23 Facts About Neytiri

Neytiri te Tskaha Mo'at'ite is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in the Avatar franchise, created by James Cameron.

Neytiri is the feisty, beautiful 'princess' of the Na'vi clan, Omaticaya.

Miles "Spider" Socorro is an unofficial member of the Sully family, with Neytiri being the only member who distrusts him due to his lineage and human nature.

The origins for Neytiri date back to the late 1970s, when James Cameron was preparing Xenogenesis, a short film intended to be used as a pitch for a feature-length film that never happened.

Neytiri later stated that after the film was turned down, he kept thinking about the idea of a blue skinned alien and decided to recycle it when developing Avatar in the early 1990s.

In earlier drafts of the screenplay, Neytiri was known as "Zuleika Te Kaha Polenoma".

One day while Neytiri is hunting in the woods of Pandora, she spots Jake Sully's avatar and begins to stalk him.

Neytiri continues to follow the avatar because of this symbol.

Amazed by what she just witnessed, Neytiri sees this as a good omen from Eywa and takes him to Hometree; the home of the Omaticaya Clan.

Jake is then taken to meet with Eytukan and Mo'at, Neytiri's parents, who decide that they must study Jake, as he is the first Avatar who was a soldier and not a scientist.

Much to her chagrin, Neytiri is tasked with teaching Jake the Na'vi ways.

Neytiri tells him Na'vi stories, including the story of the Toruk Makto, a mythical Na'vi warrior who was closely linked with Eywa and therefore able to make tsaheylu with the Toruk, a legendary Pandoran creature.

Jake and Neytiri arrive and free them, except for Spider, who is taken by Quaritch.

Neytiri later finds out that Payakan is an outcast among his species since he went against his species' pacifist ways and attacked the whalers who killed his mother.

Neytiri is healed by Ronal, but when Jake calls Norm Spellman and Max Patel for help, the RDA are able to track them down.

Neytiri finds Jake at the gravesite of his human body, still suffering internal conflicts about his transition into his avatar body.

Neytiri warns Jake that this isn't healthy for him before leaving.

Neytiri finds Jake at the gravesite, they embrace and she asks him what happened.

Mo'at and Eytukan agree and decide to open the school, but the latter gets suspicious after children including Neytiri who went to Hell's Gate begin developing symptoms of a mysterious illness.

Meanwhile, Eytukan questions Mo'at about Grace's supplies informs her that Neytiri's sickness is getting worse.

Meanwhile, Neytiri gets engaged to Sylwanin's fiance, Tsu'tey, in order to be the next Tsahik.

Neytiri was included in a range of Avatar toys produced for McDonald's Happy Meals.

Neytiri was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress at the Black Reel Awards and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture at the NAACP Image Awards.