Warriors (2006 film) (Kageverse)

Warriors is a 2006 live action/animated hybrid fantasy adventure film directed by Jerry Redsky. It was based on the book series of the same name, written by multiple authors under the pseudonym Erin Hunter.
Warriors was one of the final films to be released on VHS, on November 16, 2006. VHS releases would eventually be halted indefinitely in 2007, until the VHS revival that would happen 10 years later.
== Plot ==
The film opens with ThunderClan and RiverClan, two groups of feral cats, fighting against each other for ownership of the Sunningrocks. Redtail, the deputy of ThunderClan, notices that they are outnumbered. Overwhelmed and knowing ThunderClan can't afford to lose more clan members trying to fight a battle they cannot win, Redtail decides to have ThunderClan retreat, which disappoints Tigerclaw, a ThunderClan warrior. In the ThunderClan camp, Bluestar, the leader of ThunderClan, is trying to speak to StarClan (the in-universe cat afterlife), as she is concerned for her clan after its recent defeat. Spottedleaf, the medicine cat of ThunderClan, suddenly receives a prophecy from StarClan, echoing to Bluestar "Fire alone can save our clan." Bluestar is confused by what the prophecy could possibly mean, as fire is feared by all four of the clans.
Meanwhile, a young kittypet (term used for pet cats by the clan cats) named Rusty has a dream where he catches a mouse. He wakes up wanting to explore the forest, though his friend Smudge advises against it. Rusty goes into the forest anyway, where he encounters Greypaw, an apprentice of ThunderClan. After they fight for a while, Bluestar and another ThunderClan warrior, Lionheart, discover them. Convinced that his fighting skills could help the clan, Bluestar offers Rusty ThunderClan membership, where he could train as an apprentice. Rusty accepts the offer, and says his final goodbyes to Smudge before he leaves, being taken to ThunderClan camp.
ThunderClan isn't immediately accepting of Rusty, with many of the cats expressing their disapproval of a kittypet in the clan. A young ThunderClan warrior named Longtail bullies Rusty, which causes Rusty to get into a fight with Longtail. During the fight, Rusty loses his collar, which Bluestar interprets as StarClan telling her that being in ThunderClan is Rusty's true calling. She renames Rusty, his new name being Firepaw, the name coming from the colour of his fur, and his apprenticeship is made official. Shortly after, Tigerclaw's apprentice Ravenpaw returns to the camp, visibly injured and distressed. Ravenpaw announces that Redtail had died in the recent battle over Sunningrocks, before fainting from his wounds. Spottedleaf, shocked by the state Ravenpaw is in, takes him to her den to heal him. Tigerclaw brings Redtail's corpse into the camp, claiming that he was killed by the Oakheart, the RiverClan deputy, and that Tigerclaw retaliated by killing Oakheart. A vigil is held for Redtail, with several ThunderClan cats spending the entire night sitting vigil for him, while the clan's elders bury his body.
Instead of sitting vigil, Tigerclaw sneaks out of the camp, and meets up in an alley with some unknown cats. He announces to them that Redtail is now dead, the unknown cats congratulating him. Tigerclaw and the other cats talk about their plan to have him conquer ThunderClan, and Tigerclaw, revealing his power-hungry side, believes he will be chosen as deputy next, which would bring him another step closer to achieving his plan. He also mentions to the other cats that he has a backup plan for if Bluestar doesn't choose him this time, though it is not yet revealed to the audience. 
The next morning, Tigerclaw returns to camp only to find out that Bluestar had already chosen Lionheart to be the new deputy, much to Tigerclaw's dismay. Firepaw does not have a mentor assigned to him yet, so he temporarily trains with Greypaw and Ravenpaw when their mentors are training them. As Firepaw gets used to his new lifestyle, he learns that clan cats had always seen kittypets as inferior, which is why many of the ThunderClan cats weren't quite accepting of him. This brings him to focus more on training, hoping to show the clan cats that he is more than what they see him as.
A couple moons later, while he is hunting, Firepaw encounters an old she-cat (clanspeak for female cats) who is also a rogue, a feral cat that is usually hostile and is not a member of any clan. They get into a fight, as Firepaw knows rogue cats aren't allowed in enemy territory and wants her to leave. However, he soon finds out the rogue is starving. The rogue begs for Firepaw to finish her off, but Firepaw is merciful towards her. Out of pity, Firepaw catches a bird for the rogue to eat, and once the rogue eats her fill, Firepaw eats the remains. A patrol lead by Bluestar discovers them, and Bluestar recognizes the rogue as Yellowfang, the former medicine cat of ShadowClan. Darkstripe insists that the clan kill Yellowfang, but Bluestar vetoes the idea. Yellowfang is taken to the ThunderClan camp and made a prisoner of ThunderClan. Bluestar assigns herself as Firepaw's mentor, and because Firepaw had broken the warrior code, a law followed by all four clans, by eating without waiting for his clanmates to eat first, he would have to help out with Yellowfang as a form of discipline.
Tigerclaw, annoyed by the fact they decided to take in Yellowfang, sneaks into the alley and announces the news to the mysterious group of cats residing there. The unknown group shares their disapproval with Bluestar's decision to let Yellowfang live. Tigerclaw and the other mysterious cats come up with a new plan to have Bluestar lose all the lives she had left, as a leader dies permanently once all of their nine lives are lost. Before Tigerclaw can leave, he notices Rosetail, a ThunderClan warrior, had followed him and eavesdropped on his conversation. Tigerclaw confronts Rosetail, threatening her if she were to ever tell others about what she had seen and heard. Rosetail responds in a smug manner and mocks him, as she is not intimidated by his threat. Tigerclaw, offended by Rosetail's remark, chases her down as she runs back to the ThunderClan camp, and catches her before she is even halfway there. What Tigerclaw did to Rosetail after he caught her is not yet made clear. 
A full moon arrives, and a Gathering (an event where all four clans meet up at the full moon without violence) is held. However, WindClan is suspiciously absent from the gathering. Brokenstar, the leader of ShadowClan, announces that ShadowClan had exiled a cat that had been killing their kits (clanspeak for kittens), and that this rogue must be killed if she is found. When he is asked about WindClan's absence, he refuses to answer, causing many cats to grow suspicious of him. Tigerclaw, a ThunderClan cat known as Darkstripe, and a ShadowClan cat known as Blackfoot are all absent from the gathering as well. Bluestar suspects that Brokenstar, Tigerclaw, Darkstripe and Blackfoot may all be up to something. Shortly before the gathering ends, an unidentified cat shows up to the gathering, dragging Rosetail's corpse. All of ThunderClan, RiverClan, and ShadowClan are shocked by this, except for Brokenstar. The unidentified cat threatens the three clans, telling them that they would all end up like Rosetail if they were to rebel against "BloodClan". Everyone is confused by what the unidentified cat said, except for Brokenstar, who nods in approval.
Once ThunderClan returns to their camp, many ThunderClan cats begin to suspect that Yellowfang is the cat Brokenstar talked about in the gathering. Bluestar discourages them from jumping to that conclusion and forbids them from harming Yellowfang, as there is no evidence of her killing any kits. Bluestar also grows more suspicious of Tigerclaw and Darkstripe, as she notices they have suddenly been disappearing from camp more often and refusing to answer when asked where they had been. Bluestar and Lionheart decide to try finding out what Tigerclaw and Darkstripe had been up to themselves, bringing Firepaw and Greypaw with them. In the middle of their journey, they are suddenly attacked by rats, which causes Bluestar to lose a life, claiming it was her fifth. The four cats are forced to go back to camp in order to avoid further injuries from the rats. 
The next day, a mysterious group of cats launches an attack on ThunderClan's camp. This group does not appear to be any of the three other clans, which leads to some of the ThunderClan cats wondering if this particular group was the "BloodClan" mentioned in the gathering. Yellowfang defends the kits and drives Blackfoot out of the nursery (a den for mother cats and their kits) when he tries to raid it, gaining more trust from ThunderClan as a result. Tigerclaw and Darkstripe are absent from the battle, and Firepaw begins to suspect they are backing the attack. Bluestar loses another life in the fight, and Lionheart is mortally wounded. "BloodClan" is eventually driven out of ThunderClan camp. Knowing he will not survive injuries this severe, Lionheart tells Firepaw and Greypaw that Ravenpaw has an important message to tell them and that they must receive it from him "before it's too late". Lionheart then succumbs to his injuries and dies. Greypaw, out of grief, lets out a loud cry that sounded exactly like the one Firepaw heard in his dream. However, Firepaw doesn't think deeply about it, comforting Greypaw instead. A vigil is held for Lionheart, and a grief-stricken Greypaw helps the elders bury his body. Bluestar is left with no choice but to choose Tigerclaw as the new deputy.
Firepaw and Greypaw later seek Ravenpaw, and Ravenpaw tells the truth about the battle at Sunningrocks; Oakheart did not kill Redtail. Instead, Tigerclaw had killed both Redtail and Oakheart before returning to camp, and Ravenpaw had seen it happen himself. Tigerclaw cornered Redtail, told him about his desire to have as much power over ThunderClan as possible, that being deputy would bring him a step closer to that. He then killed Redtail after that, and noticed that Oakheart had seen him kill Redtail. Out of fear that Oakheart would rat him out for killing a clanmate, Tigerclaw killed Oakheart next. Ravenpaw, traumatized by what he witnessed, went to inform ThunderClan about Redtail's death, but did not bother to specify how Redtail died out of fear that Tigerclaw would come for him next. 
Later, the clan is alarmed by the distressed cries of Frostfur, the now-widowed mate of Lionheart. Frostfur's kits had suddenly disappeared shortly after the death of their father, causing Frostfur to worry about if her missing kits were still alive. Spottedleaf is found dead as well, which leaves Firepaw distraught, as he had formed a friendship with Spottedleaf. Everyone notices that Yellowfang is missing as well. Tigerclaw immediately blames both the disappearance of Frostfur's kits and the death of Spottedleaf on Yellowfang. However, Firepaw notices loose fur tufts on Spottedleaf's corpse that don't match Yellowfang's fur, which makes him skeptical about Tigerclaw's claims. Tigerclaw also starts to spread rumours about Ravenpaw assisting the BloodClan attack on ThunderClan, that he had ties to BloodClan, and was one of the cats behind the disappearance of the kits. Ravenpaw is ostracized by his own clanmates as a result, with almost none of the clan cats believing him when he tries to prove his innocence. 
RiverClan, believing that ThunderClan is housing two BloodClan fugitives, attacks them again. Two RiverClan cats, Stonefur and Mistyfoot, attack Bluestar. A brief flashback segment plays, revealing that before she had become the leader, Bluestar, then known as Bluefur, was once mates with Oakheart. This also reveals that Stonefur and Mistyfoot were Bluefur and Oakheart's offspring. However, because it was against the warrior code to have a mate from another clan, Bluefur had to give them up when they were still kits. It also reveals that Stonefur and Mistyfoot had a sister, but she froze to death while Bluefur was trying to take the kits to Oakheart. The flashback ends, and before Bluestar can say anything, Stonefur angrily tells her that she is no mother of his and leaves as the skirmish ends. Mistyfoot is more empathetic towards her estranged mother, but can't find the will to forgive her. 
Firepaw and Greypaw are some of the only cats that believe Ravenpaw is innocent. The two realize that Ravenpaw is no longer safe in the clan as long as Tigerclaw is around, and arrange to have him live with Barley, a loner. When Firepaw and Greypaw return to camp, they tell the clan cats that Ravenpaw had gone to try retrieving Frostfur's kits alone, and that they tried to find Ravenpaw, but that they had found him dead. Ravenpaw, upon leaving behind his old clan life, renames himself to Raven, dropping the -paw suffix. 
Firepaw is also determined to clear Yellowfang's name, as he refuses to believe she is involved with BloodClan. Firepaw and Greypaw sneak out to find Yellowfang, eventually catching her scent and finding her. Yellowfang tells them the truth of what happened, that a band of marauding BloodClan cats lead by Bone, the deputy of BloodClan, and Clawface, a ShadowClan warrior allied with BloodClan, had raided ThunderClan camp to abduct some ThunderClan kits. Spottedleaf tried to stop them, which resulted in them ganging up on her and killing her. The reason why Yellowfang was absent was because upon the disappearance of the kits, she left camp to locate where the kits were taken, and reveal it so the clan could save them. Yellowfang reveals that Brokenstar was also allied with BloodClan, and was trying to radicalize ShadowClan kits into fighting for BloodClan. As a result of the alliance with ShadowClan, BloodClan forcefully expelled all WindClan cats from their camp, setting up their own camp. Brokenstar had forced the kits to fight in battles before they were even old enough to become apprentices. As a result, many of the kits died, and Brokenstar blamed the kits' deaths on Yellowfang, resulting in her exile. Before Yellowfang was exiled, she had overheard Brokenstar discussing his plan to kidnap kits from other clans and use the same methods he used to radicalize ShadowClan kits, due to his methods resulting in the kits' deaths leading to them running out of kits to radicalize. 
Knowing that it wouldn't be long before Brokenstar would try to radicalize the missing kits into BloodClan and possibly kill them as a result, the three get back to ThunderClan camp and explain to all of ThunderClan that Brokenstar was the true culprit behind the kits' deaths, proving Yellowfang's innocence. The news spreads to RiverClan, and eventually ShadowClan. Many ShadowClan cats (including Blackfoot, who was made to believe that Brokenstar was only having the kits being taught to being loyal to BloodClan without being harmed), who Brokenstar hid his actions from, are disgusted by his actions and plan to stage a coup d'etat. Some corner Brokenstar and force him to admit his involvement in the kits' deaths. 
Shortly after that, ThunderClan and the ShadowClan cats who are against Brokenstar both raid the camps of BloodClan and ShadowClan. Tigerclaw and Darkstripe's alliance with BloodClan is exposed to all of ThunderClan during the fight. Bluestar angrily tells them that they will both be exiled from ThunderClan. 
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== Cast ==
Haley Joel Osment as Rusty/Firepaw/Fireheart/Firestar, an orange tabby cat that originally lived as a kittypet, before leaving his home. He is the main protagonist.
Josh Peck as Greypaw/Greystripe, a grey tabby cat with a darker stripe on his back, which is his namesake. He is Firepaw's best friend and the deuteragonist.
Cate Blanchett as Bluestar, a grey cat with a blue tint to her fur and blue eyes, hence her name. She is the leader of ThunderClan and mentor of Firepaw.
Elijah Wood as Ravenpaw/Raven, a black and white cat and an apprentice of ThunderClan who would later leave to become a loner.
Emma Thompson as Yellowfang, a grey, heavily-scarred cat with a flat face. She is a former ShadowClan cat, exiled because of Brokenstar's slander, becoming a ThunderClan refugee after Firepaw discovers her.
Liam Neeson as Lionheart, a golden-yellow cat with long, thick fur around his neck that resembles the mane of a lion. He is Greypaw's mentor, and Frostfur's mate.
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== Production ==
In 2003, SkyFilms bought the film rights to the Warriors series. Production of the film began in 2004, after the conclusion of the original Warriors saga (which would be renamed "The Prophecies Begin"). SkyFilms aimed for the film to have a PG-13 rating, so younger fans would still be able to see it in cinemas, without the team having to water down the violence. Lots of scenes had to be rewritten or cut to avoid an R rating.
The cats are animated in realistic CGI, though the backgrounds are live-action, and some shots used real cats.
The designs of the cats were modeled after many real cat breeds. For example, Firepaw's design was modeled after the American Shorthair, Greypaw's design was modeled after the Maine Coon, Bluestar's design was modeled after the Nebelung, Lionheart's design was modeled after the Norwegian Forest,
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