History Film / GeorgeOfTheJungle

* MisplacedWildlife: For some reason, there's an orangutan[[note]]native to Indonesia and Malaysia[[/note]] hanging around in the heart of the African jungle, as well as a toucan[[note]]Central and South America[[/note]], a group of capuchin monkeys[[note]]Central and South America[[/note]], a clearly ''Indian'' elephant[[note]]understandable, as true African elephants are much harder to train, as well as dangerously bad-tempered[[/note]] and a lion [[note]]lions live in grasslands and plains rather than jungles[[/note]].

-->-- Opening Narration

* BetweenMyLegs: When George is naked in front of Ursula and Betsy they're shown like this [[BiggerIsBetterInBed staring in awe at him.]]

* GagPenis: The NakedFirstImpression scene has not-so-subtle hints of George being very endowed down there.

* HandOrObjectUnderwear: InnocentFanserviceGuy George has this scene with Ursula grabbing things for him to cover up with. It does spur an amusing comment from Ursula's friend Betsy: "...see why they made him King of the Jungle..."

[[caption-width-right:300: WatchOutForThatTree!]]

Oh, ''that'' tree.]]

* ParentPreferredSuitor: Ursula's mother is dead set on having her marry Lyle.

* AmusingInjuries: As the narrator explains, in this film nobody dies, but they will "get big boo-boos. George [[WatchOutForThatTree smashing into trees]] is particularly a RunningGag.

-->'''Narrator''': Don't worry -- nobody dies in this story. They just get really big boo-boos." (''Cut to the battered, bandaged, alive-but-very-much-ticked-off guide'') What did I tell you?

* AmusingInjuries: As the narrator explains, in this film nobody dies, but they will "get big boo-boos". George [[WatchOutForThatTree smashing into trees]] is particularly a RunningGag.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Inverted with George. He tends to go barefoot in the jungle, but for a cross-country running montage, he pulls out a pair of [[ProductPlacement Nike Airs]].
** Averted with Ursula, who (unlike her animated counterpart and most Jane Porter-type women) has footwears in the jungle for the majority of both films.

* ShooOutTheClowns: In the sequel, Ursula (though not a comic relief character) is put to sleep just before to the big fight at the end, waking up just as it ends. This is odd, considering her actually contributing to the fight at the end of the first movie.

* ProductPlacement: Lyle's Polaroid instant camera (disparagingly compared to a professional-grade Leica 35mm by the porters). Chock Full o' Nuts instant coffee (which drive George hyperactive). Neiman Marcus and Armani (which George looks "pretty darn good" in). UPS (which ships George from San Francisco back to Africa) and Nike Airs (which George runs from the village in question back to his treehouse wearing). {{Lampshaded}} in the sequel, as Shep sports some New Balance sneakers.

** Ursula's mother Beatrice isn't so nice, either. She is completely insistent that Ursula marry Lyle, even when Ursula adamantly refuses, and even after Ursula lays out everything Lyle did (see above). Ursula's mother even tells George that Ursula couldn't really love him and that they're from two different worlds, and that he should just go home, or else [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon she'll remove his reason for wearing a loincloth]]. Although her schemes ultimately fail, she ends up as a KarmaHoudini in the first movie. The second movie has her continue to try and pair Ursula up with Lyle, even though, by this time, Ursula's already married to George--''and has a son!''! [[spoiler:She finally gets her comeuppance this time, though.]]

* CoveringForTheNoise: Played With where Ape first presents himself as a TalkingAnimal to Ursula, but when she keeps fainting in shock at this revelation, he opts to act like a normal ape whenever she shows up and quickly drops his human-like behavior.

The film is completely light-hearted, with a narrator who delights in the fact there's NoFourthWall and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] [[BetterThanABareBulb just about everything]]. In 2003 it got a DirectToVideo sequel, which had Christopher Showerman as George and Creator/JulieBenz as Ursula. ("[[TheOtherDarrin Me new George.]] [[BitingTheHandHumor Studio too cheap for Brendan Fraser.]]")

* AccidentalMisnaming: As another point of Lyle being the ignorant sort, he can never pronounce the lead guide Kwame's name. It's pronounced "kwa-mi", same as [[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers Captain Planet's Kwame]], but the whole time, Lyle pronounces it as "kweym". Kwame never bothers to correct him, though, since it's likely not worth the effort.

* FunWithSubtitles: When George is speaking "gorilla" to his ape friends. George [[EloquentInMyNativeTongue sounds incredibly stupid in English]], but apparently he speaks Gorilla like a [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespearean]] scholar, complete with an ornamental calligraphy-style font for the subtitles.

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Never fear my friends. All was not lost. Scraped and boo-booed, they searched high and low, but they never recovered their most precious cargo.\\

The film is completely light-hearted, with a narrator who delights in the fact there's NoFourthWall and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] [[BetterThanABareBulb just about everything]]. In 2003 it got a DirectToVideo sequel, which had Christopher Showerman as George and Creator/JulieBenz as Ursula. ("[[TheOtherDarrin Me new George.]] [[BitingTheHandHumor Studio too cheap for]] Creator/BrendanFraser.")

* HarsherInHindsight: George usually crashes into trees. Creator/BrendanFraser almost lost his career during the 2000s, among other reasons, because of a series of chronic injuries from performing his own stunts. Luckily for all of us, [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward he had a Brennaisance on 2023]].

* HarsherInHindsight: George usually crashes into trees. Creator/BrendanFraser almost lost his career during the 2000s, among other reasons, because of a series of chronic injuries from performing his own stunts. Luckily for all [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward He had a Brennaisance on 2023]].

* HarsherInHindsight: George usually crashes into trees. Creator/BrendanFraser almost lost his career during the 2000s, among other reasons, because of a series of chronic injuries from performing his own stunts. [[Useful Notes/AcademyAward He had a Brennaisance on 2023]].

* HarsherInIndsight: George usually crashes into trees. Creator/BrendanFraser almost lost his career during the 2000s, among other reasons, because of a series of chronic injuries from performing his own stunts. [[Useful Notes/Academy Award He had a Brennaisance on 2023]].

* HarsherInInsight: George usually crashes into trees. BrendanFraser almost lost his career during the 2000s, among other reasons, because of a series of chronic injuries from performing his own stunts. [[Useful Notes / Academy Award He had a Brennaisance on 2023]].