The Jungle Book (1967)
Sebastian Cabot: Bagheera the Panther
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Quotes
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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 : [sarcastic] Oh? That shouldn't take too long.
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Mowgli : [to the unconscious Baloo] Baloo, get up. Oh, please get up.
Bagheera : Mowgli, try to understand.
Mowgli : Bagheera, what's the matter with him?
Bagheera : You've got to be brave, like Baloo was.
Mowgli : You... you don't mean... Oh, no. Baloo.
Bagheera : Now, now. I know how you feel. But you must remember, Mowgli. Greater love hath no one than he who lays down his life for his friend.
[At this point, Baloo starts waking up, unbeknownst to Bagheera and Mowgli]
Bagheera : Whenever great deeds are remembered in this jungle, one name will stand above all others: our friend, Baloo the bear.
[Baloo is so moved by this that he starts crying]
Baloo : [sniffing] He's cracking me up.
Bagheera : The memory of Baloo's sacrifice and bravery will forever be engraved on our saddened hearts.
Baloo : Beautiful.
Bagheera : This spot where Baloo fell will always be a hallowed place in the jungle, for there lies one of nature's noblest creatures.
Baloo : I wish my mother could have heard this.
Bagheera : It's best we leave now. Come along, man-cub.
Baloo : [suddenly wide awake] Hey, don't stop now, Baggy, you're doing great! There's more, lots more!
Bagheera : [shocked and angry] Why, you big fraud! You-you-you four-flusher! I-I'm fed up!...
Mowgli : [ecstatic] Baloo! You're all right!
Baloo : Who, me? Sure I am. Never felt better.
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Baloo : [singing] Now when you pick a pawpaw / Or a prickly pear / And you prick a raw paw / Well, next time, beware! / Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw / When you pick a pear try to use the claw / But you don't need to use the claw / When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw / Have I given you a clue?
Mowgli : Golly, thanks, Baloo.
Bagheera : Pawpaw, ha! Of all the silly gibberish.
Baloo : [tugging on Bagheera's tail] C'mon, Baggy, get with the beat.
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Kaa : [after being hit by Bagheera] Ooh, my s-s-sinus. You have just made a s-s-s-serious mistake, my friend. A very s-s-s-stupid...
Bagheera : N-n-now, Kaa, I was...
Kaa : ...mis-s-stake. Look me in the eye when I'm speaking to you.
Bagheera : [has one eye closed to avoid being hypnotized] No, please, Kaa...
Kaa : Both eyes, if you please.
[Bagheera is fully hypnotized]
Kaa : You have just s-s-sealed your doom.
[just as Kaa is about to eat Bagheera, Mowgli pushes Kaa's body off the tree; he falls in a pile on the ground]
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Bagheera : Baloo, birds of a feather should flock together. You wouldn't marry a panther now, would you?
Baloo : I don't know.
[laughs]
Baloo : Come to think of it, no panther has ever asked me. Ha-ha.
Bagheera : [getting irritated] Baloo, you've got to be serious...
Baloo : Oh, stop worrying, Baggy! Stop worrying! I'll take care of him.
Bagheera : [sarcastic] Yes, like you did when the monkeys kidnapped him, huh?
Baloo : Can't a guy make one mistake?
Bagheera : [sternly] Not in the jungle! And another thing, sooner or later Mowgli will meet Shere Khan.
Baloo : The tiger? What's he got against the kid?
Bagheera : He hates man with a vengenance. You know that! Because he fears man's gun and man's fire.
Baloo : But little Mowgli don't have those things.
Bagheera : Shere Khan won't wait until he does. He'll get Mowgli while he's young and helpless. Just one swipe!
Baloo : Oh! Well, what... what are we going to do?
Bagheera : Do what's best for the boy.
Baloo : [determinned] You better believe it! You name it, I'll do it.
Bagheera : [pleased] Good. Then make Mowgli go to the man-village.
Baloo : Are you out of your mind? I promised him that he could stay here in the jungle with me.
Bagheera : Well, that's just the point! As long as he remains with you, he's in danger! So, it's up to you.
Baloo : Why me?
Bagheera : B-because he won't listen to me.
Baloo : But I love that kid.
[sniffs]
Baloo : I love him like he was my own cub!
Bagheera : Then think what's best for Mowgli, and not yourself.
Baloo : Uh... well, can't... well, can't I wait until morning?
Bagheera : It's morning now. Go on Baloo.
[Baloo sighs and approaches Mowgli who is asleep]
Baloo : Oh boy!
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[first lines]
Bagheera : Many strange legends are told of these jungles of India, but none so strange as the story of a small boy named Mowgli. It all began when the silence of the jungle was broken by an unfamiliar sound.
[Sound of baby crying]
Bagheera : It was a sound like one never heard before in this part of the jungle. It was a man cub! Had I known how deeply I was to be involved, I would've obeyed my first impulse and walked away.
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Mowgli : [sees the girl] Look. What's that?
Bagheera : Oh, it's the man-village.
Mowgli : No, no. I mean that.
Baloo : Forget about those, they ain't nothing but trouble.
Mowgli : Just a minute. I've never seen one before.
Baloo : So you've seen one. So let's go.
Mowgli : I'll be right back. I want a better look.
Baloo : Mowgli, wait a minute.
Bagheera : Oh, Baloo. Let him have a better look.
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Kaa : [hypnotizing Mowgli and coiling him up] Please, go to sleep, sleep tight little man-cub, rest in peace... sleep... sleep...
Mowgli : Ba... Bagheera?
[chokes]
Bagheera : Now, it's no use arguing anymore. No more talk until morning.
Kaa : [laughs] He won't be here in the morning.
[starts to eat Mowgli]
Bagheera : [almost asleep, but soon notices Kaa about to devour Mowgli] Huh? Oh yes, he will, I...
[shouts]
Bagheera : KAA! HOLD IT, KAA!
[smacks Kaa in the face]
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[after running to save Mowgli when he hears Baloo's roar]
Bagheera : Oh no! It's Baloo, that shiftless, stupid jungle bum.
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Bagheera : Mowgli, this time we're not going back. I'm taking you to a man-village.
Mowgli : [shocked] But why?
Bagheera : Because Shere Khan has returned to this part of the jungle. And he has sworn to kill you.
Mowgli : Kill me? But why would he wanna do that?
Bagheera : He hates man. And Shere Khan is not going to allow you to grow up to become a man. Just another hunter with a gun.
Mowgli : Aw, we'll just explain to him that I'd never do a thing like that.
Bagheera : Nonsense. No one explains anything to Shere Khan.
Mowgli : Well, maybe so. But I'm not afraid. And besides, I...
Bagheera : [interrupts Mowgli] Now that's enough.
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Colonel Hathi : [Seeing Mowgli for the first time] Well, a new recruit, eh? Ha ha... uh say, what happened to your trunk?
[Begins prodding Mowgli's nose with his twig]
Mowgli : [Much annoyed] Hey, stop that!
Colonel Hathi : [Surprised beyond belief] A mancub! This is treason!
[Picks Mowgli up with his trunk]
Colonel Hathi : Sabotage! I'll have no mancub in my jungle!
[Puts him down]
Mowgli : It's not your jungle!
Bagheera : [Running onto the scene] Hold it! Hold it! I can explain, Hathi.
Colonel Hathi : Colonel Hathi, if you please sir.
Bagheera : Oh yes. Colonel Hathi. The mancub is with me. I'm taking him to the man village.
Colonel Hathi : To stay?
Bagheera : You have the word of Bagheera.
Colonel Hathi : Good. And remember: an elephant never forgets!
[Mowgli frowns and folds his arms in disgust]
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[the monkeys have taken Mowgli away and have tricked Baloo into falling off a cliff]
Baloo : [hollering] Bagheera! BAGHEERA!
[far away, Bagheera hears Baloo's echoing holler and Bagheera starts back]
Bagheera : Well, it's happened. It took a little longer than I thought, but it's happened.
[Baloo struggles up the cliff while Bagheera returns to the cliff where Baloo fell, just as Baloo climbs back up]
Baloo : [hollering right in Bagheera's ear] BAGHEERA!
[his echoing holler startles and stuns Bagheera, who glares at him]
Baloo : Oh, you heard me, huh?
Bagheera : Mowgli? Mowgli!
[he turns to Baloo]
Bagheera : All right, what's happened? Where's Mowgli?
Baloo : They ambushed me, thousands of 'em!
[he strikes several fighting poses as he says:]
Baloo : I jabbed with my left, then I swung with a right, and then I...
Bagheera : [exasperated] Oh, for the last time, what happened to Mowgli?
Baloo : Like I told ya, them mangy monkeys carried him off!
Bagheera : The ancient ruins? Oh, I hate to think what will happen when he meets that king of theirs.
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Akela : [to his fellow wolves about Mowgli] Shere Khan will surely kill the boy and all who try to protect him. Now, are we all in agreement as to what must be done?
[the wolves nod]
Akela : Now it is my unpleasant duty to tell the boy's father. Rama? Come over here, please.
Father Wolf : Yes, Akela?
Akela : The Council has reached its decision. Man-cub can no longer stay with the pack. He must leave at once.
Father Wolf : Leave?
Akela : I am sorry, Rama; there is no other way.
Father Wolf : But... but the man-cub is... is like my own son. Surely he's entitled to the protection of the pack.
Akela : But, Rama, even the strength of the pack is no match for the tiger.
Father Wolf : But the boy cannot survive alone in the jungle.
Bagheera : Akela, perhaps I can be of help.
Akela : You, Bagheera? How?
Bagheera : I know of a man-village where he'll be safe. Mowgli and I have taken many walks into the jungle together. I'm sure he'll go with me.
Akela : So be it. Now there's no time to lose. Good luck.
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[Baloo has told Mowgli that he has to take him back to the man-village and Mowgli runs off. Baloo calls for him, but only Bagheera answers]
Bagheera : And now what's happened?
Baloo : You're not gonna believe me, Bagheera, but look. Now I used the same words you did and he ran out on me!
Bagheera : Well, don't just stand there! Let's separate! We've got to find him.
[he runs off]
Baloo : [going off in a different direction] Oh, boy, if anything happens to that little guy, I'll never forgive myself. I've *gotta* find him!
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Bagheera : [to Baloo while Mowgli sleeps after they save him from King Louie] Mowgli seems to have man's ability to get into trouble, and your influence hasn't been exactly...
Baloo : Shh!
[softly]
Baloo : Keep it down! You're gonna wake little buddy. He's had a big day. It was a sockeroo. You know, it ain't easy learning to be like me.
Bagheera : [scoffs] A disgraceful performance! Associating with those undesirable scatterbrain apes? I hope Mowgli learned something from that experience.
Mowgli : [in his sleep] Scooby-dooby, dooby-doo...
Baloo : [laughs] That's my boy.
Bagheera : Oh, nonsense.
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Baloo : He's hooked.
Bagheera : Ah, it was inevitable, Baloo. The boy couldn't help himself. It was bound to happen. Mowgli is where he belongs now.
Baloo : Yeah. I guess you're right. But I still think he'd have made one swell bear. Well, come on, Baggy, buddy. Let's get back where we belong. And get with the beat.
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Mowgli : Bagheera, where are we going?
Bagheera : You're going back to the man-village right now.
Mowgli : I'm not going.
Bagheera : Oh, yes, you are.
Mowgli : [grabbing a hold of a small tree by a river] I'm staying right here.
Bagheera : You're going if I have to drag you every step of the way.
[He grabs a hold of Mowgli's loincloth around his middle in his teeth and tries to tug him off to get him to let go of the tree]
Bagheera : [through his teeth] Let go, you!
Mowgli : *You* let go of *me*!
[as Bagheera pulls harder, he accidentally lets go and falls into the river. As he climbs out of the river, he hits head against a fallen log]
Bagheera : [furious] Oh, that does it! I've had it, man-cub! From now on, you're on your own... ALONE!
Mowgli : Don't worry about me.
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King Louie : Now, give me the secret, Man-Cub/Come on, clue me what to do/Give me the power of man's red flower/So I can be like you.
Bagheera : [eavesdropping] Fire! So that's what that scoundrel's after.
Baloo : I'll tear him limb from limb! I'll beat him! I'll... I'll...
[starting to dance to the rhythm]
Baloo : Mmm, yeah! Well, man, what a beat!
Bagheera : Will you stop that silly beat business and listen?
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Bagheera : [to Mowgli] Now, for the last time, go to sleep!
