Thomas (Pocahontas)

Thomas is a supporting character in the 1995 film, Pocahontas. He is an English man who joins Captain John Smith and a group of settlers on an expedition to Virginia.
He is voiced by who also played Batman/Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight trilogy.
==Background==
Thomas serves as John Smith's best friend, fellow soldier, accomplice, and sidekick in the film. Thomas appears to be a fairly young man, as he is shown saying good-bye to his parents and younger sister before boarding the ship. 
He also appears to be very inexperienced in life. For most of the film, he is fairly incompetent, being a poor sailor, soldier, and shooter. But, by the end of the film, he is able to take leadership among the settlers and have Ratcliffe arrested, after Ratcliffe showed his true colors when he inadvertently shot John.
==Role in the film==
At the beginning of the film, the Susan Constant is caught in a North Atlantic storm and Captain John Smith, who dreams about adventure, rescues Thomas, a young and inexperienced crewmate, from drowning. As they approach the New World, the settlers, including John, talk of adventure, finding gold, fighting "Injuns" and potentially settling in the new land.
Later, John and Pocahontas meet each other and plan to bring peace between the colonists and the tribe. John and Pocahontas share a kiss, while Kocoum and Thomas, sent by both parties to spy on each other, witness from afar. Furious, Kocoum attacks and attempts to kill John, but Thomas intervenes shooting and killing Kocoum, who pulls on Pocahontas's necklace as he collapses, destroying it. John orders Thomas to leave before the tribesmen arrive, capture John, and retrieve Kocoum's body. 
Thomas reaches Jamestown safely at night and warns the English settlers of John's capture. Ratcliffe then rallies his men to battle, using this as an excuse to annihilate the tribe and find their nonexistent gold. 
==Trivia==
*This character was most likely named for Thomas Gates, who once was governor of the Jamestown settlement, due to his taking charge at the end of the film. He is also based on the young English laborer, Ensign Thomas Savage who did not arrive in Virginia until January 8, 1608 when he was thirteen years old. In the film, he and John Smith arrived in Virginia together.
*Christian Bale, who voiced Thomas in this animated film, later portrayed John Rolfe in New Line Cinema's The New World
*Despite staying on Jamestown at the end of the first movie, he isn't seen there in the second one.
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