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* NonIndicativeTitle: Most of the film is based on the Mowgli stories featured in ''The Second Jungle Book.''
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Sabu had also previously starred in Korda's ''Elephant Boy'', which was based on one of the non-Mowgli stories in ''Literature/TheJungleBook''. After the two films, Sabu and I got a [[TarzanBoy tarzan-like]] [[ComicBookAdaptation comic book]] [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/sabu-dastagir/4005-128784/ Sabu, Elephant Boy]].
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Sabu had also previously starred in Korda's ''Elephant Boy'', which was based on one of the non-Mowgli stories in ''Literature/TheJungleBook''. After the two films, Sabu and I got a [[TarzanBoy tarzan-like]] [[ComicBookAdaptation comic book]] [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/sabu-dastagir/4005-128784/ Sabu, Elephant Boy]].
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* BareYourMidriff: Messua and Mahala both wear short choli tops with high-waisted skirts.
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Sabu had also previously starred in Korda's ''Elephant Boy'', which was based on one of the non-Mowgli stories in ''Literature/TheJungleBook''.
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Sabu had also previously starred in Korda's ''Elephant Boy'', which was based on one of the non-Mowgli stories in ''Literature/TheJungleBook''. After the two films, Sabu and I got a [[TarzanBoy tarzan-like]] [[ComicBookAdaptation comic book]] [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/sabu-dastagir/4005-128784/ Sabu, Elephant Boy]].
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Lampshaded during the closing scene as the Storyteller [[spoiler:(Baldeo)]] finishes his tale.
-->Tourist: "And then? What happened then? What happened to Mowgli and [[spoiler:your daughter]]? And how did you escape from the fire?"
-->Storyteller: "That, Memshahib...is a story for another time."
-->Tourist: "And then? What happened then? What happened to Mowgli and [[spoiler:your daughter]]? And how did you escape from the fire?"
-->Storyteller: "That, Memshahib...is a story for another time."
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* FramingDevice: The story of Mowgli is recounted to an English tourist by an old beggar man who turns out to be [[spoiler:Buldeo]].
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: No, tigers don't actually fear water.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: No, tigers don't actually fear water.water (in fact, they are noted for their enjoyment of water, as opposed to most other cats).
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* AnimalGenderBender: Hathi is played by a tuskless female elephant. Since elephant herds are matriarchal, this actually [[AccidentallyCorrectZoology makes Hathi more believable as the leader of a herd]].
* GenderFlip: Hathi is played by a tuskless female elephant. Since elephant herds are matriarchal, this actually [[ShownTheirWork makes Hathi more believable as the leader of a herd]].
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* TalkingAnimal: Most animal characters only make animal sounds (although Mowgli [[SpeaksFluentAnimal understands them]]), but for some reasone the snakes (Kaa and the white cobra) speak fluent English.
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* TalkingAnimal: Most animal characters only make animal sounds (although Mowgli [[SpeaksFluentAnimal understands them]]), but for some reasone reason the snakes (Kaa and the white cobra) speak fluent English.
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''Jungle Book'' (or ''Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book'') is a 1942 film directed by Zoltan Korda, loosely based on Creator/RudyardKipling's ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' and starring [[Film/TheThiefOfBagdad Sabu]] as Mowgli.
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''Jungle Book'' (or ''Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book'') is a 1942 film directed by Zoltan Korda, loosely based on Creator/RudyardKipling's ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' and starring [[Film/TheThiefOfBagdad Sabu]] Creator/{{Sabu}} as Mowgli.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Patricia O'Rourke and Sabu]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Patricia O'Rourke as Mahala and Sabu]]Sabu as Mowgli.]]
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Despite its title, it's based primarily on ''The Second Jungle Book'', as the plot is kicked off when Mowgli arrives to the Man-Village: the sub-plot about the treasure chamber guarded by a white cobra comes from "The King's Ankus", Mowgli's fight with Shere Khan is adapted from the fight with the dholes in "Red Dog", and Buldeo accusing Mowgli and Messua of witchcraft comes from "Letting in the Jungle".
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Despite its title, it's based primarily on ''The Second Jungle Book'', as the plot is kicked off when Mowgli arrives to the Man-Village: the sub-plot about the treasure chamber guarded by a white cobra comes from "The King's Ankus", Mowgli's fight with Shere Khan is adapted from the fight with the dholes in "Red Dog", and Buldeo accusing Mowgli and Messua of witchcraft comes from "Letting in the Jungle".
Jungle", and the crocodile character Mugger comes from a non-Mowgli story called "The Undertakers".
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[[caption-width-right:350:Patricia O'Rourke and Sabu]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Patricia O'Rourke and Sabu]]
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* BlackComedy: Kaa tells Mowgli that he's learned where Shere Khan rests from Tabaqui. When Mowgli asks where's Tabaqui now, Kaa points at [[SwallowedWhole a bulge on his body]].
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation:
** Tabaqui in the book was killed by Grey Brother. Here he is eaten by Kaa.
** Instead of getting trampled by a herd of buffaloes, Shere Khan is lured by Mowgli into a river and stabbed to death with a knife underwater.
** Tabaqui in the book was killed by Grey Brother. Here he is eaten by Kaa.
** Instead of getting trampled by a herd of buffaloes, Shere Khan is lured by Mowgli into a river and stabbed to death with a knife underwater.
