On the mountain, Kenai is cornered by Denahi, but their battle is interrupted by Koda, who steals Denahi's spear. Meanwhile, Rutt and Tuke, having had a falling-out, reconcile in front of Koda, prompting him to forgive Kenai. An apologetic Kenai leaves to reach the mountain. Downhearted, Kenai confesses the truth to Koda, who runs away, grief-stricken that Kenai was responsible for his mother's death out of avenging Sitka. Horrified of what he has done, Kenai runs away in a fit of guilt, but Koda soon follows him. During a discussion among the bears, Koda tells a story about his mother recently fighting human hunters on a glacier, reminding Kenai of his and his brothers' fight with the bear that led to Sitka's death, making him realize that the entire time, the bear he killed was Koda's mother. Kenai accepts his new surroundings and is comfortable living with the other bears. Eventually, Kenai and Koda reach the salmon run, where a large number of bears live as a family, including the leader Tug. The two are hunted by Denahi, who is still determined to avenge Kenai, unaware that the bear he is pursuing is actually Kenai himself. As the two eventually form a brother-like relationship, Koda reveals that his mother is missing. They make a deal: Kenai will escort Koda to an annual salmon run and then the cub will lead Kenai to the mountain. He gets caught in a trap, but is freed by an outgoing bear cub named Koda. Kenai quickly discovers that the wildlife can now speak to him, meeting a pair of moose brothers named Rutt and Tuke. She does not speak the bear language, but advises him to return to the mountain to find Sitka and be turned back to a human, but only when he atones for his actions she vanishes without an explanation. Kenai falls down some rapids, survives, and is healed by Tanana, the shaman of his tribe. Denahi arrives and, falsely believing that Kenai was killed by the bear from earlier, vows to avenge Kenai by hunting it down. The Spirits, represented by Sitka's spirit in the form of a bald eagle, arrive and transform Kenai into a bear after the dead bear's body evaporates and joins them. He hunts down and chases the bear up onto a rocky cliff, fighting and eventually slaying it. After Sitka's funeral, an enraged Kenai blames the bear for Sitka's death. Kenai and his brothers pursue the bear, but a fight ends on top of a glacier, during which Sitka gives his life to save his brothers by dislodging the glacier, although the bear survives the fall. He objects to his totem, stating that bears are thieves, and believes his point is made a fact when a brown bear steals their basket of salmon. Unlike Sitka, who gained the eagle of guidance, and Denahi, who gained the wolf of wisdom, Kenai receives the bear of love. The particular animals they represent symbolize what they must achieve to call themselves men. A trio of brothers, Kenai, the youngest Denahi, the middle and Sitka, the eldest, return to their tribe in order for Kenai to receive his totem, necklaces in the shapes of different animals. In a post- ice age Alaska, the local tribes believe all creatures are created through the Great Spirits, who are said to appear in the form of an aurora. 7.1 Cancelled television spin-off and sequel.
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A direct-to-video sequel, Brother Bear 2, was released on August 29, 2006. The film grossed $250 million against a $46 million budget.
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The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics, but did receive a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 76th Academy Awards, losing to Pixar's Finding Nemo. The film was the third and final Disney animated feature produced primarily by the Feature Animation studio at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida the studio was shut down in March 2004, not long after the release of this film in favor of computer animated features. In order to be human again, Kenai must travel to a mountain where the Northern lights touch the earth. In the film, an Alaska native boy named Kenai pursues a bear and kills it, but the Spirits, incensed by this unnecessary death, change Kenai into a bear himself as punishment. It is the 44th Disney animated feature film. Brother Bear is a 2003 American animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.