History Trivia / GeorgeOfTheJungle

* FakeAmerican: The American accented LemonyNarrator of the film is voiced by Australian voice actor and impressionist, Keith Scott.

** In an earlier script draft, Ursula originally came from Atlanta. This would have lead to a scene where George hijacks an orchestra in the city's bandshell to perform [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage the show's theme]]. Ursula's reluctance to dancing (established in the "Dela" scene) would've been a recurring plot element that is brought up here.

* OldShame: Not necessarily the entire film, but many years after, the stars have spoken about scenes they regretted shooting:
** Leslie Mann felt uncomfortable in the scene with the live lion and said she would never have agreed to that had it been shot today.
** At a 2022 event, Brendan Fraser apologized for the scene where George rescues a man on the Bay Bridge. Even though a dummy was used, everybody not involved in the movie thought it was a real person stuck.

** For the Latin American dubbing, the roles of George (Creator/ArturoMercadoJr), Ursula (Natalia Sosa) and Ursula's mother (Magda Giner) were also recast. While Cleese and Church did reprise the roles of Ape and Lyle in the film itself, Ape's other dubbing actor, José Lavat, was also recast with Creator/SebastianLlapur, but the voice of Lyle (Oscar Bonfiglio) from the first film was respected, thus making him the only original dubbing actor from the first film to reprise his role.

** For the Latin American dubbing, the roles of George (Creator/ArturoMercadoJr), Ursula (Natalia Sosa) and Ursula's mother (Magda Giner) were also recast. While Cleese and Church did reprise the roles of Ape and Lyle in the film itself, Ape's other voice actor, José Lavat, was also recast with Creator/SebastianLlapur, but the voice of Lyle (Oscar Bonfiglio) from the first film was respected.

* TheOtherDarrin: The sequel recast the roles of George, Ursula, and Ursula's mother; only Creator/ThomasHadenChurch (Lyle) and Creator/JohnCleese (Ape) reprised their roles from the first movie. It is said that Creator/BrendanFraser was offered to come back but was unable to. Naturally, the movie makes fun of this:

* TheWikiRule: [[https://georgeofthejungle.fandom.com/wiki/George_of_the_Jungle George of the Jungle Wiki]]

* TropeNamer: For WatchOutForThatTree, of course.

* GeniusBonus: Chuck the Rain Spirit is a reference to Chaac the Mayan Rain God.
* TalkingToHimself: Bill Scott voices George, Tom Slick and Super Chicken. They all talk to one another in a "scenes from next week" segment on the original show.

** Brendan Fraser expressed interest in reprising his role as George for the sequel, but was unable to due to a commitment as DJ Drake in ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction''.

* CastingGag: One of Ursula's friends fawning over George at the engagement party is played by Afton Smith, Creator/BrendanFraser's wife at the time.

** George having to save Ursula from a quicksand pit
** At the mall, George starts swinging around the store and goes on an adventure with Beatrice's dog

** George and Ursula reflecting about the city at a fountain, paying off the "What mean embarrassed?" scene from earlier
** Ursula is seen rushing to Betsy's car with her luggage after she realizes she loves George. This is scene actually appears in the TBS and Cartoon Network airings of the film.

** Disney considered transforming the Magic Kingdom's version of the classic Ride/JungleCruise attraction into the "George of the Jungle Cruise."

FakeAmerican: The American accented LemonyNarrator of the film is voiced by Australian voice actor and impressionist, Keith Scott.

* AllThereInTheManual: According to the original script notes, Ursula is 25 years old and George is 27 in the 1997 film.

* AllThereInTheManual: According to the original script notes, Ursula is 25 years old and George is 27 in the 1997 film.

* TheOtherDarrin: The sequel recast the roles of George, Ursula, and Ursula's mother; only Thomas Haden Church (Lyle) and John Cleese (Ape) reprised their roles from the first movie. It is said that Brendan Fraser was offered to come back but was unable to. Naturally, the movie makes fun of this:

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Ape is seen reading the ''International Herald Tribune'', was renamed ''The New York Times International Edition'' after a series of ownership changes and restructurings.

** Disney considered transforming the Magic Kingdom's version of the classic Ride/JungleCruise attraction into the "George of the Jungle Cruise."

** Disney considered transforming the Magic Kingdom's version of the classic Ride/JungleCruise attraction into the "George of the Jungle Cruise."

!! The 2007 / 2015 revival provides examples of:

* {{Blooper}}: For some reason, Ursula and Magnolia got their names switched between the 2007 and 2015 versions.
* ChannelHop:
** The 2007 series aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork in the US. For the 2015 revival, it's moved to Creator/{{Kabillion}}.
** In the UK, the 2007 series aired on Creator/{{Nicktoons}}. The 2015 series aired on Creator/{{Boomerang}}.
*** In 2015 they started airing the 2007 series on Boomerang, [[BlatantLies advertising it as new episodes of the 2015 series]] and [[ManipulativeEditing using the opening and credits from the 2015 series]], despite the two shows being very different.
* InternationalCoproduction: The 2007 series was one between Canada's Creator/StudioBProductions in Vancouver and America's Classic Media (now a subsidiary of Creator/DreamWorksSKG), while the 2015 version is between Singapore's August Media Holdings and the Toronto-based Yowza Animation.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** The 2015 revival of the 2007 series replaced the entire voice cast due to production being moved from Vancouver to Toronto.
*** George and Tookie Tookie are now voiced by Creator/CoryDoran instead of Creator/LeeTockar and Creator/TabithaStGermain respectively.
*** Creator/RobertTinkler replaces Creator/PaulDobson in the role of Ape.
*** Creator/LindaBallantyne takes the role of "Magnolia" (Ursula in the 2007 version) from Britt Irvin.
*** "Ursula" (formerly Magnolia) is voiced by Bridget Wareham instead of Creator/TabithaStGermain for the revival.
*** The Narrator is now Creator/JeffLumby instead of Creator/MichaelDaingerfield.
* ShortRunInPeru: Europe got the 2015 series before North America did (with the latter continent only getting it the year after).
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: The 2007 series and the 2015 series both have an episode called "George Lays an Egg".
* TalkingToHimself: In the 2007 series, Magnolia and Tookie Tookie are both voiced by Creator/TabithaStGermain.
** In the 2015 series, George and Tookie Tookie are both voiced by Creator/CoryDoran.
* UnCanceled: In August 2013, it was announced that the 2007 series has been picked up for more episodes, which made their debut in Europe in 2015 and came to North America in 2016.
* TheWikiRule: [[https://georgeofthejungle.fandom.com/wiki/George_of_the_Jungle The George of the Jungle Wiki]].

!! The 2007 / 2016 revival provides examples of:

* {{Blooper}}
** Ursula (who was called Magnolia)-Her design was shortly reverted to her original run's Character design.
* ChannelHop: The 2007 series aired on Cartoon Network in the US. For the 2016 revival, it's moved to Creator/{{Kabillion}}.
** In the UK, the 2007 series aired on Nicktoons. The 2016 series airs on Boomerang.
*** In 2016 they started airing the 2007 series on Boomerang, [[BlatantLies advertising it as new episodes of the 2016 series]] and [[ManipulativeEditing using the opening and credits from the 2016 series]], despite the two shows being very different.

** The 2016 revival of the 2007 series replaced the entire voice cast due to production being moved from Vancouver to Toronto.
*** George and Tookie Tookie are WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes and [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Mike/Mal]].
*** Ape is [[WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]] and [[WesternAnimation/AlmostNakedAnimals Howie]].
*** Magnolia (previously named Ursula) is Manga/SailorMoon (well, the third one).
*** Ursula is voiced by Bridget Wareham, who has no previous voice credits.
*** The Narrator is [[Manga/SailorMoon Professor Tomoe]].
* ShortRunInPeru: Europe got the 2016 series before North America.
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: The 2007 series and the 2016 series both have an episode called "George Lays an Egg".
* TalkingToHimself: In the 2007 series Magnolia and Tookie Tookie are both voiced by Creator/TabithaStGermain.
** In the 2016 series, George and Tookie Tookie are both voiced by Cory Doran.
* UnCanceled: As of August 2013, the 2007 series has been picked up for more episodes.

** In an earlier script draft, Ursula originally came from Atlanta. This would have lead to a scene where George hijacks an orchestra in the city's bandshell to perform [[ThemeTuneCameo the show's theme]]. Ursula's reluctance to dancing (established in the "Dela" scene) would've been a recurring plot element that is brought up here.

* The movie initially started out as a spec script from Dana Olsen titled ''Gorilla Boy'', a parody of the ''Tarzan'' films. Olsen avoided selling it to Disney, who had the film rights to ''George of the Jungle'', but they bought it anyway and adapted Olsen's script to fit the characters and Jay Ward-style.

* [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Joel Hodgson]] was a script doctor on the first film and helped come up with the AnimatedCreditsOpening and much of Ape's dialogue.