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{{quote|''"[[Watch Out for That Tree]]!"''}}
A series from the [[The Sixties|1960s]], which spawned a [[George of the Jungle (film)|movie adaptation]]. Produced by Jay Ward of ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' fame (the series, not the movie). '''''George of the Jungle''''' was an [[Animated Anthology]], combining the ''George of the Jungle'' cartoons with ''Super Chicken'' and ''Tom Slick''.
All three segments were full of the [[Post Modernism]], [[No Fourth Wall]], and satire that characterized Jay Ward's work. This series lasted only 17 episodes (1967), but has been rerun on various TV stations almost continuously for just over 40 years. The series has also earned a complete-series DVD release.
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This cartoon earned a feature film [[Live Action Adaptation]] in 1997, with Brendan Fraser as George and [[Leslie Mann]] as Ursula. There was also a direct-to-video sequel in 2003, which had Christopher Showerman as George and [[Julie Benz]] as Ursula. ("[[No Fourth Wall|Me new George. Studio too cheap to hire Brendan Fraser]].") A second animated series premiered on [[Cartoon Network]] in 2008.
[["Weird Al" Yankovic]] did a cover version of the ''George of the Jungle'' theme on his 1985 album ''Dare to Be Stupid''. [[w:The
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== the riginal series ==
* [[All Animals Are Dogs]]: Shep, the elephant.
* [[A Dog Named "Dog"|An Ape Named "Ape"]]
* [[Damsel in Distress]]/[[Bound and Gagged]]: Ursula in at least three episodes.
** Since Ursula is an expy of [[Tarzan|Jane]], well . . .
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* [[Yiddish as a Second Language]]: Few animated series theme songs use words like "schlep" (literally, to drag along or carry something heavy) in their lyrics.
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* [[Everyone Has Standards]]: The three guides in the movie. While the three tour guides worked for Lyle, they aren't really bad guys. The only target of their ridicule is Lyle and all they do is insult and troll him in Swahili even though they can understand and speak English. During a prank gone wrong, they swap Lyle's novelty lighter gun for a real revolver and in an attempt to scare him away Lyle points the gun at George and Ape in an attempt to intimidate them. George gets shot and Lyle is arrested. Who points him out at the line-up, the three guys. Both because they hate Lyle and because their previous stunt almost got an innocent man killed.
=== The 2008 series ===
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Ursula. By the sound of her dad's accent, she could be Latino.
* Balloon Belly: George, Ape, Ursula, Magnolia, and Tookie Wookie, in episode 13.
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