The Champs

Thr Champs are a group of animals from The Jungle Bunch (film).

## History

### Origin

Natacha formed this team after Pong To rejected her, months later Igor had wanted to join The Champs as their leader, but the others thought that he was no.

#### The Jungle Bunch (film)

The Champs are engaged in saving all the inhabitants the Jungle, mainly due to the evil deeds of a koala named Igor. During the next chase, Igor almost managed to escape from the island in a small boat, but he collides with the iceberg, preventing the koala from leaving the shore. Igor tries to break the egg (delivered by the iceberg), but is defeated by The Champs.

As Natacha sends to Igor to the Island of the Lost, an island where evil animals are exiled and defeated, he tells her that he left in the Jungle exploding mushrooms, which are already starting to explode at that moment. Natacha immediately hurries back to shore to save the rest of the inhabitants. During the ensuing fire in the Jungle, Ricky, for the sake of saving the rest, sacrifices himself, while throwing the egg to safety.

Natacha believes that the activities of The Champs led to the death of Ricky, and together with Goliath and Tony abolishes the team. Goliath, who considered himself unnecessary after the collapse of the team, leaves. Soon, an baby penguin hatches from the egg Ricky threw, whom Natacha calls Maurice and raises as her son. When Maurice grows up, he feels the desire to follow in the footsteps of his mother, against her will, and save all inhabitants of those who are in danger from other Evil animals. Maurice says goodbye to his mother, and sets out on his journey.

When the Jungle Bunch arrived at Natacha's home, she is pleased to meet her son Maurice and his grandson Junior, but soon learns from Maurice about the return of Igor and tells his son the story about the koala. Igor had wanted to join The Champs as their leader, but the others thought that he was no. Natacha decided to find Goliath with Tony and revive The Champs, while not wanting to involve Maurice and his Jungle Bunch in their affairs.

The next day, The Champs decided to interfere with Igor's plans, while cutting off the road to the Jungle Bunch, destroying the bridge. When The Champs find Igor, he, in turn, led them into his trap, but the team almost managed to defeat Igor. Maurice decided to help The Champs by catapulting himself and his son, but his intervention led to Igor escaping, and he took Junior with him as a hostage. Natacha shows Maurice that, through his fault, Igor escaped and kidnapped his son, and asks the "Jungle Bunch" not to intervene. The Champs reached Igor's lair, but they were ambushed and were captured by Igor, as Igor enslaved most of the animals. The Champs felt guilty when Junior reasons with them that's it was their fault too. Junior escapes from captivity and arrives at the pond where Maurice is still. Maurice is glad of the return of his son and finds out that The Champs are in captivity and many animals were enslaved, forced to grow mushroom-bombs for Igor. The heroes release The Champs and together they fight the baboons. Shortly after the defeat of the baboons, Igor activates the bombs and disappears. Maurice instructs The Champs to evacuate the inhabitants of the jungle, and he and the Jungle Bunch go to prevent the mushrooms from exploding.

Having managed to save the jungle, The Champs and the Jungle Bunch again face Igor, who declares that he will never stop, but Maurice catapults Junior, who in turn overloads the ammunition, causing the koala's jetpack to malfunction. Soon, The Champs decided to retire for good, while the Jungle Bunch would continue their heroism and became the full successor of the «The Champs.