The BEST episodes directed by Christian Choquet

#1 - Blood Brothers

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 16

Tabaqui keeps Lali and Bala occupied to lure Mowgli to them so that Shere Khan can ambush him. Daruka summons the wolf pack to drive Shere Khan away.

#2 - Kite Flight

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 10

Chil the Kite takes away Lali and Mowgli from the middle of a stream. He warns and takes Mowgli to a danger that poses by the stream and aids the wolves against a giant black cobra.

#3 - Darzi's Waterfall Rescue

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 14

Lali and Mowgli avoid Shere Khan as he follows their trail. Darzi passes a message to summon Baloo and Raksha to rescue the two as they have a tricking fight with Shere Khan.

#4 - Legend of Giant Claw

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 8

Loud screeches ring in the jungle, which Baloo says maybe the "Giant Claw" beast, but its just Chil's intensified screeching. Mowgli and Bagheera carry out a plan to prevent Shere Khan from finding out about this.

#5 - Snake Bite

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 20

The wolf pack gather, but Akela has been bitten by a cobra. With Ikii's help Mowgli obtains a poison cure also having to fend off Phaona's hinderance.

#6 - The Cobra's Egg

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 26

Tabaqui tricks Mowgli into taking a Cobra's egg. As the cobra corners Mowgli, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi comes to aid him.

#7 - Phaona's Nasty Trick

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 22

Phaona misleads Mowgli to the Elephant March where Shere Khan is told to find him. Mowgli is late for the wolf council meeting, but Akela realizes Phaona's deceit.

#8 - Is That You, Kaa?

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 24

While Mowgli gets Kaa's old skin to scare away Tabaqui. Hearing about Mowgli's trick, Shere Khan goes to get him, but the tiger runs into the real Kaa.

#9 - The Day the Earth Shook

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 18

An earthquake shakes through the jungle, getting Lali and Bala trapped in their cave. Kaa locates a shaft to exit the cave, which Mowgli and Kaa venture down to retrieve the wolf cubs.

#10 - Who Is the Bravest?

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 12

Mowgli fancies himself as the bravest in the jungle, but he carelessly falls down a well. Tabaqui helps him out for Shere Khan, but Hathi arrives to help Mowgli.

#11 - Fished Out

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 9

Baloo and Mowgli go fishing. During a bad fish catch, Baloo hits his head on a tree branch and falls on a log drifting down the river and later Bagheera with him. With some help from the turtles Oo and Boo, Mowgli prevents them from plunging down a waterfall.

#12 - Baloo the King

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 50

Baloo suffers a bump on the head and becomes convinced he is king of the jungle

#13 - The Wishing Tree

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 23

Mowgli goes with Tabaqui to the Wishing Tree hoping to be a great hunter. Shere Khan comes for Mowgli, but after a long fight he manages to scare the tiger away.

#14 - The Bridge

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 21

Appu goes off by himself and gets stranded on a pillar in the Banderlog lair. With the reluctant help of the Banderlogs, Mowgli and his friends build a bridge to rescue Appu.

#15 - The Waterfall

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 15

Shere Khan nabs Baloo and Bagheera, but before he can get Mowgli, Mowgli is carried by a storm down the river closing in on a waterfall, but he manages to rescue himself and Tabaqui.

#16 - Mowgli's Sparkle

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 13

Mowgli finds a gold crescent necklace which he and Lali both like. They then compete with the Banderlogs and Shere Khan for it. After recovering it, Mowgli tosses it down the waterfall.

#17 - Mowgli's Log

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 11

While swimming, Mowgli is captured by Jacala for his little crocs' meal. Baloo manages to stall them while Bagheera summons Hathi to help.

#18 - The Rubber Ball

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 25

Mowgli discovers a rubber ball formed inside a hollow coconut and regards it as his personally. Shere Khan takes the opportunity to get Mowgli, but Bala and Lali save him.

#19 - The Jungle Tour

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 19

Mowgli tries to live alone. He is met by Ponya, a red panda. Mowgli shows Ponya round the jungle trying to keep her out of trouble, but needs Baloo and Bagheera's help to save her from poisonous snakes.

#20 - The Race

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 4

The Wolf Pack is having some doubts about Mowgli, so he challenges Phaona to a race. Mowgli is on the verge of losing the race, but Bagheera manages to keep Mowgli out of trouble.

#21 - Wild Black Bees

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 2

After straying away from Baloo's teaching, Mowgli encounters a giant nest of wild black bees. He uses this place to get back at Shere Khan for picking a fight with Baloo and Bagheera.

#22 - Sleeping Python

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 6

Mowgli strongly believes his lucky charm is the key to victory. He drops the charm and Kaa sleeps on top of it. Mowgli gets it back after a near encounter with Shere Khan, but takes back what he said to Bala earlier.

#23 - Survival of the Fittest

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 17

Baloo challenges Mowgli to a contest to prove he is fit. By the end of the contest Baloo gets trapped under logs. Mowgli brings Hathi to free Baloo, motivating him to take regular exercise.

#24 - The River Leaf

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 33

Mowgli finds a mirror that has been dropped by a human, and Tabaqui becomes convinced there are more man-cubs lurking in the jungle than he originally thought

#25 - Itchy Twitchy Kaa!

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 3

Kaa is itching as he sheds his skin and is in a bad mood. The Banderlogs imprison Mowgli and Shere Khan is prowling for him, but Kaa with Bagheera and Baloo come to the rescue.

#26 - Monkey Queen

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 5

A monkey called Masha steals Baloo's glasses proclaiming herself Queen of the Jungle and impressing the Banderlogs. Mowgli tries to get the glasses back, while Shere Khan follows him.

#27 - Treasure of Cold Lair

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 7

Mowgli meets a Himilayan monkey named Langur. In the absence of the black snake Thu, Mowgli's friends try to guard the Cold Lair from human presence, but Mowgli and Langur take care of them with a ghost act.

#28 - Man Trap

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 1

Shere Khan takes an opportunity to massacre Mowgli after he lures Baloo in a man trap. Mowgli gets Kaa's help to pull Baloo out whilst Mowgli wards off Shere Khan with a flaming branch.

#29 - Human After All

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 34

Tabaqui attacks Mowgli and Rikki Tikki Tavi dives in to save him, but the animals begin to mock the boy for lacking bravery

#30 - Two for the Price of One

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 36

Phaona complains to the pack that Mowgli is taking a risk by getting close to the man village, and suggests he should be returned there

#31 - Cheel and the Mountain Fire

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 37

Ponya runs for her life when lightning causes a fire in the mountains, and Tabaqui lures her into Shere Kahn's territory

#32 - Best in Class

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 51

Mowgli becomes jealous of Ponya, and Tabaqui makes use of his envy to lure him into a trap

#33 - Monster of Cold Lair

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 52

Tabaqui grows tired of hunting and plans to steal meat from Bagheera

#34 - Save the Tiger

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 28

#35 - Monkey Business

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 35

Mowglia challenges Phaona to a trial of bravery, but the appearance of Mani put his chances of winning in jeopardy

#36 - Mongoose on the Loose

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 32

Mowgli tries to help Rikki Tikki Tavi the mongoose regain his strength after a fight with a cobra

#37 - Lucky Star

The Jungle Book - Season 1 - Episode 31

#38 - Mowgli's Red Flower

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 2 - Episode 6

Bagheera has been injured. While out searching for medicinal plants with which to treat the panther, Mowgli runs into the man who saved him from the trap. This time he has a little girl called Jumeirah with him, who makes a deep impression on the boy.

#39 - The Damaged Heart

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 1 - Episode 16

The situation within the wolf pack becomes unexpectedly tense.... The younger wolves blame Mowgli for the departure of their potential new leader, Vermillion, and they treat the boy badly. Then, Sura is badly injured in a fight that breaks out during an argument over Mowgli. Mowgli is so unhappy that he decides to leave the pack.

#40 - Human Speech is Beautiful

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 2 - Episode 7

Mowgli returns more and more frequently to the territories near the human settlement where his new friends live, and one day Shere Khan decides to follow him. Beautiful Jumeirah teaches the boy to talk, and the little "savage" is enthusiastic about his teacher and her lessons. Bagheera, Baloo and Kichi are concerned because they don’t understand what is happening to Mowgli. Meanwhile, Shere Khan has every intention of eating the boy and Jumeirah.

#41 - Mowgli Goes to the Village

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 2 - Episode 8

Mowgli and Shere Khan engage in mortal combat. The boy is about to be overcome when the old Rahar comes to the rescue and, in spite of receiving serious injuries, drives the tiger away, but not before Mowgli manages to slash the tiger's eye. Mowgli and Jumeirah carry the injured man home, and when Jumeirah’s mother, Meshua, sees Mowgli she is convinced he is her son, Keshnu, who was lost in the jungle and never seen again. Her husband and daughter try to calm the woman down, explaining that Mowgli cannot possibly be her son, but in any case, he has just saved grandfather Rahhar from the tiger's fangs.

#42 - Sorry Baloo

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 1 - Episode 8

Mowgli has been trapped by the iron teeth. While he struggles to free himself, a giant crocodile lumbers out of the river and heads in his direction. Luckily, Baloo shows up in time and engages the fearsome reptile in a fight to the death. Mowgli is carried to safety by Baghera, but the boy is distraught because he realizes that a friend has died in order to rescue him. But, as it happens, a happy ending is destined when Kaa discovers Baloo hiding down by the river and tells Mowgli, affording him the opportunity to make up with the bear.

#43 - Goodbye Mother

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 1 - Episode 17

Convinced that his presence in the pack is causing nothing but problems, Mowgli decides to leave. Bagheera and Luri try to talk him out of it, but nothing they can convince him to stay. At this point Baloo and Bagheera compare notes and go to Chil for help. The eagle agrees to watch over Mowgli and immediately sets out to locate and meet him.

#44 - Want to Know Human Being

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 2 - Episode 9

Mowgli is very attracted by the lifestyle of his own kind and wants to stay with Jumeirah. Unfortunately, people are unkind to him: the village youths, a boy named Ganshum in particular, make fun of the little savage, and the elders want to sell him to a circus. However, in spite of everything, Mowgli bids his animal friends farewell, determined to stay with Jumeirah.

#45 - The Lying Human Being

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 2 - Episode 10

Buldeo, the evil hunter of the village, and Ganshum’s grandfather, tells his outraged fellow villagers an incredible story: one day, he ventured deep into the jungle and came upon some grey monkeys guarding the secret of eternal youth, who offered him some delicious wine. But this was not all; Buldeo knows that the king of all the animals is a chimeric dragon, known as the "Fire Dragon". He tells his audience that Shere Khan is possessed by the soul of the village's most hated man, named Purun Dass, who died the year before and is then determined to take revenge by killing everyone in the village. As proof that the tiger is the reincarnation of the thief, Buldeo adds that they both have a scarred eye. It becomes quite clear that Mowgli will soon have another fight on his hands.

#46 - The Other Jungle

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 1 - Episode 18

Mowgli walks for a long time and ends up in an area that is completely unfamiliar to him. He begins to feel homesick for the den, but his determination to continue his journey is omnipresent. The nights are very scary, but during the day he has the opportunity to exchange a few words with new friends he meets along the way. Mowgli then falls into a trap dug in the ground, but is saved by a man named Rahhar who takes him to his hut and treats his injured ankle. Chil loses all trace of the boy while he is in the hut, and becomes seriously concerned for his safety.

#47 - Tears Before the Battle

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 2 - Episode 11

In order to avenge his wolf father, Alexander, Mowgli is determined to kill Shere Khan with a dagger and the help of his friends, but Chil reports that the tiger has disappeared. While Kaa sets out to track down Shere Khan, Sura and Akru remain at Mowgli’s side.

#48 - The Decisive Battle

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 2 - Episode 12

Akela’s plan of attack against Shere Khan calls on Mowgli to play a decisive role: the boy will be the one who engages the tiger in the final duel. After overcoming much peril, he is to succeed in this endeavor.

#49 - The Jungle Law

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 1 - Episode 4

Some aspects of the jungle life are incomprehensible to Mowgli. Akru and Sura are inexplicably thrown out of their home by their mother; during the hunt, Akela insists on choosing the most difficult prey, and when Mowgli is injured, Tabaqui, the hyena, tries to kill him. However, things become easier for Mowgli to accept after Baloo and Bagheera explain the reasoning behind the tough law of the jungle.

#50 - More Precious than the Law

The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli - Season 1 - Episode 9

Akru breaks the law of the pack, places Mowgli in great danger, and is then severely injured while trying to save him. Because the young wolf has committed a serious crime, his companions are not allowed to help him, and he is banished from the pack. However, Mowgli refuses to accept this harsh law, and thus sets out to find the enchanted flower that is the only remedy for the wolf’s injuries.