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=== Baloo ===

 

 

* [[Ace Pilot]]: Baloo is a situational bushwhacker/plugger; in open sky, he bushwhacks like a mofo via [[Improbable Piloting Skills|ridiculous aerial acrobatics]], in mountains and cities he plugs like a bastard through [[Try and Follow|terrain manipulation]], both supplemented by occasional usage of [[Abnormal Ammo]] - pretty much the only option available to him, as he takes on waves of fightercraft with a ''cargo plane.''

** Unfortunately, he's about as business-savvy as the idiots who caused [[The Great Video Game Crash of 1983]]. [[Perpetual Poverty]] to the hilt, followed by a buy-out he wasn't even ''aware of'' until the new owner unlocked his door with her own set of keys.

* [[Acrofatic]]

* [[Book Dumb]]: Baloo can barely read or write, but is extremely resourceful and street wise at times.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Genre Savvy]]: While not immune to being suckered in himself, Baloo can be rather streetwise and observant at times, he is wary to some of the shady clients Rebecca naively takes offers from, and is more willing to listen the kids' explanations at times (once debunking Rebecca's [[Not Now, Kiddo]] moment with Kit).

* [[Improbable Piloting Skills]]: Baloo is so good a pilot he can pilot a plane even if he has to resort to directly manipulating the control cables to a craft's flaps and rudder when the yoke was broke. Furthermore, in one episode, he was able to quickly learn how to fly a prototype helicopter, despite the fact that operating that kind of vehicle is a completely different (not to mention ''revolutionary'' for the 1930s) concept in aviation. And don't forget, he was able to successfully "pilot" a prototype jet engine merely by hanging on to it and tugging on it real hard. No wings, no rudder, no ''plane''. Just the engine. He even broke the sound barrier while riding it.

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: While he has [[Jumped At the Call]] a few odd times, he is often a somewhat resentful hero, especially since he so greatly lacks the [[Hero Insurance]] many other heroes have.

* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Frequently attempting "Get Rich Quick Schemes" or trying to find ways to slack off at work.

* [[Stubborn Mule]]: He's more likely to back down than Rebecca, but he definitely embodies this in some of their feuds.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: The [[Anthropomorphic Shift]] from ''The Jungle Book'' turns Baloo from a normal Indian bear to a highly competant [[Ace Pilot]].

 

=== Kit Cloudkicker ===

* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: On occasion due to Baloo's bumbling.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Guile Hero]]

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Begins the show doing so, defecting from the Air Pirates and joining up with Baloo.

 

* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Refered to as "Becky" by Baloo. Rebecca seems to treat it as such, only accepting the name whenever she is in a good mood with him.

* [[Control Freak]]: Rebecca plays with this. She frequently is very insistant in getting her own way, but is more bark than bite and a lot more lenient and enduring than a usual employer.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Cheerful Child]]: Albeit with the occasional [[Bratty Half-Pint]] moment.

* [[Evil Detecting Baby]]: Okay, Molly is actually six, but she's still a very young kid, and is often shown to smell a rat, especially if it's hanging around her mother.

* [[Morality Pet]]: [[Word of God]] claims Molly was created to bring out Rebecca's softer side and motherly instincts to balance her more arrogant bouts with Baloo.

* [[Ping-Pong Naivete]]: Molly can range anywhere between [[Wise Beyond Their Years|being way more observant than the adult members of Higher For Hire]] to [[Too Dumb to Live|trying to play high dive from her appartment's balcony]].

* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Charming despite his own self-absorption.

* [[Not So Harmless]]: Something of a narcisistic oaf, and prone to [[Poke the Poodle]] on many occasions, however he is a genuine menace to those flying in his realms.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Conveys this treatment towards Baloo at times. On at least one occasion he attacked Baloo without any cargo, seemingly just wanting to spar with him.

 

=== Shere Khan ===

 

 

* [[Affably Evil]]

* [[Anti-Villain]]: His villainous roles in the show are actually outweighed by the times he assists Baloo.

* [[The Chessmaster]]

* [[The Comically Serious]]: Khan in personality is rather serious and almost darkly, his interaction with a lot of other characters (particularly his employees) has something of a slapstick tone at times however.

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Though less corrupt and more ruthless.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Played with. While not the most antagonising villain (and even prone to acts of good will), Khan is a much more serious and intimidating figure than most of the other more comical [[Rogues Gallery]] and is implied to hold a very dangerous amount of power if not for his scruples.

* [[Noble Demon]]

=== Louie ===

 

 

* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: To many one off girls, as well as Rebecca. She is less than flattered.

=== Mad Dog ===

 

 

* [[Dirty Coward]]: "Me? Oh, why me? Send Dumptruck! Send Hacksaw!"