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class="infobox-above notheme">Shere Khan</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book" title="The Jungle Book">The Jungle Book</a></i> character</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Becque_-_Livre_de_la_jungle,_p27.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Becque_-_Livre_de_la_jungle%2C_p27.jpeg/200px-Becque_-_Livre_de_la_jungle%2C_p27.jpeg" decoding="async" width="200" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Becque_-_Livre_de_la_jungle%2C_p27.jpeg/300px-Becque_-_Livre_de_la_jungle%2C_p27.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Becque_-_Livre_de_la_jungle%2C_p27.jpeg/400px-Becque_-_Livre_de_la_jungle%2C_p27.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1003" data-file-height="857" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Shere Khan and his wolf followers, as illustrated by Maurice de Becque in a 1924 French edition of <i>The Jungle Book</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/Mowgli%27s_Brothers" title="Mowgli's Brothers">Mowgli's Brothers</a>"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling" title="Rudyard Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data">Lungri</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Species</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bengal_tiger" title="Bengal tiger">Bengal tiger</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data">Male</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shere Khan</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'">ɪər</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is a fictional <a href="/wiki/Bengal_tiger" title="Bengal tiger">Bengal tiger</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling" title="Rudyard Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book" title="The Jungle Book">Jungle Book</a></i> and its adaptations. He is often portrayed as the main <a href="/wiki/Antagonist" title="Antagonist">antagonist</a>, itself an exaggeration of his role in the original stories, in which he only appears a third of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shere Khan is named after <a href="/wiki/Sur_Empire" title="Sur Empire">Afghan</a> Emperor <a href="/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri" title="Sher Shah Suri">Sher Shah Suri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Khan_(title)" title="Khan (title)">Khan</a></i> is a title of distinction among the <a href="/wiki/Turco-Mongol" class="mw-redirect" title="Turco-Mongol">Turco-Mongol</a> peoples, usually meaning <i>chief</i> or <i>ruler</i>. According to <a href="/wiki/The_Kipling_Society" title="The Kipling Society">The Kipling Society</a>, the name shows that Shere Khan "is the chief among tigers".<sup id="cite_ref-names_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-names-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_original_Jungle_Book_stories">The original <i>Jungle Book</i> stories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The original Jungle Book stories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shere Khan is depicted by Kipling as having been born with a crippled leg, so his mother gave him the derisive <a href="/wiki/Nickname" title="Nickname">nickname</a> "Lungri" ("The Lame One").<sup id="cite_ref-names_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-names-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this condition, Shere Khan is prideful and regards himself as the "rightful" lord of the jungle.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only creature who looks up to him is <a href="/wiki/Tabaqui" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabaqui">Tabaqui</a>, a spineless and hated <a href="/wiki/Golden_jackal" title="Golden jackal">golden jackal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In "<a href="/wiki/Mowgli%27s_Brothers" title="Mowgli's Brothers">Mowgli's Brothers</a>", Shere Khan's failed attempt to hunt humans causes a human "cub" to stray from its parents. When Shere Khan discovers the infant, it has been adopted by <a href="/wiki/Indian_wolf" title="Indian wolf">Indian wolves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raksha_(The_Jungle_Book)" title="Raksha (The Jungle Book)">Raksha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Father_Wolf" class="mw-redirect" title="Father Wolf">Father Wolf</a>, who have named the child <a href="/wiki/Mowgli" title="Mowgli">Mowgli</a>. Mowgli is accepted into <a href="/wiki/Akela_(The_Jungle_Book)" title="Akela (The Jungle Book)">Akela</a>'s wolf pack and is protected by <a href="/wiki/Bagheera" title="Bagheera">Bagheera</a> (<a href="/wiki/Black_panther" title="Black panther">a panther</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Baloo" title="Baloo">Baloo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sloth_bear" title="Sloth bear">a bear</a>). Furious at losing his kill, the tiger swears that the boy will be his some day. While Mowgli is growing up, Shere Khan infiltrates the wolf pack by promising the younger wolves rich rewards once Akela is deposed. When the young wolves manoeuvre Akela into missing his kill, the pack council meets to kill and replace him. Shere Khan threatens to take over their hunting territory if the wolves do not give him Mowgli. Having been warned by Bagheera, Mowgli attacks Shere Khan and his allies with a burning branch (the mysterious and powerful "<a href="/wiki/Fire" title="Fire">red flower</a>" of man) and drives them away. Akela leaves the pack to become a lone hunter. Mowgli goes to the human village but swears that he will return one day with Shere Khan's skin. </p><p>Shere Khan also appears in the story "<a href="/wiki/How_Fear_Came" class="mw-redirect" title="How Fear Came">How Fear Came</a>", which is set between the first and second halves of the "Mowgli's Brothers", and probably sometime after "<a href="/wiki/Kaa%27s_Hunting" title="Kaa's Hunting">Kaa's Hunting</a>". In this story the tiger comes to drink from the river just after having killed a human purely for sport, leading <i><a href="/wiki/Hathi" title="Hathi">Hathi</a></i> the <a href="/wiki/Indian_elephant" title="Indian elephant">elephant</a> to tell the story of why tigers, out of all the animals in the jungle, are allowed to hunt humans for pleasure at certain times. This story, in which Mowgli appears mainly as an observer, may be seen as a direct ancestor of Kipling's <i><a href="/wiki/Just_So_Stories" title="Just So Stories">Just So Stories</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sale_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sale-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In "<a href="/wiki/Tiger!_Tiger!_(Kipling_short_story)" title="Tiger! Tiger! (Kipling short story)">Tiger! Tiger!</a>", Mowgli is adopted by <a href="/wiki/Messua_(Jungle_books)" class="mw-redirect" title="Messua (Jungle books)">Messua</a> and her <a href="/wiki/Messua%27s_husband" class="mw-redirect" title="Messua's husband">husband</a> and learns human ways. In this short story, Mowgli learns the villagers have heard of the tiger Shere Khan, who also has a bounty on his head, but believe the tiger's lame because he is the <a href="/wiki/Reincarnation" title="Reincarnation">reincarnation</a> of a money-lender injured in a riot. When Mowgli scoffs at these fanciful tales, the villagers decide to put him to work herding buffalo. He then meets his wolf friend <a href="/wiki/Grey_Brother" class="mw-redirect" title="Grey Brother">Grey Brother</a>, who tells him that Shere Khan is still planning to kill him. Grey Brother forces Tabaqui to tell him where and when Shere Khan is planning to strike, then kills the jackal. With the help of Akela, Grey Brother and Mowgli trap Shere Khan in a narrow canyon and incite the buffalo to <a href="/wiki/Stampede" title="Stampede">stampede</a> him to death. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_adaptations_and_other_media">In adaptations and other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In adaptations and other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disney_versions">Disney versions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Disney versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(franchise)" title="The Jungle Book (franchise)">The Jungle Book (franchise)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Jungle_Book"><i>The Jungle Book</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Jungle Book"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shere_Khan_Disney_Jungle_Book.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Shere_Khan_Disney_Jungle_Book.jpg/220px-Shere_Khan_Disney_Jungle_Book.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Shere_Khan_Disney_Jungle_Book.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="214" /></a><figcaption>Shere Khan as he appears in the 1967 Disney film.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disney's</a> 1967 <a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1967_film)" title="The Jungle Book (1967 film)">animated adaptation of <i>The Jungle Book</i></a>, Shere Khan's <a href="/wiki/Voice_acting" title="Voice acting">voice</a> was performed by <a href="/wiki/George_Sanders" title="George Sanders">George Sanders</a>, while his singing voice was provided by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(singer)" title="Bill Lee (singer)">Bill Lee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thurl_Ravenscroft" title="Thurl Ravenscroft">Thurl Ravenscroft</a> and his roars were performed by <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_MacDonald_(sound_effects_artist)" title="Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)">Jimmy MacDonald</a>. He was designed and animated by animator <a href="/wiki/Milt_Kahl" title="Milt Kahl">Milt Kahl</a>. The inhabitants of the jungle fear him greatly;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> mere news of his being in the vicinity compels the wolf pack to send Mowgli away. Man's gun and fire are the only things Shere Khan fears, and consequently, he feels the urge to kill humans whenever the opportunity presents itself. Shere Khan first appears about two-thirds of the way through the film where, after having been interrupted during a hunt by Colonel <a href="/wiki/Hathi" title="Hathi">Hathi</a>, he eavesdrops on Bagheera asking the elephants to help search for a now-lost Mowgli and sets out to find and kill the boy. He later encounters <a href="/wiki/Kaa" title="Kaa">Kaa</a> just as he was going to eat Mowgli, but the snake denies any knowledge of the man-cub. Doubting Kaa's honesty, Shere Khan threatens Kaa into showing his middle by loosening his coils, inadvertently allowing Mowgli to escape after which the tiger resumes his search. </p><p>In the climax, Shere Khan finds Mowgli, who refuses to run and instead stands up against the tiger, saying that he is not afraid. Impressed by Mowgli's bravery, Shere Khan, for his own amusement, gives him a 10-second head start to run away. But Mowgli still refuses and grabs a stick, intent on fighting the tiger. Shere Khan becomes annoyed and immediately attempts to attack Mowgli, who flinches in fear, finally understanding the true danger of the ferocious beast. Fortunately, Baloo arrives in the nick of time and grabs Shere Khan by the tail. Mowgli then hits Shere Khan with his stick. Enraged, he chases Mowgli while dragging Baloo behind him, but the vultures manage to fly Mowgli to safety. Baloo's interference proves such a nuisance to Shere Khan that he decides to savage the bear, nearly killing him. Upon learning that Shere Khan is afraid of fire, Mowgli grabs a burning branch from a tree struck by a bolt of lightning, and the vultures distract Shere Khan long enough for Mowgli to tie the branch to his tail. Shere Khan panics and is forced to flee. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Jungle_Book_2"><i>The Jungle Book 2</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Jungle Book 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shere Khan returned (and had more on-screen time) in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_2" title="The Jungle Book 2">The Jungle Book 2</a></i>. Humiliated by the ordeal of his tail being tied to a burning branch in the original film, the tiger has sworn to kill Mowgli for revenge. He first searches the Man Village and is chased off by the villagers. He then searches the jungle for Mowgli and is lied to by Kaa, who tells him that Mowgli is at the swamp out of fear, and being pestered by Lucky, a new but dim-witted member of the vultures, who accidentally reveals Mowgli's whereabouts before Shere Khan violently attacks him for his jokes, causing the other 4 vultures to fly away in fear. Shere Khan and Mowgli ultimately meet again as Mowgli tries to reconcile with Shanti and Ranjan, who, unbeknownst to him, were cornered by the tiger at that very moment. Barely escaping, Mowgli hides in an abandoned temple surrounded by lava. Shanti, Ranjan, Baloo, and Bagheera hurry to save Mowgli. After Baloo and Shanti team up, they, along with Mowgli, confuse Shere Khan by banging three different gongs. Eventually, Shanti's gong collapses, giving away her hiding place. Shere Khan threatens to kill Shanti instead unless Mowgli comes out of hiding, forcing Mowgli to reveal himself. Shere Khan then chases the two of them, despite Baloo's efforts to slow him down. Mowgli and Shanti jump over a pit of molten lava and grab onto the head of a tiger statue. Shere Khan leaps across and corners the children. Before he can kill them, the statue falls under his weight taking the three of them with it. Shanti and Mowgli are saved by Baloo while Shere Khan falls onto a stone slab in the lava pit, and the statue lands on top of him, trapping him inside its mouth. He is last seen being taunted by Lucky. In <i>The Jungle Book 2</i>, Shere Khan was voiced by <a href="/wiki/Tony_Jay" title="Tony Jay">Tony Jay</a>, who reprised his role from the <a href="/wiki/Disney_Afternoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney Afternoon">Disney Afternoon</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/TaleSpin" title="TaleSpin">TaleSpin</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="TaleSpin"><i>TaleSpin</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: TaleSpin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shere Khan appeared in the 1990-1991 <a href="/wiki/Disney_Afternoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney Afternoon">Disney Afternoon</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/TaleSpin" title="TaleSpin">TaleSpin</a></i>, which anthropomorphised a number of animal characters from the <a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1967_film)" title="The Jungle Book (1967 film)">1967 <i>Jungle Book</i></a>. Khan was depicted as the wealthy mogul of Khan Industries in the harbour city of Cape Suzette. He was a nominal villain who occasionally took enjoyment in driving small companies out of business to expand his own enterprise, but sometimes allied with the heroes when it suited him. <a href="/wiki/Tony_Jay" title="Tony Jay">Tony Jay</a> provided his voice, and would do so again in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_2" title="The Jungle Book 2">The Jungle Book 2</a></i> (2003), which restored Khan to a more conventional portrayal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1994_live-action_film">1994 live-action film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1994 live-action film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1994 live-action film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1994_film)" title="The Jungle Book (1994 film)">The Jungle Book</a></i>, Shere Khan is presented as a more sympathetic character. In the film, Shere Khan does not kill for sport, and his sole goal is to protect the jungle from those who break "the laws of the jungle" (the most basic of which are killing to eat or to <a href="/wiki/Self-defense" title="Self-defense">keep from being eaten</a>), including humans who trespass with guns and kill animals for fun instead of food. At the beginning of the film, he sees two British guards and a hunter named Buldeo shooting animals for sport and becomes enraged at this. That night, he attacks the humans' camp in revenge for the animals' death and kills Mowgli's father Nathoo in response to him defending Buldeo. Other than killing Nathoo, Shere Khan also kills a guard and a British sergeant named Claiborne, both of whom were responsible for the jungle law being broken alongside Buldeo. This event is what led Mowgli to be separated from civilization and to live in the jungle to survive. </p><p>Shere Khan is not seen again until the second half of the film, which takes place twenty years after the first act, when he spots several hunters (led by Captain William Boone) and roars to announce his approach. He goes on to maul Lieutenant Wilkins (a henchman of Boone) to death when he gets separated. Following Boone's death by Kaa, Shere Khan and Mowgli meet face to face for the first time. Shere Khan is obviously distrusting of Mowgli and all humans. He attempts to scare Mowgli away by roaring in his face, but Mowgli stubbornly roars back and stares Shere Khan down. Seeing Mowgli's courage, Shere Khan develops a newfound respect for him, and begins to see him as a fellow "creature of the jungle". Because of this, Shere Khan spares Mowgli and allows him and his friend Katherine Brydon to leave peacefully. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Jungle_Cubs"><i>Jungle Cubs</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Jungle Cubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shere Khan also appears in the 1996 Disney animated series <i><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Cubs" title="Jungle Cubs">Jungle Cubs</a></i>, where he is a tiger cub. He is more of a bully than a predator but is friends with the other characters. Shere Khan is voiced by <a href="/wiki/Jason_Marsden" title="Jason Marsden">Jason Marsden</a>. The producers originally wanted Shere Khan to keep his British accent for the show, but later changed their mind, and Shere Khan ended up with an American accent, completely different from that of his adult version. The adult version of himself appears in the <i>Jungle Cubs: Born to be Wild</i> video (again voiced by <a href="/wiki/Tony_Jay" title="Tony Jay">Tony Jay</a>), and in these cut scenes, he attempts to kill Mowgli when Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera walk into his part of the jungle. Baloo and Bagheera try to reason with Shere Khan by recounting the "Red Dogs" story, in which they and the other animals saved Shere Khan's life, but Shere Khan refuses to listen and says to them the past is the past. Baloo then throws a stone at a beehive and grabs Shere Khan by the head, letting go only when the beehive falls on his head. Shere Khan, with the beehive still on his head, runs away from the angry bees. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Jungle_Book:_Mowgli's_Story"><span id="The_Jungle_Book:_Mowgli.27s_Story"></span><i>The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shere Khan appears once again as a villain in the 1998 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book:_Mowgli%27s_Story" title="The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story">The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story</a></i>, where he is voiced by <a href="/wiki/Sherman_Howard" title="Sherman Howard">Sherman Howard</a> and accompanied by his sidekick Tabaqui, who in this version is a <a href="/wiki/Spotted_hyena" title="Spotted hyena">spotted hyena</a>. In the film, he kills Raksha in Monkey Town when she comes to rescue Mowgli. During the final battle, Mowgli uses fire in order to banish Shere Khan from his jungle. Shere Khan complies and leaves the jungle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016_live-action/CGI_hybrid_film"><span id="2016_live-action.2FCGI_hybrid_film"></span>2016 live-action/CGI hybrid film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2016 live-action/CGI hybrid film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shere_Khan_Idris_Elba.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/33/Shere_Khan_Idris_Elba.jpg/220px-Shere_Khan_Idris_Elba.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Shere_Khan_Idris_Elba.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="264" data-file-height="377" /></a><figcaption>Shere Khan in promotional material for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(2016_film)" title="The Jungle Book (2016 film)">The Jungle Book</a></i> (2016).</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Idris_Elba" title="Idris Elba">Idris Elba</a> voices Shere Khan in the 2016 live-action film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(2016_film)" title="The Jungle Book (2016 film)">The Jungle Book</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this incarnation, Shere Khan has several noticeable burns, including a blinded left eye. He also hates humans and views them all as a threat, much as his previous Disney incarnation does.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When interviewed regarding the character, Elba described Shere Khan as the "lord of the jungle", a creature "that reigns with fear" and that he "terrorizes everyone he encounters because he comes from a place of fear."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shere Khan first appears during the drought, when the animals gather to drink at Peace Rock, a watering hole where the animals maintain a water truce not to devour each other while quenching their thirst. Upon scenting Mowgli, he threatens to kill him as man is not allowed to live in the jungle. Raksha, Mowgli's adoptive mother, retorts that they do not see him as the jungle's ruler; and that he has no right to dictate rules since he breaks them himself. This causes Akela and his wolf pack to debate whether to have Mowgli leave. When Mowgli leaves the wolf pack with Bagheera, Shere Khan ambushes him en route and fights with Bagheera. Though Shere Khan defeats and mildly injures Bagheera, Mowgli escapes with the aid of a stampeding water buffalo herd. During Kaa's attempt to hypnotize Mowgli, she reveals that Shere Khan himself is responsible for Mowgli being found by Bagheera, as he killed Mowgli's father (an event that left him with his burns and even more passionate hatred for humans). </p><p>Shere Khan later returns to confront Akela's pack and demand Mowgli is turned over to him, killing Akela by grabbing him in his jaws and throwing the wolf leader off a cliff when he learns that Mowgli is on his way to the Man-village. He then assumes control of the wolves, confident that Mowgli will return as he orders them to spread the word. Later that night, Shere Khan tells the wolf pups the story of the cuckoo bird as an insult to Raksha. He admits to Raksha that he never wanted Mowgli to leave the jungle, he wanted him dead. </p><p>When Mowgli hears of Akela's death, he returns to face Shere Khan at the river with a burning torch stolen from the Man-village. Shere Khan points out that he has accidentally started a wildfire in the process, and that the animals now have more reason to fear Mowgli than Shere Khan. When Mowgli throws away the torch, Shere Khan attempts to attack the now unarmed Mowgli; but is blocked by Baloo, Bagheera and the wolf pack who are inspired by Mowgli's courage and stand up to Shere Khan while reciting the mantra of the wolf. Infuriated by this defiance and insult to his self-proclaimed reign, he roars in fury while unleashing his true behavior as a vicious tiger; now attempting to kill all the animals just to get to Mowgli. However, the combined efforts of Baloo, Bagheera and the wolf pack keep him distracted long enough for Mowgli to set a trap in the burning jungle nearby. During their battle, Mowgli lures Shere Khan onto a dead strangler fig tree and eventually defeats him by causing him to fall roaring to his death into the fires below. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other">Other</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Descendants_(2015_film)" title="Descendants (2015 film)">Descendants</a></i> novel "The Isle of the Lost", Shere Khan is shown as an inmate of the Isle of the Lost. He is shown to have a soft spot for the <a href="/wiki/Queen_(Snow_White)" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen (Snow White)">Evil Queen</a>'s daughter Evie. </p><p>Shere Khan was to appear in cancelled Disney's <i>The Jungle Book 3</i>, a sequel to Disney's original animated films where he and Baloo were to be taken to a Russian circus and Shere Khan was to change his ways and become good.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mowgli:_Legend_of_the_Jungle_(2018)"><span id="Mowgli:_Legend_of_the_Jungle_.282018.29"></span><i>Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle</i> (2018)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2018 live-action film <i><a href="/wiki/Mowgli:_Legend_of_the_Jungle" title="Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle">Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle</a></i>, Shere Khan is portrayed in motion-capture and voice-over by <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This version of Shere Khan bears a closer resemblance to his novel counterpart in that he is crippled with a deformed front leg. He is also considerably more sinister than previous incarnations as he continually strives to gain more power and influence among the jungle's creatures as he seeks to kill Mowgli. Shere Khan first appears in the beginning of the film breaking jungle law by killing Mowgli's parents. When the infant Mowgli escapes him thanks to the intervention of Bagheera and the wolf pack, Shere Khan is informed of his whereabouts by his hyena minion Tabaqui and challenges Akela for him. When this fails, Shere Khan leaves for many years until he announces his return by killing man's cattle and leaving it for Baloo and the pack to find. He also pursues Mowgli during the latter's swim and subsequent escape, but fails to catch him after Mowgli falls into a tiger pit and an elephant rescues him. Shere Khan next appears when the Bandar-Log monkeys bring Mowgli to him on Tabaqui's orders, where he tries to eat Mowgli while the boy has been knocked unconscious. The intervention of Baloo, Bagheera and Kaa stops Shere Khan, and he waits until Akela is challenged for leadership to try and claim the boy again after Akela fails to catch a deer, but Mowgli drives him away with a burning branch taken from the Man-Village. Afterwards, Shere Khan divides the wolf pack with his followers haranguing and raiding Akela's pack and their allies. Mowgli, having lived in the Man-Village and seeking to rid the jungle of the tiger's influence, calls out Shere Khan. The boy then faces off against the tiger, aided by the elephants before he manages to mortally wound Shere Khan. However, the hunter pursuing Shere Khan, John Lockwood, accidentally grazes Mowgli with a bullet and shoots Akela as he stops the tiger from killing Mowgli causing the elephant whose tusk was shot off by Lockwood to intervene and kill the hunter to prevent more death. As the other animals rally to Mowgli, Shere Khan slinks away and collapses, playing dead to try and lure Mowgli in. Mowgli fails to let his guard down and kills Shere Khan with his knife as the tiger tries to kill him, ending his reign of terror once and for all. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_appearances">Other appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Other appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Shere Khan appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Jungle_Book_(1942_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jungle Book (1942 film)">1942 film adaptation</a> by the Hungarian brothers, <a href="/wiki/Zoltan_Korda" title="Zoltan Korda">Zoltan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a>, with the screenplay written by <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Stallings" title="Laurence Stallings">Laurence Stallings</a>.</li> <li>In the 1967 Russian animated short series <i><a href="/wiki/Adventures_of_Mowgli" title="Adventures of Mowgli">Adventures of Mowgli</a></i>, Shere Khan is voiced by <a href="/wiki/Anatoli_Papanov" title="Anatoli Papanov">Anatoli Papanov</a> in Russian and by <a href="/wiki/Scott_McNeil" title="Scott McNeil">Scott McNeil</a> in the English-language version.</li> <li>In the 1976 <a href="/wiki/Mowgli%27s_Brothers_(TV_special)" title="Mowgli's Brothers (TV special)">animated television adaptation of "Mowgli's Brothers"</a>, all the male characters, including Shere Khan, are voiced by narrator <a href="/wiki/Roddy_McDowall" title="Roddy McDowall">Roddy McDowall</a>. In this adaptation he is a robust <a href="/wiki/White_tiger" title="White tiger">white tiger</a>.</li> <li>In the 1989 Japanese <a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">anime</a> television series <i><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Book_Sh%C5%8Dnen_Mowgli" class="mw-redirect" title="Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli">Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli</a></i>, Shere Khan is voiced by <a href="/wiki/Shigez%C5%8D_Sasaoka" title="Shigezō Sasaoka">Shigezō Sasaoka</a> in Japanese, Jean Fontaine in the English dub, and <a href="/wiki/Nana_Patekar" title="Nana Patekar">Nana Patekar</a> in the Hindi dub. Unlike in the literature, his crippled right leg wasn't a birth defect, but gained in a fight with the wolf Alexander, who was fathering Mowgli. He is very accurate to Kipling's portrayal in a lot of ways (like the fact that he has Tabaqui as a sidekick), only crueler as he has violated many jungle laws (which includes man-eating) and also shares his Disney version's fear of fire.</li> <li>A song titled "Shere Kahn" appears on the 1997 debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Music_for_Earthworms" title="Music for Earthworms">Music for Earthworms</a></i> by underground rapper <a href="/wiki/Aesop_Rock" title="Aesop Rock">Aesop Rock</a>.</li> <li>In the Spanish animated television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Triplets" title="The Triplets">The Triplets</a></i>, Shere Khan appears in the episode "The Triplets and The Jungle Book". Unlike other versions, Shere Khan is shown as a good character, acting as Mowgli's protector just as the panther Bagheera and the bear Baloo do in most adaptations. He joins the triplets in finding Mowgli, who has been kidnapped by a hunter who is looking for the treasure of Monkey Town.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the 2010 Indian animated television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(2010_TV_series)" title="The Jungle Book (2010 TV series)">The Jungle Book</a></i>, Shere Khan is voiced by <a href="/wiki/David_Holt_(voice_actor)" title="David Holt (voice actor)">David Holt</a> in Seasons 1 and 2 and <a href="/wiki/Marc_Thompson_(voice_actor)" title="Marc Thompson (voice actor)">Marc Thompson</a> in Season 3.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In Hindi, <i>lungri</i> is the adjective's female form. The corresponding male form would be <i>lungra</i>, लंगड़ा. See <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.shabdkosh.com/en2hi/search.php?e=lame&f=0">[1]</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged March 2023">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> or <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.shabdkosh.com/en2hi/search.php?ts=1221775873709&e=%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%9C%E0%A4%BE">[2]</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged March 2023">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shere_Khan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/60px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Mowgli%27s_Brothers" title="Mowgli's Brothers">Mowgli's Brothers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kaa%27s_Hunting" title="Kaa's Hunting">Kaa's Hunting</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tiger!_Tiger!_(Kipling_short_story)" title="Tiger! Tiger! (Kipling short story)">Tiger! Tiger!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Letting_in_the_Jungle" title="Letting in the Jungle">Letting in the Jungle</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Red_Dog_(Kipling_short_story)" title="Red Dog (Kipling short story)">Red Dog</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jungle_Book_characters" title="List of The Jungle Book characters">Characters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mowgli" title="Mowgli">Mowgli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baloo" title="Baloo">Baloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagheera" title="Bagheera">Bagheera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akela_(The_Jungle_Book)" title="Akela (The Jungle Book)">Akela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raksha_(The_Jungle_Book)" title="Raksha (The Jungle Book)">Raksha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaa" title="Kaa">Kaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hathi" title="Hathi">Hathi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shere Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandar-log" title="Bandar-log">Bandar-log</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Louie" title="King Louie">King Louie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations of<br />Mowgli stories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Disneyfranchise75" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(franchise)" title="The Jungle Book (franchise)">Disney<br />franchise</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1967_film)" title="The Jungle Book (1967 film)">The Jungle Book</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book:_Mowgli%27s_Story" title="The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story">The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_2" title="The Jungle Book 2">The Jungle Book 2</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(2016_film)" title="The Jungle Book (2016 film)">The Jungle Book</a></i> (2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/TaleSpin" title="TaleSpin">TaleSpin</a></i> (1990–91)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Cubs" title="Jungle Cubs">Jungle Cubs</a></i> (1996–1998)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1967_soundtrack)" title="The Jungle Book (1967 soundtrack)">The Jungle Book</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(2016_soundtrack)" title="The Jungle Book (2016 soundtrack)">The Jungle Book</a></i> (2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Colonel_Hathi%27s_March_(The_Elephant_Song)" title="Colonel Hathi's March (The Elephant Song)">Colonel Hathi's March</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Bare_Necessities" title="The Bare Necessities">The Bare Necessities</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wan%27na_Be_Like_You_(The_Monkey_Song)" title="I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)">I Wan'na Be like You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Trust_in_Me_(The_Python%27s_Song)" title="Trust in Me (The Python's Song)">Trust in Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_What_Friends_Are_For_(The_Vulture_Song)" title="That's What Friends Are For (The Vulture Song)">That's What Friends Are For</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Own_Home" title="My Own Home">My Own Home</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/TaleSpin_(Capcom_video_game)" title="TaleSpin (Capcom video game)">TaleSpin</a></i> (Nintendo) (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/TaleSpin_(video_game)" title="TaleSpin (video game)">TaleSpin</a></i> (TurboGrafx-16) (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/TaleSpin_(video_game)" title="TaleSpin (video game)">TaleSpin</a></i> (Sega) (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(video_game)" title="The Jungle Book (video game)">The Jungle Book</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_Groove_Party" title="The Jungle Book Groove Party">The Jungle Book Groove Party</a></i> (2000)</li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Related7" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Disney_Infinity_3.0" title="Disney Infinity 3.0">Disney Infinity 3.0</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Disney_Magic_Kingdoms" title="Disney Magic Kingdoms">Disney Magic Kingdoms</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Disney_Mirrorverse" title="Disney Mirrorverse">Disney Mirrorverse</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Disney_Speedstorm" title="Disney Speedstorm">Disney Speedstorm</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book:_Alive_with_Magic" title="The Jungle Book: Alive with Magic">The Jungle Book: Alive with Magic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Colonel_Hathi%27s_Pizza_Outpost" title="Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost">Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Studio" title="Once Upon a Studio">Once Upon a Studio</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live-action film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling%27s_Jungle_Book" title="Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book">Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1994_film)" title="The Jungle Book (1994 film)">The Jungle Book</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Second_Jungle_Book:_Mowgli_%26_Baloo" title="The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo">The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mowgli:_Legend_of_the_Jungle" title="Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle">Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle</a></i> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Animated film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Adventures_of_Mowgli" title="Adventures of Mowgli">Adventures of Mowgli</a></i> (1967–1971)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mowgli%27s_Brothers_(TV_special)" title="Mowgli's Brothers (TV special)">Mowgli's Brothers</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1989_TV_series)" title="The Jungle Book (1989 TV series)">Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli</a></i> (1989–90) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jungle_Book_Sh%C5%8Dnen_Mowgli_episodes" title="List of Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli episodes">episodes</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mowgli:_The_New_Adventures_of_the_Jungle_Book" title="Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book">Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(2010_TV_series)" title="The Jungle Book (2010 TV series)">The Jungle Book</a></i> (2010–2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other stories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" title="Rikki-Tikki-Tavi">Rikki-Tikki-Tavi</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Toomai_of_the_Elephants" title="Toomai of the Elephants">Toomai of the Elephants</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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