History Film / GeorgeOfTheJungle

-->'''Narrator:''' Uh, see if you can spot our discrete product placement.

!! George, George, George of the Jungle, Strong as he can be.
(yell) Watch out for that tropes! ("Oooh!")

!! George, George, George of the Jungle,
Strong as he can be.

!!This film provides examples of:

* MeaningfulName: Ursula's last name Stanhope (invented for the film) is likely a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Hester_Stanhope Lady Stanhope]], one of the earliest female adventurer/explorers.

* GroinAttack: A number of them occur in the first film. Specifically in one scene as George is falling down the one of trees he crashed into. He breaks every branch with his groin, until he lands on a particularly thick, sturdy branch which painfully stops his decent. Cue one of the chimps wincing as George screams out in pain before falling off the branch.

* GroinAttack: A number of them occur in the first film.

* CatchPhrase: "George just lucky, I guess."

* MisplacedWildlife: Probably playing into the generally cartoonish theme of the film, there's an orangutan (native to Indonesia and Malaysia), a toucan (Central and South America), a group of capuchin monkeys (Central and South America), a clearly ''Indian'' elephant (understandable, as true African elephants are much harder to train, as well as dangerously bad-tempered) and a lion (lions live in grasslands and plains rather than jungles) hanging around in the heart of the African jungle,.

''George of the Jungle'' is a 1997 comedy film based on the Franchise/{{Tarzan}} {{parody}} [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle cartoon series of the same name]], starring Creator/BrendanFraser as George, Creator/LeslieMann as Ursula and Creator/JohnCleese as the voice of Ape.

-->'''Narrator''': Well, Ursula's fiancè is in prison, and there's a jungle man sleeping on her balcony. She could use a best friend right now.\\
(Betsy appears for the first time in the movie)\\
'''Betsy''': Hi, I got here as fast as I could!

-->'''Ape''': George, remember everything I thought you about Queensberry Rules and fighting fair?\\
'''George''': Uh huh.\\
'''Ape''': [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope Well, now's a good time to forget it.]]

-->'''Thor''': Why don't you say something constructive for a change, like what we should do now?\\
'''Narrator''': Because I don't like you!\\
'''Thor''': Well, I hate you, you snotty son of a--\\
'''Narrator''': I'll pretend I didn't hear that.\\
'''Max''': Thor! Were you ''fighting'' with the ''narrator''?

-->'''Narrator''': Don't worry -- nobody dies in this story. They just get really big boo-boos. (''Cut to the battered, bandaged, alive-but-very-much-ticked-off guide'') What did I tell you?

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Ursula's mother's attitude towards George is more than a little reminiscent of parents who oppose their children dating outside their race. The fact that she disdainfully calls George an ape just adds to it.
** She even uses a "stripes and spots" analogy later on.
** In the animated opening, a native (wearing an animal mask) is suddenly the object of affection by a male animal. The native's spear suddenly becomes limp...

-->'''Guide 1''': (''[[NoFourthWall to the camera]]'') Bad guy falls in [[ToiletHumor poop]]: ''[[LampshadeHanging Classic]]'' element of [[{{Slapstick}} physical comedy]]! [[ThisIsThePartWhere Now comes the part where]] we throw our heads back and laugh. Ready?\\
'''Other guides''': Ready!\\
'''All''': AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

-->'''Narrator''': The young Miss Stanhope proceeded to spill the beans...\\
'''Ursula''': So, anyway, I went to the jungle-- ''(suddenly starts speaking and acting rapidly)''\\
'''Narrator''': ...Very quickly...

-->'''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.\\
'''First guide''': ''(in Swahili, subtitles)'' That guy's the biggest jerk I've seen in my life.\\
'''Second guide''': ''(in Swahili)'' Let's think of something evil to do to him.

--->'''Lyle''': The important thing, Kwame, is that I was outnumbered.\\
'''Guide''': ''(in Swahili)'' It's easy to be outnumbered when you're a zero.\\
'''Lyle''': Absolutely!

-->'''George''': George lucky man. He has Ursula, and Junior ''(coconut falls on his head, unfazed)''...and really strong head.

-->'''Narrator''': Later, in the Men's Department, after discovering his long lost brothers, the jungle king was pleased to find he looked pretty good in Armani.\\
'''George''': Pretty darn good! (''tooth gleam'')

* HumanMail: George ships himself from San Francisco to the jungle via UPS.
--> "Next time, George get bigger box."

-->'''Narrator''': After getting a tip from Brendan Fraser, who was cramped during the first pic, this time, George managed to get an even bigger crate.

* IfIWantedXIWouldY

--> '''Ape''': "No, not ON THE ROSES! Aaaaaugh!"
* ImagineSpot: Done by - who else? - the narrator:

'''Ursula's parents, smiling, in unison:''' We understand, dear.\\
''(Ursula sighs in relief and smiles brightly)''\\

'''Ursula's mother:''' [[BigNo AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!]] ''([[SlowMotionDrop drops wine glass]])''
* ImmortalHero / PlotArmor: Lampshaded by the narrator:
-->"Poor George was really shot, but can't die, because let's face it, he's the hero!"

-->'''Guide''': So in this version, there are two lions with the white ape? A minute ago, there was only one.\\
'''Lyle''': Hey, the important thing, Kwame, is that I was outnumbered.

-->'''Ursula''': What does it want?! What does it want?!\\
'''Ape''': "It" wants "its" ''Physicians' Desk Reference'', if you don't mind, unless of course you'd rather die of dengue fever.

--> '''Narrator''': Kwame and his men were getting dangerously close... to [[AssShove shoving a coconut up Lyle's]]... sleeping bag.
* LemonyNarrator: Revealed at the end of the film to be [[spoiler: an Ape named Ape]].

-->*''Lyle begins creepily embracing and kissing Ursula''*\\
'''Ursula''': Lyle, don't get all smoochy and disgusting with me. I remember what you did to me when that lion came.\\
'''Lyle''': What are you talking about? [[BlatantLies I was fighting the lion the whole time.]]
* MisplacedWildlife: Probably playing into the generally cartoonish theme of the film, there's an orangutan[[note]]native to Indonesia and Malaysia[[/note]], a toucan[[note]]Central and South America[[/note]], a group of capuchin monkeys[[note]]Central and South America[[/note]], a clearly ''Indian'' elephant[[note]]understandable, as true African elephants are much harder to train, as well as dangerously bad-tempered[[/note]] and a lion [[note]]lions live in grasslands and plains rather than jungles[[/note]] hanging around in the heart of the African jungle,.

--> '''George''': Javajavajavajavajavajavajavajavajavajavajavajavajava!

-->'''Narrator''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI6QuxaZ_xo And they responded with awe]].\\
'''Cast''': Awwwww...\\
'''Narrator''': I said awe. A-W-E.\\
'''Cast''': Oooooh...\\
'''Narrator''': That's better.

--->'''Narrator''': Ursula was amazed that she was lost in the wilderness with a jungle man.\\
'''Ursula''': Here I am, lost in the wilderness with a jungle man.

--->'''Narrator''': So, the naturally concerned and preternaturally wealthy Ursula Stanhope whisked George off on a private jet bound for the country of his birth, where he would get the finest medical treatment available.\\
'''Ursula''': I'm going to get you the finest medical treatment available.

* NonSequiturThud: In the original, after getting sent into a crazy spin by a wind up punch, all Thor can let out is a dazed chuckle before toppling like a fallen tree.

--->'''George''': George will stand here just as long as George's name is ''(two coconuts fly at his head)''...Herb... ''(falls over)''

* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Not My Boyfriend]]: Ursula denies being "stuck on George" or having a "fling in the jungle" before realizing her true feelings.

-->'''Ursula''': Mommy, make the monkey stop talking...\\
'''Ursula''': I'm gonna pass out again now. Bye.

-->'''Ursula''': Oh, the elephant's wearing New Balance. ''(faints)''

* PlotArmor: At one point George gets shot point-blank by Lyle in an unspecified area which apparently should have killed him - "but can't die because, let's face it, he's the hero."

-->'''Beatrice''': Arthur, I wish you would do something about all these monkeys. I feel like Jane Goodall.\\
'''Ape''': Madam, I knew Jane Goodall and you are no Jane Goodall.

-->'''Narrator''': Uh, see if you can spot our discrete product placement.

-->'''Ape''': Well I ''tried'', but you fellows are ''just'' too smart for me.

** Also in the sequel, Ape latches on to the top of a pointed building in Vegas, ala ''Film/KingKong''. {{Lampshaded}} of course:
--->'''Ape''': You didn't think we were gonna pass up ''this'' parody?
*** The local news shows this on the TV, and Beatrice convinces a hypnotized Ursula that it really ''is'' ''King Kong'', only colorized.
** In the sequel, George Jr. at one point is seen reading a [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} Disney ''Tarzan'' book]].

-->'''George''': Sure, George care about family. Even half of family sleeping through ''best part of movie''.\\
''(cut to Ursula, snoring in a hammock)''

--> '''Guide''': Bad guy falls in poop. Classical element of physical comedy! [[ThisIsThePartWhere Now comes the part]] where we throw our heads back and laugh. Ready?
--> '''Fellow Guides''': READY!
--> ''(They throw their heads back and laugh)''

* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: In an early scene, Lyle's decision to cross a dilapidated bridge causes some of his expedition guides to [[NobodyCanDie get really bad boo-boos]]. In the next scene, he's shown to be wary of them and specifically states that they "Must think [he's] the world's biggest jerk" and that they're probably planning to do something evil to him. Camera pans to them speaking in Swahili, and the subtitles reveal they say nearly the exact same thing.
** On the other paw, it is later revealed that the guides speak and understand ''fluent'' English; they understood him saying that, and probably said it to mock him.

* ThisIsMyBoomstick: Parodied. Lyle Van de Groot, rich snob white guy, attempts to impress his native guides by offering them lighters and showing off his camera... even though his guides are clearly familiar with such things. The guides play along for a bit, and then burst out laughing at him, whereupon their translator makes it clear they're not only unimpressed, they know more about cameras than ''he'' does.
-->'''Kwame''': He says that he likes your magic pictures... but he prefers the ''resolution'' of the Leica 35-millimeter transparencies. He also says that your lens is dirty, but he has the equipment to clean it for you.

-->'''George''': ''(to Ursula)'' [[ItRunsInTheFamily Must be from your side of family]].

-->'''Narrator''': Don't worry, nobody dies in this story. They just get really big boo-boos.

* WatchOutForThatTree: Of course. And George is not only one to crash into them!

* ChekhovsSkill: George teaches Ursula how to vine swing while in the jungle, and later in making a jungle call in the city. She uses both when she arrives to help George in the battle with Max and Thor.

* {{Slapstick}}: Ursula crashes into two trees in the first movie, and in the sequel, is knocked out by George swinging her against a wall. In a deleted scene from the sequel, George even swings into her, sending her flying.