History Animation / AdventuresOfMowgli

* AgeLift: Played with the main protagonist, [[ComingOfAgeStory who ages with each short]], starting out as an infant, then a child, then a teenager, and finally a man. It’s only as an adult that he slays Shere Khan and subsequently leaves the jungle to live with his own kind.

In 1996, it was given an English dub with a hodge-podge of recognizable voice actors, including some of Creator/TheOceanGroup's alumni (such as Creator/IanJamesCorlett and Creator/ScottMcNeil as Mowgli and Shere Khan respectively), Creator/SamElliott as Kaa, Creator/DanaDelany as Bagheera, and narration provided by Creator/CharltonHeston.

* WorthlessYellowRocks: Mowgli and Kaa went to an abandoned temple that has a large treasure room. Being raised as a wolf, Mowgli does not know about the worth of treasures, as he only wanted the "iron tooth" (a dagger).

* ShownTheirWork: Black panthers are acknowledged as just being melanistic leopards, as Bagheera has a litter of cubs that consists of both black and spotted individuals, and she’s later shown courting a spotted leopard during mating season. And instead of being a generic brown bear (like in the novel), Baloo is depicted as a moon bear (a.k.a. an Asiatic black bear), a species that’s unique to Asia, and is indeed found in some of its jungle regions. Also, the pair of lions during the water truce scene would seemingly be a case of MisplacedWildlife to many, as lions are commonly associated with Africa, but Asiatic lions do exist in real life. Especially impressive given that was made in the '60s.

* ShownTheirWork: Black panthers are acknowledged as just being melanistic leopards, as Bagheera has a litter of cubs that consists of both black and spotted individuals, and she’s later shown courting a spotted leopard during mating season. And instead of being a generic brown bear (like in the novel), Baloo is depicted as a moon bear (a.k.a. an Asiatic black bear), a species that’s unique to Asia, and is indeed found in some of its jungle regions. Especially impressive given that was made in the '60s.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A very weird example with Tabaqui. He is last seen with Shere Khan in the canyon when they [[OhCrap realize]] that Mowgli and the wolves have cornered them, with stampeding buffalo coming from both sides. We cut to Mowgli arriving while riding the lead bull, then back Shere Khan, and Tabaqui is just gone. It would have been hard for him to pull a ScrewThisImOutOfHere, since he literally had nowhere to run (due to being trapped between steep cliffs).

* TruerToTheText: Especially in consideration to what came out in the west!

* {{Jawbreaker}}: It's implied Mowgli killed Shere Khan this way.

%% * PantheraAwesome: Bagheera for a heroic example, and Shere Khan for a villainous example.

* InformedSpecies: Tabaqui does not look very jackal like. It's somewhat understandable, since real jackals look very much like small wolves.

%% * ManiacMonkeys: The Bandar-log.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Episode 2

* BlushSticker: Mowgli has these as a teenager.

%% * Maniac Monkeys: The Bandar-log.

%% * Panthera Awesome: Bagheera for a heroic example, and Shere Khan for a villainous example.

%% * Beary Friendly: Baloo.

%% * RaisedBy Wolves: Mowgli, obviously.

%% * BearyFriendly: Baloo.
%% This doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: As in the original book, Kaa hates being called an earthworm.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Besides the several Indian fauna from the book that qualify as this trope, there's also Indian slow lorises and a male and female pair of Asiatic lions.

* BearyFriendly: Baloo.
* BerserkButton: As in the original book, Kaa hates being called an earthworm.

* CheshireCatGrin[=/=]CatSmile: Bagheera does both.

* ManiacMonkeys: The Bandar-log.

* PantheraAwesome: Bagheera for a heroic example, and Shere Khan for a villainous example.
* PapaWolf:
** A literal example with Father Wolf, who is hostile towards Shere Khan when he tries to claim the young Mowgli for himself.
** Both Baloo and Kaa are this towards Mowgli.
* RaisedByWolves: Mowgli, obviously.

* AdaptedOut: Mowgli only visited the human village once before the end to collect some embers (the Red Flower) to use against Shere Khan and his coup. Meaning Buldeo and Mowgli's adoptive human parents were never featured.

* AdaptationDistillation: Many of the stories are in a different order compared to the original Mowgli stories. An example would be Mowgli's final battle with Shere Khan ("Tiger, Tiger"), being put between the battle with the dholes ("Red Dog") and Mowgli's return to humans ("The Spring Running").

* InformedSpecies: Tabaqui does not look very jackal like.

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* InformedFlaw: Despite being called a lame butcher (a reference to the book), Shere Khan displays extreme physical skill, being able to effortlessly follow and intercept Akela's chasing of a deer without the former even seeing him.