History WesternAnimation / BrotherBear

** In the DVDCommentary, Rutt and Tuke comment that if Kenai had bothered to tie up the basket with the fish properly, [[WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis it's possible that most of the movie would never have happened.]]

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: If Kenai had just taken the time to go back and hang up Denahi's basket full of salmon instead of [[TemptingFate blowing it off and rushing to receive his totem]], then Kenai [[WhatAnIdiot wouldn't have chased after the bear,]] [[HeroicSacrifice Sitka wouldn't have sacrificed himself to save his brothers]], and Kenai wouldn't have killed [[spoiler:Koda's mom]], meaning not only would he not have pissed off the spirits who decide to punish him by turning him into a bear, but he also wouldn't have [[spoiler:orphaned]] the one character helping him get to the mountain where said spirits gather so he can become human again.

** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint His companion is a bear cub-i.e. even younger.]]

The movie was (mostly) critically panned by reviewers, who found issues with it's thin plot and, at times, annoying characters, as well as the story as a whole being an alleged rehash of [[TheLionKing more succesful]] [[{{Pocahontas}} Disney movies]]. Overall, it was felt that the movie stood especially weak if compared to original Disney classics. Despite the critical issues, the movie was a slight commercial success and even spawned it's own DirectToVideo sequel, ''Brother Bear 2''.

** Considering they're played by [[HeyItsThatVoice Bob and Doug McKenzie]], it was kind of a given. Which also brings us to...

The 44th film in the DisneyAnimatedCanon, and the second-to-last traditionally animated theatrical film produced by Disney for five years, until 2009's ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog.'' It was also the last movie produced by their Florida studio, which closed completely. ''HomeOnTheRange'' succeeded ''BrotherBear'', which actually DID end their traditional animation department until 2009.

Was followed by a DirectToVideo sequel, ''Brother Bear 2''.

* BigBadassBirdOfPrey

The story tells the tale of Kenai, a young man growing up somewhere in the Alaskan wilderness about 10,000 years before it was actually Alaska. He is busy preparing for his coming-of-age ceremony along with his two brothers, Sitka and Denahi, but when said ceremony actually occurs, he is... less than thrilled that his "spirit animal" turns out to be "The Bear of Love." In an attempt to prove his toughness, he attempts to hunt and kill a bear who has stolen some food during the ceremony. His brothers rush after him to try and bail him out -- Denahi gets out, but Sitka dies saving them. Later, Kenai catches up to the bear and slays it. The spirits of the land are none too pleased with his acts, and, in an attempt to teach him a lesson, [[{{Animorphism}} turn him into a bear.]]

* {{Nakama}}: The various bears consider themselves all family. And, well, if you couldn't guess by the title...

** Sitka dying was basically his brothers' fault, as Denahi insulted Kenai for losing the food, and Kenai responds by running off and getting attacked by [[spoiler:Koda's mom.]] Denahi also helps push Kenai into his abovementioned NiceJobBreakingItHero situation by denying his own part in causing Sitka's death and solely blames Kenai ("I don't blame the ''bear'', Kenai!") Denahi ''really'' regrets this once he thinks that Kenai is dead.

** Sitka dying was basically his brothers' fault, as Denahi insulted Kenai for losing the food, and Kenai responds by running off and getting attacked by [[spoiler:Koda's mom.]]

** Their sneakiness isn't limited to the sequel. One also has to wonder if Sitka intentionally planned so that Denahi would turn into an obsessed, revenge obsessed wreck the way Kenai almost did, to show Kenai what he was from the other side of the fence, and knew that when he saw Kenai change back things would snap back right away. Denahi certainly gets no flak for it by the spirits at the end.

* WellIntentionedExtremist

** Sitka dying was basically Denahi's fault, as he insulted Kenai and made him run off and get attacked by [[spoiler:Koda's mom.]]

* AntiVillain: Denahi goes nuts after losing both his brothers.

The story tells the tale of Kenai, a young man growing up somewhere in the Alaskan wilderness about 10,000 years before it was actually Alaska. He is busy preparing for his coming-of-age ceremony along with his two brothers, Sitka and Denahi, but when said ceremony actually occurs, he is... less than thrilled that his "spirit animal" turns out to be "The Bear of Love." In an attempt to prove his toughness, he attempts to hunt and kill a bear who has stolen some of the food from the ceremony. His brothers rush after him to try and bail him out -- Denahi gets out, but Sitka dies saving them. Later, Kenai catches up to the bear and slays it. The spirits of the land are none too pleased with his acts, and, in an attempt to teach him a lesson, [[{{Animorphism}} turn him into a bear.]]

* AccentAdaptation: In the Finnish dub of BrotherBear, the two moose characters speaking with a Canadian accent in the original speak in a South-Western Finnish dialect because that sounds equally funny to Finns as the "hoser speak" did in the original. What's funny about this is that BrotherBear takes place in the north, so a Northern Finnish dialect would have been more appropriate, as that is rather funny, too, to some people.

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* AntiVillain: Denahi goes a [[{{Understatement}} little]] nuts after losing both his brothers.

** In the DVDCommentary, Rutt and Tuke comment that if Kenai had bothered to tie up the basket with the fish properly, it's possible that most of the movie would never have happened.

* AesopAmnesia: A more [[TearJerker Tear Jerking]] in-universe example. Upon Sitka's death, Denahi attempts to follow his guidance in reverence and tries to be more wise; however, when Kenai doesn't listen to his warnings against revenge and seemingly gets killed as well, Denahi is overcome with guilt and grief and, forgoing all attempts at wisdom, goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge instead becoming the very thing he warned Kenai against being.

** Considering they're played by [[HeyItsThatVoice Bob and Doug [=McKenzie=]]], it was kind of a given. Which also brings us to...

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Sitka's spirit coming to transform Kenai into a human as Denahi tries to kill him counts, although Kenai did call out for his brother to save him.]]

* DVDCommentary: Not by the filmmakers but by [[ThoseTwoGuys Rutt and Tuke]], which earns some funny moments during the movie like one of them asking for a pizza. Not only that, but the two moose also share some nonsensical conversations like at one point when [[spoiler: Kenai turns back into a human]] and they start talking about moose turning into lions in ''TheLionKing''.

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: All three of the brothers (not counting [[spoiler: Koda, even if Kenai becomes his foster brother in the end]]), particularly Sitka and Kenai himself.
* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Inverted, of course. Here, the bears are the good guys and even represent "love".

* FlashbackCut: Happens to Kenai while Koda tells his story at the salmon run, [[spoiler: and he learns that the bear he killed was Koda's mother.]]
* FriendOrIdolDecision: [[spoiler: Kenai can either change back into a human or be with Koda. He decides to stick with Koda.]]

* InterspeciesRomance: In the sequel, Kenai, as a bear, falls for his childhood friend, Nita, who is human. At the end of the movie, she [[spoiler: becomes a bear so they can be together.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kenai

* MeaningfulEcho: Not anything spoken but actions. The scene of the bear advancing on Kenai, who raises his spear in self defense at the last second with a sharp turn, is repeated later [[spoiler: with Denahi raising his spear to strike bear-Kenai.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Koda's mother? The bear Kenai killed.]]
** Sitka dying was basically Denahi's fault, as he insulted Kenai and made him run off and get attacked by [[spoiler: Koda's mom.]]

** Brother Bear 2 has Melissa Etheridge in the soundtrack.

-->'''Koda:''' "First of all, his name's Bucky, not Binky! Second, it wasn't a pine cone, it was a pine nut. And, it was HUGE, even bigger than your FAT HEAD!"

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: One has to wonder if it was the Great Spirits' intentions from the start for Kenai and Nita to fall in love (or perhaps fall back in love) during their journey as well as [[spoiler: Nita's transformation at the end of the film. They did seem prepared for it]]. Spirits apparently don't just work in mysterious ways. They work in sneaky ways too.

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: If Kenai had just taken the time to go back and hang up Denahi's basket full of salmon instead of [[TemptingFate blowing it off and rushing to receive his totem]], then Kenai [[WhatAnIdiot wouldn't have chased after the bear,]] [[HeroicSacrifice Sitka wouldn't have sacrificed himself to save his brothers]], and Kenai wouldn't have killed [[spoiler: Koda's mom]], meaning not only would he not have pissed off the spirits who decide to punish him by turning him into a bear, but he also wouldn't have [[spoiler: orphaned]] the one character helping him get to the mountain where said spirits gather so he can become human again.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

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