History WesternAnimation / AlphaAndOmega

* PurpleEyes: Lilly's trademark eye color.

* HeroicAlbino: Daria is distinctively white and has pale blue eyes, hinting she might be this.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology:
** Among other things, [[http://www.4pawsu.com/alphawolf.pdf "alphas" and "omegas" are not considered valid wolf pack terminology anymore]].
** In RealLife an animal loses his/her senses after getting shot with a tranquilizer dart, but Alpha and Omega fall ''asleep'' when they get tranquilized.

For the series of urban fantasy books named ''Alpha and Omega'' by Patricia Briggs, see ''Literature/MercyThompson''.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Among other things, [[http://www.4pawsu.com/alphawolf.pdf "alphas" and "omegas" are not considered valid wolf pack terminology anymore]].

* AmbiguouslyGay: Shakey (The little wolf who wears a flower necklace), or CampStraight depending on how you interpret his interactions

* BearsAreBadNews: Trailers depict Kate and Humphrey being cornered by a group of bears, subverted as they are apparently weak enough to be beaten up by wolves. However, it's a case of NeverTrustATrailer. [[spoiler: It takes a lot of trickery and even more luck, and even then they only get away by the skin of their teeth. And aside from Kate's remark hinting at SuicidalOverConfidence.]]
** Also, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Wolf#Relationships_with_other_predators evidently wolves can sometimes win]] against Bears, "Depending on context". 'Course, given the situation shown in the film: yeah, they'd be in trouble.

** [[JustForPun But they're not Beta. They're an Alpha and an Omega]]

* {{Bishonen}}: Garth. ''[[RuleOfFunny Yes]]'', [[RealMenWearPink Garth]].

* BringMyBrownPants: Humphrey when a store owner points a shotgun at him. Justified since he was suffering from a ''severe'' PottyEmergency minutes earlier.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: [[spoiler:Kate's DisneyDeath]] is shown in duller, browner colors compared to the rest of the film
* {{Disneyfication}}: In RealLife an animal loses his/her senses after getting shot with a tranquilizer dart, but Alpha and Omega fall ''asleep'' when they get tranquilized.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on in the film, Humphrey and Kate hitch a ride with a vacationing couple, a huge biker and his small, librarian wife, which Marcel comments is a case of OppositesAttract. [[spoiler:This foreshadows the love between Kate, the hardworking, serious Alpha, and Humphrey, the playful, fun loving Omega. It also foreshadows the relationship between the shy, ShrinkingViolet Lilly and the big-talking Jock Garth.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: After Humphrey breaks up a feud between the Eastern amd Western wolf clans:
-->'''Humphrey''': Guys, guys, come on. Don't get your fur in a bunch, you wolves are making us look bad. Look, the caribou are laughing at us!
-->[The caribou show their tail ends to the wolves, mooning them]
-->'''Humphrey''': Ugh, now that's a moon I don't wanna howl to.
** Later, when Garth and Lilly are seeing each other:
-->'''Garth''': So, why's this called "Rabbit-Poo Mountain"?
-->'''Lilly''': Because this is where rabbits like to poo.
-->'''Garth''': Ewwww! Gross!
-->'''Lilly''' [giggles]: I was just kidding.

* RuleOfCool:
** Wolves with AnimeHair? Check. Wolves that can do triple flips in the air? Check. Wolves that can howl at the moon as if they are singing? Oh, double check.
*** Actually, since real howling for wolves has meaning, the singing might not be ''completely'' RuleOfCool.
* RunningGag: Birds repeatedly dropping to the ground after Garth's... less than ideal howling attempts. This came to an end when his howl improved. Instead they flew around him.

* ShownTheirWork: Sort of, mixing in with FridgeBrilliance: The flower Kate wears in her hair in the first part of the film is on her right ear, where later on, as she's [[spoiler:about to be married]], it's on her left. Many islander cultures' women wear them in a very similar way; right ear single, left ear taken.

* StandardHeroReward: Never stated explicitly, though it would've been a nice touch, Winston most likely finally agreed to the match because of this. Since Humphrey [[spoiler:saved himself and Tony from the stampede, along with protecting Kate from additional injury [[DisneyDeath while she was unconscious]].]]

* UnusualEuphemism: For wolves, "pup" seems to replace the word "babe". [[FridgeBrilliance Makes sense when you think about it.]]

* WolvesAlwaysHowlAtTheMoon: Double-subverted. Howling is just a wolf version of dating; however, their version involves howling at the moon together. The wolves also howl as a form of communication or greeting.
** Which is actually more realistic than it's normally portrayed.

* NeverSayDie: Averted, considering Eve's death threats. Also, when Kate and Humphrey are captured for relocation, Humphrey is assured they're not dead when the truck carrying their cages hits a bump.

* BadParents: While characters such as Tony and King qualify, Kate And Humphrey can be terrinle parents as well. Most of the time they often leaves their pups alone without supervisor (which helps kictstart the conflict in Howliday Adventures) and they don't discipline their pups. What makes this more jarring is how this is never acknowledged and how the one time they tried to be attentive parents in Legend of Sawtooth Cave, they were portrayed as being oberly protective parents.

* ParentalNeglect: Kate and Humphrey through out the sequels are shown pretty irresponsible as they are constantly unaware of their young pups' activity and often don't correct them in their bad behavior; which is made more jarring since it's never acknowledged.

** Though, ''Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave'' seems to drop his status as this.

* TheAlpha: Features a rare example of an alpha female.

* ToiletHumor: Brent the bear has to pee and everyone sings a song about peeing.

* PluckyComicRelief: In universe, this is the Omega's actual job. Humphrey and his fellow Omegas tend to break up fights and generally keep everyone's spirits up. Kate's father even tells Humphrey when he's a pup that this is his responsibility and holds him in high reguard for being good at it.

** Wolves with AnimeHair? Check. Wolves that can do triple flips in the air? Check. Wolves that can howl at the moon as if they are singing? Oh, [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome double check]].

* {{Parental Negligence}}: Kate and Humphrey through out the sequels are shown pretty irresponsible as they are constantly unaware of their young pups' activity and often don't correct them in their bad behavior; which is made more jarring since it's never acknowledged.

* ParentalNegligence: Kate and Humphrey through out the sequels are shown pretty irresponsible as they are constantly unaware of their young pups' activity and often don't correct them in their bad behavior; which is made more jarring since it's never acknowledged unlike the three aforementioned examples.

* BadParents: Tony, King, and Nars are shown to be somewhat too aggressive (at least in the case for the first film). Meanwhile, Kate and Humphrey themselves through out are pretty irresponsible as they are constantly unaware of their young pups' activity and often don't correct them in their bad behavior; which is made more jarring since it's never acknowledged unlike the three aforementioned examples.

A computer-animated movie released by Creator/LionsGate and produced by Creator/RichardRich and Crest Animation, in Fall 2010.

A direct-to-video sequel (the first of four planned), ''Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure'', was released Oct 8, 2013, and introduces Humphrey and Kate's pups: Stinky and Claudette, the alphas, and Runt, an omega. Despite the subtitle, the film barely involves holiday overtones and focuses more on everyone's attempts at rescuing Runt from King, a SocialDarwinist wolf determined to take the territories for himself. The next, ''The Great Wolf Games'', released March 25, 2014, concerned the cubs' participation in the eponymous sporting event in a RagtagBunchOfMisfits (particularly Claudette who connects with a rival team's leading cub Fleet). On October 7, 2014, ''Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave'' released on DVD. This time Runt decides to help a she-wolf named Daria who was chased out of her pack when she was young.

** Also, according to TheOtherWiki, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Wolf#Relationships_with_other_predators evidently wolves can sometimes win]] against Bears, "Depending on context". 'Course, given the situation shown in the film: yeah, they'd be in trouble.

* GranolaGirl: Reba and Janice, the vegetarian she-wolves

A direct-to-video sequel (the first of four planned), ''Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure'', was released Oct 8, 2013, and introduces Humphrey and Kate's pups: Stinky and Claudette, the alphas, and Runt, an omega. Despite the subtitle, the film barely involves holiday overtones and focuses more on everyone's attempts at rescuing Runt from King, a SocialDarwinist wolf determined to take the territories for himself. The next, ''The Great Wolf Games'', released March 25, 2014, concerned the cubs' participation in the eponymous sporting event in a RagtagBunchOfMisfits (particularly Claudette who connects with a rival team's leading cub Fleet). On October 7, 2014, Legend of the Saw-Toothed Cave released on DVD. This time Runt decides to help a she-wolf named Daria who was chased out of her pack when she was young.

** Though, ''Legend of the Saw-Toothed Cave'' seems to drop his status as this.

So far, three clips of the fifth movie, Family Vacation have been released. Two of which in Spanish and the third in English. The movie has already aired on Discovery Kids in Caribbean Direct Tv. A majority of the movie has been released in English in separate clips on Website/YouTube.

A worldwide release date has been announced to occur in August 2015.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Tony threatens Winston by telling him if Kate doesn't marry Garth as per their traditions, his pack will declare war and take over the Western Pack's territory.

* MissingMom: Garth doesn't have a mom. This could say a lot about

* MissingMom: Garth doesn't have a mom. This could say a lot about [[{{Jerkass}} his father]], [[FridgeHorror considering his nature]].

* IdiotPlot: It's dinosaurs in a movie about wolves. That pretty much says it all.