# The Wild (film)

The Wild is a 2006 American computer animated family film, directed by Steve "Spaz" Williams, produced by Clint Goldman and assistant produced by Jim Burton. It was a C.O.R.E. Feature Animation production distributed by Walt Disney Pictures on April 14, 2006, in the United States.

## Dialogue

    [Ryan had accidentally caused a stampede at a curling game. Samson angrily glares at him]
    Ryan: [nervously] I told you I'd come to the game. [chuckles]
    Samson: [enraged] You think this is funny? You just endangered everyone in the zoo!
    Ryan: I'm sorry.
    Samson: For what? Chasing the Gazelles or costing us the game? All you do is sit up in your tree and sulk!
    Ryan: If you would just…
    Samson: I mean, what is it?! What's the problem?! Is all of this because you can't roar?!
    [Everyone gasps, Ryan looks hurt. Samson's eyes widen in worry about what he angrily said to him.]
    Samson: Ryan, I didn't mean that.
    Ryan: You know what I'm doing when I'm sulking up in my tree? I'm thinking how great it would be if Samson the Wild wasn't my father.
    Samson: Why? Ryan, I… I didn't…
    Ryan: 'Cause it would make being Ryan the Lame a whole lot easier. [angrily runs off]
    Samson: Ryan, I'm sorry. Ryan! Please don't… leave.
    Larry: [shows up] Bye, Ryan! Thanks for coming to the game. And you were worried he wouldn't show up.
    Bridget: Benny, please tell me we're not in a dangerous jungle with an 8-inch squirrel protecting us?
    Benny: Actually, I'm 9 inches. But other than that, yes.
    Bridget: So that means...
    Nigel: We are going to die! [screaming]
    [Larry, Bridget and Nigel begin freaking out and running around in circles.]
    [talking about a sewer system]
    Samson: Appears to be a human bathing area.
    Nigel: You mean humans don't lick themselves clean? Disgusting!
    Benny: Hey, watch where you goin', you, big, big...!
    [the music begins Lovin' You by Minnie Riperton playing]
    Benny: Bridget.
    Bridget: Don't stare at my spots, Benny, my eyes are up here.
    [the music stops when Benny hears a crash]
    Blag: [to Kazar] And for the record, I've always hated your choreography. It's so... '80s.
    Samson: Who are you?
    Camo: Our names aren't important.
    Cloak: I'm Cloak, he's Camo. We're covert agents. [gets hit by Camo] Ow!
    Samson: Those boxes are bad news. Stay away.
    [repeated line]
    Talking Koala Bear Doll: I'm so cuddly, I like you.
    Benny: [after being confronted by a pack of wildebeest] Don't panic, I'm in charge here.
    Bridget: That's why we're panicking!
    [first lines]
    Samson: So there I was, face to face with the biggest, meanest leopard this side of the Serengeti and...
    Ryan: You roared so loud, his spots flew off. Dad, I've heard that story 1,000,000,000 times.
    Scab and Scraw: [finding Ryan on a tree branch] Ooh, a lion cub.
    Scab: We must tell Kazar.
    [cut to Benny, with the dung beetles]
    Benny: Mm, what? Wha... wha...? Whoa. Wait! What, what? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Hey, hey, hey! Ow, ow, ow! Hey! Ow! Get off me! [to the dung beetles] What is goin' on here?!
    Dung Beetle 1: Stinky does not speak.
    Dung Beetle 2: It rolls like a little ball.
    Benny: Wait, wait. You guys think I'm a...?
    Dung Beetle 1: [to Benny] Achtung, Stinky!
    Dung Beetle 2: Less talk, more roll.
    Dung Beetle 1: Ja.
    All: Roll! Roll!
    Benny: What the...? [grunting] Hey!
    Dung Beetle 1: Rolling the dung is good for tight buns! [chuckling, rolling away]
    Benny: I'll give you something to roll about! [spins around to the ground, shuddering] It's a good thing Bridget didn't see that!
    [Benny walks up to Hamir]
    Hamir: Oh, Benny, I am needing until Friday before I pay you back.
    Benny: No, no, it's Ryan. He's in one of those green boxes, and they took it away. We got to find him.
    Hamir: That is not good, not good at all. [pigeons are dancing behind him trying to tell him something] Ah! I know, I know! I am telling him you crazy pigeons! [sighs]
    Kazar: Step, kick, pivot, kick, walk, walk, walk! Aaaahhh! Why do we even bother rehearsing? [snorts at Blag] Mmmmm. Mmm-mm. A good chorus line is so hard to put together.
    Blag: Kazar, I think you'll be very pleased with what I brought you.
    Kazar: What's this? Where's the other lion?
    Blag: Right. Well, I was gonna tell you. There was this cliff and, uh– [Kazar huffs angrily at Blag] Why are you looking at me like that?
    Kazar: That's twice you've been out of step today, Blag! [As Kazar speaks, Blag slips off the edge, but holds on] You klutz. You know we can't ascend to the top of the food chain, until we eat a lion! Well, at least there'll be enough for my ascension.
    Blag: What about the rest of us?
    Kazar: Step-kick, pivot-kick! [Kazar kicks Blag's face, then Blag falls down in front of Ryan, Bridget, and Larry] Ha-ha!
    Blag: [twists his hoof] Ouch! I twisted a hoof!
    Kazar: You work, and you work. Then they break your heart.
    Blag: [off-screen] There goes my career!
    Kazar: Prepare the sacrifices!
    Nigel: If you don't give us ice creams pretty quick, you're gonna walk the plank, sir.
    Nigel: I am not a doll.
    Monkey 1: Cushy Tushy!
    Nigel: Aaahhh! Leave my butt alone!
    Stan: You done running your mouth yet, Carmine? Huh, are you? Huh, huh, huh? [turns to Samson and his friends] I apologize, he never got over being flushed down the toilet. [hits Carmine twice again] Huh?
    Carmine: Yeah.
    Nigel: Ooh. Does anyone have any eucalyptus wipes?
    Larry: Oh, oh, I know. He's sulking because he lives in his father's shadow, and he roars like a school girl.
    Samson: Thanks, Larry.
    Larry: You betcha.
    Hyrax: Aaahh! Doesn't anyone ever knock anymore?
    Samson: Hey, where's my son? Did he come through here?
    Hyrax: Yeah, now that I think about it, he did come through here. [turns to toilet] Hello? Come out of there, baby lion, your dad's here! Well, what do you know, it's a whole pride of lions down here!
    Samson: Whatever you just did, but the opposite!
    Larry: But I don't know my opposites!
    Samon: I'm improvised. Now jump!
    Bridget: Down there?
    Samson: Yes!
    Bridget: Whoa!
    Nigel: Waaah!
    Samson: We're leaving, Larry! Whoa!
    Larry: Whoa-ah. Ugh! Uh, oh.

## Taglines

* A whole new breed of tourist.
* Hitting the streets 2006
* Start spreading the newspaper.
* Hitting the streets April 14
* The Circle Of Life, meets the big apple.

## Cast

* Kiefer Sutherland — Samson the Lion
* Greg Cipes — Ryan the Lion
* Jim Belushi — Benny the Squirrel
* Bill Shatner — Kazar the Widebeest
* Eddie Izzard — Nigel the Koala
* Janeane Garofalo — Bridget the Giraffe
* Richard Kind — Larry the Anaconda
* Chris Edgerly — Cloak the Chameleon
* Bob Joles — Camo the Chameleon, Circus Ringleader
* Lenny Venito — Stan the Alligator
* Joseph Siravo — Carmine the Alligator
* Patrick Warburton — Blag the Wildebeest
* Miles Marsico — Duke the Kangaroo
* Jack DeSena — Eze the Hippo
* Clinton Leupp — Mama Hippo the Hippo
* Kevin M. Richardson — Jason the Lion
* Jonathan Kimmel — Scab the Vulture
* Eddie Gossling — Scraw the Vulture
* Colin Hay — Fergus the Flamingo
* Jason Harris — Victor the Penguin
* Colin Cunningham — Colin the Hyrax

## Quotes about The Wild

* Ultimately done in by the persistent stench of been-there-seen-that.
** Justin Change, "Review: The Wild", Variety, 12 April 2006
* The most wildly derivative animated movie in ages.
** Claudia Puig, "Wild':'Madagascar' meets 'Lion King' meets 'Nemo'". USA Today, USA Today, 13 April 2006'
** Jason Mitchell, "Wild 2':'Madagascar 2':'Dory':'Lion King 2':'The Wolf And Lion':'Open Season':'The White Fang':. Japan Tonight 16 2026'

## External links

* The Wild quotes at the Internet Movie Database