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NOTE: This article is about the incarnation of Kaa from the 2016 movie. The mainstream version can be found here: Kaa (Disney)
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Mowgli: "Hello? Who's out there?" Kaa:: "Hi, little cub. Oh no don't be scared, I'm not gonna hurt you." Mowgli: "I was just passing through. I don't want any trouble." Kaa: "There's no trouble. Are you alone out here? That's not good. We should never be alone." Mowgli: "I'm waiting for a friend. He should be here soon." Kaa: "I can stay with you until he gets here. Would that be alright? I'll keep you safe, just you and me, sweet thing." Mowgli: "Who are you?" Kaa: "Kaa."
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~ Kaa meeting Mowgli.
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Oh you poor sweet thing. You want to stay in the jungle? You can be with me if you want. I'll keep you close. Let go of your fear now. Trust in me.
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~ Kaa manipulating Mowgli as she prepares to devour him.
She is an enormous reticulated python from the jungle who attempts to eat the man-cub Mowgli for survival. She is also based off her original incarnation of the same name.
In contrast to her traditionally animated counterpart, this version of Kaa is more realistic in appearance, but, unlike her original incarnation, she is a reticulated python instead of an Indian python while changed from a male to a female, is shown to be 30 feet long and is considerably larger than any real-life snake (as female snakes are much larger than their male counterparts) and the original version as she is closer in size to a Titanoboa (an extinct species of giant snake). She also has light-greenish eyes and similar to a Burmese python, she is tan in color with dark blotches along her back and sides.
Personality[]
This incarnation of Kaa is far more menacing and intelligent than her cartoon counterpart. She is extremely manipulative, duplicitous and persuasive, using her hypnotic eyes and compellingly seductive voice to lull her prey into a false sense of security incredibly effectively.
She is shown to be very knowledgeable and intellectual, being precisely aware of how Shere Khan came to hate Man and how Mowgli even came to be an adopted cub with the wolves. She is also terrifyingly calm and composed, never raising her voice, so as not to draw away her prey. She is also shown to be very imaginative, cunning and smart, able to feign a compassionate and empathetic personality to pull Mowgli into her trap.
Obviously, her immense size makes her extremely powerful, and she is unafraid to grapple with a bear the size and weight of Baloo. However, she was unable to defeat him, while Baloo is stronger than her. Despite her conniving and treacherous nature, she is shown to be harmonious and tuneful when she sings her song "Trust in Me".
Biography[]
Kaa first appears when Mowgli stumbles upon her territory deep in the forest after he is separated from Bagheera by the villainous tiger named Shere Khan, where he discovers her shed snakeskin. After climbing into the trees and chasing animals that stole his food, Kaa begins to speak to him from above the trees before revealing herself to him.
Luring him in by promising to keep him safe, Kaa hypnotizes him and reveals that Mowgli came to live in the jungle because Shere Khan killed his father as they were traveling between villages, and that Bagheera later found Mowgli and brought him over to the wolves for protection.
She also reveals to him the power of the "Red Flower" (also known as fire) and its dangers in her vision. During her storytelling, she tightly wraps Mowgli up in her coils, and attempts to devour him, but a passing sloth bear named Baloo attacks Kaa and successfully rescues Mowgli, freeing him in the process.
Kaa is not seen again for the rest of the film; it is unknown if Baloo infrequently killed her or she went away and never came back.
However, during the end credits, she is still alive and heard singing her song "Trust in Me", though this could simply be the music of the ending credits.
Kaa: Poor, sweet little cub. What are you doing so deep in the Jungle? Mowgli: This is my home. Kaa: Don't you know what you are? I know what you are. I know where you came from. Mowgli: You do? Kaa: Yes. Would you like to see? Mowgli: Yeah.
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~ Kaa questions Mowgli about his kind.
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Mostly, men stay in their village, far from the dark of the jungle. But sometimes, they travel. And when they do, their caves breathe in the dark. They call it... the Red Flower. Man's creation. It brings warmth and light and destruction to all that it touches.
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~ Kaa talks about fire.
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The traveller, protecting his cub. Shere Khan ended the man's life that night. But not before he was b*rned by the Red Flower's touch. He ran so fast, he didn't notice the cub he left behind. And that cub... was you. The panther found you.
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~ Kaa reveals that Shere Khan killed Mowgli's father.
Gallery[]
Images[]
Kaa introducing herself to Mowgli.
Kaa slithering closer to Mowgli.
Kaa hypnotizing Mowgli.
Kaa's hypnotic stare.
Kaa coiling Mowgli as she tells him about how he came to the jungle.
Kaa attempting to devour Mowgli before she was attacked by Baloo.
Kaa in promotional material.
Kaa the Snake
Scarlett Johansson with her character.
Concept Art shows that Kaa was going to help Baloo and Bagheera find Mowgil.
Scarlett Johansson - Trust in Me (From "The Jungle Book" (Audio Only))
Trivia[]
The decision to make Kaa a female in the 2016 film was based on the need for gender diversity within the primarily male-driven cast of the 1967 animated film.
Kaa is the second Disney character to be gender-swapped in the live action version of their film. He was preceded by Jaq, who was a female mouse named Jacqueline in the 2015 version of Cinderella.
Just like King Louie (who was changed into a Gigantopithecus), Kaa is changed into a reticulated python, due to the fact that she is even much larger than her cartoon counterpart. Her cartoon counterpart more closely resembles a ball python.
This version of Kaa has no scenes with Shere Khan or Bagheera and has only one scene with Baloo, who is the one who saves Mowgli from her instead of Bagheera, who did so in the animated version.
While her fate is left ambiguous in the film, in the novelization, The Strength of the Wolf is the Pack, it is confirmed that she survived-as she was shown as one of the animals scared of Mowgli when he brought fire with him in his quest to stop Shere Khan.
Kaa's ability to hypnotize like her cartoon counterpart is based on the very old and popular myth giving snakes the ability to hypnotize or "charm" their prey in order to keep them immobile before eating them. In her case, Kaa's hypnosis is even more powerful since she is able to bring up old memories buried in Mowgli's deep subconscious dating back to when he was just a toddler.
Originally, Kaa was going to return later in the film to help Baloo and Bagheera find Mowgli. A piece of concept art shows this.
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