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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:The closing shot reveals Ugh and June in their treehouse, and June has a baby-sized bundle in her arms.]]



* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:The final scene shows Ugh arriving at a house and walking up the front path, only for him to turn around halfway up and start ascending the ladder to a new treehouse, where he now lives with June.]]



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Upsidasi's hired help hear of the jungle drums, they abandon the area, thinking it's the messages of the cannibalistic Nosha tribe.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Upsidasi's hired help hear of the jungle drums, they abandon the area, thinking it's the messages of the cannibalistic Nosha tribe. Boosey even says afterwards that they won't see them again.

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* CapturedByCannibals: At one point, the explorers are captured by the cannibalistic Nosha tribe. Tinkle tries to buy them off with his pocket watch, but when Ugh's rescue attempt accidentally starts a fire, the Noshas re-apprehend the party and prepare to make them that evening's main course.

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* CapturedByCannibals: At one point, the explorers are captured by the cannibalistic Nosha tribe. Tinkle tries to buy them off with his pocket watch, but when Ugh's rescue attempt accidentally starts sets off a fire, series of explosions, the Noshas re-apprehend the party and prepare to make them that evening's main course.



* CarpetOfVirility: Ugh has light chest hair the he is seen brushing when he's getting ready to meet Jane. When the gorilla sneaks into Jane's tent, she is convinced that he is him in the darkness because of his hairiness.

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* CarpetOfVirility: Ugh has light chest hair the he is seen brushing when he's getting ready to meet Jane. June. When the gorilla sneaks into Jane's June's tent, she is convinced that he is him in the darkness because of his hairiness.



** After being captured by the Noshas, Chumley notes that Upsidasi was able to escape and hopes that he went for help. [[spoiler:Later on, we find that he did.]]



* ImAHumanitarian: The Noshas are explictly stated to be cannibals, and come very close to serving up the main characters.



* TimeSkip: After the first mating ceremony, the film cuts to three months later.



* VineSwing: Ugh uses this to travel around the jungle. He often ends up landing head first

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* VineSwing: Ugh uses this to travel around the jungle. He often ends up landing head firstfirst.

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A foppish Professor Inigo Tingle (Howerd) hopes to find an exotic bird in order to study its way of life, taking his horny partner Claude Clumley (Connor) along with him for extra help. Clumley soon becomes interested with the posh Lady Evelyn Bagley (Sims), who hopes to find her missing husband Walter (Hawtrey) and son Cecil years after their mysterious disappearances, but has to compete with the powerful hunter Bill Boosey (James), who is just as interested in the woman as Clumley.

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A foppish Professor Inigo Tingle (Howerd) hopes to find an exotic bird in order to study its way of life, taking his horny partner Claude Clumley Chumley (Connor) along with him for extra help. Clumley soon becomes interested with the posh Lady Evelyn Bagley (Sims), who hopes to find her missing husband Walter (Hawtrey) and son Cecil years after their mysterious disappearances, but has to compete with the powerful hunter Bill Boosey (James), who is just as interested in the woman as Clumley.



* AlliterativeName: Bill Boosey and Claude Chumley.



-->'''Walter Bagley:''' ''[cooing]'' Did Mumsy-wumsy forget to take the babsy-wabsy to the potsy-wotsy? ''[crossly under his breath]'' ... Stupid cow.

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-->'''Walter Bagley:''' ''[cooing]'' Did Mumsy-wumsy forget to take the babsy-wabsy to the potsy-wotsy? ''[crossly under his breath]'' ... Stupid cow.Yes, she did, then, the lazy cow... sy-wowsy.''


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* MeaningfulName: Bill Boosey is TheAlcoholic.


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* OnlyOneName: June and Upsidasi.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Expected in a ''Carry On'' film, but the most famous one from this film is when Lady Bagley is caught washing herself behind a homemade shower. Claude and Boosey (see AllMenArePerverts above) try to get a peek of her naked, and at the sight of her, Boosey [[SomethingElseAlsoRises raises his gun to his shoulder height]].

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Expected in a ''Carry On'' film, but the most famous one from GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this film is when Lady Bagley is caught washing herself behind a homemade shower. Claude and Boosey (see AllMenArePerverts above) try to get a peek of her naked, and at in the sight of her, Boosey [[SomethingElseAlsoRises raises his gun future, please check the trope page to his shoulder height]].make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Discovering that her husband is alive, Lady Bagley's soon finds out that her husband has become the sperm donor of the Lubby Dubby tribe. Although, she'd been having thoughts about having her way with one of the men in her camp if she found out that her husband was dead.
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* TribalCarry: Features on the poster for the film.
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* {{Bookends}}: The film starts in a lecture hall as Tinkle starts telling his audience (and us) the story of his last expedition, and the film's penultimate scene also takes place there as he finishes his story.

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** Inigo is a mild one. He only has one moment when he becomes aroused over watching Lady Bagley having her shower in the trees, and immediately takes a drug to stop his urges.
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* ShoutOut: Leda wears a dress in the mating ceremony is similar to one that Raquel Welch wore in ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC''.

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* ShoutOut: Leda wears a dress in the mating ceremony is similar to one that Raquel Welch Creator/RaquelWelch wore in ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC''.
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* FlippingTheBird: Boosey, Tinkle, Claude and Walter all do one in the photo seen at the end of the film, which was probably taken after they escaped from Aphrodisia.

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* FlippingTheBird: Boosey, Tinkle, Claude and Walter all do one the two-fingered variant in the photo of them seen at the end of the film, which was probably taken after they escaped from Aphrodisia.

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* Bookends: The film starts in a lecture hall as Tinkle starts telling his audience (and us) the story of his last expedition, and the film's penultimate scene also takes place there as he finishes his story.

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* Bookends: {{Bookends}}: The film starts in a lecture hall as Tinkle starts telling his audience (and us) the story of his last expedition, and the film's penultimate scene also takes place there as he finishes his story.


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* FlippingTheBird: Boosey, Tinkle, Claude and Walter all do one in the photo seen at the end of the film, which was probably taken after they escaped from Aphrodisia.
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* Bookends: The film starts in a lecture hall as Tinkle starts telling his audience (and us) the story of his last expedition, and the film's penultimate scene also takes place there as he finishes his story.


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* FreezeFrameBonus: [[spoiler:In the opening scene, Lady Bagley is seen sitting on the left side of the screen with Walter asleep next to her.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: Lady Bagley mentions that she never found her infant son's nappy pin after he went missing. [[spoiler:After accidentally tearing off Ugh's loincloth, she sees the nappy pin in it and realises he is her long-lost son.]]



* ImpactSilhouette: Ugh crashes into a tree and the shape of his body is left in the bark as he sides off.

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* ImpactSilhouette: Ugh crashes into a tree and the shape of his body is left in the bark as he sides falls off.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Bill Boosey and Inigo Tinkle.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Bill's plan to dig a pit to trap the Noshas. Everyone ends up digging a pit so deep that they themselves get trapped in it. Tinkle asks how they are supposed to get out, and Bill simply says, "Yes, well, like I said, it never fails." Immediately after that, they get captured.



* HellYesMoment: In the final mating ceremony, Inigo, Bill and Claude get this when, instead of the unattractive women they have been getting every ceremony thus far, they find the mates they have been given this time are slim and attractive.



* OhCrap: June has one when she discovers the gorilla in her tent, thinking it was Ugh.
** After escaping from the Lubby Dubby tribe, Bill and the others realise there are elephants coming their way from Ugh's elephant call. Upsidasi has one too when the elephants appear.
-->'''Bill Boosey:''' Here, what's that? [[OhCrap ELEPHANTS!]]
-->'''Upsidasi:''' Umballa! Umballa!



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Upsidaisi's hired help hear of the jungle drums, they abandon the area, thinking it's the messages of the cannibalistic Nosha tribe.

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* SayMyName: When Tonka is first revealed, Lady Bagley recognizes him and screams, "Walter!", revealing he is her long-lost husband.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Upsidaisi's Upsidasi's hired help hear of the jungle drums, they abandon the area, thinking it's the messages of the cannibalistic Nosha tribe.tribe.
** Double-subverted later. Inigo, Bill and Claude decide to do this after three months in the Lubby Dubby tribe, having grown fed up of being given unattractive mates. When they get given attractive mates, they decide to stay. But then Ugh, thinking the three are in danger due to the soldiers aiming guns in their direction, makes an elephant call, coincidentally the same signal Bill said he would give to Upsidasi to get the soldiers to open fire. The men reluctantly agree that they'll have to go now, with Tonka and Lady Bagley leaving with them.
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* {{Fainting}}: Claude at the beginning when he sees the gorilla in the tree next to him, causing him to fall out of the tree.
** June and Lady Bagley both do this on the same night in Bill's tent. June faints in Bill's arms after discovering the gorilla in her tent. Then, after realising Ugh is her long-lost son, she bursts into Bill's tent, and has just enough time to say his name before she also passes out. He gloomily lampshades it with this: "Why do I always have that effect on 'em?"
** Lady Bagley again when she discovers Tonka is in fact her long-lost husband, and has been with the Lubby Dubby tribe all these years.
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* AncientAfrica: The Nosha tribe. Religious jewelry made out of bones and gemstones, cannibalistic, and communicate with drums definitely makes them fit the bill. In the movie's version of Africa, it appears that parts of the continent have modernised, whereas Noshas are implied to use outdated customs, compared to the African natives in Western clothing that lead the expedition around.
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* NobodyPoops: Averted. Bill warns Claude the first law of the jungle is no widdling in the camp area, ordering him to go into the jungle to relieve himself. In Walter's flashback, Walter realises to his disgust that his baby son has soiled himself.
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'''''Carry On Up the Jungle''''' is a ''Film/CarryOn'' movie from 1970 starring series' regulars Creator/SidJames, Creator/JoanSims, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/KennethConnor (in his first ''Carry On'' since ''Film/CarryOnCleo''), and Creator/TerryScott, and introduced actress Jacki Piper and was the second (and last) film to [[SpecialGuest star famous British comedian]] Creator/FrankieHowerd. It is claimed to be an AffectionateParody of ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'', implied when the original movie titles were ''"Carry On, Tarzan"'' and ''"Carry On, Jungle Boy"''.

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'''''Carry ''Carry On Up the Jungle''''' Jungle'' is a ''Film/CarryOn'' movie from 1970 starring series' regulars Creator/SidJames, Creator/JoanSims, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/KennethConnor (in his first ''Carry On'' since ''Film/CarryOnCleo''), and Creator/TerryScott, and introduced actress Jacki Piper and was the second (and last) film to [[SpecialGuest star famous British comedian]] Creator/FrankieHowerd. It is claimed to be an AffectionateParody of ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'', implied when the original movie titles were ''"Carry On, Tarzan"'' and ''"Carry On, Jungle Boy"''.
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* FourLinesAllWaiting:
** Lady Bagley, looking for her missing husband and son.
** Bill Boosey failing to deal with sobriety and trying to get with Lady Bagley.
** Claude, helping partner Inigo find a rare bird, while trying to get with Lady Bagley.
** Inigo trying to find a rare bird for science, while trying to deal with being horny.
** June, helping Lady Bagley, stating that she isn't in the mood to be dating, then falls for Ugh, and begins a platonic relationship.
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* ImpactSilhouette: Ugh crashes into a tree and the shape of his body is left in the bark as [[GlassSmackAndSlide he sides off.]]

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** The rest of the male characters remain clean-shaven as well, even though there are no scenes of them grooming. Bill probably has stubble because many "bad boy" Sid James characters do, but Inigo and Claude are more likely to carry razors out of the entire cast, considering how high their authority.

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** The rest of the male characters remain clean-shaven as well, even though there are no scenes of them grooming. Bill probably has stubble because many "bad boy" Sid James characters do, but Inigo and Claude are more likely to carry razors out of the entire cast, considering how high their authority. Meanwhile, Upsidaisi and his hired help either don't grow as much facial hair or have special materials to shave with.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Upsidaisi's hired help hear of the jungle drums, they abandon the area, thinking it's the messages of the Nosha tribe.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Upsidaisi's hired help hear of the jungle drums, they abandon the area, thinking it's the messages of the cannibalistic Nosha tribe.



* StewedAlive: The group fear of this happening.

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* SophisticatedAsHell: Inigo, and in a lesser extent, Claude.
* StewedAlive: The group fear of this happening.happening when they're kidnapped by the Noshas.

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* MightyWhitey: King Tonka AKA Walter Bagley is probably one of the least mighty examples of this trope in all fiction; after the Lubby-dubby tribe saved him from being eaten by the Noshas years earlier, they declared him their king in the hope that he could sire some male Lubby-dubbies to sustain the tribe.

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* MightyWhitey: King Tonka AKA Walter Bagley is probably one of the least mighty examples of this trope in all fiction; after the Lubby-dubby Lubby-Dubby tribe saved him from being eaten by the Noshas years earlier, they declared him their king in the hope that he could sire some male Lubby-dubbies Lubby-Dubbies to sustain the tribe.


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** For being the age to grow facial hair, Walter and Ugh are clean-shaven throughout their appearances. Perhaps the Lubby-Dubby tribe have types of rocks in their village that Walter can use as razors, but Ugh has grown up with no humans so it's unlikely that he was taught how to shave. Maybe it was the monkeys...
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->'''Bill Boosey''': Well, Upsidaisi, what do those drums say?\\
'''Upsidaisi''': Dey say... "Boom diddy, boom diddy, boom boom boom".

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'''Upsidaisi''': '''Upsidaisi:''' Dey say... "Boom diddy, boom diddy, boom boom boom".



* DoesNotLikrShoes: Ugh remains barefoot throughout the movie.

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* DoesNotLikrShoes: DoesNotLikeShoes: Ugh remains barefoot throughout the movie.movie. [[spoiler:Even when he's living in England and going to work in a well-paid job, he still doesn't wear shoes.]]



* {{Foreshadowing}}: A scene with Bill and Upsidaisi can be this. When they talk about not hearing any jungle drums, Upsidaisi tells Bill that women in a tribe stuff bones in their nostrils. When meeting the Lubby Dubby tribe, one of their chants are, "Tonka, Tonka -- stick it up your Honker."

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A scene with Bill and Upsidaisi can be this. When they talk about not hearing any jungle drums, Upsidaisi tells Bill that women in a tribe like to stuff bones in their nostrils. When meeting the Lubby Dubby tribe, one of their chants are, "Tonka, Tonka -- stick it up your Honker."
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* DoesNotLikrShoes: Ugh remains barefoot throughout the movie.
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'''''Carry On Up the Jungle''''' is a ''Film/CarryOn'' movie from 1970 starring series' regulars Creator/SidJames, Creator/JoanSims, Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Bresslaw, Creator/KennethConnor (in his first ''Carry On'' since ''Film/CarryOnCleo''), and Creator/TerryScott, and introduced actress Jacki Piper and was the second (and last) film to [[SpecialGuest star famous British comedian]] Creator/FrankieHowerd. It is claimed to be an AffectionateParody of ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'', implied when the original movie titles were ''"Carry On, Tarzan"'' and ''"Carry On, Jungle Boy"''.

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'''''Carry On Up the Jungle''''' is a ''Film/CarryOn'' movie from 1970 starring series' regulars Creator/SidJames, Creator/JoanSims, Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Bresslaw, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/KennethConnor (in his first ''Carry On'' since ''Film/CarryOnCleo''), and Creator/TerryScott, and introduced actress Jacki Piper and was the second (and last) film to [[SpecialGuest star famous British comedian]] Creator/FrankieHowerd. It is claimed to be an AffectionateParody of ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'', implied when the original movie titles were ''"Carry On, Tarzan"'' and ''"Carry On, Jungle Boy"''.

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* BigGuyLittleGuy
** Upsidaisi and Bill Boosey.
** Inigo and Claude.
* BigThinShortTrio: When the three British men of the group are set up to mate with the Lubby Dubby women, Inigo is the big guy, Bill is thin guy, and Claude is short guy.



* CannibalTribe: The Nosha tribe that kidnap the party are believed to be this.

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* CrashIntoHello: When the camp set up again in fear of the Nosha tribe on the warpath, Claude goes to urinate in the jungle before everyone goes to bed and crashes in Lady Bagley in the dark when he's trying to get back to camp. He tries to use this as an advantage to try and have his way with her, but is caught by his partner Inigo.


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Upsidaisi's hired help hear of the jungle drums, they abandon the area, thinking it's the messages of the Nosha tribe.


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* SmoochOfVictory: When Inigo catches Claude trying to rape Lady Bagley, he takes her back to camp through the dark, and she kisses his cheek to show her gratitude.
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* JungleSoundsLikeKookaburras: The movie surprisingly subverts this, however, the kookaburra laugh can be heard when Ugh tries to make a dramatic entrance in front of June and falls upside down in the lake nearby. Although, you could interpret it as an AnimalReactionShot from an African bird that was watching nearby.

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* JungleSoundsLikeKookaburras: JunglesSoundLikeKookaburras: The movie surprisingly subverts this, however, the kookaburra laugh can be heard when Ugh tries to make a dramatic entrance in front of June and falls upside down in the lake nearby. Although, you could interpret it as an AnimalReactionShot from an African bird that was watching nearby.

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* CannibalTribe: The tribe that kidnap the party are believed to be this.

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* CannibalTribe: The Nosha tribe that kidnap the party are believed to be this.



* ImpactSilhouette: Ugh crashes into a tree and the shape of his body is left in the bark as [[GlassSmackAndSlide he sides off.]]



* JungleSoundsLikeKookaburras: The movie surprisingly subverts this, however, the kookaburra laugh can be heard when Ugh tries to make a dramatic entrance in front of June and falls upside down in the lake nearby. Although, you could interpret it as an AnimalReactionShot from an African bird that was watching nearby.



* MischiefMakingMonkey: The gorilla that constantly shows up to the party's campsite. He even steals June's clothes and wears them.



* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:Walter]] shows up in the men's tent to wish them luck in the mating ceremony, making Bill laugh him off and claim they won't need it. At the ceremony, the women that are up to be ravished are chubby and unattractive, who have to drag the screaming men into their cubicles in order to begin the tradition.

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* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:Walter]] Walter shows up in the men's tent to wish them luck in the mating ceremony, making Bill laugh him off and claim they won't need it. At the ceremony, the women that are up to be ravished are chubby and unattractive, who have to drag the screaming men into their cubicles in order to begin the tradition.


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* VineSwing: Ugh uses this to travel around the jungle. He often ends up landing head first


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* WatchOutForThatTree: Constantly occurs with Ugh when he bangs his face into trees.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lady Bagley is caught showering behind a homemade shower. Claude and Boosey (see AllMenArePerverts above) try to get a peek of her naked, and at the sight of her, Boosey [[SomethingElseAlsoRises raises his gun to his shoulder height]].

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Expected in a ''Carry On'' film, but the most famous one from this film is when Lady Bagley is caught showering washing herself behind a homemade shower. Claude and Boosey (see AllMenArePerverts above) try to get a peek of her naked, and at the sight of her, Boosey [[SomethingElseAlsoRises raises his gun to his shoulder height]].

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