History Main / HollywoodNatives

* ''Film/AceVenturaWhenNatureCalls'' has two examples of this, the peaceful Wachati tribe who wear colorful tribal decorations and worship a white bat as a totem (including TheChiefsDaughter that falls for Ace), and the warlike Wachootoo, complete chalk-white face and body paint, fur loincloths, and bad hygiene.

* The documentary ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reel_Injun Reel Injun]]'' is all about this trope. It explores the evolution of the portrayal of Native American in Hollywood movies.

* In ''HeartOfDarkness1958'', Kurtz's followers are absolutely textbook: they're a jungle-dwelling tribe of half-naked, [[TribalFacePaint painted]], spear-wielding, [[JungleDrums drumming]], dancing, [[CannibalTribe cannibalistic]] Africans. The only common element missing is YouNoTakeCandle English, and that's because most of them don't talk at all.

* The Indians in the Disney ''Disney/PeterPan'' movie. They smoke pipes, wear feathered headdresses, speak in TontoTalk, and live in teepees. They even come complete with a song called "What Makes the Red Man Red."

-->-- '''Terry Pratchett''', on "savages," ''Discworld/TheLastContinent''

-->-- Terry Pratchett, ''Discworld/TheLastContinent''

* Not surprisingly, these frequently appeared as supporting characters in various stories of ''Franchise/TheLoneRanger''.

* ''Franchise/LEGO''. Since the 1980s, LEGO has released themed building sets, and one of the earliest was the "Pirate" series. In 1994 a new series was released as an expansion: "Islanders." Surely it would be fun to supplement the pirates' naval adventures on the high seas with adventures on the archipelagos between those seas, perhaps trading or fighting with the native inhabitants. Unfortunately the titular islanders were designed primarily around a blend of Maori and Carribean stereotypes. The islanders wore grass skirts, face paint and masks. They carried spears, decorated with bones, and built architecture featuring large Moa-esque statues. Being LEGO of the time, there was little in the way of character or story, except that the islander's leader was named "King Quextil" or "King Kahuka." There are no 18th-century pirates around to object to a fantasy based on them, but Polynesian people might be uneasy about their image being remixed this way, and something like "Islanders" probably wouldn't be repeated by the more cosmopolitan LEGO of today.
** Only a few years later, LEGO did something similar to expand their "Wild West" series, this time with "Indians." Obviously, what is the Lone Ranger without Tonto? These sets were indeed full of TipisAndTotemPoles, but it seemed at least some research went into them, seemed that Plains Indians were treated with a bit more sensitivity than "Islanders." Maybe they'd begun to learn a lesson.

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* ''LEGO''. Since the 1980s, LEGO has released themed building sets, and one of the earliest was the "Pirate" series. In 1994 a new series was released as an expansion: "Islanders." Maybe it seemed fun to supplement the pirates' naval adventures on the high seas with adventures on the archipelagos between those seas, perhaps trading or fighting with the native inhabitants. Unfortunately the titular islanders were designed primarily around vaguely-Maori stereotypes. The islanders wore grass skirts, face paint and masks. They carried spears, decorated with bones, and built architecture featuring large Moa-esque statues. Being LEGO of the time, there was little in the way of character or story, except that the islander's leader was named "King Kahuka."

* The ''VideoGame/DrMario'' "Witch Doctor" commercial shows a stereotypical Witch Doctor, who sings David Seville's "Witch Doctor", and shrinks someone's head while they are still alive, due to being beaten at a video game.

* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'': On his way to Green River, Tiger is lured into a trap by the Mousican Tribe - a tribe of native mice, complete with the face painting, chanting, war cries, and everything. They plan on sacrificing Tiger, until the Chief sees him hanging by his paws above the camp fire [[ContrivedCoincidence exactly matches a butte shaped the same]], they [[GodGuise believe Tiger is their god]], and then pamper him with a spread of fruits and vegetables.

* Near the end of ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', Charlie and Ann-Marie fall into an AbsurdlySpaciousSewer, where they are captured by a tribe of rats wearing bone jewellery, who want to [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice them]] to their leader, a big-lipped, also bone-jewellery-wearing alligator named King Gator. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Who then bursts into a random musical number]].

* The Ewoks from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' invoke this, not in their appearance (they look like UglyCute teddy bears), but in their behaviour. They speak a language C-3PO calls "some kind of primitive dialect", use stone-age weapons and BambooTechnology ([[RockBeatsLaser which is still pretty effective against Imperial Stormtroopers]]), they capture the protagonists, [[TribalCarry carry them tied to a stick]] and attempt to [[CannibalTribe eat them]], and they worship C-3PO as their god.

* The 1947 song, ''Civilization'' (written by Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman), is a humorous satire of this trope. It's about a native of The Congo who learns about the "civilized" world from a missionary. From the Congolese native's perspective, the "civilized" world is actually uncivilized.

* The backglass for ''Pinball/MaverickTheMovie'' has Bret Maverick's indian friend, Chief Joseph, complete with full feathered headdress.

* Subverted on ''WesternAnimation/TazMania,'' where Francis X. Bushlad and the rest of the Mud People all speak in thick [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents "Prep" accents]].

Quite simply, this trope is the (hopefully) now-discredited stereotypical depiction of "natives" in a HungryJungle, DesertedIsland, or other such unsettled wilderness. The locals will inevitably be portrayed as culturally "inferior" to the main characters -- typical depictions will show the natives as unkempt, dark-skinned, and scantily clad, decorated with TribalFacePaint and SavagePiercings, and brandishing spears or bows. When they meet the protagonists, they will either be mesmerized by the MightyWhitey and [[GodGuise accept them as gods]], have the heroes [[CapturedByCannibals for lunch]], or invite them to be [[AppeaseTheVolcanoGod guests of the volcano god]]. They often have one woman among them, TheChiefsDaughter, who looks [[NubileSavage more attractive by Western standards than the rest of her people]], and falls in love with the MightyWhitey protagonist. If they can speak the protagonists' language, expect lots of YouNoTakeCandle.

* The ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot'' series have the tribesmen of N. Sanity Island, who worship various monoliths and attempt to capture and/or eat anything that entered their territory. They are led by Papu Papu, an obese chieftain who wears a grass skirt and has his hair tied up in an elaborate tribal mask/headdress.

Quite simply, this trope is the (hopefully) now-discredited stereotypical depiction of "natives" in a HungryJungle, DesertedIsland, or other such unsettled wilderness. The locals will inevitably be portrayed as culturally "inferior" to the main characters -- typical depictions will show the natives as unkempt, dark-skinned, and scantily clad, decorated with TribalFacePaint and SavagePiercings, and brandishing spears or bows. When they meet the protagonists, they will either be mesmerized by the MightyWhitey and [[GodGuise accept them as gods]], have the heroes [[CapturedByCannibals for lunch]], or invite them to be [[AppeaseTheVolcanoGod guests of the volcano god]]. They often have one woman among them, TheChiefsDaughter, who looks [[NubileSavage more attractive by Western standards than the rest of his people]], and falls in love with the MightyWhitey protagonist. If they can speak the protagonists' language, expect lots of YouNoTakeCandle.

* ''Literature/PeterPan'': Tiger Lily and the Picanniny tribe dance and sing "Ugga Wugga Wig Wam".

->''...when people like Mrs. Whitlow use this term they are not, for some inexplicable reason, trying to suggest that the subjects have a rich oral tradition, a complex system of tribal rights and a deep respect for the spirits of their ancestors. They are implying the kind of behaviour more generally associated, oddly enough, with people wearing a full suit of clothes, often with the same sort of insignia.''

* A curious in-universe case for the Huana of ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternityIIDeadfire''. They are ''not'' this trope -- their capital is a large, cosmopolitan city, and their ships are as loaded with cannon as any in the Deadfire Archipelago. However, the Vallians and Rautai trading companies looking to pillage their lands ''see'' them as being this, to their great annoyance.

* According to some historians, some North American tribes intentionally used "baby talk" or very simplified language when first speaking with white Europeans for the simple reason that they thought these Europeans were childlike, simple-minded, or outright insane and therefore could not understand complex sentences. The claim is that they also told "tall tales" to see whether the white Europeans were actually silly enough to fall for the tales. Descendents of these tribes now shake their head that the Europeans genuinely believed the outlandish tales about native life and that the Europeans genuinely assumed the simplified "you no take candle" speech was how they spoke with each other normally.

* ''Series/HogansHeroes'' both inverts and, surprisingly (given the period of which the show was on), averts it at the same time in the episode, "Drums Along the Dusseldorf", which reveals Carter is a member of the Sioux tribe (his tribal name is Little Deer Who Goes Swift And Sure Through Forest), despite being fair-skinned and fair-haired. Many of the others razz him throughout the episode with stereotypical war cries, and peppering him with silly questions - not only is Carter clearly annoyed by all of this, but also uncharacteristically slips into SarcasmMode. He ''does'', however, take the time to build a bow and arrow set, which he shows little skills with, despite claiming winning a lot of trophies for his archery skills back home.
* ''Series/TheMunsters'': While on vacation, Herman is separated from the rest of the family, and stumbles onto a tourist attraction that is a show business tribe, and although most everyone is an actor dressed up as and acting like a Hollywood Native, the tribe somehow has an actual Native American Chief, who is so old and delusion, that he believes his tribe is real, and even attempts to marry Herman to his daughter.

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' parodies this in "The Cigar Store Indian", of which Jerry gives to Elaine as an apology gift, not realizing that her friend Wynona is a Native American (and clearly offended by not only Jerry's gift, but also his apology card that says, "Let's bury the hatchet. We smoke-em peace pipe".) Jerry and Wynona do eventually put it aside when Jerry apologizes in a better way, only for Jerry to end up offending her again by implying she's an Indian giver when he wants back a copy of ''TV Guide'' she had given him.

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NotToBeConfusedWith people growing up near [[HollywoodCalifornia Los Angeles]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure'', the Chipmunks are taken by a South Pafici tribe who wear grass skirts and big floppy headdresses. They declare Theodore their Prince of Plenty, and plan to make him a [[HumanSacrifice Chipmunk Sacrifice]].