History YMMV / TheJungleBook1967

* EhtnicScrappy: King Louie, a laid-back, devil-may-care orangutan who sings a catchy jazz song about wanting to be human, is kind of pushing it but not overtly based on Black stereotypes otherwise, so most viewers give him a pass. He was originally slated to be voiced by Louis Armstrong, but was recast as fellow jazz singer Louis Prima (thus maintaining TheDanza) when somebody at Disney realized that having a lazy ape who wants to be human being voiced by an African-American man at the height of the Civil Rights movement would be a very bad look.

* {{Narm}}: Even though Kaa is not a threat to be taken lightly...his voice is, as Jim Cummings (the one who currently voices Kaa) puts it, "an evil Winnie the Pooh".

* {{Narm}}: Even though Kaa is not a threat to be taken lightly...he's basically as Jim Cummings (the one who currently voices Kaa) puts it "an evil Winnie the Pooh".

* {{Narm}}: Even though Kaa is not a threat to be taken lightly...he's basically (as Jim Cummings, the second voice actor for Kaa) "an evil Winnie the Pooh".

** The portrayal of Shere Khan as a tiger lacking a lame leg originates with [[Film/JungleBook the 1942 screen adaptation]] and the story book opening, a staple of Disney films of the time, was done in that adaptation.

** Kaa is praised as one of the most entertaining villains in Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon and, due to his HypnoticEyes, has garnered an unusual fanbase amid fans of using hypnosis and, to a lesser extent, vore lovers (''especially'' on [=DeviantArt=]). A second scene was in fact produced for the movie after he proved popular with test audiences.

* MemeticMolester: Kaa is a popular subject for this trope in [[RuleThirtyFour Rule 34]] circles, owing to both being a giant snake (crush, vore) and his HypnoticEyes (mind control). It also does not help that the lisping voice sixty-two-year-old Sterling Holloway gives him has been compared to Herbert from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.

** In the books, he's born crippled, meaning he finds it easier to hunt humans. This is a common explanation for many man-eating predators. The film removes his lameness, and therefore his reason for attacking humans.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: We're supposed to root for and relate to Mowgli, but he comes off as less heroic and more bratty, selfish, and self-absorbed than the filmmakers probably intended. He doesn't seem too upset with leaving behind his wolf family and initially gives no good reason for wanting to stay in the jungle (despite the massive danger that entails) besides "it's more fun". The only guardian he seems to listen to is Baloo, and that's only because Baloo appeals to his more playful side unlike the strict Bagheera. And finally, he leaves his two guardians without even a care just because a pretty girl flirted with him.
** It does not help that Mowgli is also a PinballProtagonist who gets easily and quickly overshadowed by any animal character he's sharing the spotlight with, so doesn't get much time for development beyond his original protests before getting shunted off to the next scene.

*** More specifically, the song is sung in a [[UsefulNotes/BarbershopMusic barbershop]] style. Coincidentally, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' would later devote an [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E1HomersBarbershopQuartet an episode to homaging the Beatles' career, in the form of a barbershop quartet.]] Adding onto this, ''The Simpsons'' would come to be owned by Disney a little under 50 years after the release of this film.

*** More specifically, the song is sung in a [[UsefulNotes/BarbershopMusic barbershop]] style. Coincidentally, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' would later devote an [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E1HomersBarbershopQuartet an episode to homaging the Beatles' career, in the form of a barbershop quartet.]]

* AdaptationDisplacement: More people know about the aforementioned Disney movie than Kipling's books.

** Shere Khan could be interpreted as an [[WellIntentionedExtremist avenger against Man, seeing how they have hunted and killed his species purely for their striped pelts]]. Bagheera does mention at one point that Shere Kahn will not let Mowgli grow up to be "another hunter with a gun". A storybook adaptation of the film even stated that Shere Khan had once been shot by a hunter, however there is so little detail that for all we know Shere Khan had not been the hunter's intended prey and had merely shot the tiger in self-defense.

* MemeticMolester: Kaa is a popular subject for this trope in [[RuleThirtyFour Rule 34]] circles, owing to both being a giant snake (crush, vore) and his HypnoticEyes (mind control). It also does not help that the lisping voice Sterling Holloway gives him has been compared to Herbert from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.

* PopularWithFurries: Kaa is ''the'' most influential snake character for the scaly fandom. Due to him, and to a lesser extent Sir Hiss from ''WesternAnimation/{{Robin Hood|1973}}'', many snake characters have [[{{expy}} similar]] HypnoticEyes.

** While Shere Khan had little screen-time for a Disney baddie, his build-up and mannerism made him quite the scene-stealer when he finally made his appearances. [[UpToEleven He even stole a scene from]] ''Kaa.''

** There's a lot of debate on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki whether Shere Khan is AffablyEvil or FauxAffablyEvil.

-->'''Bagheera:''' You can't adopt Mowgli as your son.\\