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The Jungle Bunch
The titular team themselves. Whenever they're signaled, they rush to action wherever they're needed. The Jungle Bunch as a whole
The Jungle Bunch is a team of heroes that protect the jungle and everyone in it.
- Badass Crew: These guys, stopped villains predator or otherwise, stopped natural disasters, and even went to Antarctica and back.
- Five-Man Band: The Jungle Bunch has Maurice who is both a tiger warrior and leader of the team, Junior, a young fish who learns from his father, Gilbert, the smartest animal in the jungle, Miguel, a strong gorilla who loves "thumping", and Batricia, the eye in the sky due to being the only member of the team who can fly.
- Five Temperament Ensemble:
- Maurice (choleric)
- Miguel (sanguine)
- Gilbert (melancholic)
- Batricia (phlegmatic)
- Junior (eclectic)
Maurice The Tiger
The leader of the Jungle Bunch. He is "The Great Tiger Warrior" who's really a penguin, but has no idea.
- Interspecies Adoption: He's a penguin who was raised by Natasha, a tigress. He himself adopted a fish as his son.
- The Leader: Maurice is the leader of the Jungle Bunch, and a good one at that. Sure his head isn’t always in the right place, but hey, at least his heart is.
- Misplaced Wildlife: He's a penguin in a jungle.
- Oblivious Adoption: Has no idea he's a penguin, same with everyone else.
Junior
Maurice's adopted son. He's a fish who thinks he's a tiger, since he was raised by a penguin who himself thinks he's a tiger.
- Interspecies Adoption: He's a fish who was adopted by a penguin.
- Oblivious Adoption: He's a fish who thinks he's a tiger, since he was raised by a penguin who himself thinks he's a tiger.
Miguel The Gorilla
A gorilla who serves as the muscle of the Jungle Bunch. He's very simple-minded and friendly, but will get violent if angered. His absolute favorite food is bananas.
- The Big Guy: Miguel is the strongest member of the team and is occasionally seen doing feats of strength, especially thumping.
- Gentle Giant: Miguel may be the strongest gorilla, but he's also the kindest.
- Gentle Gorilla: Again, Miguel is one of the kindest primates you’ll ever meet.
- Kindhearted Simpleton: Unless angered.
- Stock Animal Diet: His Trademark Favorite Food is bananas.
- Third-Person Person: Usually refers to himself by his first name.
- Trademark Favourite Food: Bananas.
Gilbert The Tarsier
A tarsier who serves as the brain and strategist of the Jungle Bunch. He's very irritable and prefers to be by himself. He doesn't care much for Batricia constantly flirting with him.
- Berserk Button: Making noise under his branch is one thing, but destroying it will truly unleash his wrath.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While he may be a cranky tarsier, that doesn't mean he doesn't care for his friends.
- The Smart Guy: He loves his science.
Batricia The Bat
A bat and only female member of the Jungle Bunch. She has a huge crush on Gilbert.
- All Love Is Unrequited: She has a huge crush on Gilbert, who doesn't return her feelings. Subverted in the 2017 movie when she finally admits her feelings and the two become a couple.
- The Smurfette Principle: The only female member of the Jungle Bunch.
- Token Flyer: Batricia is the only member of the team who can fly, what with her being a bat and all.
Villains
Melina
Gilbert's ex-girlfriend. He broke up with her because she wanted to use science for evil purposes.
Vladimir
A narcissist with a vampire motif. His plans often revolve around making monuments to his ego.
- It's All About Me: His plans usually revolve around stroking his ego.
- Vampire Vords: He speaks this way as part of his vampire motif.
Igor
The antagonist of the 2017 movie, a koala with a grudge against the Jungle Bunch's predecessors.
- Ascended Fanboy: Flashbacks showed he wanted to join the Champs before his arrogance and being rejected led to his Start of Darkness.
- It's All About Me: His plan to destroy the jungle is because the Champs rejected him twice.
- Book Ends: After being exiled to a deserted island at the start of the movie, he planted a tree he hid away in a false tooth that he grew to make a raft and return to the mainland within sixteen years. Ending back on the island, he attempts to grow another tree before a seagull snatched the seed from his paw. Cue Villainous Breakdown.
- Entitled Bastard: He believed his genius and developing explosive mushrooms entitled him to join the Champs.
- Evil Genius
- Evil Is Hammy
- Faux Affably Evil
- Freudian Excuse: A ridiculously petty one.
- Jerkass: He is arrogant and tried to assert himself as the Champs' leader in his attempts to join the team.
- Not Good with Rejection: He gets rejected twice by the Champs.
- The Resenter: He resents the Champs for rejecting his forced attempts to join their team twice.
Henry
The antagonist of ''Jungle Bunch: Operation Meltdown', a beaver seeking to destroy the jungle for profit.
- Bad Boss: Hypnotized his work force into doing his dirty work.
- Manipulative Bastard: He duped Gilbert into helping him recreate Albert's formula.
Other Characters
Al And Bob
A pair of frogs who are always hanging around The Jungle Bunch. They have, on occasion, filled in for them.
- A Day in the Limelight: They've had a couple, such as "An Impossible Mission" and "Bad Hamsters".
- Those Two Guys: These two frogs are almost never seen apart despite all the arguing.
Ernest The Kiwi
A kiwi bird inventor who lives in the jungle.
- Gadgeteer Genius: He's capable of building many a massive machine.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Some of his inventions often ended up posing a massive threat to the jungle, and the Jungle Bunch often have to help him shut it off.
