History WarriorCats / TropesNToT

* ReallySeventeenYearsOld: In the first book, Lionheart asks a [=ShadowClan=] apprentice how old he is because he seems unusually small. The apprentice claims that he's six moons and that his mother is small too, but as it turns out he's actually only three moons, only [[ChildSoldier half the age he's supposed to be to start training as a warrior]]. With the murderous Brokenstar as [=ShadowClan=]'s leader, it's no wonder that he would be afraid of revealing that his leader was breaking the warrior code.

** The sixth arc, ''A Vision of Shadows'', features the son of Bramblestar and Squirrelflight (their first real litter), who are younger than the protagonists of series 3 and 4.

* TastesLikeDisdain: Spottedleaf's Heart, Thrushpelt brings prey to give to Bluefur's kits, who everyone in the Clan assumes were fathered by him due to his very obvious feelings for her. Bluefur coolly tells him that her kits have had enough to eat despite the fact that they want it, rejecting his affections and his offer to behave as the kits' father.

* ThreeAmigos: By the end of the first series, Firestar, Graystripe, and Sandstorm essentially become this.

* SparedButNotForgiven: ''Blackfoot's Reckoning'' revealed Blackstar, leader of [=ShadowClan=] for much of the series, received one of his nine lives from Rosetail -- a ThunderClan elder who he murdered while trying to kidnap kits out of the nursery. She all but shoves the life into him, and bitterly turns away as soon as it's over. It doesn't help that the life she gives him is one for compassion. Ouch.

* OutDamnedSpot: Hollyleaf killed Ashfur and ends up regretting it. The official app claims that she can still taste his blood in her mouth.

* PiningForProtagonistsParent: In the third arc ''Power of Three'', Ashfur was in love with Squirrelfight, the mother of the sibling protagonists. His anger at her for breaking up with him leads him to [[CrazyJealousGuy try to kill the protagonists.]]

* TriangRelations:
** Thrushpelt loves Bluestar, who only liked him as a friend. She and Oakheart fall for each other instead. Thrushpelt accepts it, though: once Bluestar gets pregnant with Oakheart's kits, Thrushpelt says that he understands and offers to claim her kits as his own if she can't share who the real father is (which the Clan would believe, knowing of their friendship and his feelings for her.)
** Happens twice to poor Gray Wing. First he likes Bright Stream, who becomes mates with Gray Wing's brother Clear Sky instead. Later on, some time after Bright Stream's death, Gray Wing meets Storm and falls for her -- a lot more strongly than he had with Bright Stream. She and Clear Sky end up falling in love at first sight.

* OddNameOut: Most of the 1000+ characters have compound names like Bluestar, Mudclaw, Russetfur, Cedarpelt, Whitestorm, etc, so when there's a cat living in the Clans with a name like Boulder, Daisy, or Millie, it sticks out.

** In the eighth series, the [=RiverClan=] leader Misystar loses her final life, and her deputy Reedwhisker is found dead that same day. The medicine cat apprentice, Frostpaw, receives a sign that the next leader should be her mother Curlfeather, but Curlfeather dies on the way to the Moonpool to receive her nine lives. Frostpaw next is told that she must make the choice about the next leader herself, but her choice, [[spoiler:Owlnose, isn't visited by [=StarClan=] when he visits the Moonpool.]]

** "Rogue" is a term that is used regularly in the series. Cue bad fanfiction authors spelling it wrong all the time.
** Also expect to occasionally find people asking others what their favourite "[[StoryArc arch]]" is, or what "[[{{Canon}} cannon]]" pairings they like.
** The most frequently misspelled names are probably "[[Literature/AChristmasCarol Scrouge]]" (Scourge) and "[[GroinAttack Loinblaze]]" (Lionblaze).
** ''The Sun Trail'' is commonly misspelled as ''The Sun Trial''.

** One Eye has a terrifying sadistic streak; he takes great pleasure in manipulating, dominating, and torturing other cats just for the fun of it. He imprisons, beats and mauls Sparrow Fur ([[WouldHurtAChild who is barely out of kithood]]), has his lackeys brutally beat up [[WouldHitAWoman Acorn Fur]] (focusing on inflicting head wounds in this case) and later Clear Sky, and permenately scars his followers with his "Mark"; a circle-shaped wound, all with blood-chilling joy.
** In ''The Broken Code'', [[spoiler:Ashfur]] shows many signs of having become one; he finds satisfaction and takes pleasure in turning the Clans against one another, torturing his enslaved ghosts, and forcing Rootspring and Snowtuft to fight each other.

* ScreamingBirth: While there isn't actually any screaming involved, the she-cats will be given a stick to bite down on when the pain comes. Said stick usually snaps at the end.

* SeriesContinuityError: Lots and lots of them; see the individual books' Recap pages for some examples. Characters often change pelt colors and occasionally [[GenderBender flip genders]], sometimes they'll forget what certain characters know and don't know, time passage will be inaccurate, and some details about Clan life and the history of the Clans have gotten changed around. Seeing as there's dozens of books and side book, over a thousand characters, and multiple people writing the series, it's only natural that things get mixed up once in a while.

* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Firestar is the protagonist of the first series and ends up saving his Clan and the other Clans as well, and is a very prominent character for the rest of the series. His name even comes from his bright ginger pelt.

* SkepticNoLonger: WordOfGod stated that Cloudtail and Mothwing of ''Literature/WarriorCats'' stopped being atheists after the Dark Forest invasion in ''The Last Hope'', when they saw Dark Forest and [=StarClan=] cats with their own eyes. It actually took until the 7th arc for Mothwing, but she finally admitted that [=StarClan=] does exist, just that she doesn't believe they have everyone's best interests at heart. Cloudtail's viewpoint on the other hand isn't directly stated (he does say "Great [=StarClan=]!" at one point in ''The Apprentice's Quest'', but it's also a very common phrase that doesn't necessarily mean belief in [=StarClan=].)

** Socks and Ruby in ''The Rise of Scourge''. Both were mean to Tiny, causing him to run away and become [[MadeOfEvil Scourge]]. Also Tigerclaw, but [[BigBad only in the manga.]]

** The third Super Edition, ''[=SkyClan=]'s Destiny'' both subverts and plays this straight. Every other Super Edition is named for the viewpoint character, which in this case would spoil which member of the newly founded [=SkyClan=] becomes leader at the end of ''Firestar's Quest''. However, it doesn't use that format, but still spoils ''Firestar's Quest'' by revealing that there's another Clan out there.

** ''[=SkyClan=] and the Stranger'' continues in the tradition of it's predecessor Super Edition by not revealing who becomes leader in ''Firestar's Quest'', while giving away the earlier revealed spoiler of [=SkyClan=]'s existence.

* StartsWithTheirFuneral: The prologue of ''Bluestar's Prophecy'' is Bluestar's death. The book then goes back to recount the story of her life.

* StoryArc: Each series is its own story arc that contributes to the overall MythArc (although series 3+4 were really one long arc, and series 5 was a prequel): the first series followed Firestar's rise to leadership and defeat of villain Tigerstar, the second series was about the forest's destruction and the Clans finding a new home, as well as Hawkfrost's attempt at following in Tigerstar's pawsteps, the third and fourth series dealt with three cats discovering that they have special powers and the [[{{Hell}} Dark Forest]]'s attempt to destroy the Clans, and the sixth series is about the discovery of the modern remnants of [=SkyClan=].

* SuicidalPacifism: In ''Battles of the Clans'', Morningstar, a Clan leader, refused to fight, afraid to see his warriors injured - even announcing publicly at a Gathering that they were too weak for him to sanction a fight and politely asking the other Clans to stop hunting in [=ThunderClan=] territory. Of course, this was an open invitation to the other Clans to continue hunting there, since they would not be driven off. Eventually the [[DeadPersonConversation spirit of the leader's mate]] visits him and explains to him that they need to fight battles, and he agrees.

* TakeAThirdOption: The moor cats are arguing whether or not they should attack [[WellIntentionedExtremist Clear Sky]]. They've reached a stalemate when Cloud Spots interrupts, pointing out that they don't have any prey stored, and that feeding themselves is a higher priority than dealing with Clear Sky.

** WordOfGod has confirmed that Cinderpelt, while she was Firestar's apprentice, wanted a TeacherStudentRomance. However, Firestar, being... er, [[ChasteHero Firestar]], [[AllLoveIsUnrequited didn't]].

* ThouShaltNotKill: Battles are relatively common, but killing is seen as dishonourable, and is generally avoided, except by Tigerstar and Scourge. In fact, the main characters of the first two series have only killed one cat each. Oddly enough, they both killed their own half brothers.
** Although Firestar becomes a pacifist in the second and third series, in the first series he showed absolutely no aversion to killing. For example, when Whitestorm has to restrain him from killing Clawface, him believing that he and Tigerstar were destined to fight to the death, and saying that Brokenstar deserved to die. This could be justified as CharacterDevelopment. Firestar was young at the time and probably didn't fully realize what the ramifications of his actions could be if he killed Clawface, and he was absolutely ''horrified'' by Tigerstar's death.

* TimeSkip: There is a 12 (or 18, it's not clear due to ContinuitySnarl) month skip between the first and second series (although this gap has been filled by ''Firestar's Quest'' and ''Ravenpaw's Path''), and a six month gap between the second and third series. The fourth series is also supposed to start around six months after the end of the third. The sixth series is about eight moons after Bramblestar's Storm, and the seventh series is about six moons after the sixth series.

* ToughSpikesAndStuds: The cats of BloodClan frequently gloat about their battle prowess and wear collars embedded with ''dog teeth'' in order to look intimidating. Their leader, Scourge, takes it a step further and has dog claws over his own natural claws to make himself even scarier.

* TrappedOnTheAstralPlane: At the start of the seventh arc, [[spoiler:after Bramblestar loses a life, he is unable to return to his body since some unknown being has begun to possess it, leaving his spirit stuck and running desperately around the territories, visible only to Rootpaw.]]
** This happens to all cats who die in The Broken Code, [[spoiler:as they cannot go to [=StarClan=] and are stuck as ghosts.]]

** It's hard to judge whether or not they did this for Hawkfrost. They did cover up the fact that Brambleclaw killed him, but there is conflicting evidence on whether or not they covered up why he was killed. In ''The Sight'', some warriors have a conversation about the mysterious circumstances of his death, and say that his Clanmates mourned him, and [=RiverClan=] seems relatively ignorant of his treachery in other books, which would suggest he did get a cover-up. But then in ''After Sunset: We Need To Talk'', Cloudtail says to a [=WindClan=] patrol that Hawkfrost tried to kill Firestar, which suggests everyone knows about it.
** The Clan does not reveal Ashfur's treachery after ''Long Shadows'', nor Tigerstar's after he is exiled in ''Forest of Secrets'', possibly because it will make their Clan seem weak.

** Impostor-Bramblestar ([[spoiler:later revealed to be Ashfur]]) from the seventh arc. He begins exiling cats for the smallest of crimes, including his own mate and both of the medicine cats, doesn't actually put any work into being leader, and breaks the code by doing things like refusing to let the elders eat first and appoints two cats who haven't had apprentices as his deputy.

* NameMeaningChange: The Clans were originally named for their personality/territory: per the books' official site at the time, [=RiverClan=] was named for the river they live by and swim in, [=WindClan=] was named for their windy moorland territory, [=ShadowClan=] for their shadowy marsh, and [=ThunderClan=] for the Thunderpath (road) that borders their territory. When they later came up with an origin story for the Clans, this was retconned so that the Clans were named after their founders instead (River Ripple, Wind Runner, Tall Shadow, Thunder, and Clear Sky.)
** Thunderstar's name as well. According to a Wands and Worlds chat, he was named after the Thunderpath, while the official Warriors app claimed that he was named because he used thunderstorms to hunt prey. The official reasoning was provided in ''The Sun Trail'' when Turtle Tail names him Thunder after his mother Storm and the destroyed house he was born in.

** [=BadgerFang=] is a PlayedWith example, since he named ''himself'' after his mentor.

* {{Nepotism}}: Mossypaw accuses Mistystar of this in ''Mistystar's Omen'', since the new deputy is Mistystar's son Reedwhisker.

* NewSeasonNewName: Each series has a different subtitle: ''Warriors'' (later renamed ''Warriors: The Prophecies Begin''), ''Warriors: The New Prophecy'', ''Warriors: Power of Three'', ''Warriors: Omen of the Stars'', ''Warriors: Dawn of the Clans'', ''Warriors: A Vision of Shadows'', and ''Warriors: The Broken Code''.

** Ashfur. He reacts to rejection by deciding that Squirrelflight needs to feel as much pain as he had. He tries to set up her father's death, framing her current mate as a murderer in the process. When that fails, he decides to try killing her kits in front of her.

** There are ''many'' examples of names being used twice (even fairly major characters, like Greywing and Ashfur, and even odd names like Frecklewish), three different cats named Milkfur, Larkwing, Red, and Shadepelt, and ''four'' Robinwings.

* OneWordTitle: The entirety of the second series. Also, ''Outcast'', ''Eclipse'', and ''Sunrise''.

** BigBad Scourge gets his own manga: ''Manga/WarriorCatsTheRiseOfScourge''.
** ''Dawn Of The Clans'' is an origins arc for the clans as a whole.

** [=RiverClan=]'s role in the plot was significantly diminished starting in ''Power of Three'' although this was due to [=ThunderClan=] no longer sharing a border with them, and it having no POV characters unlike most of the other Clans later would.

* OverlySpecificAfterlife: ** [=StarClan=] and the Forest of No Stars are only for Clan cats. Even if a Clan cat leaves the Clans, they'll still end up in either one. ** The Tribe of Endless Hunting is the afterlife of the Tribe of Rushing Water.

** Rainflower neglects Crookedstar at a young age… all because he broke his jaw.
** For that matter, most of the characters ignore their family completely. The families of most of the characters who were born before the beginning of the series are unknown because they never acknowledge being related to anyone. Although this might not be abuse so much as seeing the ''entire Clan'' as their family.

* PerspectiveFlip: The series does this a few times: ''Bluestar's Prophecy'', ''Crookedstar's Promise'', ''Yellowfang's Secret'', and ''Tallstar's Revenge'' all take place during roughly the same time frame, so there are several scenes seen from different points of view - for instance during battles, the cats who are launching a necessary preemptive attack in one book are seen as vicious invaders in the other. Later novellas repeat previous scenes in similar ways, and ''Battles of the Clans'' even has twin stories that show the aftermath of the same battle in two different Clans, to show that each battle fought has an impact on everyone involved and even on the future of each Clan.

* ThePromise: ''Crookedstar's Promise'' centers around one. A mysterious spirit cat asks the main character, as a kit, to promise to be loyal to his Clan above all else, even his own desires. Naturally, he promises, since he can't imagine ''not'' being loyal. Turns out that she meant that he can't take a mate or anything of the sort, and she definitely didn't have his or the Clan's best intentions at heart.

* PurgatoryAndLimbo: The Dark Forest was [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness originally]] treated as a purgatory for warriors that betray the Warrior Code. They would wander in a cold, starless forest. Later books stray from this idea.
** The sixth arc introduces the ghost residence, where dead cats with have UnfinishedBusiness with the living wander, and are unable to cross to the afterlife until they have completed a task. Only a select few cats from a group called the Sisters are able to see the ghosts, and can make other cats without this power see them for a short amount of time. In the seventh arc, all cats who've died recently are stuck in the ghost residence for an unknown reason.

* ReallyGetsAround: Willowpelt had been with three different toms altogether: Patchpelt ([[BrotherSisterIncest her own brother]], though it wasn't intentional on the authors' part), Tawnyspots, and Whitestorm.

*** In response, Sol gives TWO of these. The first is to Billystorm about being a daylight warrior, only for Billystorm to retort that he's moving into the gorge from now on with his Clan, so then he gives the second to [=SkyClan=] for thinking that the warrior code could keep them safe forever.

** The founding leaders' names got retconned several times. The first book mentioning the founding leaders referred to them with proper Clan names: Thunderstar, Shadowstar, and so on. When they appeared in later books such as ''Long Shadows'' without the "star" on their name, it was retconned that the "star" part in Clan leaders' names came later on and that the founding leaders were actually just named "Thunder", "Shadow", and so forth, and only get called "Thunderstar"/etc to show them respect. And even later, in ''Dawn of the Clans'', it's revealed that, aside from Thunder, that's only part of their name: Shadow is Tall Shadow, River is River Ripple, and Wind is Wind Runner. Then it was retconned again that they were given the "star" names (and the nine lives that go with them) midway through their careers, but didn't have them when the Clans were formed.

** The first set of six was called simply ''Warriors'', but that became the series name altogether. To distinguish the first six from the rest, fans usually use "the first arc", or "the original series". When it was reprinted with new covers in 2015, it was given the official title ''The Prophecies Begin''.
** The Graystripe manga trilogy never had its own trilogy subtitle like the others; perhaps they weren't originally planning on doing more manga after his? The boxed set of his three, and later the full-color re-release, named the trilogy ''Graystripe's Adventure''.

* RivalTurnedEvil: Breezepelt was originally the rival to Lionblaze and Jayfeather, but he was friendly enough to team up with them on occasion. However, in ''OmenOfTheStars'' he is recruited by the Dark Forest and turns homicidal.

** Also, Ashfur, although some would call his attempts at revenge on Squirrelflight a DisproportionateRetribution rather than this trope.

** ''The Broken Code'' rotates between Bristlefrost, Shadowsight, and Rootpaw.

* TheOutsiderBefriendsTheBest: As a kittypet let into [=ThunderClan=], Firepaw was an outcast who nevertheless grew very close with some of the most important members of his Clan: TheLeader, Bluestar; [[TheMedic The Medicine Cat]], Spottedleaf and later Yellowfang, and a few important senior warriors as well. After becoming a warrior, he also had a close relationship with ''[=WindClan's=]'' leader, Tallstar.

* NameFaceName: Brightpaw has her name changed to Lostface after she got mauled by the dogs.

* SlasherSmile: Mapleshade. She can make Ivypool feel like [[TastesLikeDiabetes Daisy]] is with her, right before trying to drown her.