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Warrior Cats: The Original Series

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Warrior Cats: The Original Series (now called The Prophecies Begin) is the first arc of the popular Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter. It began on January 13, 2003.The series focuses on housecat Rusty, who, tired of the easy life of a pet, decides to join ThunderClan, one of four warrior Clans who rule the forest neighboring his home. Rusty is dubbed Fireheart and sets out on a quest to unravel the secrets his Clanmates keep hidden in an effort to protect the forest from evil.The series was inspired by Redwall and Watership Down and it shows. Anyone Can Die is in full effect, and every cutie is broken. The first arc is the most popular among the fandom, and is the bloodiest in the series. Into the Wild Fire and Ice Forest of Secrets Rising Storm A Dangerous Path The Darkest Hour
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Heroic BSoD
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Heroic BSoD: Bluestar suffers a particularly nasty one after Tigerclaw's betrayal. It takes her two entire books to get over it completely... just in time for a Heroic Sacrifice.
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The Worf Effect
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The Worf Effect: Tigerclaw has been both described as and shown to be the strongest warrior in the forest, with one of the highest kill counts in the original series alone, and Fireheart and Bluestar were only able to hold him off by fighting together. Then, just before the final battle, Scourge slashes him open, causing him to lose all nine of his lives in the span of a couple of minutes.
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Uriah Gambit
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He tries to drown Fireheart, as mentioned below under the Uriah Gambit. Even Fireheart wasn't sure whether it was an accident or not until he noticed the way Tigerclaw was looking at him later.
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It Has Been an Honor
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It Has Been an Honor: Whitestorm. "I've been proud to serve as your deputy."
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: As is true with a large number of pure white cats with blue eyes, Snowkit is born deaf. As is also true with disabled animals in the wild, Snowkit does not survive into adulthood. He is carried off by a hawk because he can't hear the other cats calling for him to get to safety. Brightpaw and Swiftpaw are tired of Bluestar denying them their warrior names, and go off to find a dog pack rumored to be loose in the forest, reasoning that Bluestar can't keep ignoring them if they prove how brave they are. When they actually find the dog pack, they quickly find out that two young cats don't stand a fighting chance against an entire pack of bloodthirsty, full-grown adult dogs. Swiftpaw is killed and Brightpaw is horribly mauled, losing one ear and one eye.
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Make It Look Like an Accident
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At one point, he orders Fireheart to cross a flooded stream, using only a spindly branch caught in the water. When Fireheart's halfway across and Longtail isn't watching, Tigerclaw tries to Make It Look Like an Accident by knocking the branch loose of the rock it's caught against.
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The Unfought
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The Unfought: After reading the first five books and seeing how Tigerstar was being an absolute dick, expecting Firestar to finally give him just desserts? NOPE! Scourge takes that pride away.
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A Protagonist Shall Lead Them
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A Protagonist Shall Lead Them: Fireheart becomes Firestar, the leader of ThunderClan.
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Wham Line
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Wham Line: And with a cold shiver of dread, Fireheart realized that the new leader of ShadowClan was Tigerclaw.
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Early-Installment Weirdness: Kits call their parents by their names rather than by "Mother" or "Father". Their names also aren't mentioned until they become apprentices. Apprentices must travel to the Moonstone before becoming a warrior. This is mentioned several times in the series (though Fireheart and Graystripe are the only ones that actually do as far as the reader knows) and forgotten later on. After fans pointed this out to the authors, it gets Lampshaded in the later part of the second series by Leafpool, who comments that they seem to have left that tradition behind when they came to the lake. In the first book, all she-cats are referred to as queens, regardless of whether they have kits or not. Later books would use the word "queen" to refer only to she-cats expecting or nursing kits. Earlier books have slightly different spellings than later books - Highstones is HighStones in the first book, "crowfood" is two words or at least has a hyphen, "Clanmate" is two words. At Gatherings, cats of all ages tend to mix: examples include senior warrior Lionheart talking with some apprentices, and Fireheart sitting with a group of elders and medicine cats. In later books, the characters tend to stick with the cats their own age. Mates aren't (for the most part) treated as major relationships in the first series, and it is mentioned that warrior fathers don't stay close to their kits (Crookedstar being a rare exception.) In the third series, Spiderleg is criticized because he doesn't want to play with his kits, and in the third and fourth series especially, everyone gossips about young couples and young she-cats talk about who they like and things like that.
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Braving the Blizzard
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Braving the Blizzard: Cloudtail, as a kit, sneaks out of camp to go hunting even though he's not old enough. As a result, Firestar and Sandstorm need to brave the weather in order to find him.
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The Uriah Gambit: Another one of Tigerclaw's tactics: Tigerclaw, suspecting that Ravenpaw knows he killed Redtail, sets him some dangerous hunting tasks, including at Snakerocks (named for the deadly adders that bask there in the summer... Ravenpaw actually manages to catch one!) and in ShadowClan territory. During battle, Fireheart's pinned down and fighting for his life. He calls to Tigerclaw for help, but Tigerclaw just watches him; it's to his advantage if Fireheart dies since he believes Ravenpaw told Fireheart what he knows. At one point, he orders Fireheart to cross a flooded stream, using only a spindly branch caught in the water. When Fireheart's halfway across and Longtail isn't watching, Tigerclaw tries to Make It Look Like an Accident by knocking the branch loose of the rock it's caught against.
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Enemy Mine
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Enemy Mine: All the cats from all four clans in the valley join together as one to drive off BloodClan.
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He Knows Too Much
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Tigerclaw, suspecting that Ravenpaw knows he killed Redtail, sets him some dangerous hunting tasks, including at Snakerocks (named for the deadly adders that bask there in the summer... Ravenpaw actually manages to catch one!) and in ShadowClan territory.
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Mentor Occupational Hazard
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Mentor Occupational Hazard: Bluestar, Lionheart and Yellowfang, mentors to Fireheart, Graystripe and Cinderpelt respectively, and all mentors to Fireheart in some way, all die.
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Arc Words
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Arc Words: "Fire alone can save our Clan" and later "Four will become two, Lion and Tiger will meet in battle and Blood will rule the Forest". It wasn't a prophecy, but "Pack, Pack, Kill, Kill" in A Dangerous Path.
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Red Sky, Take Warning
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Red Sky, Take Warning: "The clouds are stained with blood! This day will bring an unnecessary death."
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Unfriendly Fire
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Unfriendly Fire: One of Tigerclaw's tactics before he is exiled: In the first book, he kills Redtail after a battle, claiming that Redtail was killed by Oakheart during the battle. Oakheart died in the same battle, so he's not exactly around to deny it. Tigerclaw's attempt to kill Bluestar. He convinces a group of rogues to attack the camp, and during the battle, attacks Bluestar himself, planning to make it look like she had been killed by rogues.
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The Chosen One
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The Chosen One: The prophecy says Fire alone can save them. The hero is named Fireheart. See the connection?
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Chekhov's Skill
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Chekhov's Skill: Fireheart's I Surrender, Suckers, which he uses throughout the series (most notably in his first battle ever), is the key to defeating Scourge.
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Make Way for the New Villains
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Make Way for the New Villains: Tigerstar. Leader of Shadowclan. Powerful warrior. Manipulative, full of empty promises, with all 9 lives. Then Scourge rips away all 9 lives in one swipe, and tells the other cats that they have three days to vacate their territory, or die.
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Gilded Cage
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Gilded Cage: Firestar considers his life as a kittypet this. He has all the food and shelter he could want, but he desires something that being a housecat can't give him and ends up joining a Clan in the nearby forest.
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Rage Against the Heavens
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Brightpaw gets special mention here. When she is wounded and nearly dies, Bluestar gives her the name Lostface as part of her Rage Against the Heavens. Later, when Fireheart becomes leader, he renames her Brightheart.
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Retronym: Originally just called "Warriors", however, fans now call it "The Original Series" to distinguish it from the rest of the arcs.
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Apprentices must travel to the Moonstone before becoming a warrior. This is mentioned several times in the series (though Fireheart and Graystripe are the only ones that actually do as far as the reader knows) and forgotten later on. After fans pointed this out to the authors, it gets Lampshaded in the later part of the second series by Leafpool, who comments that they seem to have left that tradition behind when they came to the lake.
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Chekhov's Gunman
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Chekhov's Gunman: Before going to his first gathering, Graystripe hopes that Clawface and Stonefur will attend. Both later become major players. Also, Barley who was once a member of BloodClan, and the small apprentice Lionheart talks to at Fireheart's first gathering, who later becomes ShadowClan's medicine cat.
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Meaningful Rename: When an apprentice becomes a warrior, their name's "-paw" suffix is replaced with something more appropriate. Brightpaw gets special mention here. When she is wounded and nearly dies, Bluestar gives her the name Lostface as part of her Rage Against the Heavens. Later, when Fireheart becomes leader, he renames her Brightheart.
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Evil Is Hammy: Brokenstar until he is stripped of his leadship of ShadowClan. Later on Tigerclaw takes a level in hamminess after becoming ShadowClan's leader.
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