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* PrimalPolymorphs: A major plot point; [[WorkingClassWerewolves Decker]] starts out abiding by protocol, maintaining only a few animalistic habits like travelling barefoot and occasionally voicing misgivings of the human marines' dependence on technology. However, after Sobieski is killed, Decker disobeys orders and hunts down the enemy werewolf responsible - naked and using the full extent of his powers. Once he's done, he buries Sobieski with a farewell of "see you in the wild," before deserting the marines out of disgust for their FantasticRacism, instead opting to live alone in the deserts of Afghanistan from then on.
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* MagicalBarefooter: The two werewolf soldiers are barefoot, in comparison to the uniforms worn by their human comrades.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: The two werewolf soldiers are barefoot, in comparison to the uniforms worn by their human comrades.
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* RatedMForManly: '''Werewolf Marines.''' Enough said.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: If you follow the interpretation that Decker and Sobieski are lovers, the way they are looked down upon by their fellow soldiers can be likened to the homophobia and discrimination against gay people in the army. One of the words they are called includes "unnatural", which is often said by those who don't support same-sex relations.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Unlike the original story, the Afghani werewolf doesn't face Decker in a fair battle and treacherously brings a second fighter.


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* OneWomanWail: The ending provides a rare male version with Rafe Pearlman's wordless singing.
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* FirstPersonPerspective: Done for the scene where Decker enters the raided camp.


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* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Unlike Decker, Sobieski believes in his country no matter what.


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* TeenyWeenie: Sobieski [[VitriolicBestBuds jokes]] that if the enemy sniper could hit a target as tiny as Decker's dick, they should be hiring him.
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* ChunkySalsaRule: Decker takes an immense amount of damage in the fight with the two werewolves and survives. Conversely the damage Decker inflicts to his opponent is pretty minor until the killing blows of biting the younger werewolf in the neck and ripping his throat out, and forcing the elder werewolf's entire head into his mouth in order to bite down on his skull.
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The ending differs from the short story. After defeating the Afghani werewolf, Decker is simply sent back to Bagram on a helicopter by the captain. During the fly, Decker tears his reenlistment form. In this episode, Decker deserts the army and takes Sobieski's body to bury him. The episode also leaves out Decker [[WorthyOpponent treating his enemy with respect after killing him]], even burying him under a pile of rocks and pointing the grave toward Mecca and refusing to reveal the location to his superior who might desecrate the body.

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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The ending differs from the short story. After defeating the Afghani werewolf, Decker is simply sent back to Bagram on a helicopter by the captain. During the fly, Decker tears his reenlistment form. In this episode, Decker deserts the army and takes Sobieski's body to bury him. The episode also leaves out Decker [[WorthyOpponent treating his enemy with respect after killing him]], even burying him under a pile of rocks and pointing the grave toward Mecca and refusing to reveal the location to his superior who might desecrate the body. Notably, the respect is instead given to Sobieski who in the short Decker simply lets get sent off in a body bag, only bothering to keep Decker's Werewolf ID.
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* CompressedAdaptation: Some of the world building elements are missing from the original short story. Notably Decker simply assumes there's a complicated reason he and Sobieski aren't used in battle, while the short explicitly states that its considered a war crime to use Lycanthropes in combat; the two of them are explicitly enlisted to serve surveillance roles only.

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* CompressedAdaptation: Some of the world building elements are missing from the original short story. Notably Decker simply assumes there's a complicated reason he and Sobieski aren't used in battle, while the short explicitly states that its considered a war crime to use Lycanthropes in combat; the two of them are explicitly enlisted to serve surveillance roles only.only, but Sobieski was hoping there was a chance he'd get to see battle when he enlisted anyway since the United States was one of the few countries that didn't actually sign that particular accord.
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* CompressedAdaptation: Some of the world building elements are missing from the original short story. Notably Decker simply assumes there's a complicated reason he and Sobieski aren't used in battle, while the short explicitly states that its considered a war crime to use Lycanthropes in combat; the two of them are explicitly enlisted to serve surveillance roles only.
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* FullFrontalAssault: Werewolves have a tendency to run around naked, at least when expecting to transform.

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* FullFrontalAssault: Werewolves have a tendency to run around naked, at least when expecting to transform. The original story explains that werewolves need to be naked to transform and Sobieski was easily killed off because he couldn't shed his clothes off in time.

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