History Awesome / TheJungleBook

** Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is faced with a terrible option: either stay still and let Nagaina bite one of the family he's been living with, or attempt to attack and she'll immediately lunge after the child Teddy who first found him knocked out. Rikki-Tikki turns the entire thing around by taunting Nagaina with the only egg he didn't destroy from Nagaina's nesting patch... turning her from gloating into panicked in mere seconds.
** ''The White Seal'' - Kotick discovers a new beach where the seals won't be caught by fur-traders. No one believes him and they all make fun of him for the quest, so he immediately starts ''thrashing'' the other bachelor seals. Enough that his father, already somewhat renowned on the beach, is impressed enough to believe him and starts going up to his defense. Two seals take on a beach where it's implied ''millions'' of seals harbor and use it as a nursery for their young and ''win''.

!!Disney's ''Disney/TheJungleBook''

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shere_khan_5.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:PapaWolf? Try Papa Bear!]]
* Some vultures try to cheer up Mowgli with a barbershop quartet song. That's just really okay, until Shere Khan gets into the action with a [[BadassBaritone terrifying bass voice]] at the end of the song.
* Just ''Shere Khan''! The voice is not only perfectly ''terrifying'' when he finishes counting to ten, but the tiger sounds like a bored gentleman of high society. ''While making life hell for the heroes.''
* Baloo and King Louie's {{Scatting}} duet: Phil Harris and Louis Prima really ramp it up and the result is fantastic.
* "Look behind you, chum."
* Colonel Hathi's wife Winifred, who is somewhat awesome for a minor character in her own right, has her own SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. When Bagheera tries to convince Hathi to help search for Mowgli, Hathi at first refuses, but then Winifred breaks ranks and stands up to her "pompous old windbag!" husband in order to convince him to assist in the search, even threatening to take over command of the herd if he refuses to do so.
** TruthInTelevision: Elephant herds are ''matriarchal''. Winifred isn't just threatening to take over; she's ''actually in charge'', just letting her husband lead. She's not going to take control if he doesn't help; she's going to take control ''back''.
* Bagheera punk-slapping Kaa moments before he eats Moghli. Even better is that it's clear Bagheera knows that Kaa is a force not to be taken lightly but he slapped him none the less.
* Kaa tries to hypnotize Shere Khan, but Khan simply slaps a choke hold on the python.
* Just the fact that Louie ''nearly'' saved his temple from falling apart is pretty impressive, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments on top of being hilarious]]: it was leaning completely over to one side after he and Baloo accidentally destroyed one of the pillars holding it up. He gets under it and lifts the whole temple back into position ''by himself!''
* In the development of Shanti's scene, Ken Anderson and the Sherman Brothers developed their takes on the scene independently. One day after lunch, Ken invited Bob and Dick to his office and presented the storyboards of the scene. To the brothers, this was a magnificent case of ContrivedCoincidence as the storyboards matched up with their song "My Own Home," with the same thing happening to Ken. When they played it to Walt while presenting the storyboards, Walt was impressed and simply said "Let's do it."
* One of the most understated but powerful moments of the film is Bagheera and Baloo's conversation in which the former finally convinces the latter of the severity of the situation. Even before this, we get this exchange:
-->'''Baloo''': I'll take care of him!
-->'''Bagheera''': Oh yes, like you did when the monkeys kidnapped him, huh?
-->'''Baloo''': Can't a guy make one mistake?
-->'''Bagheera''': ''Not in the jungle''.
** The ''moment'' Bagheera mentions Shere Khan, Baloo quits messing around completely and immediately snaps to attention. When Bagheera says Shere Khan hates man's fire and gun, Baloo desperately says that Mowgli doesn't have such weapons, but Bagheera plainly states that Shere Khan won't give Mowgli a chance to get them. Bagheera also tells Baloo that just ''one swipe'' from Shere Khan will kill Mowgli and it thoroughly unsettles Baloo, who begins fearing for his own life as well as Mowgli's. He's immediately on board with whatever Bagheera says is best for Mowgli, and sadly realizes what it means. The scene is only a few minutes long but it's a powerful moment of development for Baloo and maybe even audience members sympathetic to Mowgli's desire to stay in the jungle - if Baloo is responsible enough to realize Mowgli must go, then he ''really'' must go.
-->'''Baloo:''' ''[sniffing]'' I love that kid. I love him like he was my own cub.\\
'''Bagheera:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse Then think of what's best for Mowgli and not yourself!]]

!!Disney's ''Disney/TheJungleBook''

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shere_khan_5.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:PapaWolf? Try Papa Bear!]]
* Some vultures try to cheer up Mowgli with a barbershop quartet song. That's just really okay, until Shere Khan gets into the action with a [[BadassBaritone terrifying bass voice]] at the end of the song.
* Just ''Shere Khan''! The voice is not only perfectly ''terrifying'' when he finishes counting to ten, but the tiger sounds like a bored gentleman of high society. ''While making life hell for the heroes.''
* Baloo and King Louie's {{Scatting}} duet: Phil Harris and Louis Prima really ramp it up and the result is fantastic.
* "Look behind you, chum."
* Colonel Hathi's wife Winifred, who is somewhat awesome for a minor character in her own right, has her own SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. When Bagheera tries to convince Hathi to help search for Mowgli, Hathi at first refuses, but then Winifred breaks ranks and stands up to her "pompous old windbag!" husband in order to convince him to assist in the search, even threatening to take over command of the herd if he refuses to do so.
** TruthInTelevision: Elephant herds are ''matriarchal''. Winifred isn't just threatening to take over; she's ''actually in charge'', just letting her husband lead. She's not going to take control if he doesn't help; she's going to take control ''back''.
* Bagheera punk-slapping Kaa moments before he eats Moghli. Even better is that it's clear Bagheera knows that Kaa is a force not to be taken lightly but he slapped him none the less.
* Kaa tries to hypnotize Shere Khan, but Khan simply slaps a choke hold on the python.
* Just the fact that Louie ''nearly'' saved his temple from falling apart is pretty impressive, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments on top of being hilarious]]: it was leaning completely over to one side after he and Baloo accidentally destroyed one of the pillars holding it up. He gets under it and lifts the whole temple back into position ''by himself!''
* In the development of Shanti's scene, Ken Anderson and the Sherman Brothers developed their takes on the scene independently. One day after lunch, Ken invited Bob and Dick to his office and presented the storyboards of the scene. To the brothers, this was a magnificent case of ContrivedCoincidence as the storyboards matched up with their song "My Own Home," with the same thing happening to Ken. When they played it to Walt while presenting the storyboards, Walt was impressed and simply said "Let's do it."
* One of the most understated but powerful moments of the film is Bagheera and Baloo's conversation in which the former finally convinces the latter of the severity of the situation. Even before this, we get this exchange:
-->'''Baloo''': I'll take care of him!
-->'''Bagheera''': Oh yes, like you did when the monkeys kidnapped him, huh?
-->'''Baloo''': Can't a guy make one mistake?
-->'''Bagheera''': ''Not in the jungle''.
** The ''moment'' Bagheera mentions Shere Khan, Baloo quits messing around completely and immediately snaps to attention. When Bagheera says Shere Khan hates man's fire and gun, Baloo desperately says that Mowgli doesn't have such weapons, but Bagheera plainly states that Shere Khan won't give Mowgli a chance to get them. Bagheera also tells Baloo that just ''one swipe'' from Shere Khan will kill Mowgli and it thoroughly unsettles Baloo, who begins fearing for his own life as well as Mowgli's. He's immediately on board with whatever Bagheera says is best for Mowgli, and sadly realizes what it means. The scene is only a few minutes long but it's a powerful moment of development for Baloo and maybe even audience members sympathetic to Mowgli's desire to stay in the jungle - if Baloo is responsible enough to realize Mowgli must go, then he ''really'' must go.
-->'''Baloo:''' ''[sniffing]'' I love that kid. I love him like he was my own cub.\\
'''Bagheera:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse Then think of what's best for Mowgli and not yourself!]]

!!The 1994 Disney live-action movie
* Mowgli and Shere Khan face off, or should I say "roar off"?
* And before that, his fight with Boone. And the primates cheer for Mowgli.
--> Mowgli: "Strength of a bear, speed of a panther, heart of a wolf...and very sharp teeth!"

* Kaa's introduction story. The plot summary is that Mowgli is kidnapped by the Bandar-log (i.e., monkeys) and Bagheera asks Kaa for help since he's the only creature they really fear in the jungle. When they get in the Bandar-log's place (an abandoned rock temple), they have trapped the boy inside a rocky room full of venomous snakes. How does Kaa gets the boy out? By ramming his head on the wall until it falls! And after all is done and the boy saved, he starts an intricate dance that somehow gets the Bandar-log to approach. When they're close enough and the rest of the good guys are far away, he starts the "[[CreepyAwesome Dance of Hungry Kaa]]".

-->'''Baloo:''' ''[sniffing]'' 'I love that kid. I love him like he was my own cub.'\\
'''Bagheera:''' '[[ArmorPiercingResponse Then think of what's best for Mowgli and not yourself!]]'

* In episode 8, Baloo battles with a mugger crocodile to [[PapaWolf protect Mowgli]] who has been ensnared in a bear trap. And when three other crocs come after the boy, Kaa suddenly bursts out of the water and orders them to back off, which they do.

* In the few times they encounter each other, Shere Khan is clearly fearful of Kaa and won't dare to lay a claw on his scales, for good reason. This is in stark contrast to the Disney version.

* In episode 8, Baloo battles with a mugger crocodile to [[PapaWolf protect Mowgli]] who has been ensnared in a bear trap. And when three other crocs come after the boy, Kaa suddenly bursts out of the water and orders them to back off, which they do.

!!''[[Anime/JungleBook Jungle Book Shonen Mowgli]]''

--> Mowgli: "Strength of a bear, speed of a panther, heart of a wolf...and very sharp teeth!"