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The 2006 sequel to ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', which continues the story of Kenai and Koda, and became the last DirectToVideo Disney sequel to take place after its predecessor.[[note]]Disney's next three DTV sequels included a midquel, ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound2'', a WhatIf story, ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', and a prequel, ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning''.[[/note]] Having woken up from hibernation and ready to go to Crowberry Ridge to eat berries, Kenai gets haunted by a memory of himself and a childhood friend named Nita. Said childhood friend is shown ready to get married to a chieftain's son from another tribe, but the spirits intervene, showing that she cannot marry him because of an amulet Kenai gave her, bonding them together. To get married, Nita reunites with Kenai ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Koda too]]), and they have to make their way to Hokani Falls.

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The 2006 sequel to ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', which continues the story of Kenai and Koda, and became the last DirectToVideo Disney sequel to take place after its predecessor.[[note]]Disney's next three DTV sequels included a midquel, ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound2'', a WhatIf story, ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', and a prequel, ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning''.''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidArielsBeginning''.[[/note]] Having woken up from hibernation and ready to go to Crowberry Ridge to eat berries, Kenai gets haunted by a memory of himself and a childhood friend named Nita. Said childhood friend is shown ready to get married to a chieftain's son from another tribe, but the spirits intervene, showing that she cannot marry him because of an amulet Kenai gave her, bonding them together. To get married, Nita reunites with Kenai ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Koda too]]), and they have to make their way to Hokani Falls.
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* FromDressToDressing: Nita does this to Kenai [[spoiler: after he survives being pushed off a cliff by Atka]], just right before [[spoiler: the Great Spirits turn Nita into a bear as well so that she and Kenai can finally get married.]]


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* HereditaryWeddingDress: Nita wears the wedding dress of her deceased mother during her intended wedding, whom she and her father held great respect in their hearts.
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* Koda has this expression after seeing Kenai snap at him for mocking Nita about her fear of water.

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* Koda has this expression after seeing Kenai snap at him for mocking Nita about her fear of water.
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'''Nita''': But I can.]]

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'''Nita''': But I ''I'' can.]]
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The 2006 sequel to ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', which continues the story of Kenai and Koda, and became the last DirectToVideo Disney sequel to take place after its predecessor.[[note]]Disney's next three DTV sequels included a midquel, ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound2'', a WhatIf story, ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', and a prequel, ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIII''.[[/note]] Having woken up from hibernation and ready to go to Crowberry Ridge to eat berries, Kenai gets haunted by a memory of himself and a childhood friend named Nita. Said childhood friend is shown ready to get married to a chieftain's son from another tribe, but the spirits intervene, showing that she cannot marry him because of an amulet Kenai gave her, bonding them together. To get married, Nita reunites with Kenai ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Koda too]]), and they have to make their way to Hokani Falls.

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The 2006 sequel to ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', which continues the story of Kenai and Koda, and became the last DirectToVideo Disney sequel to take place after its predecessor.[[note]]Disney's next three DTV sequels included a midquel, ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound2'', a WhatIf story, ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', and a prequel, ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIII''.''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning''.[[/note]] Having woken up from hibernation and ready to go to Crowberry Ridge to eat berries, Kenai gets haunted by a memory of himself and a childhood friend named Nita. Said childhood friend is shown ready to get married to a chieftain's son from another tribe, but the spirits intervene, showing that she cannot marry him because of an amulet Kenai gave her, bonding them together. To get married, Nita reunites with Kenai ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Koda too]]), and they have to make their way to Hokani Falls.

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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When she initially sets out to burn her amulet, Nita has her hair in a long braid; as the movie progresses, she eventually lets her hair flow freely, showing her old self is re-emerging.



* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Rutt plays responsible sibling to his brothers foolish, such in the moment when he tells him that he warned him that the female bison isn't moose. Color-wise this gets inverted with their love interests - Kata is bubbly GenkiGirl while Anda is serious and calm.



* GodIsDispleased: Or spirits, in this case. Due to Kenai giving Nita his amulet as children, the spirits considered them betrothed. And so, during the Nita and Atka wedding the storm strikes, creating the ravine between the fiancées. Even the villagers call it "a sign from spirits".



* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Kenai and Nita at the end of the movie.]]



* MeaningfulName: Nita's name means "bear" in Choctaw [[spoiler:(which likely foreshadows her transformation into a bear at the end of the film).]]
* MissingMom: Nita's mother passed away before the events of the movie. In fact, Nita wants to honor her by dressing in her ceremonial clothes, during hers and Atka's wedding.
* MoodWhiplash: Happens during the flashback dream Kenai is having, which has Kenai and Nita as children playing together, but gets ''dramatically'' interrupted, when Nita falls into water and almost drowns.
** The second happens during Nita and Atka wedding, when Great Spirits intervene, due to considering Nita bethroned to Kenai.



* Leitmotif: Bering has country guitar riff as his leitmotif.
* MissingMom: Nita's mother passed away before the events of the movie. In fact, Nita wants to honor her by dressing in her ceremonial clothes, during hers and Atka's wedding.
* MoodWhiplash: Happens during the flashback dream Kenai is having, which has Kenai and Nita as children playing together, but gets ''dramatically'' interrupted, when Nita falls into water and almost drowns.

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* Leitmotif: {{Main/Leitmotif}}: Bering has country guitar riff as his leitmotif.
* MissingMom: Nita's mother passed away before the events of the movie. In fact, Nita wants to honor her by dressing in her ceremonial clothes, during hers and Atka's wedding.
* MoodWhiplash: Happens during the flashback dream Kenai is having, which has Kenai and Nita as children playing together, but gets ''dramatically'' interrupted, when Nita falls into water and almost drowns.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: At the end of "Feels Like Home" after Kenai helps Nita cross the river and overcome her fear of water, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments she hugs him and thanks him]], officially setting their relationship.



* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Anda and Kata fall for Tuke after seeing him play with Koda, and concluding he will be a great parent. They later fall for Rutt, after being impressed by his sensitive nature.



* ShoutOut: When Nita gains ability to talk to animals, the bear head that forms in smoke resembles Franchise/WinnieThePooh.

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* ShoutOut: When Nita gains ability to talk to animals, the bear head that forms in smoke resembles Franchise/WinnieThePooh. Also, at one point in the movie, Kenai gets stuck to beaver dam, similar to how [[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Pooh get stuck in Rabbit's hole]].



* TemptingFate: Lampshaped by Tug. When Koda tells him that they (him and Kenai) don't need girls, Tug tells Kenai that they can't escape from love, and soon, it will catch them. He is right, since afterwards Kenai has flashback dream to his childhood, when he gave Nita the amulet, kicking the movie's plot. [[spoiler: At the end when Kenai and Nita are getting married, Tug seems to be giving "I told you so" look and laugh.]]

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* TemptingFate: Lampshaped by Tug. When Koda tells him that they (him and Kenai) don't need girls, Tug tells Kenai that they can't escape from love, and soon, it will catch them. He is right, since afterwards Kenai has flashback dream to his childhood, when he gave Nita the amulet, kicking the movie's plot. [[spoiler: At the end of the movie, when Kenai and Nita are getting married, Tug seems to be giving "I told you so" look and laugh.]]

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* TheChiefsDaughter: Nita's father Chilkoot is the chief of their tribe.



* FreakOut: Rutt has one, when he and his brother try to [[PickUpBabesWithBabes impress Anda and Kata with their frienship with Koda]].



* GoodParents: Chilkoot, Nita's father. [[spoiler: When Nita decides to turn into bear to be with Kenai, Chilkoot tells her that no matter what, she will still be his daughter.]]
-->'''Chilkoot''': Is this what you want? Will this make you happy? You are my daughter, and I will love you no matter what you choose.



* OhCrapSmile: Kenai gets one, before raccoons start bombarding him with pine cones.
* Leitmotif: Bering has country guitar riff as his leitmotif.



* {{Main/Polyamory}}: Tuke manages to win feelings of both Anda and Kata, and later Rutt manages do to the same. Keep in mind the fact, that in real life [[FurryReminder mooses are polygamous]].



* TemptingFate: Lampshaped by Tug. When Koda tells him that they (him and Kenai) don't need girls, Tug tells Kenai that they can't escape from love, and soon, it will catch them. He is right, since afterwards Kenai has flashback dream to his childhood, when he gave Nita the amulet, kicking the movie's plot. [[spoiler: At the end when Kenai and Nita are getting married, Tug seems to be giving "I told you so" look.]]

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* TemptingFate: Lampshaped by Tug. When Koda tells him that they (him and Kenai) don't need girls, Tug tells Kenai that they can't escape from love, and soon, it will catch them. He is right, since afterwards Kenai has flashback dream to his childhood, when he gave Nita the amulet, kicking the movie's plot. [[spoiler: At the end when Kenai and Nita are getting married, Tug seems to be giving "I told you so" look.look and laugh.]]


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* TraumaButton: Combined with WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes. Nita has a fear of water, after she almost drowned as child.

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* ArcWords: "Once you love someone, they stay in your heart forever."



* ArrangedMarriage: Nita and Atka had never met before their wedding ceremony.



* BirdsOfAFeather: Kenai and Nita. Both are playful, adventurous, fun-loving individuals who can also be impulsive and stubborn.



* BondingOverMissingParents: When watching Northern Lights, Nita says that her mom is somewhere there. Koda says that his mom is there too. Nita then tells him the same words her father told her at the beginning of the movie.
-->'''Nita''': My mom is up there somewhere.\\
'''Koda''': My mom, too.\\
'''Nita''': Do you miss yours?\\
'''Koda''': Yes.\\
'''Nita''': But you don't need to wait for the lights to find her, Koda. She's always with you. (puts her hand on his chest) In here. Once you love someone, they stay in your heart forever.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: Koda encourages raccoons to throw out all the pine cones on Kenai. When Kenai says that they're in pine forest, Koda says that it may take time to do it.
-->'''Koda''': Go ahead! Hit him with all you got. He can take it.\\
'''Kenai''': Koda, what are you doing?\\
'''Koda''': I'm tricking them into using all their pine cones.\\
'''Kenai''': Ow! It's a pine forest.\\
'''Koda''': Oh, right. This could take a while.\\
'''Kenai''': You think?



* GreenEyedMonster: While he bonded with Nita at the beginning, Koda becomes jealous later in the movie when Kenai and Nita stop noticing him. After [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Rutt]] tells him that he will be all alone when Kenai and Nita will end up together with each other, he starts to think that Nita will take Kenai away from him. After he runs away (while later accidentaly starting the avalanche), and seeing how Kenai is sad without her, Koda asks his mother to turn Kenai back to human, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy so he can be happy again]].



* PaleFemalesDarkMales: The female moose Anda and Kata, are a much lighter shade of brown than those of Rutt and Tuke, a pair of male moose. Also, at the end of the film, [[spoiler: Nita, is actually given lighter-colored fur after being turned into a bear herself so that she can be with Kenai forever.]]

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* PaleFemalesDarkMales: The female moose Anda and Kata, are a much lighter shade of brown than those of Rutt and Tuke, a pair of male moose. Also, at the end of the film, [[spoiler: Nita, Nita is actually given lighter-colored fur after being turned into a bear herself so that she can be with Kenai forever.]]]]
* PickUpBabesWithBabes: Taking advice from Nita, Rutt and Tuke try to impress Anda and Kata with their friendship with Koda. It is surprisingly successful.



* TemptingFate: Lampshaped by Tug. When Koda tells him that they (him and Kenai) don't need girls, Tug tells Kenai that they can't escape from love, and soon, it will catch them. He is right, since afterwards Kenai has flashback dream to his childhood, when he gave Nita the amulet, kicking the movie's plot.

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* TemptingFate: Lampshaped by Tug. When Koda tells him that they (him and Kenai) don't need girls, Tug tells Kenai that they can't escape from love, and soon, it will catch them. He is right, since afterwards Kenai has flashback dream to his childhood, when he gave Nita the amulet, kicking the movie's plot. [[spoiler: At the end when Kenai and Nita are getting married, Tug seems to be giving "I told you so" look.]]


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Rutt. When Koda tells him that Kenai stopped noticing him after falling in love with Nita, Rutt tells him that his own brother also left him for a girl (two, actually). He then tells him to be careful or he will be alone too. This results in Koda being afraid of losing Kenai, and after hearing him and Nita talking about if he misses being a human, running away.


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** [[spoiler: In the scene when Great Spirits appear, we get two. First is InUniverse example after Nita founds out she can understand what Kenai is saying and later, when she decides to be bear.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Kenai''': The spirits?\\
'''Nita''': Kenai, I can understand you.\\
'''Koda''': I asked the spirits to turn you back into a man.\\
'''Kenai''': What?\\
'''Koda''': So you could be with Nita.\\
'''Kenai''': No, Koda.\\
'''Koda''': It's okay. I just want you to be happy again.\\
'''Kenai''': Nita, I can't.\\
'''Nita''': But I can.]]

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* BloodlessCarnage: [[spoiler: '''''Averted''''' - Kenai is bleeding when Nita's fiance Edka tries to kill him.]]

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* BloodlessCarnage: [[spoiler: '''''Averted''''' - Kenai is bleeding when Nita's fiance Edka Atka tries to kill him.]]]]
* BrickJoke: When trying to get back Nita's amulet, Kenai is bombarded with pine cones thrown by Bering and other raccoons. At the end of the movie, [[spoiler: during Kenai and Nita's wedding Bering throws pine cone at Kenai, and when he looks at him, Bering [[InnocentWhistling whistles]] while other raccoons start throwing flowers]].



* CreativeClosingCredits: The first half of credits is depicted as cave paintings.



* FreezeFrameBonus: While Kenai escapes with Koda from the villagers, Atka hurls his spear at the bears, grazing Kenai's shoulder. At that moment, blood actually sprays from the wound, averting BloodlessCarnage as it usually is in Disney sequels. The blood shows up again when Kenai tries crawling through two rocks to escape (where it smears the top rock), and again when Nita cleans his wound after he's shoved off a cliff.

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While Kenai escapes with Koda from the villagers, Atka hurls his spear at the bears, grazing Kenai's shoulder. At that moment, blood actually sprays from the wound, averting BloodlessCarnage as it usually is in Disney sequels. The blood shows up again when Kenai tries crawling through two rocks to escape (where it smears the top rock), and again when Nita cleans his wound after he's shoved off a cliff.cliff.
** During the dream flashback Kenai is having, during the scene where he and Nita as children watch Aurora Borealis, you can spot that Nita's amulet glows briefly. This also serves as {{Main/Foreshadowing}} that the Spirits consider them betrothed.



* MissingMom: Nita's mother passed away before the events of the movie. In fact, Nita wants to honor her by dressing in her ceremonial clothes, during hers and Atka's wedding.
* MoodWhiplash: Happens during the flashback dream Kenai is having, which has Kenai and Nita as children playing together, but gets ''dramatically'' interrupted, when Nita falls into water and almost drowns.



* PaleFemalesDarkMales: The female moose Anda and Kata, are a much lighter shade of brown than those of Rutt and Tuke, a pair of male moose. Also, at the end of the film, [[spoiler: Nita (Kenai's girlfriend), is actually given lighter-colored fur after being turned into a bear herself so that she can be with Kenai (whom by the end of the first film, had actually decided to stay a bear) forever.]]

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* PaleFemalesDarkMales: The female moose Anda and Kata, are a much lighter shade of brown than those of Rutt and Tuke, a pair of male moose. Also, at the end of the film, [[spoiler: Nita (Kenai's girlfriend), Nita, is actually given lighter-colored fur after being turned into a bear herself so that she can be with Kenai (whom by the end of the first film, had actually decided to stay a bear) forever.]]


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* ShoutOut: When Nita gains ability to talk to animals, the bear head that forms in smoke resembles Franchise/WinnieThePooh.


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* TemptingFate: Lampshaped by Tug. When Koda tells him that they (him and Kenai) don't need girls, Tug tells Kenai that they can't escape from love, and soon, it will catch them. He is right, since afterwards Kenai has flashback dream to his childhood, when he gave Nita the amulet, kicking the movie's plot.
-->'''Koda''': Aw, who needs girls? We're two footloose guys out on the tundra.\\
'''Kenai''': That's right. Kenai and Koda. We don't need anybody else.\\
'''Tug''': Okay, but you can't run from love.\\
'''Tug's mate''': Tug!\\
'''Tug''': It has a way of tracking you down.

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* BloodierAndGorier: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. When Atka throws his spear, it just catches Kenai's shoulder and leaves a visible wound. This injury later leaves a trail of blood that Atka follows to find Kenai.

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* BeastAndBeauty: Subverted with Nita and Kenai. Kenai is a bear (a literal beast), and Nita is his childhood friend. [[spoiler: In the end, she transforms into a bear (courtesy of the spirits) so they can be together.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: [[spoiler: Kenai risks storming into Nita's village and fighting off the residents to protect Koda, who's been run up a tree by the villagers.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Rutt and Tuke pull off a BDH moment near the end when they help Kenai and Nita stave Atka off.]]
* BloodierAndGorier: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. [[spoiler: When Atka throws his spear, it just catches Kenai's shoulder and leaves a visible wound. This injury later leaves a trail of blood that Atka follows to find Kenai.]]
* BloodlessCarnage: [[spoiler: '''''Averted''''' - Kenai is bleeding when Nita's fiance Edka tries to kill him.]]



* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Based on an [[AccidentalMarriage accidental]] version - as children, Kenai gave a necklace to Nita, and the two swore to be best friends forever, despite living in different villages. Apparently the spirits considered them betrothed now, because years later they interrupt Nita's wedding, and won't allow the new marriage unless she tracks down Kenai and performs a ritual to annul the agreement. [[spoiler:In the end, it's revealed that spirits had sent them on the quest in order for them to fall back in love. The spirits certainly work InMysteriousWays]].



** Kenai and Koda riding mammoths in the first movie is brought back, when they (alongside Nita) ride on them during "Feels Like Home".

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** Kenai and Koda riding on mammoths in the first movie is brought back, when they (alongside Nita) ride on them during "Feels Like Home".


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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Koda tells Nita that Kenai has dreams about her, now as an audience we know that Kenai's dreams are simply his childhood memories of her, but Nita doesn't and the way that Koda describes it really doesn't help. In fact, the way Koda describes it makes it sound like a ''[[EroticDream different]]'' type of dream, Kenai even acknowledges this by going scarlet (Well as scarlet as a human-turned-bear can) and covering Koda's mouth and Nita starts giggling.


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* MammothsMeanIceAge: Similarly to the previous movie, mammoths appear to prove that the movie takes place during the Ice Age.


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* PinkySwear: Pinky swears are apparently a thing Kenai and Koda partake in, showing how their relationship has grown from the original film.

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