The Jungle Book (Disney film): Difference between revisions

* [[Affably Evil]]: Nearly all of the [[Rogues Gallery]] have some amount of charm to their personality and valid reasons for their wrathful intentions (Kaa for food, Shere Khan for his hatred and self preservation from man).

* [[Analogy Backfire]]: When discussing the idea of letting Mowgli stay in the jungle...

'''Bagheera:''' Yes, just look at yourself! Look at that eye! }}

* [[Animal Talk]]: One of the few things that's more or less exactly the same as Kipling's original book is that all animals (and Mowgli) can talk to one another.

* [[Cats Are Mean]]: [[Big Bad|Shere Khan's]] very name is enough to bring a chill down the other animals' spines. Bagheera however is a key protagonist and one of the [[Only Sane Man|most rational and benevolent characters]] in the jungle.

* [[Cats Are Snarkers]]: Bagheera the panther is easily the snarkiest character in the movie, and Shere Khan the tiger, though he doesn't get many lines, comes across as at least somewhat snarky as well.

'''Shere Khan:''' Ah, you have spirit for one so small. And such spirit is deserving of a sporting chance. Now, I'm going to close my eyes and count to ten. It makes the chase more interesting... [[Badass Boast|for me]]. }}

* [[Character Exaggeration]]: Between movies. Kaa's incompetence and cowardliness are greatly exaggerated in the second movie to the point where he becomes something of a [[Butt Monkey]], whereas in the first he was [[Nightmare Fuel|genuinely menacing]] yet constantly unsuccessful, and his general fear of Shere Khan (the same as everyone else) is exaggerated to not being able to form full sentences around him.

* [[The Danza]]: King Louie is voiced by Louis Prima.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Bagheera. See [[Stealth Insult]] section. Also...

'''Bagheera:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Yes, like you did when the monkeys kidnapped him, huh?]] }}

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: The wolves, despite their prominent role raising Mowgli in the original book, only appear at the beginning of the original film and do not appear at all in the sequel or spin offs.

* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Baloo and Mowgli, and Bagheera and Mowgli.

* [[Irony]]: This exchange:

'''Shere Khan:''' (in the brush behind them) ''(laughs)'' }}

* [[I Will Tear Your Arms Off]]: When Baloo and Bagheera are trying to rescue Mowgli from King Louie and the apes, Baloo actually tells himself, "I'm gonna tear him limb to limb..."

* [[Nobody Here but Us Statues]]: Bagheera does this, as there are a bunch of statues of panthers in the ruined human city, with one conveniently empty spot for him to sit in and assume the same pose as the statues. Even though he's solid black and they are light gray, he goes unnoticed by the monkeys who pass right by him. But then Baloo [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee|opens a door onto him]].

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] / [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: Shere Khan, claws extended, fighting Baloo near the end:

** Also implied again in the sequel, this time on heckling vulture Lucky:

* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Mowgli's name is actually pronounced MAO-gli, not MOH-gli. Mow rhymes with cow. Rudyard Kipling's daughter allegedly never forgave Disney for this mistake, though it's hardly their fault--the mispronunciation of Mowgli's name could be heard as far back as Zoltan Korda's 1942 live action adaptation.

* [[Odd Friendship]] / [[Odd Couple]] / [[Interspecies Friendship]]: [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Baloo and Bagheera]], who start the first movie knowing but not particularly close and end the movie good friends through taking care of Mowgli - though if ''Jungle Cubs'' is to be believed they were always friends but not too close in the movie's beginning. Whether or not they are the [[Odd Couple]] or just an [[Odd Friendship]] depends on whether one considers them or Mowgli the major protagonists.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Near the end of the film, {{spoiler|Bagheera delivers a eulogy to the apparently dead Baloo as the background music plays}}. Surprisingly, this background music is a [[Grief Song]] called "Chorale for Snow White", a shout-out to the 1937 film ''[[Snow White (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]''.

* [[Show Some Leg]]: Shanti blatantly does this to Mowgli at the end of the first movie (which she attempts to deny in the second). Lampshaded by Baloo and Bagheera.

'''Bagheera:''' (smiling) Obviously. }}

* [[Sidekick Song]]: "The Bare Necessities", of course! Also, "I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" and "That's What Friends Are For (The Vulture Song)".

* [[Sssssnaketalk]]

* [[Stealth Insult]]: Bagheera delivers a sharp one when Baloo is trying to make himself look like someone who can be trusted to raise Mowgli...

'''[[Deadpan Snarker|Bagheera]]:''' Well, that shouldn't take too long. }}

* [[Stock Footage]]: The scene where Mowgli is licked by the two wolves uses the same animation sequence from ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]'' where Wart gets licked by Tiger and Talbot, the castle dogs. Shere Khan also spends some time sneakily stalking a deer whose death had already traumatized a generation of Disney Kids. (Thanks again, Bambi). Various shots were also recycled within the movie, chiefly those involving the elephants and Kaa.

** Also, animation from ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]]'' was actually reused for the scene where Baloo and Bagheera rescue Mowgli from the apes.

* [[Super-Persistent Predator]]: Played with and averted. Shere Khan tracks Mowgli all throughout the jungle in both movies, but both times he is out to kill him for being human rather than hunting him for food. Meanwhile, Kaa (who ''is'' hunting for food) only chances upon the main characters and quits pursuing them once they prove to be more trouble than they're worth.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Mowgli does this a lot. The most obvious example: Kaa first appears ''immediately'' after Mowgli tells Bagheera "I can take care of myself", and he nearly gets himself (and Bagheera) killed.

** Also:

** And on that note both of those examples are also [[Inadvertent Entrance Cue]] of one sort or another.

* [[Tickle Torture]]: First Mowgli on Baloo. Later, when King Louie is holding up a section of the ruins, Baloo tickles him. An accidental example occurs when Shere Khan tries to pat Kaa down.

* [[What Song Was This Again?]]: "Bear Necessities", having a pun-based title, really doesn't translate well. In the Swedish version, the gist of the song is the same, but the pun is replaced by a different bear-related pun. The French version is entirely punless, as is the German version, whose title translates as something like "Let's try it the cozy way".

* [[With Catlike Tread]]: The elephants searching for the lost man-cub.

* [[World's Shortest Book]]: This exchange:

'''Bagheera:''' Oh? That shouldn't take long. }}

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* [[Affably Evil]]: Emphasized even more so with the show, where both Shere Khan and Kaa were friends with Baloo and the others in their early life ([[Jerkass|if still somewhat antagonistic]]). This is emphasized in a darkly comic moment in which young Kaa snatches a small bird, seemingly set on devouring it, instead pleasantly greeting it good morning before letting it go, having already had a large meal (revealing a large bulge in his tail as he slithers off).

** May be lampshaded in Shere Khan's case by his voice actor, Jason Marsden, known for voicing characters who either underwent a [[Heel Face Turn]] (Kovu), [[Pelagian Villain|had been forced into being evil]] (Haku), or were a [[Noble Demon]] [[Visionary Villain]] who had still had some good in him (Chase Young).

* [[Butt Monkey]] / [[The Chew Toy]] / [[The Woobie]]: Kaa.