The Indochinese tiger is an animal from the Jungle Cruise.
Description[]
Indochinese tiger is used to refer to indochinese variants of the Panthera tigris tigris sub-species of tiger. The animal was know to inhabit the jungles of the Mekong river in Cambodia.
History[]
Background[]
During the 1930s, the Indochinese tiger was known to inhabit the ruins of a Buddhist temple along the Mekong river in Cambodia. The tiger was also known to inhabit a series of flooded ruins along the Irrawaddy river of Burma. The tiger had hostile encounters with skippers of the Jungle Navigation Company.
Development history[]
The tiger was designed for the Jungle Cruise by Marc Davis.
Appearances[]
Adventure Trading Company[]
A posting in The Daily Gnus read, "FREE KITTENS! To a good home, Adorable, playful kittens have pretty stripes and ar quite large, Contact the shipping office and take one home today! PLEASE!".
Jungle Cruise[]
Disneyland[]
In this version of the Jungle Cruise, the tiger is outside in the ruins.
Walt Disney World[]
The tiger appears inside of Shir Lee's Temple, snarling at guests. In the Amazon River Base, there is a torn up shirt with an advertisement trying to sell tiger cubs as, "Kittens". Also in the queue, Albert Awol advertises the Elephant Safari Company by saying it allows customers to see, "Lions, tigers, and bears. Oh my" referencing the 1939 adaptation of the Wizard of Oz.
Jingle Cruise[]
The tiger is shown chewing on a skipper's holiday hat, implying it killed said skipper.
Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions[]
In this attraction, the tiger's likeness is used for the magical medallion known as the Tiger of Courage.
Skipper Canteen[]
On the bulletin board of the mess hall is a posting, attempting to sell off tiger cubs as, "Kittens".
In other media[]
Paraphernalia[]
Jungle Cruise Adventure Game[]
The indochinese tiger is one of the obstacles in this game.
Trivia[]
- An unused gag for the Jungle Cruise by Marc Davis would have involved an elephant-back colonial hunter trying to shoot at the tiger, blowing the fur off its rear-end.
- In the queue of Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion is the tomb of poetess Prudence Pock. Prudence tells a variety of morbid poems, many of which have jungle theming. One of these poems is, "One night on safari, crazy Franz Geiger tried to ride a man-eating tiger". An unused gag for the Haunted Mansion by Marc Davis would have featured a room of undead tiger plush and taxidermy which would torment the ghost of the big-game hunter who killed them. Incidentally, one of the changing portraits depicts a Were-Cat who transforms into a white tiger.
- The glowing eyes of the tigers are achieved through the use of light-reflecting marbles.
- A tiger is used for the logo of the Adventureland restaurant Bengal Barbecue.
- The tigers are paralleled in Na'vi River Journey with the Viperwolves.
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