History Film / Jumanji

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Possibly when Judy tells Aunt Nora that she didn't lie when she found out the only reason they were able to get the house dirt cheap was because a supposed murder took place.
-->'''Aunt Nora''': Alright that's it, I am sick and tired of your lies, young lady! You're grounded!
-->'''Judy''': Fine! There's nowhere to go in this stupid town anyway! And just for your information: that wasn't a lie!
-->''(Nora lifts her head up)''
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "Fine! ''TAKE IT!''" Also, the scene where Peter scrambles to find a way into the shed to get the axe the group desperately needs. He finds the door locked, and can't get in, so he grabs a nearbye axe and starts whaling away with it... only to stop, take a look at the axe, [[AsideGlance then at the camera]], and runs back to the group.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Judy is horribly close to death at the end of the game, having been poisoned. She finally admits that she misses her dead parents (something she has been denying hard throughout the movie).
--> '''Judy:''' "I... wish mom and dad... were here..."

* EarWorm: The drums of Jumanji - literally.

* PainfulRhyme: Most (all?) of the Jumanji rhymes fall into this category. ("Every month at the quarter moon, there'll be a monsoon in your lagoon")

* SpecialEffectFailure: In a scene that shouldn't even have required special effects. When Van Pelt hands over the gold coins mentioned in ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, his arm and the coins falling has a very strange after-image look to it, as if they're made of sand.
** Considering this happens a few times with Van Pelt having occasionally blurry movements, and the animals, even puppets, also have the same type of blur at times, this could have been done on purpose. A nod to the fact that they aren't real and don't belong in our would to begin with. YMMV, of course, as to whether it's a legit explanation.
** Then theres the spiders toward the end of the film. The budget to the film was dangerously close to going over so they had to cut back and relied on puppets for the scene. Its incredibly obvious once they appear, especially since they move in a very jerky, wooden way (Picture that way a child makes dolls move, moving it forward while bouncing it up and down to simulate walking.)

** Then theres the spiders toward the end of the film. The budget to the film was dangerously close to going over so they had to cut back and relied on puppets for the scene. Its incredibly obvious once they appear.

''Jumanji'' is a 1995 American fantasy-adventure-comedy film directed by Joe Johnston and based on Chris Van Allsburg's popular 1981 children's book of the same name. Expensive, state-of-the-art computer graphics and animatronics were employed by Industrial Light & Magic for the special effects sequences. The film stars RobinWilliams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, and Bradley Pierce. It was followed by [[{{WesternAnimation/Jumanji}} an animated television series]] that ran from 1996 to 1999 and a SpiritualSuccessor, ''{{Zathura}}'', in 2005.

* ShoutOut: The villain being played the same actor as the protagonist's father comes from the stage production of ''PeterPan''.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "Fine! ''TAKE IT!''" Also, the scene where Peter scrambles to find a way into the shed to get the axe the group desperately needs. He finds the door locked, and can't get in, so he grabs a nearbye axe and starts whaling away with it... only to stop, take a look at the axe, then at the camera, and runs back to the group.

The story is about the titular supernatural and ominous board game which makes animals and other jungle hazards appear upon each roll of the dice. In 1969, after fleeing from some bullies, a boy named Alan discovers the board game buried on a beach. Later that day, just as he is about to runaway from home to avoid going to boarding school, his friend Sarah shows up and together they start playing
the game. However, the game acts strange and upon his first move, Alan is sucked inside.

Cut to 1995 when two orphans named Judy (Dunst) and Peter (Pierce) move into Alan's old house to live with their aunt. While exploring the house, they come upon Jumanji in the attic of the house. The game, still unfinished from twenty-five years ago, retains the moves made by the first players. After getting attacked by several monstrous animals, Peter is able to free a now adult Alan (Williams) from the inside of the game. Seeking out the help of a now adult Sarah (Hunt), the group decides to play through the entire game and set things back to the way they used to be.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: After being returned to 1969, Alan gets Carl Bentley his job back. 26 years later, he and Sarah meet the kids' parents and prevent them from going on their fateful ski trip which was odd because the kids never told them how their parents died. The audience can be tricked, since it is revealed how the parents died, but it was their aunt speaking to her realtor.
** Also, at the end of the film, Carl got his job back (unless Alan's dad was about to fire him before Alan told him the truth) and was able to show Mr. Parrish his brand new line of shoes which turned the whole town around.

* ShoutOut: The villain being played the same actor has the protagonist's father comes from the stage production of ''PeterPan''.

-->'''Sarah:''' You didn't wanna play, either Mr. We-started-something-twenty-six-years-ago-and-now-we-gotta-finish-it?

* JerkAss: Alan was being harsh on Peter after the pelican took the game. While he was chasing it, he screamed to Peter why didn't he grab it before because he was close to it. After Peter grabbed the game from falling in the waterfall, Alan just have him a [[WellDoneSonGuy flat "thanks"]]. Then Alan becomes more angry when he transformed for trying to cheat. When he noticed Peter was crying, he tells him to stop crying and wise up like a man. That's when he realized he was sounding just like his father and apologizes. Peter tells him he's not crying because Alan was yelling at him, but [[spoiler:that he started to grow a tail]].

* {{Irony}}: When the jungle creepers first show up, Judy comments that the poisonous barb-shooting flowers are beautiful. Later in the movie one of them shoots her.

The story is about a supernatural and ominous board game which makes animals and other jungle hazards appear upon each roll of the dice.

''Jumanji'' is a 1995 American fantasy-adventure-comedy film directed by Joe Johnston and based on Chris Van Allsburg's popular 1981 children's book of the same name. The story is about a supernatural and ominous board game which makes animals and other jungle hazards appear upon each roll of the dice. Expensive, state-of-the-art computer graphics and animatronics were employed by Industrial Light & Magic for the special effects sequences. The film stars RobinWilliams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, and Bradley Pierce. It was followed by [[{{WesternAnimation/Jumanji}} an animated television series]] that ran from 1996 to 1999 and a SpiritualSuccessor, ''{{Zathura}}'', in 2005.

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** Also, [[{{LegallyBlondeTheMusical}} Laura Bell Bundy]] plays the young Sarah

** Also, [[{{LegallyBlondeTheMusical Laura Bell Bundy]] plays the young Sarah

** Also, [[{{LegallyBlondeTheMusical Laura Bell Bundy}}]] plays the young Sarah

There was also a Saturday morning cartoon series which featured the kids getting sucked into the game, and it ran for two seasons.

''Jumanji'' is a 1995 American fantasy-adventure-comedy film directed by Joe Johnston and based on Chris Van Allsburg's popular 1981 children's book of the same name. The story is about a supernatural and ominous board game which makes animals and other jungle hazards appear upon each roll of the dice. Expensive, state-of-the-art computer graphics and animatronics were employed by Industrial Light & Magic for the special effects sequences. The film stars RobinWilliams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, and Bradley Pierce. It was followed by an animated television series that ran from 1996 to 1999 and a SpiritualSuccessor, ''{{Zathura}}'', in 2005.

''Jumanji'' is a 1995 American fantasy-adventure-comedy film directed by Joe Johnston and based on Chris Van Allsburg's popular 1981 children's book of the same name. The story is about a supernatural and ominous board game which makes animals and other jungle hazards appear upon each roll of the dice. Expensive, state-of-the-art computer graphics and animatronics were employed by Industrial Light & Magic for the special effects sequences. The film stars RobinWilliams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, Bradley Pierce and Jonathan Hyde. It was followed by an animated television series that ran from 1996 to 1999 and a SpiritualSuccessor, ''{{Zathura}}'', in 2005.

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: Aside from the three most obvious, Bebe Neuwirth (Broadway's original [[{{Chicago}} Velma Kelly]]) is Aunt Nora, while Mr. Parrish/Van Pelt is played by [[{{Titanic}} Jonathan Hyde]].

Why isn't there a page for the Sunday morning cartoon series? There's not even a mention...
It featured the kids getting sucked into the game as well, and it ran for two seasons!

* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Peter discovers that the penalty for cheating at Jumanji is being turned into a [[PlanetOfTheApes monkey]].
** Peter's token was a monkey, so the penalty might a different animal for each player. Alan's was an elephant....