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''Two Brothers'' (''Deux Frères'') is a 2004 adventure family film directed by [[Creator/JeanJacquesAnnaud Jean-Jacques Annaud]]. It is about two tigers who are separated as cubs and then reunited years later. Set in 1920s French Indochina, two tigers are separated as cubs after the ancient temple where they live is disturbed by Aidan [=McRory=] (Creator/GuyPearce), who intends to steal and sell the ancient statues.

[=McRory=] is an unscrupulous explorer, big-game hunter and temple looter. He discovers Kumal and befriends him, but [=McRory=] is arrested for stealing from the ancient temple and Kumal is kept by the chief in the Cambodian village where [=McRory=] had been staying. The chief then sells Kumal to a circus where he is to be the star attraction.

Sangha remains in the jungle with his mother, but both are soon trapped by [= McRory=] as game for a vain Khmer prince to hunt. The mother is shot in the ear and thought to be dead before she jumps up and runs off with a hole in her ear. Sangha is discovered by young Raoul, son of the French administrator, Normandin, and becomes the child's pet.

JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith [[JustForFun/TwoBrothers this]] over-the-top [[ShowWithinAShow action movie]] from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.
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!!This film provides examples of:

%%* ABoyAndHisX
%%* AdventurerArchaeologist: Subverted.
* AncientTomb: More temple than tomb, actually, and more realistic than the average horror series setting, without any booby traps and undead.
* AndroclesLion: Or tiger, as the case may be. [[spoiler: Actually, the two tigers become an AndroclesLion for each other when they are forced to fight each other, and after a minute or so of serious fighting they realize they are siblings. They then change to play fighting instead.]]
%%* AntiVillain: [=McRory=] pre-HeelRealization and Raoul's parents.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Sangha doesn't hurt the boy Raoul because the two of them had a happy childhood together and Kumal spared Aidan when the latter was pointing a gun at Sangha, giving him ample time to put the gun down. All because Aidan used to give Kumal lemon drop sweets when he was a cub.
%%* BashBrothers: The titular characters, [[spoiler: especially during their escape]] post-TimeSkip.
%%* BigFancyHouse: The house of Normandin, and even more so the palace of His Excellency, a Khmer prince.
* ChekhovsSkill: [[spoiler: Kumal's TrainingFromHell in the circus will be important during his and Sangha's escape.]]
%%* CuteKitten: Tiger cubs, in this case.
* EyeTake: When the tigers realize they're siblings.
%%* FriendToAllLivingThings: Raoul.
* GladiatorGames: Not with humans, but with tigers.
* GreatWhiteHunter: Aidan [=McRory=] plays this straight in how he portrays himself in his books, but his actual character is closer to a deconstruction of the trope.
%%* GreenAesop
* HateSink: Almost all the human characters that mean the tigers harm in the movie, but mainly Zerbino the circus ringmaster, and his fire-eater, Saladin, who are cruel and abusive to Kumal when the latter becomes part of the circus. The only positive thing they do in the film is [[spoiler: teach Kumal how to jump through the ring of fire, which would later help Kumal and Sangha to escape the hunters at the end.]]
* KarmaHoudini: ''All'' the antagonists. Except for Bitzy, the dog that harassed Sangha the entire time, as well as Saladin, who Sangha bit the hand of, and Zerbino, who Kumal attacked and probably killed.
* IWillFightNoMoreForever: [[spoiler: [=McRory=] promises Raoul that Kumal and Sangha will be the last creatures he hunts.]]
%%* NobleDemon: [=McRory=].
* NoNameGiven: His Excelllency, a local aristocrat.
%%* TheObiWan: "Bloody" Caesar to Kumal in the circus.
%%* PantheraAwesome
* PetBabyWildAnimal: Sangha to Raoul and Kumal to [=McRory=]. Unlike many examples, they explicitly mention the fact that if the tigers go back into the wild, they will not be able to hunt for themselves, and may even end up preying on humans.
* RedBaron: Caesar, the old tiger in the circus Kumal was bought was called "Bloody". [[spoiler: After he is slaughtered, Kumal earns the monicker "Man Eater".]]
%% * RedOniBlueOni: Kumal and Sangha respectively.
* SailorFuku: Raoul wears a period male version
* ShootTheDog: [=McRory=] kills the father of Kumal and Sangha after he attacks and fatally wounds one of his men, who in turn was about to shoot one of the cubs. [=McRory=] later goes hunting for Kumal and Sangha because he believes that having been raised by humans will turn them into man-eaters after they escape to the wild.
%%* SiblingTeam
* SleazyPolitician: Both the headman of the Cambodian village and Normandin, the French administrator.
* TimeSkip: The movie jumps one year in the middle part.
%%* TookALevelInBadass: The titular characters after the TimeSkip.
%%* TrainingFromHell: Kumal during his time in the circus.
* TropeyComeHome: Both played straight and inverted, depending on your point of view. [[spoiler: From the point of view of Raoul and [= McRory=], they let their tigers go instead of getting them back. From the point of view of the tigers' mother, she gets her offspring back.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: His Excellency is often compared to his father, who was a great man of his time and had many qualities. The son, however, didn't seem to inherit any of those qualities and he is quite upset about that.
%%* UglyGuyHotWife: Raoul's parents.
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''Two Brothers'' (''Deux Frères'') is a 2004 adventure family film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. It is about two tigers who are separated as cubs and then reunited years later. Set in 1920s French Indochina, two tigers are separated as cubs after the ancient temple where they live is disturbed by Aidan [=McRory=] (Creator/GuyPearce), who intends to steal and sell the ancient statues.

%%* KarmaHoudini: ''All'' the antagonists. Except for Bitzy, the dog that harassed Sangha the entire time, as well as Saladin, who Sangha bit the hand of, and Zerbino, who Kumal attacked and probably killed.

%%* TheAmazon: The jungles of Cambodia.

''Two Brothers'' (''Deux Frères'') is a 2004 adventure family film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. It is about two tigers who are separated as cubs and then reunited years later. Set in 1920s French Indochina, two tigers are separated as cubs after the ancient temple where they live is disturbed by Aidan [=McRory=] (Guy Pearce), who intends to steal and sell the ancient statues.

* HateSink: Almost all the human characters that mean the tigers harm in the movie, but mainly Zerbino the circus ringmaster, and his fire-eater, Saladin, who are cruel and abusive to Kumal when the latter becomes part of the circus. The only positive thing they do in the film is [[spoiler: [=teach Kumal how to jump through the ring of fire, which would later help Kumal and Sangha to escape the hunters at the end.]]
* KarmaHoudini: ''All'' the antagonists. Except for Bitzy, the dog that harassed Sangha the entire time, as well as Saladin, who Sangha bit the hand of, and Zerbino, who Kumal attacked and probably killed.

* HateSink: Almost all the human characters that mean the tigers harm in the movie, but mainly Zerbino the circus ringmaster, and his fire-eater, Saladin, who are cruel and abusive to Kumal when the latter becomes part of the circus. The only positive thing they do in the film is [[spoiler: [=teach Kumal how to jump through the ring of fire, which would later help Kumal and Sangha to escape the hunters at the end.]]]
%%* KarmaHoudini: ''All'' the antagonists. Except for Bitzy, the dog that harassed Sangha the entire time, as well as Saladin, who Sangha bit the hand of, and Zerbino, who Kumal attacked and probably killed.

* HateSink: Almost all the human characters that mean the tigers harm in the movie, but mainly Zerbino the circus ringmaster, and his fire-eater, Saladin, who are cruel and abusive to Kumal when the latter becomes part of the circus. The only positive thing they do in the film is [[spoiler: teach Kumal how to jump through the ring of fire, which would later help Kumal and Sangha to escape the hunters at the end.]]

%%* KarmaHoudini: ''All'' the antagonists. Except for Bitzy, the dog that harassed Sangha the entire time.

* ShootTheDog: [=McRory=] kills the father of Kumal and Sangha after he attacks and fatally wounds one of his men, who in turn was about to shoot one of the cubs. [=McRory=] latter goes hunting for Kumal and Sangha because he believes that having been raised by humans will turn them into man-eaters after they escape to the wild.

%%* KarmaHoudini: ''All'' the antagonists.

* ShootTheDog: [=McRory=] kills the father of Kumal and Sangha after it attacks and fatally wounds one of his men, who in turn was about to shoot one of the cubs. [=McRory=] latter goes hunting for Kumal and Sangha because he believes that having been raised by humans will turn them into man-eaters after they escape to the wild.

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NotToBeConfusedWith [[JustForFun/TwoBrothers this]] over-the-top [[ShowWithinAShow action movie]] from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.

NotToBeConfusedWith the over-the-top [[ShowWithinAShow action movie]] from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.

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* RedOniBlueOni: Kumal and Sangha respectively.

%%* RedOniBlueOni: Sangha and Kumal respectively.

* AntiVillain: [=McRory=] pre-HeelRealization and Raoul's parents.
* BashBrothers: The titular characters, [[spoiler: especially during their escape]] post-TimeSkip.
* BigFancyHouse: The house of Normandin, and even more so the palace of His Excellency, a Khmer prince.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Arguably, since hunted tigers are the protagonists of the film. The only sympathetic and likable human characters are Raoul, [=McRory=] and arguably TheChiefsDaughter.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: [=McRory=] and Raoul arguably.

* ABoyAndHisX
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Subverted.
* TheAmazon: The jungles of Cambodia.

* CuteKitten: Tiger cubs, in this case.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Raoul.

* GreenAesop

* KarmaHoudini: ''All'' the antagonists.

* NobleDemon: [=McRory=].

* TheObiWan: "Bloody" Caesar to Kumal in the circus.
* PantheraAwesome

* RedOniBlueOni: Sangha and Kumal respectively.

* SiblingTeam

* TookALevelInBadass: The titular characters after the TimeSkip.
* TrainingFromHell: Kumal during his time in the circus.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Raoul's parents.

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy and His Tiger]]

* [[ShootTheDog Shoot the Tiger]]: [=McRory=] kills the father of Kumal and Sangha after it attacks and fatally wounds one of his men, who in turn was about to shoot one of the cubs. [=McRory=] latter goes hunting for Kumal and Sangha because he believes that having been raised by humans will turn them into man-eaters after they escape to the wild.

* UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}}
* UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire: The movie is set in French Indochina, with both a French administrator and local leaders running things.

* [[{{UsefulNotes.Cambodia}} Cambodia]]
* TheFrenchColonialEmpire: The movie is set in French Indochina, with both a French administrator and local leaders running things.

* GladiatorGames: Not with humans, but with tigers

* AdventurerArchaeologist - Subverted.
* TheAmazon - The jungles of Cambodia.
* AncientTomb - More temple than tomb, actually, and more realistic than the average horror series setting, without any booby traps and undead.
* AndroclesLion - Or tiger, as the case may be. [[spoiler: Actually, the two tigers become an AndroclesLion for each other when they are forced to fight each other, and after a minute or so of serious fighting they realize they are siblings. They then change to play fighting instead.]]
* AntiVillain - [=McRory=] pre-HeelRealization and Raoul's parents.
* BashBrothers - The titular characters, [[spoiler: especially during their escape]] post-TimeSkip.
* BigFancyHouse - The house of Normandin, and even more so the palace of His Excellency, a Khmer prince.
* ChekhovsSkill - [[spoiler: Kumal's TrainingFromHell in the circus will be important during his and Sangha's escape.]]
* CuteKitten - Tiger cubs, in this case.

* FakeNationality- Most of the French characters were played by French actors, excepts for the British Freddie Highmore as the Raoul.
* TheFrenchColonialEmpire - The movie is set in French Indochina, with both a French administrator and local leaders running things.
* FriendToAllLivingThings - Raoul.
* GladiatorGames - Not with humans, but with tigers
* GreatWhiteHunter - Aidan [=McRory=] plays this straight in how he portrays himself in his books, but his actual character is closer to a deconstruction of the trope.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters - Arguably, since hunted tigers are the protagonists of the film. The only sympathetic and likable human characters are Raoul, [=McRory=] and arguably TheChiefsDaughter.
* KarmaHoudini - ''All'' the antagonists.
* IntergenerationalFriendship - [=McRory=] and Raoul arguably.
* IWillFightNoMoreForever - [[spoiler: [=McRory=] promises Raoul that Kumal and Sangha will be the last creatures he hunts.]]
* NobleDemon - [=McRory=].
* NoNameGiven - His Excelllency, a local aristocrat.
* TheObiWan - "Bloody" Caesar to Kumal in the circus.

* PetBabyWildAnimal - Sangha to Raoul and Kumal to [=McRory=]. Unlike many examples, they explicitly mention the fact that if the tigers go back into the wild, they will not be able to hunt for themselves, and may even end up preying on humans.
* RedBaron - Caesar, the old tiger in the circus Kumal was bought was called "Bloody". [[spoiler: After he is slaughtered, Kumal earns the monicker "Man Eater".]]
* RedOniBlueOni - Sangha and Kumal respectively.
* SailorFuku - Raoul wears a period male version
* [[ShootTheDog Shoot the Tiger]] - [=McRory=] kills the father of Kumal and Sangha after it attacks and fatally wounds one of his men, who in turn was about to shoot one of the cubs. [=McRory=] latter goes hunting for Kumal and Sangha because he believes that having been raised by humans will turn them into man-eaters after they escape to the wild.

* SleazyPolitician - Both the headman of the Cambodian village and Normandin, the French administrator.
* TimeSkip - The movie jumps one year in the middle part.
* TookALevelInBadass - The titular characters after the TimeSkip.
* TrainingFromHell - Kumal during his time in the circus.
* TropeyComeHome - Both played straight and inverted, depending on your point of view. [[spoiler: From the point of view of Raoul and [= McRory=], they let their tigers go instead of getting them back. From the point of view of the tigers' mother, she gets her offspring back.]]
* UglyGuyHotWife - Raoul's parents.

* TropeyComeHome - Both played straight and inverted, depending on your point of view. [[spoiler: From the point of view of Raoul and [= McRory=], they let their tigers go instead of getting them back. From the point of view of the tiger's mother, she gets her offspring back.]]

* AsianGalWithWhiteGuy - Implied with [=McRory=] and TheChiefsDaughter.