Brother Bear is a 2003 American animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It was directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker, and written by Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron and David Hoselton, Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman. The film stars the voices of Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Jason Raize, and D. B. Sweeney. The story follows a Native American boy named Kenai who is transformed into a bear by the Great Spirits as punishment for killing one. To become human again, he must travel to a faraway mountain, befriending a cub named Koda along the way.

Plot

In Alaska during the early Holocene when ice age megafauna including mammoths and sabre toothed cats still roamed Earth, the local human tribes believe all creatures are created through the Great Spirits, who are said to appear in the form of an aurora. A trio of brothers, Kenai, the youngest; Denahi, the middle; and Sitka, the eldest, return to their tribe for Kenai to receive his totem, necklaces in the shapes of different animals, from Tanana, the shaman of the brothers' tribe. The particular animals they represent symbolize the virtue they must achieve to call themselves men. Unlike Sitka, who gained the eagle of guidance, and Denahi, who gained the wolf of wisdom, Kenai receives the bear of love. He objects to his totem, stating that bears are thieves and vicious creatures without feelings, and believes his opinion is proven to be a fact when a grizzly bear steals their basket of salmon, which Kenai did not hold properly in a hurry to receive his totem. Kenai searches for the basket and finds it destroyed.