4's rampage.]]
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* TheMovie: In 2010, Morrison discussed making a ''We3'' movie, but so far, no other information has surfaced about the project.
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* {{Cyborg}}: 1, 2 and 3 [[spoilers: and 4]].
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* TheMovie: In 2010, Morrison discussed making a ''We3'' movie -- [[http://herospy.com/2009/grant-morrison-talks-about-the-we3-movie http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/04/21/grant-morrison-we3-screenplay-violence-comic/ here is the interview]] -- movie, but so far, no other information has surfaced about the project.
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''WE 3'' is a 2004 VertigoComics miniseries by writer Creator/GrantMorrison and artist Frank Quitely. It has been described as a combination of ''Film/TheTerminator'' and ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'', and it was well-received for being dynamic and innovative in both art and story.
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''WE 3'' is a 2004 VertigoComics Creator/VertigoComics miniseries by writer Creator/GrantMorrison and artist Frank Quitely. It has been described as a combination of ''Film/TheTerminator'' and ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'', and it was well-received for being dynamic and innovative in both art and story.
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* HulkSpeak: All of the animals have vocabularies that help them communicate basic concepts, but as the scientists say, "Don't expect the sonnets of Shakespeare." The senator backing the project actually thinks talking animals is going too far and makes the weapons too human, and requests that any future weapons have the ability removed.
-->"What kind of lunatic teaches a killing machine to talk?"
-->"What kind of lunatic teaches a killing machine to talk?"
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''WE 3'' is a 2004 VertigoComics miniseries by writer Creator/GrantMorrison and artist Frank Quitely. It has been described as a combination of ''The Film/{{Terminator}}'' ''Film/TheTerminator'' and ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'', and it was well-received for being dynamic and innovative in both art and story.
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* MisplacedSorrow: * The military and most of the scientists involved with the project are much more concerned about the soldiers dying trying to apprehend the animals, rather than the fact that they are sending soldiers to their deaths against three animals who wouldn't hurt anybody unless they are threatened. Animals that they had experimented on and forced to kill, which they planned to terminate without a second thought.
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* MisplacedSorrow: * The military and most of the scientists involved with the project are much more concerned about the soldiers dying trying to apprehend the animals, rather than the fact that they are sending soldiers to their deaths against three animals who wouldn't hurt anybody unless they are threatened. Animals that they had experimented on and forced to kill, which they planned to terminate without a second thought.
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* ValuesDissonance: The military and most of the scientists involved with the project are much more concerned about the soldiers dying trying to apprehend the animals, rather than the fact that they are sending soldiers to their deaths against three animals who wouldn't hurt anybody unless they are threatened.
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* [[WeaponizedAnimal Weaponized Animals]]
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Animals]]: Played for pathos and for horror.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The centralquestion, trope, made much more interesting because the animals aren't written like people in tiny furry suits. All three have distinctly non-human thoughts and emotions. It might be better phrased here, "What measure makes a human necessarily better at all?"
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:3 detonating his bombs just as 4 tries Attempted. [[spoiler:4 attempts to eat him. Somewhat subverted due to 3, who detonates the villain being the only one who survives, as bombs his suit carries. Unfortunately, 4 is virtually unstoppable.almost indestructible.]]
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* ThemeNaming: The actual names of the three animals (Bandit, Tinker and Pirate) are all disreputable occupations.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: 3 dies]], but there is an investigation going into the military project and public outrage, and 1 and 2 find a loving owner with a kind homeless man.
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''ComicBook/{{WE3}}'' is a 2004 VertigoComics miniseries by writer GrantMorrison and artist Frank Quitely. It has been described as a combination of ''The Film/{{Terminator}}'' and ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'', and it was well-received for being dynamic and innovative in both art and story.
The story follows a trio of animals--a dog ("Bandit" or "1"), a cat ("Tinker" or "2"), and a bunny ("Pirate" or "3")--that were [[{{Cyborg}} cybernetically enhanced]] by TheGovernment to work on covert military operations. When the project is scrapped, the animals--who have escaped from their military handlers--have to fend for themselves ''and'' escape the soldiers sent to destroy them.
The writing is notable for the innovative way the animals speak: their suits electronically translate their thoughts, and rather than sounding like human speech, the animals can only articulate on a very simple level. Each one even has its own speech patterns, determined by their intelligence; the dog has the closest thing to "normal" human speech, while the rabbit is only able to manage single-word concepts. The art is notable for being drawn by Frank Quitely in fine form.
The story is unusual for Morrison, in that despite the originality of the concept, it does not devolve into his usual habits of BreakingTheFourthWall, AuthorFilibuster, and other WriterOnBoard eccentricities. The story's emotional impact is full of Morrison's belief in animal rights, though.
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!!Featured Tropes:
* BigFatFuture: Even if it is only TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, every human character with the exception of the homeless guy, the little boy and some of the soldiers ranges from slightly overweight to disgustingly obese.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: 3 dies]], but there is an investigation going into the military project and public outrage, and 1 and 2 find a loving owner with a kind homeless man.
* CatsAreMean: 2 dispatches birds and humans with the same disinterested aplomb.
** A general with a force sent out to eliminate the robotic pets loudly hopes the cat gets killed during a small, ultra-violent skirmish.
** "SSSSSTT!!!!NNNKK BOSS!"
* TheChick: The rabbit, 3.
* {{Cyborg}}
* DeadpanSnarker: 2 manages this with only the most basic vocabulary.
-->"1 KNOW 0"
* DevelopmentHell: The movie adaptation.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: It's supposed to stand for Animal Weapon Three. The animals decide it means [[TrueCompanions We]] [[PowerTrio Three]].
* EyeScream: Bullets, fragments, claws...
* FlechetteStorm: 2's weapons.
* TheGovernment: The government.
* {{Hellhound}}: [[spoiler: 4 more or less resembles a mechanical version of the Hound of the Baskervilles]]
* TheHero: The dog, 1.
* HeroicBSOD: 1 reflexively kills a man with a rifle after the man takes a shot at 3, and spends quite a while afterwards sitting on the side of the road, saying "Bad dog. Bad dog."
* HeroicDog: 1 certainly ''wants'' to be, or maybe just a "gud" dog.
* HomelessPigeonPerson
* IntercontinuityCrossover: The animals are the first three iterations of Weapon Plus from Morrison's run on Comicbook/XMen.
* KillerRabbit: 3.
* TheLancer: The cat, 2.
* MatureAnimalStory
* TheMovie: In 2010, Morrison discussed making a ''We3'' movie -- [[http://herospy.com/2009/grant-morrison-talks-about-the-we3-movie http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/04/21/grant-morrison-we3-screenplay-violence-comic/ here is the interview]] -- but so far, no other information has surfaced about the project.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Or, specifically, a cyborg canine Rambo, a cyborg cat ninja, and a cyborg bunny demolitionist.
* NotGoodWithPeople: Dr. Roseanne Berry very much prefers the company of the animals she works with to that of the other researchers.
* PetTheDog: Inverted. 1 proves himself to be a "gud dog" by [[spoiler: protecting some cops from 4's rampage.]]
* PhlebotinumRebel: All of the animals, who don't really know what to do with themselves after their escape.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Most of the people involved with the program, particularly the head scientist and general. Both are honestly trying to protect the lives of soldiers and want the animals killed because they pose a serious threat to the civilian population. [[spoiler: When the recently-deployed 4 almost eats a policeman, they self-destruct it before it can do so.]]
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules:
-->"There's a big reward -- sorta money you could use. [[HomelessPigeonPerson Guy like you]]."
-->"Yeah. Yeah. I sure could. But...nah..."
* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily
* SelfDestructMechanism: [[spoiler: How 4 is eventually killed. The general in control of it self-destructs it when it nearly attacks a policeman.]]
* ShoutOut: In the opening scene of issue #2, the three animals (probably unintentionally on their part) yell out the lyrics to the song ''Run Rabbit Run'' while fleeing through a field with a number of wild rabbits.
* ShownTheirWork: Grant Morrison did a ''lot'' of research on animal behavior and psychology, the result of which is that the protagonists are definitively non-human.
* SpeechImpairedAnimal: The team speak only in broken English that is more akin to LeetSpeak than anything else; this is because the animals only think in short, simple concepts.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:3 detonating his bombs just as 4 tries to eat him. Somewhat subverted due to the villain being the only one who survives, as 4 is virtually unstoppable.]]
* TheVoiceless: One character's only speech is an entirely black word balloon with nothing in it.
* [[WeaponizedAnimal Weaponized Animals]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The central question, made much more interesting because the animals aren't written like people in tiny furry suits. All three have distinctly non-human thoughts and emotions.
* {{Xenofiction}}
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''ComicBook/{{WE3}}'' is a 2004 VertigoComics miniseries by writer GrantMorrison and artist Frank Quitely. It has been described as a combination of ''The Film/{{Terminator}}'' and ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'', and it was well-received for being dynamic and innovative in both art and story.
The story follows a trio of animals--a dog ("Bandit" or "1"), a cat ("Tinker" or "2"), and a bunny ("Pirate" or "3")--that were [[{{Cyborg}} cybernetically enhanced]] by TheGovernment to work on covert military operations. When the project is scrapped, the animals--who have escaped from their military handlers--have to fend for themselves ''and'' escape the soldiers sent to destroy them.
The writing is notable for the innovative way the animals speak: their suits electronically translate their thoughts, and rather than sounding like human speech, the animals can only articulate on a very simple level. Each one even has its own speech patterns, determined by their intelligence; the dog has the closest thing to "normal" human speech, while the rabbit is only able to manage single-word concepts. The art is notable for being drawn by Frank Quitely in fine form.
The story is unusual for Morrison, in that despite the originality of the concept, it does not devolve into his usual habits of BreakingTheFourthWall, AuthorFilibuster, and other WriterOnBoard eccentricities. The story's emotional impact is full of Morrison's belief in animal rights, though.
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!!Featured Tropes:
* BigFatFuture: Even if it is only TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, every human character with the exception of the homeless guy, the little boy and some of the soldiers ranges from slightly overweight to disgustingly obese.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: 3 dies]], but there is an investigation going into the military project and public outrage, and 1 and 2 find a loving owner with a kind homeless man.
* CatsAreMean: 2 dispatches birds and humans with the same disinterested aplomb.
** A general with a force sent out to eliminate the robotic pets loudly hopes the cat gets killed during a small, ultra-violent skirmish.
** "SSSSSTT!!!!NNNKK BOSS!"
* TheChick: The rabbit, 3.
* {{Cyborg}}
* DeadpanSnarker: 2 manages this with only the most basic vocabulary.
-->"1 KNOW 0"
* DevelopmentHell: The movie adaptation.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: It's supposed to stand for Animal Weapon Three. The animals decide it means [[TrueCompanions We]] [[PowerTrio Three]].
* EyeScream: Bullets, fragments, claws...
* FlechetteStorm: 2's weapons.
* TheGovernment: The government.
* {{Hellhound}}: [[spoiler: 4 more or less resembles a mechanical version of the Hound of the Baskervilles]]
* TheHero: The dog, 1.
* HeroicBSOD: 1 reflexively kills a man with a rifle after the man takes a shot at 3, and spends quite a while afterwards sitting on the side of the road, saying "Bad dog. Bad dog."
* HeroicDog: 1 certainly ''wants'' to be, or maybe just a "gud" dog.
* HomelessPigeonPerson
* IntercontinuityCrossover: The animals are the first three iterations of Weapon Plus from Morrison's run on Comicbook/XMen.
* KillerRabbit: 3.
* TheLancer: The cat, 2.
* MatureAnimalStory
* TheMovie: In 2010, Morrison discussed making a ''We3'' movie -- [[http://herospy.com/2009/grant-morrison-talks-about-the-we3-movie http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/04/21/grant-morrison-we3-screenplay-violence-comic/ here is the interview]] -- but so far, no other information has surfaced about the project.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Or, specifically, a cyborg canine Rambo, a cyborg cat ninja, and a cyborg bunny demolitionist.
* NotGoodWithPeople: Dr. Roseanne Berry very much prefers the company of the animals she works with to that of the other researchers.
* PetTheDog: Inverted. 1 proves himself to be a "gud dog" by [[spoiler: protecting some cops from 4's rampage.]]
* PhlebotinumRebel: All of the animals, who don't really know what to do with themselves after their escape.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Most of the people involved with the program, particularly the head scientist and general. Both are honestly trying to protect the lives of soldiers and want the animals killed because they pose a serious threat to the civilian population. [[spoiler: When the recently-deployed 4 almost eats a policeman, they self-destruct it before it can do so.]]
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules:
-->"There's a big reward -- sorta money you could use. [[HomelessPigeonPerson Guy like you]]."
-->"Yeah. Yeah. I sure could. But...nah..."
* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily
* SelfDestructMechanism: [[spoiler: How 4 is eventually killed. The general in control of it self-destructs it when it nearly attacks a policeman.]]
* ShoutOut: In the opening scene of issue #2, the three animals (probably unintentionally on their part) yell out the lyrics to the song ''Run Rabbit Run'' while fleeing through a field with a number of wild rabbits.
* ShownTheirWork: Grant Morrison did a ''lot'' of research on animal behavior and psychology, the result of which is that the protagonists are definitively non-human.
* SpeechImpairedAnimal: The team speak only in broken English that is more akin to LeetSpeak than anything else; this is because the animals only think in short, simple concepts.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:3 detonating his bombs just as 4 tries to eat him. Somewhat subverted due to the villain being the only one who survives, as 4 is virtually unstoppable.]]
* TheVoiceless: One character's only speech is an entirely black word balloon with nothing in it.
* [[WeaponizedAnimal Weaponized Animals]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The central question, made much more interesting because the animals aren't written like people in tiny furry suits. All three have distinctly non-human thoughts and emotions.
* {{Xenofiction}}
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