Cow of the Wild

Cow of the Wild is an animated Web series by youtube user Tribbleofdoom. It is about a young barn cow named Milly, who escapes the confines of her fence and joins a pack of wolves.

As we follow her journey, we also run across an evil wolf dictator who enjoys beheading other wolves, a possibly homicidal pack leader and his interesting pack, and an annoying bird who fell out of his nest. You can find all of the episodes, along with Tribbleofdoom’s Warrior Cats fan series, over here.

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The series protagonist, Milly.

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’’Cow of the Wild’’ contains the following tropes:

• Action Girl: Mink, if episode 20 is any indication.
• Aeris and Bob: The show has this in general.
  • The three prince brothers count as this: Balder, Kahleel and... Apollo.
  • You have names like Alari and Terok alongside Fang and Midnight.
• Art Evolution: Compare the first episode to the twentieth one. Same drawing program, but the difference is two years and a ‘’lot’’ of practice.
• Artistic License Biology: Rune’s signature scar is apparently the result of Balder ripping out his pupil. Which is a hole in the iris. Think about that for a second.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: The fans see this in Torrie and Sammy.
• Deadpan Snarker: Sammy and Torrie are both fighting for this position. It’s secretly the real reason why they hate each other.
• Dysfunction Junction: The Pack of Night, oh dear god the Pack of Night. You’ve got a possibly homicidal leader, a beta with anger issues, an omega who’s possible the most down-to-earth character in the entire series, her lying, flirtateous sister, and a tracker who was found in lying in blood and who turns out to be the son of the murdered wolf prince Balder. And that’s just the main cast.
• Faux Affably Evil: Rune. Oh, great Creator, Rune. Only he could look so happy while beheading pups.
• Flash Back: As of episode 20 part one, we have had at least half a dozen flashbacks, with at least one more on the way.
• Foreshadowing:
  • After Yin-Yang finishes her story about the Kingdom of the West, Lupis is briefly shown crying. Makes sense, considering that she was recanting the murder of his entire family.
  • In a yet-to-be-fulfilled one, in Episode 17, Yin-Yang is briefly seen with a mate and pup. Word of Tribbs says that they come up again later.
  • In a much earlier example, in the description for Episode 4, Tribbs mentions that there are three hints that Alari is alive. The three hints are: Two gunshots are heard, and Flutter’s body has two bullet holes, signifying that Alari was not shot; there are bloody footprints leading away from Flutter’s body; and, during Bone’s scene, you can barely see a pair of sad-looking eyes watching from the trees, where Alari’s watching.
• Handicapped Badass: Sammy, full stop, end of story.
• Heroic Sacrifice:
  • Erol does this for Lupis.
  • Flutter does this for Alari.
• It's All My Fault: Alari takes this stance with her mother’s death. Justified in that it sort of is her fault.
• Mood Whiplash: Angst, angst, angst ROCKY SINGING. you want some ice for that whiplash?
• Oblivious to Love: Lupis. Oh, Lupis, you poor innocent boy, you.
• One of Us: Tribbleofdoom is this in spades, enjoying Star Trek, bad comedies, and Bioware RPGs. Also, she has excellent taste in music.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Cheerful, optimistic Luna is the red oni to Lupis's quiet, introverted blue oni.
• The Reveal:
  • Alari’s survival, Lupis’s parentage.
  • A subtler one in Episode 20 part 1. Balder mentions his “Aunt Yin-Yang.” Yes, Aunt Yin-Yang. you read that right.
• Trope Overdosed: One of the more trope-heavy animations on the Internet.
• Wham! Episode: Let’s face it, Episode 16 on is just one long list of WHAM after WHAM after WHAM.
• Wham! Line: ”Great Creator... I remember you now! You’re a son of Balder!” Your jaw is now free to drop.