The Jungle Book Quotes

Kaa: [to Mowgli] Poor, sweet little cub. What are you doing so deep in the jungle?

Mowgli: This is my home.

Kaa: Don't you know what you are? I know what you are. I know where you came from.

Mowgli: You do?

Kaa: Yesssss. Would you like to see?

[from trailer; singing]

Baloo: Forget about your worries and your strife.

Mowgli: What's that?

Baloo: That's a song about the good life.

Shere Khan: I can't help but notice there's this strange odor today. What is it, this scent that I'm on? I almost... I almost think it was some kind of... man-cub.

[spots Mowgli]

Mowgli: [en route to a man village] But I want to stay in the jungle. Why do I have to go there?

Bagheera: Because the jungle is no longer safe for you. You're being hunted by a tiger. Only man can protect you now.

Akela: Mowgli belongs to my pack, Shere Khan.

Shere Khan: Mowgli? They've given it a name! When was it we came to adopt man into the jungle?

Akela: He's just a cub.

Shere Khan: [shows his scars] Does my face not remind you of what a grown man can do?

Baloo: "This is the law of the jungle, as old and as true as the sky."

Shere Khan: What is this?

Baloo: "The wolf that keeps it may prosper /"

Baloo, Bagheera: "... but the wolf that breaks it will die ."

Shere Khan: You fools.

Baloo, Bagheera, Raksha: "Like the creeper that girdles the tree trunk, the law runneth over and back."

Shere Khan: Fine! Rise up, all of you! You want to put yourselves between me and the man-cub?

Baloo, Bagheera, Raksha: "For the strength of the pack is the wolf..."

Baloo, Bagheera, Raksha, Mowgli: [further joined by the other wolves] "... and the strength of the wolf is the pack!"

Shere Khan: I will have you ALL IN MY TEETH!

Shere Khan: [finds himself on the branch of a dead tree that starts to crack under his weight] Did you think I would let you grow old?

[sees the flames below the tree]

Shere Khan: Either I'll devour you or the red flower will. It's just a matter of time. How long did you really think you'd survive against me? Longer than your father did? Longer than... Akela?

Mowgli: I'm not afraid of you! Do you hear me? I'm done running from you!

[Shere Khan roars and leaps at the end of the branch to tackle Mowgli, but the boy manages to jump onto a vine. The branch snaps and Shere Khan falls to his death]

Shere Khan: NOOO!

Bagheera: [tackles Mowgli to restrain him from fighting Shere Khan] Stay here!

Mowgli: [trying to push Bagheera's paw away] But I want to fight with the wolves!

Bagheera: You can't fight him like a wolf! You're not a wolf! Fight him like a man!

King Louie: No one leaves!

Baloo: I can show myself out. Thanks. B'-bye.

Bagheera: [softly and urgently] Down!

Mowgli: What, now we have to bow at the buffalo, too?

Bagheera: Listen to me. This is not a game. You're gonna run to that ravine.

Mowgli: What are you talking about?

Bagheera: Go to the north where the sky glows at night. I'll find you on that path.

Mowgli: Bagheera, I'm not taking one more step until...

[Shere Khan leaps roaring from the tall grass. Mowgli ducks and Bagheera deflects the attack. The two cats fight while Mowgli runs to the ravine. Shere Khan knocks Bagheera out, sees Mowgli and pursues]

Bagheera: [calls out, unable to rise] Run, Mowgli! Run!

Bagheera: Maybe I can be of help. The boy's right. Maybe it's time he found another people.

Raksha: No!

Bagheera: I'm the one who brought him to you, and now I'll return him to where he belongs.

Raksha: [goes in front of Mowgli] I won't let you. He's MY cub!

Akela: We knew this day would come.

Raksha: We are the only family he's ever known!

Akela: Raksha, it's the only place he'll be safe.

Mowgli: [walks to Raksha] It's okay, ami, I won't go far. I-I'll come back and visit.

Bagheera: Mowgli.

Baloo: Where is he?

Bagheera: In the pit.

Baloo: In the WHAT?

Bagheera: Is this your teaching?

Baloo: Oh, come on! You know I'd never teach him to mess around with elephants.

Baloo: What'd I tell you? He's special.

Bagheera: I know he's special. I raised him.

Baloo: Then don't make him leave, Bagheera. You gotta let him be what he is.

Bagheera: You don't understand. The boy's in danger.

Baloo: I know. He told me. He's being hunted by a tiger.

Bagheera: Not any tiger. Shere Khan.

Baloo: Shere Khan's hunting him? Oh. But if you send him back to the man village, they'll ruin him. They'll make a man out of him. We should send him back to the wolf pack. Who's their alpha? Akela. He can protect him.

Bagheera: Akela is dead.

Baloo: What?

Bagheera: Shere Khan killed him. He will stop at nothing until he has this boy. Nothing. The only way we can save him is if he goes to that man village. Please, Baloo. You're the only one he'll listen to.

King Louie: And YOU are a man-cub who wants to live in a jungle.

Mowgli: How do you know that?

King Louie: Kid, I got ears. My ears got ears. You wanna live here? You need a people to protect you. Only I can protect you - and I will for a price.

Mowgli: I don't have anything to give you.

King Louie: I think you DO.

Mowgli: Bagheera!

Bagheera: Mowgli? Stay there. We'll come around to you.

Mowgli: Is it true?

Bagheera: What?

Mowgli: Is Akela dead?

Bagheera: We were going to tell you.

Mowgli: You knew! You both knew! And nobody did anything about it!

Baloo: Kid, just hold on.

Mowgli: Someone's gotta do something!

King Louie: You know who I am?

Mowgli: No.

King Louie: I am the King of the Bandar-log. Call me Louie.

Baloo: [climbing a cliff, frightened] A bird. That can't be a good sign.

Bagheera: [alongside him] Baloo, look at me. Look at nothing but me. You're doing fine.

Baloo: All right I'm coming. I'm coming.

Shere Khan: [Shere Khan and Bagheera fight one more time. Shere Khan knocks Bagheera down and pins down his head] It's time we put an end to this!

[prepares to deliver the killing bite to Bagheera's neck but Raksha tackles him]

Raksha: No!

Mowgli: It's honey stacks for winter.

Bagheera: Have you lost your mind?

Mowgli: You said you wouldn't get mad.

Bagheera: Did you listen to anything Akela taught you? There's no place in the jungle for these... tricks. You want to do this, you do this in the man village.

Mowgli: But I'm helping Baloo get ready for hibernation.

Bagheera: Bears don't hibernate in a jungle. What are you teaching him?

Baloo: Not full hibernation but I nap a lot.

Bagheera: Listen to me, you con artist! He may not know your game, but I do. He's leaving now.

Mowgli: But I don't WANNA leave!

Bagheera: You don't have a choice!

Baloo: Why don't we all just settle down for a minute. Look, it's gotten late - too late to travel - so why don't we all just have a little honey...?

Bagheera: I don't eat honey.

Baloo: No problem. I'll eat the honey. Let's all get a good night's sleep and we can talk about this in the morning?

Bagheera: Fine, but we're leaving first thing.

Baloo: [having sent Mowgli away] Well, I did it. And that's about the hardest thing I've ever done.

Bagheera: I know.

Peacock: Ooo, a stick.

Ikki: Uh, that's my stick.

Peacock: I like this stick.

Ikki: No, seriously, that is my stick.

Peacock: This is MY stick.

Ikki: No, that's my stick.

Peacock: Let go of my stick! It's a Water Truce!

Ikki: It's a Water Truce!

Kaa: Hi, little cub. Oh, no. Don't be scared. I'm not gonna hurt you.

Mowgli: I was just passing through. I don't want any trouble.

Kaa: There's no trouble. Are you alone out here? Hm, that's not good. We should never be alone.

Mowgli: I'm waiting for a friend. He should be here soon.

Kaa: I can stay with you until he gets here. Would that be all right? I'll keep you safe, just you and me, sweet thing.

King Louie: Where you goin', man-cub?

Mowgli: Stay away from me!

King Louie: You don't have anyone now. I'm your only hope. I can make it real good for you here. Where else you gonna go?

Mowgli: I'll go back to the pack! I'll go back to Akela!

King Louie: Akela? Oh. You didn't hear? Shere Khan killed him. Must've been on account of you.

Mowgli: No! You're lying!

Bagheera: You must be the very worst wolf I've ever seen.

Mowgli: Yeah, but if that branch didn't break, I would've made it.

Bagheera: Crossing upwind, breaking from your numbers. If you can't learn to run with the pack, one of these days you'll be someone's dinner.

King Louie: Just one thing we need to reach our full potential. Bring me that red flower, and we rule this jungle. I will protect you, and you will want for nothing ever again.

Mowgli: I can't!

King Louie: You can or you won't?

Mowgli: I can't!

King Louie: You will!

Baloo: Excuse me! Anybody? Excuse me, am I in the right monkey temple? Oh, my gosh, is that King Louie? This is so exiting. The legends do you no justice, sir. You are truly... ENORMOUS, ah-ha-ha, in the best way. Look at all of that... flesh just... squatting there on an ancient throne. How... how-how majestic.

King Louie: [to his monkeys] Seize him!

Baloo: I did it! Ahh...

Bagheera: Well done, old chap. He must be in there. Follow me.

Baloo: No, no. We're on level ground here. I'm in charge, and I've got a plan.

Rocky the Rhino: [after Mowgli backs up into him] Watch yourself, please.

Raquel the Rhino: [as Mowgli walks by] Dad, what is that?

Rocky the Rhino: Think that's a man-cub.

Raquel the Rhino: What's a man-cub doing here?

Mowgli: Don't be mad, okay?

Bagheera: Why would I be mad?

Mowgli: 'Cause you're always mad when I do stuff. You gotta promise not to be mad THIS time.

Bagheera: Show me, then I'll decide.

Baloo: Hey! Hang on! Can you hang on? Can you just hang on? I climbed a mountain to see you - and I'm not a climber - just to be in your presence. For me this is a dream come true. Oh!

King Louie: Throw him off the cliff!

Baloo: Uh.

Bagheera: I'll take it from here.

Baloo: No, I... I'm coming. I... it's-it's doable if I don't have to go too high.

Bagheera: Good. Let's get going.

Baloo: All right.

Raksha: Why are you doing this? He's gone! Isn't that what you want?

Shere Khan: I want him dead. Once he gets word of what happened here, he'll come back... and I'll be waiting.

Baloo: Didn't the wolves ever sing?

Mowgli: I don't know. Uh... Oh! We recited the law of the jungle: "This is the law of the jungle, as old and as true as the sky. The wolf that keeps it may prosper, but the wolf that breaks it will die."

Baloo: Kid, that's not a song. That's propaganda.

Mowgli: What's propaganda?

[Shere Khan visits the wolf pack and learns that Mowgli has left]

Shere Khan: Well, I guess it's done then... unless I can draw him BACK OUT!

Raksha: Akela!

[throws Akela off the cliff]

Shere Khan: [to the pack] Have I got your attention now? I didn't want it to be this way. I made it SO simple. All I asked for was one thing, and you DENIED me! Well, that - ends - now. Spread the word! Until I have the man-cub, these hills are my hills. You did not RESPOND to reason, so now you will know fear!

Gray: Why did he have to leave?

Raksha: Gray...

Gray: We could've protected him. We shouldn't have let him go.

Raksha: I miss him, too. What's important is he's safe now.

Mowgli: Where am i?

Baloo: Uh, this is a cave. It's my cave. You don't remember what happened, do you?

Mowgli: No.

Baloo: I saved your life. Yeah, I snatched you from the jaws of death - the COILS of death, if you will - and lucky for you your new favorite hero, old Baloo here, just happened to be passing by.

Baloo: Hey! Hey-hey-hey-hey, Mowgli, my friend, my buddy, my pal. Slow down a second, handsome!

Mowgli: Bagheera said I have to go to the man village.

Baloo: Oh, Bagheera? I know him! Sure. You know what his problem is? He always plays by the rules - and sometimes rules were meant to be... well, not necessarily broken, but certainly bent - and definitely reinterpreted, don't you think?

Baloo: Why do you wanna go there?

Mowgli: Bagheera said I need a people.

Baloo: [sighs] Again with the listening to Bagheera.

Mowgli: Hey, he's my friend, okay? Now I don't know where he is.

King Louie: [searching] Think about it, man-cub. We can rule this jungle.

[looking down a corridor]

King Louie: No. Listen to reason.

[first lines]

Bagheera: Many strange tales are told of this jungle, but none so strange as the tale of the cub we call Mowgli.

Blackbuck: Whoa! Don't forget the truce!

Bagheera: I know the law, bucks.

Mowgli: [back from the beehive with welts] You said they didn't sting. What do you call this?

Baloo: How the heck did you do THAT? Oh, those must have been females! Ahhh! They look like males from down here. Females DO sting. Just put some, uh... honey on those.

Mowgli: Honey? Really?

Baloo: Yeah. You put it on, you lick it off, you feel much better.

Giant Squirrel: It's nature's ointment. I put it everywhere.

Mowgli: That's the man village?

Baloo: Yep. You can always tell by the red flower. They do love their red flower.

Mowgli: The red flower doesn't seem SO bad.

Baloo: Yeah. Let it loose and it destroys everything it touches. Don't ever play with it! You got that?

Mowgli: Yeah, I got it.

Baloo: Good.