History Literature / Redwall

** The Sword of Martin the Warrior (which was named Ratdeath at the end of ''Redwall'', but Jacques apparently either forgot or decided that wasn't a very good name). It was forged from ThunderboltIron by [[UltimateBlacksmith Boar the badger lord]]!

* AssholeVictm:

** Special mention goes to Slagar, who kills Vitch for seemingly no reason at all other than to just be the biggest

dick in all of Mossflower.

** Veil killing Brool and Renn. Considering they were both bandits who probably spent most of their lives robbing food from woodlanders before killing them, Veil did Mossflower a favor getting rid of them.* AuthorAvatar: WordOfGod is that Jacques based Gonff the Mousethief on his younger self.

* AssholeVictim: Nimbalo's father, that unnamed watervole from ''Eulalia!'', [[spoiler:Fenno]], and [[spoiler:Tugga Bruster]] are the only non-vermin characters whose deaths will make you jump with joy.
* AuthorAvatar: WordOfGod is that Jacques based Gonff the Mousethief on his younger self.

** Special mention goes to Slagar, who kills Vitch for seemingly no reason at all other than to just be the biggest dick in all of Mossflower.
* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** It's really hard to hate Magger after he kills that {{Jerkass}} watervole in ''Eulalia!'' [[spoiler:Even though he wound up stealing Martin's sword afterwards.]]
** When the Juskazann clan raids Nimbalo's old home, Dagrab slays Nimbalo's father, presumably because [[ForTheEvulz she felt like it]]. Considering how [[AbusiveParent hateful and abusive he was]], no one ''except'' Nimbalo missed him.
** Baliss devouring [[spoiler:Jeg]] in ''Doomwyte'', mostly because he just wanted food. That's one less [[BrattyHalfPint annoying]] OverlordJr Mossflower needs to worry about.
** Veil killing Brool and Renn. Considering they were both bandits who probably spent most of their lives robbing food from woodlanders before killing them, Veil did Mossflower a favor getting rid of them.

** Bane from ''Mossflower'' is an earlier example of this trope. He seemed content to share plunder with his troops, and they all seemed to respect him, while having nothing but contempt for Tsarmina, who ''did'' treat her troops like crap. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, none of this helped his character survive the book.]]

** [[spoiler: Captain Plugg Firetail]], the only interesting villain from ''Triss'' who wasn't a [[DirtyCoward complete coward]] and [[AFatherToHisMen didn't treat his crew like crap]]. All of them were openly upset about his death and even cried over it.
** [[spoiler: Globby]]. He was just an adolescent PunchClockVillain who broke into Redwall simply because he wanted to taste the delicious food. And right before he dies, he uses his last breath [[spoiler:[[DeathEqualsRedemption to tell Abbess Marjoram who kidnapped the two lost Dibbuns and where they're at.]]]]

** Blaggut is about the only vermin (in his case a searat) who is part of a villainous group yet isn't portrayed as a villain from the very get-go. He seems to be a good sort who just goes along with his evil captain out of fear, and deeply prefers life with the abbey-dwellers. [[spoiler: It eventually leads him to kill his captain when the latter steals from them, kills one of them (by accident), and finally [[TheDogBitesBack pushes him too far]].]]

* AnnoyingArrows: Both averted and played straight; Mooks will fall to arrows easily, but major characters can pull them out with their teeth and keep [[PlotArmour fighting so long as the plot requires it]]. Averted with the deaths of [[spoiler: Warbeak and Skarlath]], though the latter was killed with a poisoned arrow.

** Subverted in ''The Taggerung'': [[spoiler: when Deyna takes an arrow to the chest from Vallug Bowbeast, he keeps running, kills Vallug, then chases after and kills Eefera. However, Deyna is in excellent physical condition and was likely running on adrenaline the whole time. After he kills Eefera, Deyna suffers a PostVictoryCollapse, and it's stated that the arrow in his chest will almost cripple him and is too deep to be removed except by the very skilled "otterfixer" Rukky Garge.]]

** You would ''think Mattimeo'' would end between a big showdown with Slagar and Matthias--or even Mattimeo himself. Instead, [[spoiler: Slagar runs and falls down a hole. And dies.]]
** {{ZigZagg|ingTrope}}ed in ''Mariel of Redwall''. At first it looks like Rawnblade and Gabool are about to get into a massive swordfight...but then Rawnblade disarms Gabool with little effort. Then, after a small chase, [[spoiler: Gabool challenges Rawnblade to a fight using nothing but their paws, only for Rawnblade to fall into Skrabblag's chamber.]] Just when you think the fight will end with Mariel and her friends taking on Gabool themselves, [[spoiler: Rawnblade grabs the scorpion and throws it out the hole onto Gabool, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard where it promptly stings him in the head and kills him.]] And then Dandin chops the scorpion in half with ease.]]

** The deaths of [[spoiler: Rose, Skarlath, Rockjaw Grang and [[MentorOccupationalHazard Methuselah]]]] prove that point.

** ''Lord Brocktree'' features Ungatt Trunn and King Bucko Bigbones, though the latter [[spoiler: joins the side of good and lends his aid in stopping the former.]]
** This is PlayedWith in ''Taggerung,'' to an extreme that no other book can rival. [[spoiler: Initially, the narrative leads one to believe Sawney Rath is the main villain up until he is killed off right at the beginning of Book 2. Then, Gruven Zann and his mother, Antigra, try leading the Juskarath clan to both stopping Tagg and making the Juskarath reign supreme throughout Mossflower. Gruven's group eventually is a three-way BigBadDuumvirate between himself, Vallug Bowbeast, and Eefera (though the latter were given secret instructions to kill Gruven should he chicken out). Antigra eventually gets murdered by the Juskabor tribe's leader, Ruggan Bor, though he is another decoy antagonist for Book 3.]]
** In ''Triss,'' King Agarnu sends his daughter, Princess Kurda, alongside her brother, Prince Bladd, and a pirate by the name of Plugg Firetail. This forms a BigBadDuumvirate that [[spoiler: slowly begins to fall apart the moment they reach Mossflower.]] On top of that, there are also Zassaliss, Harsscacss, and Sesstra, [[spoiler: three children of the fallen adder Berussca]] who are also in the running for the title of the book's main antagonist.
** ''Loamhedge'' features Raga Bol and Kharanjul the Wearet as final bosses in their own right. Kharanjul is the enemy faced at the end of the journey to Loamhedge, while Raga Bol [[spoiler: proves a far less effective villain than one is inclined to believe, not getting any closer to harassing Mossflower Country than Badredd's gang. However, Raga Bol is the main enemy of Lonna Bowstripe.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: Lots. The biggest one that doesn't come off as an AssPull occurs in ''Eulalia!'', when [[spoiler: Orkwil abruptly disappears, then reappears a few chapters later with ''hundreds'' of Redwall soldiers at his side so they can rescue Gorath, Rangval, Maudie, Salixa, and the Guosim]].

** Season 1 has [[spoiler: Cluny, shortly before he's crushed by the Joseph Bell]].
** Season 2 has [[spoiler: Log-a-Log, right before he [[TakingTheBullet Takes The Spear]] for Matthias]].

** Part 3 of ''Loamhedge'' is just as bad. It gives us two broken aesops. The first is that being a HandicappedBadass is useless since you can earn the gift of walking by [[spoiler: growing a pair of balls and overcoming your "lack of willpower"]]. The second is that you shouldn't give a damn about two characters who venture across the country and try to cure you of your paralysis, [[spoiler: even if their quest turns out to be ''pointless'' due to the first broken aesop and they end up sacrificing themselves ''for reasons that could've easily been prevented'']].

** [[spoiler: The iron star Tiria extracted from Pandion. She carries it for the whole book before returning it to sender.]]

* CrapsackWorld: Only and arguably in the later books. Eventually, the world consists of Redwall, Salamandastron...and in between, a wretched hive of AlwaysChaoticEvil vermin ready to kill or enslave anybeast who steps outside. However, there are many villages scattered about that give sanctuary, such as Noonvale, Camp Tussock, King Araltum's settlement, or [[spoiler: pre-plague]] Loamhedge, then there is the Southsward Kingdom. There are probably dozens more deep within Mossflower that exist but never mentioned.

** ''Outcast of Redwall'' has a more mature and tragic tone than what came before it. The BigBad, Swartt Sixclaw, is a disturbingly realistic sociopath whose only motive is to kill the book's hero for {{revenge}}, because the latter wounded him escaping enslavement. Much of the focus is on how Sunflash and Veil both had their lives ruined by Swartt's actions. Sunflash's need for revenge makes it impossible for him to have a normal life, and in the end [[spoiler: he loses his best friend Skarlath]]. Veil's story is equally tragic, as he's abandoned by his father and DrivenToVillainy by the prejudices of the Abbeydwellers, and Bryony's mission to bring him back ends with Veil [[spoiler: dying in her arms after taking a hit for her]].

** Bragoon and Saro from ''Loamhedge''. They spend the entire novel looking for something to help Martha walk again, only to find [[spoiler: nothing but bones. And on their journey back to Redwall, both of them sacrifice their lives, unaware that Martha ''had already learned to walk on her own''.]]

** [[spoiler: Blaggut]] from ''The Bellmaker'' ultimately decides to become a boat-builder after everything he went through at the Abbey.

** Vizka Longtooth kills [[spoiler:Glurma]] for refusing to get in a muddy ditch and possibly drawing the pursuing heroes attention. However he follows it up by killing [[spoiler: Jungo]] for no reason at all, just because he laughed when Vizka was feeling angry. This is specifically stated to be the last straw for his crew, who finally abandon him.

** [[spoiler: Lantur]] in ''Marlfox''. Immediately after [[spoiler: she becomes the new ruler of Castle Marl]], Mokkan conveniently shows up, approaches her, and slyly [[spoiler: pushes her into the lake, where a bunch of pikes eat her.]]

* DrunkWithPower: Mokkan [[spoiler: after he becomes the High King of Castle Marl and all the other Marlfoxes die]]. It got so creepy that it looked like he was having a borderline VillainousBreakdown...

** What usually happens to the victims of large snakes or large fish. [[spoiler: Lantur]] and [[spoiler: Mokkan]] from ''Marlfox'' stand out the most.

** In ''Loamhedge'', [[spoiler: Lonna uses ''Raga Bol's carcass'' as a flail]].

** And in that same battle, when they were in the Belltower, and Matthias had run up the stairs, Cluny found Friar Hugo, who had been ringing the Joseph Bell earlier, and took him hostage. Matthias swore on his honor as a warrior that he'd come down if Cluny let Friar Hugo go. [[spoiler: He never said he wouldn't do something like [[DeathByLookingUp cut the rope holding the Joseph Bell, making it fall on Cluny]] before coming down.]]

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** King Agarnu in ''Triss''. Just like Malkariss, [[spoiler: he does virtually nothing but sit on his ass all day. And like Malkariss, [[SuperDrowningSkills his death]] is quite pathetic]].

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler: Killconey, who is chopped in half by Matthias]].

* TheHeroDies: Usually averted. The heroes will most likely die of old age in-between books, and their death will only be briefly mentioned in the chronological sequel. Played [[TearJerker tear-jerkingly]] straight with [[spoiler: Urthstripe the Strong]], and to a lesser extent [[spoiler: Luke the Warrior]].

* HeroicSacrifice: When a major good character dies on-page, nine times out of ten it's by gloriously giving their life for the others. [[spoiler: Major Frunk (dies to kill Slothunog), Shogg (takes an adder bite meant for Triss), Bragoon and Saro (die holding back Kharanjul's horde), Warbeak (charges into vermin archers to draw their attention), and Mask (takes an arrow meant for Gingivere), among others, are all notable examples.]]

** Pakatugg comes off as nothing more than a common {{Jerkass}} in ''Mariel of Redwall''. [[spoiler: Up until he sacrifices his life to ensure the rescue of a bunch of oarslaves he doesn't even know.]]

** Any vermin who [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere successfully desert their army]], such as Sneezewort, Lousewort, [[spoiler: Ashleg, Ripfang, Grand Fragorl]], and more, though in Ashleg's case he deserts the army because among other things Tsarmina made him walk ahead of her troops in the desert sun. However, [[spoiler: Ripfang]] [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty gets what's coming to him]] in ''Mossflower'' (assuming it's the same character).

** Some of the minor villains or [[TheDragon Dragons]] have karmic deaths too. For instance, Brool and Renn are killed by Veil shortly after they tied him up and stole all his food and gear; the Wraith is accidentally knocked off Salamandastron by Porty; [[spoiler: Klitch drinks the water Farran poisoned just when he thinks he's survived the gruesome battle at Salamandastron; Karangool was presumably whipped and killed by Bucko Bigbones, whom he had tortured in the past]].
** [[spoiler: Tugga Bruster is [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbed in the chest by Tala]] as revenge for killing her husband Chigid]]. This is a rather interesting case. Unlike all the names listed above, [[spoiler: Tugga Bruster]] wasn't evil or even a vermin. He was just [[{{Jerkass}} an asshole]] who made even the [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]] look good. Not even the Redwallers or his own son missed him.

** "So, [[spoiler: Tugga Bruster]]'s wicked ways [[LaserGuidedKarma finally caught up with him]]. [[KarmicDeath Got what he deserved, I think.]]"

* LosingYourHead: A lot of villains end this way. [[spoiler: Gulo is a particularly notable example -- he gets decapitated by ''the sharpened edge of a shield'']].

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Exactly how Mokkan killed [[spoiler: his sister Lantur, in order to become king]].

** In ''The Sable Quean'', [[spoiler:Clarinna Kordyne.]] Whether you're some random vermin mook or [[spoiler: Zwilt the Shade]], you do ''not'' threaten a mother hare's kid in front of them. Especially if [[spoiler:you're the guy who killed her husband.]]

** Rose's full title was [[spoiler: ''Late''rose]]. Interestingly, the first book is set in the Summer of the Late Rose.

** ''Martin the Warrior'' also has two cases. First, Badrang conspires with Gurrad to poison Cap'n Clogg, whilst Clogg simultaneously conspires with Oilbeak to have Badrang knifed. So naturally, [[spoiler: Oilbeak accidentally chucks his knife at Gurrad's throat, and then proceeds to steal the tainted drink from Gurrad's body, which he later drinks from]]. Later, Badrang's archers fire arrows at a small group of animals they thought were Fur and Freedom Fighters. They turn out to be Hisk and his four trackers.

** [[spoiler: Thank you, Searats, for killing Raga Bol in a stupid attempt to take out Lonna Bowstripe]]. [[SarcasmMode You guys deserve a medal]].
** [[spoiler: Good job burning down Riggu's fortress, Lady Kaltag]].

** What the heck is a Walking Stone? [[spoiler: A tortoise.]] Justified in that the northlands are unlikely to have many walking around (and it's even mentioned that it came from far south).

** A much more disturbing example would be [[spoiler: [[AndIMustScream Ungatt Trunn]]]].

** In ''Taggerung'', [[spoiler: Deyna gets shot in the chest with an arrow before killing the main villains. He's not found until sometime later with the arrow still inside him. Luckily, Skipper gets him to the "Otterfixer" to get him healed and he makes a full recovery.]]

** Cluny [[spoiler: just before being crushed by the Joseph Bell.]]

* PapaWolf: Matthias is an all around nice person throughout the series, but mess with Cornflower, Mattimeo or Redwall abbey in general and you'll meet the end of his blade. [[spoiler: Just ask Cluny, Asmodeus, and Slagar, to name a few.]]

* PlotArmor: As the series goes on, it gets stronger and stronger, and covers more and more of the heroes. Earlier in the series AnyoneCanDie. Taken to extremes in ''Taggerung''. With the exception of Rillflag and [[spoiler: Cregga Rose Eyes]], the only good guys who die in the novel are nameless [[RedShirt Red Shirts]] or characters who were forgotten shortly after their death.

* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: Martin]] certainly gets one in ''Martin the Warrior''--[[DownerEnding as if the ending wasn't already depressing]]. After everything he goes through, [[spoiler: the only thing Martin earns is his freedom and his sword. By the end of the book, he probably would've preferred death so he could spend the afterlife with his late girlfriend Rose. And his sword? ''It got snapped in half early on in Mossflower''.]]

** Subverted with Blaggut: [[spoiler: his HeelFaceTurn causes him to strangle ''Captain Slipp'' to death.]]

** This is arguably the entire theme of the book ''Martin the Warrior''. The two main character, Martin and Felldoh, are both driven by a desire for revenge on Badrang and in both their cases it costs them everything. Both may have the reason being that they wish to stop an evil slaver and free the slaves but it's made clear, especially in Felldoh's case, that their main motivation is revenge. [[spoiler: Even after all the slaves are freed, Felldoh insists on staying around Marshank to attack Badrang and swears a litteral oath of vengeance when Juniper is killed in a raid; when Felldoh has a duel with Badrang he could have easily just killed the tyrant but chose instead to beat him in retribution for all the years he'd spent as a slave, which gave time for Badrang to call up his reinforcements which ends with Felldoh killed. Martin's desire for revenge and reclaiming his father's sword does lead him to kill Badrang, but it gets many of his allies killed and causes Badrang to kill Rose which emotionally scars Martin so deeply that he leaves all of his friends and his potential life behind, presumably riddled with guilt]].

** ''Redwall'''s set reveals the location of Martin's shield, scabbard, and sword (though the sword was taken at the time), and [[spoiler: Matthias' role as the next warrior. His name scrambled into an anagram "I AM THAT IS"]]

* SenselessSacrifice: {{Averted}} ''and'' {{played straight}} with [[spoiler: Bragoon and Saro]]. Sure, they committed a HeroicSacrifice in order to save Horty, Springald and Fenna, but if you get past a moment of FridgeBrilliance, you'll realize [[spoiler: they wouldn't have had to sacrifice themselves if they just stayed away from Loamhedge, since Martha wound up walking on her own]].

** [[spoiler: Bragoon and Saro's quest to find something at Loamhedge that'll make Martha walk again. But Martha ends up walking anyway without their help so...subverted?]]

** Friar Hugo is killed off early on in ''Mattimeo''. Later on, [[spoiler: Log-a-Log]] also bites the dust. For many fans though, the saddest one in the book is the death of [[spoiler: Warbeak]], an incredibly fleshed-out character with strong development in ''Redwall''.
** [[spoiler: Nutwing]] from ''The Long Patrol'' ended up as a SacrificialLamb in ''Marlfox''.

** [[spoiler: Lady Cregga Rose Eyes]] double subverts this trope. [[spoiler:She survived her first sequel, but then she took an arrow to the chest after coming back for a second]].

* SuperDrowningSkills: [[spoiler: King Agarnu]] died simply because he couldn't swim and because his fat body weighed him down when he was pushed into a lake. Apparently, no one ever told him fat floats.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Lord Stonepaw, Lord Urthstripe, Luke the Warrior]]. [[spoiler: Cregga Roseyes]] subverts this, as she doesn't die. She lasts two more books, and in the second one [[spoiler: almost to the end.]]

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Do '''''NOT''''' fuck with badgers, especially Lonna Bowstripe. [[spoiler: He uses Raga Bol's body as a shield, and he's promptly impaled by a few spears. Afterwards, Lonna uses Raga's carcass as a flail to kill the other Searats. And then he chucks his grotesque body at a tree.]]

** [[spoiler: Ovus]] and [[spoiler: Bluddbeak]], two [[PerilousOldFool very old birds]] -- one of whom is borderline blind -- try to kill a trio of adders. By themselves. Guess who dies?
** [[spoiler: During her VillainousBreakdown, Lady Kaltag makes a fire inside her husband's fortress just to burn Leatho Shellhound out of the room he's hiding in. Although it's only briefly mentioned, her clothing catches on fire, and she ends up burning the whole fortress down (with her presumably still in it).]] Idiot.

** Vizka Longtooth. His decay started shortly after [[spoiler: his brother Codj was killed by Gorath]]. As time passed, he slowly began to lose control over his crew, all his plans to conquer Redwall failed thanks to the Brownrats, and many of the Sea Raiders were getting killed left and right. By the end of ''Eulalia!'', [[spoiler: Vizka's crew is down to only ''four'', and they all desert him after Vizka killed two of his Raiders simply because [[DisproportionateRetribution they annoyed him]]]].

* WeHardlyKnewYe: It isn't uncommon for minor characters to die abruptly, but [[spoiler: Asio Bardwing]] didn't get the chance to even ''start'' his CharacterDevelopment before he died.

** Toran borderline verbally abuses Martha [[spoiler: after she learns how to walk]], all because she was upset that [[spoiler: Bragoon and Saro went to Loamhedge for no reason]].

** Slagar The Cruel. He has several children from Redwall kidnapped to be sold into slavery, at least one of whom was killed when they couldn't keep up, and he abuses them along with his own guards if they fail him. [[spoiler: And one of his last acts before his death is the pointless murder of Vitch]].

* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: So Martin's gathered up thousands of warriors, Marshank is slowly being overrun, Badrang is running away from his fortress in shame, and the Fur and Freedom Fighters have been saved. And after Badrang's gone, Martin and Rose will surely fall in love and live a peaceful life. What could possibly go wrong? ...Cue Badrang abruptly killing Rose.]]

** [[spoiler: Bragoon]] and [[spoiler: Saro]] in ''Loamhedge.''
** [[spoiler: Jukka the Sling]] and [[spoiler: Fleetscut]] in ''Lord Brocktree,'' which is even more impressive, considering they spent most of the book [[VitriolicBestBuds viciously insulting each other]], and nearly [[TeethClenchedTeamwork coming to blows]] more than once.

* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: Averted by the fandom, probably because of heavy crossover with the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom at large, which is mostly made up of males.

A [[PrintLongRunners lengthy series]] of books by Brian Jacques, about a fantasy world in which all kinds of animals are the [[FunnyAnimal equivalents of people]]: they wear clothes, live in buildings, have humanlike societies, et cetera. Yet they also [[AnimalStereotypes retain some of their animal natures]], which usually manifest as specific skills: such as moles being expert workmen, especially at digging, and otters being skilled swimmers and shrimp fishermen.

* NoHuggingNoKissing: The word "love" is rarely used, and even Rose and Martin hardly even hold paws onscreen, but their relationship is still very clear and a firm favourite with a lot of the fans, possibly ''because'' it's subtly handled. This is in contrast to Rick Riordan's mythology books, which features prominent romance despite being for the same reading age. There are also no references to any kind of sexuality: no female characters are shown pregnant.

* NoHuggingNoKissing: The word "love" is rarely used, and even Rose and Martin hardly even hold paws onscreen, but their relationship is still very clear and a firm favourite with a lot of the fans, possibly ''because'' it's subtly handled. It is {{Justified|Trope}} in that the target audience seems to consist mostly of ten-year-old boys. There are also no references to any kind of sexuality: no female characters are shown pregnant.

-> '''[[JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf Statler]]:''' Wow, I never knew mice could be religious while also killing people!\\
'''Waldorf:''' Yeah. Yet only the stupidest of villains would inflitrate a place with a name as stupid as Redwall!\\
'''Both:''' Do-ho-ho-ho-[[OhCrap OH CRA]]-*[[KilledMidSentence slice!]]*\\
'''Matthias:''' That's what you get for insulting the fair name of Redwall Abbey!

** In ''Lord Brocktree'', the BigBad is killed by [[spoiler:the fortune-telling fox he constantly mistreated.]]

* CoDragons: Several {{Big Bad}}s have these, but most notable is Ungatt Trunn's group: [[TragicVillain Groddil]], [[BlackCloak Grand]] [[DarkChick Fragorl]], and [[MookPromotion Ripfang]].

** [[spoiler: The iron star Tiria extracted from Pandion.]]

** Tsarmina's inability to swim.

* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Wildcats get hit hard with this in ''High Rhulain.'' One wildcat villain? Some of the most dangerous foes in the series, being basically the vermin equivalent of badgers. But a whole army of them? They fall just as easy as rats or weasels.

* ContinuitySnarl: Timballisto has two unreconcilable fates given. In ''Outcast of Redwall'' he outlived Martin by a number of years and told stories of his adventures to his grandson Barlom. In ''Legend of Luke'' he appearantly died the winter after the fall of Kotir, flatly contradicting his earlier fate.

* DeadGuyJunior: Mattimeo.

* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler:Rose in ''Martin the Warrior'', whose death is what drove Martin into heading to Mossflower (thus leading up to the events in ''Mossflower'') to begin with]].

** Gruntan Kurdly. Apparently he didn't realize that a swan's nest full of swan eggs might also have a swan in it.

* UniquenessValue: Whatever the species of the book's BigBad, it's a given there'll be very few others of that species (sometimes gaining EliteMook status).

* HaveAGayOldTime: "Quean" does not mean "queen", nor does it, as Mr Jacques claimed in interviews, mean "wicked woman". According to [[http://dictionary.reference.com the online dictionary]], it actually means either "promiscuous woman" or "prostitute". That being said, he's not wrong, [[GeniusBonus as "wicked woman" was once also a term for a prostitute]]. Also, the two meanings of the word "mate" in vermin slang can lead to some unintentional MinionShipping moments.

*** There are two searats named Ripfang, one in ''Mossflower'' and the other in ''Lord Brocktree''. Interestingly, since ''Lord Brocktree'' takes place before ''Mossflower'' within a relatively close time frame, it's entirely possible that [[FridgeBrilliance they are the same rat.]] Jacques stated that that was merely a coincidence, but many fans like to think otherwise.

* ParentalNeglect: Swartt's relationship with Veil. Progresses to ParentalAbandonment when Veil is still a baby.

** Shrews are tough river wanderers.

* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo: Lantur poisons [[spoiler:her mother]] in ''Marlfox''. Swartt Sixclaw pulls off a good one in ''Outcast'' by poisoning the chalice itself instead of the wine. In the latter case, Balefur even Lampshades this outright when Swartt invites him to sit down and have some food: "Yer a canny creature, Swart, ye drink from the bottle an' ah drink from the silver cup, eh? Is that what yer thinkin'?"

* RevengeBeforeReason: This is arguably the entire theme of the book ''Martin the Warrior''. The two main character, Martin and Felldoh, are both driven by a desire for revenge on Badrang and in both their cases it costs them everything. Both may have the reason being that they wish to stop an evil slaver and free the slaves but it's made clear, especially in Felldoh's case, that their main motivation is revenge. [[spoiler: Even after all the slaves are freed, Felldoh insists on staying around Marshank to attack Badrang and swears a litteral oath of vengeance when Juniper is killed in a raid; when Felldoh has a duel with Badrang he could have easily just killed the tyrant but chose instead to beat him in retribution for all the years he'd spent as a slave, which gave time for Badrang to call up his reinforcements which ends with Felldoh killed. Martin's desire for revenge and reclaiming his father's sword does lead him to kill Badrang, but it gets many of his allies killed and causes Badrang to kill Rose which emotionally scars Martin so deeply that he leaves all of his friends and his potential life behind, presumably riddled with guilt]].

* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Most notably, Clogg's announcement that he wishes to cut Badrang's head off and throw it in his face.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The leaders of shrews, moles, and otters are known only by their respective titles: Log-a-Log, Foremole, and Skipper.

** Salamandastron hares use sabres (as befitting their OfficerAndAGentleman image), slings and javelins.

** [[spoiler: Lady Cregga Rose Eyes]] almost subverted this trope. [[spoiler:She survived her first sequel, but then she took an arrow to the chest after coming back for a second]].

%%* WickedWeasel: Weasels are AlwaysChaoticEvil, so...

'''Brogg''': Yes, Milady.

* YourMom: Tarquin insults a seagull by claiming mother was a cuckoo.

# ''{{Literature/Mossflower}}'' (1988)

# ''Mossflower'' (1988)

* WhipItGood: Cluny uses his own tail as a whip in ''Redwall'' and attaches a poisoned barb to the tip so he can use it as a lethal weapon. Not to mention the numerous slavedrivers who wield whips, notably Bullflay, [[MeaningfulName whose name even seems to reflect his weapon of choice]].

* OutDamnedSpot: Veil suffers from this after attempting to poison the Abbot, which leads to his downfall and capture.

# ''Literature/Redwall1986'' (1986)

** Barlom from ''Outcast of Redwall'' states that he is the grandson of Timballisto and wishes Martin had lived long enough to have met him. ''The Legend of Luke'' states that Timballisto died shortly after the events shown in ''Mossflower'', where Timballisto and Martin interacted on more than one occasion. Barlom says that he recalled sitting on his grandfather's knee though, making this impossible.

%%* SurpriseCreepy: Cute fluffy animals! That stab each other messily!

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Cluny the Scourge has repeated nightmares about being pursued by Martin the Warrior, and is always woken up by the Joseph Bell just before Martin is about to kill him. [[spoiler:At the end of the first book, the Joseph Bell crushes Cluny to death.]]

** Eels appear to be monsters in ''Taggerung'', but in ''Mossflower'', a deal is made with a talking eel to free him in exchange for their lives. [[NoCartoonFish The fish are always non-sapient.]]

* AdaptationDistillation: Each season of the cartoon runs at 13 episodes, so some scenes from the three books don't make it. Interestingly enough, some events tend to take place earlier than the book's plot.
* AdaptationInducedPlotHole:
** In the book ''Martin the Warrior'', Martin brings his sword with him when he departs for Mossflower Woods, but in the cartoon he leaves it behind, making it harder to explain how his sword got to Redwall Abbey as Martin in both continuities never told any of his companions where he was headed. Additionally, if the planned season based on ''Mossflower'' came to fruition, major concessions would have to be made in the plot as Martin having the sword was a fairly significant plot point.
** The story behind Slagar’s disfigured face is that he was attacked by Asmodeus and lived. In the original Redwall novel, all the animals were more or less realistically sized (though that would change with the sequels), so a fox getting bitten on the face by an adder and surviving it would seem plausible, but in the animated series, most of the animals are around the same size while Asmodeus is depicted as a gigantic monster, [[https://www.deviantart.com/giuseppedirosso/art/Redwall-Asmodeus-1-807449584 which is emphasized during his run-in with the fox]]. As a result, Slagar’s backstory becomes the equivalent of a human somehow surviving a bite to the face from a T. rex.
* AdaptationOriginConnection:
** In the TV show, Cluny killed Matthias's family.
** Similarly, Luke the Warrior died fighting Badrang in the show. Presumably, there were no plans to adapt ''The Legend of luke'' at any point.

%%* ApologeticAttacker: Abbot Mortimer, in the AnimatedAdaptation.

* EvilLaugh: Cluny the Scourge, in the AnimatedAdaptation.