Talk:Baloo

Historical oversight
Baloo's character and position with respect to Mogul is very similar to that of Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula. Fjgdh5 (talk) 21:53, 13 April 2019 (UTC)\Fjgdh5 (talk) 21:53, 13 April 2019 (UTC)\Fjgdh5 (talk)\\\~

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Talespin.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:20, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Baloo and hibernation in the 2016 film
This came up in a separate discussion in the article on the film: Baloo wants honey "for hibernation", but Bagheera accuses him of misleading Mowgli because "bears don't hibernate in the jungle", after which Baloo admits that he just "naps, a lot". I think the script (and dialogue) intended a sloth bear, but the animators, whether by accident or deliberate change, made him look like a brown bear without getting the voice cast back. I wonder whether they got as far as animating the fight with Shere Khan (who ought to be bigger than a sloth bear, explaining why Baloo should be so afraid of him) before deciding.

Since the talk of hibernation is explicitly called out as misleading, I suggest that be removed from the article, and it just says "appears as a brown bear". Any objection before I edit?

Aside: this article is probably the only place where it's possible to ask whether the plural of Baloo is Bali... Fluppeteer (talk) 03:19, 8 January 2021 (UTC)