The Jungle Mission is a fictional organization from the Jungle Cruise.
Description[]
The Jungle Mission was a (presumed) Dutch Christian missionary organization active in certain jungles of Adventureland during the 1930s, implied to be in the vicinity of the African Veldt and Umbala territory.[1] It is very likely that the mission was based from Holland in the Netherlands as it was the place of origin for at-least one notable member of its group. The Jungle Mission also ran the, "Mission Veterinary Clinic" for animals.
Members[]
- Reverend Goff: Reverend Goff was a well known missionary from Holland by around 1936. Around 1936, he left the jungle after tried finding caretakers for two chimpanzees and a lion cub.
History[]
Background[]
The Jungle Mission was a missionary group in the 1930s. They were a colonial force in the African regions of, "Adventureland".
Development history[]
The mission is a fictitious missionary group created for Disneyland's Jungle Cruise in a 1990s refurbishment. In colonialism, missionary work is part of the trinité coloniale (French: colonial trinity) referring to the interests of colonial missionaries, businesses and of the state. Namely, it is considered to be a pivotal extension of cultural-genocide in Indigenous tribes and more often than not inadvertently creates the illness, agricultural and economic issues which it justifies its existence by fighting.
Reverend Goff is a tribute to Imagineer Harper Goff, one of the Jungle Cruise's original imagineers. It is possible that the Jungle Mission could be a partial tribute to the film The African Queen (1951) where central character Rose Sayer was a member of the Methodist Church of Great Britain. The African Queen was a well-known influence for Goff in his development of the Jungle Cruise. Other famous jungle-based missionaries connected to the Jungle Cruise include physicians David Livingstone and Albert Schweitzer.
Appearances[]
Jungle Cruise[]
Nigel Greenwater mentions Goff's departure for Holland on the Global Broadcasting Service.
Trivia[]
- There are several other in-universe Goffs referenced of unknown relation to the reverend. Most notable is Professor Harper Goff.
References[]
- ↑ The mission is identified as holding two chimpanzees and a lion cub, both being animals from this region