Jungle Cubs

On a dare from Louie, Shere Khan sets out to prove his courage by roaring from the top of Pinnacle Rock in the Wasteland, unaware that the fierce baboon Mahra and her sons have returned to their Pinnacle Rock cave.

Anxious to prove himself equal to Shere Khan, Bagheera enters a number of "contests" with the tiger... culminating with his losing his voice, and his pride. Bagheera finds a discarded pocket watch. Although he doesn't know what it is, he's convinced this "man thing" must have magical powers, despite Shere Khan's warnings to the contrary.

A lost female elephant happens into the Lair, and the boys discover that even "a girl" has what it takes to survive in the jungle. Buzzards Arthur and Cecil, hoping to dine on a seemingly decrepit old water buffalo, try to trick Shere Khan into putting the buffalo out of his misery (since the birds can't eat anything that's still alive).

Kaa encounters a young mongoose in the jungle and brings him back to the cubs' Lair, unaware that snakes and mongooses are among the deadliest enemies in the jungle. Hathi decides the cubs must get in shape to prepare for the coming monsoon season - especially Baloo, who resists the others' every attempt to make him change his lazy ways.

A misunderstanding between Louie and the other cubs sends Louie packing...but only when he ends up enslaved by the baboons do Louie and his friends realize how much they miss one another.

When a pack of rampaging wild dogs enter the jungle, the cubs are forced to work together as a team to run off the marauders.

Kaa finally finds someone gullible enough to fall for his hypnotism routine - namely the two buzzards. But he soon discovers, sometimes you should be careful what you wish for.

McCoy, an adolescent mountain bear, comes to the jungle to feed before going into hibernation. When he becomes fast friends with Baloo, Louie becomes wildly jealous, thinking he's going to lose his best pal to another bear. When Shere Khan gets bonked on the head while chasing some prey, his personality undergoes an amazing transformation. The others think the new Khan is just great, until they need the old Khan to protect them.

When Kaa, following the suggestion of a fast-talking shrew, tells the other cubs of the existence of something called "treasure," they immediately head to the mysterious Middle Jungle to look for it, despite having no idea what treasure really is.

When buzzards Arthur and Cecil have a falling out over a female counterpart, Arthur decides he needs a new friend and partner and he picks Shere Khan. When Louie is left in charge of his two young cousins, Benny and Clyde, he decides that the responsibility is much more than he wants to bother with.

The cubs' antics cause a commotion with Winifred, her uncle, and the rest of their skittish elephant herd leading Uncle to ban poor Hathi from ever seeing Winifred again.

Bagheera, warning of an impending drought, tries to teach the other cubs about saving water - not surprisingly, with little success. Louie and Baloo, tired of Bagheera's typically cat-like vanity, play a practical joke on the panther, convincing him he's contracted terminal jungle rot.

Akela and Leah, a pair of young adult wolves, escape from their pack and its vicious leader, Cain. When the two wolves seek shelter in the Lair, Hathi and the other cubs launch a counter-attack, unaware that Akela and Leah mean them no harm.

The Cubs discover an ancient tablet which prophesies that Louie is to become king of the jungle. However, King Louie doesn't take his new leadership role seriously.

When Hathi discovers that his best friend Johar must move away, the two buddies try to keep their separation from happening. Shere Khan challenges the Cubs to a game of Kasaba Ball, but Louie excludes Hathi from the big game.

Unhappy about being an elephant, Hathi decides to learn how to be a different kind of animal. Baloo takes Hathi's prize melon with the intention of eating it, but guilt overcomes him.

The Cubs form a musical group, but the band's success brings about a conflict of egos. Kaa is upset that no one has remembered his birthday. To cheer him up, Baloo, Bagheera and Louie pretend that Kaa has hypnotized them, and then throw a "surprise" party for him.

Louie is nervous about performing as an opening act for a well known jungle star that is his idol. When it comes time to perform, Louie gets scared because he thinks he's mediocre compared to the big star. Hathi can't say no to anyone. He finds himself sorting bananas for Louie, picking berries for Baloo, moving a rock for Kaa, and watching a basket full of woodpeckers for a warthog he's never even met!

Bagheera coughs up a hairball which embarrasses him so much that he decides to run away and never show his face again. Louie is swinging through the trees and nearly falls to his death, but Kaa and Shere Khan accidentally save him.

Baloo agrees to do a simple errand for Louie, but Baloo's procrastination leads to big trouble. Louie and Bagheera lose their homes in a terrible storm and so move in together.

When Baloo's worries keep him from sleeping, he's inspired to create his famous song, "The Bear Necessities of Life." Shere Khan states that you could follow him for the rest of his life, and you'd never catch him doing anything good. Louie, Baloo and Hathi decide to follow him and see.