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The 33rd entry in the [[Disney Animated Canon]], 1995's '''''Pocahontas''''' was the first (and, other than ''[[Mulan]]'' as well as ''[[Snow White]]'' being supposedly inspired by a certain Margaretha von Waldeck, only) one to be [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story|inspired by true events]]. It takes the old legend of the Native American princess who supposedly saved the life of Englishman John Smith and turns it into a musical romance with few roots in the historical record. It literally has more [[
[[Rebellious Princess]] Pocahontas has been promised to the best warrior of the tribe by her father Chief Powhatan, but she senses she has a greater purpose in life than this. When English settlers arrive to form the Jamestown colony, she meets the idealistic John Smith, the one member of the group who is interested more in adventure and the beauty of the land than the gold said to lie in it, which Governor Ratcliffe exhorts the others to dig up. Each an outcast among his/her own people, they fall in love.
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** By a very loose interpretation of this trope, arguably the rest of the English colonists qualify as well. They were greatly misinformed or uninformed about the realities of the New World.
* [[The Native Rival]]: Kocoum, mainly because he's annoyed at John Smith for getting romantically involved with his intended bride. He ends up getting killed by Thomas (John Smith's friend) while trying to murder Smith.
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: [[Double Subverted]]. When Kocoum saw Pocahontas and John Smith kissing, he infuriated attacked John Smith out of jealousy only to be shot by Thomas who got sent by Ratcliffe to follow John Smith. If that didn't happen, John Smith would've possibly got killed. After Kocoum died, the Indians ran attracted by the gunshot and arrested John Smith for supposedly being the one who killed Kocoum and was sentenced to die at sunrise. However, the next morning, Pocahontas stopped John Smith's execution and the war was cancelled which resulted in the settlers turning on Ratcliffe, the only one who didn't change his mind. If Kocoum murdered John Smith, Pocahontas would have no chance of stopping the war.
* [[Noble Savage]]: Part of the point.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Wiggins, particularly evident when you compare him to the other settlers, who are all manly looking.
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