Jake (Dr. Dolittle)

Jake is the star tiger at Blossom's Mammoth Circus in Dr. Dolittle. Plagued by headaches, nauseau, and double vision, the troubled Jake decides to commit suicide by leaping from a bell tower. John Dolittle is informed of the tiger's plight, and sets out to help him (although a stay in a mental institution briefly deters him). Dolittle brings Jake to his hospital and succeeds in performing a vital, life-saving operation. 
==Behind the Scenes==
The animatronic Jake was used for every shot in the climactic surgery scene, with a live tiger used in all other on-screen instances. 
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==Later Uses==
A decade after the film's release, the anamatronic tiger puppet was refurbished and rented out by the Creature Shop to various Hollywood productions in need of a realistic tiger stand-in.CreatureShop.com - Rentals
CreatureShopTiger.jpg|Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola, episode #17 "Scary" (2001)
DarjeelingLimited-Tiger.jpg|The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
HangoverTiger-Scene.jpg|The Hangover (2009)
Tiger-CarsCom.jpg|cars.com Super Bowl commercial (2010)
Tiger-Interview.jpg|The Interview (2014)
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Category:Dr. Dolittle Characters
Category:Creatures