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* HamAndCheese: Everybody involved knows full well that they're in a live-action cartoon where realism is basically non-existent and commit to the material with everything they have, making it very enjoyable if you approach it with the same mindset.



* LoveToHate: Lyle is an absolutely colossal jerk and not a scene goes by without him being controlling, cowardly, smarmy, condescending and just an all-around dreadful human being. But Thomas Haden Church's wonderfully loathsome performance and commitment to making Lyle as awful as possible as well as him getting smacked around by karma at every chance make him a delight to watch.



* SoOkayItsAverage: The general view of the Disney film. Most of the praise goes to the film at least being faithful to its source material.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: The 1997 film is a live-action cartoon, but Creator/BrendanFraser realized that George needed to be someone the audience would root for so he put in a lot of work to portray the character as a good-hearted innocent who wished no one harm. Because of this, he cites the film as an important learning experience in character development.

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* SoOkayItsAverage: The general view of the Disney film. Most of the praise goes to the film at least being faithful to its source material.
material and Brendan Fraser's immensely charming performance.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: The 1997 film is a live-action cartoon, but Creator/BrendanFraser realized that George needed to be someone the audience would root for so he put in a lot of work to portray the character as a good-hearted innocent who wished no one harm.harm and giving him layers of emotional intelligence and chivalry to make him more than just dumb muscle. Because of this, he cites the film as an important learning experience in character development.
* ValuesResonance: The film [[https://obaewankenope.tumblr.com/post/153389812152/starline-ms-demeanor-bifca makes for a surprisingly in depth study]] of positive masculinity versus toxic masculinity in it's portrayals of George and Lyle and how what seems like one type may be another. George seems the typical savage at first glance but quickly shows himself as kind, respectful, emotionally intelligent and a heroic man who loves helping others just because he can and loves Ursula for her personality and intelligence. In contrast, Lyle seems more cultured and well-educated but repeatedly shows himself to be dismissive to Ursula, condescending, incredibly full of himself and rude to others, a complete coward and who only seems to like Ursula for status reasons.
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** Additionally, Thomas Haden Church managed to play the villain in a Jay Ward adaptation starring Brendan Fraser before he went on to portray a Spider-Man villain, a feat shared by Creator/AlfredMolina.

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** Additionally, Thomas Haden Church managed to play the villain in a Jay Ward adaptation starring Brendan Fraser before he went on to portray a Spider-Man villain, a feat shared by Creator/AlfredMolina. Molina and Church were also in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''.
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** And for the ''major'' players, the Ape named Ape. Admit it, we all fell for this guy's DeadpanSnarker antics.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "George! George! George of the jungle! Strong as he can be!"

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "George! George! George of the jungle! Jungle! Strong as he can be!"




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*SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The series' animation was ''well'' above its time, with a ''ridiculously smooth'' framerate and fewer errors than what contemporary cartoons showed at the time. Unfortunately, this ended up as the show's downfall, as the producers were so impressed by the quality that the animators were regularly allowed to go over budget, cutting the series short due to a lack of available funding.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The DirectToVideo sequel was made on a lower budget than the original movie, and nowhere is this more evident than in the special effects for the jungle creatures. The gorilla suits have less facial expression than those in the original, while the poor lighting and textures on the CGI animals make them look like plastic toys superimposed on top of the scenes.

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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The DirectToVideo sequel was made on a lower budget than the original movie, budget, and nowhere is this more evident than in the special effects for the jungle creatures. The gorilla suits have less facial expression than those in the original, while the poor lighting and textures on the CGI animals make them look like plastic toys superimposed on top of the scenes.

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!! Tropes for the 2003 Live-Action movie sequel:
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The DirectToVideo sequel was made on a lower budget than the original movie, and nowhere is this more evident than in the special effects for the jungle creatures. The gorilla suits have less facial expression than those in the original, while the poor lighting and textures on the CGI animals make them look like plastic toys superimposed on top of the scenes.
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"Fella & Ursula" fan speculations, fixed spelling


* LadyMondegreen: The original theme song contains the line "...while Fella and Ursula stay in step." This line is often misheard as "...while ''Bella'' and Ursula stay in step." Justified because two women who look like identical twins show up when this line is uttered, but both of them are actually Ursula, and there is no "Bella" in the original show. The creators of the 2008 and 2015 revivals were apparently confused as well, since they actually introduced a new character (though she was called Magnolia, or "Maggie" for short, rather than Bella), and the theme song was changed to reflect this. Some fans have speculated that the second woman was part of an unused plot line; had there been a second season, she might have been meant as [[UncannyFamilyResemblence an identical relative]].

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* LadyMondegreen: The original theme song contains the line "...while Fella and Ursula stay in step." This line is often misheard as "...while ''Bella'' and Ursula stay in step." Justified because two women who look like identical twins show up when this line is uttered, but both of them are actually Ursula, and there is no "Bella" in the original show. The creators of the 2008 and 2015 revivals were apparently confused as well, since they actually introduced a new character (though she was called Magnolia, or "Maggie" for short, rather than Bella), and the theme song was changed to reflect this. Some fans have speculated that the second woman was part of an unused plot line; had there been a second season, she might have been meant as [[UncannyFamilyResemblence [[UncannyFamilyResemblance an identical relative]].
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* LadyMondegreen: The original theme song contains the line "...while Fella and Ursula stay in step." This line is often misheard as "...while ''Bella'' and Ursula stay in step." Justified because two women who look like identical twins show up when this line is uttered, but both of them are actually Ursula, and there is no "Bella" in the original show. The creators of the 2008 and 2015 revivals were apparently confused as well, since they actually introduced a new character (though she was called Magnolia, or "Maggie" for short, rather than Bella), and the theme song was changed to reflect this.

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* LadyMondegreen: The original theme song contains the line "...while Fella and Ursula stay in step." This line is often misheard as "...while ''Bella'' and Ursula stay in step." Justified because two women who look like identical twins show up when this line is uttered, but both of them are actually Ursula, and there is no "Bella" in the original show. The creators of the 2008 and 2015 revivals were apparently confused as well, since they actually introduced a new character (though she was called Magnolia, or "Maggie" for short, rather than Bella), and the theme song was changed to reflect this.
this. Some fans have speculated that the second woman was part of an unused plot line; had there been a second season, she might have been meant as [[UncannyFamilyResemblence an identical relative]].

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The four African guides are widely agreed to have stolen the entire movie.

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The four African guides are widely agreed to have stolen the entire movie.



* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: This wouldn't be the last time a character played by Thomas Haden Church [[Film/SpiderMan3 would shoot someone by accident, as Peter Parker eventually discovered]].]]

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[[spoiler: This wouldn't be the last time a character played by Thomas Haden Church [[Film/SpiderMan3 would shoot someone by accident, as Peter Parker eventually discovered]].]]



* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the last time Creator/BrendanFraser or Creator/LeslieMann appeared in Jay Ward film adaptations. Two years later, Fraser would portray the title character in ''Film/DudleyDoRight'', while it took Mann ''17 years'' before she would appear in another piece of Ward's works where she would voice Mrs. Peterson in Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman''.

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This wouldn't be the last time Creator/BrendanFraser or Creator/LeslieMann appeared in Jay Ward film adaptations. Two years later, Fraser would portray the title character in ''Film/DudleyDoRight'', while it took Mann ''17 years'' before she would appear in another piece of Ward's works where she would voice Mrs. Peterson in Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman''.
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** From the OST, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08w-qP5cOic George To The Rescue / George Runs]] is a majestically and straightforwardly heroic theme for George as he races across the African landscape to save Ape. In fact, it's such a memorable piece of music that it was used for one of the trailers for ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.

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** From the OST, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08w-qP5cOic George To The Rescue / George Runs]] is a majestically and straightforwardly heroic theme for George as he races across the African landscape to save Ape. In fact, it's such a memorable piece of music that it was used for one of the trailers [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-dfaoCdFwA trailers]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[Music/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica POTUSA]]'s rendition of, ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqLKBPK768k George, George, George of the Jungle, strong as he can be...]]"''

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[[Music/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica POTUSA]]'s rendition of, ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqLKBPK768k George, George, George of the Jungle, strong as he can be...]]"''
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** From the OST, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCmKrXs6Qh0 George To The Rescue / George Runs]] is a majestically and straightforwardly heroic theme for George as he races across the African landscape to save Ape.

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** From the OST, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCmKrXs6Qh0 com/watch?v=08w-qP5cOic George To The Rescue / George Runs]] is a majestically and straightforwardly heroic theme for George as he races across the African landscape to save Ape.Ape. In fact, it's such a memorable piece of music that it was used for one of the trailers for ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.
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** 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, [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward he had a Brennaisance on 2023]].

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** 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, [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward he had his career would make a Brennaisance on comeback in 2023]].
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** 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]].

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** 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, Luckily, [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward he had a Brennaisance on 2023]].

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* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: This wouldn't be the last time a character played by Thomas Haden Church [[Film/SpiderMan3 would shoot someone by accident, as Peter Parker eventually discovered]].]]
** 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: [[spoiler: This wouldn't be the last time a character played by Thomas Haden Church [[Film/SpiderMan3 would shoot someone by accident, as Peter Parker eventually discovered]].]]
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: The 1997 film is a live-action cartoon, but Creator/BrendanFraser realized that George needed to be someone the audience would root for so he put in a lot of work to portray the character as a good-hearted innocent who wished no one harm.

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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: The 1997 film is a live-action cartoon, but Creator/BrendanFraser realized that George needed to be someone the audience would root for so he put in a lot of work to portray the character as a good-hearted innocent who wished no one harm. Because of this, he cites the film as an important learning experience in character development.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: The 1997 film is a live-action cartoon, but Creator/BrendanFraser realized that George needed to be someone the audience would root for so he put in a lot of work to portray the character as a good-hearted innocent who wished no one harm.
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* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the last time Creator/BrendanFraser or Creator/LeslieMann appeared in Jay Ward film adaptations. Two years later, Fraser would portray the title character in ''Film/DudleyDoRight'', while it took Mann ''14 years'' before she would appear in another piece of Ward's works where she would voice Mrs. Peterson in Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the last time Creator/BrendanFraser or Creator/LeslieMann appeared in Jay Ward film adaptations. Two years later, Fraser would portray the title character in ''Film/DudleyDoRight'', while it took Mann ''14 ''17 years'' before she would appear in another piece of Ward's works where she would voice Mrs. Peterson in Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman''.
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* LadyMondegreen: The original theme song contains the line "...while Fella and Ursula stay in step." This line is often misheard as "...while ''Bella'' and Ursula stay in step." Justified because two women who look like identical twins show up when this line is uttered, but both of them are actually Ursula, and there is no "Bella" in the original show. The creators of the 2008 and 2015 revivals were apparently confused as well, since they actually introduced a new character (though she was called Magnolia, or "Maggie" for short, rather than Bella), and the theme song was changed to reflect this.
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* WhatAnIdiot: In the second movie, the villains have Ursula hypnotized into believing she's married to Lyle, but they never think of hypnotizing Junior too. Also, Junior never thinks of telling his mother that George is his real father until near the end.
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** Additionally, Thomas Haden Church managed to play the villain in a Jay Ward adaptation starring Brendan Fraser before he went on to portray a Spider-Man villain, a feat shared by Creator/AlfredMolina.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Far more people are familiar with this movie than the animated series it is based on.
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!! Tropes for the 2007 Animated series
* AngelDevilShipping: George for his kindness and Ursula (who was Magnolia in Season 1) because of her rude behavior.
* BileFascination: Some hold this sentiment towards the second season, mostly towards how it often dips into material that's questionable at best and borderline fetishistic at worst. A description for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLk_tOKmWCQ a compilation]] gratuitously described it as "''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies on bath salts''".
* BrokenBase: Fans are divided on whether the 2007 series is an acceptable successor to the original 1967 series or not. Some find the 2007 show to be an insult to the original 1967 series in every single way, while others believe it to be a perfectly fine show that still manages to be quite funny and entertaining.
* FanonDiscontinuity: The 2015 version doesn't exist in the eyes of the 2007 George of the Jungle's fans. Or many other people, for that matter.
** The 2007 series itself was this in the eyes of fans of the original 60s series and the films.
* FanPreferredCouple: George and Ursula (2007 Version) some people prefer George with Magnolia (being an expy of Ursula of 1967)
* NauseaFuel: The 2015 reboot is generously[[note]]Some people speculate that it might have been more fetishistic in nature[[/note]] considered a GrossoutShow for a reason. BodyHorror, vore, toilet humor and sex jokes, all of which depicted in surprisingly graphic fashion for something out of a Canadian children's series, are loudly and proudly on display.
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The 2007 series had a game released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. They were all sidescrollers that were bland at best and [[ObviousBeta outright unfinished]] at worst. The Wii version in particular had bad motion controls that you had to use to play the game.
* SeasonalRot: Depending on whether you consider the 2015 series a second season or a separate revival/reboot; both fans, and even haters of the first season are willing to admit it was better than the second one. Aside from all the changes mentioned earlier, the 2015 show was much more of a GrossoutShow than anything that came before it.
* {{Shipping}}:
** George and Ursula (Gesula) has few shipping moments while got a little more as Magnolia.
** George and Magnolia (Geomag) has more shipping moments on the 2007 series while her name is now Ursula for 2015, there's so much shipping between those two.
* ShipToShipCombat: George/Ursula & George/Magnolia 2015 Version.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of changes were made for the 2015 reboot. Perhaps the most jarring is Magnolia and Ursula have switched names, and the former has had a complete personality change. Granted, many would say [[GrossoutShow that was the least of its worries]].
** Many felt the same way with the 2007 series when it originally aired, with common complaints being removing Ape's accent and the original show's recurring antagonists, the complete reimagining of Ursula's character, and the change in animation style and plotlines.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: The 2016 version doesn't exist in the eyes of the 2007 George of the Jungle's fans. Or many other people, for that matter.

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* FanonDiscontinuity: The 2016 2015 version doesn't exist in the eyes of the 2007 George of the Jungle's fans. Or many other people, for that matter.



* NauseaFuel: The 2016 reboot is generously[[note]]Some people speculate that it might have been more fetishistic in nature[[/note]] considered a GrossoutShow for a reason. BodyHorror, vore, toilet humor and sex jokes, all of which depicted in surprisingly graphic fashion for something out of a Canadian children's series, are loudly and proudly on display.

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* NauseaFuel: The 2016 2015 reboot is generously[[note]]Some people speculate that it might have been more fetishistic in nature[[/note]] considered a GrossoutShow for a reason. BodyHorror, vore, toilet humor and sex jokes, all of which depicted in surprisingly graphic fashion for something out of a Canadian children's series, are loudly and proudly on display.



* SeasonalRot: If the 2016 series can be considered a season; both fans, and even haters of the first season are willing to admit it was better than the second one. Aside from all the changes mentioned earlier, the 2016 show was much more of a GrossoutShow than anything that came before it.

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* SeasonalRot: If Depending on whether you consider the 2016 2015 series can be considered a season; second season or a separate revival/reboot; both fans, and even haters of the first season are willing to admit it was better than the second one. Aside from all the changes mentioned earlier, the 2016 2015 show was much more of a GrossoutShow than anything that came before it.



** George and Magnolia (Geomag) has more shipping moments on the 2007 series while her name is now Ursula for 2016, there's so much shipping between those two.
* ShipToShipCombat: George/Ursula & George/Magnolia 2016 Version.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of changes were made for the 2016 reboot. Perhaps the most jarring is Magnolia and Ursula have switched names, and the former has had a complete personality change. Granted, many would say [[GrossoutShow that was the least of its worries]].

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** George and Magnolia (Geomag) has more shipping moments on the 2007 series while her name is now Ursula for 2016, 2015, there's so much shipping between those two.
* ShipToShipCombat: George/Ursula & George/Magnolia 2016 2015 Version.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of changes were made for the 2016 2015 reboot. Perhaps the most jarring is Magnolia and Ursula have switched names, and the former has had a complete personality change. Granted, many would say [[GrossoutShow that was the least of its worries]].
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** From the OST, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCmKrXs6Qh0 George To The Rescue / George Runs]] is a majestically and straightforwardly heroic theme for George as he races across the African landscape to save Ape.
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* BrokenBase: Fans are divided on which of the 3 TV shows is better.

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* BrokenBase: Fans are divided on which of whether the 3 TV shows 2007 series is better.an acceptable successor to the original 1967 series or not. Some find the 2007 show to be an insult to the original 1967 series in every single way, while others believe it to be a perfectly fine show that still manages to be quite funny and entertaining.



* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of changes were made for the 2016 reboot. Perhaps the most jarring is Magnolia and Ursula have switched names. Granted, many would say [[GrossoutShow that was the least of its worries]].
** Many felt the same way with the 2007 series.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of changes were made for the 2016 reboot. Perhaps the most jarring is Magnolia and Ursula have switched names.names, and the former has had a complete personality change. Granted, many would say [[GrossoutShow that was the least of its worries]].
** Many felt the same way with the 2007 series.series when it originally aired, with common complaints being removing Ape's accent and the original show's recurring antagonists, the complete reimagining of Ursula's character, and the change in animation style and plotlines.
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* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the last time Creator/BrendanFraser or Creator/LeslieMann appeared in Jay Ward film adaptations. Two years later, Fraser would portray the title character in ''Film/DudleyDoRight'', while it took Mann 14 years before she would appear in another piece of Ward's works where she would voice Mrs. Peterson in Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the last time Creator/BrendanFraser or Creator/LeslieMann appeared in Jay Ward film adaptations. Two years later, Fraser would portray the title character in ''Film/DudleyDoRight'', while it took Mann 14 years ''14 years'' before she would appear in another piece of Ward's works where she would voice Mrs. Peterson in Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the last time Creator/LeslieMann appeared in a Jay Ward film adaptation. Fourteen years later she played Mrs. Peterson in Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the last time Creator/BrendanFraser or Creator/LeslieMann appeared in a Jay Ward film adaptation. Fourteen adaptations. Two years later later, Fraser would portray the title character in ''Film/DudleyDoRight'', while it took Mann 14 years before she played would appear in another piece of Ward's works where she would voice Mrs. Peterson in Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the last time Creator/LeslieMann appeared Jay Ward film adaptation. Fourteen years later she played Mrs. Peterson in Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: *HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the last time Creator/LeslieMann appeared in a Jay Ward film adaptation. Fourteen years later she played Mrs. Peterson in Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman''.

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