Baloo (The Jungle Book)

Baloo is the deuteragonist of Disney's 1967 animated feature film The Jungle Book, and the tritagonist of it's 2003 sequel The Jungle Book 2. He is a fun-loving, easy-going, and good-natured sloth bear who becomes the best friend of a "man-cub" named Mowgli. He is voiced by Phil Harris, and by John Goodman in the sequel.
==Why He Rocks==
#He is very friendly and optimistic.
#He helps teach Mowgli about having fun during "The Bare Necessities".
#He receives a lot of character development in the spinoff; TaleSpin, where he becomes a very skilled pilot.
#His design is great, even for a cartoon sloth bear.
#He cares a lot about others, especially Mowgli, like when he saves Mowgli from King Louie, and stopping Shere Khan in both films to save Mowgli, and Shanti.
#His song "The Bare Necessities" is very catchy and well written.
#Phil Harris does a great job voicing him, and John Goodman did a great job voicing him in the sequel.
#He's easily a fan favorite character from both films by fans enjoying his laid-back personality.
==Bad Qualities==
# He can be a bit stubborn at times, especially in TaleSpin, and when Bagheera told him that he can't adopt Mowgli as his son.
# He's very lazy often not wanting to work at all, and take responsibility, which in the sequel he brought Mowgli back to the jungle when clearly he was safe from Shere Khan being brought there in the first movie.
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