History PlayingWith / MightyWhitey

* '''Invoked''': ???

** The White Guy is better than the Natives only because the Natives are pulling a MassiveMultiplayerScam to mock this trope, and the White Guy is naive enough to fall for it.

** The white guy is a {{Determinator}} who [[EarnYourHappyEnding works his way]] to success and acceptace by the [[RoundCharacter fully-developed]], sympathetic non-white characters.

** The white guy looks like he have mastered the technique but he never manages to outdo the Native American.

* '''Reconstructed''': The white guy is better at everything than all of the non-white characters because the film was meant to accurately portray thoughts of the time.

* '''Downplayed''': Despite living his entire life in the city, it turns out the white guy is pretty good at spear fishing. For a white guy. Compared to a native, its not impressive.

** The white guy has access to better health care, nutrition, education and technology. A lack of familiarity with an activity is only a minor disadvantage for him, one he easily overcomes.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': [[UnfortunateImplications White people can do anything better than non white people.]]

* '''Exploited''': "Well, [[GenreSaavy white guys like me always do great in these situations]], so this should be a cinch!"

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Justified''': The Native American was the village idiot, and the white guy had spear fishing as one of his hobbies.

*** The white guy is conscious of the fact that he is at a disadvantage and works crazy hard to learn, while the non-white rival is complacent in his skills.

* '''Subverted''': The white guy looks like he have mastered the technique but he never manages to outdo the Native American.

* '''Deconstructed''': The white guy becomes better at fishing with a spear but is filled with guilt because the Native American spent his entire life spear fishing and is still inferior in skill.
** The white guy only achieves success after a lot of [[EarnYourHappyEnding hard work]], and the non-white characters never fully trust him.
** Or, the white guy achieves success but [[Film/ApocalypseNow loses his way and becomes alienated from society because of it]].
** Being ''[[TheAce so much better]]'' than the natives gives the white guy DelusionsOfGrandeur: causing his StartOfDarkness.
* '''Reconstructed''': The white guy is better at everything than all of the non-white characters because the film was meant to accurately portray thoughts of the time.

* '''Averted''': The white guy is not especially better at anything than the Native American.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Subverted''': The white guy looks like he have mastered the technique, but he never manages to outdo the Native American.

* '''Exaggerated''': A white guy, coming from a city, manages to become better at fishing with a spear, shooting with a bow, riding a horse, wrestling bears, etc, than any other member of the native tribe, and is quickly appointed chief. All within a few days.
* '''Justified''': The Native American was the village idiot, and the white guy had spear fishing as one of his hobbies.

* '''Subverted''': The white guy looks like he have mastered the technique, but he never manages to outdo the Native American.

** The white guy only achieves success after a lot of [[EarnYourHappyEnding hard work]], and the non-white characters never fully trust him.
** Or, the white guy achieves success but [[ApocalypseNow loses his way and becomes alienated from society because of it]].

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* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???

** The white guy starts out as TheChosenOne, or so we think. In the end, the BlackBestFriend ends up pulling a BigDamnedHeroes on him.

* '''Defied''': ???

*** Or, the white guy achieves success but [[ApocalypseNow loses his way and becomes alienated from society because of it]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': The white guy looks like he's mastered the art of spear-fishing...but the natives are still better...so the white guy draws on his unique experiences and ''does''become better than everyone else...but he still fails miserably at everything else the non-white characters consider normal...but the skills ''he'' has and ''they'' don't eventually win him some respect...as the local BunnyEarsLawyer.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Of course I can do that better than you stupid savages. Nothing's impossible to a White guy!"

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???