Emmett Taggart

Emmett Taggart is a secondary character in the science-fiction/ western film, Cowboys & Aliens.
He was portrayed by Noah Ringer who also played Aang in the live action film The Last Airbender.
== Description and Personality ==
He is the Sheriff John Taggart's grandson. He lives under his responsibility while his father works full time and his mother is dead. Despite being young, afraid at times, and inexperienced, he will eventually have the courage to help the expedition that leaves to seek out and rescue the villagers kidnapped by the Demons, a hostile alien species.
== History ==
Emmett can be seen in the background when Percy, son of Colonel Dolarhyde, bullies Doc, the town bartender. He later prevents Jake Lonergan from harming his grandfather as the man was about to get arrested.
During the attack on alien ships, Emmett witnesses the kidnapping of his grandfather and will decide himself to follow the expedition to bring him back. During a night under an overturned ship, he is attacked by a Demon but is saved in time by the preacher Meacham who gets brutally killed by the creature, before being driven off by Jake Lonergan using an alien arm gun gauntlet. 
The next day, during the trip, he says he's worried about his grandfather and Woodrow says he learned to kill mercilessly. He then hands his knife to Emmett saying to become "a man".
Emmett then follows the group captured by the Apaches and listens to Ella (who reveals herself as a friendly alien woman from a distant world, whose own people where wiped out by the hostile alien invaders) explains the reasons that prompted the Demons to come to Earth. 
For the final battle, Emmett must watch out for the aliens coming out to attack and give the signal once the villagers are freed by Jake and Ella. However, staying at his post, he sees an alien, the very same one he encountered, who murdered preacher Meacham that same night, was coming in his direction and runs to hide in a crevasse when the alien started chasing him. Although Emmett believes he is safe, the same alien spots him and attempts to reach him with it's internal arms, located in his chest. Emmett struggles as best he can, but it is no use as the alien starts to drag him out. Thinking quickly, Emmett then pulls out Colonal Dolarhyde's knife and fatally stabs the monster, killing it instantly, and successfully avenging preacher Meacham's death.
He then returns to his post and warns of the release of the prisoners to Dolarhyde who runs to help Jake and Ella. Upon the victory of the humans and the death of the Demons scouting party and the destruction of their mothership at the hands of Ella sacrificing her own life to save Earth and it's people, Emmett happily reunites with his grandfather, who is amazed at what he has done.
In the long version of the film, at the end, Emmett seems to get along well with Percy who offers him a drink at Doc's bar and the two become best friends.
== Trivia ==
Category:Movie Heroes
Category:Live Action Heroes
Category:Kids
Category:Selfless
Category:Wayward Heroes
Category:Science Fiction Heroes
Category:Neutral Good
Category:Rescuers
Category:Sidekicks
Category:Protectors
Category:Adventurers
Category:Action Heroes
Category:Loyal
Category:Weaklings
Category:Poor
Category:Fighters
Category:Male
Category:Western Heroes