Talk:King Louie/@comment-5679211-20160210120619/@comment-25692211-20160214104403

I've always wondered why in the 67 film they couldn't just protect Mowgli from Shere Khan. They say the strength of the wolf pack is no match, but surely if all of Mowgli's friends helped out, he'd be fine. But then I realized that, Shere Khan is not the reason Mowgli needs to leave. It's Louie.

Now this is my theory:

Louie has his monkeys kidnap Mowgli because he wants the secret to making "man's red flower(fire)" in order to "be like us(humans)". Mowgli is only a child and can be easily manipulated, so once he learns how to make fire Louie would be able to coerce him into teaching him how to do it. In the 67 movie, Louie's motivations are never explained beyond "I wanna be like you."

However, a logical motive for Louie is that fire is feared by all animals of the jungle, including Shere Khan. What if one day Louie decided he didn't want to be just the "king of the swingers" anymore and wanted to be king of the whole jungle.

He could use fire as a weapon to terrorise the animals into following his orders. Shere Khan is aware of this, and decides the most reliable method to prevent this is killing Mowgli. However, Bagheera suggests they return Mowgli to the man village, but Shere Khan insists on his idea because he doesn't want Mowgli to become a hunter himself. This could mean that the fire that's in the background of Shere Khan and Baloo's fight in the 2016 film may not be Mowgli's doing.