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The Alpha

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The Alpha	comment	When biologists studying wolf packs noticed that there were usually a male and female to whom the others deferred, they dubbed those dominant wolves the "alpha male and female." In zoos, it wasn't uncommon for "lower ranking" wolves to fight their alphas for dominance. Fiction starring wolves, werewolves, or other social animals or beastmen seized upon this concept. What better way to show the brutality of nature than by having them fight to the death? Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Often the alpha female is left out, making it almost always a male position. Note, however, that this is Reality Is Unrealistic. The aforementioned "alpha male and female" has largely been debunked as simply the father and mother of the pack, and the biologist who coined the term, Dr. Mech, no longer uses it in favor of the term "breeding male and female." Moreover, the bloody scenes in zoos were usually the result of zookeepers cramming many unrelated wolves together in small spaces.
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The Alpha / int_1c1ceec7	comment	Many monster species in Monster Hunter have an "alpha male" variant that is bigger and tougher than its fellows.
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The Alpha / int_290d82d2	comment	The loup-garou pack in Blood and Chocolate determine who is the new alpha male and "queen bitch" via a battle royale known as "the Ordeal" following the death of one of the old pair. Vivian wins the female Ordeal almost by accident but refuses to take the position and mate with the new alpha male until after her human boyfriend shoots her.
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The Alpha / int_3f231b84	comment	In Jurassic World, Owen establishes himself as the alpha of a raptor pack. However, the Indominus Rex is able to overturn their conditioning by virtue of being much larger and scarier than him ( and also being part raptor).
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The Alpha / int_41b0198a	comment	In The Dresden Files the Alphas obviously chose their name with this in mind. Billy and Georgia Borden fill the actual roles.
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The Alpha / int_85d1a843	comment	How to Train Your Dragon 2 introduces the gigantic Bewilderbeast species of dragons that automatically have the Alpha status partially through their large size and mostly through their ability to control other dragons with a combination of sound and their piercing gaze. It's noted that a dragon doesn't get true alpha status solely based on its species and ability to control other dragons though, as Toothless becomes the new Alpha by challenging Drago's Bewilderbeast to protect Hiccup, distracting it enough to break its control over the other dragons. The Red Death from the first film may also count, though Valka implies that a Bewilderbeast would have an authority over that species as it's a "King" to the Death's "Queen," though this doesn't refer to the dragon's gender as such.
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The Alpha / int_86e4732f	comment	Kitty Norville's pack was initially led by an insecure murderous rapist named Carl. But he eventually got torn apart by his own pack and Kitty and her husband Ben became the new alphas.
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The Alpha / int_88b580f0	comment	Packs in Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Werewolf: The Forsaken almost always have an alpha who fought his way to the position.
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The Alpha / int_90c73dda	comment	In Animorphs, the "fighting for dominance" phenomenon occurs repeatedly when two male animals are in proximity to each other (as morphing also adds the animal's instincts, first-time morphers may have trouble taking command). When the team first morph wolves, Marco is given a female wolf to acquire, as Cassie wanted to avoid two male wolves instinctively fighting for dominance (which does happen later, when they run into a real wolfpack). Later still, Rachel acquires a male Hork-Bajir and they both start sizing each other up while Rachel gets the morph's instincts under control. In order to infiltrate a meat-packing plant, everyone acquires cattle. Unfortunately, Ax and Tobias get a steer (a castrated bull), so when they morph they get two non-castrated bulls,each infuriated at the other's presence.
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The Alpha / int_9d47a2a2	comment	In A Song of Ice and Fire, Arya Stark is forced to send her direwolf pet/companion Nymeria running out of fear that Joffrey and Cersei would have it killed because it defended her from Joffrey's bullying. Over the course of the books, she dreams of being a wolf, leading a pack of them as they raid the countryside. It's later revealed to other characters that the Starks have a warging ability in their blood, and thus Arya is subconsciously tapping into Nymeria's head when she dreams.
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The Alpha / int_b30ae4db	comment	In Game of Thrones, just like A Song of Ice and Fire above, Arya has to send Nymeria away in Season 1. Fast forward to season 7, and Arya, on her way back to Winterfell after hearing that Jon has become King in the North, finds herself surrounded by wolves, led by Nymeria. They share a reunion, but ultimately part ways because Nymeria's place is in the wild, not as her pet or companion.
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The Alpha / int_bcadd7cb	comment	In Warhammer 40,000, there have been several cases of humans fighting their way to the top of a Fenrisian wolfpack to assert dominance over them. Note that Fenrisian wolves are the descendants of an experiment to combine human and wolf DNA to better survive the harsh environment (resulting in a more intelligent wolf the size of a rhino- both the Earth mammal and the Awesome Personnel Carrier), so submitting to the stronger may be their human instincts talking.
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The Alpha / int_c95e9d87	comment	In Up, Muntz's lead dog is named Alpha, and all the other dogs (except for Dug) are named after other Greek letters in accordance to their rank. When Dug defeats Alpha, the others name him the new Alpha.
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The Alpha / int_d109f322	comment	In Andromeda, Nietzscheans, a Human Subspecies of Social Darwinists, are organized into "prides" led by an alpha male who achieves his position by Asskicking Equals Authority, and a matriarch who's the caretaker of the pride's genetic health and not necessarily one of the alpha's wives.
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The Alpha / int_d98c0a73	comment	Teen Wolf has alphas as the largest and most powerful type of wolf; they generally lead their own packs (compared to betas and omegas, who don't). The antagonist of season one is an evil alpha, while the antagonists of the first half of season three are a pack comprised entirely of alphas. There is also a "True Alpha," a term used for alphas who become one out of sheer Heroic Willpower.
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The Alpha / int_d9db5c77	comment	In the Mercy Thompson novels, "Alpha" is the actual title used by the leaders of werewolf packs, with defined responsibilities and entitlements. An Alpha's status gives him (and it's Always Male) the ability to issue commands to pack subordinates that they cannot refuse to heed, an enhanced Healing Factor, and a few other powers that facilitate control and protection of his pack.
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The Alpha / int_e5497d09	comment	Kiba in Wolf's Rain is essentially the alpha, though Tsume initially disputes his authority.
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The Alpha / int_ea1566dc	comment	The film Alpha and Omega, naturally. Features a rare example of an alpha female.
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The Alpha / int_ffe7d862	comment	In The Call of the Wild, Buck first has to deal with the near-psychopathic lead dog of his sled team, killing and replacing him. In the end he joins a wolf pack by killing a couple of them, a mention that wolves with his markings were spotted in later years in the area suggests that he became the alpha male.
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