Baloo is the fictional "sleepy old grey bear" featured in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. Bears are very common fictionalized and personified animals, and can be found in almost every single kind of fiction. ... Binomial name Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791) The Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) is a nocturnal bear, inhabiting the lowland forests of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. ... This article is about the British author. ... Embossed cover from the original MacMillan edition of The Jungle Book, 1894, based on art by John Lockwood Kipling (Rudyards father) For other uses, see The Jungle Book (disambiguation). ... Embossed cover from the original MacMillan edition of The Second Jungle Book, 1895, based on art by John Lockwood Kipling (Rudyards father) The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. ...

In Kipling's work

The name Baloo is derived from the Hindi word for "bear". Baloo teaches the cubs of the Seeonee wolf pack the Law of the Jungle. His most challenging pupil is the "man-cub" Mowgli; despite Bagheera's objections he sometimes finds it necessary to use corporal punishment against Mowgli, although when called upon to defend the man-cub against the Bandar-log he does not hesitate. Though there has not been much discussion on it, Baloo is thought to be a Sloth Bear, since it is the only bear species found in the tropical forests of Central India. Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the two central official languages of India, the other being English. ... Wolf Wolf Man Mount Wolf Wolf Prizes Wolf Spider Wolf 424 Wolf 359 Wolf Point Wolf-herring Frank Wolf Friedrich Wolf Friedrich August Wolf Hugo Wolf Johannes Wolf Julius Wolf Max Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf Maximilian Wolf Rudolf Wolf Thomas Wolf As Name Wolf Breidenbach Wolf Hirshorn Other The call... The Law of the Jungle is usually an expression that means every one for himself and anything goes. ... Mowgli by John Lockwood Kipling (father of Rudyard Kipling). ... Bagheera in a Russian cartoon (1967) Bagheera (Hindi: Leopard) the black panther is an animal fictional character in Rudyard Kiplings Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book (coll. ... Corporal punishment is forced pain intended to change a persons behaviour or to punish them. ... Bandar-log (Hindi: बन्दर-लोग) is a term used in Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book to describe monkeys. ... Binomial name Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791) The Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) is a nocturnal bear, inhabiting the lowland forests of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. ... Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, also known as tropical rain forests, are a tropical and subtropical biome. ... The geography of India is extremely diverse, with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts, plains, hills and plateaus. ...

Baloo is one of Mowgli's mentors. He is one of the three who sing for Mowgli "The Outsong" of the jungle.

In Disney productions

A character named Baloo, based on Kipling's creation, has also appeared in various Disney productions, starting with that company's feature-length version of The Jungle Book. In this version, Baloo is an easygoing and fun-loving character who shirks responsibility -- seemingly far removed from the law teacher in Kipling's book. This version of the character has appeared in two animated series, TaleSpin (as a pilot), and Jungle Cubs (as a cub), as well as a feature-length sequel to the animated movie. He also made a cameo appearance in the Disney on Ice play, Disney Presents Pixar's The Incredibles in a Magic Kingdom Adventure, meeting up with Violet. Disney's Baloo is arguably the most popular character in The Jungle Book. “Disney” redirects here. ... The Jungle Book is the nineteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series spin-off of The Jungle Book that first aired as part of The Disney Afternoon. ... For other uses, see Aviator (disambiguation). ... Jungle Cubs was an animated series produced by Disney for ABC in 1996. ... The Jungle Book 2 is an animated feature produced by the DisneyToons studio in Sydney, Australia and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... Disney on Ice is a touring ice show produced by Feld Entertainment (CEO Kenneth Feld) under agreement with The Walt Disney Company. ... Pixars studio lot in Emeryville Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California (USA) notable for its seven Academy Awards. ... The Incredibles is a 2004 American Academy Award-winning computer-animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, centering around a family of superheroes. ... Violet Vi Parr is a fictional character from the movie The Incredibles. ...

In the original movie, he is a wandering hedonist who accidentally finds Mowgli while walking in the jungle. Bemused by Mowgli's attempts to punch him, Baloo tells him that he will teach him how to fight like a real bear.

They soon become friends and Baloo tries to take him as his own cub, slowing Bagheera's efforts to take the boy to the village, away from the marauding tiger Shere Khan. Baloo does not listen, but when the monkeys catch Mowgli and take him to their King, Louie the orangutan, Baloo dresses up as a female orangutan himself and distracts the orangutan and his subjects in what is perhaps the most famous scene in the movie. It's also very similar to the scene in Robin Hood where Little John dances with Lady Cluck during the song "The Phony King of England." “Robin Hood (Disney film)” redirects here. ... A phony is a person who relies on a false persona, deceit, or putting on an act to achieve his or her goals, or ideal perception of self, as opposed to acting how one feels. ...

They rescue Mowgli, but the next morning, Baloo, who has already discussed it with Bagheera, tells Mowgli that he has to go back to the village.

Angry and hurt, Mowgli runs away, and he is almost killed by Shere Khan but Baloo saves him by risking his own life (grabbing Shere Khan by his tail and slowing him down so that the four vultures can rescue Mowgli).

Shere Khan and Baloo then engage in a violent battle, and Baloo is knocked unconscious. Later, when Shere Khan is defeated and runs away, Baloo wakes up with no harm, saying that he was only playing dead to stop Khan from delivering the final blow.

Baloo tries then to take Mowgli to the jungle again, but a girl from the village is enough distraction for Mowgli to leave, and Baloo and Bagheera go back to the jungle with nothing more to worry about.

Baloo made famous the song Bare Necessities, sung by Phil Harris, in which he tells Mowgli not to take anything from nature but the truly necessary to survive. In Spanish, Baloo was dubbed by Germán Valdés "Tin Tan". Germán Valdés (September 19, 1915 - June 29, 1973), better known as Tin-Tan, was a Mexican actor, singer and comedian who was born in Mexico City, but grew up in Ciudad Júarez, Chihuahua. ...

Disney's animated Robin Hood featured an identical bear (albeit brown rather than blue-grey) in the role of Little John. As this bear was also voiced by Phil Harris and possessed many of Baloo's key characteristics, it is worth considering this as a "Disney recast" on par with similar uses of Donald Duck, Goofy, and others. “Robin Hood (Disney film)” redirects here. ... Donald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic-book character from Walt Disney Productions. ... This article is about the Disney character. ...

Baloo also appears at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a meetable character. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the division of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds and manages the theme parks and vacation resorts for which Disney is famous, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises. ...

Interpreters

Baloo as seen in TaleSpin

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• Phil Harris (The Jungle Book)
• Ed Gilbert (TaleSpin)
• Jim Broadbent (Sir Tod)
• Pamela Adlon (Jungle Cubs)
• John Goodman (The Jungle Book II)

In an unproduced show called B-Players about supporting characters from Disney movies, Baloo was intended to appear as one of the better-off veterans of Disney films. Although the series was never made, it help re-familiarize the Disney TV animation department with Baloo ^[1] Phil Harris and Alice Faye Phil Harris (born Wonga Philip Harris) (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American singer, songwriter, jazz musician and comedian. ... Ed Gilbert in February 1995. ... James Broadbent (born May 24, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning English theatre, film and television actor. ... Pamela Adlon (born in 1968 in New York City, New York) is an American actress and voice actress. ... Not to be confused with Johnny Goodman (TV producer), Johnny Goodman, or John C. Goodman. ...

Other uses

• Baloo Latin for hullabaloo slang

• Baloo is also the pen name of cartoonist Rex F. May.

• Like all of the main Jungle Book Characters, Baloo is used as a name for an adult leader in many Cub Scout Packs.

• In the Scouting world, BALOO is an acronym for Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation, a BSA course for adult Cub Scout Leaders wherein they learn the fundamental skills for taking Cub Scouts on an overnight campout.

• Nickname for Homie

• In Hindi, baloo means bear

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