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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: With the cast of zoo animals added to the plot and some old characters returning, there's no less than twenty-five characters spread throughout the book.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: [[PluckyComicRelief Major Babi]] and all the other baboons at the zoo, who are all wacky, noisy primates who enjoy riddles and constantly turning everything into a joke.

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* GenreSavvy: Jojo doesn't want to leave the zoo because he knows if he does, humans will see him as a threat and try to kill him. Given that he's a polar bear--which are frequently hunted by poachers, he has a good reason for wanting to stay.



* RealityEnsues:
** [[spoiler:Basil]] and his snake friends chase Kit and Eeni into a very hot vent. [[spoiler:Then they slow down and fall asleep, because their cold-blooded bodies couldn't handle the temperature change and they needed to conserve energy]].
** Jojo doesn't want to leave the zoo because he knows if he does, humans will see him as a threat and try to kill him. Given that he's a polar bear--which are frequently hunted by poachers, he has a good reason for wanting to stay.




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* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Basil]] and his snake friends chase Kit and Eeni into a very hot vent. [[spoiler:Then they slow down and fall asleep, because their cold-blooded bodies couldn't handle the temperature change and they needed to conserve energy]].

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!!This article assumes you have read both ''Literature/TheWildOnes'' and ''Literature/TheWildOnesMoonlightBrigade'' and [[LateArrivalSpoiler will have unmarked spoilers]] for both novels.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Just another night with the Moonlight Brigade.]]

->''What you bite will not be what you chew, and what you chew may be more than
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Kit and the Moonlight Brigade desire to free all the animals in the zoo because they feel like they're being held against their will instead of living freely, like all animals should be. ''Technically'', they are being held against their will. Nevertheless, many of the zoo animals argue that they don't want to be free, because being held inside the zoo where they're constantly fed and cared for is a better alternative than living out in the wild where humans would typically shoot and kill them. ''Technically'', humans who see certain animals outside of the zoo ''are'' hunted and killed.



* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: [[PluckyComicRelief Major Babi]] and all the other baboons at the zoo, who are all wacky, noisy primates who enjoy riddles and constantly turning everything into a joke.



* HumansAreBastards: Deconstructed. The humans first come off as the BigBad since they're kidnapping several residents of Ankle Snap Alley. But later on in the story, it's revealed that many of the animals in captivity are actually being ''saved'' instead of imprisoned, so they won't be killed by hunters in the wild.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Preston initially comes off as a snobby, pampered creature who looks down on the Wild Ones, but still offers to aid them in their mission to free the animals. [[spoiler:Then he fools Kit and Eeni into venturing into a snake pen, and it's revealed that he's working alongside Titus]].



* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: With the cast of zoo animals added to the plot and some old characters returning, there's no less then twenty-five characters spread out within the book.

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: With the cast of zoo animals added to the plot and some old characters returning, there's no less then than twenty-five characters spread throughout the book.
* NewsTravelsFast: It doesn't take long for the animals of the zoo to figure
out within Kit and the book.Moonlight Brigade broke into the premises. Which leads to several unexpected encounters.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Kit and Eeni free the hawk Valker despite everyone in Ankle Snap Alley begging them not to. [[spoiler:He later goes on and gathers up several Fleeless animals to join Titus at the end of the book so they can fight the Moonlight Brigade]].
* RealityEnsues:
** [[spoiler:Basil]] and his snake friends chase Kit and Eeni into a very hot vent. [[spoiler:Then they slow down and fall asleep, because their cold-blooded bodies couldn't handle the temperature change and they needed to conserve energy]].
** Jojo doesn't want to leave the zoo because he knows if he does, humans will see him as a threat and try to kill him. Given that he's a polar bear--which are frequently hunted by poachers, he has a good reason for wanting to stay.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Titus, Coyote, and the Flealess are about to get into a huge fight with the Moonlight Brigade. Then the hulking Jojo shows up and warns them to run away. All of them flee, except for Titus]].
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* CharacterDevelopment: Kit, again. Although Kit is now a hero, he doesn't properly know ''how'' to be one. Throughout the book, Kit keeps taking risks and gambling in order to save the city, thinking that he has to do all the hard work so his friends won't get hurt. But as the book progresses, he realizes that there's no "I" in "hero," as stated below.
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!!This article assumes you have read both ''Literature/TheWildOnes'' and ''Literature/TheWildOnesMoonlightBrigade'' and [[LateArrivalSpoiler will have unmarked spoilers]] for both novels.

''The Wild Ones: Great Escape'' is the 2017 sequel to ''Literature/TheWildOnesMoonlightBrigade'', written by C. Alexander London.

When several residents in Ankle Snap Alley go missing, Kit and the other animals in the city realize that humans are kidnapping animals and taking them to the local zoo. Seeing no other option, Kit and the Moonlight Brigade band together to go on the most perilous mission they've ever done: sneaking into the zoo and breaking out all the animals. Along the way, Kit comes across someone very close to him, and also runs into an old enemy.

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!!''The Wild Ones: Great Escape'' provides examples of:

* {{Anticlimax}}: At the end of the book, the Moonlight Brigade, Kit, Eeni, and several escaped animals are about to fight Titus and his gang of animals. [[spoiler:Then Jojo, a colossal polar bear, shows up and tells all of Titus' gang to run away. They do]].
* BigBadDuumvirate: Titus and [[spoiler:Preston]], both of whom go to great lengths to prevent the Moonlight Brigade from breaking out the animals.
* BringMyBrownPants: [[spoiler:Coyote]] leaves a puddle of piss on the ground after [[BearsAreBadNews Jojo]] threatens him.
* TheBusCameBack:
** [[spoiler:Basil the snake]], who went missing in the second book, is revealed to have been captured by humans and was taken to the zoo.
** [[spoiler:Coyote]] also shows up towards the end of the book, now allied with Titus looking for revenge against Kit.
* CharacterDevelopment: Kit, again. Although Kit is now a hero, he doesn't properly know ''how'' to be one. Throughout the book, Kit keeps taking risks and gambling in order to save the city, thinking that he has to do all the hard work so his friends won't get hurt. But as the book progresses, he realizes that there's no "I" in "hero," as stated below.
* DemotedToExtra: Even moreso than the last book. Many of the side characters in Ankle Snap Alley hardly play a large role in the story at all. Even the Moonlight Brigade is shooed aside when they help Kit and Eeni break out the animals in the zoo.
* GentleGiant: Jojo is a humongous polar bear capable of escaping his enclosure without the humans knowing. Despite this, he's a NiceGuy who tries to avoid violence whenever possible, and assists Kit and Eeni when they're in trouble.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: London expects you to have read ''Moonlight Brigade'' before this book, because the blurb for it spoils that Kit's mother (who was presumed dead, but revealed in the last book to be alive) is being held at the zoo.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: With the cast of zoo animals added to the plot and some old characters returning, there's no less then twenty-five characters spread out within the book.
* SnakesAreSinister: [[spoiler:Basil]] and three of his snake friends appear halfway into the book, and they all spend the rest of the novel trying to eat Kit, Eeni, and their friends.
* TookALevelInBadass: Titus, in a clear inversion of the VillainDecay he suffered from the last book. Here, he's a KnightOfCerebus again who's outright trying to kill Kit and his friends.
* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Happens frequently whenever the animals arrive at the zoo. Early on in the story, there's a long sequence showing Kit and Eeni holding onto a car as it speeds to the zoo. At the start of the next chapter, Kit and Eeni are already back in Ankle Snap Alley.

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