History YMMV / JungleBook

* EndingFatigue: The first batch of Mowgli stories ends with [[spoiler: Mowgli killing [[TokenMotivationalNemesis Shere Khan]] in their FinalBattle, which leads to a BittersweetEnding as he is alienated from his village and the wolf pack as a result.]] However this film continues after [[spoiler: Shere Khan's death]], incorporating multiple elements from ''The Second Jungle Book'', shifting the focus to three of the villagers following Mowgli to a lost city in order to steal treasure from it, which results in them killing each other until one is left, and the survivor Buldeo, [[spoiler: who is revealed to be the narrator and villain]], goes insane and sets the jungle (and accidentally the village) on fire, and the story ends after everyone escapes the fire and Mowgli decides to stay in the jungle. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Mowgli himself, who believed [[spoiler: killing Shere Khan]], which had been his main goal of the movie, would resolve everything and finally bring peace to both the jungle and the village, and even when [[spoiler: he is facing execution as the village believes he is a sorcerer, he is at peace with it as he had killed Shere Khan, his primary goal, before his mother frees him]].

* EndingFatigue: The first batch of Mowgli stories ends with [[spoiler: Mowgli killing [[BigBad Shere Khan]] in their FinalBattle, which leads to a BittersweetEnding as he is alienated from his village and the wolf pack as a result.]] However this film continues after [[spoiler: Shere Khan's death]], incorporating multiple elements from ''The Second Jungle Book'', shifting the focus to three of the villagers following Mowgli to a lost city in order to steal treasure from it, which results in them killing each other until one is left, and the survivor Buldeo, [[spoiler: who is revealed to be the narrator and villain]], goes insane and sets the jungle (and accidentally the village) on fire, and the story ends after everyone escapes the fire and Mowgli decides to stay in the jungle. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Mowgli himself, who believed [[spoiler: killing Shere Khan]], which had been his main goal of the movie, would resolve everything and finally bring peace to both the jungle and the village, and even when [[spoiler: he is facing execution as the village believes he is a sorcerer, he is at peace with it as he had killed Shere Khan, his primary goal, before his mother frees him]].

* EndingFatigue: The original book ends with [[spoiler: Mowgli killing [[BigBad Shere Khan]] in their FinalBattle, which leads to a BittersweetEnding as he is alienated from his village and the wolf pack as a result.]] However this film continues after [[spoiler: Shere Khan's death]], incorporating multiple elements from ''The Second Jungle Book'', shifting the focus to three of the villagers following Mowgli to a lost city in order to steal treasure from it, which results in them killing each other until one is left, and the survivor Buldeo, [[spoiler: who is revealed to be the narrator and villain]], goes insane and sets the jungle (and accidentally the village) on fire, and the story ends after everyone escapes the fire and Mowgli decides to stay in the jungle. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Mowgli himself, who believed [[spoiler: killing Shere Khan]], which had been his main goal of the movie, would resolve everything and finally bring peace to both the jungle and the village, and even when [[spoiler: he is facing execution as the village believes he is a sorcerer, he is at peace with it as he had killed Shere Khan, his primary goal, before his mother frees him]].

* EndingFatigue: The original book ends with [[spoiler: Mowgli killing [[BigBad Shere Khan]] in their FinalBattle, which leads to a BittersweetEnding as he is alienated from his village and the wolf pack as a result]] However this film continues after [[spoiler: Shere Khan's death]], incorporating multiple elements from ''The Second Jungle Book'', shifting the focus to three of the villagers following Mowgli to a lost city in order to steal treasure from it, which results in them killing each other until one is left, and the survivor Buldeo, [[spoiler: who is revealed to be the narrator and villain]], goes insane and sets the jungle (and accidentally the village) on fire, and the story ends after everyone escapes the fire and Mowgli decides to stay in the jungle. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Mowgli himself, who believed [[spoiler: killing Shere Khan]], which had been his main goal of the movie, would resolve everything and finally bring peace to both the jungle and the village, and even when [[spoiler: he is facing execution as the village believes he is a sorcerer, he is at peace with it as he had killed Shere Khan, his primary goal, before his mother frees him]].

* FridgeLogic: Buldeo is both the narrator and (obviously) the main villain of the story, and the last thing anyone would expect for him is to be a deceiving UnreliableNarrator who tries to paint himself in a more positive light. [[SubvertedTrope But instead, Buldeo truthfully confesses of his terrible acts as a ruthless villain while telling the story]], so the question is why would he want to do that? And for that matter, how did he knew that Mowgli was commanding the animals rather turning into them?

* FridgeLogic: Buldeo is both the narrator and (obviously) the main villain of the story, and the last thing anyone would expect for him is to be a deceiving UnreliableNarrator who tries to paint himself in a more positive light. Instead, Buldeo truthfully confesses of his terrible acts as a ruthless villain while telling the story, so the question is why would he want to do that? And for that matter, how did he knew that Mowgli was commanding the animals rather turning into them?

* FridgeLogic: Buldeo is both the narrator and (obviously) the main villain of the story, and the last thing anyone would expect for him is to be a deceiving UnreliableNarrator who tries to paint himself in a more positive light. Instead, Buldeo truthfully speaks of his terrible acts as a ruthless villain while telling the story, so the question is why would he want to do that? And for that matter, how did he knew that Mowgli was commanding the animals rather turning into them?

* EndingFatigue: The original book ends with [[spoiler: Mowgli killing [[BigBad Shere Khan]] in their FinalBattle, which leads to a BittersweetEnding as he is alienated from his village and the wolf pack as a result]] However this film continues after [[spoiler: Shere Khan's death]], incorporating multiple elements from ''The Second Jungle Book'', shifting the focus to three of the villagers following Mowgli to a lost city in order to steal treasure from it, which results in them killing each other until one is left, and the survivor Buldeo [[spoiler: who is revealed to be the narrator and the true villain]], goes insane and sets the jungle (and accidentally the village) on fire, and the story ends after everyone escapes the fire and Mowgli decides to stay in the jungle. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Mowgli himself, who believed [[spoiler: killing Shere Khan]], which had been his main goal of the movie, would resolve everything and finally bring peace to both the jungle and the village, and even when [[spoiler: he is facing execution as the village believes he is a sorcerer, he is at peace with it as he had killed Shere Khan, his primary goal, before his mother frees him]].

* EndingFatigue: The original book ends with [[spoiler: Mowgli killing [[BigBad Shere Khan]] in their FinalBattle, which leads to a BittersweetEnding as he is alienated from his village and the wolf pack as a result]] However this film continues after [[spoiler: Shere Khan's death]], incorporating multiple elements from ''The Second Jungle Book'', shifting the focus to three of the villagers following Mowgli to a lost city in order to steal treasure from it, which results in them killing each other until one is left, and the survivor Buldeo [[spoiler: who is revealed to be the narrator and the true villain]] goes insane and sets the jungle (and accidentally the village) on fire, and the story ends after everyone escapes the fire and Mowgli decides to stay in the jungle. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Mowgli himself, who believed [[spoiler: killing Shere Khan]], which had been his main goal of the movie, would resolve everything and finally bring peace to both the jungle and the village, and even when [[spoiler: he is facing execution as the village believes he is a sorcerer, he is at peace with it as he had killed Shere Khan, his primary goal, before his mother frees him]].

* EndingFatigue: The original book ends with [[spoiler: Mowgli killing [[BigBad Shere Khan]] in their FinalBattle, which leads to a BittersweetEnding as he is alienated from his village and the wolf pack as a result]] However this film continues after [[spoiler: [[BigBad Shere Khan's]] death]], incorporating multiple elements from ''The Second Jungle Book'', shifting the focus to three of the villagers following Mowgli to a lost city in order to steal treasure from it, which results in them killing each other until one is left, and the survivor [[spoiler: who is revealed to be the narrator]] goes insane and sets the jungle (and accidentally the village) on fire, and the story ends after everyone escapes the fire and Mowgli decides to stay in the jungle. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Mowgli himself, who believed [[spoiler: killing Shere Khan]], which had been his main goal of the movie, would resolve everything and finally bring peace to both the jungle and the village, and even when [[spoiler: he is facing execution as the village believes he is a sorceror, he is at peace with it as he had killed Shere Khan, his primary goal, before his mother frees him]].
* FridgeLogic: Why does Buldeo, the narrator of the story, present himself as a ruthless villain, instead of being an UnreliableNarrator who paints himself in a more positive light? And for that matter, how did he find out that Mowgli was commanding the animals, rather turning into them?

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: An uncredited Creator/MelBlanc gives an unrecognizable performance as Kaa, in contrast to some of his other voices which tend to overlap, and is easily one of the best voices for Kaa ever, after Creator/SamElliott and Creator/CateBlanchett.

** The two most notable examples are when Mowgli kills Shere Khan while underwater, which looks like the actor is wrestling with a giant plush toy, and later, when Buldeo confronts him but gets pounced on by Bagheera, it’s accomplished via throwing another stiff, plush toy-looking prop at the actor. Needless to say, it’s pure {{Narm}} for a modern viewer.
** Likewise, Kaa, White Hood, and the mugger crocodile are all played by very cheap-looking animatronics that look like something straight out of an old theme park ride.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Some of the effects, while impressive of their time, did not age very well. The snake and crocodile puppets look very obviously fake, and the tiger puppet Mowgli wrestles with underwater also looks extremely stiff.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: An uncredited Creator/MelBlanc gives an recognizable performance as Kaa, in contrast to some of his other voices which tend to overlap, and is easily one of the best voices for Kaa ever, after Creator/SamElliott and Creator/CateBlanchett.

* HeReallyCanAct: An uncredited Creator/MelBlanc gives an recognizable performance as Kaa, in contrast to some of his other voices which tend to overlap, and is easily one of the best voices for Kaa ever, after Creator/SamElliott and Creator/CateBlanchett.

* FridgeLogic: Why does Buldeo, the narrator of the story, present himself as a ruthless villain, instead of being an UnreliableNarrator who paints himself in a more positive light? And for that matter, how did he find out that Mowgli was commanding the animals, rather turning into them?

* EndingFatigue: The original book ends with [[spoiler: Mowgli killing [[BigBad Shere Khan]] in their FinalBattle, which leads to a BittersweetEnding as he is alienated from his village and the wolf pack as a result]] However this film continues after [[spoiler: [[BigBad Shere Khan's]] death]], incorporating multiple elements from ''The Second Jungle Book'', shifting the focus to three of the villagers following Mowgli to a lost city in order to steal treasure from it, which results in them killing each other until one is left, and the survivor [[spoiler: who is revealed to be the narrator]] goes insane and sets the jungle (and accidentally the village) on fire, and the story ends after everyone escapes the fire and Mowgli decides to stay in the jungle.
** This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Mowgli himself, who believed [[spoiler: killing Shere Khan]], which had been his main goal of the movie, would resolve everything and finally bring peace to both the jungle and the village, and even when [[spoiler: he is facing execution as the village believes he is a sorceror, he is at peace with it as he had killed Shere Khan, his primary goal, before his mother frees him]].
* FridgeLogic: Why does Buldeo, the narrator of the story, present himself as a ruthless villain, instead of being an UnreliableNarrator who paints himself in a more positive light?

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Some of the effects, while impressive of their time, did not age very well. The snake and crocodile puppets look very obviously fake.

* EndingFatigue: The original book ends with [[spoiler: Mowgli killing [[BigBad Shere Khan]] in their FinalBattle, which leads to a BittersweetEnding as he is alienated from his village and the wolf pack as a result]] However this film continues after [[spoiler: [[BigBad Shere Khan's]] death]], and shifts the focus to three of the villagers following Mowgli to a lost city in order to steal treasure from it(which is based on a story from the second Jungle Book), which results in them killing each other until one is left, and the survivor [[spoiler: who is revealed to be the narrator]] goes insane and sets the jungle (and accidentally the village) on fire, and the story ends after everyone escapes the fire and Mowgli decides to stay in the jungle.

** This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Mowgli himself, who believed [[spoiler: killing Shere Khan]], which had been his main goal of the movie, would resolve everything and finally bring peace to both the jungle and the village, and even when [[spoiler: he is facing execution as the village believes he is a sorceror, he is at peace with it as he had killed Shere Khan, his primary goal, before his mother frees him]].

EndingFatigue: The original book ends with [[spoiler: Mowgli killing [[BigBad Shere Khan]] in their FinalBattle, which leads to a BittersweetEnding as he is alienated from his village and the wolf pack as a result]] However this film continues after [[spoiler: [[BigBad Shere Khan's]] death]], and shifts the focus to three of the villagers following Mowgli to a lost city in order to steal treasure from it(which is based on a story from the second Jungle Book), which results in them killing each other until one is left, and the survivor [[spoiler: who is revealed to be the narrator]] goes insane and sets the jungle (and accidentally the village) on fire, and the story ends after everyone escapes the fire and Mowgli decides to stay in the jungle.