Sacagawea in Night at the Museum
Sacagawea (right) assisting Lewis and Clark.
- “He went east, but he lost control and crashed.”
- ―Sacagawea
Sacagawea is a supporting character in Night at the Museum and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, and a minor character in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. She plays a more bigger role in Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again. She is portrayed by Mizuo Peck.
Real Life[]
Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone woman, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the Western United States. She traveled thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean between 1804 and 1806.
Appearances[]
Night at the Museum[]
Sacagawea was first seen in the film Night at the Museum, her exhibit can be found in the Museum of Natural History, in New York. In her exhibit, she is seen along side Lewis and Clark during their expedition across America. They stand behind a sheet of thick glass, which stops her from being able to hear anything that comes from outside of the case.
Rebecca Hutman, the museum's receptionist and docent, is writing a book on Sacagawea but feels like she doesn't know a lot about her. It is revealed that she is a big fan and would give anything to meet her in the flesh. Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy), the President of the United States, secretly stalks Sacagawea due to his strong feelings towards her.
At the end of the film, Larry Daley, breaks the glass window to free Sacagawea, which he uses a rock to do so. Sacagawea, using her tracking skills and common sense, helps Larry and the other exhibits find Cecil Fredericks, who has run off with the Tablet of Ahkmenrah. After doing this, she almost gets hit by Cecil but gets pushed out of the way by Teddy, who now has been sliced in half . Due to how he had saved her, she helps him by using fire to melt his wax and stick him back together. Sacagawea introduces herself to Rebecca when she runs in the museum, answering all the questions that Rebecca asks- which gives Rebecca all the information she needs for her book.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian[]
Sacagawea, along with many of the other exhibits, is shipped to the Smithsonian Archives. She questions General Custer's idea to shout "attack" before attacking, as this will alert the enemy. She is seen in the background fighting in the Battle of the Smithsonian. At the end of the movie, she is shipped back to the Museum of Natural History. Overall, her part in the film is minor.
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb[]
To be written.
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again[]
In the 4th movie of the franchise, Sacagawea plays a role as being one of the main characters for the plot.
In the beginning, she is shown interacting with the night guard as he runs into her, asking him if he’s the new night guard. When he says yes, she states how that’s good before saying how they never found the old one before a bear appears behind her and scares off the guard. As the guard runs, Sacagawea says that she swears the bear didn’t eat the old guard. She is seen later on with everyone else, cheering with them about how they all broke their record.
When Larry comes in, both her and Theodore Roosevelt are seen telling Larry about hiring his son, Nick. This is due to the fact that the other guards just weren't the right fit for them and how Nick already knows the secret of the tablet- which isn’t stated til later. After Larry calls Dr McPhee, they give him the idea of hiring Nick like before, with Sacagawea saying how he’s a healthier and smaller version of Larry. When Larry asks why they keep trying to get him to hire his son, they state how he knows the tablet’s powers and basically grew up in the museum, and that he wouldn’t run away.
Larry then states his worries and how Nick is a teenager, to which Teddy says that Larry was a teenager mentality when he first started working here, leading Sacagawea elbows him, to which Teddy says emotionally. This is where Sacagawea starts to speak, saying how Nick is a capable kid and that they believe he will be able to protect the museum while being a perfect fit for them, leading Larry to consider this option.
When Nick does show up, both Sacagwea and Teddy ride over to him on their own horses, with Sac saying how it’s great to see him once again before Teddy states how great of an idea it was to hire Nick, praising himself. Sacagawea just ignores his comment before pointing out to Nick that he has foam from the fire extinguisher on his face.
Later on, Sacagawea and a handful of other exhibits go over to Nick, with Teddy stating that they all have a surprise for him. When it’s her turn to give some gifts, she gives him a few items that consist of a beaded bracelet and a poster of the Museum of Natural History. With the bracelet, Nick thinks it is authentic, which Sacagawea reveals that they are from the gift shop before handing him the poster from the gift shop as well. Dexter then tries to give his gift, a banana, to Nick, to which Laaa takes it. This leads Dexter to attack Laaa, which causes him to have a bucket end up on his head, to where Laaa states that he is ‘unscathed’. Sacagawea states that she has been reading Laaa the dictionary to help him learn more words to build his vocabulary.
Larry then calls Nick, talking to him before saying how he knows the rule, leading to a lot of the exhibits- including Sacagawea, to recite it to Larry. After Larry mentions the basement, he asks everyone to go away so he can talk to Nick alone, which they do. Not too long later, Nick goes off to the basement, Sacagawea and Teddy are talking to him, to which when he goes off. Sac states that he’ll be ok before asking Teddy if he will be, leading him to say that he’ll be fine and- ‘what could go wrong’.
As Nick comes back to the pair waiting for him, Sacagawea is more quiet, just letting Nick and Teddy talk- while also helping pick up papers when they scatter on the ground due to Kahmunrah. Once they realize the tablet is missing, Sacagawea tells them that if they don’t find that tablet, everyone in the museum will be in danger. As they go to Ahkmenrah’s exhibit, Kahmunrah is there and throws Nick, which leads to Sacagawea and Teddy to catch him before they know more of where he came from.
Due to this interaction, Sacagawea, Teddy, Nick and a handful of other exhibits both attack and chase Kahmunrah until they get trapped behind a gate, which they later get untrapped from and try to get Kahmunrah. As they’re outside and Joan gets a vision, they figure out that Kahmunrah is heading towards the Metropolis Art Museum, which Sacagawea states is across town and states how they don’t have all night, especially due to the rule. This is where Nick has an idea, leading them to ride the subway train to the art museum.
Once they get to the Metropolis Art Museum and start walking around, Teddy explains their situation to Nick before Laaa goes into a painting, getting hit with a broom and running out of it, saying a bunch of adjectives about the person who was hitting him. This leads Sacagawea to say that she should maybe take the dictionary back from Laaa before speaking to Nick, stating how if Kahmunrah goes back to Ancient Egypt, who knows what terror could be unleashed. Then, she uses Laaa’s speech as an example, stating how Laaa would probably say- ‘Everybody go blphhh’.
Nick begins to get frustrated and speaks out and Sacagawea reassures him, telling him that Kahmunrah went a certain way due to the fact that she is an expert at tracking, surviving and outwitting as well as the fact that she can see him in the distance. This leads them to start chasing Kahmunrah once again, which leads them to the ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’ art piece. Kahmunrah takes George Washington captive, leading to Nick tilting the art piece, which causes Kahmunrah as well as the gang to get sent back due to the water and its waves.
As the group gets up and Kahmunrah runs away, they follow him, leading them to get attacked by Seth, the God of Chaos. Then both Kahmunrah and Seth cause a large scorpion to come to life, attacking the gang which forces them to run away. As they try to hide and think of a plan to escape, they are forced to fight due to Nick’s mom, Erica, sending Nick a ‘fruit text’. Once they start to fight, Sacagawea states that she respects all living things but will make an expectation for the scorpion, kicking one of it’s claws away as she ducks from it’s other claw before rolling away from it’s stinger. The scorpion’s attention gets taken away from her though as Laaa throws a vase at the bug, picking up Laaa with it’s claw and throwing him at Sacagawea, taking both of them down. As Joan and Dexter defeat the scorpion, Laaa says something that makes Sacagawea roll her eyes.
The gang then make their way to the Temple of Dendur, where they see the painting that Kahmunrah and Seth had gone through, having 4 hours left to get the tablet and go back home. As they start walking, Sacagawea says how Kahmunrah couldn’t have gotten that far. Then, not too long later, Teddy asks Sacagawea if they have picked up Kahmunrah’s tracks, which she says they haven’t due to the wind covering up the tracks.
Due to the stress of the situation, Nick starts to lose hope with finding Kahmunrah and getting the tablet back, which causes all the exhibits to worry about him since he’s feeling defeated. Due to Nick calling himself stupid, the exhibits go around and tell them their accomplishments that they had done when they were his age or younger, with Sacagawea saying how she was only 14 when she led the Lewis and Clark expedition. This seemingly does little to comfort Nick though, seeing as he keeps pushing himself down, which leads Sacagawea to say how he has his own gifts and strengths, but he just needs to believe in himself like the rest of them do.
After their conversation, Sacagawea is able to spot Kahmunrah and Seth’s footprints in the sand, stating how she picked up their trail, leading the gang to where they went. Not too long later, Sacagawea says that the evil pair have taken the river, leading the whole gang to get on a boat as well. As they row through the river, Teddy stops to tell a story, leading to Sac to call him out on his as Nick asks why they’re going so slow. Then, Laaa says that there is a ‘dinosaur’ in the river, which they all say there isn’t as Attila tells Laaa something, which Sacagawea translates. She says that Attila said that they are in Ancient Egypt and not in the Jurassic period before Nick spots that it’s actually a Nile crocodile.
This Nile crocodile starts to attack them, causing Laaa to get thrown into the water and not too long after, jumping onto and breaking the boat Sacagawea, Teddy and Joan are on. This leads almost all of them to get onto the same boat, Laaa not being on it, to where Nick saves him. Then, the crocodile breaks the boat everyone is on, leading them to all get to the shore- where Sacagawea, Teddy, Attila and Joan threaten the croc and make it go away.
A bit later, Nick starts to admit defeat, Sacagawea spots where they are supposed to go, which is where they start heading. As they walk, Joan starts to talk to Sac, stating how she’s getting deja vu since when she fought for France, it felt like the end of the world- except she was alone then. Sacagawea then speaks to her, saying how this time it’s different because she has friends that have her back, which leads Joan to wrap an arm around Sac, stating how she has her as Sac hugs her.
Once they make their way to the Temple of the Sun, Sacagawea is able to tell that Kahmunrah was in the room that they are currently in not too long ago, and that they’re gaining on them. Then, Nick points out how the tablet has musical notes on it, which Sacagawea compliments him for the fact that Larry wasn’t wrong about him being a musical genius. Due to Nick saying that Kahmunrah could summon his undead army, they quickly start to run, going down a hallway that has Kahmunrah and Seth’s footprint, which Sacagawea takes notice of. She states how the pair must be close before telling everyone to watch out for any traps but Attila accidentally sets one off, to where they duck before Sac says to stay close.
As they go into a new room, Kahmunrah uses the tablet to bring two statues to life, having them attack the gang to escape. As Joan and Attila defeat one of the guards due to destroying it’s eyes, Sacagawea takes note of this, climbing up the other guard’s staff as she yells out how the eyes are the weak spot. As she gets to the guard’s shoulder, she kicks out it’s eye that Nick takes and destroys, cheering for him as he does so.
As Sacagawea and the group go into the other room, Seth starts to attack them as Kahmunrah puts a code into the tablet. On the second chord, Sac and Attila kick away some rubble falling from the roof to protect Nick and Joan. Then, as Kahmunrah manages to summon his undead army, the rest of them group together as they prepare to fight.
As they fight, Sacagawea kicks two of the undead soldiers in the face before dodging their attacks and kicking one of them in the face again before Teddy defeats the other one, leading them to pair up and fight together. Though, not too long later, they are outnumbered by a long shot. This leads Sacagawea to point out that there’s too many of them but Nick uses his flashlight to fight one and tosses it, which leads to Attila throwing the flashlight to Sac. As Sacagawea catches it, she slams it down on one of the soldiers head before hitting another and then dodging a different soldier’s attack before tossing the light back to Nick.
As they group together, they are forced to scatter due to Seth shooting lasers at them, trying to avoid falling into the breaking ground before they all, except for Nick, get on the game platform. Nick states that he’s going for the tablet, Sacagawea says how it’s too dangerous, but he does so anyways. Nick almost dies but gets saved due to the beads that Sacagawea gave him, and is thought to be killed by Kahmunrah when he fights him but is saved due to Teddy’s glasses case. Sacagawea and the group think he is dead, getting ready to fight to avenge Nick but Nick is ok, which surprises everyone.
When Nick loses his grip on the floor of the underworld, Sacagawea is one of the people that help him get out and then they all later leave. Once they’re outside, they realize that the sun is rising, which leads Sacagawea to state how they aren’t gonna make it in time, as Teddy agrees with her. Then, as Joan says her goodbye, Attila pulls all of them into a hug as they start to, rather slowly, turn into dust.
Nick then realizes that they can use the poster he got from Sacagawea to get them back to the museum, which she says how she’s glad that she gave Nick that poster before saying how they should go home. Everyone cheers in joy as they re-enter the Museum, with Sacagawea translating what Attila said for Nick about saving them after putting them in danger before everyone says their byes as they head back to their exhibits. When Sacagawea speaks to Nick again, she says how growing up with her people, they learn that at a young age that they all have brave spirits and that you just have to find yours before telling him to take care and walking off.
Sacagawea is last seen when the Museum is having a dance party, dancing next to Teddy and Nick before joining a conga line with the other exhibits.
Trivia[]
- In the first movie, it is stated by Rebecca that Sacagawea had a newborn baby with her through her travels, one that we never see throughout any of the movies.
- In the 4th movie, Sacagawea is shown on a coin that Nick uses to put into a vending machine.
- Compared to the first three movies, Sacagawea and Theodore Roosevelt don't interact the same way in the forth movie that they did in the first, second nor third film, acting more as friends than partners.
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