History Main / ChasedByAngryNatives

* The Creator/{{Disney}} ''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' has Ned Land following the "research trip" onto a nearby island, disturbing [[WackyWaysideTribe the local cannibals]], which becomes an outrage to all logic and logistics, but does allow Nemo a reason to point out [[ChekhovsGun the Nautilus' defenses]].

[-[[caption-width-right:350:"We're not leaving without Jack... never mind, let's go!"]]-]

* Happens to Jack Sparrow in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest''. In fact, the image of him running away from them was one of the first things released about the movie, prompting many fans to wonder just what he's done ''this'' time. [[spoiler: It was the refusing-to-be-dinner scenario, but with a twist: the natives believed Jack was a [[GodInHumanForm flesh-imprisoned god yearning to be set free.]]]]

* Happens often to ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' in cartoons such as "WesternAnimation/BettyBoopsBambooIsle", "WesternAnimation/IllBeGladWhenYoureDeadYouRascalYou" and "Zula Hula".

* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', the arrival in 1885 is immediately followed by the [=DeLorean=] time machine being chased by Native Americans on horseback, setting the film's tone as a takeoff on TheWestern. Possibly subverted, since it's later revealed that the Native Americans were themselves being pursued by the U.S. cavalry. Maybe the [=DeLorean=] was just in their way.

* In ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'', the [[TrackTrouble derailed train]] of Bud Bugman passes through a Native American village, and the vibrations cause all the tepees to collapse. The Dalton Brothers, chasing after the train on horse, arrive at the village and Joe asks the Natives if they've seen the train. Averell, [[TheDitz of course]], makes the dumb mistake of saying the train is "theirs" (the Daltons'). Cut to the Daltons fleeing on horses, with a RainOfArrows shot at them.

-->Sheldon: "Why is there never a pontoon plane when you need one?"

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'': When the girl racoons shockingly realize that Daggett is not the Mighty Knothead they imagined, Both Dagget and his brother Norbert are chased down by the girl racoons.

Stock scene for the AdventurerArchaeologist and EvilColonialist types, the HollywoodNatives are angry at the adventurer (or BigBad) stealing [[PlotCoupon their]] [[MacGuffin sacred]] [[ArtifactOfDeath idol]], [[CannibalTribe refusing to be their dinner]], selling them to his HumanTraffickers, or even merely trespassing in their territory. Expect there to be [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy hilariously ineffectual thrown spears and arrows]], hooting and jumping as he makes a clean getaway via plane, boat, car, or train.

Stock scene for the AdventurerArchaeologist and EvilColonialist types, the HollywoodNatives are angry at the adventurer (or BigBad) stealing [[PlotCoupon their]] [[MacGuffin sacred]] [[ArtifactOfDeath idol]] or [[CannibalTribe refusing to be their dinner]], or even merely trespassing in their territory. Expect there to be [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy hilariously ineffectual thrown spears and arrows]], hooting and jumping as he makes a clean getaway via plane, boat, car, or train.

Of course, this amounts to nothing so much as MightyWhitey "preserving for posterity" the ancient sacred objects of a "lesser" culture to a place they'll be truly appreciated: [[ItBelongsInAMuseum a public museum]]. The natives on the other hand, usually see this as "theft" or "desecration," and hence the pursuit.

* The Creator/{{Disney}} ''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' has Ned Land following the "research trip" onto a nearby island, disturbing [[WackyWaysideTribe the local cannibals]], which becomes [[ValuesDissonance really racist rather quickly]] as well as an outrage to all logic and logistics, but does allow Nemo a reason to point out [[ChekhovsGun the Nautilus' defenses]].

If the natives are the heroes, then they tend to be LaResistance in stories involving an EvilColonialist.

Stock scene for the AdventurerArchaeologist and EvilColonialist types, the HollywoodNatives are angry at the hero stealing [[PlotCoupon their]] [[MacGuffin sacred]] [[ArtifactOfDeath idol]] or [[CannibalTribe refusing to be their dinner]], or even merely trespassing in their territory. Expect there to be [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy hilariously ineffectual thrown spears and arrows]], hooting and jumping as he makes a clean getaway via plane, boat, car, or train.

* This happened to Creator/DavidAttenborough in his youth while filming in Papua New Guinea - in fact, while on camera. His response was to turn around and extend his hand to the chief with "How do you do?", upon which it turned out that [[MajoredInWesternHypocrisy the chief was Oxford-educated]] and his people had mistaken Attenborough for [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Philip]]. No, really.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinelese The natives of North Sentinel Island]] are among the last tribes on Earth not to have made peaceful contact with the outside world. They are downright hostile to anyone who sets foot on the island or gets too close to its shores. Anthropologists/ethnologists have tried to establish contact in vain and several people died. There were also reports of helicopters being shot at with arrows. The Indian government considers the island as sovereign and handles its protection, forbidding anyone to come close of it, for the protection of both curious would-be-intruders and the natives themselves, as they have high risks of not being immune to common sicknesses intruders could unwittingly bring to the island

Of course, this amounts to nothing so much as MightyWhitey "preserving for posterity" the ancient sacred objects of a lesser culture to a place they'll be truly appreciated: [[ItBelongsInAMuseum a public museum]]. The natives on the other hand, usually see this as "theft" or "desecration," and hence the pursuit.

Of course, this amounts to nothing so much as MightyWhitey "preserving for posterity" the ancient sacred objects of a lesser culture to a place they'll be truly appreciated: [[ItBelongsInAMuseum a public museum]]. The natives on the other hand, usually prefer seeing it as "theft" or "desecration," and hence the pursuit.

** Including John Chau, a young American missionary who sneaked onto the island in 2018 to bring the people to Jesus. He ended up speared to death; the Indian government figured it was his own fault.