History WesternAnimation / BrotherBear

* ShoutOut: In one of the vignettes during the credits, somehow Koda is able to paint Georges Seurat's ''A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.''

-->''' Koda:''' And then from out of the trees, comes the hunter! And then there's nowhere my mama could go. The hunter had her pinned up against this giant glacier.

''' Koda:''' ''(guiltily)'' Your mother isn't coming back.
%%** At the cave painting: "Those monsters are scary... especially with those [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters sticks]]."

** After waiting to hear Koda tell his story about how him and his mother got separated, Kenai learns something: [[spoiler: Koda witnessed his mother being attacked by Kenai, Denahi and Sitka, the glacier collapsing, and that the bear that Kenai had killed out of revenge was Koda's mother]].
-->''' Koda:''' And then from out of the trees, comes the hunter. And then there's nowhere my mama could go. The hunter had her pinned up against this giant glacier.
%%** "Your mother isn't coming."

%% * BreakUpMakeUpScenario: a very tragic one.

%% * ComingOfAgeStory

%% * MoralityPet

%%* TragicKeepsake: The bear totem for Denahi.

%%* WhamLine:

* BigShutUp: The two rams and their echos shout this.

* DubNameChange: In the German dub, Rutt and Tuke the mooses are called [[Music/{{ABBA}} Björn and Benny]].

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The movie is set around 10,000 years ago at the lastest, as evidenced by the presence of Woolly Mammoths, and the mention of other fauna such as the Sabretooth Tiger (Smilodon). However, this means that despite the tact implications (especially with the use of the Iñupiat language), the culture shown in the movie is not Inuit, as the ancestors of modern Inuit only arrived in America around 5,000 BP, several thousand years after the movie is set. This wasn't really avoidable, though--we don't know much about the culture of era, so it made more sense to use a later analogue. The movie and its sequel does, however, display an archaeologically accurate depiction of the Native Americans during Upper Paleolithic era- as seen with the accurate clothing, settlements, the use of “Clovis” spear tips, the use of red ocher during ceremonies, and jewellery.

* NotSoDifferent: "Those monsters are ''really'' scary. Especially with those [[BladeOnAStick sticks]]."

* CultureChopSuey: Kenai and Koda encounter rock paintings in one scene. Prehistoric peoples of the North American Arctic are not known to have made rock paintings - in fact, the popular image of them as represented here are based on those found in Europe.

The story tells the tale of Kenai, a young man growing up somewhere in the Alaskan wilderness about 10,000 years before it was Alaska. He is busy preparing for his coming-of-age ceremony along with his two older brothers, Sitka and Denahi, but when said ceremony occurs, he is... less than thrilled with the totem, or "spirit animal" that he is assigned, which turns out to be "The Bear of Love." To prove his toughness, he attempts to track down a basket dragged away by a bear who had stolen some food during the ceremony, and angrily provokes the bear after finding it. His brothers rush after him to find him cornered by the bear, and the three try to ward it off. Kenai and Denahi get out okay, but Sitka dies saving them. Later, Kenai hunts down the bear alone and slays it out of vengeance. The spirits of the land - Sitka now among them - are greatly disappointed with Kenai's needless violence, and, in an attempt to teach him a lesson, turn him into a bear.

** You must always see the world througth the eyes of somebody else.

* TheDreaded: The bears are ''terrified'' of humans, who they regard as monsters. [[spoiler:Koda's mother's]] immediate reaction when Kenai is tracking her down is to flee and the bears at the salmon run are visibly scared when Koda tells his story.

* IChooseToStay: Subverted; Kenai chooses to stay in his bear form, but he goes back to his tribe to complete his coming-of-age ceremony in that form before returning to the bear family by the river.

** Manhood those not come from acts of bravery or tougthness. Everyone can become a man in their own way by following their hearts and be true to themselves.

The story tells the tale of Kenai, a young man growing up somewhere in the Alaskan wilderness about 10,000 years before it was Alaska. He is busy preparing for his coming-of-age ceremony along with his two older brothers, Sitka and Denahi, but when said ceremony occurs, he is... less than thrilled with the totem, or "spirit animal" that he is assigned, which turns out to be "The Bear of Love." To prove his toughness, he attempts to track down a basket dragged away by a bear who had stolen some food during the ceremony, and angrily provokes the bear after finding it. His brothers rush after him to find him cornered by the bear, and the three try to ward it off. Kenai and Denahi get out okay, but Sitka dies saving them. Later, Kenai hunts down the bear alone and slays it out of vengeance. The spirits of the land - Sitka now among them - greatly disappointed with Kenai's needless violence, and, in an attempt to teach him a lesson, turn him into a bear.

** Be tolerant, as intolerance can led you to become a monster worse than those you deem as monsters.

* ScaryBlackMan: Tug is a large, dark-haired bear, voiced by Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan.

* ScaryBlackMan: Tug is a large, black-haired bear, voiced by Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan.

* ScaryBlackMan: Tug. He is a large and ''literally'' black-colored bear, and is voiced by Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan.