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Another [[Disney]] adventure cartoon from the ''[[Duck Tales (Animation)|Duck TalesDuckTales]]'' era, this series transplants several characters from [[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|Disney's adaptation of]] ''[[The Jungle Book (Literaturenovel)|The Jungle Book]]'' into a show about the golden age of seaplane travel, featuring [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]]. Essentially an animated ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]'' - especially as one of the key locations is Louie's, an island bar ran by the titular monkey.
 
Baloo the bear is a seaplane cargo-for-hire operator from the port city of Cape Suzette in a time not unlike the 1930s. His twin-engine flying boat, the ''Sea Duck'', is his most prized possession, and he favors his freedom over all else, including paying his bills. When the bank forecloses on his debts, a young entrepreneur/lady bear/single mother named Rebecca Cunningham snaps up his business, his plane, and his home, and opens the "Higher-For-Hire" air cargo service. Rather than abandon his "baby" to her and whatever low-rent pilot she may hire, he stays on, working for the day when he can buy back the ''Sea Duck'' and be rid of her.
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Although there's not any romance between Becky and Baloo, their relationship smacks more of [[Sibling Rivalry]] ([[Ship Tease|outside the odd subtle occasion]]). The two of them -- with Kit and Becky's [[Cheerful Child|adorable daughter Molly]] -- form a definite sitcom family dynamic, with the practical, strait-laced Becky faced off against her lazy, easygoing, roguish pilot.
 
Allies of the crew include Louie (the orangutan monarch from ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'') who operates a seaplane truckstop of sorts out in the ocean that is Baloo's favorite hangout; and Wildcat, a seemingly slow-witted mechanic with incredible skills.
 
There are three major antagonists: the Air Pirates, led by Don Karnage, who operate from a [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier|giant flying aircraft carrier]] called the ''Iron Vulture'' (and would have long ago plundered Cape Suzette, had it not been for all those big honkin' guns on the nearby cliffs); the country of Thembria, a pseudo-Soviet totalitarian state full of snow and blue warthogs, home to the [[The Napoleon|napoleonic]] Col. Spigot and his [[Hogan's Heroes|Sergeant Schultz]]-like sidekick, Sgt. Dunder; and Shere Khan, the most feared predator of ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'', transformed into a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] (though theoretically, it could be argued, he's not that corrupt...merely absolutely ruthless in the best senses of the phrase).
 
Refer to the [[Tale Spin (Animation)/Characters|Character Sheet]] for more details.
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=== Tropes ===
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* [[Ace Custom]]: The ''Sea Duck'', a hydroplane freighter that Baloo and Wildcat customized up the gazoo. Which includes, of course, the [[Overdrive]] system.
* [[Acrofatic]]: Baloo isn't a particularly skilled fighter, though can deal a mean punch, and is quite agile, considering his size.
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]: "Flight School Confidential" is focused largely on Kit venturing to Thembria, with Baloo only having a brief role in the opening and closing moments. A couple of episodes also focus primarily on Rebecca and Molly's relationship.
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Three of them, all guest stars.
* [[Adventurer Outfit]]: Rebecca wears one in a few episodes, and it's Myra's standard apparel.
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* [[Animation Bump]]: To an extent, due to the animation being exported from six different <ref> The [[Walt Disney Animation Units]] in Japan and France, [[Sunwoo]] and [[Wang Film Productions]]. With help from [[Pacific Rim Animation]] (France, uncredited); and [[Tama Productions]], [[Jade Animation]] & [[Hanho Heung Up]] (Japan)</ref>, the style and quality varied to rather noticeable degrees on occasion. This was common with most Disney cartoons at this point.
** Some of the high points are in the four part pilot "Plunder And Lightning" and "Pizza Pie In The Sky", which were animated by Disney France.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Shere Khan. Sure, he engages in [[Evil Plan|Evil Plans]] from time to time and can be ruthless when he needs to, but he is genuinelly fond of the heroes and certainly has a conscience, and generally doesn't cross any lines that there's no going back from. Think [[Gargoyles (Animation)|David Xanatos]], but nicer.
* [[Anthropomorphic Shift]]: From ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]''.
** Louie can be considered an inversion of sorts. He is given an anthropomorphic role and wears a human attire, though his design and proportioning is actually more hunched over and simian-like than his original ''The Jungle Book'' counterpart.
*** [[Fridge Brilliance|Because he's not trying to be a man any more.]]
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* [[Beary Funny]]: Baloo, Rebecca, Molly and Kit.
* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: Kit sometimes is this due to Baloo's occasional idiocies and [[Jerkass]] tendencies. Rebecca and Baloo himself often play this trope as well, depending on who is [[Idiot Ball|leading the madness]].
* [[Benevolent Boss]]/[[Mean Boss]]/[[Pointy-Haired Boss]]: Rebecca can be considered an unusual mix of all three tropes in one. While she mostly leaned towards the first due to her protagonist role and viewing her employees more as her friends, her occasional temperament, [[Control Freak|superiority complex]] and [[Cloudcuckoolander|outright quirkiness]] leads to her being less than pleasant to work with [[Depending Onon the Writer|on occasion]], especially in early episodes.
** Shere Khan himself was a mix of the first two of those. He is deadly serious, hates having his time wasted and is extremely strict, but he values hard work and albeit he's quite demanding, he is also fair to his employees.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Myra from "In Search of Ancient Blunders".
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Baloo is known for doing this in quite a few episodes with "Plunder And Lightning" and "Last Horizons" being some of the most famous examples.
** Also Oscar does this in the episode "Captains Outrageous" [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|when he blows the cell wall open in the Iron Vulture to save Baloo, Kit, and Wildcat from the pirates.]]
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Rebecca arguably leans inside the fine line between this and a [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]. She is a [[Nice Girl]] deep down, but too often tries to hide her bad temper and ego problems in a professional facade rather than her genuine positive traits.
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: {{spoiler|Kitten Caboodle and Muffy Vanderschmeer.}}
** Inverted for {{spoiler|Muffy, since she is later revealed to be wearing a wig.}}
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* [[Bound and Gagged]]: Happens to both Baloo and Rebecca on a few odd occasions, as well as to Shere Khan of all people, in "Bullethead Baloo".
* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Rebecca, of course.
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Either Kit or Molly, [[Depending Onon the Writer]].
* [[Breaking Bad News Gently]]: Parodied in "Bearly Alive".
* [[Broken Aesop]]: "War of the Weirds" focuses on Baloo and Kit lying to Rebecca in order to receive vacation time. Of course, this leads them all into considerable trouble, and the only thing to do is for all parties to continue the lie until the trouble blows over.
** Another one in "I Only Have Ice For You": The episode ends with a "I should listen to the people who know what they're doing, not assume a book will tell me everything", but taken the wrong way by the right people, it could easily be taken as an "I should [[Stay in Thethe Kitchen]] and let men work" Aesop.
*** Rebecca is Baloo's boss, though, and a lot better at the business side of things than he ever was. So it's really more like, "I should stay in my office and let the men earn the wages I'm paying them."
*** There's also the idea that she was relying too much on books to learn how to fly when she really needed the hands-on instruction of an experienced pilot to teach her, like Baloo. As noted below, she apparently listened to Baloo and learned a lot from him.
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* [[Closer to Earth]]: Becky, [[Not So Above It All|albeit to an extent]] (especially since a lot of her chemistry with Baloo came from [[Not So Different|having similar flaws as him]]).
* [[Cloudcuckooland]]: Thembria.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Wildcat. Baloo and even Rebecca [[Depending Onon the Writer|on occasion]] have lighter bouts of this too.
* [[Comically Serious]]: Shere Khan (somewhat in contrast to the [[Large Ham|hammier]] [[Smug Snake]] he was in ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]''). The odd occasions a smile does appear on his face [[Oh Crap|usually spells big trouble for someone]].
* [[Commissar Cap]]: Baloo wears one of these.
** Also part of Spigot's military uniform.
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* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Rebecca earned this status at the end of the episode "A Touch Of Glass".
* [[Cut Song]]: A scene in the TV movie "Plunder & Lightning" where Rebecca sings "Home Is Where The Heart Is", a lullaby to Molly as Kit listens in was cut for time when it was split into four episodes.
* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be Aa Gangster!]]: Trader Moe and his lackeys.
* [[Dead All Along]]: {{spoiler|"The Old Man and the Sea Duck" ends with Baloo discovering that the man that had taught him to fly again had been dead and gone for 20 years, and that the airfield he trained at was a broken down husk of its former self.}}
** {{spoiler|Also in "Her Chance To Dream", Rebecca's new love interest Captain William Stansbury is revealed to be the ghost of the captain who crashed his boat on Louie's island centuries ago.}}
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** [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Molly at times.
* [[Death Glare]]: Despite Rebecca's appearance, she actually has given Baloo a pretty scary one from time to time.
* [[Depending Onon the Writer]]: Both Baloo and Rebecca's personalities occasionally come off as erratic due to constantly passing off the [[Sanity Ball]] (eg. one can be completely gullible or arrogant towards a situation identical to one they were totally wary of in a previous episode). Their [[Not So Different]] tendancies also shift from episode to episode (sometimes Rebecca is Baloo's polar opposite, others they are borderline [[Distaff Counterpart|Distaff Counterparts]] for each other).
* [[Determinator]]: In both a negative and positive sense, Baloo and Rebecca are very stubborn individuals, be it for [[Zany Scheme|Zany Schemes]] or heroics. Rebecca is also shown to be very protective of Baloo, to the point of potential [[Heroic Sacrifice|self-sacrifice]]; Baloo, in turn, will go to great lengths to aid or protect her.
* [[Did Not Do the Bloody Research]]: In "Bygones", the English pilot Rick Sky actually says the word "Bloody".
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*** The show itself leaves Rebecca's status up for the audience to guess. Gets confusing when a woman in the 30's can be a single mom [[Eternal Sexual Freedom|and nobody cares]].
* [[Disco Tech]]: Tinabula.
* [[Distracted Byby the Sexy]]: The reason Baloo and Louie help Katie find the lost city of Tinabula, even though they didn't want to go treasure hunting in the episode "For Whom The Bell Klangs".
** This also happens to Baloo and Louie when they help Princess Lotta Lamour in the episode "Road To Macademia".
** This is the main reason that Baloo won't listen to Rebecca {{spoiler|when she tells Baloo that Kitten Kaboodle is responsible for the "accidents" that have been happening on the movie set}} in the episode "A Star Is Torn".
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{{quote| '''Clementine:''' So you never told the sheriff to mistreat the miners?<br />
'''Shere Khan:''' My dear, I desire only money and power. Unpresentable employees provide me with neither. }}
** Don Karnage as well [[Depending Onon the Writer|on occasion]].
* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]: Baloo for Kitten Kaboodle in "A Star Is Torn" and Wildcat for Clementine Clevenger in "Citizen Khan".
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses]]: Princess Grace from "Waiders of the Wost Tweasure" and Princess Lotta Lamour in "The Road to Macadamia".
* [[Evil Chancellor]]: Chancellor Trample from "The Road to Macadamia".
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Don Karnage.
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* [[Expy]]: Rebecca, according to [[Word of God]] is based on Rebecca Howe of ''[[Cheers]]'' in both aspects of personality and [[Vitriolic Best Buds|her chemistry with]] [[Will They or Won't They?|the main protagonist]].
** The business situation is very similar to ''[[Cheers]]'' as well: Entrepreneurial businesswoman takes over a failing business run by a laid-back owner and attempts to change his ways to make the business profitable, [[Hilarity Ensues]].
** Kit is also obviously meant to be an Expy for [[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|Mowgli]] in places. While he has enough unique traits to differentiate the two, his relationship with [[Parental Substitute|Baloo]] is very similar (right down to using the same [[The Nicknamer|affectionate nicknames]] for each other).
** The three major Thembrians: Col. Spigot, Sgt. Dunder and the High Marshall are Expies (and parodies) of Col. Wilhelm Klink, Sgt. Hans Schultz, and General Albert Burkhalter from ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]''.
*** Although the High Marshall is also a very obvious visual Expy of Leonid Brezhnev.
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* [[Genius Ditz]]: Wildcat, a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] of the highest order but neverless can fix a high number of mechanical issues in a matter of seconds (at least for what his provided apparatus allows).
** [[Word of God]] claims Baloo and Rebecca were meant to foil each other in this regard. Baloo is extremely [[Book Dumb]] and slovenly, but also streetwise and resourceful due to his adventuring (as well as being a grade A [[Ace Pilot]]). In contrast Rebecca is well educated and has profound business ethics, but due to her pampered lifestyle is somewhat naive and inept to the outside world. Depending on what the scenario fit, either character would play [[The Ditz]] while another would act as [[The Straight Man]].
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Baloo, at least when not in [[Jerkass]] mode. Sgt. Dunder, [[Minion Withwith an F In Evil|despite his occupation]], also seems to apply.
** Also Moby Dimple from "All's Whale That Ends Whale".
* [[George Lucas Throwback]]: This show is like watching a Republic Pictures serial film...except everyone is a [[Funny Animal]].
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{{quote| '''Rebecca:''' ''[sobs]'' JUST GET IT OVER WITH! SHOOT ME!!!}}
* [[Girl of the Week]]: This was a standard theme in the show, and many of them have pretty generous fan bases.
* [[Girls Withwith Moustaches]]: Rebecca disguises herself with a moustache and beard in both "Plunder and Lightning" and "The Balooest of the Bluebloods".
* [[Glasses Girl]]: Katie Dodd and Myra Foxworthy.
* [[Green Eyed Red Head]]: Katie Dodd.
* [[The Grinch]]: In "Jolly Molly Christmas", Don Karnage decides the Sky Pirates will show the true spirit of giving; by making others give presents to them.
{{quote| '''Don Karnage:''' I am not usually this generous, but Christmas comes only once a year.}}
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Baloo, Kit and Louie, among others. Baloo calls Kit "Little Britches" (breeches) in spite of neither of them wearing pants at all, presumably as a [[Shout-Out]] to the ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|Jungle Book]]'' Baloo calling Mowgli by the same nickname.
** This even applies to the one episode where Baloo has to wear a tuxedo. Said tuxedo consists of a jacket, shirt, tie, and cummerbund...and that's it.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Kit, who leaves the Air Pirates before the series begins.
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* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Considering Baloo's size, this is a given with most females on the show, but he and Rebecca are the most common example.
* [[Humanoid Female Animal]]: Kitten Kaboodle and Clementine Clevenger.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Much like ''[[Duck Tales (Animation)|Duck TalesDuckTales]]'', everything original to the series has a name which has some level of punniness to it.
* [[If I Can't Have You]]: Done rather ridiculously in "Feminine Air", an episode where Baloo [[Wholesome Crossdresser|dresses as a woman]] in order to enter a females-only flying contest. One of his rivals is [[Sweet Onon Polly Oliver|so besotted with his female persona that he proposes]] and, when he's turned down, invokes this trope and starts trying to kill "her".
* [[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.
* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]]: Molly (and later Baloo and Rebecca) in "The Incredible Shrinking Molly".
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* [[It Will Never Catch On]]: At the end of "The Incredible Shrinking Molly", the episode's [[Mad Scientist]] mentions that he's working on a new medium called "television", and Baloo scoffs at the notion of "moving pictures". They may have stood more a chance of getting away with it, if Baloo wasn't shown watching a "moving picture" at the start of the ''exact same episode''.
* [[Jerkass]]: Ace London.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Both Baloo and Rebecca, though the extent of both the "[[Jerkass]]" and the [[Hidden Heart of Gold|"heart of gold"]] element for both [[Depending Onon the Writer|varies from episode to episode]].
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: An amusing literal example in "The Balooest of the Blue Bloods". Paranoid about inheriting a bad-luck curse, Baloo protects himself with medieval armor. This later becomes pivotal in saving Rebecca after [[You Know Too Much|she learns the truth behind]] [[Murder the Hypotenuse|the supposed curse]].
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Baloo on occasion acts as this. In "My Fair Baloo", for example, he is chastised for acting like a "buffoon" at a high class ball in the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Spruce Moose]]. Almost immediately following this, he saves the guests from ''two'' attempted hijackings, a plane crash and being stranded on an isolated island.
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'''Baloo:''' ...Hmm, good answer. Let's go. }}
** He and Rebecca often trade this role with each other. For all they suffer from each other, [[Determinator|they will go to great lengths]] to keep the other safe.
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Shere Khan is far less bumbling compared to the rest of the [[Rogues Gallery]] and can be pretty effective and dangerous if pushed hard enough. Of course the show did like to [[The Comically Serious|poke fun of his supposed "seriousness" at times]]. Interestingly this trope [[Canon Foreigner|made its way into]] ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' incarnation for the sequel (in contrast to his counterpart in the original film, who was fearsome but [[Laughably Evil|too hammy and whimsical to count]]).
* [[Large Ham]]: As is the case with most Disney Afternoon characters voiced by [[Jim Cummings]], Don Karnage (Speaking to you now! In his own voice!) fits this to a tee.
** About half the cast fits this trope to an extent, even some of the more [[Closer to Earth]] characters can't help hamming it up at times.
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: "The Old Man and the Sea Duck".
* [[Laughably Evil]]: Don Karnage, who -- despite nearly every one of his scenes being hilarious in some way (mostly due to the [[Funny Foreigner|funny accent]], eccentric antics, and [[Chewing the Scenery|a marked tendency to eat sets]]) -- is one of the most legitimately dangerous bad guys on the show.
** The show's entire [[Rogues Gallery]] counts to an extent, with the arguable exception of Shere Khan, (arguable due to the occasionally over-the-top extent his [[Comically Serious]] role is taken, as well as [[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|being based on a rather valid example]]).
* [[Leitmotif]]: Wildcat frequently has a quirky flute melody accompany many of his appearances. The ''[[Disney Afternoon]]'' OST disk also includes numerous one shot tracks that signalled different characters and locations.
* [[Let There Be Snow]]: Molly's wish in "Jolly Molly Christmas".
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** [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: A few villains (given their [[Laughably Evil]] tone) tend to lean into this vein.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Kit Cloudkicker. [[Sky Surfing|"Now where'd he learn that?"]]
* [[Minion Withwith an F In Evil]]: Sgt. Dunder, though recessively loyal to Col. Spigot, has [[Gentle Giant|a meek, friendly disposition]] and [[Go-Karting Withwith Bowser|is friendly towards Baloo and Kit outside their bouts]]. Spigot himself is more of a [[Jerkass]] and an [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] than outright evil.
* [[Mirror Routine]]: Used in "A Bad Reflection on You".
* [[Missing Episode]]: Both "Flying Dupes" and "Last Horizons" were pulled from circulation.
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* [[Never My Fault]]: The punishment for lot of offenses in Thembria, regardless of who is responsible for them, tend involve Spigot getting shot, who in turn blames a lot of his blunders on Dunder.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Baloo.
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: The cartoon combines ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' characters, dogfighting, [[The Thirties|1930s]] [[Noir]], ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]''-styled adventures, [[The Cold War]], and [[Screwball Comedy]] in one cartoon. Can be equal parts comic, dramatic, action-filled or suspenseful, often just in one episode.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: In "A Star Is Torn", several celebrities from [[The Thirties]] (or at least their [[Furry Fandom]] equivalents) make [[The Cameo|cameos]].
* [[Noodle Implements]]: Turnips and sandpaper, huh?
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* [[One-Scene Wonder]]/[[One-Shot Character]]: The series contains several guest star characters who have fan followings.
* [[The One Who Wears Shoes]]: Don Karnage and Gibber of the Air Pirates, as well as some guest star characters such as Katie Dodd ("For Whom the Bell Klangs") and Clementine Clevenger ("Citizen Khan").
* [[Only in It For Thethe Money]]: Baloo insists to Becky he's only working at Higher For Hire until he's earned enough to buy back the Sea Duck. While he [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|holds up to that deal]] a couple of times he earns big, it's often implied to be [[Nakama|a bit more complex than that]].
* [[Out of Focus]]/[[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Many of the later episodes stray from the goings on of Higher For Hire and focus more on Baloo adventuring outside Cape Suzette. While Rebecca, Molly and Kit feature less as a result, Wildcat and Louie gain more prominent roles in later episodes.
* [[Overdrive]]: Used in the first episode. Combines [[Nitro Boost]] with [[Explosive Overclocking]] if left on too long.
* [[Overly Polite Pals]]: Baloo and Kit have one of these moments in one episode.
* [[Pandaing to Thethe Audience]]: Subverted; while the pandas of Panda-La are [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|cute-looking and seem too intellectual and isolated]], they're actually an [[Affably Evil]] [[Hordes From the East|Eastern Horde]] with heat-seeking rockets.
* [[Papa Wolf|Papa Bear]]: Baloo, of the surrogate kind to Kit (and to a lesser extent Molly). Kit even calls him Papa Bear, as Mowgli did in ''The Jungle Book''.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Baloo and to a much lesser extent Rebecca, to Kit. Baloo also has moments with Molly.
* [[Ping-Pong Naivete]]: Kit's view of Baloo [[Depending Onon the Writer|varies from episode to episode]], in some episodes he is completely oblivious to Baloo's faults and idolizes him blindly; in others he is the [[Only Sane Man]] and [[The Smart Guy]] of the team; in others still he's easily manipulated by con men or "too good to be true" deals that even Baloo sees right through.
* [[Pity the Kidnapper]]: "The Ransom of Red Chimp".
* [[Poke the Poodle]]: Both Don Karnage and the Thembrian Army have shown occasional tactics such as this. Subverted slightly as acts such as scratching your nails on a chalkboard and forcing you through a cheesy chat show ''are'' actually considered all manner of hell for their hostages.
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* [[Punishment Box]]: Baloo stays at a Thembrian penal colony which he has mistaken for a fitness camp. He is frequently sent to what he calls a "solar powered sauna."
* [[Punny Name]]: All over the place--area names like Cape Suzette (Crêpe Suzette), episode titles like "The Idol Rich" (The Idle Rich) and "The Sound and the Furry", and some major and minor characters' names.
* [[Putting Onon the Reich]]: The nation of Thembria resembles the Soviet Union.
* [[Ramming Always Works]]: How the {{spoiler|Lightning Gun from "Plunder and Lightning"}} was destroyed.
** Averted a few minutes earlier when the Sky Pirates attempt to ram the door in order to prevent Kit from sending the message to Baloo about his efforts to sabotage the [[Lightning Gun]].
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** Also Katie Dodd when she is having dinner at the restaurant in "For Whom The Bell Klangs".
* [[Shout-Out]]: "Polly Wants A Treasure": Polly is called a "[[Monty Python|rare Norwegian Blue]]".
** Also, in one episode a character warns that "no one dares to face ''{{[[[Star Trek II: theThe Wrath of Khan (Film)|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]] The Wrath of Khan}}''!"
** And who could forget the "This ''Was'' Your Life" execution ceremony in "The Time Bandit", complete with cheesy host and aquaintances from the guest's past.
** Very frequently in the episode titles. "Citizen Khan", "The Old Man and the Sea Duck", "Last Horizons", the list goes on for miles.
*** The episode "The Road To Macadamia" is a straight up homage to the "[[Road To|Road]]" movies starring [[Bob Hope]] and [[Bing Crosby]] but with Baloo and Louie.
** Baloo's gypsy costume in the episode "A Spy In The Ointment" is pretty much a complete copy of Little John's costume from an early scene in the Disney version of [[Robin Hood]]. This is actually [[Fridge Brilliance]] when you consider that Phil Harris was both the original voice actor for Baloo and the voice actor for Little John in the movie where the costume originated from.
** Naturally the show features a good few [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]''. Baloo's aforementioned tendency to disguise himself in drag is also likely a reference to a similar scene in the movie. "My Fair Baloo" also has Rebecca binded by a large (somewhat familiar looking) constrictor snake.
** Also in "Gruel And Unusual Punishment", when Baloo lands on Bedevilled Island, he floats on his back in a stream eating food off of his stomach, much like he did in ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]''.
** In "For Whom The Bell Klangs, Part 1", the restaurant Baloo and Louie visit bears a strong resemblance to [[Casablanca|Rick's Café Américain]].
* [[Show Within a Show]]: ''Danger Woman'', Molly's favorite radio series.
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* [[Specs of Awesome]]: Myra wears them.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: The series is basically a [[Furry Fandom|Furry]] version of the old TV series ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]''...
** [[Follow the Leader|...which in itself was]] ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' with a [[Cool Plane]].
** The [[Screwball Comedy]] elements of the Baloo/Rebecca relationship owe much to [[Spencer Tracy]] and [[Katherine Hepburn]] comedies of [[The Forties]].
* [[Sticky Situation]]: "Stuck on You", in which Baloo and Don Karnage are glued together. The trope name even appears in the dialogue.
* [[The Stoic]]: Shere Khan, to extremes. Even when abducted by a psychopathic robot, his reaction is to merely fold his arms and groan "unamused".
* [[Surrounded Byby Idiots]]: Don Karnage is pretty much the only competent Air Pirate ([[Laughably Evil|or the nearest to one]]). This tends to put a damper on his plans.
** There are of course occasions Karnage's [[Not So Above It All|own bumbling tendancies]] [[Beleaguered Assistant|are noted by his minions]] as well however.
* [[Ted Baxter]]: Rebecca [[Depending Onon the Writer|a lot of times]]. Baloo also frequently fell victim to [[Acquired Situational Narcissism]].
* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: The show's [[BGM]] regularly made use of the instrumental version of the opening theme, along with several variants.
** "For a Fuel Dollars More" used it during the inaugural fuel run made by the ''Sea Duck''.
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* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: In one [[Disney Adventures]] comic story, "The Dogs of War", Baloo and Kit were briefly held hostage by a zeppelin full of smug, militaristic, German-accented dogs who kept mixing up their "v's" and their "w's".
* [[Tickle Torture]]: Don Karnage does it to Kit in "Polly Wants a Treasure".
* [[Took a Level In Jerkass]]: Baloo is often shown to act more [[It's All About Me|selfish]] and [[Small Name, Big Ego|egotistical]] than his original ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' interpretation (albeit [[Depending Onon the Writer]] and balanced by [[The Ace|his role]] [[Knight in Shining Armor|in some]] [[Papa Wolf|other episodes]]).
* [[Total Eclipse of the Plot]]: In "The Time Bandit".
* [[TV Genius]]: Rebecca, in contrast to [[Book Dumb]] but streetwise Baloo, has an MBA and is refined in terms of social inequity, but is a borderline [[The Ditz|Ditz]] in terms of the outside world.
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* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Louie is usually an active and healthy guy, until he's exposed to his one weakness, {{spoiler|anchovies}} in "Pizza Pie in the Sky" and instantly becomes sick and delusional.
* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: Arguably happens in multiple scenarios between Baloo and Rebecca. Kit and Molly actually have a brief similar moment in "Mommy For A Day".
* [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?]]:
{{quote| '''Don Karnage:''' Fools! Surely they would not be so stupid as to attack the ''Iron Vulture''! ''(Ship rocks with impact)'' ...They are more stupid than I thought!}}
** Also in "Polly Wants a Treasure"
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* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: Many of Baloo's Get Rich Quick Schemes are successful, but the prize is always taken away by some unfortunate stroke of luck. "Your Baloo's In The Mail" is a particularly cruel example.
* [[You Didn't Ask]]: Wildcat uses this exact phrase during "In Search of Ancient Blunders".
* [[You Go, Girl!]]: "Feminine Air" may count as a mercifully non-[[Anvilicious]] example, with Baloo pulling his own male to-female-variation of a [[Sweet Polly Oliver]].
* [[You're Not My Father]]: Played ''very'' seriously in "Stormy Weather".
* [[Zany Scheme]]: Baloo was a big fan of the get-rich-quick scheme.
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