King Louie

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King Louie is a gigantic, power-hungry orangutan-like ape who rules over a troop of monkeys and seeks the secret of fire from Mowgli in Disney’s 2016 live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book.

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Label Occurrences
King Louie canonical 7
King Louie (1967 film character) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ape
fictional character
film character
adaptationType live-action/CGI hybrid
alignment villain
appearsIn The Jungle Book franchise
surface form: Disney’s The Jungle Book franchise

The Jungle Book (2016 film)
basedOn King Louie self-linksurface differs
surface form: King Louie (1967 film character)
commands monkeys
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Jon Favreau
desires man’s red flower (fire)
differenceFromBook does not appear in Rudyard Kipling’s original stories
differenceFromOriginal depicted as Gigantopithecus instead of orangutan
filmReleaseYear 2016
franchise The Jungle Book
gender male
goal to gain power over the jungle
to obtain the secret of fire
inspiredBy orangutan
interactsWith Bagheera
Baloo
Mowgli
language English
medium computer-generated imagery
notableFeature deep, menacing voice
gigantic size
ruined temple throne
occupation monkey king
personalityTrait intimidating
manipulative
power-hungry
portrayedBy Christopher Walken
productionCompany Walt Disney Pictures
residesIn ancient temple in the jungle
ruined temple
role antagonist
rulesOver a troop of monkeys
seeksFrom Mowgli
singsSong I Wan'na Be Like You
surface form: I Wan’na Be Like You (reworked version)
species Gigantopithecus
threatens Mowgli
threatType coercion for knowledge of fire
physical intimidation
title King Louie self-linksurface differs
voicedBy Christopher Walken

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King Louie basedOn King Louie self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: King Louie (2016 film character)
this entity surface form: King Louie (1967 film character)
King Louie title King Louie self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: King Louie (2016 film character)
King Louie name King Louie