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** The rabbit CreationMyth, while gently cartoonish if slightly surreal, takes on a sinister edge when Frith gives several animals predatory instincts. At their ravenous touch, the rabbits turn red and fall limp. Sir Michael Hordern's narration then notes El-ahrairah's [[OhCrap sudden fear]] of '''[[TheGrimReaper the Black Rabbit of Death]]'''. A huge, silhouetted rabbit, with fearsome mouth and [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing amber eyes]], glides swiftly forth.
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** And on top of that, there are the poets. In other warrens, these would have been leaders like Hazel, or prophets like Fiver, but according to Fiver, living with the secret of the wires has driven them insane, and now they make mad songs to try to pretend that they have not sold their souls, not given up the very essence of rabbithood with this bargain.
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** And on top of that, there are the poets. In other warrens, these would have been leaders like Hazel, or prophets like Fiver, but according to Fiver, living with the secret of the wires has driven them insane, and now they make mad songs [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror to try to pretend that they have not sold their souls, not souls]], nor given up the very essence of rabbithood with this bargain.bargain. They even teach that it's ''dignified and noble'' for a rabbit to await death with stoicism.
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** "The Terrible Hay-Making" manages to be chilling without any {{EldritchAbomination}}s at all. A warren of rabbits have settled near a farmhouse, and have begun making a nusiance of themselves, eating everything in the garden that they can and scratching bark off the cherry trees. El-ahrairah warns them that the humans are going to notice and go after them, but they refuse to listen. Then they kill one of the farmers' daughter's pet cats in cold blood (described in [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath graphic detail]]), and the farmers corner the rabbits and beat and shoot all of them to death.
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** "The Terrible Hay-Making" manages to be chilling without any {{EldritchAbomination}}s at all. A warren of rabbits have settled near a farmhouse, and have begun making a nusiance nuisance of themselves, eating everything in the garden that they can and scratching bark off the cherry trees. El-ahrairah warns them that the humans are going to notice and go after them, but they refuse to listen. Then they kill one of the farmers' daughter's pet cats in cold blood (described in [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath graphic detail]]), and the farmers corner the rabbits and beat and shoot all of them to death.
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* The sequel, ''Tales from Watership Down'', feature several new El-ahrairah tales that feature out-and-out [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations,]] from a predatory ''thing'' in "The Story of the Comical Field" to a hostile Outer God in "The Three Cows" to something only seen in gibbering insanity in "The Hole in the Sky". Even a couple of the non-EldritchAbomination tales are nightmare-inducing: "The Terrible Hay-Making" features a massacre even worse then what took place in Sandleford.
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* The sequel is a compilation of short stories, some of which are rabbit folktales and some of which expand on what happened to Hazel and his companions after the first book. Some of them are comedy... and others are flat-out CosmicHorror.
** "The Story of the Comical Field": El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle find their way into a hedge maze (the titular "comical field") and wander through it before reaching the center. They take a nap, and then try and find their way out, but realize they're hopelessly lost. Not only that, but they can hear ''something'' stalking them. They panic, and begin to run, not knowing if they're heading towards a dead end- or worse, toward whatever the thing in the maze is- before they collapse, exhausted. At this point, El-ahrairah turns back, and finally sees the thing that's been chasing them. This galvanizes him and Rabscuttle into finding the last of their strength, and when they run through a nearby hole, they see the way out, which they realize they overlooked earlier ([[GeniusLoci or did the exit move]]?). They escape, and somehow realize that the thing in the maze wasn't going to follow them. [[NothingIsScarier We never find out what it was.]]
-->''In afteryears El-ahrairah would never describe what he saw, and only once did he ever speak of it. This was when some rabbit once said to him, "But you saw and talked with the Black Rabbit of Inle. How could this be worse?"\\
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"The Black Rabbit," replied El-ahrairah, "inspired a terrible, indescribable awe: helplessness and the fear of endless darkness. But he is not wicked, evil or cruel." And not a word more would he say.''
** "The Hole in the Sky": El-ahrairah hears about something called the "Hole in the Sky", and sets out to find out what it is. On his journey, he's attacked by a predator, and manages to fight it off, but he's badly wounded, and begins hallucinating from pain. After several days of agony, he stumbles, he looks up at the sky, and finally sees the Hole... only it's not really a hole at all. It's a giant ''wound'' ripped in the sky, with flies crawling on it. [[SurrealHorror A rabbit corpse falls out of it, and disappears in mid-fall]]. Even worse, it's moving and descending toward him. He panics, falls down a hill, and passes out. When he wakes up, he's feeling better, and hears the voice of [[{{God}} Frith]] telling him to take it easy. El-ahrairah asks him why he allows something as horrible as the Hole to exist, but Frith tells him it was just a hallucination. El-ahrairah starts to ask him how the other rabbit had the same hallucination, but Frith just tells him not to talk about it, because rabbits who've seen it won't want to and rabbits who haven't won't understand.
** "The Terrible Hay-Making" manages to be chilling without any {{EldritchAbomination}}s at all. A warren of rabbits have settled near a farmhouse, and have begun making a nusiance of themselves, eating everything in the garden that they can and scratching bark off the cherry trees. El-ahrairah warns them that the humans are going to notice and go after them, but they refuse to listen. Then they kill one of the farmers' daughter's pet cats in cold blood (described in [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath graphic detail]]), and the farmers corner the rabbits and beat and shoot all of them to death.
* The sequel is a compilation of short stories, some of which are rabbit folktales and some of which expand on what happened to Hazel and his companions after the first book. Some of them are comedy... and others are flat-out CosmicHorror.
** "The Story of the Comical Field": El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle find their way into a hedge maze (the titular "comical field") and wander through it before reaching the center. They take a nap, and then try and find their way out, but realize they're hopelessly lost. Not only that, but they can hear ''something'' stalking them. They panic, and begin to run, not knowing if they're heading towards a dead end- or worse, toward whatever the thing in the maze is- before they collapse, exhausted. At this point, El-ahrairah turns back, and finally sees the thing that's been chasing them. This galvanizes him and Rabscuttle into finding the last of their strength, and when they run through a nearby hole, they see the way out, which they realize they overlooked earlier ([[GeniusLoci or did the exit move]]?). They escape, and somehow realize that the thing in the maze wasn't going to follow them. [[NothingIsScarier We never find out what it was.]]
-->''In afteryears El-ahrairah would never describe what he saw, and only once did he ever speak of it. This was when some rabbit once said to him, "But you saw and talked with the Black Rabbit of Inle. How could this be worse?"\\
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"The Black Rabbit," replied El-ahrairah, "inspired a terrible, indescribable awe: helplessness and the fear of endless darkness. But he is not wicked, evil or cruel." And not a word more would he say.''
** "The Hole in the Sky": El-ahrairah hears about something called the "Hole in the Sky", and sets out to find out what it is. On his journey, he's attacked by a predator, and manages to fight it off, but he's badly wounded, and begins hallucinating from pain. After several days of agony, he stumbles, he looks up at the sky, and finally sees the Hole... only it's not really a hole at all. It's a giant ''wound'' ripped in the sky, with flies crawling on it. [[SurrealHorror A rabbit corpse falls out of it, and disappears in mid-fall]]. Even worse, it's moving and descending toward him. He panics, falls down a hill, and passes out. When he wakes up, he's feeling better, and hears the voice of [[{{God}} Frith]] telling him to take it easy. El-ahrairah asks him why he allows something as horrible as the Hole to exist, but Frith tells him it was just a hallucination. El-ahrairah starts to ask him how the other rabbit had the same hallucination, but Frith just tells him not to talk about it, because rabbits who've seen it won't want to and rabbits who haven't won't understand.
** "The Terrible Hay-Making" manages to be chilling without any {{EldritchAbomination}}s at all. A warren of rabbits have settled near a farmhouse, and have begun making a nusiance of themselves, eating everything in the garden that they can and scratching bark off the cherry trees. El-ahrairah warns them that the humans are going to notice and go after them, but they refuse to listen. Then they kill one of the farmers' daughter's pet cats in cold blood (described in [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath graphic detail]]), and the farmers corner the rabbits and beat and shoot all of them to death.
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!!The Netflix Miniseries
* Due to the series [[AscendedExtra placing greater focus on its female characters,]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the book's implication]] of Efrafan does being {{sex slave}}s is [[AscendedFridgeHorror given more attention than other adaptations.]] When learning that Clover (who is imprisoned in Efrafa in this adaptation) is a former Hutch rabbit [[NotSoDifferent as he once was,]] Woundwort asks that [[BatheHerAndBringHerToMe she be brought to him]] and chillingly offers to let her be his [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe queen.]]
** Though she does not reciprocate his feelings, Clover at first believes Woundwort's affection for her to be genuine, and attempts to use it as a bargaining tool to save Hyzenthlay's life. As it turns out, Woundwort is not willing to bargain, proving that he has no romantic feelings for her besides sexual attraction.
-->'''Woundwort:''' Either you agree to be my queen, or you do not. It doesn't matter to me which choice you make.
* The way Woundwort treats the arrival of the dog as it races towards the warren at Watership Down, chasing both Hazel and Bigwig to the edge of the burrow. Unlike the novel and film versions where he's caught by surprise and attacks it out of instinct, he just ''stands there'', unperturbed and bearing a SlasherSmile as it futilely tries to dig itself into the burrow after them. Then, deprived of its prey, it turns to the Efrafans and kills one of them, causing the others to flee in terror but Woundwort remains, not even moving, looking as if he's waiting for the dog to notice him. When it does, narrowing its eyes at him, Woundwort proclaims softly that he does not fear it and lunges forward.
--> '''Woundwort''': We fear no elil. I fear no dog. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Fear. Nothing.]]
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** Especially disturbing once you put yourself in the shoes of a prey species like rabbits. Humans don't have any natural predators, we're occasional victims to bears, wolves, lions, etc, but it's usually too much trouble, especially since humans make a point of killing man-eaters, but imagine being a rabbit, who's only advantage in the world is their speed. And then, miraculously, there's a SafeZoneHopeSpot, where you will never have to be afraid of a fox or a weasel or a dog ever again, and all the Human asks in return is a life every now and then. You'd lose far more in the wild anyway, so what's the big deal? See, humans aren't very fast or very strong, they're persistance hunters, they can keep going long after you've gotten too tired to run anymore. So why bother chasing you around? You'll come here anyway, where it's safe and warm, and you'll have all the food you can eat. And all it costs is turning yourself into a willing meal. We got the wolves and the lions to join us, you think we can't get you too?
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!!The TV Series
* The children's series might actually do a ''better'' job of foreshadowing the true horror of Cowslip's Warren than the movie version, partially due to the way everyone just sort of...[[LotusEaterMachine lets themselves forget]] about their search for Pimpernel, [[ShmuckBait easily distracted]] by the readily available flayrah.
** The show doesn't focus much on the horrified realization of what the warren of the shining wires truly is (because, after all, it's [[{{Bowdlerize}} aimed at a younger audience]]) but imagine it from Holly's perspective. Pimpernel was weak, couldn't travel on...and this warren was big, and comfortable, and welcoming, so he left his friend in their care. Just for a few weeks. And then he comes back...
* The realization of the true depths of this version of Cowslip's insanity. While in the novel and the movie adaptation Cowslip is mostly a ''sad'', spiritless character, living with one foot in the grave and sending innocent newcomers to their deaths to postpone what he knows is the inevitable, the series portrays him in a way that gives the audience ''chills''.
** In later seasons, as the plot decays, Cowslip becomes a sly, cruel schemer. In the first season, which started out more or less loyal to the book, Hazel And Company realize as they're leaving that living under the shining wires [[SanitySlippage has driven Cowslip completely and utterly mad.]]
--> '''Hazel:''' Come with us. You don't have to surrender to the shining wires!
--> '''Cowslip:''' [[LaughingMad *giggling madly*]] They won't get me! ''[[MadnessMantra They might get others, but never me!]]''
* The children's series might actually do a ''better'' job of foreshadowing the true horror of Cowslip's Warren than the movie version, partially due to the way everyone just sort of...[[LotusEaterMachine lets themselves forget]] about their search for Pimpernel, [[ShmuckBait easily distracted]] by the readily available flayrah.
** The show doesn't focus much on the horrified realization of what the warren of the shining wires truly is (because, after all, it's [[{{Bowdlerize}} aimed at a younger audience]]) but imagine it from Holly's perspective. Pimpernel was weak, couldn't travel on...and this warren was big, and comfortable, and welcoming, so he left his friend in their care. Just for a few weeks. And then he comes back...
* The realization of the true depths of this version of Cowslip's insanity. While in the novel and the movie adaptation Cowslip is mostly a ''sad'', spiritless character, living with one foot in the grave and sending innocent newcomers to their deaths to postpone what he knows is the inevitable, the series portrays him in a way that gives the audience ''chills''.
** In later seasons, as the plot decays, Cowslip becomes a sly, cruel schemer. In the first season, which started out more or less loyal to the book, Hazel And Company realize as they're leaving that living under the shining wires [[SanitySlippage has driven Cowslip completely and utterly mad.]]
--> '''Hazel:''' Come with us. You don't have to surrender to the shining wires!
--> '''Cowslip:''' [[LaughingMad *giggling madly*]] They won't get me! ''[[MadnessMantra They might get others, but never me!]]''
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* The sequel, ''Tales from Watership Down'', feature several new El-ahrairah tales that feature out-and-out [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], from a predatory ''thing'' in "The Story of the Comical Field" to a hostile Outer God in "The Three Cows" to something only seen in gibbering insanity in "The Hole in the Sky." Even a couple of the non-EldritchAbomination tales are nightmare-inducing: "The Terrible Hay-Making" features a massacre even worse then what took place in Sandleford.
* There's something very unsettling about the rabbits HumansAreCthulhu ideas, mainly because even the simplest concepts are utterly incomprehensible to them. Dogs, weasels, cats, they can get those, they're predators who are bigger and stronger and have teeth and claws but not quite as fast as rabbits, it's simple enough, but they simply lack the capacity to grasp humans. The most basic technology is beyond most of them, which is virtually a death sentence. How do you explain a trap or a snare to something that can't even grasp the concept?
* There's something very unsettling about the rabbits HumansAreCthulhu ideas, mainly because even the simplest concepts are utterly incomprehensible to them. Dogs, weasels, cats, they can get those, they're predators who are bigger and stronger and have teeth and claws but not quite as fast as rabbits, it's simple enough, but they simply lack the capacity to grasp humans. The most basic technology is beyond most of them, which is virtually a death sentence. How do you explain a trap or a snare to something that can't even grasp the concept?
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* There's something very unsettling about therabbits rabbits' HumansAreCthulhu ideas, mainly because even the simplest concepts are utterly incomprehensible to them. Dogs, weasels, cats, they can get those, they're predators who are bigger and stronger and have teeth and claws but are not quite as fast as rabbits, it's simple enough, but they simply lack the capacity to grasp humans. The most basic technology is beyond most of them, which is virtually a death sentence. How do you explain a trap or a snare to something that can't even grasp the concept?
* There's something very unsettling about the
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** Cowslip's warren. It's a nice little place with good food and shelter, but then Cowslip does some creepy rambling about [[GrimReaper the Black Rabbit]]. Turns out that the warren is near a farm that leaves the food in order to fatten and trap the rabbits.
*** The latter scenario is further supported by the succeeding scene of Bigwig almost choking to death in the snare, which is portrayed ''extremely'' graphically and realistically and in line with the novel's depiction of it, [[BloodFromTheMouth with blood and frothing spittle pouring from his mouth]] as he struggles to breathe. It's a horrific scene, and one of the movie's [[SignatureScene most iconic images]], considering the fact the director chose to depict it right front and center in the movie's poster, albeit with Bigwig framed entirely in shadow, to subtly let those coming to see the film that it was most certainly ''not'' going to be a fun, family-friendly experience.
*** The latter scenario is further supported by the succeeding scene of Bigwig almost choking to death in the snare, which is portrayed ''extremely'' graphically and realistically and in line with the novel's depiction of it, [[BloodFromTheMouth with blood and frothing spittle pouring from his mouth]] as he struggles to breathe. It's a horrific scene, and one of the movie's [[SignatureScene most iconic images]], considering the fact the director chose to depict it right front and center in the movie's poster, albeit with Bigwig framed entirely in shadow, to subtly let those coming to see the film that it was most certainly ''not'' going to be a fun, family-friendly experience.
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*** The latter scenario is further supported by the succeeding scene of Bigwig almost choking to death in the snare, which is portrayed ''extremely'' graphically and realistically and in line with the novel's depiction of it, [[BloodFromTheMouth with blood and frothing spittle pouring from his mouth]] as he struggles to breathe. It's a horrific scene, and one of the movie's [[SignatureScene most iconicimages]], images,]] considering the fact the director chose to depict it right front and center in the movie's poster, albeit with Bigwig framed entirely in shadow, to subtly let those coming to see the film that it was most certainly ''not'' going to be a fun, family-friendly experience.
*** The latter scenario is further supported by the succeeding scene of Bigwig almost choking to death in the snare, which is portrayed ''extremely'' graphically and realistically and in line with the novel's depiction of it, [[BloodFromTheMouth with blood and frothing spittle pouring from his mouth]] as he struggles to breathe. It's a horrific scene, and one of the movie's [[SignatureScene most iconic
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* Due to the series [[AscendedExtra placing greater focus on its female characters]], [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the book's implication]] of Efrafan does being {{sex slave}}s is [[AscendedFridgeHorror given more attention than other adaptations]]. When learning that Clover (who is imprisoned in Efrafa in this adaptation) is a former Hutch rabbit [[NotSoDifferent as he once was]], Woundwort asks that [[BatheHerAndBringHerToMe she be brought to him]] and chillingly offers to let her be his [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe queen]].
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* The whole concept of the Warren of the Shining Wires. These rabbits have all the food they can eat, and the human hunts the predators that would normally eat them, but he demands a price: every so often he sets his snare and takes one of those rabbits for dinner. And the rabbits know full well what's happening, but they continue to frequent the regions where the human sets his snares because they know that if they left, or even steered clear of the regions where snares were to be found, the human would stop putting out food for them and protecting them.
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* The whole concept of the Warren of the Shining Wires. These rabbits have all the food they can eat, and the human hunts the predators that would normally eat them, but he demands a price: every so often he sets his snare and takes one of those rabbits for dinner. And the rabbits know full well what's happening, but they continue to frequent the regions where the human sets his snares because they know that if they left, or even steered clear of the regions where snares were to be found, the human would stop putting out food for them and protecting them.them and they would have to live by their wits like El-hrairah once again.
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* The whole concept of the Warren of the Shining Wires. These rabbits have all the food they can eat, and the human hunts the predators that would normally eat them, but he demands a price: every so often he sets his snare and takes one of those rabbits for dinner. And the rabbits know full well what's happening, but they continue to frequent the regions where the human sets his snares because they know that if they left, or even steered clear of the regions where snares were to be found, the human would stop putting out food for them and protecting them.
** And on top of that, there are the poets. In other warrens, these would have been leaders like Hazel, or prophets like Fiver, but according to Fiver living with the secret of the wires has driven them insane, and now they make mad songs to try to pretend that they have not sold their souls, not given up the very essence of rabbit-hood with this bargain.
** And on top of that, there are the poets. In other warrens, these would have been leaders like Hazel, or prophets like Fiver, but according to Fiver living with the secret of the wires has driven them insane, and now they make mad songs to try to pretend that they have not sold their souls, not given up the very essence of rabbit-hood with this bargain.
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* There's something very unsettling about the rabbits HumansAreCthulhu ideas, mainly because even the simplest concepts are utterly incomprehensible to them. Dogs, weasels, cats, they can get those, they're predators who are bigger and stronger and have teeth and claws but not quite as fast as rabbits, it's simple enough, but they simply lack the capacity to grasp humans. The most basic technology is beyond most of them, which is virtually a death sentence. How do you explain a trap or a snare to something that can't even grasp the concept?
** The humans would have destroyed them without a second thought. The rabbits were in the way, that's all the humans cared about.
** The humans would have destroyed them without a second thought. The rabbits were in the way, that's all the humans cared about.
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* Due to the series [[AscendedExtra placing greater focus on its female characters]], [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the book's implication]] of Efrafan does being SexSlaves is [[AscendedFridgeHorror given more attention than other adaptations]]. When learning that Clover (who is imprisoned in Efrafa in this adaptation) is a former Hutch rabbit [[NotSoDifferent as he once was]], Woundwort asks that [[BatheHerAndBringHerToMe she be brought to him]] and chillingly offers to let her be his [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe queen]].
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** Any of the numerous scenes that involve rabbits with blood coming out of their mouths are pure NightmareFuel. That and the hallucinations with [[GlowingEyesOfDoom the red eyes]]. "The field...[[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank it's covered with blood!]]" ''Literature/ThePlagueDogs'', another animated film based on a book by Creator/RichardAdams, doesn't even pretend to be a family flick.
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* The way Woundwort treats the arrival of the dog as it races towards the warren at Watership Down, chasing both Hazel and Bigwig to the edge of the burrow. Unlike the novel and film versions where he's caught by surprise and attacks it out of instinct, he just ''stands there'', unperturbed and bearing a SlaherSmile as it futilely tries to dig itself into the burrow after them. Then, deprived of its prey, it turns to the Efrafans and kills one of them, causing the others to flee in terror but Woundwort remains, not even moving, looking as if he's waiting for the dog to notice him. When it does, narrowing its eyes at him, Woundwort proclaims softly that he does not fear it and lunges forward.
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* The way Woundwort treats the arrival of the dog as it races towards the warren at Watership Down, chasing both Hazel and Bigwig to the edge of the burrow. Unlike the novel and film versions where he's caught by surprise and attacks it out of instinct, he just ''stands there'', unperturbed and bearing a SlaherSmile SlasherSmile as it futilely tries to dig itself into the burrow after them. Then, deprived of its prey, it turns to the Efrafans and kills one of them, causing the others to flee in terror but Woundwort remains, not even moving, looking as if he's waiting for the dog to notice him. When it does, narrowing its eyes at him, Woundwort proclaims softly that he does not fear it and lunges forward.
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* Due to the series [[AscendedExtra placing greater focus on it's female characters]], [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the book's implication]] of Efrafan does being SexSlaves is [[AscendedFridgeHorror given more attention than other adaptations]]. When learning that Clover (who is imprisoned in Efrafa in this adaptation) is a former Hutch rabbit [[NotSoDifferent as he once was]], Woundwort asks that [[BatheHerAndBringHerToMe she be brought to him]] and chillingly offers to let her be his [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe queen]].
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* Due to the series [[AscendedExtra placing greater focus on it's its female characters]], [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the book's implication]] of Efrafan does being SexSlaves is [[AscendedFridgeHorror given more attention than other adaptations]]. When learning that Clover (who is imprisoned in Efrafa in this adaptation) is a former Hutch rabbit [[NotSoDifferent as he once was]], Woundwort asks that [[BatheHerAndBringHerToMe she be brought to him]] and chillingly offers to let her be his [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe queen]].
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* The way Woundwort treats the arrival of the dog as it races towards the warren at Watership Down, chasing both Hazel and Bigwig to the edge of the burrow. Unlike the novel and film versions where he's caught by surprise and attacks it out of instinct, he just ''stands there'', unperturbed and bearing a SlaherSmile as it futilely tries to dig itself into the burrow after them. Then, deprived of its prey, it turns to the Efrafans and kills one of them, causing the others to flee in terror but Woundwort remains, not even moving, looking as if he's waiting for the dog to notice him. When it does, narrowing its eyes at him, Woundwort proclaims softly that he does not fear it and lunges forward.
--> '''Woundwort''': We fear no elil. I fear no dog. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Fear. Nothing.]]
--> '''Woundwort''': We fear no elil. I fear no dog. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Fear. Nothing.]]
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!!The 2018 Miniseries
* Due to the series [[AscendedExtra placing greater focus on it's female characters]], [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the book's implication]] of Efrafan does being SexSlaves is [[AscendedFridgeHorror given more attention than other adaptations]]. When learning that Clover (who is imprisoned in Efrafa in this adaptation) is a former Hutch rabbit [[NotSoDifferent as he once was]], Woundwort asks that [[BatheHerAndBringHerToMe she be brought to him]] and chillingly offers to let her be his [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe queen]].
** Though she does not reciprocate his feelings, Clover at first believes Woundwort's affection for her to be genuine, and attempts to use it as a bargaining tool to save Hyzenthlay's life. As it turns out, Woundwort is not willing to bargain, proving that he has no romantic feelings for her besides sexual attraction.
-->'''Woundwort:''' Either you agree to be my queen, or you do not. It doesn't matter to me which choice you make.
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* The sequel, ''Tales from Watership Down'', feature several new El-ahrairah tales that feature out-and-out [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], from a predatory ''thing'' in "The Story of the Comical Field" to a monster beyond time and space in "The Three Cows" to something only seen in gibbering insanity in "The Hole in the Sky." Even a couple of the non-EldritchAbomination tales are nightmare-inducing: "The Terrible Hay-Making" features a massacre even worse then what took place in Sandleford.
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* The sequel, ''Tales from Watership Down'', feature several new El-ahrairah tales that feature out-and-out [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], from a predatory ''thing'' in "The Story of the Comical Field" to a monster beyond time and space hostile Outer God in "The Three Cows" to something only seen in gibbering insanity in "The Hole in the Sky." Even a couple of the non-EldritchAbomination tales are nightmare-inducing: "The Terrible Hay-Making" features a massacre even worse then what took place in Sandleford.
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* The sequel, ''Tales from Watership Down'', feature several new El-ahrairah tales that feature out-and-out [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], from a predatory Elder Thing ''thing'' in "The Story of the Comical Field" to a monster beyond time and space in "The Three Cows" to something only seen in gibbering insanity in "The Hole in the Sky." Even a couple of the non-EldritchAbomination tales are nightmare-inducing: "The Terrible Hay-Making" features a massacre even worse then what took place in Sandleford.
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* The sequel, ''Tales from Watership Down'', feature several new El-ahrairah tales that feature out-and-out [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], from a predatory Elder Thing in "The Story of the Comical Field" to a monster beyond time and space in "The Three Cows" to something only seen in gibbering insanity in "The Hole in the Sky." Even a couple of the non-EldritchAbomination tales are nightmare-inducing: "The Terrible Hay-Making" features a [[spoiler:massacre massacre even worse then what took place in Sandleford.]]
Sandleford.
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** Bigwig almost choking to death extremely graphically and realistically is horrifying.
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** Bigwig almost choking to death in the snare is portrayed extremely graphically and realistically is horrifying.and in line with the novel's depiction of it, [[BloodFromTheMouth with blood and frothing spittle pouring from his mouth]] as he struggles to breathe. It's a horrific scene, and one of the movie's most iconic images, considering the fact the director chose to depict it right front and center in the movie's poster, albeit with Bigwig framed entirely in shadow, to subtly let those coming to see the film that it was most certainly ''not'' going to be a fun, family-friendly experience.
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** Near the end when Woundwort attacks the dog, if you're watching on YouTube, [[SchmuckBait pause at the right time]] and Woundwort will look like something out of your worst nightmares.
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** Near the end when Woundwort attacks the dog, if you're watching on YouTube, pause at the right time and Woundwort will look like something out of your worst nightmares.
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--> "Can you run? I think not. ''I think '''not."''' ''
