Line #2 Recap/WarriorCatsOutcast


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3	''Outcast'' is the third book of the third ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series, ''[[Literature/WarriorCatsPowerOfThree Power of Three]]''.
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9	!!Tropes appearing in this book:
10	* BestFriend: Brook and Night have been best friends from the time they were kits.
11	* CaveBehindTheFalls: The Tribe lives in one of these.
12	* CultureClash: The Clans and the Tribe are rather similar, but there's enough difference in them that they can clash at times - especially when the Clan cats insist that the Tribe try to live like them in order to drive off intruders.
13	* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Stormfur is a deconstruction of MightyWhitey. He's a cat from the main group in the series who gets discovered by the Tribe of Rushing Water, a group with strange customs, initially is thought to be TheChosenOne destined to save them, and even gets to date a native she-cat, and eventually [[IChooseToStay chooses to stay with the Tribe]]. Plus he gets to [[TrainingThePeaceFulVillagers train the tribe cats in his fighting skills]] to later save them from some rogues who they're utterly helpless against without him. But not only is he [[MissedTheCall not]] really TheChosenOne, but his strategy only ends up failing and leading to the deaths of many Tribe cats rather than saving the Tribe like he believed it would, and once he finally gets to come back and make up for everything by saving them for real, he and the other cats realize that, however they want to defend the Tribe, they don't want to force their culture on them or constantly be their rescuers.
14	* DiscontinuityNod: In the first series, apprentices would always travel to the Moonstone before becoming a warrior. Fans pointed out that the characters hadn't been doing it in recent books, even though the Clans had found a replacement for the Moonstone in their new home. Leafpool comments in a scene in this book, "We seem to have left that tradition behind when we came to our new home."
15	* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Lionpaw started out as a very strong, yet very normal, warrior. Then in this book, he starts developing the powers of invincibility, becoming exceptionally strong.
16	* EnsembleCast: The ''Power of Three'' arc features three protagonists: Jaypaw, Hollypaw, and Lionpaw.
17	%%%% Is this from Outcast or Sign of the Moon? * GrudgingThankYou: One of the mountain rogues gives this to the Clan cats and Tribe cats when they saved them from an eagle. %%%%
18	* HissBeforeFleeing: In Jaypaw's flashback of Stormfur's memories, Stormfur does this when the mountain invaders win the first battle against the Tribe.
19	* {{Irony}}: One line in this book becomes ironic after you read ''Sunrise'': [[spoiler:While thinking about [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Crowfeather]], Hollypaw thinks "I'm glad he's not ''my'' father!" Three guesses what gets revealed three books later.]]
20	* LeaderWannabe: Hollypaw decides that she wants to be the leader of her Clan someday, and spends some time thinking about what she can work on to achieve this.
21	* MedicalMonarch: The leader of the Tribe of Rushing Water is called the Tribe-Healer (or just Healer). They serve as leader, spiritual leader, and medic for the Tribe.
22	* NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom: Tribe cats, although most of the time they use shortened versions of their names.
23	* NotHisBlood: When Lionpaw comes out of a rough battle completely covered in blood, his siblings panic, assuming that he's badly injured, and are shocked to discover that none of it is his own.
24	* OneNightStandPregnancy: Fans suspected Spiderleg and Daisy of having a one-night stand when the characters suddenly have kits after barely speaking together. Even then, he barely looks at her and is incredibly awkward around the kits until others criticize him for not being a good father to them. The authors have confirmed that this is indeed the result of the characters having a one-night stand.
25	* OneWordTitle: ''Outcast''.
26	* PastLifeMemories: Cinderpaw has memories of her past life as Cinderpelt, but she has only ever shown signs of remembering them in her dreams, or recalls her past life subconsciously.
27	* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: The chosen cats from ''The New Prophecy'' join back together to help the Tribe.
28	* TheQuest: After two Tribe cats come to the lake asking for the Clan cats' help, a group travels to the mountains to see what they can do.
29	* SeriesContinuityError:
30	** Originally, in ''Moonrise'', the outcast Tribe cat Bird was a gray-brown she-cat with the full name "Bird Who Rides The Wind". ''Dawn'' had changed her full name and appearance, but this book attempts to correct that: she has her original description, but her name is now "Bird ''That'' Rides The Wind".
31	** Icewing had blue eyes in the ''Dark River'' allegiances, but now has green in the ''Outcast'' allegiances.
32	** In ''Dawn'', Stoneteller told Cinderpelt that Tribe healers do not share dreams with their ancestors. In this book, a member of the Tribe of Endless Hunting visits Stoneteller, and it is not treated as anything out of the ordinary.
33	* StrangeSalute: The Tribe's greeting gesture: extending one paw while bowing the head.
34	* SwitchingPOV: Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw.
35	* TitleDrop: "We were outcasts for a while, that's all."
36	* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: Some Clan cats lead the normally peaceful Tribe of Rushing Water to battle against invaders. And then they [[ZigZaggedTrope teach them both diplomacy.]]
37	* UnfortunateNames: The apprentices joke about what kind of horrible name Firestar could give Berrypaw. They come up with "Berrystumpytail". Jaypaw then hopes that Leafpool won't name him after his blindness, and Hollypaw suggests he could be "Jayno-eyes".
38	* UnPerson: When Stormfur and Brook were exiled, Stoneteller had declared that they were now dead to the Tribe, and when they return, he and others insist that they can't return because they're dead. Stormfur points out that just because Stoneteller ''says'' they're dead doesn't mean that they actually ''are''.
39	* WorldsBestWarrior: Lionpaw, whose special power is NighInvulnerability.

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