The Native Rival: Difference between revisions

* Tsu'tey in ''[[Avatar (Filmfilm)|Avatar]]''. This is a rather epic example. Tsu'tey was a jerk ''at first'', but everything after that is ''entirely the hero's fault''. The love interest was betrothed to the rival, afterall. But, this being a [[Mighty Whitey]] film, {{spoiler|Tsu'tey winds up dying serving the hero in the war ''the hero'' [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|brought upon them all]], after he basically forgave the hero for stealing his betrothed.}}

* That one guy in ''[[Dances Withwith Wolves]]''. The first one to meet Kevin Costner. The "I am not afraid of you" guy.

* Salish from [[Star Trek: theThe Original Series|"The Paradise Syndrome"]] to Kirk as the [[God Guise|god sent to save them from the coming apocalypse]]. They both go for [[The Chief's Daughter|Miramanee]], Kirk wins {{spoiler|only to lose her after she saves him from the stones of a mob led by Salish}}. And Salish gets away with it completely, {{spoiler|minus Miramanee}}.

* ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'' also did the [[Dances Withwith Wolves]] [[In Space]] bit in one episode, complete with a native competitor for the hand of the chief's daughter. Averted because Crichton wanted absolutely nothing to do with the tribe, besides be polite neighbors, and the relationship with the tribal leader's daughter was completely one sided. Played straight because despite all of that, [[The Native Rival]]'s Mother was using him to motivate her son to greatness (Through jealous violence).

* Kerchak the dominant male gorilla in [[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]].

* In an early episode of the 90s [[X-Men (TVanimation)|X-Men]] cartoon, Wolverine gets thrown into the Arctic sea by Sabretooth, and is rescued by an isolated Inuit tribe. He quickly becomes a favorite of the tribe, being able to hunt and catch fish better than anyone else (albeit this is partially due to previous experience). The tribe's previous favorite son is naturally put out by this. And then he runs into Sabretooth...

* Rufio from ''[[Hook (Film)|Hook]]''.

* Fowler to Rocky in ''[[Chicken Run (Animation)|Chicken Run]]''.

* Hahn, Princess Yue's fiance, from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''

* Atka from ''[[Brother Bear (Disney)|Brother Bear 2]]'' (since the end of the first film, Kenai is now a bear).