Warrior Cats References in Other Media

The Warrior Cats books are popular enough that's it's not surprising that we see the books show up from time to time in other media such as TV shows, video games, and other books.
Thank you to Dawnwing for helping with my research for this video: / @dawnwingwc
TV Tropes article I mentioned: tvtropes.org/p...
Intro by Lady Luzifer: / @lady_luzifer

[@Tadpole_The_Aussie]

Warriors getting referenced in random places is definitely awesome and silly goofy

[@JustAGrook]

Found

[@Tadpole_The_Aussie]

@@JustAGrook Dangit.

[@Sawgrass-TML]

goofy 🤪

[@roliyasawhney2552]

I’m confused- 💀

[@TheKittyCat325]

So silly goofy

[@elchjol2777]

World of Warcraft loves referencing everything,if its a book, movie or game its probably referenced somewhere in WoW. Also in Baulder's Gate 3 you can find a cat named Steelclaw, if you have talk to animals you can lisen to Steelclaw and that cat talks quite differently to the other cats in game. Steelclaw's speech patterns and terms are similar to what you would find in Warrior Cats.

[@zixea3318]

It could also be a reference to tailchaser’s song. What phrases does it use?

[@elchjol2777]

@@zixea3318 I'd have to look at her dialogue list again but that cat has a ego about her fighting prowess

[@Dorpoforp]

Interesting 🤔

[@prageruwu69]

as a kid i would have been so amazed that this obscure book series i loved would be referenced in stuff like huge movies and disney channel cartoons

[@echolocation1]

To be fair it’s not really obscure, but it’s rarely referenced due to adults not caring about it.

[@prageruwu69]

​@@echolocation1it felt very obscure growing up because i had never met someone who even knew about the series' existence

[@echolocation1]

@@prageruwu69 that’s interesting, I know many people that have at least heard of it. I guess it depends on your area

[@scribblecloud]

Its really not obscure, i remember seeing the books everywhere in bookstores as a kid before i even knew what they were, i thought they were adult books 😂 the covers in germany are more 'serious' looking than the originals

[@prageruwu69]

@@scribblecloud depends on where you live

[@JustAGrook]

Don't worry, when we find one of these, the entire Warrior Cats Twitter community won't keep quiet about it. I think we're starved.

[@yuki_sushi3480]

I love when warriors is referenced elsewhere because it makes the books feel more real and like a lot of people read them, which they did.

[@Yeibaldreamss]

It’s crazy that most millennials were in elementary school when the series first took off

[@DawnwingWC]

Of note for the Garfield one, it's actually specifically a reference to one of the UK covers! That one has the symbols around the center picture and the tagline "Four Clans. One Destiny." I've been tempted to play WoW too just to see the Warriors references. 😆

[@prageruwu69]

can confirm

[@Dorpoforp]

Is WoW free? Cause I will totally play it just to see the refrences

[@DawnwingWC]

@@Dorpoforp I've looked into it a bit, apparently the free part is only up to lv 20 and has limited features. You have to subscribe for $15/month for the rest, and expansions like the one the Warriors references are in are another $50ish.

[@Dorpoforp]

@Dawnwing oof, that sucks, thanks for letting me know!

[@Dorpoforp]

DawnwingWC*

[@youinanalternateuniverse]

brick from the middle canonically being a warrior cats kid is so insane to me specifically (yeah it was probably just a prop book but still) always related to him as a kid and now i have even more reason to

[@vampirelibrarian777]

Brick was a nerdy kid really into fantasy and ‘weird’ books from what I remember so honestly him being a warrior cats kid makes sooo much sense bxjdjdksk

[@TANGL3_BURR]

Brick is also an BloodClan cat...

[@ririlikesadoptme]

@@TANGL3_BURROMG IT ISSSS!

[@Spottedstorm27]

I remember the day the Garfield social team posted that. I went ECSTATIC over it. I even love that they used the official clan icons with Garfield shaped heads instead of the square ones

[@Lps_lemon1313]

“Warriors Never had stalkers” Ashfur: oh okay 😅

[@HiveWingGamer]

fr lol

[@waveeyes]

WoW has a few others in addition to the actual cats in Dragonflight. These are not necessarily references since it's just names, but seeing as there's a handful of them that just happens to share names I suspect someone on the team knew: Oakheart is a boss in the dungeon Darkheart Thicket from Legion. Cloudtail is a "rare" mob in Bastion from Shadowlands (when he dies he drops Cloudtail's Paw which, as a diehard Cloudtail fan I am not sure what to feel), Bramble Claw is the name of a spell used by some dryad generic mobs in Torghast. These aren't necessarily intended as references (Oakheart in particular I don't believe was, since that boss is basically a living tree), but I find it interesting that they just so happen to name certain things after canon Warriors characters (and WoW has been known to casually using names as references, so it is not impossible they were intentional).

[@orionskittles]

There's a mobile game I used to play a lot that had a character named Oakheart and me and my friend who were both huge warriors fans at the time went INSANE over that, but in the end I summed it up to a coincidence. Now I'm not so sure

[@billcipher8645]

Oakheart is generic enough to be a coincidence but Cloudtail and Brambleclaw are defenitrly too niche to pass it off as nothing

[@waveeyes]

@@billcipher8645 Yea, the thing about Cloudtail is that he is in a heaven themed zone, so it is possible he's an accident too. But I am going to chose to believe it is intentional since that is much more fun.

[@musicplaylists6718]

Warriors was referenced in the fiction podcast Camp Here & There episode 18, while the protagonist Sydney is recounting how he and his childhood friend took care of their pet rock when they were younger "We taught him how to read from our favorite books - my wildcat soap operas and Jedidiah’s pulp sci-fi novels."

[@Camoucrimson]

Oh my god… I’m a will wood fan and a warriorcats fan and will wood made the music for ch&t so this means that that podcast has a will wood reference and a warriorcats reference I’m going insane

[@musicplaylists6718]

@@Camoucrimson you should listen to CH&T if you haven't already!!! It's great, the sort of thing most Will Wood fans like

[@ahorridlittlebeastie8786]

HELLO FELLOW CHNT AND WARRIORCATS ENJOYER this is bc warriors is actually one of Mayfield's special interests! I've actually talked about it to him a few times lol

[@musicplaylists6718]

@@ahorridlittlebeastie8786 I am aware, I stalk the discord!! It is cool to see another CHNT fan in the wild

[@marvusjolly9193]

Wanshi isn't the only one who's into Soldier Purrbeasts, either!! Nepeta, one of the main Trolls from Homestuck, is also heavily obsessed with the series and makes a few references to it in the series! But I entirely forgot that Wanshi was heavy into Soldier Purrbeasts as well, so now I absolutely have got to play through Hiveswap: Friendsim again.

[@I_SWEAR_IM_NOT_LYING]

Thank you! I was looking 4 someone to point out Nepeta's existence

[@marvusjolly9193]

@@I_SWEAR_IM_NOT_LYING I was literally watching this hoping for a Homestuck reference, and got so confused when Akira skipped 2009 and the astonishing creation that was Homestuck as the primary example of Warriors in popular media

[@I_SWEAR_IM_NOT_LYING]

@@marvusjolly9193 When I read Nepeta's introduction it was hard to believe Hussie himself wasn't in the fandom

[@Loves1ck_Girl]

7:52 you can see the clan logos on the corners

[@sexygirlmax2019]

THATS SO SIIIIIIICK OMG

[@Cayteecatt]

In Battle Kitty on netflix, theres a scene where Kitty exclaims while training that "A warrior never rests!" and then some bully characters come up and say "Ha! 'Warrior'? Who's ever heard of a warrior cat?" which i think is a pretty direct one too fjdjfnjffndj. Other than that i think you got all the ones im aware of!

[@nuclear_bonsai]

I honestly never thought Warriors would be referenced in anything. It's one of those things that's popular online but just niche enough irl.

[@musicplaylists6718]

Warrior cats used to be pretty popular

[@nuclear_bonsai]

@@musicplaylists6718 I know, I grew up reading the books and doing WC roleplay. But Homestuck used to be popular too but it's still niche. They're both things I'm surprised to see referenced in anything.

[@musicplaylists6718]

@@nuclear_bonsai fair

[@Yeibaldreamss]

Warrior cats is notorious asf for being cringe. I mean, it is, but it’s hard not to like it once you actually read it. Like- these cats have no business being this well written 😭

[@crazyeeveelady3636]

I think the inclusion of Eclipse and Long Shadows in SVU is a very cool coincidence, especially Long Shadows which contains the infamous fire scene and the crisis surrounding Squirrelflight and The Three (The books appear when Olivia Benson adopted her son Noah) Its also really funny to headcanon that tough as nails iron maiden Captain Benson reads silly kids books about cats fighting

[@m1ss.cheese]

“HUNRGY CATS: INTO THE SAUCE” “Feed the warrior inside you” Garfieldstar confirmed??

[@m1ss.cheese]

7:37 Timestamp for this btw

[@JustAGrook]

Garfieldstar is real. Always has been

[@applesplashwarriorcats8339]

This is even better if you consider Garfield actually could be a warriors name. Gar as in the species of fish, and then field. I think it would be funny if they called him lasagne star though.

[@damlatorun6756]

Mondaysarebadstar

[@m1ss.cheese]

@@applesplashwarriorcats8339 i rlly want this warrior name in the actual series now lmao

[@kmrd0612]

I vividly remember just beginning to read Warriors when I saw a gameplay of that Hiveswap chapter. It really blew my mind

[@damlatorun6756]

“Feed the warrior inside you” is by far my favorite

[@shelbcake]

Wow, as someone who's played WoW for years,, including Dragonflight, I must have been unlucky not to notice them! I definitely need to go back there and look for them!

[@nightinstarlight]

I think the “hunting you down like a warrior cat” is a reference to Fireheart and Tigerclaw’s relationship while Tigerclaw was still in Thunderclan, since Fireheart, in a way, was hunting the truth. To those saying it’s about Ashfur, that plot is too new for it to be referenced in that episode. The broken code is only a few years old. No I think they were referring to arc 1 with that quote

[@Jayfrostie]

James from TheOdd1sOut has actually mentioned Warriors 2 times. He recently put an animation of Scourge, Firestar and Tigerstar in a video and he also actually said ''Warrior Cats'' so he knows what he showed, and there also was a time before that when he drew Into the Wild.

[@Thumpmallow]

WHERE

[@Jayfrostie]

@@ThumpmallowThe animation of Firestar, Tigerstar and Scourge is in the video he talks abt different kinds of animations. But the first time I think was when he talked abt audio books but I'm not sure.

[@hollibee]

the mystic messenger one caught me soooo off guard. i absolutely loved that game and still do LMAOOOO

[@tantalumsophist731]

As a homestuck and warrior cats fan, I was genuinely surprised to find a book series "Murrbeast Soldiers" (WC reference) in one of HS novellas. Moreover, it played a part in a story of a ch's root. It was rather neat.

[@fennecishere]

When my sister was younger she found out about Warrior Cats because of the roleplaying side of World of Warcraft. She even tried to read Warrior Cats so she could join them but wasn't able to get into it. My guess for the reason Warrior Cats is referenced in WoW is because of the notable community of warrior cat roleplayers on WoW.

[@Ivy_mew]

I noticed Into The Wild in the Coraline graphic novel. Last year we had to read Coraline and i finished early so i was reading Warriors, our substitute teacher who we had that day came over to me and was like "the book you're reading is in here!" it was so sweet Edit: nevermind they mentioned it anyway lol

[@darkninjafirefox]

My favorite is in the Coraline graphic novel where she has Into the Wild That pretty little liars scene is so bizarre, i think i love it

[@PerfectExperiment21]

I’m surprised about this honestly. A book reference in a book? Wow.

[@StormTeaAndCo]

As someone with a hyperfixation on both wow and warrior cats, I’m shocked that I didn’t know about this

[@nyxskip]

super interesting video! i was expecting relatively small pieces of media but i actually recognized all of them except the disney cartoon and just had no idea they referenced warriors! the only one of these i already knew about was the world of warcraft one

[@LauraM96829]

I did see Jaiden Animations drop a warriors reference in her video titled Why she Doesn’t like reading, and also I think the odd1sout snuck in a reference in his conspiracy theory video

[@JustAGrook]

QSMP Jaiden enjoyer here, that's correct

[@DuskWing505]

Honestly I love warriors, it’s awesome! Just like you’re channel!

[@JustAGrook]

Found

[@I_SWEAR_IM_NOT_LYING]

Ty for featuring the hiveswap friend-sim reference!! Seeing my two favorite fandoms in a bright gaurdian akira video made me so happy i got into warriors at 10 and then homestuck a few months ago and I've watched bright gaurdian akira since i was 10 its like my lifes gone full circle. I can die happy now. Everything is a homestuck reference. Homestuck made a warriors reference. Well Nepeta is kind of a living warriors reference she like actually made me gasp when she was introduced and she roleplays like a warriors roleplayer so accurately i think Andrew hussie might have actually read a warriors book for that

[@Artceps]

im gonna be real, seeing warrior cats and mystic messenger in the same video, much more the same universe, gave me enough whiplash to scream but hey, they both gave me irreversible psychological damage, so its perfect

[@KonnaroTaro]

the we bare bear ones shocked me back then because i was all like: THERE IS NO WAY.........

[@sexygirlmax2019]

fr i was just watching it on tv and i literally made the shocked patrick face

[@foreverwing1047]

I just realized Garfield looks almost exactly like Firestar

[@lullabene]

HOW DID I NOT KNOW MYSTIC MESSENGER HAD A WARRIORS REFERENCE

[@Borzoink]

0:37 I actually have one of the mangas used from a movie (?) set! I don’t remember which movie it was, but there was a huge sale for the things used on set and I found one of the books :)

[@ASHFURNEEDSLUV]

wowza! I Never knew this haha- and OF COURSE ITS IN DIFFERENT SHOWS!

[@LycanMOON]

I feel like Yoosung would be the type to read warrior cats haven't played mystic messenger in years,since it broke my sleep schedule,but glad to see the fandom is still seen as big enough to be notable

[@jar_official]

We have wondered if firestar likes waffles…but…does Jayfeather like spaghetti

[@Cinnawill]

Hilarious that it’s referenced in other completely random, unrelated move/books 😂

[@Kitkatkandy20]

I love finding yellowfang, silverstream, talltail, tigerclaw and fireheart and cloudtail in world of warcraft :)

[@syreetalarkin9199]

Knowing that now World of Warcraft has a Warrior Cats reference makes me happy.

[@jadeluvly]

funny thing, in the morning I saw this video and I thought that I’d watch it later, then I found out the lion mayor in zootopia, is called Lionheart, the day I decided to watch this 😭

[@AlystraCurrentlyAFK]

As a World of Warcraft player, I’m generally surprised that they referenced warrior cats ingame, as it a kid/teen book and Warcraft has mostly adults playing it.

[@st4r.gh02t]

I don't know whether this is a reference or not but in toca life the haunted house has a cat that looks like scourge (it's a black cat with scars and a purple spike collar)

[@YourLocalTherianRuby]

*GASP* I love scourge

[@Ida_Kamado]

As a fan of both warriors and world of warcraft, I discovered the Silverstream reference in a top 10 video that one of my favorite wow content creators made and I was like "OMG ITS SILVERSTREAM!!" it was so interesting!! :D

[@rwachie]

i remembered the hiveswap warriors mention and i freaked … my two fave media pieces IN ONE???? omg

[@SillyBliss]

The mayor name from zootopia is leodord Lionheart

[@TheOneAndOnlyBlueMilk]

Surprised its around so much. I’ve seen some before and its always a nice surprise but I didn’t know there was this many. Awesomeness video Akira!

[@lastPterygotus]

i thought it was funny that the title of wanshi's book translates to "soldiers", so it isnt actually called soldier purrbeasts, thats just what everyone else calls it. just like warrior cats

[@I_SWEAR_IM_NOT_LYING]

When I'd just gotten into the fandom I'd say Warriors but no one would get what I was talking about and if someone said warrior cats I'd be like "is that like a rip off of warriors???" And I completely forgot that till I saw this comment. Also Jade PFP ❤

[@daniellewilliamson4215]

Warrior Cats is what the first 6 books were sold as in the UK, but as of arc 2 they said screw it and reverted it to just Warriors like in America

[@Lovely_soph16]

As a true warriors fan, who is working on warriors art work rn, this brought a true tear of proudness to my eye

[@schaefer_hund]

Fantastic idea for a video! I can't believe they put a Warriors ref in PLL dialogue, haha.

[@laurenhenry5671]

Well done! Right after my soccer game!

[@TANGL3_BURR]

As a World of Warcraft player and an Warrior Cats fan, I'm leveling up my night elf druid so i can meet these cats in Ohn'aran Plains. Also, in Ashenvale while questing, if you accept a quest that includes playing dead, the dryad who has that quest says 'Bramblepaw' while talking to the player. Edit: Also, another thing in Ohn'aran Plains, the centaurs have clans, and they refer players as 'twofeet'. Edit 2: In the quest 'Mistress of the Claw' it tells you to speak to Lea Stonepaw, like Stonefur's apprentice name. Edit 3: By the way, another thing about the Ohn'aran Plains centaur, they go to clan gatherings. Also, in one of the dungeons in Legion, theres an boss named Oakheart. And also, I found Yellowfang, Tigerclaw, Talltail, and Silverstream in Ohn'aran Plains, but i can't find Fireheart, i think Fireheart is merged with the Teerai fisher near Yellowfang.. Edit 4: Two more things, one of the druid bear forms is called Stonepaw, also I realized night elf last names are kinda like clan names.

[@katherinesnyder5881]

the garfeild one has on the box enclosing him shows all the different symbols for the different clans.

[@Theoriginal_Divly]

Me personally, I LOVE we bear bears and seeing that reference I'm joyous.

[@LenaWinn-w5s]

7:59 in the corners of the middle picture are illustrations of the Clan templates

[@brookk110]

This was such a fun video to watch, it’s just so cool other series’s referenced one of my favourites lol.

[@jasonsullivan7628]

This episode was so cool. I think you should do an episode of references to other media in warriors (e.g. the characters Bug and Bunny) although it may be a much shorter list.

[@Rainer-fw7fd]

JoJo is like Warrior Cats?

[@Teban8861]

Well...... In My Headcanon Tigerstar and Darkstripe are the multiverse counterpart of Dio Brando and Enrico Pucci In Warrior Cats universe Jajajajaja

[@Totallynotakittypet.]

Warrior cats just slays 🙃

[@aino-kaisav5504]

Out of all the things, I did not expect to run into any otome games here, but here we are, Mystic Messenger.

[@japanesejackalope]

I’m a Warcraft player and I had 0 idea about that now I’ll have to go find them

[@lapinajustleft]

Ofc warrior cats is in other media, it’s that good

[@Freckolwiishees]

THERE ARE WARRIORS REFERENCES?

[@Freckolwiishees]

God i fells so good knowing this

[@DrEmmaChen]

Garfield has the clans surrounding him😂

[@MelonLord379]

I'm not really a video game player, I'm much more of a book reader. But now that I know that World of Warcraft, (a game that I've never even heard of before this video) has Warrior Cats in it, I definitely wanna play it, Lol! I'm also yet to watch The Ghost and Molly McGee. I think I should watch it to try and fill the void of Amphibia and The Owl House, now that both shows have ended, Lol! I also can't believe that there's an upside down copy of Long Shadows in Law & Order! (Another show I haven't watched...) I'm pretty much shocked about all of these refrences tbh. I know Warrior Cats is a very big and well-known fandom, but I just didn't expect all these refrences. Bye everyone, and peace out! ✌🏼

[@snowleopardintroversion]

Omg I play WoW and I didn't know this!!! I can't wait to go see them!

[@AlystraCurrentlyAFK]

Same

[@erinboring3297]

I need the Garfield one on a t-shirt yesterday.

[@xXWinter67Xx]

Great, now I’m gonna start looking for Wings Of Fire references in stuff

[@erinllong]

8:08 If you read this, around Garfield is a square with… you guessed it! The clans! The clan’s icon RiverClan, Thunderclan, Windclan, and ShadowClan. Not in the order, however

[@Mossy_Bones101]

in the garfeild I noticed the border for the pic, where firepaw ( or rusty ) was, there are clan symbols on each corner

[@_Whistlesong_]

why am i early- but i love that other media is refencing warriors! i love your vids!

[@LaVenDErFoOtSPraY]

Imagine this is how someone discovered the Warriors series

[@bushmangowarriors]

I once heard Warrior Cats get mentioned on the radio

[@_graey]

On page 35 of Hunger, book 2 of Michael Grant's Gone series, one of the characters is mentioned as reading notes from a Warriors notebook. The book was published in 2009 so it'd be the second oldest reference here.

[@buggy8188]

9:30 And fireheart is hanging out with yellowfang!

[@CrystallineCollie]

I am CRYING I NEVER THOUGHT ID FIND HOMESTUCK IN A WARRIOR CAT VIDEO

[@har_the_hinta3898]

There is a Warrior Cats reference somewhere in the game Monster Roadtrip (the third game in the monster prom series) I believe it took place somewhere in a museum. Basically the character you play as draws a picture of your Warriors OC.

[@ProjectEAUX]

The amount of dawn and starlight in that library

[@Egg_Prophet]

I've been waiting for this video for a very long time🙏

[@eraserthecat]

Another reference I know of is in a WEBTOON called Poppy, in the third episode, Robin, there is a group of cats across the river being lead by an orange tabby, they also come back again in the most recent episode (when writing this), Take my hand, the main character, Poppy joins them!

[@mmmm-lg2mj]

Akira: Mystic messenger- Me: AAAAAAH! (I actually screamed because FLASHBACKS)

[@OutcastRose]

I remember hearing waaaaaaaay back in the day (pre-2010) that Family Guy had a bit where Peter listed off the names of a few Warriors characters, but over the years I've to accept that this probably didn't happen? Granted, people lied all the time on the internet (and still do) but the thing was that my mom also said it happened, so I think she might have been confused? If anyone knows anything about this let me know because this is one of those childhood rumors I've never been sure about.

[@alphawolfnaya02]

Wow,that's alot of Warriors/Warrior Cats references,one of my favourite references are the We Bare Bears and The Ghost and Molly McGee ones

[@anniescott5964]

akira- THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING WORLD OF WARCRAFT- JUST- THANK YOU

[@Wrecks2ring]

Maybe coco? Where if you die and everyone on the living world forgets about you on coco, it’s basically the same in warriors. But it’s kinda a retcon so I’m not really sure

[@jaycookie2912]

7:18 a few of the books in the lower row look like they have European covers too!

[@SpectacleSpark]

As a fellow world of warcraft enjoyer/player, it's nice to see a fellow warrior cat reference in the game

[@moth_catz]

As someone who works at an animal shelter I love naming the cats after characters from Warriors😂

[@laminae-R]

In the show house broken there is a ginger tabby cat with a blue collar and a star shaped tag that shows up as a background character several times through the series. I think that show has other warrior cat references too.

[@Nightlight_EditZ]

It is so cool that these books can be in movies and other books.

[@tigercatandcats]

I noticed that one We bare bears episode that it had Tigerclaw in it. Also in Mystic messenger, I also spotted another actual book besides the WC ones. It’s called “Fish in a tree”.

[@freshcupofangst]

6:17 I totally forgot about this one! This was legitimately so crazy

[@MrKurakka]

9:23 FIREHEART IN THE BUSH

[@mindieklov6196]

This is extremely surprising when you were talking about SilverStream in that one game you actually brought up my birthday😂😂

[@SpiceStride]

BRO LOOK AT THE CORNERS IN GARFIELD'S PORTRAIT ON THE ART, IT HAS THE CLAN LOGOS ON IT 7:46

[@Lovely_soph16]

I SAW THAT! I SAW THAT!!!

[@tigrineTerror]

i was NOT expecting to hear the mention of homestuck/hiveswap at all. (warrior cats and homestuck are two of my biggest fixations)