Bongo the Bear is the protagonist of the 1947 featurette of the same name, originally a segment to Fun and Fancy Free. He is a bear cub who escapes the unfair treatment he faces in the circus.
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Appearances
Fun and Fancy Free
In the titular short, Bongo was a circus star, loved by people who came from miles around to watch him perform, but the owners of the circus treated him rather shabbily. Then one day, he ran away from the circus into the wild, where he meets his love, Lulubelle. Eventually he meets her jealous fiance, Lumpjaw, the meanest, toughest bear in the whole forest. When he confronts Lumpjaw, he is chased all the way to the raging river, which gave way to a waterfall, from which Lumpjaw falls, and Bongo is hailed as a hero by the other bears in the forest.
The Return of Jafar
Bongo made a short cameo in The Return of Jafar, in which the Genie transforms into him during the song Nothing Like a friend.
Disney Parks
Bongo and Lulubelle made semi-regular appearances at the Disney theme parks up until the 1990s. They notably make a cameo appearance with Brer Bear and two of the Country Bears in The Muppets at Walt Disney World, as an audience for Fozzie Bear's stand-up comedy act.
The House of Mouse
Bongo appeared in Snowed in at the House of Mouse.
Trivia
- Bongo was the last Disney character to be animated by Art Babbitt (Known for animating Goofy, The Queen, Gepetto and Mr. Stork), for after leaving the studio during the strike, Walt Disney refused to speak to him when he came back to work on Fun and Fancy Free, which lead to Babbitt leaving Disney permanently.
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