Pride

Pride
Personal details
Status	Deceased
Died	Shot by Wizard
Residence	Phoenix Mall Eco camp
Also known as	Tofu boy (by Ebony) Twig man (by Ved)
Physical description
Sex	Male
Skin color	White
Hair	Black
Eye color	Brown
Affiliation
Tribe	Mall Rats Gaians
Relations
Partners	Salene (Engaged) May (ex-girlfriend)
Appearances
Introduced	Series 3 Episode 1
Last appeared	Series 5 Episode 7
Portrayed by	Nick Miller
S3 • S4 • S5

"What's right and what's wrong, Bray? Is it right to sacrifice two young bright women for him? Two people who can do so much good? And then there's Brady. She needs her mother. And what about you, Bray? And your family? There's just no contest."

―Pride to Bray

Pride was a member of the Gaians (AKA the Eco tribe) and later the Mall Rats.

He was instrumental in saving Amber's life after she almost died on Eagle Mountain. Pride nurses her back to health and he and the Ecos name her their new tribe leader. He held out hope Amber would reciprocate his feelings, but this was dashed when Bray returns into her life. Regardless, Pride aided in the resistance to take down The Chosen. Because he couldn't have Amber, Pride develops a brief relationship with May but he didn't actually love her.

After May is taken from the Technos, Pride becomes their prominent opponent and strongly advocated against technology, but he briefly becomes addicted to their VR game. Pride falls in love and proposes to Salene, but May's return complicates this. Pride aids in taking down the Technos, however two of them escape and kidnap Salene who want their defeated leader Ram in return. Pride is tragically killed in an attempt to save Salene and he is buried in the woods.

Personality

A true rebel with a cause and a visionary, Pride is determined to build a sustainable society that coexists with nature. He fundamentally believes that humans should live peacefully in the environment as nature can provide resources for everyone.

Because of this, his rejection of technology and the values of the old adult world causes friction with people of the city, particularly the Technos. This is exemplified by his dissent for the return of electricity in the city and his continued efforts to thwart the Technos even after losing support from members of the underground resistance against the Technos. Unfortunately, Pride defies his own personal values when he becomes chronically addicted to Reality Space. Although he was able to overcome his addiction due to his love for Salene.

Other than being an environmentalist, Pride is shown to have an extensive knowledge of plants, camouflage and traps - skills that he had taught Amber, whom he had a crush on when they were both Ecos. He also knows Tai Chi, allowing him to act as Tai San's Tai Chi Master as part of his resistance against The Chosen.

History

Series 3

Pride was a member of the Eco Tribe, who live in the forest away from the city. He is also a scout who keeps an eye on things in the areas surrounding the camp. During the events of early Series 2, Pride was trekking near Eagle Mountain when he found an almost dead Amber on the side of the mountain. Pride brings her back to Eco Tribe and they adopt Amber as part of their tribe, eventually they make her tribe leader. Pride develops feelings for Amber, but she says she is not ready for a relationship, so Pride patiently waits for her. In the meanwhile, Pride is given Bray's ring from Amber, which she originally received from the latter. However Amber refuses to tell which tribe she originally came from, wanting to move on from her past.

Pride gets with May

When The Chosen take over the city, Pride runs into Lex and Ebony, who plead with Pride to assist them in rescuing the newly captured Bray. After Bray is rescued from execution, he notices Pride wearing the ring he gave to Amber. This leads Pride to bring them to the Eco Camp, where they shockingly find Amber, who they believed was dead after the explosion on Eagle Mountain. Amber wanted no part in bringing down The Chosen, but Pride convinces her to join forces temporarily. However, she changes her mind after Dal's death and travels to recruit other tribes while Pride stays behind with the Resistance.

After the downfall of The Chosen, Amber decides to stay with the Mall Rats to Pride's disappointment. He leaves the city heartbroken but Bray stops him when he tells him that Amber has been kidnapped. Pride decides to stay until Amber is found, but when she does return, he knows Amber only loves Bray. Out of desperation, Pride gets together with May but he doesn't love her like he does with Amber, who he still has feelings for.

Series 4

Pride falls for Salene

When The Technos invade the city, May is abducted alongside many of the Mall Rats. Pride secretly feels relief knowing he never loved May and wanted to avoid telling her the truth. While he is still a member of the Eco tribe, Pride decides to stay until the Mall Rats are found. Pride is suspected of attempting to murder Ebony and is put in the cage. After being released, he forms a relationship with Salene.

Due to his strong beliefs that nature can provide what humans need to survive, he strongly opposes The Technos and their technology which has wooed most of the population. However, he is later captured by Ved and forced into Reality Space, where he would develop Reality Sickness. He later becomes addicted the game. Lex realises this and approaches him about his addiction, but Pride only threatens Lex. Pride is forced to admit he has a problem after Mouse finds him and May in Reality Space. He defeats a virtual reality version of Jay in the game and almost kills him in real life, as Pride can't distinguish between real and fake.

When May escapes from The Technos, she tries to rekindle her relationship with Pride, but he makes it clear that he loves Salene now. This causes awkard friction between them. Pride partakes in the final battle to bring down The Technos and succeeds. Before the battle however, Pride secretly proposes to Salene to marry her and she accepts.

Series 5

Salene buries Pride

Two members of The Technos, Wizard and Stats, manage to escape arrest. They kidnap Salene and try to bargain her for their fallen leader Ram. However the Mall Rats don't have Ram, as he was secretly taken by Slade. Desperate to search for Salene, Pride disappears from the Mall to look for her. May in turn becomes worried for Pride and searches for him.

When May bumps into Wizard and Stats, he tells them to kill their hostage Salene, as she secretly wants her dead so she can be with Pride again. However, Pride overhears this and attacks them. During the altercation, Pride is fatally shot by Wizard, who escapes with Stats. His last words to May was: "Tell Salene I love her." The Mall Rats would bury him in the woods, leaving both Salene and May heartbroken.

Out of jealousy and loneliness, May doesn't tell Salene about Pride's last words. Instead she claims he said: "I love you May." This lie drives Salene into further depression. Salene and Amber would travel to the Eco Tribe to inform them of Pride's death, and give him a ceremony as a final farewell. When May is discovered to have betrayed the Mall Rats by giving information to the evil Mega, they throw her out of the tribe.

Salene is later beaten up by kids who blame the Mall Rats for Mega's tight reign over the city, May would rescue her from being left for dead. Salene then vouches for May to be allowed into the Mall Rats again as she saved her. Extremely touched by her's kindness, May would regret her jealously and eventually tells Pride's true last words to Salene, who surprisingly forgives her.

Gallery

Series 3

Series 4

Trivia

• In early development of the series, Pride was named Panther.
• Pride is the only character introduced in Series 3 that has appeared in subsequent seasons.
• Even though he's credited through the first four episodes of Series 5 (eight in the half-hour format), Pride only appears in two of them (three in the half-hour format).
• In a 2017 interview with Nick Miller, he revealed that the reason Pride was written out was because Nick felt life had been very out of balance, as his University studies, girlfriend and family had been put on hold for acting on The Tribe for 2 years. It was later decided to mutually end his career on the show so he could return home.
• Pride was voted by fans as 5th Best Hero in a 2015 poll.
• Pride is seen as one of the characters in Paul's reality space in The Tribe: Reunion manga.