Mowgli (Disney)

Full Name

Mowgli

Alias(es)

Man-Cub

Little Britches (by Baloo)
Skinny little shrimp (by Kaa)
Jungle Boy
Bear Cub (by Baloo)

Origin

The Jungle Book

Occupation

Orphan child

Powers / Skills

Intelligence

Strength
Speed
Agility
Durability
Climbing skills
Charisma
Willpower
Animal Empathy

Hobby

Playing with Baloo.

Hanging out and playing with Shanti and Ranjan.
Flirting with Shanti.

Goals

Live a good and fun life in the jungle (formerly).

Defeat Shere Khan (succeeded twice).
Go back the Man Village (succeeded).
Celebrate 100 years with a huge group photo (succeeded).

Family

Nathoo (father)

Marail (mother)
Bagheera (guardian)
Raksha (first adoptive mother)
Rama (first adoptive father)
Wolf Pups (first adoptive siblings)
Messua (second adoptive mother)
Ranjan (second adoptive brother)
The Village Leader (second adoptive father)

Friends / Allies

Bagheera (best friend)

Baloo (best friend)
Shanti (best friend/girlfriend)
King Louie
Bandar Log
Colonel Hathi
Winifred
Colonel Hathi's troop
Hathi Jr.
Buzzie, Flaps, Ziggy and Dizzy
Akela
Disney Heroes

Enemies

Shere Khan (archenemy)

Kaa (archenemy)
Bandar Log (formerly)
Disney Villains

Type of Hero

Kid Hero

Hero Overview

Gallery

Many strange legends are told of these jungles of India, but none so strange as the story of a small boy named Mowgli.Bagheera

Mowgli confronting his arch-namesis, Shere KhanYou don't scare me. I won't run from anyone!

Mowgli singing "When You Wish Upon a Star" with BalooAs dreamers do.

Mowgli, commonly referred to as the Man-Cub, is the main protagonist of Disney's The Jungle Book franchise.

He is voiced by Bruce Reitherman in the original film, Haley Joel Osment (who also voices Casey Jones in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie) in the sequel, Tyler Mullen in the TV series, Sean Marquette (who also voices Mac in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) in Disney Key Stage 1: The Jungle Book, Maxim Knight in Kinect Disneyland Adventures , and Phoenix Reisser in Once Upon a Studio.

Physical Appearance

Mowgli is a tanned, slender 10-year-old boy with wild black hair covering his entire head and thick black eyebrows as well. He has brown eyes. The only thing he wears is a red cotton langot.

Biography

The Jungle Book

Mowgli is first seen as an infant lying in a basket in the remains of a boat deep in the Indian jungle. He is found by a panther named Bagheera and taken to a wolf pack where he is cared for by Raksha and her mate Rama alongside their own cubs.

10 years later, a tiger named Shere Khan arrives in the area of the jungle where the pack live. Knowing of Shere Khan's hatred of man, the pack's leader Akela, fearing for Mowgli's safety, decides that he should be sent away. Bagheera suggests taking Mowgli to a nearby Man Village, which Akela agrees to. Later, Bagheera begins to escourt Mowgli to the Man Village, before napping in a tree. However as Bagheera sleeps, a python named Kaa hypnotises Mowgli and tries to eat him, only for Bagheera to wake up and save Mowgli. Angered, Kaa then hypnotieses Bagheera, but Mowgli saves him by pushing Kaa off the tree, sending the python falling to the ground and swearing vengence. After this, Mowgli and Bagheera go back to sleep.

The following morning, Mowgli is awoken by Colonel Hathi's patrol and soon befriends Hathi's son Hathi Jr.. Afterwards, Mowgli and Bagheera get into an argument over Mowgli refusing to leave the jungle and go their seperate ways. After wandering on his own, Mowgli meets and befriends a bear named Baloo, who sings "The Bare Necessities". Later, whilst swimming in a river with Baloo, Mowgli is taken by a group of monkeys and is taken to their leader, an orangutan named King Louie, who says that he can help Mowgli stay in the jungle if Mowgli teaches him how to make fire. However, Mowgli does not know how to make fire. Luckily, Baloo and Bagheera soon arrive and save Mowgli. Later that night as Mowgli sleeps, Baloo agrees with Bagheera that Mowgli should go to the Man Village. The next day, Baloo reveals to Mowgli that he has to take him to the Man Village, much to Mowgli's dismay, who storms off.

Mowgli then runs into Kaa, who tries to eat him again, only to be distracted by Shere Khan, who wishes to know Mowgli's whereabouts. Mowgli later meets and befriends a group of vultures before encountering Shere Khan. With help from Baloo and the vultures, Mowgli manages to defeat Shere Khan by tying a burning branch onto his tail, causing the tiger to flee. Mowgli then moarns an apparently dead Baloo, who had been attacked by Shere Khan. However much to Mowgli's happiness, Baloo is alive.

Later whilst travelling through the jungle with Baloo and Bagheera, Mowgli hears singing and follows the sound. He finds a girl around his age collecting water for the Man Village. Smitten by the girl, Mowgli helps her collect water and decides to go with her to live in the Man Village as Baloo and Bagheera watch on.