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* DisappearedDad: Koda at no point comments on having a father, with his mother being the only relative he ever speaks about. None of the bears at the salmon run ever make a comment on him either, which could imply he's no longer among the living.

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* DisappearedDad: Koda at no point comments on having a father, with his mother being the only relative he ever speaks about. None of the bears at the salmon run ever make a comment on him either, which could imply he's no longer among the living. On the other hand, male bears in real life don't assist in cub-rearing so there may be a much more simple explanation for why we never hear about Koda's father.

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* CanadaEh: The moose brothers both have very thick Canadian accents.


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* MooseAndMapleSyrup: The moose brothers both have very thick Canadian accents.
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* BigDamnHeroes: In the climax of the second movie, Rutt and Tuke follow Kenai to Nita's village so they can help Koda, and they show up just in time to save Koda when he's been cornered by a couple of human hunters.
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* HeelRealization: Realizing the bear he killed [[spoiler:was Koda's mother, who was protecting her son from hunters]], Kenai finds that ''he'' is the monster of the story. In fact, Kenai's entire character arc in the first film builds to him realizing he's become a pretty bad guy and the guilt that follows that.

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* HeelRealization: Realizing the bear he killed [[spoiler:was Koda's mother, who was protecting her son from hunters]], Kenai finds that ''he'' is the monster of the story. In fact, Kenai's entire character arc in the first film builds to him realizing that he's become a hurt pretty bad guy much everyone that he cares about, and the guilt that follows that.that revelation.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: After recieving character development, Kenai becomes this trope in the sequel. He's a friendly, good-natured, fun-loving bear, but he's also a former hunter who has killed before and he's not afraid to get violent to protect himself and his friends.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: After recieving receiving character development, Kenai becomes this trope in the sequel. He's a friendly, good-natured, fun-loving bear, but he's also a former hunter who has killed before and he's not afraid to get violent to protect himself and his friends.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Much like Denahi, she for some reason doesn't return in the sequel, [[spoiler: not even during Kenai and Nita's wedding.]]


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* KilledOffscreen: Since the movie begins with Denahi as an old man, she certainly already would be long before then.

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* {{Foil}}: To Kenai. On the one hand, the spirits intervene and prevent Kenai from spiraling further down the dark and violent path he was on, regaining his better nature through his friendship with Koda, while Denahi has no one and through SanitySlippage loses himself almost entirely. On the other hand, Denahi is just ''barely'' spared having the stain of murder on his conscience (the murder of his own brother, no less!), while Kenai has already passed that point and has to live with the guilt for the rest of his life.

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*ExhaustedEyeBags: Denahi gets these when hunting relentlessly Kenai in his bear form.
* {{Foil}}: To Kenai. On the one hand, the spirits intervene and prevent Kenai from spiraling further down the dark and violent path he was on, regaining his better nature through though his friendship with Koda, while Denahi has no one and through SanitySlippage loses himself almost entirely. On the other hand, Denahi is just ''barely'' spared having the stain of murder on his conscience (the murder of his own brother, no less!), while Kenai has already passed that point and has to live with the guilt for the rest of his life.


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*TheSpeechless: During his time trying to hunt Kenai in his bear form, he doesn't speak, only exclaming "No!," when failing to catch Kenai and later speaks when trying to warm himself and when Sitka appears to him in Eagle form.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: After character development, Kenai becomes this trope in the sequel. He's a friendly, good-natured, fun-loving bear, but he's also a former hunter who has killed before and he's not afraid to get violent to protect himself and his friends.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: After recieving character development, Kenai becomes this trope in the sequel. He's a friendly, good-natured, fun-loving bear, but he's also a former hunter who has killed before and he's not afraid to get violent to protect himself and his friends.



* CynicismCatalyst: After his brother dies and he's subsequently transformed into a bear, his personality becomes a lot more harsh, impatient, aloof and pessimistic than it was before. Kenai is (understandably) not happy about being turned into a creature he hates and he hasn't dealt with the death of his brother in a healthy way yet, so he spends a good chunk of the first movie sulking. He lightens up considerably after he starts to make peace with Sitka's passing and accepts Koda's friendship.



* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Everyone is initially mystified at Kenai's Totem of Love but a sequence of tragedies puts Kenai through a ForcedTransformation to save Kenai from becoming a TragicVillain. At the end, Kenai has realized that Sitka is alive and well in spirit and fully accepts his totem by [[spoiler:keeping his bear form to care for Koda and make up for Kenai killing his mother. Koda even fully forgives]].

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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Everyone is initially mystified at Kenai's Totem of Love but a sequence of tragedies puts Kenai through a ForcedTransformation to save Kenai from becoming a TragicVillain. At the end, Kenai has realized that Sitka is alive and well in spirit and fully accepts his totem by [[spoiler:keeping his bear form to care for Koda and make up for Kenai killing his mother. Koda even fully forgives]].forgives him by the end of the film]].



* HeroicSacrifice: At the climax of the sequel, Kenai takes the heat off his friends by distracting Atka, a human hunter. Atka nearly kills him by shoving him off a cliff to die.

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* HeroicSacrifice: At the climax of the sequel, Kenai takes the heat off of his friends by distracting Atka, a human hunter. Atka nearly kills him by shoving him off a cliff to die.



* LeeroyJenkins: Before he receives character development, Kenai's impulsiveness and desire to prove his toughness causes him and the people around him a lot of grief.

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* LeeroyJenkins: Before he receives character development, Kenai's impulsiveness and his desire to prove his toughness causes him and the people around him a lot of grief.



* NeverMyFault: Kenai's firm stance in the original film. Growing out of this immaturity and learning that he did do a lot of damage to his friends and family is an important part of his CharacterDevelopment and leads to him becoming TheAtoner. [[note]]Although the movie later reveals that bears are intelligent and are fully aware of their actions, meaning that [[spoiler:Koda's mother]] stole from humans, knowing that they would possibly go after her. Not only that but throwing rocks at a bear is supposed to scare them off, as that's what most national parks advise people to do if a bear wanders into a occupied campsite.[[/note]] This trope is largely averted in the sequel. Having learned a hard lesson about accountability, Kenai is usually quick to take responsibility for his failings and does whatever he can to fix his mistakes.

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* NeverMyFault: This is Kenai's firm stance in the original film. Growing out of this immaturity and learning that he did do a lot of damage to his friends and family is an important part of his CharacterDevelopment and leads to him becoming TheAtoner. [[note]]Although the movie later reveals that bears are intelligent and are fully aware of their actions, meaning that [[spoiler:Koda's mother]] stole from humans, knowing that they would possibly go after her. Not only that but throwing rocks at a bear is supposed to scare them off, as that's what most national parks advise people to do if a bear wanders into a occupied campsite.[[/note]] This trope is largely averted in the sequel. Having learned a hard lesson about accountability, accountability before, Kenai is usually quick to take responsibility for his failings and does whatever he can to fix his mistakes.



* RevengeMyopia: When Sitka dies during a lethal bear attack - which was technically ''Kenai's'' fault, the first and only thing Kenai wants is "retribution". It backfires massively.

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* RevengeMyopia: When Sitka dies during a lethal bear attack - which (which was technically ''Kenai's'' fault, fault), the first and only thing Kenai wants is "retribution". It backfires massively.
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* DespairEventHorizon: After hitting his lowest point in "No Way Out", Kenai starts to succumb to despair and self-loathing, having finally realized how badly his terrible decisions have unwittingly hurt not only himself, but everyone he loves. During the first third of the film, he put his brother Sitka into a position where he'd need to sacrifice himself for him, planted the seeds of madness in Denahi's head, and unknowingly [[spoiler:made Koda an orphan]]. And worst of all, now that he's changed, there's nothing he can do to reverse any of it - he simply has to live with it all. Before his last fight with Denahi, Kenai even confesses to Sitka that he doesn't know what to do anymore.

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* DespairEventHorizon: After hitting his lowest point in "No Way Out", Kenai starts to succumb to despair and self-loathing, having finally [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realized how badly his terrible decisions have unwittingly hurt not only himself, but everyone he loves.loves]]. During the first third of the film, he put his brother Sitka into a position where he'd need to sacrifice himself for him, planted the seeds of madness in Denahi's head, and unknowingly [[spoiler:made Koda an orphan]]. And worst of all, now that he's changed, there's nothing he can do to reverse any of it - he simply has to live with it all. Before his last fight with Denahi, Kenai even confesses to Sitka that he doesn't know what to do anymore.
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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Kenai needs to go through a lesson spanning the length of the film to learn the depth of his Bear of Love totem. After being transformed into a bear as a constructive punishment for senselessly killing a bear who he blames for Sitka's death, he learns how HeartsIsAnAwesomePower.

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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Kenai needs to go through a lesson spanning the length of the film to learn the depth of his Bear of Love totem. After being transformed into a bear as a constructive punishment for senselessly killing a bear who he blames for Sitka's death, he learns how HeartsIsAnAwesomePower.HeartIsAnAwesomePower at the end of his journey.
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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Kenai needs to go through a lesson spanning the length of the film to learn the depth of his Bear of Love totem. After being transformed into a bear as a constructive punishment for senselessly killing a bear who he blames for Sitka's death, he learns how HeartsIsAnAwesomePower.
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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Everyone is initially mystified at Kenai's Totem of Love but a sequence of tragedies puts Kenai through a ForcedTransformation to save Kenai from becoming a TragicVillain. At the end, Kenai has realized that Sitka is alive and well in spirit and fully accepts his totem by [[spoiler:keeping his bear form to care for Koda and make up for Kenai killing his mother. Koda even fully forgives]].
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Ban evader reversion.


* OutOfFocus: Doesn’t appear very much in the film.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Is suddenly rather harsh when Kenai is unhappy with his Bear totem.
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* SugarAndIcePersona: Is suddenly rather harsh when Kensington is unhappy with his Bear totem

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* SugarAndIcePersona: SugarAndIcePersonality: Is suddenly rather harsh when Kensington Kenai is unhappy with his Bear totemtotem.

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* OutOfFocus: Doesn’t appear very much in the film.
* SugarAndIcePersona: Is suddenly rather harsh when Kensington is unhappy with his Bear totem
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoaquinPhoenix [first film], Creator/PatrickDempsey [second film][[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Noriaki Higashiyama [first film], Creator/KazunariTanaka [second film] (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoaquinPhoenix [first film], Creator/PatrickDempsey [second film][[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Noriaki actors]]Noriyuki Higashiyama [first film], Creator/KazunariTanaka [second film] (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JasonRaize (young), Harold Gould (narration), Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley (elder)[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/DamienBoisseau (European French); Creator/HiroakiHirata [young], Creator/YoshisadaSakaguchi [narration] (Japanese)[[/note]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JasonRaize (young), Harold Gould (narration), Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley (elder)[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/DamienBoisseau (European French); Creator/HiroakiHirata [young], Creator/YoshisadaSakaguchi [narration] (Japanese)[[/note]](Japanese)[[/labelnote]]



-->'''Voiced by:''' Joan Copeland

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Joan Copeland
Copeland[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/MitsukoMori (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Joan Copeland[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/MitsukoMori (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Joan Copeland[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/MitsukoMori (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoaquinPhoenix (first film); Creator/PatrickDempsey (second film)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoaquinPhoenix (first film); [first film], Creator/PatrickDempsey (second film)[second film][[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Noriaki Higashiyama [first film], Creator/KazunariTanaka [second film] (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]



->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeremySuarez[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/LoyanPonsDeVier [first film], Gwenaël Sommier [second film] (European French)[[/labelnote]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeremySuarez[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/LoyanPonsDeVier [first film], Gwenaël Sommier [second film] (European French)[[/labelnote]]French); Creator/KyosukeIkeda (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]



->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RickMoranis & Creator/DaveThomas[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/KadMerad (Tuke, first film), Creator/OlivierBaroux [Rutt, first film] Laurent Morteau [Tuke, second film], Sébastien Desjours [Rutt, second film] (European French)[[/labelnote]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RickMoranis & Creator/DaveThomas[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/KadMerad (Tuke, first film), Creator/OlivierBaroux [Rutt, first film] Laurent Morteau [Tuke, second film], Sébastien Desjours [Rutt, second film] (European French)[[/labelnote]]French); Creator/TomoyukiDan [Rutt], Creator/TesshoGenda [Tuke] (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]



->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DBSweeney[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/BorisRehlinger (European French)[[/labelnote]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DBSweeney[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/BorisRehlinger (European French)[[/labelnote]][European French], Creator/KazuhiroYamaji [Japanese][[/labelnote]]



->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JasonRaize (young), Harold Gould (narration), Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley (elder)[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/DamienBoisseau (European French)[[/note]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JasonRaize (young), Harold Gould (narration), Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley (elder)[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/DamienBoisseau (European French)[[/note]]French); Creator/HiroakiHirata [young], Creator/YoshisadaSakaguchi [narration] (Japanese)[[/note]]



-->'''Voiced by:''' Joan Copeland

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Joan Copeland
Copeland[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/MitsukoMori (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]



-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]UsefulNotes/DavidDouillet (European French)[[/labelnote]]

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]UsefulNotes/DavidDouillet (European French)[[/labelnote]]French); Creator/DaisukeGori (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]



->'''Voiced by:''' Music/MandyMoore[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Laura Préjean (European French Dub)[[/labelnote]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Music/MandyMoore[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Laura Préjean (European French Dub)[[/labelnote]]French); Creator/YukoKaida (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RickMoranis & Creator/DaveThomas[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/KadMerad (Tuke, first film), Creator/OlivierBaroux [Rutt, first film] Laurent Morteau [Tuke, second film], Sébastien Desjours [Rutt, second film] (European French)[[/note]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RickMoranis & Creator/DaveThomas[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/KadMerad (Tuke, first film), Creator/OlivierBaroux [Rutt, first film] Laurent Morteau [Tuke, second film], Sébastien Desjours [Rutt, second film] (European French)[[/note]]French)[[/labelnote]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeremySuarez; Creator/LoyanPonsDeVier (first film), Gwenaël Sommier (second film) (European French Dub)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeremySuarez; Creator/LoyanPonsDeVier (first film), Creator/JeremySuarez[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/LoyanPonsDeVier [first film], Gwenaël Sommier (second film) [second film] (European French Dub)French)[[/labelnote]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RickMoranis & Creator/DaveThomas; Creator/KadMerad (Tuke, first film), Creator/OlivierBaroux (Rutt, first film), Laurent Morteau (Tuke, second film), Sébastien Desjours (Rutt, second film) (European French Dub)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RickMoranis & Creator/DaveThomas; Creator/KadMerad Creator/DaveThomas[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/KadMerad (Tuke, first film), Creator/OlivierBaroux (Rutt, [Rutt, first film), film] Laurent Morteau (Tuke, [Tuke, second film), film], Sébastien Desjours (Rutt, [Rutt, second film) film] (European French Dub)French)[[/note]]



->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DBSweeney; Creator/BorisRehlinger (European French Dub)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DBSweeney; Creator/BorisRehlinger Creator/DBSweeney[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/BorisRehlinger (European French Dub)French)[[/labelnote]]



->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JasonRaize (young), Harold Gould (narration), Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley (elder); Creator/DamienBoisseau (European French Dub)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JasonRaize (young), Harold Gould (narration), Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley (elder); Creator/DamienBoisseau (elder)[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/DamienBoisseau (European French Dub)French)[[/note]]



-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan; UsefulNotes/DavidDouillet (European French Dub)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan; UsefulNotes/DavidDouillet Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]UsefulNotes/DavidDouillet (European French Dub)French)[[/labelnote]]



->'''Voiced by:''' Music/MandyMoore; Laura Préjean (European French Dub)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Music/MandyMoore; Laura Music/MandyMoore[[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Laura Préjean (European French Dub)Dub)[[/labelnote]]
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%%* BadassBaritone: With the voice of Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan, this is a given.

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%%* BadassBaritone: With the voice of Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan, this is a given.
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* DisappearedDad: Koda at no point comments on having a father, with his mother being the only relative he ever speaks about. None of the bears at the salmon run ever make a comment on him either, which could imply he's no longer among the living.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: He's easily the darkest looking bear in the film, and arguably the scariest on appearance alone. He's actually a really NiceGuy.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoaquinPhoenix (first film); Creator/PatrickDempsey (second film); Creator/BrunoChoel (European French Dub)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoaquinPhoenix (first film); Creator/PatrickDempsey (second film); Creator/BrunoChoel (European French Dub)film)

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