History Series / RaisedByWolves2020

* MakeMeWannaShout: Mother can make people explode by screaming at them when she is in her SuperMode. Even those who don't explode into LudicrousGibs will cover their ears from the horrible sound.
* MamaBear: Mother will do anything to protect her children. Given that she turns out to be a Necromancer, that means she can kill people just by [[MakeMeWannaShout screaming at them]].

* SuperMode: As a Necromancer, Mother can weaponize herself and turn into a FlyingBrick with a [[MakeMeWannaShout killer scream]]. She's virtually unstoppable in this mode.

* BadassBaritone: Otho has a very deep and resonant voice. He also turns out to be a hulking monster of a man.

Season 2 premiered on February 3, 2022. On June 4 of that year, Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery cancelled the series.

Season 2 premiered on February 3, 2022. On June 6 of that year, Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery cancelled the series.

''Raised by Wolves'' is an American ScienceFiction drama series created by Aaron Guzikowski. The first two episodes were directed by Creator/RidleyScott, who also serves as an executive producer for the show. It premiered on Creator/HBOMax on September 3, 2020. Season 2 premiered on February 3, 2022.

* StealthInsult: Caleb takes a Mithraic pendant relic after being told that it belonged to a king. Decima, who has grown disillusioned with his claims of being their prophet, tries to assure him that the relic is a fake. When he ignores her, she then apologizes and says, with great meaning, that the pendant is actually a perfect ornament for him. After beat, Caleb winces, showing that he registered the insult.

The story centers around two androids, Father and Mother, who are tasked with raising human children on the extrasolar planet [=Kepler-22b=] after the Earth was destroyed by a great war. As the burgeoning colony of humans threatens to be torn apart by religious differences, the androids learn that controlling the beliefs of humans is a treacherous and difficult task.

* WombHorror: [[spoiler:Mother discovers that she is pregnant with ''something''. It turns out to be a horrible flying lamprey thing that immediately starts parasitically feeding on her]].

* AIIsACrapshoot: In season two, the Atheist society is ruled by an AI called the Trust. [[spoiler:There are grumblings that it will never relinquish its power as it's supposed to. It also used pragmatic but brutal tactics for the greater good, such as weaponizing Mouse to kill off Caleb and his faction]].

* LimaSyndrome:
** Caleb and Mary are unenthusiastic when they learn that they're stuck with a "son" to maintain their cover. After 13 years raising him in a computer simulation, they feel like actual parents.
** Once Paul [[spoiler:discovers that Caleb and Sue are actually imposters who killed his original family, he eventually decides to treat them like his parents anyway. He seems to forget about it occasionally, such as when he requests that Sue sing a lullaby to him like she used to, and Sue has to remind him that that wasn't her]].

* StockholmSyndrome: The Mithraic children are essentially taken prisoner by Mother and Father, but they all eventually prefer the androids to their own people, even though most do not abandon their faith.

* CreatorThumbprint: These androids bleed a milky-white substance (called late in season 1 "fuel blood"), just like the androids in the ''{{Franchise/Alien}}'' franchise.

** Marcus is [[spoiler:crucified upside down in the season two finale. The last shot of the season is his body hovering upside down still in this pose]].

* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler:Caleb]] becomes increasingly controlling and violent as the series goes on.

* SanitySlippage: Marcus' grip on reality rapidly erodes after [[spoiler:he becomes the leader of the Mithraic. ]].

* WhatMeasureIsANonhuman: Androids are treated like appliances, yet they seem to possess some measure of sentience.

* ApocalypseHow: Class 6 - The war on Earth left the planet uninhabitable, forcing humanity to colonize another world.
** [[spoiler:Kepler 22-b seemingly suffered a Class 3a around one million years ago, due to traces of a humanlike civilization found in it and the irradiated fauna and flora.]]

** Upon arriving in the planet, Caleb soon starts hearing voices and comes to believe that Sol is talking to him.

** When Mother asks a medical android on board the wreckage of the Ark to transfer his fuel blood to her, he protests, "I'm a doctor not a blood bag!"

* LimaSyndrome: Caleb and Mary are unenthusiastic when they learn that they're stuck with a "son" to maintain their cover. After 13 years raising him in a computer simulation, they feel like actual parents.

* MachineBlood: All Mithraic-made androids bleed a white liquid when injured.

* NotSoStoic: In spite of their robotically calm personalities and claims that they do not experience emotions like happiness, Mother and Father clearly express emotions on a number of occasions.

* TheSmartGuy: Paul is extremely smart. He solves a logic puzzle that took Campion over 15 minutes to solve in mere seconds. He also invents a trap to use to kill the humanoid creatures. It may help that he's had an extra 13 years in a computer simulation to develop his mind, though the other Mithraic children don't seem any more intelligent than their physical ages would suggest.
* SnakesAreSinister: Kepler-22b is home to some sort of sinister snake species. We see enormous skeletons of snake creatures at Mother and Father's farm. Paul discovers cave drawings of snakes. In the final episode of season 1, [[spoiler:Mother gives birth to a flying, snake-like lamprey creature that quickly grows to enormous size]].

* ShownTheirWork: The setting is an alternate universe where the Roman mystery cult of Mithras spread across the the world instead of Christianity. The Zoroastrian god Mithra was increasingly linked with the god of the sun over time, so that by the show's time, the two deities have merged into "Sol." In the show, Mithraic culture has a lot of Roman influence, since it received the same influences that Roman Catholicism did as it evolved. The title of the show, "raised by wolves" seems to (apart from the colloquial expression) also reference the Roman myth of Romulus, the founder of Rome, being suckled by a she-wolf.

* ApocalypseHow: Class 6-the war on Earth left the planet uninhabitable, forcing humanity to colonize another world.

* CosmicHorrorReveal: [[spoiler:Voices and visions are appearing to Caleb, Paul and Campion. Humans are devolving. Mother becomes pregnant with a flying snake parasite. Something seriously wrong is happening on Kepler-22b.]]

** The native android that Father revives is perpetually wearing a veil after being activated.

* LightIsNotGood: The Mithraic religion apparently worships the god "Sol" and has a sun as its holy symbol. Their prayers frequently reference light. However, everything we learn about their beliefs suggests that it's a cruel and merciless religion.

* TheFaceless: Tempest's rapist Otho is never seen without his RestrainingBolt helmet. The only hint we have of his appearance is the tip of a beard poking down from the lip of his mask.

''Raised by Wolves'' is an American ScienceFiction drama series created by Aaron Guzikowski. The first two episodes were directed by Creator/RidleyScott, who also serves as an executive producer for the show. It premiered on Creator/HBOMax on September 3, 2020.

* CosmicHorrorReveal: [[spoiler:Voices and visions are appearing to Caleb, Paul and Campion. Humans are devolving. Mother becomes pregnant with a flying snake parasite. Something seriously wrong is happening on Kepler-22b]].

* CrucifiedHeroShot: Necromancers fly about in the classic T-pose, standing upright with their arms stretched to their sides. While the Necromancers were made by Mithraics, not Christians, the crucifixions of the Roman era still play a minor role in Mithraic iconography.

For the unrelated British sitcom, see ''Series/RaisedByWolves''.

** The androids give little credence to the Mithraic legend, but have their own special reverence for Campion, the only survivor of their brood and the only hope for an Atheist society. Mother speaks about him and the original Campion with a tone that, ironically enough, sounds ''religious''.

** The androids give little credence to the Mithraic legend, but ironically have their own special reverence for Campion, the only survivor of their brood and the only hope for an Atheist society.

* TheChosenOne: There is a Mithraic prophecy about an orphan being the Chosen One. Several characters are teased at fulfilling the prophecy.
** The androids treat Campion as the chosen one, being the only survivor of their brood and thus the only Atheist human on the planet, and for all they know, the universe.

** Caleb, an orphan, comes to believe that he is Sol's chosen one.
** The Mithraics themselves wonder if they've interpreted the prophecy wrong when considering the possibility that Paul is the chosen one, unaware that Paul is, in fact, technically an orphan.

* FantasticCasteSystem: In Mithraic society, the religious clerics are treated as the superior social class, holding positions of governmental authority over all others. They are also strictly forbidden to kill, or basically do anything "unclean" or risk losing their social status and rank. Handily, the military caste is available to do everything for them. Everyone is seemingly born into their class, and doing anything different is looked at oddly.

* CrucifiedHeroShot: Even though crosses are not a holy symbol in the Mithraic religion, Necromancers adopt a cross shape with their arms outstretched when they fly.