History Trivia / WarriorCats

* IKnewIt:
** ''Long Shadows'': [[spoiler: Ashfur was the traitor working with Hawkfrost.]]
** ''Sunrise'': [[spoiler:Leafpool and Crowfeather are the parents of Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and Jayfeather.]]
** ''Night Whispers'': [[spoiler:Flametail dies.]]
** ''The Forgotten Warrior'': [[spoiler:The Voice in the Tunnel is a very-much alive Hollyleaf.]]
** ''Lost Stars'': [[spoiler: The voice talking to Shadowpaw is a villain and possesses Bramblestar.]]
** ''Darkness Within'': The impostor is [[spoiler:Ashfur]].

* ApprovalOfGod: The authors enjoy the animations that fans have made -- most notably, they've linked to WebAnimation/SSSWarriorCats and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S60zKT-M54o [=AlliKatNya=]'s "Gravity of Love" AMV]].

* ContentLeak: As [=HarperCollins=] doesn't set strict embargo dates on the books, some stores sell them before the release date, and spoiler threads prior to release used to be a regular thing on official and fan forums. According to one of the official forum's mods, it was legal and they'd allow such posts; it was just that if [=HarperCollins=] figured out which stores did it regularly, they might delay shipments to that store until after the release date.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: [[http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/goodcomicsforkids/2012/03/06/warriors-manga-live-on-for-now/ This article]] about the graphic novels includes a picture of what they call the "first and second volumes of the ''[=SkyClan and the Stranger=]'' trilogy". They ''do'' have the ''second'' volume of that particular trilogy, but what do they have as the "first" one? ''Warrior's Refuge'', the second volume in the Graystripe's Adventure trilogy, which came out four years and nine volumes earlier. You'd think that the "2" on the front of each would have tipped them off that it wasn't the first volume...
* DevelopmentHell: The online game. Announced in February 2010, they picked beta testers in March 2010, saying that the game would be out at the end of 2010. The beta testers never got another message after the one saying they were picked to be one, nor did the gamemakers made any posts on the official forum to keep fans updated on the game's progress like they promised to. There have been one or two surveys about what fans would like in a game since then, but they have never made any official statements saying whether or not it's cancelled.

** As mentioned above, the insistence on releasing the Graystripe manga on the same day as ''The Sight'' resulted in the story - and all manga following it (aside from the shorter-than-usual ''Rise of Scourge'') - getting split into three parts.

** At the end of the fourth series, Vicky actually intended to end things with ''The Last Hope'', a definitive GrandFinale, but Harper Collins requested a fifth series. Vicky decided to make said fifth series a prequel, ''Dawn of the Clans'', feeling the ending of ''The Last Hope'' was conclusive enough. However, due to massive fan demand, Vicky decided to write one last Super Edition taking place after ''The Last Hope'', telling the story of the new leader: ''Bramblestar's Storm''.
** Soon after that was released, it was announced that there would be a sixth arc, featuring the son and daughter of Bramblestar and Squirrelflight.
** After that, is was announced that there would be a seventh arc, and the series is still ongoing.

** ''Twilight'' [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga by Stephenie Meyer]]

** ''Eclipse'' [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga by Stephenie Meyer]]

** ''Twilight'' [[Literature/{{Twilight}} by Stephenie Meyer]]

** ''Eclipse'' [[Literature/{{Twilight}} by Stephenie Meyer]]

* FranchiseZombie: The series was originally only going to be one book, Into the Wild, but was turned into a six-book series when they determined it'd be too long. These books did so well that the publisher requested a sequel trilogy, which was later expanded into a full six-book arc with intentional loose ends since they already knew they were going to be doing a third arc at that point. Then they were going to end it after the fourth arc, which wrapped everything up fairly neatly, but fan demand resulted in the publisher having them continue - not only a Super Edition epilogue to that arc, not only a prequel arc, but actually continuing the main series afterward, even after the main editor who'd been writing the storylines retired from the series (she'd first stepped back due to health, and then because she'd ("written all the Warriors stories she had in her"). As of 2023 there were over 100 works in the series, between main books, Super Editions, Field Guides, graphic novels, novellas, and short stories.

* FranchiseZombie: The series was originally only going to be one book, Into the Wild. It became a trilogy, which later turned into a six-book series. These books did so well that the publisher requested a sequel trilogy, which was later expanded into a full six-book arc. Followed by, let's see, four additional arcs (with yet another arc confirmed by WordOfGod), ten super editions, five guidebooks, thirteen mangas, and twelve novellas. And counting.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://warriors.wikia.com/wiki/Warriors_Wiki The Warriors Wiki]].

* NamesTheSame: The name Silverstream could either refer to Graystripe's first mate or [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic a pink hippogriff who's a member of "The Young Six"]].

** The final book in the third series had its name changed from ''Cruel Season'' to ''Sunrise'' because [=HarperCollins=] felt the original title was too sad and not appropriate for the younger readers. Not only does this cause a lot of confusion with the final book of the ''second'' series (''Sunset''), but changing the title still doesn't change the fact that the book ''is'' sad. Not to mention how earlier books have dark names like ''A Dangerous Path'', ''The Darkest Hour'', and ''Long Shadows.'' To make things even more mindboggling, the authors were allowed to use the phrase "cruel season" in the blurb of the very next book.

* ContentLeak: As [=HarperCollins=] doesn't set strict embargo dates on the books, some stores sell them before the release date, and spoiler threads prior to release used to be a regular thing on official and fan forums. According to one of the official forum's mods, it was legal and they'd allow such posts; it was just that if [=HarperCollins=] figured out which stores did it regularly they might delay shipments to that store until after the release date.

* FlagshipFranchise: ''Warriors'' is the Creator/ErinHunter [[HousePseudonym team]]'s first (and most successful) series. Some of them worked on ''Literature/SeekerBears'' on the side for a while, and they brought on completely new authors for ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'' and ''Literature/{{Bravelands}}'', but ''Warriors'' gets the main focus - to the point that "warriorcats.com" is the official website for ''all'' the aforementioned series - and has the most content released annually.

* FanNickname:
** Kit Machine (Ferncloud), Teapot ([The] ''Power of Three''; [=tPoT=]), Oats (''Omen of the Stars''; [=OotS=]).
** After ''Tigerheart's Shadow'', Tigerheart has received the nicknames Tigerheartstar, Tigertsar, Tigerjesus, Tigerstar 2: Electric Boogaloo, Tigerstar Jr., and Tigerstar II because of his over the top resurrection, and to differentiate him from his more famous grandfather, who was also named Tigerstar.
*** Due to this, the original Tigerstar is sometimes referred to as Tigerstar Sr. or Tigerstar I.
** Fans who hate Appledusk for [[BastardBoyfriend his treatment of Mapleshade]] have given him a number of unflattering nicknames, including "Appledick", "Appledouche", and "Applefuck".
** Assfur for Ashfur after his actions in Long Shadows.
** Bramblefake, Fakestar, Impostorstar, and Impostor-Bramblestar for Bramblestar's impostor. [[spoiler:Brashstar for those who ([[IKnewIt correctly]]) guessed he was Ashfur.]]
** Squilf for Squirrelflight.
** Jaybae for Jayfeather, usually from his large amount of fangirls.

-->When I first got the character outlines, Millie was just described as a tabby. Due to the tight schedule, I had to illustrate the first book's cover before I had even received the script. There are 2 color versions of The Lost Warrior cover- one in daylight and one that is later at night. The editors decided to go with the darker cover so it's hard to see what color Millie is. However it was already established in my mind that she was a rosy brown tabby. I didn't find out that she was described as silver until 8 months later when she first appeared in the novels. At that point, I had already drawn and colored the cover of Warriors Refuge where she is obviously a a brown tabby. I asked my editor at Tokyopop if I should change her color but we decided that it would look dull to have two gray cats side by side. So, maybe Millie is a rose tinted silver tabby? Besides, it is a comic and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair/fur is often outrageously colored in manga]]!

* BeamMeUpScotty:
** [=PMVs=] and fan art depicting [[SignatureScene the fire scene]], wherein Ashfur tries to [[ForcedToWatch burn Squirrelflight's children alive and force her to watch]], often show her crying and desperately pleading with him to stop. In the book, she was actually ''[[TranquilFury seething with fury]]'' and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling him out on his]] [[{{Yandere}} behavior and actions]].
** It's also not uncommon for fanworks to depict [[spoiler:Hollyeaf [[AxCrazy laughing and grinning like a maniac when she murdered Ashfur]].]] She actually describes the act as very clinical and cold, like hunting prey.

** The story behind the [=StarClan=] cats Brightspirit and her parents, Shiningheart and Braveheart, who appeared in ''Long Shadows'': In 2008, ten-year-old Warriors fan Emmy Cherry, and her parents Jimmy and Dana, died when a tornado swept through their town and destroyed their house. They were frequent customers of the local bookstore and had become friends with the owners, who decided to try to get an autographed copy of the Warriors books to donate to Emmy's school. They learned, however, that Erin Hunter was actually a pseudonym. The publicist that they had contacted relayed the story to the three Erins, and Vicky shared the story with the site Wands and Worlds, which had held live chats with the Erin Hunter authors in the past, so that the Warriors community could show support for Emmy's friends and family. The members decided to honor the young girl and her parents by giving them warrior names. Vicky was touched, and decided to write them into the next book that they were working on, ''Long Shadows''. The Erins did sign a book - the first time that all (at the time) three signed one - and donated the entire series to Emmy's school library. Emmy's grandmothers set up a charity fund, the Brightspirit Relief Fund, to support things that Emmy would have wanted it to: animal organizations, literacy organizations, and storm relief. To raise money for the fund, an online auction was held (many authors, such as Rick Riordan, donated signed copies of books, and there was a lot of rare Warriors merchandise such the original manga illustrations sold there). In September 2008, when ''Eclipse'' was released, Vicky ended her tour by stopping in Emmy's hometown, which held a day-long Warriors convention called Warriors Day, the proceeds of which also went to the relief fund. For the event, Vicky also wrote a short play that featured the characters, which was performed by the high school drama students. The play's script can be found [[http://assetlibrary.supadu.com/images/ckfinder/473/pdfs/plays/Brightspirit.pdf here]].

** This series is occasionally called ''Warriors''. It's not to be confused with [[Film/TheWarriors a book from 1965 or its film adaptation from 1979]].

* BeamMeUpScotty: [=PMVs=] and fan art depicting [[SignatureScene the fire scene]], wherein Ashfur tries to [[ForcedToWatch burn Squirrelflight's children alive and force her to watch]], often show her crying and desperately pleading with him to stop. In the book, she was actually ''[[TranquilFury seething with fury]]'' and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling him out on his]] [[{{Yandere}} behavior and actions]].