The Jungle Book (Disney film): Difference between revisions

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'''Baloo:''' I grew up in the jungle. Take a look at me!

'''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.

** This is taken one step further and goes to ridiculous extremes in the sequel, when both Shanti and Ranjan, who unlike Mowgli have not grown up in the jungle, also automatically understand the animals with no explanation.

* [[Animation Bump]]: Milt Kahl's work with Shere Khan is a notable version of this.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Shere Khan's [[Fantastic Racism|hatred of humans]] becomes a lot more understandable when you consider that humans almost drove tigers to extinction.

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{{quote|'''[[Too Dumb to Live|Mowgli]]:''' You don't scare me. I won't run from anyone.<br />

'''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.

** Which is an especially ridiculous exaggeration considering Kaa was the only character (besides the elephants who Khan would just avoid) that Shere Khan had anything to fear from. Yes, Baloo tried to fight him because he cared about Mowgli, but was clearly [[Curb Stomp Battle|outmatched]]. But Shere Khan was only able to save himself from hypnosis by Kaa thanks to a very quick reaction.

** Shere Khan seemed to take the opposite extreme who, while still the greatest threat of the original film, was still somewhat [[Large Ham|hammy]] and [[Laughably Evil|whimsical]] in tone. In most later depictions ([[Nightmare Fuel|particularly in the sequel]]) he is [[Knight of Cerebus|much more stoic and sinister in tone]].

** Bagheera's [[The Chew Toy|Chew Toy]] status is also exaggerated between films.

* [[The Chew Toy]]: Bagheera, somewhat, in part thanks to him being [[The Comically Serious]] of sorts.

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: King Louie, despite his [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] status and appearances in previous media such as ''[[Tale Spin]]'' and ''Jungle Cubs'', does not appear in the sequel (allegedly due to fears of a lawsuit issued by Louis Prima's widow over caricature of his voice).

** Hahti's wife and the wolves.

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* [[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.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Most epically with Shere Khan after he discovers a big burning bush on his tail.

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: King Louie.

** [[One-Scene Wonder|Two-Scene Wonder]]: Kaa.

** Kaa apparently [[What Could Have Been|was intended to have only one scene]] before test audiences took to the character, leading Disney to add another scene between him and Shere Khan. He is back to being a [[One-Scene Wonder]] in the sequel.

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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Baloo is Red, Bagheera is Blue

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Bagheera loses his temper with Mowgli and leaves him to fend for himself at twice over. He quickly darts back at the thought of leaving him with [[The Slacker|Baloo]] however.

* [[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]]''.

* [[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 and the Seven Dwarfs (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.

{{quote|'''Baloo:''' (furious) She did that on purpose!

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* [[Slasher Smile]]: Shere Khan seems to have grown a skill for these in the sequel (most notably before he [[Gory Discretion Shot|seemingly beats Lucky mercilessly]]).

* [[Smug Snake]]: Kaa is a literal example. Shere Khan is debatable too.

* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]: In the original book Shere Khan was killed by Mowgli, to the point of he almost [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]. However the tiger survives in ''all'' of Disney's adaptions of the stories and character to date.

** Also Akela, albeit owed more to the shortened timespan and the fact [[Demoted to Extra|he appears all of once]].

* [[Spinoff Babies]]: Disney's ''Jungle Cubs''.

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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).

{{quote|'''Kaa:''' 'Tis good to eat, but 'tis better to have eaten.}}

** 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.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: Several, including [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GpCqOZ4XKQ&feature=related a few in the intro.] Most obvious are the ruins where the cubs hang out, which are the same ruins Louie and the monkeys rule over in the movie - the biggest one might be an episode where Louie finds out he's destined to be king of the jungle, and learns he has what it takes to be the just, kind ruler that everyone needs someday. Ironically...