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Do we like Shere Khan?

A character from The Jungle Book (1894)

Our score: 2 out of 10. No. He's a proud, cruel bully who hunts a child and bends the jungle to his will. His menace and style are great, but we wouldn't back him.

Shere Khan is a Bengal tiger in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories. He's proud, lame in one foot, and sure the jungle belongs to him. Mowgli is a human child raised by a wolf pack, and the tiger sees him as prey he's owed. In most adaptations, including Disney's 1967 film and the 2016 live-action version, Shere Khan is the main villain.

He's a smooth talker with a lazy, aristocratic menace, and he rarely needs to shout. Kipling's tiger bullies the wolves and demands that they hand the boy over. Disney's versions give him a sharp tongue and a dry wit, and the 2016 film makes him much darker.

We score him low because he threatens a child out of pride and hatred, not hunger or need. He doesn't change or show mercy, and the other animals are afraid of him. He's a great villain, but we wouldn't follow him.

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