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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The bear that killed Tim was killed, along with a second bear that attacked the ranger party that was trying to recover his body. The interviewed experts also point out that rather than "protecting" the bears and foxes as Tim claimed, his continuous presence there just made the animals less inclined to avoid humans, and so ''more'' likely to be killed by poachers.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The bear that killed Tim was killed, along with a second bear that attacked the ranger party that was trying to recover his body. The interviewed experts also point out that rather than "protecting" the bears and foxes as Tim claimed, his continuous presence there just made the animals less inclined to avoid humans, and so ''more'' likely to be killed by poachers.poachers, or attack campers for their food.
** For that matter, in the park's 85 year, history, there were no incidents of poaching, nor any evidence to the contrary. Just one year after his death, three bears were poached in the park. Similarly, his and Amie's deaths were the only fatal bears attacks in the park's history.
** For that matter, in the park's 85 year, history, there were no incidents of poaching, nor any evidence to the contrary. Just one year after his death, three bears were poached in the park. Similarly, his and Amie's deaths were the only fatal bears attacks in the park's history.
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* DoesNotLikeGuns: Treadwell made a point on never carrying a gun and said he would rather die than harm a bear. He even refused to carry bear repellent because he felt deeply disturbed after using it on a bear once.
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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Treadwell strongly believed this about grizzlies, but he turned out be only half-right: eating whatever living creatures it can catch and kill --including people-- is instinctual behavior for a grizzly and not "evil" as we know it, but the fact that they eat people is ''perfectly'' understood by the overwhelming majority.
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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Treadwell strongly believed this about grizzlies, but he turned out be only half-right: eating whatever living creatures it can catch and kill --including people-- is instinctual behavior for a grizzly and not "evil" as we know it, but the fact that they can and will eat people is ''perfectly'' understood by the overwhelming majority.
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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Treadwell strongly believed this about grizzlies, but he turned out be only half-right: eating whatever living creatures it can catch and kill --including people-- is instinctual behavior for a grizzly and not "evil" as we know it, but the fact that they eat people is ''perfectly'' understood by the overwhelming majority of people.majority.
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* NatureIsNotNice: Herzog appears to be of this opinion, though he doesn't condemn Treadwell for thinking otherwise. The fact he survived amongst wild bears for thirteen years suggests Treadwell may have had a point. The fact he didn't live to see a fourteenth... Doesn't.
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* NatureIsNotNice: Herzog appears to be of this opinion, though he doesn't condemn Treadwell for thinking otherwise. The fact that he survived amongst wild bears for thirteen years suggests Treadwell may have had a point. The fact he didn't live point... although his not living to see a fourteenth... Doesn't.''fourteenth'' rather undermines it.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: ''Waaaaaay'' averted. Treadwell's severed arm was found, with the watch still ticking on it...and then, once the authorities killed the bear that ate him, they found the rest of him (and Amie) inside it. [[NightmareFuel Have fun sleeping]].
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* NeverFoundTheBody: ''Waaaaaay'' averted. Treadwell's severed head, spine, and arm was were found, with the watch still ticking on it...and it, along with a ribcage that may have been Amie's. And then, once the authorities killed the bear that ate him, they found the rest of him (and Amie) inside it. [[NightmareFuel Have fun sleeping]].
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* ApocalypticLog: Timothy's last tape, depicting his and Amy's death.
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''Grizzly Man'' is a 2005 American documentary film by German director Creator/WernerHerzog.Creator/WernerHerzog and featuring a musical score from Music/RichardThompson. It chronicles the life and death of bear enthusiast, wildlife activist, and aspiring documentarian Timothy Treadwell.
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* BrokenPedastal: Before the movie and his death, Timothy Treadwell was well-liked and respected amongst many animal-rights groups and people. He was always seen as being a very likeable and nice guy. The documentary shows what he was really like.... and it's not nice.
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* BrokenPedastal: BrokenPedestal: Before the movie and his death, Timothy Treadwell was well-liked and respected amongst many animal-rights groups and people. He was always seen as being a very likeable and nice guy. The documentary shows what he was really like.... and it's not nice.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: A fox is shown to allow Treadwell to feed and pet it. The bears, naturally, avert this. And for all his enthusiasm, Threadwell appears to be aware of that.
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* BrokenPedastal: Before the movie and his death, Timothy Treadwall was well-liked and respected amongst many animal-rights groups and people. He was always seen as being a very likeable and nice guy. The documentry shows what he was really like.... and it's not nice.
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* BrokenPedastal: Before the movie and his death, Timothy Treadwall Treadwell was well-liked and respected amongst many animal-rights groups and people. He was always seen as being a very likeable and nice guy. The documentry documentary shows what he was really like.... and it's not nice.
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* NatureIsNotNice: Herzog appears to be of this opinion, though he doesn't condemn Threadwell for thinking otherwise. The fact he survived amongst wild bears for thirteen years suggests Threadwell may have had a point. The fact he didn't live to see a fourteenth... Doesn't.
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** So, it's more like SenselessSacrifice.
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** For those wondering exactly what this statement is about, Tim finds a pile of bear crap and starts putting his hands almost against it to feel the heat.
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** The closest we get to seeing her close up is near the end, where she is right near a bear and she seems to be ducking from the camera, or the giant bear that she stated in her journal she was deathly afraid of.
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* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: Kathleen, a close friend of Tim, repeatedly says she loves Tim, and even Herzog points it out when he adds "She says she was just a close friend" doubtfully after she mentions she has his ashes.
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* JerkAss: Tim, who created a fake backstory as an orphan, a horrible hypocrite, paranoid extremist who ends up killing himself and his girlfriend. Most interviewees share this opinion along with thinking of him as an IdiotHero, and the pilot who was at the scene comes right out and calls him "Retarded".
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* TheBadGuyWins: Despite being a MotorMouth JerkAss WellIntentionedExtremist, Tim shows his good nature off at the end of his life where he got the bear's attention to save Amie, although it doesn't work. The bear eats them both, and the bad guy (bear) gets shot repeatedly and then cut open.
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** According to those who have heard it, the most disturbing part isn't the attack at all, it's hearing Amie scream as she is left alone in the woods as Tim is dragged off to be eaten, she stands there and screams, and it's made even worse as the bear then comes back...
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** Tim in the very first clip goes onto a monologue about how dangerous bears are, but that he won't be killed by them, then goes onto LIST SEVERAL WAYS THEY COULD. It doesn't help that he says this after the monologue to Amie...
---> "I can feel death on my fingers!"
---> "I can feel death on my fingers!"
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* BetterAsFriends: Timothy and Jewel remained close even after they broke up. Jewel cried during one of Herzog's interviews with her, saying that she missed both Timothy ''and'' Amie.
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* BetterAsFriends: Timothy and Jewel remained close even after they broke up. Jewel cried during one of Herzog's interviews with her, saying that she missed both Timothy ''and'' Amie.
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* NothingIsScarier: Herzog is filmed listening to the audio recording of Treadwell's death. There's no music for this scene, and the audio of the tape cannot be heard, but Herzog turns visibly pale while listening to it, and when he removes the headphones, his hands are trembling, and he simply says: "You must never listen to this tape... If you don't destroy it, it will just be an {{elephant in the room}} for the rest of your life."
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* NothingIsScarier: Herzog is filmed listening to the audio recording of Treadwell's death. There's no music for this scene, and the audio of the tape cannot be heard, but Herzog turns visibly pale while listening to it, and when he removes the headphones, his hands are trembling, and he simply says: "You must never listen to this tape... If you don't destroy it, it will just be an {{elephant in the room}} ElephantInTheRoom for the rest of your life."
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* {{Paranoia}}: Even if you believe those [[strike:unarmed tourists]] ''evil poachers'' left the carved messages ([[WildMassGuessing some think they were made by Treadwell himself or his girlfriend]]), it takes a very high level of paranoia to consider "Hi Timothy Treadwell - See you next summer" and a freaking ''smiley face'' as death threats.
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* {{Paranoia}}: TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}: Even if you believe those [[strike:unarmed tourists]] ''evil poachers'' left the carved messages ([[WildMassGuessing some think they were made by Treadwell himself or his girlfriend]]), it takes a very high level of paranoia to consider "Hi Timothy Treadwell - See you next summer" and a freaking ''smiley face'' as death threats.
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* CloudCuckooLander: "I can ''feel'' the poop! It's warm! It just came from her butt! This was just inside of her. My girl! I'm touching it! It's her poop! It's Wendy's poop!...Everything about them is perfect!"
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* CloudCuckooLander: "I can ''feel'' the poop! It's warm! It just came from her butt! This was just inside of her. My girl! I'm ''I'm touching it! it!'' It's her poop! It's Wendy's poop!...Everything about them is perfect!"
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* CloudCuckooLander: "Oh my gosh! The bear, Miss Chocolate, has left me her poop! It's her crap! It was just in her butt and it's still warm! This is a gift from Miss Chocolate!"
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* CloudCuckooLander: "Oh my gosh! The bear, Miss Chocolate, has left me "I can ''feel'' the poop! It's warm! It just came from her butt! This was just inside of her. My girl! I'm touching it! It's her poop! It's her crap! It was just in her butt and it's still warm! This Wendy's poop!...Everything about them is a gift from Miss Chocolate!"perfect!"
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* HeroicSacrifice: The coroner who examined the remains of Tim and Amie posits that Tim tried to distract the bear so that Amie could escape. If this was the case then he was tragically unsuccessful.
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''Grizzly Man'' is a 2005 American documentary film by German director Creator/WernerHerzog. It chronicles the life and death of bear enthusiast, wildlife activist, and aspiring documentarian Timothy Treadwell.
For ''Grizzly Man'', Herzog used sequences extracted from more than 85 hours of video footage shot by Treadwell during the last five years of his life, and conducted interviews with Treadwell's family and friends, as well as bear and nature experts. Herzog also narrates, and offers his own interpretations of the events. In his narration, he depicts Treadwell as a disturbed man who may have had a death wish toward the end of his life, but also refuses to condemn him for this.
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!!Tropes associated with ''Grizzly Man'':
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: A fox is shown to allow Treadwell to feed and pet it. The bears, naturally, avert this. And for all his enthusiasm, Threadwell appears to be aware of that.
* CloudCuckooLander: "Oh my gosh! The bear, Miss Chocolate, has left me her poop! It's her crap! It was just in her butt and it's still warm! This is a gift from Miss Chocolate!"
* ClusterFBomb: Recording at the end of one summer, Tim is attempting to sum up his experiences of the past few months, but abruptly breaks into a profane rant about poachers, tourists, the government and the wildlife services. It goes on for several minutes, almost none of which Herzog cuts out.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Tim ''[[AvertedTrope wasn't]]''. But since 19 he pretended to be one to fake a MysteriousPast, and eventually had his name legally changed (Treadwell, although a name in his family tree, wasn't his own).
* DoesNotLikeGuns: Treadwell made a point on never carrying a gun and said he would rather die than harm a bear. He even refused to carry bear repellent because he felt deeply disturbed after using it on a bear once.
** It crosses into TearJerker territory when you realize that a bear repellent could've [[spoiler: very well saved his and his girlfriend's lives when a bear invaded their tent...]]
* DoomedExpedition: Herzog loves this trope.
* DontGoInTheWoods: of bear country in Alaska during certain times of year.
* [=~Everything's Worse With Bears~=]: Well, not at first.
* ForegoneConclusion: Unfortunately (and not predictably).
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Treadwell could apparently play with bear cubs... while their mother was watching. Then the bears got hungry...
* {{Hypocrite}}: Tim routinely insulted tourists, which he considered akin to poachers... despite the fact he came into contact with the bears for the first time as a tourist himself. He also considered that the park rangers' plane that flew over the area ''twice a month'' was harassing the bears.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Don't appear on camera, I'm supposed to be alone here! [[ThirdPersonPerson It's Tim Treadwell]], the kind warrior! I'm the only one here! I'm the only one protecting these bears!
** Also, despite the fact that he had his girlfriend with him, he never mentioned her in his journal entries and she only appeared three times on-camera, once while crossing a river from afar.
* JustOneLittleMistake: Tim and Amie were supposed to leave earlier that year... but [[NoodleIncident some incident]] with an "obese stewardess" at the airport somehow convinced them it was a better idea to return to the Grizzly Maze for some weeks more. [[CaptainObvious It wasn't]].
* LemonyNarrator: Werner Herzog, who alternates between praising Timothy for his ability to capture such beautiful footage, and mourning what he perceived as Timothy's poor judgement.
* MeetCute: Treadwell's ex-girlfriend, Jewel Palovak, told Herzog that they met when they both got in trouble at work on the same day, him for doing a SillyWalk in front of customers and her for accidentally starting a small fire. Their relationship didn't become romantic until sometime later, but the incident made them fast friends on the spot.
* MotorMouth: Tim has a bit of one.
* MountainMan: Timothy saw himself as such despite having no training whatsoever.
* NatureIsNotNice: Herzog appears to be of this opinion, though he doesn't condemn Threadwell for thinking otherwise. The fact he survived amongst wild bears for thirteen years suggests Threadwell may have had a point. The fact he didn't live to see a fourteenth... Doesn't.
* NeverFoundTheBody: ''Waaaaaay'' averted. Treadwell's severed arm was found, with the watch still ticking on it...and then, once the authorities killed the bear that ate him, they found the rest of him (and Amie) inside it. [[NightmareFuel Have fun sleeping]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The bear that killed Tim was killed, along with a second bear that attacked the ranger party that was trying to recover his body. The interviewed experts also point out that rather than "protecting" the bears and foxes as Tim claimed, his continuous presence there just made the animals less inclined to avoid humans, and so ''more'' likely to be killed by poachers.
* NothingIsScarier: Herzog is filmed listening to the audio recording of Treadwell's death. There's no music for this scene, and the audio of the tape cannot be heard, but Herzog turns visibly pale while listening to it, and when he removes the headphones, his hands are trembling, and he simply says: "You must never listen to this tape... If you don't destroy it, it will just be an {{elephant in the room}} for the rest of your life."
** Herzog did say that if we were to hear it, we'd hear -- aside from the dying screams -- Treadwell telling his girlfriend to run and save herself, and said girlfriend apparently trying to defend herself with a frying pan.
* {{Paranoia}}: Even if you believe those [[strike:unarmed tourists]] ''evil poachers'' left the carved messages ([[WildMassGuessing some think they were made by Treadwell himself or his girlfriend]]), it takes a very high level of paranoia to consider "Hi Timothy Treadwell - See you next summer" and a freaking ''smiley face'' as death threats.
** He also made several claims that he was a wanted man and that the park ranger helicopters that flew overhead periodically were meant for him. As is, the rangers didn't know he was out there at first and when they found out, they weren't exactly on a manhunt (although they were concerned about his safety and wanted to convince him to go home).
* {{Retirony}}: The couple was scheduled to depart the morning after their attack, and Amie was supposed to get a new job and possibly leave the whole living among grizzlies thing the next week.
** There is also a short clip from ''The Late Show'' where DavidLetterman interviewed him and jokingly asked if [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Tim would eventually get eaten by a bear.]] (This clip is only in the theatrical version as copyright issues caused it to be replaced with another interview segment for the video and television versions.)
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: I will die for these animals, I will die for these animals, I will die for these animals...
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Amie only appears 3 times in the original 85 hours of video, has her face [[TheFaceless always covered]], and is [[TheVoiceless never heard]].
* SnuffFilm: A camera recorded audio from the death of Treadwell and his girlfriend. Though the filmmaker listened to the tape he offered little elaboration on it and urged its possessor to destroy it. [[ExecutiveMeddling The executives actually wanted to use the audio in the film]], but Herzog refused to allow this on the grounds of taste.
* TooDumbToLive: Tim. Those bears? Not your friends.
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''Grizzly Man'' is a 2005 American documentary film by German director Creator/WernerHerzog. It chronicles the life and death of bear enthusiast, wildlife activist, and aspiring documentarian Timothy Treadwell.
For ''Grizzly Man'', Herzog used sequences extracted from more than 85 hours of video footage shot by Treadwell during the last five years of his life, and conducted interviews with Treadwell's family and friends, as well as bear and nature experts. Herzog also narrates, and offers his own interpretations of the events. In his narration, he depicts Treadwell as a disturbed man who may have had a death wish toward the end of his life, but also refuses to condemn him for this.
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!!Tropes associated with ''Grizzly Man'':
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: A fox is shown to allow Treadwell to feed and pet it. The bears, naturally, avert this. And for all his enthusiasm, Threadwell appears to be aware of that.
* CloudCuckooLander: "Oh my gosh! The bear, Miss Chocolate, has left me her poop! It's her crap! It was just in her butt and it's still warm! This is a gift from Miss Chocolate!"
* ClusterFBomb: Recording at the end of one summer, Tim is attempting to sum up his experiences of the past few months, but abruptly breaks into a profane rant about poachers, tourists, the government and the wildlife services. It goes on for several minutes, almost none of which Herzog cuts out.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Tim ''[[AvertedTrope wasn't]]''. But since 19 he pretended to be one to fake a MysteriousPast, and eventually had his name legally changed (Treadwell, although a name in his family tree, wasn't his own).
* DoesNotLikeGuns: Treadwell made a point on never carrying a gun and said he would rather die than harm a bear. He even refused to carry bear repellent because he felt deeply disturbed after using it on a bear once.
** It crosses into TearJerker territory when you realize that a bear repellent could've [[spoiler: very well saved his and his girlfriend's lives when a bear invaded their tent...]]
* DoomedExpedition: Herzog loves this trope.
* DontGoInTheWoods: of bear country in Alaska during certain times of year.
* [=~Everything's Worse With Bears~=]: Well, not at first.
* ForegoneConclusion: Unfortunately (and not predictably).
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Treadwell could apparently play with bear cubs... while their mother was watching. Then the bears got hungry...
* {{Hypocrite}}: Tim routinely insulted tourists, which he considered akin to poachers... despite the fact he came into contact with the bears for the first time as a tourist himself. He also considered that the park rangers' plane that flew over the area ''twice a month'' was harassing the bears.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Don't appear on camera, I'm supposed to be alone here! [[ThirdPersonPerson It's Tim Treadwell]], the kind warrior! I'm the only one here! I'm the only one protecting these bears!
** Also, despite the fact that he had his girlfriend with him, he never mentioned her in his journal entries and she only appeared three times on-camera, once while crossing a river from afar.
* JustOneLittleMistake: Tim and Amie were supposed to leave earlier that year... but [[NoodleIncident some incident]] with an "obese stewardess" at the airport somehow convinced them it was a better idea to return to the Grizzly Maze for some weeks more. [[CaptainObvious It wasn't]].
* LemonyNarrator: Werner Herzog, who alternates between praising Timothy for his ability to capture such beautiful footage, and mourning what he perceived as Timothy's poor judgement.
* MeetCute: Treadwell's ex-girlfriend, Jewel Palovak, told Herzog that they met when they both got in trouble at work on the same day, him for doing a SillyWalk in front of customers and her for accidentally starting a small fire. Their relationship didn't become romantic until sometime later, but the incident made them fast friends on the spot.
* MotorMouth: Tim has a bit of one.
* MountainMan: Timothy saw himself as such despite having no training whatsoever.
* NatureIsNotNice: Herzog appears to be of this opinion, though he doesn't condemn Threadwell for thinking otherwise. The fact he survived amongst wild bears for thirteen years suggests Threadwell may have had a point. The fact he didn't live to see a fourteenth... Doesn't.
* NeverFoundTheBody: ''Waaaaaay'' averted. Treadwell's severed arm was found, with the watch still ticking on it...and then, once the authorities killed the bear that ate him, they found the rest of him (and Amie) inside it. [[NightmareFuel Have fun sleeping]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The bear that killed Tim was killed, along with a second bear that attacked the ranger party that was trying to recover his body. The interviewed experts also point out that rather than "protecting" the bears and foxes as Tim claimed, his continuous presence there just made the animals less inclined to avoid humans, and so ''more'' likely to be killed by poachers.
* NothingIsScarier: Herzog is filmed listening to the audio recording of Treadwell's death. There's no music for this scene, and the audio of the tape cannot be heard, but Herzog turns visibly pale while listening to it, and when he removes the headphones, his hands are trembling, and he simply says: "You must never listen to this tape... If you don't destroy it, it will just be an {{elephant in the room}} for the rest of your life."
** Herzog did say that if we were to hear it, we'd hear -- aside from the dying screams -- Treadwell telling his girlfriend to run and save herself, and said girlfriend apparently trying to defend herself with a frying pan.
* {{Paranoia}}: Even if you believe those [[strike:unarmed tourists]] ''evil poachers'' left the carved messages ([[WildMassGuessing some think they were made by Treadwell himself or his girlfriend]]), it takes a very high level of paranoia to consider "Hi Timothy Treadwell - See you next summer" and a freaking ''smiley face'' as death threats.
** He also made several claims that he was a wanted man and that the park ranger helicopters that flew overhead periodically were meant for him. As is, the rangers didn't know he was out there at first and when they found out, they weren't exactly on a manhunt (although they were concerned about his safety and wanted to convince him to go home).
* {{Retirony}}: The couple was scheduled to depart the morning after their attack, and Amie was supposed to get a new job and possibly leave the whole living among grizzlies thing the next week.
** There is also a short clip from ''The Late Show'' where DavidLetterman interviewed him and jokingly asked if [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Tim would eventually get eaten by a bear.]] (This clip is only in the theatrical version as copyright issues caused it to be replaced with another interview segment for the video and television versions.)
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: I will die for these animals, I will die for these animals, I will die for these animals...
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Amie only appears 3 times in the original 85 hours of video, has her face [[TheFaceless always covered]], and is [[TheVoiceless never heard]].
* SnuffFilm: A camera recorded audio from the death of Treadwell and his girlfriend. Though the filmmaker listened to the tape he offered little elaboration on it and urged its possessor to destroy it. [[ExecutiveMeddling The executives actually wanted to use the audio in the film]], but Herzog refused to allow this on the grounds of taste.
* TooDumbToLive: Tim. Those bears? Not your friends.
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