Papa is the overreacting antagonist of the 2021 Disney animated short Far From the Tree.
Role in the short[]
Papa is introduced in the short where he is first seen following her daughter Marie where the two see a beach around them. Seeing a pair of crabs fighting over a clam, Marie tries to get the clam but her father prevents her from doing so fearing that the beach around her is very dangerous without her father's safety. She then follows her father into a small cave just as he tells her to stay there while he gets some food for her daughter. As Papa gives Marie a clam, he decides to get another clam for her. However, he only notices Marie left her hiding place as Papa urges her to stay there. While Papa is finding another clam for Marie, she sees a flock of puffins on top of a rock much to her father telling her to wait patiently while she gets her food. However, Marie finds a conch shell from a distance and curiously uses it to which she hears the ocean. However, Papa is very furious with Marie just as she slaps the conch shell off her paws, telling Marie that she must wait very patiently from now on.
Feeling gloomy, Marie holds a piece of the conch shell which her father broke upon smashing it on a rock. Marie then sees a seagull who observes Marie's sadness and upon seeing the seagull, it grabs the piece of the conch from Marie just as Marie chases the seagull into the beach (this time without getting noticed by her father) frolicking past a flock of seagulls and then into a spot with a coyote eating a deer carcass. As the coyote stares at Marie, it furiously chases her and then runs into her (causing Marie to get two scars on her nose) in which as the coyote prepares to eat Marie, Papa counters the coyote's attack and takes her up onto a tree for safety. Papa then angrily scolds Marie that she could have been killed for leaving her hiding place because of the coyote explaining that she has a scar just like Papa has while being attacked by the coyote just as the two sadly observe the beach and heartbroken and he died years later after he broke his heart.
Trivia[]
- Although Papa is mostly seen active during the daytime throughout the short, raccoons in real life are usually nocturnal.