Kaa/Relationships

These are all of Kaa's relationships throughout The Jungle Book
==Allies==
===Shere Khan===
In the first movie, Shere Khan interrupted him at just the wrong moment when he was about to eat Mowgli, this is because Khan is much more threatening to Kaa since he is immune to his hypnosis, it doesn't affect him.
He told him that if he had seen that human cub, however Kaa refused to answer him, so Shere Khan tells him that he is looking for him to kill him, something that leaves Kaa horrified by this, since he is very afraid of Shere Khan for his threats
In The Jungle Book 2, after attempting to eat Shanti only to have it fail abruptly, he is found again by Shere Khan who questions Mowgli's whereabouts, where Kaa is much more terrified by Khan's serious personality and tricks him into go to the lake, since according to him, Mowgli is supposed to be there, but he only did it to get rid of him
==Enemies==
===Mowgli===
Kaa and Mowgli are complete enemies. Looking over with considerable relish, Kaa's main goal through the film is to eat Mowgli and after three attempts, he still failed. Unlike with Shere Khan, Mowgli is not intimidated by Kaa but instead finds him annoying and nothing to be concerned about. However, Mowgli would realize he underestimated Kaa, unable to do anything other than stare when the python attempts to hypnotize the man-cub by looking into his eyes and wrap him in his coils, transfixed, gaping, and helpless. Kaa had Mowgli completely in his grip only for Bagheera to intervene. Since it was a humiliation for Kaa, he had no choice but to hypnotize Bagheera too. However, this encounter resulted in the boy's innocent act of selfish defiance saving the panther and crippling the snake temporarily. When they meet again later, Mowgli is surprised but learned from their first encounter to not look into Kaa's eyes, though was afraid to get caught in the python's hypnotic gaze. Kaa insists that Mowgli can trust him while trying to make him face his eyes, much to the man-cub's annoyance as he scrambled to untangle himself from the snake's tail, but Mowgli suspects Kaa is lying and turns away. Unfortunately, Mowgli underestimated Kaa again, letting his guard down into being blindfolded with a makeshift turban from the snake's coils, and as the annoyed man-cub struggles to push him off his head, which resulted in him gazing directly into the python's eyes with no time to react and is hypnotized a second time. With Mowgli glassy-eyed and developing an enormous dumb grin, Kaa sings "Trust in Me" while teasing the sleeping man-cub into his coils and prepares to consume the helpless boy until Shere Khan interrupts him. Although Mowgli managed to escape Kaa's coils, the boy now began to see Kaa as a genuine threat and fled from him.
In The Jungle Book 2, Kaa made several attempts to eat Mowgli but ended up being humiliated in the worst ways, so he decided to give up and never eat him again.
===Bagheera===
When Bagheera realized the danger Mowgli was in, he defended him by hitting Kaa on the head, this enraged him so much that he also hypnotized him into an attempt to eat him, luckily Mowgli knocks off his heavy tail causing him to fall to the ground, leaving Kaa to retire angry for having humiliated him
However, this is the only time he interacts with Bagheera since Kaa only has the purpose of eating Mowgli at all costs without him being able to defend himself.
===Shanti===
Kaa and Shanti are enemies, in a time where Shanti believes the jungle and all the animals living in it are dangerous. After Kaa unsuccessfully attempts to eat Mowgli, he states he never wants to see another man-cub again, but changes his mind after Shanti unknowingly burnt the python's coils with a torch while searching for Mowgli in the jungle. Kaa slurps as he considers Shanti as a snack with considerable relish. Shortly afterwards, realizing she is not alone, Shanti is frightened when Kaa reveals himself. With no time to react, Shanti looks directly into Kaa's hypnotic gaze, unable to do anything other than stare at the python, transfixed, gaping, and helpless. She gives a blissful smile when the hypnosis starts taking effect, putting her in a trance immediately. Shanti drops her torch and is left defenseless as Kaa sadistically gloats and taunts her playfully, teasing her with his coils. Kaa inquires whether Shanti is lost, stroking her hair before making her nod her head in agreement. With Shanti glassy-eyed and developing an enormous dumb grin, Kaa slithers around the girl. Nuzzling her cheek, Kaa whispers into Shanti's ear that he is starving, gloating about the girl's impending doom. Shanti's smile grew wider and more placid with every second. Having teased her enough, Kaa makes Shanti step on top of a rock and opens his mouth wide as the snake prepares to consume the helpless girl. Fortunately, Ranjan saves Shanti's life by pulling her away from the snake's jaws. Shanti falls to the ground and snaps out of the trance as Ranjan mercilessly beats up Kaa with a stick. Kaa flees from Ranjan and tries to slither down a hill but the weight of the boulder causes him to tumble down until he hits a coconut tree.
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