After discovering that the bear he had been pursuing was Kenai, Denahi is humbled and horrified by what he has done. However, at the final battle of the film, his anger and desire for revenge has completely consumed him (shown throughout the film as he slowly grows a mustache and goatee to give him a more sinister appearance, giving a physical manifestation of his slow descent and corruption into madness in his pursuit for vengeance). His body is not found. His actions gradually become more desperate and wild, and he shows disregard for his own life by throwing himself into dangerous situations. At this point, Denahi embraces his anger and pursues the bear to avenge the deaths of his brothers. With Kenai weak and winded, Denahi prepares to finish him off, only to be knocked aside by Koda. As Denahi watches, Sitka transforms Kenai back into a human, and Denahi realizes with horror that the bear he had been trying to kill was his brother. Denahi jokes that Kenai had looked better as a bear, and though Kenai laughs at first, he quickly turns somber and worries over Denahi's fate. Denahi after he officiates the ceremony in which Kenai places his paw print on the wall of his ancestors. However, he is taller and beefier than his younger brother Kenai, with wider shoulders and a taller stature. Eventually, Denahi tracks Kenai to a forest and makes an attempt on his life, but Kenai manages to escape into an ice cave. He is several inches shorter than his elder brother Sitka, with a slightly smaller build. As an old man, Denahi looks much the same, just noticeably more wrinkled and with white hair. In the meantime, Sitka takes on the bear, though he is quickly overpowered. Kenai and Koda scof… After a bit, Denahi grabs Kenai's totem and follows. Believing that his brother lost the fight and was also killed by the bear, a saddened Denahi begins to hunt Kenai's bear form relentlessly across the wilderness, not understanding that the bear is actually his brother. Kenai: Wrong? The next morning, Denahi explores the ice cave where Kenai had been hiding, only to find it empty. Saved by Riann Brady Riann Brady Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Kenai (brother)Sitka (brother) †Nita (sister-in-law), •  Koda (formerly) â€¢  Koda's mother (formerly). Brother Bear is a 2003 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.It is the 44th Disney animated feature film.In the film, an Inuit boy named Kenai pursues a bear in revenge for a fight that he provoked in which his oldest brother Sitka is killed. After the herd passes, Denahi tackles Kenai and starts drooling in his face, only for Sitka to seize his brothers in headlocks and lecture them for fighting. It's where your interests connect you with your people. Denahi is the (former) main antagonist of Brother Bear. Denahi became a silent warrior after Kenai turned into a bear, aside from some angry growls, screams, and yells when the two fought. Later, Kenai was made known as a man, even in bear form, and Denahi was there to see and help his brother put a handprint on the wall, making his manhood official. Sitka raised and took care of his younger brothers, Denahi and Kenai. Denahi: Killing that bear won't make you a man. This causes Denahi to snicker. With Denahi winded, Kenai and his companion, Koda, hasten to cross a gorge by way of a fallen log. Of his brothers, Denahi is the least serious. Eventually, Denahi went on to succeed Tanana as the shaman of their tribe, to whom he related the story of Kenai's miraculous transformation. Denahi is first seen as an elderly man telling his story to the younger generations. After Sitka's fall, Denahi and Kenai climb down the glacier after him. Denahi advises Kenai against avenging Sitka's death, as it may anger the spirits, but a frustrated Kenai sets out to kill the bear anyway. Along the way, Denahi and Sitka catch fish with a net, but Kenai disrupts their work by riding on a mammoth. Books: Little Golden Book • Disney's Wonderful World of Reading • Disney Read-Along, Entertainment: Hakuna Matata Time Dance Party • Rivers of Light: We Are OneFirework: Wonderful World of Animation, Teasing, brotherly, protective, loving, playful, vengeful (formerly), violent (sometimes), mischievous, mature, wise, serious, strict, Slender, olive skin, briefly mustachioed, short black goatee, black hair with a gold bead on his right strand, thick black eyebrows, To avenge Kenai's "death" (unaware that the bear was actually Kenai transformed), Bears (formerly), the caribou stampede, danger, Sitka's death. Then, as a young man, witnesses his brother's, Kenai's, totum-receiving and makes fun of him for the totum being the \"Bear of Love.\" When Kenai went to get the basket that was taken by a bear, Denahi and Sitka went after him and saw him get attacked by the bear. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. It is implied that Sitka raised and took care of both him and Kenai. To Kenai's relief, Denahi surfaces, alive and uninjured, and is carried away by the current. Later, Denahi becomes Tanana's successor as the village shaman. "Denahi Mourns" was written to represent the scene in which Denahi mourns the presumed … He shows acceptance and understanding for Kenai's decision to remain a bear and proves his unconditional love by declaring that they will always be brothers, no matter their circumstances. He chases the bear up onto a mountain and engages it in a fight, eventually stabbing it and killing it. Our brother is dead, and it's because of that monster. Brother Bear is one of these movies. Although the subtitles in the film mistake the narrator to be Sitka, it is shown at the beginning that he. Denahi starts off as a mischievous, fun-loving character. Due to his time as a bear and his bond with a bear cub named Koda, Kenai chose to remain a bear, and Denahi gave him his blessing. Denahi is first seen as an elderly man telling his story to the younger generations. While out with his brothers, Sitka and Kenai, Denahi spots Kenai fleeing a stampede of caribou. He then reminds Kenai that killing the bear will not make him a man, but Kenai simply mocks him for trying to be wise. His eyes are brown. Denahi was later seen trying to warm himself with a small campfire and was about to give up on avenging Kenai when he saw an eagle, recognizing it as Sitka, and followed it. Denahi's eyes spoke volumes of his suffering when he had gone. “ I'm not a beaver. He is the younger brother of Sitka and Denahi, the adoptive older brother of Koda, and the husband of Nita. Recognizing the eagle as Sitka, Denahi follows it. Directed by Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker. Little Sister (Brother Bear) Denahi. Denahi shaven (left), unshaven (center), and aged (right). Mark Mancina and Phil Collins composed the score of the 2003 film Brother Bear as well as its soundtrack and unofficial complete score. When Denahi comes out to attack, Kenai sees him and tries to talk to him, still unaware that he was a bear and therefore that Denahi could not understand him, so Denahi tries to stab Kenai. Jeremy Suarez as Koda, a wisecracking grizzly bear cub, who helps Kenai on his journey to where the Lights Touch the Earth. He finds Kenai's bear form stumbling among the remains of torn clothing and so assumes that Kenai is dead. Kenai cries out for his brother and tries to stop the log from falling, but it plunges into the river below, taking Denahi with it. Denahi & Sitka ~ Brother Bear. He concludes the story by explaining that Kenai had gone on to live with the bears of the Salmon Run and had become a man by becoming a bear. He is prone to cracking jokes, making sardonic remarks, and teasing his younger brother, Kenai. He apologizes to Kenai's spirit and admits that he does not know what he is doing anymore. Attends Kenai's official manhood ceremony and lives to tell the story to the next generation. Characters in the Disney animated features canon, Denahi is the narrator of the film. Kenai was born a human. Unaware that the bear was really a transformed Kenai, Denahi swore his vengeance and embarked on a quest to slay the bear. Sitka loved his younger brothers and would do anything for them. “Love is very powerful. Denahi reached the mountain where the (Northern) lights touched the earth and found Kenai in his bear form and attacked him. However, before the two can have a confrontation, a fork of lightning sends Kenai falling off the side of the mountain into a raging river below. Even with snow on the ground and the trees still bare, love is decidedly in the air. He is the younger brother to Sitka and older brother of Kenai. When upset, Denahi has a fierce temper and can be harshly critical. Their fight takes them to a cliff, and the two fall a great height to a ledge below. After Kenai transforms back into a human, Denahi is shocked to realize the bear he was hunting down was his brother the whole time. Sitka is the oldest brother of Denahi and Kenai and parental figure since the death of their parents sometime before the events of Disney's 2003 animated feature film, Brother Bear. He tracks down the bear and kills it, but the Spirits, angered by this needless death, change the boy into a bear himself to gain perspective. Sitka orders Denahi to take care of the fish, and he saunters off, only to get bitten in the hind by a dog. Brother Bear (2003) Jason Raize as Denahi. Whatever he chose, he was Denahi's baby brother. However, to Denahi's outrage, Kenai makes it safely to the other side. The three brothers share a final tender moment before Sitka rejoins the Great Spirits. Terrified that Denahi will hurt Koda, Kenai races after him. Later, Denahi officiated the ceremony in which Kenai placed his paw print on the wall of their ancestors. This prompts Kenai to fetch his spear and take off after the bear in an effort to retrieve Denahi's basket. Kenai: Now you're trying to be wise. Denahi's change of heart is so exceptional that he becomes Tanana's successor as leader of the tribe, proving that he has fully embraced his totem's virtue: wisdom. He sports the same moustache and goatee as before. While hunting Kenai, Denahi wears a cloak against the cold weather and carries a spear. Once free, Denahi finds that a bear had made off with their catch due to Kenai's failure to tie up the basket properly. When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back. Once recovered, Denahi lunges for his fallen spear, but Koda runs away with it in his mouth. Annoyed by Kenai's antics, Denahi pins him to the ground and prepares to drool in his face. Denahi warns Kenai not to upset the Great Spirits, but Kenai brushes him aside, throws his totem in the embers of the funeral pyre, and leaves. As a young man, he witnesses his brother Kenai's totem-receiving and makes fun of him for the totem being the "Bear of Love." ", then when he was warming himself with the campfire, and then again after Sitka changed Kenai back. As Kenai tries to save Denahi from falling down a hole, Sitka breaks the ice cliff with his spear and falls into the waters with the bear to save his brothers. Denahi is a male human. The moose track down Kenai and beg him for protection against Denahi. Denahi is the (former) main antagonist of Brother Bear. He is the youngest of three brothers who gets turned into a bear, to teach him to see through their eyes. Appearance Hyung86. My name is Tehya. While Denahi is right to blame Kenai, he denies the fact that he himself holds some of the blame. The reaction from film reviewers was severely mixed with many panning the film as a retread of older Disney films like The Lion King and the 20th Century Fox film, Ice Age (although Brother Bear began production before Ice Agedid), while others defended the film as a legitimate variation of the theme. Sitka is a male human. Denahi and Kenai argue over whether they should kill the bear responsible for Sitka's death. Denahi resolves to track down Kenai, whom he mistakes for a wild bear. This makes him develop a more serious, bitter personality as he vows to avenge Kenai by killing the bear. When he came of age, Denahi received his totem: the Wolf of Wisdom. Even though Denahi was the main antagonist, Denahi is one of the four main antagonists in the Disney Animated Canon to be redeemed, the other three being. Brother Bear Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Denahi continues to tease Kenai for being their "baby brother" and for making such a big deal out of his upcoming ceremony. I might add more Disney characters later on. As a result, Denahi blamed Sitka's death on Kenai, which drove Kenai to pursue and kill the bear to avenge Sitka's death. He leaves the cave and glares up at two nearby moose, Rutt and Tuke, who flee in a panic. Though Sitka is amused, Denahi is annoyed. As a young man, he witnesses his younger brother Kenai's totem-receiving and makes fun of him for the totem being the "Bear of Love." Denahi is first seen as an old man telling his story to the younger generations. When Kenai went to get the basket that was taken by a bear, Denahi and Sitka went after him and saw him getting attacked by the bear. A shocked Denahi threw down his spear after realizing the bear was really his younger brother the whole time. As the bear advances on a prone Denahi and Kenai, Sitka stabs his spear into the ice, breaking the glacier and causing it to fall into the water below, taking himself and the bear with it. They comb the water for him, but find only his hood. He becomes callous, violent, and savage, displaying hostility for a pair of harmless moose and even a small bear cub. After embarking on a mad quest to get revenge on the bear that he believed killed both his brothers, Denahi stops taking care of his appearance. I'm a bea... No, I mean, I'm not a bear. He takes his duties as a member of his tribe seriously and works hard to produce good products and labor, which is a source of tension between him and Kenai, as the latter continually ruins Denahi's hard work with his antics. He first sees Kenai in the woods where he hides behind a tree. Hi, everyone! Shortly after Kenai leaves, Denahi and Sitka set off after him. He then manages to reform, telling Kenai that he "looked better as a bear" and that no matter what he chooses to be, he will always be his brother. Joaquin Phoenix as Kenai, the younger brother of Sitka and Denahi. He grew up in his tribe under the watchful eye of his elder brothers, learning to hunt, fish, and honor the Great Spirits of the deceased. The Spirits, represented by Sitka's spirit in the form of a bald eagle transforms Kenai into a bear after the dead bear's body disappears. Meanwhile, Denahi resolves to hunt down the bear and avenge Kenai's death. Though Denahi attempted to stop Kenai, he arrived at the scene of the fight to find Kenai gone and a bear standing in his place. He throws a spear at Kenai, narrowly missing, and Kenai uses a geyser to temporarily disable Denahi. Later, Denahi huddles against the cold on the Mountain Where the Lights Touch the Earth. However, after realizing that Kenai is alive, Denahi returns his appearance to its usual state. The two embrace, and Sitka honors Kenai's request by transforming him back into a bear. He grows a scraggly moustache and goatee, and his hair grows noticeably longer and wilder. Denahi is first seen as an old man telling his story to the younger generations. I am the youngest in my family with three very overprotective brothers named Kenai, Sitka, and Denahi. Like his tribesmen, Denahi is bronze-skinned and has dark hair, which he lets grow to the base of his neck with a single braid to one side. Kenai fulfills his mission and is transformed into a bear by Sitka's displeased spirit. As Denahi arrives at the scene of the fight, he sees scraps of his brother's clothes and Kenai in his bear form. Denahi's voice actor, Jason Raize, also played, Denahi was Raize's first and only film role before his death in. After the ceremony, Denahi teases Kenai for his totem, showering him with flowers and calling him "lover boy." 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