| 1 | * SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: As to be expected from Music/HansZimmer and Lebo M. They were cast to write their now iconic score for ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Lion King]]'' on the strength of this film. Not to mention, several tracks from ''The Power of One'' would be re-used in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwbSvC6pO28 Africa: The Serengeti]]''. For specific examples, consult [[AwesomeMusic/HansZimmer this page]]. |
| 2 | * CompleteMonster (from the 1992 [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]]): [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Jaapie Botha]], otherwise known as the Judge, was an [[AmoralAfrikaner Afrikaner]] bully who took an immediate disliking to PK because of his English heritage. Jaapie later tried to sacrifice him and his pet chicken, Mother Courage, to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler; he kills Courage, and he tries to do the same thing to PK after he had humiliated him in front of the other children. [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Years later]], Botha became the sergeant for Colonel Breyton, and he was given the task of investigating PK's multiracial gym. Once there, he severely beats Gideon with a whip, causing him to lose his eye, and he attacks the other boxers. Jaapie later aided Breyton in several attacks, one of which would end up killing PK's LoveInterest; they then started a massacre in Alexandra, all in their pursuit of PK and Gideon. Jaapie was found in the middle of savagely beating a boxing promoter, and he still expressed a desire to kill him, even when PK willingly gave himself up. |
| 3 | * IronWoobie: Peekay takes massive amounts of abuse at the hands of Jaapie and his crew, but refuses to cry, infuriating them further. |
| 4 | * MisaimedFandom: A worrying amount of white supremacists around the Internet consider Jaapie - noted above as a CompleteMonster - to be the "[[DracoInLeatherPants true hero]]" of the film. Apparently it just wasn't clear enough that he's supposed to be the bad guy. |
| 5 | * MoralEventHorizon: Jaapie crosses it as a teenager when he kills Peekay's chicken, and tries to do the same to Peekay, [[spoiler:foreshadowing what kind of [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp person he will grow up to be]]]]. |
| 6 | * RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/DanielCraig made his film debut here as Sgt. Jaapie Botha. |
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