George of the Jungle (film): Difference between revisions

We learn in the [[Animated Credits Opening]] that George survived a plane crash in the heart of Africa, but was sadly unfound by the survivors and rescue crew. Here, he grows into a man who rules the jungle. An heiress named Ursula explores the area with her snooty fiance, Lyle (Thomas Haden Church), who abandons her when a lion attacks them. George swoops in to save Ursula, and takes care of her while Lyle and a couple of poachers (in search of the mythical "White Ape", which is George) try to find her. George and Ursula eventually fall in love with each other, and they go back to San Francisco for the requisite [[Fish Out of Water]] plot. George and Ursula have to deal with the treacherous Lyle and Ursula's disapproving, meddling mother in order to stay together and live happily ever after.

 

 

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* [[Bride and Switch]]: At the climax, Lyle tries to forcibly marry Ursula when they enter a dark tunnel. Upon exiting the tunnel he learns that he actually married an amorous gorilla instead.

* [[Bullet Seed]]: Shep the elephant + [[Abnormal Ammo|Coconuts]] = most unusual artillery cannon ever.

* [[Cave Behind the Falls]]: George attempts to [[Hulk Speak|"make Ursula George's mate"]] (with a gorilla courtship display, get your minds out of the gutter) in one of these, [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by the [[Lemony Narrator|narrator]] as the [[No Fourth Wall|"really big and expensive waterfall set."]]

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Ursula's father doesn't appear or even mentioned in the sequel. Ursula's mother may have divorced him for favoring their daughter's marriage with George.

'''Other guides''': Ready!<br />

'''All''': AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! }}

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Brendan Fraser as George.

* [[Fade to White]]: When George is shot.

* [[The Film of the Series]]

* [[Fish Out of Water]]: The movie's second act follows George back to Ursula's urban home and depicts his awkward and oftentime [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking]] isolation and attemps to fit in.

{{quote| '''Lyle''': ''(about the guides)'' They're probably saying I'm the biggest jerk they've ever seen in their lives. Probably trying to think of something evil to do to me.<br />

'''First guide''' ''(in Swahili, subtitles)'' That guy's the biggest jerk I've seen in my life.<br />

'''Guide''': ''(in Swahili)'' It's easy to be outnumbered when you're a zero.<br />

'''Lyle''': Absolutely! }}

** Near the climax of the film everything Lyle's henchmen (Gunner, Gunter, Hans, Jans, [[Odd Name Out|and Phil]]) say is subtitled, even though they're speaking perfect English.

** Lyle trying to speak Swahili and failing miserably. See [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]], below.

'''Lyle''': Hey, the important thing, Kwame, is that I was outnumbered. }}

* [[Innocent Fanservice Boy]]: George complains about the shower, saying that the "waterfall" is too warm and he slipped on a "strange slippery rock"... while nude, in front of the heroine and her best friend.

* [[Interactive Narrator]]: The narrator is an active and slightly malignant force. At one point, Thor (a [[Mook]]) picks a fight with him over his insulting description, to which the narrator responds by rewinding the movie just to taunt him. (The mook's comrade then asks, "Thor, were you fighting with the ''narrator''?")

** In the sequel, Lyle gets into an argument with him during the climax. {{spoiler|The infuriated narrator calmly reaches down and plucks him off to the sky while the heroes stare in complete bemusement.}}

** Its also a bit of the setting in the second movie.

* [[What's an X Like You Doing In a Y Like This?]]: Ape reads a book on "human courtship rituals" to help George (''Coffee, Tea or Me'', a real-life book about two lusty young fictional stewardesses) and suggests the line "What's a nice girl like you doing in a plane like this?"

 

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