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* [[Acceptable Ethnic Targets]]: The lyrics to ''Savages'' had to be changed when concerns about racism toward the Indians came up (see [[Unfortunate Implications]] below). However, everyone seemed to be fine with the racism of the Indians toward the white settlers.
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Kocoum has a pretty strong fanbase considering he had next to no lines. Pocahontas gossips with a tree over how much she doesn't like him that much, despite the fact that from the audience's perspective he's shown to be brave, strong, and deeply concerned for her well being.
* [[Anvilicious]]: "They're not like you and me, which means they must be evil."
** Given that the director of the film came up with the idea after seeing the 1992 LA Riots, one could argue [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]].
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* [[Historical Villain Upgrade]]: Ratcliffe.
* [[Ho Yay]]: John and Thomas, for a [[Yaoi Fangirl|certain section of the fandom.]]
* [[Narm]]: During the song, "Savages", it gets a bit ''too'' dramatic when Ratcliff and the settlers are seen projected on a waterfall.
** The way Thomas says "You shot him!" when {{spoiler|Ratcliffe shoots John Smith.}}
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSN7bXZ1xUQ scene] where Pocahontas and John kiss and Kocoum notices. So what does he do? Charges at John, and ''screams like a lunatic''. This troper had nightmares whenever he saw that scene and still does to this day.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: The heroine's bodyguard in the sequel; he doesn't do much or say much, but he just looks so badass just ''standing'' there.
* [[Retroactive Recognition]]: [[Christian Bale]] as Thomas.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Sure, it's [[Artistic License Geography|highly inaccurate]], but the movie's take on Coastal Virginia sure is pretty.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Meeko.
** Ratcliffe is an unusual example in that, as a villain, he's meant to be disliked. However, he's disliked for a different reason than most other [[Disney/Characters/Villains|Characters]] - he just isn't [[Evil Is Cool|cool]] enough or menacing enough. Like the rest of the movie, he had the bad luck to be follow ''[[The Lion King]]'', which had [[Complete Monster|Scar]], who not only was more effective and menacing as a villain, but far cooler. To add insult to injury, Ratcliffe was followed by another [[Complete Monster]] who was even MORE evil than Scar: [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|Frollo]], who was succeeded by the [[Affably Evil|genuinely likeable]] and [[Evil Is Cool|cool]] [[Hercules (
*** And yet, unintentionally enough, Ratcliffe ended up the worst hated villain of all Renessaince villains to a ''lot'' of kids who grew up in the 90s and 00s. Why, you ask? Because he {{spoiler|ruined a perfectly good happy ending}} and wasn't likeable/cool enough to make up for it.
* [[So Okay It's Average]]
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** "Let's go kill a few, men!" to "Let's go get a few, men!"
*** This version of the song ''can'' be heard on the soundtrack, however...
**** You can argue that this was kind of the point, they wanted to make it so thatit was obvious that both sides actions were based on rediculous prejudices, and a few negative occurences. It was ''supposed'' to be racist.
** When John Smith says "See? When those two wanna fight there's no stopping them", which refers to both Meeko's and Percy's conflict and the conflict between the English and Native Americans. Um, no: The reason why the Native Americans fought was to protect their land, families, and entire way of life. The reason why the English fought was because they wanted land. John Smith couldn't have said anything more inaccurate and insensitive if he tried.
*** The whole "Meeko and Percy" metaphor also has several flaws. Throughout the entire movie, Meeko (who represents the Native Americans) steals things from Percy (who represents the English). Um, shouldn't it be the other way around? Oops.
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