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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 [[A Worldwide Punomenon|roots]] in fantasy, in fact — a supporting character is a talking willow tree.
[[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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