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1	* AdaptationDisplacement: Or what could be product displacement this case. "Home is Where the Heart Is," was featured in the movie version of the pilot, but edited out of the syndicated version (although if you concentrate you can a hear a few notes from it at one point). This causes many people to think it was created for the Disney Afternoon album.
2	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
3	** Is Rebecca a {{social climber}}, or is her desire to acquire wealthier, classier clients simply an attempt to boost business and her company's reputation by establishing higher paying contacts?
4	** Rebecca and Baloo's entire dynamic is up for debate. Is Rebecca an abusive MeanBoss who exploits her ownership of the ''Sea Duck'' to get labour from Baloo, or a charitable ExtremeDoormat who constantly ensures employment and a living for her incompetent {{Jerkass}} friend? Similarly, is Baloo only working at Higher For Hire as a means to buy back the Sea Duck and bail out, or is he [[PapaWolf a provider and guardian for his surrogate family]] that only holds onto said vow out of stubborn {{pride}}? And what exactly is the nature of their relationship: BelligerentSexualTension, PlatonicLifePartners, or something else altogether?
5	** Is [[AmbiguouslyEvil Shere Khan]] villainous by inclination, only restrained from doing worse due to his [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatism]] and lack of interest in anything that won't increase his money and/or power? A normally decent person who just happens to delve into less than ethical behavior when he believes his interests are on the line? Or is he neither: an amoral figure who chooses what side of the moral divide he's on based on what he thinks will better accomplish his goals?
6	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Courtesy of Christopher Stone, whose orchestral score manages to be atmospheric, uplifting, energetic, and grand.
7	* BaseBreakingCharacter:
8	** Rebecca. To one half of the fanbase she's [[TheWoobie the most endearing character]] in the show; to the other half, she's a stuck-up {{Jerkass}}. It doesn't help that her behavior varies from one episode to another, DependingOnTheWriter.
9	** Her daughter Molly as well. Fans either like her just fine or find her to be the most irritating character and wish that the writers had utilized and explored her sneakier, more manipulative side and LittleMissSnarker qualities more often rather than writing her as the second coming of [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 Webby Vanderquack.]]
10	* BrokenBase: Is "Last Horizons" a racist YellowPeril episode that deserves to be a BannedEpisode or a victim of PoliticalOvercorrectness? The fact that it has some of the best action scenes in the series, which can't be viewed on most streaming due to the ban, adds to the controversy.
11	* CrossesTheLineTwice: "The Time Bandit" has Rebecca arrested and sentenced to death by Thembrians. [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill First by hanging and then by a firing squad]]. That's just sad and cruel. But Spigot presenting her different types of rope she can be hanged with, like a clothing store employee presenting ties and said firing squad being a bunch of tanks, however? Oh, and did we mention the ''This Is Your Life''-esque presentation that precedes the execution?
12	* DracoInLeatherPants:
13	** Don Karnage. Seriously, he's the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom equivalent of [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]]!
14	** Shere Khan to a lesser degree. This is what happens when you give a already [[EvilIsCool cool]] and [[WickedCultured suave]] villain a suit.
15	** Mad Dog has his own share of fanboys and fangirls as well. It helps with all the fanart portraying him as a JerkassWoobie.
16	* EnsembleDarkhorse: More than a few characters in the show have gained a plausible fanbase. However, Don Karnage may be the most outstanding example ([[BreakoutCharacter even gaining his own solo outing in]] ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'').
17	* EvilIsCool: [[AmbiguouslyEvil Shere Khan]] isn't always a villain, but he still has the trappings of a villain and milks it for all its worth.
18	%%** Muffy Vanderschmere from "A Touch of Glass".
19	* {{Fanon}}: Myra's last name, Foxworthy.
20	* FoeYayShipping: Baloo and Plane Jane have plenty of this going on in "Waiders of the Wost Tweasure".
21	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series was ''very'' popular in Italy.
22	* HilariousInHindsight:
23	** Whenever Rebecca (voiced by Sally Struthers) goes into a GetRichQuickScheme, it's not hard to imagine her saying, "Do you want to make money? Sure, we all do!"
24	** The episode involving two crooks named Muffy and BUFFY. In 1990? An excuse for 'uffy' puns. Nowadays, you just keep waiting for the crook to pull out a [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer stake]].
25	** During the "A Bad Reflection on You" two-parter, Dumptruck (voiced by Chuck [=McCann=]) shouts, "[[ComicBook/FantasticFour It's clobberin' time!]]" Some years later, [=McCann=] would voice Ben Grimm/The Thing on ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'' and as a guest spot on ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk1996''.
26	** In "Vowel Play", there's [[ADogNamedDog a weasel named Weasel]], but prefers his name to be pronounced as "Wesel". A couple of decades later, we have the [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Duke of Weselton]] who hates that his kingdom is referred to as "Weasel Town".
27	** The plot of "All's Whale that Ends Whale" involves Baloo and Kit rescuing a mistreated whale from an aquarium. Three years later, Creator/WarnerBros would make [[Film/FreeWilly a movie with a similar concept]].
28	* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: [[Creator/JimCummingsVoiceActor Jim Cummings']] performance as Louie was so perfect, that Gia Prima (Louis Prima’s widow) threatened legal action, should Louie have another speaking role.
29	* IAmNotShazam: "Don" is a Spanish '''title''' and form of address.
30	* JerkassWoobie:
31	** Colonel Spigot may be a jerk, but considering he combines aspects of {{Determinator}} and NoRespectGuy to the point where most people [[AccidentalMisnaming don't even remember his name]], and that he is constantly mocked about his [[TheNapoleon small size]], ''and'' the fact that he does everything to please the [[FatBastard High Marshall]] (who constantly insults and threatens him) so that he won't be shot, that definitely puts him under this trope. It's hard ''not'' to feel sorry for him sometimes.
32	** Even Baloo, who is hardly the most sensitive of bears, tends to put him down a bit - though he obviously regards him as an IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
33	** Also [[ButtMonkey Douglas "Dougie" Benson]] from the episode "Louie's Last Stand" since he's been constantly harassed and humiliated since he was ''five'' years old, which ''can'' have unfortunate effects on one as adult, so his excess zeal is '''somewhat''' forgivable. His meanness when he thinks he's gotten the upper hand? Not so much. [[DracoInLeatherPants Probably]].
34	** Mad Dog is sometimes seen as this by fans. Sure he's one of Don Karnage's henchmen but the poor guy just can't catch a break. Just looking at [[https://www.furaffinity.net/full/13640718/ this]] fanart pic of him is enough to want to hug him.
35	** Kit Cloudkicker was heavily implied to be this when he used to work for Don Karnage but he's mellowed out a lot since then.
36	* LGBTFanbase: Baloo, Don Karnage and even Mad Dog have gotten this.
37	* MagnificentBastard: [[PantheraAwesome Shere Khan]] is the intimidating but charismatic head honcho of [[NGOSuperpower Khan Industries]]. A shrewd and capable business magnate whose company has greatly expanded and prospered under his administration, Khan has made himself one of the most powerful figures in the world, enough to [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem make his own rules]]. Ruthless but pragmatic, he has a burning drive to make money and increase his power and authority, and will do so by fair means or foul. He and the main characters have frequently dealt with one another, sometimes as enemies, other times as allies. [[AmbiguouslyEvil Morally ambiguous]] but [[NobleDemon not without honor]], Shere Khan commands respect wherever he goes.
38	* MemeticMutation: Ask anyone about this show, and probably the first thing they'll think of is '''''[[LargeHam DON KARNAGE!]]'''''. Preferably with as many TrrrillingRrrs as they can manage.
39	* NightmareFuel:
40	** ''Oh boy'' is Shere Khan terrifying in his first scene. All Khan has to do is remain in the shadows and simply reacting to his ''very'' employee coming by simply sitting at his desk and simply commanding in a low authoritative voice, "Speak."
41	** Baloo's NightmareSequence in "From Here to Machinery" that symbolizes what's at stake if he loses to the robotic pilot... by showing him [[TransformationTrauma being transformed into one of the pilots]].
42	** About 90% of "The Balooest of the Bluebloods." Baloo's UnexpectedInheritance causes him to end up alone in a huge mansion with two untrustworthy servants who smile in the creepiest way. He narrowly survives various {{Death Trap}}s (a shark in the swimming pool, a bunch of cupid statuettes nearly skewering him, etc.) and learns that all twelve of his ancestors suffered similar horrible deaths.
43	** The jackal, grown to a huge size and sporting Glowing Eyes of Doom, proclaiming with a demon voice.
44	* OneSceneWonder[=/=]OneShotCharacter:
45	** The series contains several guest star characters who have fan followings.
46	** The last Cape Suzette Air Force pilot to get shot down in "Last Horizons" is only onscreen for a minute, but makes a good impression with his incredible piloting skills.
47	* PopularWithFurries: Rebecca, Baloo, Don Karnage and several of the GirlOfTheWeek characters have followings.
48	* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: In contrast to a lot of other Disney tie-in games from this era, the games based on this show have a pretty mediocre reputation. [[VideoGame/TaleSpinCapcom The NES game]] by Creator/{{Capcom}} is regarded to be an okayish side-scrolling shooter that's probably Capcom's weakest Disney tie-in -- albeit ''still'' the best game based on this show. [[VideoGame/TaleSpinSega The Sega Genesis game]] is a generic platformer with murky, unappealing graphics, and boring level design. The [=TurboGrafx-16=] game is seen as the bottom of the barrel, however, as despite having better graphics than the Genesis game, it's brought down by atrocious controls, severely faulty collision detection, and all-around uninspired gameplay (faults it shares with the even more notorious ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' tie-in game on the same system, which was developed by the same company).
49	* RetroactiveRecognition: Minor character Joe Cropduster from the episode "Save the Tiger" is voiced by Patric Zimmerman, the then-future voice of [[VideoGame/MetalGear Revolver Ocelot]].
50	* ShipTease: The show was very fond of giving some blatant tension between Baloo and Rebecca. For instance, "A Star is Torn" clearly establishes that they have dated more than once and they clearly enjoy the experience.
51	* SpiritualSuccessor:
52	** The series is basically a [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry]] version of the old TV series ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'', which was itself inspired by ''Film/OnlyAngelsHaveWings'' and ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.''
53	** The ScrewballComedy elements of the Baloo/Rebecca relationship owe much to Creator/SpencerTracy and Creator/KatharineHepburn comedies of TheForties.
54	** Any episode in which Baloo and Louie are flying the Sea Duck... anywhere... is liable to closely resemble one of the Creator/BobHope[=/=]Music/BingCrosby ''Film/RoadTo'' buddy films.
55	** The series has its own spiritual successor in the webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Cloudscratcher}}''.
56	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
57	** Compare the theme song to "Some Fun Now" from the movie version of ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'': not only are both Caribbean-style songs but the choruses are near-identical.
58	** One of the recurring background piece has a structure similar to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post_(march) the Washington Post March]].
59	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Ratchet, the air pirate mechanic who invents the LightningGun in the pilot, could have been a good member of the ensemble of recurring pirate {{Mook}}s but rarely gets even a background cameo later on.
60	* ToyShip: Kit and Molly, even though the show portrays them as LikeBrotherAndSister.
61	* UglyCute: Name one of Don Karnage's scruffy but oddly endearing pirate crew. Any of them.
62	* UnintentionallySympathetic: Colonel Grogg from "War of the Weirds" is a stern, paranoid, TriggerHappy soldier, who apparently got promoted due to {{Nepotism}}. Still, it's debatable whether he deserves to be subjected to {{Gaslighting}} and a HumiliationConga just for wanting to defend Earth against what looked like a real alien invasion and [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality being prepared to arrest anyone who is guilty of the serious crime of perpetrating a hoax against the military]] (although Baloo [[UnintentionallyNotoriousCrime didn't set out to do that in the first place)]].
63	* ViewerSpeciesConfusion: Nobody seems to agree on Don Karnage's species. He's some sort of canine, but fans call him a fox, wolf or coyote. [[TakeAThirdOption Some fans compromise and make him a hybrid of at least two of those species]] [[FandomSpecificPlot and may even turn it into a plot and character point]]. Sometimes the fans can take him as a jackal, much like Tabaqi from the original [[Literature/TheJungleBook Jungle Books]] to fit in with Baloo, Shere Khan, and Louie being from the film.
64	** Not helped, admittedly, by Karnage once saying, "You are trying to outfox the fox, yes-no?". That said, WordOfGod says he's a wolf.
65	* TheWoobie:
66	** Again, Kit and Molly, on several occasions.
67	** Baloo and Rebecca lean the fine line between this and a JerkassWoobie in some of their sympathetic moments.

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