History WesternAnimation / JungleCubs

AnimalJingoism:

* SavageWolves: There are two instances where savage canines serve as the BigBad of two-parter episodes and in both cases, the leader of the pack is depicted as a [[VileVillainSaccharineShow non-nonsense, ruthless villain]] [[WouldHurtAChild who has no qualms about killing the cubs]]. The first example are the eponymous dholes from “Red Dogs”, and the second is Kain ([[HerosEvilPredecessor Akela’s evil predecessor]]) and his pack from “The Coming of the Wolves”.

* Baloo, Louie, Shere Khan, and Kaa’s reaction to finding out what the treasure of the Middle Jungle is gold and jewels, as they thought “treasure” meant something that would grant them their greatest wishes. White Hood promptly explains that this is a “man treasure” and that he’s guarding it from humans

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----WorthlessYellowRocks: Baloo, Louie, Shere Khan, and Kaa’s reaction to finding out what the treasure of the Middle Jungle is gold and jewels, as they thought “treasure” meant something that would grant them their greatest wishes. White Hood promptly explains that this is a “man treasure” and that he’s guarding it from humans.

** The two ever-hungry vultures Arthur and Cecil always end up beaten up, crushed, mauled etc while attempting to make a meal out of the main characters.

** Played straight with White Hood the cobra, although it's revealed that his venom are all gone along with his fangs (just like in the book).

** The trope is actually played straight in the video release ''Born to Be Wild'' when in the flashforward cutscenes, Shere Khan attacks Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera and Baloo tries to remind the tiger of their old friendship.

* WeWantOurJerkBack: The cubs reaction to Shere Khan becoming energetic and friendly after getting a bump on the head in "Shere Bliss".

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* VillainEpisode: "Feather Brains," which focuses on Arthur and Cecil.

* DeepSouth: Mahra and her boys, Fred, Ned and Jed, who serve as recurring antagonists in season one, talk and act like stereotypical villainous rednecks, down to living in isolation from the other jungle animals (their home is in the wasteland). Unsurprisingly, Mahra is the [[EvilMatriarch domineering matriarch]] while her boys are dim-witted [[MommasBoy momma’s boys]].

* In “Splendor in the Mud”, Winifred’s uncle is afraid of and then gets knocked down and injured by a [[MamaBear mother rhinoceros]]. In real life, the opposite is true, as a rhino would hardly stand a chance against a full-grown bull elephant and in fact, bull elephants are known for killing rhinos (sometimes [[ForTheEvulz for no apparent reason]]).
* [[SnakesAreSinister White Hood]], in his guest appearance in “Treasure of the Middle Jungle”, is fairly similar to his book counterpart, except for the [[SarcasmMode tiny detail]] that he has been reimagined as a ''100-foot-long giant'', over twice the length of the largest known snake (the extinct ''Titanoboa''). Though it’s acknowledged as being usual in-universe, as other cobras that show up in the series are normal-sized.

-->'''Kaa:''' 'Tis good to eat, but 'tis better to have eaten.

* IdenticalStranger: Winifred’s uncle looks and sounds just like adult Hathi (down to being voice by Creator/JimCummings), and even acts as a military general, marches with his herd, and carries a pointer stick with his trunk, perhaps implying that Hathi looked up to and modeled his adult persona after him]].

* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Since the show is set in a jungle, naturally, crocodiles frequently show up as enemies. “How The Panther Lost His Roar” and “The Great Kaadinii” are the most notable examples, the latter featuring a subplot where Bagheera is stuck in a canyon with a gigantic crocodile who tries to gobble him up.

* CardCarryingVillain: Shere Khan refers to himself as one in "Nice Tiger:"
-->'''Shere Khan:''' Ah ! I've done my bad deed for the day… ''(and later)'' Don't ever say ''my'' name and the word ''nice'' in the same sentence! There's not a ''speck'' of niceness in my entire body!

* SeldomSeenSpecies: The show features a surprising number of them. Dholes (i.e. Indian wild dogs) appear as villains in one episode. Other obscure Asian animals such as four-horned antelopes, striped hyenas, pangolins, clouded leopards, Asiatic cheetahs, and babirusa appear throughout the series.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Bagheera and Shere Khan have this dynamic, being the two token felines of the group, bordering on BullyAndWimpPairing. Shere Khan is far more confident, capable, and athletic, as well as more skilled at hunting than the timid, nervous, and inexperienced Bagheera, and Khan sometimes rubs it in the panther’s face and makes him feel inadequate, most notably in “How the Panther Lost his Roar”.

* SensitiveGuyManlyMan: Bagheera and Shere Khan have this dynamic, being the two token felines of the group, bordering on BullyAndWimpPairing. Shere Khan is far more confident, capable, and athletic, as well as more skilled at hunting than the timid, nervous, and inexperienced Bagheera, and Khan sometimes rubs it in the panther’s face and makes him feel inadequate, most notably in “How the Panther Lost his Roar”.

* SensetiveGuyManlyMan: Bagheera and Shere Khan have this dynamic, being the two token felines of the group, bordering on BullyAndWimpPairing. Shere Khan is far more confident, capable, and athletic, as well as more skilled at hunting than the timid, nervous, and inexperienced Bagheera, and Khan sometimes rubs it in the panther’s face and makes him feel inadequate, most notably in “How the Panther Lost his Roar”.

* SensetiveGiyManlyMan: Shere Khan and Bagheera have this dynamic, being the two token felines of the group, bordering on BullyAndWimpPairing. Shere Khan is far more confident, capable, and athletic, as well as more skilled at hunting than the timid, nervous, and inexperienced Bagheera, and Khan sometimes rubs it in the panther’s face and makes him feel inadequate, most notably in “How the Panther Lost his Roar”.

** “Mondo Mungo” features two huge and [[ArtisticLicenseBilogy]] roaring cobras who try and eat Kaa, but he gets saved by Mungo.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Despite the usually light-hearted tone, some one-shot villains are surprisingly menacing, notably Kain (Akela’s evil predecessor), the leader of the marauding dholes, and the two striped hyenas that hunt Bagheera, who are all depicted as deadly serious killers with no comedic quirks, or issues with killing the cubs. The former two also have the benefit of being voiced by Creator/JimCummings.

* DependingOnTheWriter: Out of all the cubs, Shere Khan is most prone to this.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Dholes (i.e. Indian wild dogs) appear as villains in one episode. Other obscure Asian animals such as four-horned antelopes, striped hyenas, clouded leopards, Asiatic cheetahs, and babirusa appear throughout the series.

** How close is he to the other cubs? Is he a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who cares about them more than he cares to admit, or is he just a [[SmugSnake self-absorbed]] [[TheBully bully]] who serves as their [[TheRival rival]]? The first season seems to lean more towards the former, the second towards the [[{{Flanderazation}} latter]].

** How close is he to the other cubs? Is he a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who cares about them more than he cares to admit, or is he just a [[SmugSnake self-absorbed]] [[TheBully bully]] who serves as their [[TheRival]]? The first season seems to lean more towards the former, the second towards the [[{{Flanderazation}} latter]].

Is he already a [[PintSizedPowerhouse fierce predator]] who strikes fear into the hearts of all the other jungle animals, or is he a BrattyHalfPint who is way in over his head and tends to bite off more than he can chew? Depending on the plot, he can be either.
How close is he to the other cubs? Is he a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who cares about them more than he cares to admit, or is he just a [[SmugSnake self-absorbed]] [[TheBully bully]] who serves as their [[TheRival]]? The first season seems to lean more towards the former, the second towards the [[{{Flanderazation}} latter]].