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* WhatAreYouInFor: The third and fourth movies both have kids who are in the wilderness as an alternative to reform school and discuss the crimes they committed which landed them there.
** In the third film, Steve admits he's a tagger and Crystal says she was arrested for stealing a cheerleader's CD but falsely claims innocence, while Beri refuses to discuss her crime.
** Early in the fourth film, Jack boasts about stealing a CD and leading the police on a chase, then asks Pamela what she did. She claims that she didn't do anything and is just going to the camp to write an essay about troubled youth, but she might be lying.
** In the third film, Steve admits he's a tagger and Crystal says she was arrested for stealing a cheerleader's CD but falsely claims innocence, while Beri refuses to discuss her crime.
** Early in the fourth film, Jack boasts about stealing a CD and leading the police on a chase, then asks Pamela what she did. She claims that she didn't do anything and is just going to the camp to write an essay about troubled youth, but she might be lying.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Pamela is a senator's daughter, doesn't hesitate to mention this (and various other achievements), asks for help a lot, and complains some about how hard wilderness survival is, and never completely sheds this. However, she does have some moments of good humor, determination, compassion for Jack and Quentin, and helpfulness, especially later in the movie.
* MadeOfIron: Jack takes a fall down a waterfall, then [[BearTrap gets his leg stuck in an animal trap for at least twelve hours]], but he doesn't let it slow him down once he gets out of the trap.
* MadeOfIron: Jack takes a fall down a waterfall, then [[BearTrap gets his leg stuck in an animal trap for at least twelve hours]], but he doesn't let it slow him down once he gets out of the trap.
* NonNudeBathing: Pamela strips down to [[LingerieScene her panties and a tank top]] to soak in the river after several days of hiking and no bathing.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: Pamela throws up after seeing Quentin's injured arm, and the camera doesn’t cut away.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: Pamela throws up after seeing Quentin's injured arm, and the camera doesn’t cut away.away.
* VisionQuest: Quentin says his tribe likes to see white wolves for spiritual enlightenment, and his father sent him into a meadow for this reason when he was young. He waited a long time, nothing happened, and he was about to go home and make up a story when a wolf finally did materialize out of thin air right before his eyes.
* VisionQuest: Quentin says his tribe likes to see white wolves for spiritual enlightenment, and his father sent him into a meadow for this reason when he was young. He waited a long time, nothing happened, and he was about to go home and make up a story when a wolf finally did materialize out of thin air right before his eyes.
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* BadassNative: The Native American pilot takes the lead in helping his passengers get through the mountains after the plane crash for as long as he remains alive. Crosses over with MagicalNativeAmerican when [[spoiler:he appears to Pamela in a vision after his death.]]
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* BadassNative: The Native American pilot takes the lead in helping his passengers get through the mountains after the plane crash for as long as he remains alive. Crosses over with MagicalNativeAmerican when [[spoiler:he appears he relies on old tribal rituals and legends at times [[spoiler:appears to Pamela in a vision after his death.]]
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* IWIllOnlySlowYouDown: After being bitten by a snake, Pamela unsuccessfully tries to convince Jack that staying to nurse her will needlessly endanger him.
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* IWIllOnlySlowYouDown: IWillOnlySlowYouDown: After being bitten by a snake, Pamela unsuccessfully tries to convince Jack that staying to nurse her will needlessly endanger him.
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* BlindAlley: The movie opens with Jack skateboarding recklessly and stealing a CD from a vendor, then being chased down an alley by bicycle cops who have reinforcements on the other side.
* MyBelovedSmother: Pamela’s mother spends a while fretting over whether she has proper clothes for the boot camp, trying to make sure she won’t get motion sickness during the ride, and asking if the plane has a first aid kit while hugging her slightly embarrassed daughter. Given how the plane ends up crashing, she turns out to be ProperlyParanoid.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:Quentin dying some time after the plane crash and then appearing in visions is made very clear in the trailer.]]
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:Quentin dying some time after the plane crash and then appearing in visions is made very clear in the trailer.]]]]
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Pamela throws up after seeing Quentin's injured arm, and the camera doesn’t cut away.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Pamela throws up after seeing Quentin's injured arm, and the camera doesn’t cut away.
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* MonochromeCasting: The first and second films have all white casts while the third and fourth each have a TokenMinority character: a Filipino teenager and a BadassNative pilot, respectively.
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* MonochromeCasting: The first and second films have all white casts while the third and fourth each have a TokenMinority character: a Filipino teenager and a BadassNative pilot, pilot (plus an African-American cop and some bystanders briefly sen in the L.A. opening scene), respectively.
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* WhiteWolvesAreSpecial: The whole film series is named after them, so yeah. White wolves are treated as magical and benevolent creatures that appear at the right times to help lost people get out of the wilderness, drag them out of rivers, and other such things.
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* TheNthDoctor: Brian from the first movie (although he gets a SuddenNameChange) and Ben from the second are each played by different, older actors in the sequel.
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* AsianAirhead: The Filipino Steve has some wariness and respect for the wilderness, but also gets some LiteralMinded and SkewedPriorities moments. When Beri makes a crack about breaking out a guitar to sing campfire songs, he thinks she means they have a real guitar. More dramatically, he fails to bury food scraps far from the camp, which attracts a bear.
* DeathByMaterialism: PlayedForDrama when Jeff nearly drowns in the rapids while trying to save his brother's prized paragliding equipment. This is portrayed as a sign of how much of an ExtremeDoormat he is, as Mason ordered him to look after the stuff. Mason himself apologizes to Jeff about this later on.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Steve and Crystal get pretty attached to the wolf cubs.
* HairTriggerTemper: Beri is prone to yelling at people when she's frustrated, and not in a nice way.
* DeathByMaterialism: PlayedForDrama when Jeff nearly drowns in the rapids while trying to save his brother's prized paragliding equipment. This is portrayed as a sign of how much of an ExtremeDoormat he is, as Mason ordered him to look after the stuff. Mason himself apologizes to Jeff about this later on.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Steve and Crystal get pretty attached to the wolf cubs.
* HairTriggerTemper: Beri is prone to yelling at people when she's frustrated, and not in a nice way.
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* IMissMom: Beri is in a deep depression about the death of her mother.
* SiblingYinYang: Mason is a cocky paraglider, while his brother Jeff is a nervous ExtremeDoormat.
* SportsDad: Crystal's parents wanted her to be an Olympic swimmer and tossed her into a pool to try to make her learn to swim while she was still a baby. Her dad is apparently fond of re-telling the story.
* StickyFingers: Crystal is doing community service because she was accused of theft, and it's implied she's guilty, as she is seen shoplifting, and steals Mason's altimeter on a whim.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Beri is a grim girl who usually wears a baseball cap, plaid shirt and denim jacket. Crystal is more sunny, wears several pink and purple (and sometimes midriff-baring) tops, brings a bikini to the woods, brings more luggage than the others, and puts some effort into her hair care. However, Crystal toughens up some, and Beri isn't a complete tomboy.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Steve has a scene where he's shirtless, with some close-ups of his muscular chest, as his shirt dries after a near-drowning experience.
* SiblingYinYang: Mason is a cocky paraglider, while his brother Jeff is a nervous ExtremeDoormat.
* SportsDad: Crystal's parents wanted her to be an Olympic swimmer and tossed her into a pool to try to make her learn to swim while she was still a baby. Her dad is apparently fond of re-telling the story.
* StickyFingers: Crystal is doing community service because she was accused of theft, and it's implied she's guilty, as she is seen shoplifting, and steals Mason's altimeter on a whim.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Beri is a grim girl who usually wears a baseball cap, plaid shirt and denim jacket. Crystal is more sunny, wears several pink and purple (and sometimes midriff-baring) tops, brings a bikini to the woods, brings more luggage than the others, and puts some effort into her hair care. However, Crystal toughens up some, and Beri isn't a complete tomboy.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Steve has a scene where he's shirtless, with some close-ups of his muscular chest, as his shirt dries after a near-drowning experience.
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* MonochromeCasting: The first and second films have all white casts while the third and fourth each have a TokenMinority character: a Filipino teenager and a BadassNative pilot, respectively.
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Creator/MattMcCoy, Creator/NedBeatty, Creator/ElizabethBerkley, Creator/CorinNemec, and Creator/JustinWhalin are among the cast members of the series.
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Creator/MattMcCoy, Creator/NedBeatty, Creator/ElizabethBerkley, ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' stars Creator/MarkPaulGosselaar and Creator/ElizabethBerkley (although not in the same film), Creator/CorinNemec, and Creator/JustinWhalin are among the cast members of the series.
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!!Tropes in A Cry in the Wild
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''White Wolves'' is a KidsWildernessEpic series of four loosely connected stories, with each film following teenagers stuck in the wilderness and braving danger while learning about themselves. The first film, ''A Cry in the Wild'', is an adaptation of ''Hatchet'', the first ''Literature/BriansSaga'' book, while each of the three sequels follows different groups of lost (literally and sometimes emotionally) kids in similar situations who find themselves being helped by an otherworldly wolf that helps save Brian's life in ''Cry of the Wild.''
Creator/MattMcCoy, Creator/NedBeatty, Creator/ElizabethBerkley, Creator/CorinNemec, and Creator/JustinWhalin are among the cast members of the series.
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!!!Tropes in multiple films
* BearsAreBadNews: Adult bears tend to be fearsome and threatening toward the main cast.
* DisposablePilot: [[spoiler:In both films where the kids end up trapped in the wilderness due to plane crashes, the pilot dies (although the one in the fourth film lasts a while after the crash before succumbing to his wounds). No other characters die in any of the movies.]]
* FireForgedFriends: All of the films except the first one (where Brian is alone) feature kids, some of whom have some issues with each other, developing strong bonds while struggling to survive in the wilderness.
* KidsWildernessEpic: Each film features teenagers struggling to protect themselves and (in every film but the first) others while learning more about independence, the dangers of nature, and the nobility of certain animals.
* NobleWolf: The white wolf (or perhaps multiple wolves) is a spiritual and non-malicious character who serves as a HopeBringer to people in danger and sometimes provides material aid.
* NumberedSequels: The sequels are numbered rather oddly due to the ''White Wolves'' title having more brand familiarity than ''A Cry in the Wild'', leading to two different movies being numbered ''II'' and the fourth movie being numbered ''III.'''
* SceneryPorn: All four films have breathtaking scenery of isolated mountains and rivers.
!!Tropes in A Cry in the Wild
* CanonForeigner: Despite becoming the lynchpin that connects the subsequent films together (and having its name being in the titles of the subsequent films), the white wolf does not appear in the novel ''Hatchet''. This is especially notable since otherwise, the plot follows ''Hatchet'' almost exactly.
!!!Tropes in A Cry in the Wild II: White Wolves
* AbusiveParents: Ben says that his father once tried to kill him over a bet.
* BigSisterInstinct: She's implied to be the younger sister, but Cara (who has spent most of the movie being an occasionally whiny CityMouse) grabs a branch and charges to fight off a bear that is threatening her trapped sister even before their male companions can do anything. She's knocked unconscious for her trouble, but does succeed in driving the bear off and recovers.
* MoreExpendableThanYou: Adam insists on making a dangerous climb down a cliff to look for Mr. Brennan when Scott volunteers first. This is partially because Adam [[TheAtoner wants to make up for accidentally knocking Mr. Brennan off the cliff]] and partially because Scott is the only teenager with experience in navigating the wilderness and the others will be in trouble if they lose him and Mr. Brennan.
!!!Tropes in White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild
* IChooseToStay: At the end of the movie, several of the kids decide to stay in the wilderness longer and finish their mentor's work now that the injured people have gotten medical condition.
!!!Tropes in White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf
* BadassNative: The Native American pilot takes the lead in helping his passengers get through the mountains after the plane crash for as long as he remains alive. Crosses over with MagicalNativeAmerican when [[spoiler:he appears to Pamela in a vision after his death.]]
* IWIllOnlySlowYouDown: After being bitten by a snake, Pamela unsuccessfully tries to convince Jack that staying to nurse her will needlessly endanger him.
* SexySoakedShirt: Pamela (played by ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' alumni Mercedes [=McNab=]) has a scene where her shirt is briefly shown clinging to her body as she swims in the river.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:Quentin dying some time after the plane crash and then appearing in visions is made very clear in the trailer.]]
Creator/MattMcCoy, Creator/NedBeatty, Creator/ElizabethBerkley, Creator/CorinNemec, and Creator/JustinWhalin are among the cast members of the series.
!!Tropes
!!!Tropes in multiple films
* BearsAreBadNews: Adult bears tend to be fearsome and threatening toward the main cast.
* DisposablePilot: [[spoiler:In both films where the kids end up trapped in the wilderness due to plane crashes, the pilot dies (although the one in the fourth film lasts a while after the crash before succumbing to his wounds). No other characters die in any of the movies.]]
* FireForgedFriends: All of the films except the first one (where Brian is alone) feature kids, some of whom have some issues with each other, developing strong bonds while struggling to survive in the wilderness.
* KidsWildernessEpic: Each film features teenagers struggling to protect themselves and (in every film but the first) others while learning more about independence, the dangers of nature, and the nobility of certain animals.
* NobleWolf: The white wolf (or perhaps multiple wolves) is a spiritual and non-malicious character who serves as a HopeBringer to people in danger and sometimes provides material aid.
* NumberedSequels: The sequels are numbered rather oddly due to the ''White Wolves'' title having more brand familiarity than ''A Cry in the Wild'', leading to two different movies being numbered ''II'' and the fourth movie being numbered ''III.'''
* SceneryPorn: All four films have breathtaking scenery of isolated mountains and rivers.
!!Tropes in A Cry in the Wild
* CanonForeigner: Despite becoming the lynchpin that connects the subsequent films together (and having its name being in the titles of the subsequent films), the white wolf does not appear in the novel ''Hatchet''. This is especially notable since otherwise, the plot follows ''Hatchet'' almost exactly.
!!!Tropes in A Cry in the Wild II: White Wolves
* AbusiveParents: Ben says that his father once tried to kill him over a bet.
* BigSisterInstinct: She's implied to be the younger sister, but Cara (who has spent most of the movie being an occasionally whiny CityMouse) grabs a branch and charges to fight off a bear that is threatening her trapped sister even before their male companions can do anything. She's knocked unconscious for her trouble, but does succeed in driving the bear off and recovers.
* MoreExpendableThanYou: Adam insists on making a dangerous climb down a cliff to look for Mr. Brennan when Scott volunteers first. This is partially because Adam [[TheAtoner wants to make up for accidentally knocking Mr. Brennan off the cliff]] and partially because Scott is the only teenager with experience in navigating the wilderness and the others will be in trouble if they lose him and Mr. Brennan.
!!!Tropes in White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild
* IChooseToStay: At the end of the movie, several of the kids decide to stay in the wilderness longer and finish their mentor's work now that the injured people have gotten medical condition.
!!!Tropes in White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf
* BadassNative: The Native American pilot takes the lead in helping his passengers get through the mountains after the plane crash for as long as he remains alive. Crosses over with MagicalNativeAmerican when [[spoiler:he appears to Pamela in a vision after his death.]]
* IWIllOnlySlowYouDown: After being bitten by a snake, Pamela unsuccessfully tries to convince Jack that staying to nurse her will needlessly endanger him.
* SexySoakedShirt: Pamela (played by ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' alumni Mercedes [=McNab=]) has a scene where her shirt is briefly shown clinging to her body as she swims in the river.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:Quentin dying some time after the plane crash and then appearing in visions is made very clear in the trailer.]]
