Phil Harris credited as playing...
Baloo the Bear
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Baloo: So just try and... relax. Yeah. Cool it. Fall apart in my backyard. 'Cause let me tell you something, little britches: if you act like that bee at... Uh-uh. You're working too hard. And don't spend your time lookin' around for something you want that can't be found...
- Baloo: [singing] When you find out you can live without it / And go along not thinking about it / I'll tell you something true / The bare necessities of life will come to you.
- Mowgli: Where we goin', Baloo?
- Baloo: Well, uh, it's uh... um... well, it's sorta new and, uh...
- Mowgli: Oh, I don't care, as long as I'm with you.
- Baloo: Mowgli, look, buddy, uh, there's somethin' I gotta tell ya.
- Mowgli: Tell me what, Baloo?
- Baloo: Oh, gee whiz. Now, how did ol' Baggy put it? Uh, uh, Mowgli... Ha! You wouldn't marry a panther, would you?
- Mowgli: Gee, I don't even know what you're talking about.
- Baloo: [serious] Mowgli, don't you realize that you're a human?
- Mowgli: I'm not any more, Baloo. I'm a bear like you.
- Baloo: Little buddy, look. Listen to me.
- Mowgli: [play fighting] Come on, Baloo.
- Baloo: Mowgli, stop it now. Hold still. I wanna tell you something. Now listen to me.
- Mowgli: [smiling] What's the matter, ol' papa bear?
- Baloo: Look, Mowgli, I've been trying to tell ya, I've been trying all morning to tell ya. I've got to take you back to the man-village!
- Mowgli: [shocked] The man-village?
- Baloo: Now look, kid, I can explain...
- Mowgli: But-but you said we were partners.
- Baloo: Now believe me, kid, I...
- Mowgli: You're just like... like old Bagheera!
- Baloo: Now just a minute! That's going too far!
- 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!
- Baloo: Now, look. It's like this, little britches. All you gotta do is...
- Baloo: [singing] Look for the bare necessities / The simple bare necessities / Forget about your worries and your strife / I mean the bare necessities / Are Mother Nature's recipies / That bring the bare necessities of life / Wherever I wander / Wherever I roam / I couldn't be fonder / Of my big home / The bees are buzzin' in the tree / To make some honey just for me / When you look under the rocks and plants / And take a glance at the fancy ants / Then maybe try a few...
- Mowgli: You eat ants?
- Baloo: You better believe it. And you're gonna *love* the way they tickle.
- 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.
- [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.
- [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!