History Film / TheJungleBook2016

** After Shere Khan [[spoiler:kills Akela and takes over the wolf pack]], Raksha sees [[spoiler:him lying down with her cubs, who appear to be playing with him, [[ChildrenAreInnocent blissfully unaware of his true nature]] [[ImpliedDeathThreat as he looks]] [[WouldHurtAChild menacingly at Raksha]].]] In the 2014 film ''Film/{{No Good Deed|2014}}'', Idris Elba's character also did a similar thing with [[spoiler:the protagonist's daughter]].

* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Invoked by Shere Khan before his fight with Mowgli. After Mowgli has stolen a torch from a human village to fight Shere Khan with, he accidentally burns the jungle, with Shere Khan taunting him about how the animals of the jungle now fear Mowgli more than him. Mowgli proceeds to throw the torch into the lake, and [[LampshadeHanging Shere Khan states that that was the stupidest thing Mowgli could have done, before lunging at him.]] Fortunately for Mowgli, him refusing to use the Red Flower made the other animals realize that Mowgli really was one of them and they all rally against Shere Khan]].

** When first hearing Mowgli chant the Law of the Jungle, Baloo dismisses it as "propaganda". [[spoiler:Then at the climax, when it appears Mowgli's all by himself to fight Shere Khan, Baloo recites the Law as he and the wolves join Mowgli's side.]]

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole:
** Mowgli, who was raised by wolves, has no idea how to work with fire. This is a major plot point, given that it means he can't help King Louie and he doesn't understand that it will burn the jungle down if he doesn't control the embers. When it comes time for him to throw the torch away, however, he seems to understand perfectly well that throwing it into the jungle would just make more fire, while throwing it into the water will put it out.
* AdaptationSpeciesChange:

** Baloo is supposed to be a sloth bear, but he looks much more like a brown bear in the movie. This may be because the original publication specifically referred to Baloo as a brown bear rather than a sloth bear (although it could be argued that by "a sleepy brown bear", Kipling was merely referring to Baloo's fur colour, not his species. Website/TheOtherWiki has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal

oo#Name_and_species whole section]] on this, concluding that most of the evidence supports Baloo being a sloth bear).

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Unlike his 1967 counterpart who doesn't really contribute to the main plot dealing with Shere Khan, [[spoiler:King Louie is not only the one to inform Mowgli that Shere Khan killed his adopted father Akela, which caused a small PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure for Mowgli [[LockedOutOfTheLoop with Bagheera and Baloo]] and drove Mowgli to go back and confront Shere Khan, but by telling about how all animals fear man's "red flower", Mowgli gets a torch from the man-village to fight Shere Khan with, only to end up accidentally causing part of the jungle to burn]].

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole:
** Mowgli, who was raised by wolves, has no idea how to work with fire. This is a major plot point, given that it means he can't help King Louie and he doesn't understand that it will burn the jungle down if he doesn't control the embers. When it comes time for him to throw the torch away, however, he seems to understand perfectly well that throwing it into the jungle would just make more fire, while throwing it into the water will put it out.
* AdaptationSpeciesChange:
** King Louie is no longer an Orangutan. He is a ''Gigantopithecus'' in this movie, with [[https://www.yahoo.com/movies/jon-favreau-breaks-down-disneys-live-action-129130133927.html Word of God's reason being that orangutans aren't native to India]].
** Baloo is supposed to be a sloth bear, but he looks much more like a brown bear in the movie. This may be because the original publication specifically referred to Baloo as a brown bear rather than a sloth bear (although it could be argued that by "a sleepy brown bear", Kipling was merely referring to Baloo's fur colour, not his species. Website/TheOtherWiki has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloo#Name_and_species whole section]] on this, concluding that most of the evidence supports Baloo being a sloth bear).
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Shere Khan's portrayal is significantly darker than in the original film. He still wishes to kill Mowgli, but is more psychotic and vicious and lacks the charming and affable nature that he had in the original film. [[spoiler:He kills Akela for refusing his demands to give Mowgli to him, and it is later revealed that he also killed Mowgli's biological father whereas the original Shere Khan was never shows to have killed any humans or animals (except for when he has to eat for food of course). And he implies to Raksha that he will kill her pups as petty vengeance for allowing Mowgli to escape his wrath.The original was an AntiVillain who was implied to have a good reason to hate men whereas this version kills for sport. And unlike the 1994 film where he's an AntiVillain who preserves the jungle law and even made Mowgli the new keeper, this portrayal willfully breaks the law if it doesn't suit him.]]
** King Louie was a misguided idiot in the original film, but here he is more open about his plans to use the destructive capabilities of fire to conquer the jungle and make all its inhabitants bend to his will. And when Mowgli insists that he doesn't know the secret of fire, his politeness quite quickly fades and he becomes more hostile. Once Baloo enters the temple, Louie also orders the monkeys to throw Baloo off the cliff. This is more in line with the Bandar Log's intentions in the book.
** Kaa is still portrayed as a villainous character rather than an ally and mentor as in the original book. Kaa has the same goal as her counterpart in the original animated film; to eat Mowgli. But she is far more sinister and lacks the campy and humorous personality her animated counterpart had.

* BadassBaritone: Bagheera and Shere Khan, courtesy of Ben Kingsley and Idris Elba, respectively.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Shere Khan, Akela and King Louie are all dead by the end of the movie]], whereas as they all survive in the original 1967 movie. In the Kipling stories, however the former two eventually die, making this an oddly zig-zagged trope.

* ItIsDehumanizing: Inverted due to them all being animals, but when Akela tells Shere Khan that Mowgli is part of his pack, Khan sarcastically retorts, "Mowgli?! They've given it a name..."

** Due to its supposed connection with [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]], ''Gigantopithecus'' is often depicted standing upright like a man. Here, Louie is depicted running on his knuckles like modern apes, which ''Gigantopithecus'' more likely did in real life. [[note]]It's impossible to be completely sure how ''Gigantopithecus'' walked, since all we have of it are its jaws and teeth, but considering its relationship with other apes, the knuckle-walking theory seems more likely.[[/note]] And unlike his original counterpart, he averts AnimalGenderBender by possessing cheek pads (which most likely was present on male ''Gigantopithecus'' given the genus's close relationship with orangutans).

** Due to its supposed connection with [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]], ''Gigantopithecus'' is often depicted standing upright like a man. Here, Louie is depicted running on his knuckles like modern apes, which ''Gigantopithecus'' more likely did in real life. [[note]]It's impossible to be completely sure how ''Gigantopithecus'' walked, since all we have of it are its jaws and teeth, but considering its relationship with other apes, the knuckle-walking theory seems more likely.[[/note]]

** Shere Khan gets in a fight with [[spoiler:Baloo, Bagheera and the wolf pack (the later all at once)]], and does not sustain any noticeable injury.

** King Louie starts to openly threaten Mowgli when the later tells him that he can't make fire. Then starts singing, and even though it was updated to be a VillainSong, "I Wanna Be Like You" is still an up-beat [[CreepyJazzMusic jazz tune]].

** Baloo is supposed to be a sloth bear, but he looks much more like a brown bear in the movie. This may be because the original publication specifically referred to Baloo as a brown bear rather than a sloth bear (although it could be argued that by "a sleepy brown bear", Kipling was merely referring to Baloo's fur colour, not his species. Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloo#Name_and_species whole section]] on this, concluding that most of the evidence supports Baloo being a sloth bear).

* PricklyPorcupine: A porcupine with a hoarding habit is one of the minor jungle animals, and in one scene Mowgli accidentally bumps into his spikes with predictable results. He is based on a minor character from the book named Ikki.