The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book (1967)

25 mistakes - chronological order

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Continuity mistake: The branch where Bagheera watches the wolves' reunion has 6 small branches sticking out. When the shot changes and the panther jumps off it only has 3.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Bagheera leaves the basket for the wolves to find it, a stone next to it appears close, further away, or simply disappears with no continuity at all.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Bagheera makes baby Mowgli cry to call the wolves' attention, there's a shot of the cubs coming out of the cave. Moss suddenly appears on the stone next to the cave.

Sacha

Character mistake: During "The Bare Necessities", when Mowgli climbs onto his back, Baloo asks him to scratch his left shoulder; Mowgli then proceeds to scratch Baloo's right shoulder.

Cubs Fan

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Suggested correction: Mowgli starts with the left shoulder. After that he moves over the back when Baloo arches and ends up on the right shoulder.

Bishop73

Suggested correction: Mowgli has lived with wolves for God knows how long. Wolves wouldn't just teach him the difference between left and right when they could teach him how to feed himself. For this reason, Mowgli could get it wrong. Also, the bear could've muddled up his words without realizing as, again, it isn't necessary to know left and right.

Continuity mistake: During the "Bare Necessities" scene, Baloo picks a pawpaw fruit and you can see next to him there is a bunch of bananas. But after he has swallowed the fruit, the bananas have disappeared.

Mowgli: Oh, Baloo, I wanna stay with you.
Baloo: Certainly, you do.
Bagheera: Oh? And just how do you think he will survive?
Baloo: "How do you think he will... " What do you mean how do you think he... He's with me, ain't he? And I'll learn him all I know.
Bagheera: Oh? That shouldn't take too long.

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Question: Why did Shanti lure Mowgli into the village at the end? What was her reason for doing so?

Answer: She was a young girl who was instantly smitten by Mowgli (and he with her) and encouraged him to come into the village, hoping he'd stay. It shows that Mowgli has made the decision to live with humans.

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