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King Louie of the Bandar-Log was a 2.9 meter tall Gigantopithecus who's demanded to have something called the "Red flower". Gigantopithecus Fossils have been found across Asia, with G. Bilaspurensis being known from the Siwalik Moutain Range & Himachal Pradesh of the Indian Subcontinent, G. Giganteus being located in Indonesia and Java & the largest species, the 3.5-meter tall G. Blacki being known from Southern China, Thailand & Vietnam. King Louie is also known as the “Vietnamese King Kong”, & his appearance makes him look more sinister, menacing, ruthless & antagonistic despite that he is partly persistent & intelligent.
Biography[]
King Louie is at his temple when several of his followers kidnapped Mowgli and brought him over. After a brief introduction, Louie offers Mowgli protection from the sinister tiger known as Shere Khan, and in return, he expects Mowgli to be his minion and build the red flower from fire, as part of a plan to take over the jungle.
However, Mowgli doesn’t know how to make fire, and Louie, who realizes that due to his protests, refuses to let Mowgli depart. Mowgli is rescued by the arrival of Baloo who gets the monkeys’s attention so that Mowgli can sneak away from Louie. Aggravated that Baloo entered his temple without his permission, Louie orders his monkeys to seize the bear and throw him off the cliffs. At that moment, he is alerted to Mowgli's attempt to flee by one of his monkeys who sounded the alarm.
Together with Bagheera and Baloo, Mowgli manages to get to the inner courtyard of the temple which forces Louie to get up himself to prevent his captive from getting away. While Baloo and Bagheera fend of the hordes of Louie's monkeys, Louie himself climbs after Mowgli who has fled into another part of the temple. Later, Louie corners Mowgli, informing him that Shere Khan has murdered Akela, and offers to spare him if he stays and serves him and his plans. And yet, Mowgli refuses and tries together with Baloo and Bagheera to get away one more time.
Louie chases Mowgli through the temple, but in his effort to catch him he smashes the pillars holding up the roof of this temple-part. While Mowgli gets away by jumping through a slit in the wall, Louie seals his fate when he tries breaking through the solid wall, bringing down the entire roof right on top of himself, completely burying Louie underneath in rubble. The monkeys instantly rush over to his aid and start digging in hopes of getting him out and while they do so, Mowgli and his friends escape from the ancient ruins right away. It is unknown if whether King Louie is either murdered, badly wounded or just trapped beneath by his fallen temple.
Trivia[]
- While King Louie has been assumed dead at the ancient ruins when after getting crushed by his own temple. However, during the credits he was shown to have survived being buried although this is likely not canon to the film itself. in the movie Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle the scene Mowgli is kidnapped by the Bandar-Log it shows Shere Khan is the replacement of king Louie and king Louie doesn’t appear in the Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle film
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