▁Che e , ▁that ▁reve als ▁the ▁information ▁to ▁explain ▁the ▁odd ▁situation ▁of ▁the ▁disapp earance ▁of ▁Hal ▁Bre ed lo ve , ▁allowing ▁Che e ▁and ▁Le aph orn ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁case ▁to ▁resolution . ▁ ▁In ▁Hun ting ▁Bad ger , ▁Che e ▁gives ▁up ▁the ▁acting ▁Lieutenant ▁role , ▁to ▁be ▁ser ge ant ▁again . ▁He ▁still ▁feels ▁t ension ▁when ▁face ▁to ▁face ▁with ▁Le aph orn . ▁Che e ▁begins ▁to ▁realize ▁that ▁Le aph orn ▁lik es ▁him ▁and ▁that ▁they ▁do ▁work ▁well ▁together , ▁especially ▁when ▁he ▁sees ▁Le aph orn ▁as ▁a ▁man ▁and ▁not ▁only ▁a ▁police ▁lieutenant , ▁as ▁Le aph orn ▁tal ks ▁with ▁Officer ▁Bern ad ette ▁Manuel ito ▁or ▁Professor ▁Louis a ▁Bour bon ette . ▁ ▁Development ▁of ▁the ▁character ▁Hill erman ▁writes ▁in ▁his ▁aut obi ography , ▁S eld om ▁Dis app oint ed ▁( 2 0 0 1 ), ▁that ▁he ▁created ▁Jim ▁Che e ▁as ▁an ▁alternative ▁to ▁Le aph orn ▁for ▁the ▁novel ▁People ▁of ▁Dark ness ▁( 1 9 8 0 ) ▁because ▁the ▁novel ▁is ▁set ▁on ▁the ▁Check er board ▁Res ervation , ▁and ▁Hill erman ▁felt ▁that ▁Le aph orn ▁was ▁too ▁hard ened ▁to ▁fit ▁into ▁the ▁plot . ▁He ▁needed ▁someone ▁more ▁na ive , ▁and ▁Che e ▁fit ▁the ▁bill . ▁ ▁App ear ances ▁in ▁other ▁media ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁the atr ical ▁film ▁adaptation ▁of ▁The ▁Dark