Skipper Shaun is a character from the Jungle Cruise.
History[]
Background[]
Skipper Shaun is an individual who worked for the colonial Jungle Navigation Company in the Wilds of Adventureland during the late 1930s. While a skipper, Shaun was also a filmmaker. By the September of 1935, he moved to Hollywood in Los Angeles where he attempted pitching a Jungle Cruise movie to a studio. On the September 13th of 1935, he used the Jungle Telegram Company to send a message to the JNC about his plans, and asking them to take care of someone/something named, "Arvin".
A filmmaker, Shaun created a movie called, "A Bigger Bote" which was awarded first place by the Adventureland Film Festival in 1937. This victory was commemorated with Shaun's trophy being placed within the JNC's trophy case in their Amazon River Base.
Appearances[]
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Jungle Cruise[]
In the Magic Kingdom' trophy-case is Skipper Shaun's trophy from the Adventureland Film Festival. In Alberta Falls' office is a message to her from Shaun sent by the Jungle Telegram Company. The telgram reads:
"To JNC
Greetings from Hollywood Finally made it No
star sightings to report Hope to pitch our idea to
studios soon Can you imagine a whole motion
picture about the Jungle Cruise?
-Skipper Shaun
PS Take good care of Arvin for me".[2]
Skipper Society[]
Shaun's telegram to Alberta is hung on the wall.
Trivia[]
- The name of Shaun's movie is an apparent reference to the Steven Spielberg horror-film Jaws (1975) where protagonist Chief Martin Brody famously exclaims, "We're gonna need a bigger boat" upon seeing the shark attacking them from the water. Said shark animatronic was created by Bob Mattey (1910-1993) who also created animatronic animals for the Jungle Cruise.
- Shaun's telegram about pitching a Jungle Cruise movie was an allusion to the 2023 Jungle Cruise film which came out the same year as the refurbishment which added Shaun's character.
- It is possible that the film which Shaun pitched evolved into the fictional Jungle Cruise film made by Walt Disney Pictures which is referenced in the Magic of Disney Animation.